Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

JAKEUS

Diabloii.Net Member
Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

Made a Blizz sorc for mfing after getting some decent gear. I'm confused about whether to pump ice bolt or cold mastery though. Which one will help me more?

Here is my equip:
-Shako
-Occy
-Tal Armor/Ammy/Belt
-Frostburn
-War Travs

I can't decide which shield to use... I have Splendor, Rhyme, and a 35% Spirit Mon.....
 

lumpor

Diabloii.Net Member
Re: Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

Depends on your amount of other -enemy resistance, current cold mastery level and the enemies base resistance.
 

JAKEUS

Diabloii.Net Member
Re: Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

that's my complete equipment right there, nothing is socketed with - resistance.

I'm looking at mephy, because he is my prime target.
 

Borje

Banned
Re: Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

I would go for a spirit monarch and Magefists/Trangs gloves to get to that 105 BP. What are you planning to run? That will make a big difference for what skills to pump. If you are going to do meph only you want lvl 32 CM - thats -175% cold res which will give meph -100. If you are going to run ancient tunnels and mausoleum you should probably get your mastery to somewhere in the -100 to -150 region. After that it's Ice Bolt all the way =)

Have you considered Full Tals? you will get more life and slightly less mana, but the selling point is the +15% to Cold Dmg you get on the orb when completing the set. That will boost your dmg a lot more than the extra skill point from your setup. You loose one +skill point but gain that huge 15% skill boost, oh, and you get +2 to your mastery which can save you skillpoints for Ice Bolt. Don't be to worried about the loss of a 100% MF, it can be made up with charms. Full tals with topazes gives 216% MF, add in Gheeds and your WTs and you should be able to get close to 300% where the diminishing returns have allready started. Trade that shako and occy for some MF SCs if you feel you really need it and you will be better off! For boss kills put a Gull dagger or Ali baba along with that splendor/rhyme on switch for a 100+% MF boost!

Oh, you don't lose any FCR going full tals compared to your setup so Tals+35 spirit monarch+magefists/trangs gloves will give you 105 FCR!
 

JAKEUS

Diabloii.Net Member
Re: Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

so if i went with your setup (no - res jewels thouh) How much would i need in cold mastery after + skills?
 

Borje

Banned
Re: Blizzard Sorc.... need help!

Like I said, if meph is your main goal you will want to get your CM to lvl 32. Full tals+spirit will give you +10 to Cold mastery meaning if you max it you will get a lvl 30 CM so unless you have any other + skill items like a torch/anni/skillers or skill rings you should max you cold mastery.
 
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