07-14-2004, 03:06 PM
Hi
I recently discovered that the restarting of the ladder was not enough to keep me away from the warm, tight embrace of Diablo, so I decided to start over again with a new sorceress. As always, this will mostly be used for mephisto and pindleskin-running. I will focus on either the fire- or the lightning tree this time with frozen orb as a secondary attack.
Now seeing as I plan to do meph-runs, one would be quick to discard the lightning-sorc as our good Lord of Hatred loves the shimmering light of the lightning tree. However, I could always kill Mephisto easily with a maxed frozen orb.
Another advantage in using the lightning tree (specifically chain lightning) is that Pindleskin might be much easier to deal with, in contrast to having to fire vollies of fireballs into his midst.
To summarize:
Lightning skill - Pros: Easier and faster to kill Pindleskin
Lightning skill - Cons: Cannot be used against Mephisto
Fire skill - Pros: Incredibly powerful weapon against mephisto
Fire skill - Cons: May not be as effective against Pindleskin as Chain lightning.
Any thoughts? I like to kill things quickly and move on. I need something which kills a lot of monsters, and something that kills them fast.
A third solution would be to max out the cold tree, but that seems rather useless, seeing as Frozen orb is powerful enough without masteries and synergies.
I am now roughly lvl 15, and I've only used 1 skill point (warmth). I am good and ready to start choosing my build, after I've gotten some much-needed input from you nice folks :)
I recently discovered that the restarting of the ladder was not enough to keep me away from the warm, tight embrace of Diablo, so I decided to start over again with a new sorceress. As always, this will mostly be used for mephisto and pindleskin-running. I will focus on either the fire- or the lightning tree this time with frozen orb as a secondary attack.
Now seeing as I plan to do meph-runs, one would be quick to discard the lightning-sorc as our good Lord of Hatred loves the shimmering light of the lightning tree. However, I could always kill Mephisto easily with a maxed frozen orb.
Another advantage in using the lightning tree (specifically chain lightning) is that Pindleskin might be much easier to deal with, in contrast to having to fire vollies of fireballs into his midst.
To summarize:
Lightning skill - Pros: Easier and faster to kill Pindleskin
Lightning skill - Cons: Cannot be used against Mephisto
Fire skill - Pros: Incredibly powerful weapon against mephisto
Fire skill - Cons: May not be as effective against Pindleskin as Chain lightning.
Any thoughts? I like to kill things quickly and move on. I need something which kills a lot of monsters, and something that kills them fast.
A third solution would be to max out the cold tree, but that seems rather useless, seeing as Frozen orb is powerful enough without masteries and synergies.
I am now roughly lvl 15, and I've only used 1 skill point (warmth). I am good and ready to start choosing my build, after I've gotten some much-needed input from you nice folks :)
