MF Sorc; now I have to decide!

[timpan2k]

MF Sorc; now I have to decide!

Ok, now i have to decide how my MF sorc should be. I have a couple of ideas, and I'd be happy if someone would take some time and comment. Ok, here it goes.

Stats
Strength: Enough for gear
Dex: I'm gonna go block, and the shield will probably be Viscerataunt, cause i feel I will have to put to much stats on Strength by using Stormshied for instance.
Vit: Rest
Energy: Base (Probably)

Skills
20 Blizzard
20 CM
20 Meteor or Fire Ball
20 FM
1 Static
1 Tele
1 Warmth
Rest Ice Blast

Comments: I'm not quite sure wether I should go FB or Meteor. I think FB would be better since it's more accurate, but then again Meteor may be better for a MaxBlock Sorc. I don't really know, to be honest.
And one more thing. Is Blizz better then FO if I don't max all synergies? It may not be good at all without synergies?

Gear
I don't know if the gear is very interesting, but i think i aim at a typical MF gear. I don't have much stuff now (Only Shako, Gull, Chance Guards and Nagels), but I think i will use Skulders if i get it, or maybe three Tal's items (Belt, armor and amu).
Wartravs and Chanceguards for feet and hands.


The things that bothers me the most now is:
- Is my choice of shield good, or can some nice fellow out there with exp from block sorc correct me
- Should I go Blizz/Meteor or Blizz/FB or should i go Blizz at all? The reason I want to go dual is so that i can MF in places where there are monsters with different kinds of immunes. In "The Pit" for instance, I've heard this should be a good place to MF. Am I right or is it enough to just kill Andy and Meph over and over again?

I'm very thankfull for every comment i get. Please add some more info or suggestions if you think I'm totally wrong about something. // timpan2k

PS. I've read the great stickied sorc thread, but it says nothing about dual builds and MF, thats why Im making a new one. I hope you don't mind. DS.

 

[chessman4991]

-Fb or Meteor: I would go with fb. Blizz is a timered spell, so it's nice to have a skill that you can spam. Also, on weak monsters, fireball is much quicker.

-Shiled: I think it's really personal preference here. I know most people go with SS, but visc is also a fine choice. If you're worried about the high str req with ss, you could always hel it.

-MF: Again, it's really personal preference here. I like meph because he's quick to run, easy to kill, and you can use weapon switch to load up on mf (my current sorc kills meph with over 600 mf). However, if you want to try out the pits, by all means go for it. I don't think it will hurt your ability to run other bosses too badly.

 

[melianor]

About your skill distribution:

20 FB
20 FM
or
20 Meteor
20 FM

will give you less damage than

20 FB
20 Meteor
1 FM
+skills

Rule: Masteries benefit from +skills, synergies don't. Also synergies and masteries are calculated sepertaly.

Your build looks alot similiar to My-Ladies Knight Blizzard/Fireball build. Have a look at that one to get a clear view abut what you can actually achieve with such a build. He suggests using Fireball/Meteor/Blizzard/Glacial Spike and would like to say his build just rocks :thumbsup:

 

[w.t.g]

Mayby you should try to use full tal rasha set on your sorc. TR is great set for dual element builds, that -15 fire res raises your damage much more than +few skills from uniQ based gear. i use full tr on my pure fire mf'er and she got like 250mf/if i swap to gull+rhyme then i have 125% more, she got full resist and uses SS for max block. Only thing where TR lacks is fcr, with bloc build u can archive only 65PB, but i think it is enough for PvM build.

-W.t.g :drink:

 

[timpan2k]

Melianor : If I get you right, what your saying is that 20 meteor will help to boost the dmg of FB, but if I have lvl 25 meteor, it won't affect the dmg on FB anymore. Thoose 5 extra lvl won't make any difference. Am I right?
w.t.g - Sounds fine. The probem is that i don't have tals set right now, but thee who seeks, shall find maybe . I don't think im gonna go SS though, since it's hig strength req, and i dont wanna "waste" it by socking it with hel. Much better gems/runes/jewels can be socketed into this shield.

Btw, I've heard that if you die while mfing, your mf will decrease by half, is this true? (e.g. 500mf +*death* ->250mf + *death* -> 125mf and so on)

Thanks for yout comments // timpan

 

[melianor]

Melianor : If I get you right, what your saying is that 20 meteor will help to boost the dmg of FB, but if I have lvl 25 meteor, it won't affect the dmg on FB anymore. Thoose 5 extra lvl won't make any difference. Am I right?

Exactly :thumbsup:, since those +5 skills come from items, and are not points you actually invested into the skill itself, by placing points into the respective slot in the skill tree.

 

[w.t.g]

w.t.g - Sounds fine. The probem is that i don't have tals set right now, but thee who seeks, shall find maybe . I don't think im gonna go SS though, since it's hig strength req, and i dont wanna "waste" it by socking it with hel. Much better gems/runes/jewels can be socketed into this shield.


Thanks for yout comments // timpan

Well, if you are going for max block route, you might wanna try whistan shield, that worthless little shield got best block in the game, eld that and you don't need to place many point to dex-->more vitality, more life :winner:

-W.t.g

 

[Liliel]

Melianor : If I get you right, what your saying is that 20 meteor will help to boost the dmg of FB, but if I have lvl 25 meteor, it won't affect the dmg on FB anymore. Thoose 5 extra lvl won't make any difference. Am I right?

That's about the gist of it, only hard points will count for synergy. Exceptions can be made for certain item bugs (marrowwalks). Also, I think the way mastery is applied comes after synergy, ie the extra damage from synergy is calculated first, and then that is further multiplied by the mastery bonus. I believe that total is then multiplied again if you have increase element damge% items like Ormus Robes. I could be wrong though.

As for your MF being halved on death... I've never heard of that one... I suspect it's false.