05-09-2004, 05:06 PM
My sorc, now lvl 73, is using Meteor as a synergy as opposed to firebolt. I know that I'm losing skill points, because Meteor takes an extra 3 points to get to (4 if you count meteor itself) but I've found it a valuable tool.
Owning monsters goes something like this... Cast orb, and while I'm waiting to be able to use Meteor, spam a few fireballs. Then I cast meteor after the delay timer from orb stops, and start over.
It's very effective, and easily the best sorc I've played in 1.10.
No energy shield eh? I've been dying a bit in Durance of Hate, because of those little tiny skeleton bugggers (what are they called?) 2 hits from them and I'm usually dead. I don't have energy shield, but I've been considering getting it, so that I stop dying from this pesky midgets.
How can I prevent myself from dying without shield? I upped my armor a little bit by changing from Skins of Vipermagi to Skulders, but they still have a 70 percent chance to hit me. Here's my equipment and skills:
Equipment:
Topazed Shako
Occulus
Topazed Skulders
Lidless Wall (considering putting a diamond in this. would that be good?)
Eye of Elitch (gawd I need Tals Ammy)
2x Soj
Goldwrap
Magefist
Silkweave
Annihulus
+1 Fire Skills GC
A bunch of mfsc
A total of +11 all skills, and an additional +2 fire skills, and a little more than 300 magic find.
Skills (without the +11)
Frozen Orb: 20
Cold Mastery: 2 (accidently put a second point in, but it isn't the end of the world :-))
Fireball: 20
Meteor: 20
Fire Mastery: 9 (working on it, gimme some time)
Utility Spells (teleport, static field): 2 (1 each)
Prereqs: 9
My Orb is doing damage in the 400-500's, fireball does around 5k, and meteor does more than 11k.
Any changes/suggestions?
Owning monsters goes something like this... Cast orb, and while I'm waiting to be able to use Meteor, spam a few fireballs. Then I cast meteor after the delay timer from orb stops, and start over.
It's very effective, and easily the best sorc I've played in 1.10.
No energy shield eh? I've been dying a bit in Durance of Hate, because of those little tiny skeleton bugggers (what are they called?) 2 hits from them and I'm usually dead. I don't have energy shield, but I've been considering getting it, so that I stop dying from this pesky midgets.
How can I prevent myself from dying without shield? I upped my armor a little bit by changing from Skins of Vipermagi to Skulders, but they still have a 70 percent chance to hit me. Here's my equipment and skills:
Equipment:
Topazed Shako
Occulus
Topazed Skulders
Lidless Wall (considering putting a diamond in this. would that be good?)
Eye of Elitch (gawd I need Tals Ammy)
2x Soj
Goldwrap
Magefist
Silkweave
Annihulus
+1 Fire Skills GC
A bunch of mfsc
A total of +11 all skills, and an additional +2 fire skills, and a little more than 300 magic find.
Skills (without the +11)
Frozen Orb: 20
Cold Mastery: 2 (accidently put a second point in, but it isn't the end of the world :-))
Fireball: 20
Meteor: 20
Fire Mastery: 9 (working on it, gimme some time)
Utility Spells (teleport, static field): 2 (1 each)
Prereqs: 9
My Orb is doing damage in the 400-500's, fireball does around 5k, and meteor does more than 11k.
Any changes/suggestions?