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On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:39:14 GMT, Samiel <samiel@samiel.com> wrote:
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>I think it goes more like this though...
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>Point in Warmth
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>Point in Static when available
>Point in Teleport when available
>Point in Telekinesis when available
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>Level Firebolt until I get Fireball.
>Level Fireball until I get Frozen Orb
>Point in Cold Mastery
>Point in Fire Mastery
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>Max Frozen Orb
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Well, I got to this point this weekend... so at level 49, I have
Maxxed Frozen Orb! Right now my MF is at +205% which doesn't seem to
net me too much.
Helm = +48% (two perfect topazes) - could be +72% easily
Amulet = +11% (prettty low)
Weapon = +0% (not sure what would be good for a Sorceress... hard to
find a good orb untwinked)
Armor = +0% (gotta do something about this) - could be +96% easily
Shield = +25% (Rhyme)
Belt = +30% (found Goldwrap)
Gloves = +29% (found Chanceguards)
Ring 1 = +14% (need Manald)
Ring 2= +15% (need another Manald)
Boots = +33% (gambled, I think, boots of luck)
Total = +205%, but could easily be +325% if I had the perfect topazes
and the sockets for them.
Right now, my biggest issue is finding a good orb. I've been using
the "Leaf" runeword since I could, but to use "Rhyme" I need a
one-handed weapon. Maybe I'll find something better down the road.
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>Max Fireball
>Max Firebolt
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>Points in Meteor, Fire Mastery, and Warmth afterwards...
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>In that order...
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I'm thinking about adding some points to Static Field, maybe bumping
it to 3... and then finding some +Skill items. Right now, the radius
is pretty small.
Some thoughts:
+205% MF isn't gaining me much now. I remember on my old 1.10 LF
Amazon with +406% MF and she'd get a set or unique 80% of the time she
killed Mephisto/Diablo and probably 40% of the time she killed
Shenk/Eldritch/Pindle in a run.
Maybe I'm just having bad luck with my MF or maybe it doesn't kick in
very well until +300% MF or more...
With maxxed Frozen Orb, Nightmare is not too bad, but I'm not killing
as quickly as I'd hoped. If they don't die very fast in Nightmare, I
wonder how Hell difficulty is going to be... and maybe the later acts
of Nightmare...
Does maxxing Fireball/Firebolt and points in Meteor/Fire Mastery
really help that much? Should I pump a few points into Cold Mastery
to up my Frozen Orb dmg? Should I put a couple more points into
Warmth?
Right now, I have about the following stats...
Str - 70
Dex - 60
Vit - 120
Energy - 60
I'm guessing I don't need anymore Str/Dex (unless I want to go max
block). So, I'm thinking about pumping Vit/Energy.
So far, she's definitely not the killing machine my LF Amazon was, but
then again, I had pretty decent gear back then. Maybe with better
gear (read +skills), this Sorceress will be just as good and better?
- Samiel