Help me with my Blizzsorc please

[freezegang]

Help me with my Blizzsorc please

After two failed characters I made an MF blizzorc after hearing rumours that she can do Meph well easy.



But damn wtf she can kill Meph but very well not efficient at all.


List of problems:

• Durance 2. Even with 63+ fcr, dolls and mauls still kill me on a weekly basis. My teleport is somehow strange(it moves forward then a bit back and forth?), and my defence is of course, low. But why haven't I hear of anyone with such problem before? Do I need max block???
• Hydras(while moattricking). They don't kill me, but they kill my merc. My merc wears naj circ(str), P'ame Duriel(str) and (210 str req) Insight.
• Merc. He's stupid. Is there a way I can lock him so he won't pester those peace-seeking monsters? He becomes the only reason I can die in Durance 3
• Killing speed. I'm a noob, so I have only +5 skills and so I have to do like 5 or 6 blizz to kill Meph. Does it help my merc if I reduce this to just 3 or 4 bliz?
• Do I have to sacrifice my Merc? But then I'll have to chug lotta blue pots while I still need red, and increase need of tp-ing at almost all runs and increase mf run time. And that doesn't help.
• Merc and I dying a lot eats my money, so I always have to visit NM trav(merc always dies in Hell, and me after him) to regain, but it damn takes a lot of time.
• [ignore]How many nm andy do I have to do before I get that thing????[/ignore]

And here are my Sorc's details:

Stats:

Str 105
Dex 75 (wizzy)(didn't aim block because one guide says no need block)
Vit everything else I hav
Ene Base (maybe I shouldn't have trusted that guide)

Items:

Helm Ptop Tarn
Amu Tal
Arm Viper (I don't care about the res because...)
Weap Wizzy
Shield 2Pdia Moser (...these two are about enough for max res)
Glov CG
Belt Goldwrap
Boots 35mf crap
Rings Nagels

Switch
weapon Occu
Shield Rhyme....... Luna


Kill MF- 280 something. It doesn't even reach 300, mainly probably because of armor. Should I sock Ptop into Viper or find a 4 soc armor and place 4 ptops? (but it'd take forever)

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And the MF doesn't help either. By far,(in around 200 runs in which almost 50% are failures, so 100 succesful runs) the best drops are Bartucs, Raven, Titans(nm), tal ammy(nm), and flawless gems.


I guess I'll retire Hell and move back to NM Meph since he actually drops better and NM Trav produces flawless gems easy(Hell trav is simply not easy).
But then, I'll have to kill my merc before he kills the dolls and subsequently me, and if I do remove him I'll need to fill 9 spots with blue. But I'll need less red in NM though.


Any suggestions? Any other builds?

 

[guface]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

for blind teleing I would recommend block. I never used to like it but it has grown on me. Stormshield with pdiamond is quite nice for that.

as for mfing - I would always recommend tal armor (Ptopaz), tal amu and tal belt. - this gets around 200 mf alone. You may need some fhr stuff to get you out of the fights with dolls - spirit sword works, as well as small charms with 5fhr.

as for your merc - get him some life leech stuff - tals hat or if youre richer andy's is perfect. The armor needs some resists (if you find a nice ethereal elite armor I'd bug it and get something, either smoke or lionheart for him). As for the insight - I just use a partizan as its lower req and you dont have to base the armor and hat on reaching the str req for the merc. Remember, YOU are doing the dmg, not your merc. If you run into a cold immune that isnt meph (ie never) you shouldnt be fighting him, you should be teleporting past him

 

[freezegang]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

Problem is, I'm poor. And unlucky probably.


Another thing, I dunno how much to trade for Stormshield and Tal armor, but they must be higher than just Pul(the most frequently heard of rune when I play this game, besides ral), rite? And I don't even have a Pul. And I hardly find any low 4 soc poles.


How much fhr should I aim? And must I rebuild the whole thing? And anyone nice enough to rush me then?(this char was rushed to chaos, and no forge! so I went there myself, and got... io )

 

[sirpoopsalot]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

I'd take a different path than guface...

1. Make Insight in a low-requirements polearm and carry it yourself on weapon switch (this makes a nice low-level twinking weapon for future mercs too). I have an ethereal Halberd that works great, though a Voulge might be better.

2. Swap gloves for Magefists (very cheap). Hopefully you get a good FCR roll on the Insight, since that can be the difference between swapping one or two rings for a FCR-rares (can be cheap)... in other words, get 63+ FCR again with the Insight equipped. You already have decent MF, so it's not a huge sacrifice.

3. Let the merc stay dead. When teleporting to Durance3, use the Insight switch and ignore everything. drink potions as necessary (mana should be ok with Insight; you might need a life-pot or three once in a while).

4. Moat trick Meph. Without the merc, you shouldn't agitate the council very often.

 

[lake of fires]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

Hi, I run a blizz sorc for mfing this ladder season. The gear I use is Tals armmor, Tals ammy, Tals belt, shako, chances, two junk rings, yellow junk boots, and ryhme. My char has to 280 stats points doesnt have block and barely hits 800 life. Her merc is a prayer act 2 merc with an insight to help keep me alive. As you can see you dont need a lot of life or block to run meph. I also sometimes help people do their ancient quest even though sometimes i die and it can get kind of ugly.

When teleing use the map and try to hug the walls this will help prevent you landing in a pack of monsters. If you use a merc, I wouldn't advise doing the moat trick because he usually tracks a lot of attention to you and you will have to fight meph and get fired on by everyone else. I often tele right to meph and before i can see him i throw a blizz and i start dancing back in forth with tele to prevent him from shooting at me and I usually get the kill.

If you need help feel free to Pm me I play Useast Ladder.

 

[freezegang]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

I'd take a different path than guface...

1. Make Insight in a low-requirements polearm and carry it yourself on weapon switch (this makes a nice low-level twinking weapon for future mercs too). I have an ethereal Halberd that works great, though a Voulge might be better.

2. Swap gloves for Magefists (very cheap). Hopefully you get a good FCR roll on the Insight, since that can be the difference between swapping one or two rings for a FCR-rares (can be cheap)... in other words, get 63+ FCR again with the Insight equipped. You already have decent MF, so it's not a huge sacrifice.

3. Let the merc stay dead. When teleporting to Durance3, use the Insight switch and ignore everything. drink potions as necessary (mana should be ok with Insight; you might need a life-pot or three once in a while).

4. Moat trick Meph. Without the merc, you shouldn't agitate the council very often.

Hey that helps a lot!! but one problem is, that's a 144 all res difference, and sounds.... dangerous! Don't say I shud try to get an Um, even a Pul's a fortune already for me. (I did get eth Titans in NM and traded for Pul then for Occy)

 

[guface]

Re: Help me with my Blizzsorc please

Each to their own I suppose. Incidentally insight works with staves too so you can save some money and go to drognan to buy a 4 socket staff and put insight onto it. Good mods for you may be +3 blizz (obviously) and bonus to shiver armor etc.

My main advice though, is to start trading. The trade forums here are very safe and friendly or if you have a bit more wealth go onto jsp forums. And also be aware of trade prices. In europe, a semi decent eth titan trades for around a mal whereas an occy goes for pgs or a lem.

Sirpoopalot is correct in that his approach is the most efficient way of killing meph - if you want to do this ad inifinitum. However I like to actaully play the game and this may involve not meph running from time to time.

also on europe ladder:

SS - trades for ~lem
Tal armor - depends on def, but mal-ist+um
Tal amu - pul-um
Tal belt - pgs