meteorb and baal?

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purplejack

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meteorb and baal?

well iv just tryed to do baal on my lvl ** metorb sorc, the minions went fine until lister.. merc killed him eventualy if i used telek to knock him back, and baal seems to own my mrc but not me as i use insight and energy sheild.. i found a tactic.. to name lock baal and move far enough away so he isnt on my screen but i can spam fireballs and meteors at him.. but its not sooo fast.. any tips? :/
 
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sirpoopsalot

sirpoopsalot

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Re: meteorb and baal?

Dump additional skillpoints into your cold skills. Cold Mastery is good on Baal and Lister's minions until level27 (and Lister until level31, because he has a small boost to cold resists from his Spectral Hit mod). And even 2% from Icebolt eventually becomes noticeable.

I tried running with a Meteorb a few times, but I quickly became dissatisfied because I spent so much time with a mediocre FrozenOrb against FireImmunes. Non-FIs were great, but overall the balance in killspeeds was just "off" for my preferences. If I did a "Meteorb" again I would drop Meteor altogether and pump my cold skills more.


Anyways, I wrote a somewhat-detailed thread about testing a few different dual-element builds here (including a Meteorb), which may or may not have info that's useful to you.
 
stephan

stephan

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Re: meteorb and baal?

The problem with a Meteorb in Baals is that you spend 60+ skillpoints in a tree you can't use against 3 out of 5 waves. Investing more in CM in favor of Firebolt/FM definitely helps. Against Baal I would advice to keep a Kelpie's in your inventory somewhere to put on your merc. One hit with that and Baal is like a little puppy.

Having tried a variety of Fire/Cold sorcs (from Meteorb to Blizzwaller) eventually I liked the Blizzballer (with meteor! no reason not to make nice fire mats before wave 2 and 3) the most. Meteorb with a stronger FO is a close second though, but I feel Blizzard is a little easier on wave 5.
 
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purplejack

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Re: meteorb and baal?

i dont namelock and move.. i just rushed this question ;]
i move far away enough so he doesnt really attack me and my merc just leeches off the snakey things, but close enough so i can just click baal one and keep the attack button down if that makes sense much..
not upto scratch as i did just get hit by a car skating today :/
:p luckily no injurys just shaken up
 
krischan

krischan

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Re: meteorb and baal?

I didn't mean anything between the lines with it. BTW, Baal's cold wedge sometime does a pretty good job at moving you far away from him while you are still namelocking him.

Anyway, I don't think that a sorc is really good versus Baal, his tentacle summons always appear when you don't need them.
 
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