MF char dilemma. Decisions, decisions...

[NHansen]

MF char dilemma. Decisions, decisions...

Ok, well I play on USEast HC Ladder. All my chars start with "subver-" so maybe some of you have seen me around. Anyways I've been having major bad luck lately trying to make myself an MF Hammerdin. I've lost like 4 pallys in the last 2 days to either norton popping up, bad TP's, or a pker. I mean I love the hammerdin but I'm kind of getting sick of making him over and over.
Now this i where I need some help. What char should I MF with? I don't want to go with sorc. Thinking about a trapsin. I usually make MA sins, but trapsins are a little less item dependant which means more MF gear. They can also rush pretty well. I may also make a summoning necro for mfing, but I like being in almost total control, instead of having minions kill while I curse. So should I suck it up and build yet another hammerdin (I really am gettting sick of them, though) or try out a trapsin MFer (also, what traps should I go for, lightning?) What other chars are good for relatively fast MFing? I will probably be doing Meph, Pindle and the Pit runs. Anyways, thanks for reading over this. Any suggestions would be great. In the meantime I'm going to start that trapsin... later!

 

[Phresh]

why not sorc? they are not item dependant either. I would go sorc or trapper, and yes for trapper use LS and max synergies.

 

[killerxbabe]

Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again... IMO the best, safest HC pit runner is a Skellie necro with maxed bonespear, maxed bonewall wearing marrowalks. A little slow I think for Meph, but great for pit and pindle. You don't have to wait for skellies to do all the killing, and he is fun and safe. GL whichever build you decide to go with.

 

[Jamez]

hmm depends on which area/boss you are gonna run. Running bosses apart from shenk/pindle pick sorc, I can say that using necro is very safe on mfing in hell pits but safety is sacrificed for killing speed. IMO id go with the trapper like you said and it will give u a new char to build other than that hammerdin :clap:

good luck to you in making your char

 

[Superhal]

depends on what eq you got laying around. if you got nothing, go with the skellimancer. if you got some, try and pick 2-4 pieces, and let us know so we can make a suggestion.

you should be aiming for an nm mf'er, to stockpile eq for an eventual hell runner. you might even try for a nm countess runner. you will probably get more useful runes in a shorter amount of time than set/uniques.

 

[BigBadBrett]

They can also rush pretty well. I may also make a summoning necro for mfing, but I like being in almost total control, instead of having minions kill while I curse. So should I suck it up and build yet another hammerdin (I really am gettting sick of them, though) or try out a trapsin MFer (also, what traps should I go for, lightning?) What other chars are good for relatively fast MFing? I will probably be doing Meph, Pindle and the Pit runs. Anyways, thanks for reading over this. Any suggestions would be great. In the meantime I'm going to start that trapsin... later!

Trapper should work fine, lightning only maxed, not hard to get over 5k per pulse. Don't forget the traps, as with the necro minions, can't be controlled.
Although recasting helps.