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Alex Holtz wrote:
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> zekopeko wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I was wondering what would be the fastest Hell Baal Killer build?
>>My meteorb sorc is great for mf mephisto but I feel that she isn't so
>>good when facing baal.
>>I need a build that can kill baal and his minions in the shortest amount
>>of time.
>>any suggestions?
>
>
> Many builds can accomplish this, I have never conducted a thorough
> research as which one is the absolute fastest. However, I will share
> my experience with the characters I have tried to give you an idea.
> First of all, builds such as Zealots, Concentrate Barb, KickSin, and
> other heavy melee units are out because the obvious reason.
>
> You did not mention what items you have to work with, so I will assume
> you have all possible items available at your disposal. I will also
> assume you will Teleport across WSKs. With non Sorceress builds,
> Enigma is required. If you use Teleport charges, you will need repair
> after every run, unless you are in Single Player mode, in which the
> stairs locations do not change.
>
> My favorite is the FOrb-FireBall Sorceress. My setup is Facet'ed Death
> Fathom, Facet'ed Nightwing's Veil, Chains of Honor, Spirit, Arachnid
> Mesh, Magefist, 2x Jordan, Mara's, 8 Cold Skill Grand Charms. My
> Orb-Ball sorc has an Annihilus as well, resulting in very close to 1000
> Orb damage, Cold Mastery is 120%, rest goes to FireBall & synergies.
> At an 8 player game, Baal goes down in less than 15 seconds. At a 1
> player game, the splash rips through everything. My average runtime is
> 5 minutes in a 6-8 player game and 3 minutes in a 1 player game (there
> is no way to tell Baal to hurry up when throwing up the 5 groups of
> monsters). If I could afford another Infinity, I would expect my
> runtime to go down quite significantly.
>
> HammerDin is the most popular. Merc just needs to provide aura, my
> favorite is normal Prayer with Insight to provide virtually unlimited
> health. My average time is similar to the Sorceress above.
>
> Another build is Lightning TrapSin with Infinity runeword on merc.
> Infinity is required to remove the immunity of Black Souls. I like to
> stack all my traps in one location, therefore they will all attack in
> one direction. I usually employ 4 Lightnings and 1 Death. My average
> time is 1-2 mins more than the Sorc or Din, because Baal takes longer.
>
> Even though I have not tried them, I will expect that the Lightning
> Fury JavaZon and Lightning Sorceress will be as effective as the
> Lightning Trapsin.
>
> Another one is the SkeleMancer. Apply generous servings of C.
> Explosion. Revives are not needed, I personally prefer to use the
> corpses for Explosion than to revive them. As such, I don't use Mages
> either. Merc needs to have sufficient Crushing Blow to take Baal down
> at a reasonable pace. Perhaps the Pride runeword will also work, I
> have not tried this myself. My average time is approximately the same
> as the Sin.
>
> Other good runners that I have tried are BoneMancer and BlizzSorceress.
> BoneMancer has to rely on merc for Achmel. BlizzSorceress has to rely
> on merc for cold immunes (and there are MANY of them, but once the 5
> super uniques start rolling, it will be a breeze for her).
>
> Nova-Enchantress is one more good runner, but she needs to be high
> level first, just because she needs a lot of skill points to satisfy
> all the required skills (100 + prerequisites + Static Field + Teleport
> + Cold Armor).
>
> Another candidate could be PoisonMancer, since many items provide
> +Poison skill damage, Trang Oul shield & gloves, Bramble, Death Web, to
> name several. I have not found Death Web, hence I have not tried this
> build.
>
> Strafer with Faith runeword could also be a good runner.
>
thnx for the advice but i play only SP. got decent equipment. occy,
kira's guard. , stormshield/spirit, naj plate, verdungo's hearty cord ,
2x dwarf stars(no luck with rings and ammy's), magic ammy with 82 life
and 114 mana , frostburns, aldurse advance.
i'm playing here as my main mf char. then the set up is spirit forge
with 2 ptopaz, 2x nagels, chance gloves max mf, gull, milabrega shield ,
ammy with 33 mf and a lot
sm of luck 5-7 mf and geeds with 22 mf. thats some 370+ mf.
just wondering whats your mf when mfing? the sorc is brutal(yours) but i
wanted to now how to kill baal fast enough with mf for those nice elites.
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