05-16-2004, 08:10 PM
Quote: I would use Charged Bolt for crowd control and Orb for lone monsters. If I was taking out a pack, I would just back up and cast charged bolt.
...Right?
Right. It's just you would do damage :)
Consider, that regular monsters in hell can have 16k life in single player games. If you hit a monster like that with only 1-2 sparks per cast, you will not kill them. Lister's pack, in particular, is composed of monsters each having 22-33k life in single player!
Besides, Orb is wonderful for crowd control... if I were you, I'd use Orb for crowd control and CB for lone monsters ;) Heck, I'd use orb for everything!
Anyway, if you DO make a charged boltress, do take precautions. We've been through this a million times already, but do block! Or make a fireballer, they are infinitelly more powerful in most cases (well, not against the countess, but I guess you see what I mean).