Ideal CL/FO gear?

[FoxyG]

Ideal CL/FO gear?

My MF sorceress is a CL/FO build, so I need to combine decent damage with FCR and MF along with res... Hmm. Tricky.

Current gear:
Helm: Shako (Topaz)
Orb: Oculus
Amu: Tal Amu
Armor: Tal Armor (Topaz)
Shield: Spirit (35% FCR)
Gloves: Chanceguards (perfect)
Rings: 2x Nagel (30% | 27%)
Belt: Tal Belt (13%)
Boots: Wartravelers (39%)
Inventory:
- Torch
- Anni
- Gheeds (40%)

Do you have any recommendations for things that I could change to increase my killing power without a huge decrease in MF?
A lot of people say that using full Tal's is better than 3-piece, but I feel like the tradeoff of 100% MF for a bit of extra damage isn't great enough to justify it. Plus the mask is U-G-L-Y.

I haven't actually tested her since she got the torch - it might make a lot of difference, I guess. Still, if there's anything you can think of I'd be glad to hear it

 

[Van the Man]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

Just curious, where do you MF with her? I have a CL/FO sorc that I ditched for blizzard for mfing

 

[redground]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

Full Tals
Spirit shield
Magefist
Travs
FCR / Resists Rings / Sojs (natures piece if you are d key running)

 

[eggman111]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

I use:

Full Tals
Chances (38%)
War Travs (46%)
Nagel (30%) and Fire Resist/Mf Ring(22%/23%)
Spirit Shield

I tried doing the Nature's Peace thing for d key running and my merc ended up killing too much stuff so Nihlathak just blew me up anyway

I find that torch makes a noticeable difference in killing power, with both orb and chain lightning. No anni yet.

 

[Faust VIII]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

While Occy is great for a sorc, I really don't like the random teleport that comes with it. So for me, I'd rather use Hoto for some extra resist. Yes you will lose the 50 mf with Occy gone, but you got 442 mf without the Occy already. Losing out a mere 50 won't hurt you much.

 

[FoxyG]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

Teleport doesnt hurt me much my play style is to constantly cast and as such I don't get hit very much and if I do the chances are I don't want to be there anyway. I don't find Occy's teleport to be a problem.

I actually ditched my Blizzard sorc for mfing because I was just plain bored with her. Casting area-effect spells then teleporting around until I can cast another one is really boring, not to mention I couldn't do Countess runs which are a big part of my runs.

Is full Tal's really worth using? I've tried with and without, and honestly I seem to get much better drops with the extra 100% MF. If I wasn't using Occy then there'd be no point using HoTO, I'd rather go full Tal for extra damage.

 

[guface]

Re: Ideal CL/FO gear?

While Occy is great for a sorc, I really don't like the random teleport that comes with it. So for me, I'd rather use Hoto for some extra resist. Yes you will lose the 50 mf with Occy gone, but you got 442 mf without the Occy already. Losing out a mere 50 won't hurt you much.

I would say this only applies to HC. On softcore, occy gets you out of tighter spots more often than gets you into such spots. Granted it can get annoying but its worth it.