(gasp!) a possibly-unheard-of proposition -- cl/fb mf sorc?

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(gasp!) a possibly-unheard-of proposition -- cl/fb mf sorc?

hey, all. new to sorcs but i figured my full tals set (complete with a 2/2/2 orb ) could do more than waste away on my mule.

so, i was figuring on making an mfing sorc with full tals. now now, don't everyone jump me with a "use a shako and occy, n00b" comment. i don't care about getting max possible mf, i want efficiency and viability and heck, some raw power too.

so i'm thinking dual tree, obviously. meteorb? cl/fo? ahh, but there are no good mercs dealing lightning or fire damage in case of immunities, right?

so i'm thinking a cl/fb sorc with a holy freeze merc to help me run the pits (the only place i'll be running). full tals, travs, magefists (for the breakpoint) and 2x nagels. tomb reaver/skullder/stealskull on the merc.

good? no good? "j00 got pWnEd"?

ahhh, the art of mindless drivel. on an unrelated topic, i highly suggest reading Stoutwood's Guide to Killing Everyone at PK just for the hell of it.

but.. yeah. advice on the sorc please? :drool:

:xsnow:

 

[Miladys-Knight]

Fireball and CL need to be fairly well synergized to be effective. You could use my blizzball guide and substitute the CL synergies for the Blizz synergies but I think you may find that you will be better off if you synergize CL and go with Firewall as your second spell. Against monsters that aren't FI/LI you can use both spells at the same time. Cast firewall and throw CL during the cool down.

Also we don't think people who use tals for MF are noobs. Most of us go that way for MF sorcs.

 

[melianor]

ahhh, the art of mindless drivel. on an unrelated topic, i highly suggest reading Stoutwood's Guide to Killing Everyone at PK just for the hell of it.

but.. yeah. advice on the sorc please? :drool:

:xsnow:

What kind of dubious, humoristic link. I never expected as much concise typing and humor from somebody posting in the Clan honour forum

CL/FB could work, but be prepared that your CL will be a bit underpowered. You might aswell do fine with it in 1p games though. Tal's set is great, no doubt about that.

 

[sorcees]

Defenetly Full Tal's Set!
The set is beatable, stat/skill/damage/MF wise, but,
I always go for the looks:

Nothing beats a Shiny, purple, horned, mean, evil sorc.

Horns all the way, the only downside for me is that he can not reach 105% FCR, flashy tele-ing, through all the parts of the game, without being hit once!!!

 

[[exile]]

wow, i'm actually kind of surprised anyone replied but thank you.

damage-wise, i understand that i'll be pretty weak, but my main concern is immunities and i figure if i'm a little bit weaker and my merc is a little bit stronger it might be just as efficient. right?

i'm leaning away from blizz for the simple fact that it has too many synergies. if i were to ditch the cl/fb idea then i would definitely go fb/fo but like i said in the first post, i don't think there's any "good" mercs dealing lightning damage...

or is there?

 

[Sartok]

Act 3 mercs... though disregarded, can deal some nice, dmg plus of course it scores you style points... my latest build will have an a3 lightning or cold merc sporting a pretty silence phase blade and some other assorted things yet to be determined... I think that you should try one out, don't listen to everyone else!!!


:xfrosty:

 

[melianor]

wow, i'm actually kind of surprised anyone replied but thank you.

damage-wise, i understand that i'll be pretty weak, but my main concern is immunities and i figure if i'm a little bit weaker and my merc is a little bit stronger it might be just as efficient. right?

i'm leaning away from blizz for the simple fact that it has too many synergies. if i were to ditch the cl/fb idea then i would definitely go fb/fo but like i said in the first post, i don't think there's any "good" mercs dealing lightning damage...

or is there?

Your Merc does nto have to deal Lightning damage ?!?!?! He just needs some decent equipment and will tear through anything that is immune for you. No Lightning damage Merc needed at all!

I currently have a FB/BLIZZ Sorc and to me this is some regards alot better thatn FB/FO. That build is a bit weaker in the fire tree than the classical Meteorb (FB/FO), but Blizzard with 1 synergy and same points in Cold Mastery as FO is just as equal if not better!

 

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if i were to make fb/blizz, would it be safe enough for me to leave fire mastery at base (0 points into it, but depend on the orb for bonus before +skills) and put the extra points into cold mastery? or should i evenly distribute?

 

[Sartok]

You should always put at least 1 point in masteries because they dont depend on hard skill points, and all of your +skills can bump it up... if your using tals though I suppose it isnt required.

 

[Liliel]

I think you should switch FB for Firewall... either that or switch CL for Nova.

 

[Wmeredith]

I'm making a FB/CL sorc right now. Glad to see someone else is too.

 

[[exile]]

sorry to say but they were right, meredith -- CL damage is quite pitiful with only one synergy.

i've already started building an fb/fo sorc. thank you all for your suggestions!

 

[Wmeredith]

Ah, well, that's how it goes. I've only got 3 points invested in my Lightning tree at lvl 32 - so I might just switch over to FO. My FB is kicking some serious *** in NM, though. :xsmile: