Blizzard (the skill)

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I've heard that a pure Blizzard Sorc. may be one of the best builds
for MFing Hell Mephisto (my primary target for some good MF items).

Do most agree that a Blizzard Sorc. would be best for MFing Hell
Mephisto?

Last ladder, my FB/FO Sorc did Hell Mephisto without too many
problems, but my merc. died often since I couldn't kill Hell Mephisto
that quickly.

Has anyone in here played a Blizzard Sorc. and can give me any advice?

Is FO pumped up a viable Hell Mephisto killer?

- Samiel

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"Christian Winter" <cwinter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> While I have little experience (my sorc is only Lvl 43) I can say that
> I did not spend many points on blizzard. Frozen Orb is far superior and
> I am mowing through people (large groups especially) like nothing else
> right now. Problems will arise when I encounter groups immune to cold,
> or possibly immune to anything elemental.
>
> I would stick with Glacial Spike and 1 point into Blizzard so you can
> get Frozen Orb at Lvl 30 (I believe).
>

blizzard is by far the more powerful cold skill, especially for meph
killing..

peace,
kyle

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kylel4 schrieb:

> blizzard is by far the more powerful cold skill, especially for meph
> killing..
>
> peace,
> kyle

Yes, thanks! Looking at them both maxed out blizzard does more than
twice the damage of frozen orb.

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"kylel4" wrote...
>
> "Samiel" <samiel@samiel.com> wrote in message
> newsjapg1dd3tn2i0440dv5i3k7mrc9ekukcb@4ax.com...
>> I've heard that a pure Blizzard Sorc. may be one of the best builds
>> for MFing Hell Mephisto (my primary target for some good MF items).
>>
>> Do most agree that a Blizzard Sorc. would be best for MFing Hell
>> Mephisto?
>>
>> Last ladder, my FB/FO Sorc did Hell Mephisto without too many
>> problems, but my merc. died often since I couldn't kill Hell Mephisto
>> that quickly.
>>
>> Has anyone in here played a Blizzard Sorc. and can give me any advice?
>>
>> Is FO pumped up a viable Hell Mephisto killer?
>>
>> - Samiel
>
> blizzard is much more powerful... learn to use the moat trick (google)..
> its the most efficient way of killing him
>

Very easy to explain: you simply lure Mephisto out front, where the little
alleyway juts into the moat, then tele over not to the alleyway, but the
other side entirely, but stand in the stairway that appears to go down into
the moat. From there, you can cast Blizzard all the way at the lower left
corner of the screen and take out Mephisto without any chance of harm. I
use this trick to get past NM Meph when my characters are low level. By
Hell, Blizzard is powerful enough (and my sorc and merc are usually hardy
enough) to take him on more directly and quickly.

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Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com>,
supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and flopped and said:

>Brian Kastel wrote:
><snip Moat Trick>
>
>How do you guys keep the Merc alive though? Whenever I use the Moat
>trick, the damn merc dies, and it's another 50k gold. I find it a
>hassle to have to tele the merc back to me every second meteor.

Wand of Life Tap charges on weapon switch...

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kylel4 wrote:
> "chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1124935034.341217.32110@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Brian Kastel wrote:
> > <snip Moat Trick>
> >
> > How do you guys keep the Merc alive though? Whenever I use the Moat
> > trick, the damn merc dies, and it's another 50k gold. I find it a
> > hassle to have to tele the merc back to me every second meteor.
> >
>
> just dont use the merc obviously.. hehe hes more trouble than its worth if
> you are moating meph..
>
> here, Ill post a pic of how I moat him so you guys can see...
> heres the link: http://tinypic.com/b4tcop.jpg
>
> notice where im standing (right behind that little notch). just lure meph to
> those stairs where he is and tele to the notch.. you wont get hit, only
> problem is if council is in the middle youll have to lure him down
>
In other words, let the merc die the first time if I am running Hell
Meph.

SVH: A wand of Lifetap is no use as the merc doesn't hit Meph at all.

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Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com>,
supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and flopped and said:

>SVH: A wand of Lifetap is no use as the merc doesn't hit Meph at all.

LOL. You mean he just stands there getting hit? Hire another one! I
recommend hiring an Emilio.

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Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com>,
supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and flopped and said:

>
>Stephen van Ham wrote:
>> Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com>,
>> supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and flopped and said:
>>
>> >SVH: A wand of Lifetap is no use as the merc doesn't hit Meph at all.
>>
>> LOL. You mean he just stands there getting hit? Hire another one! I
>> recommend hiring an Emilio.
>
>No, he walks over to get hit. But he can't get over the moat. I prefer
>CHALan.

Emilio can leap tall moats with a single stumble!

I know what you meant. As I was saying to some people in-game today, I'm
just being a bastard. :-)

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"chaliban" <chaliban@hotmail.com>, in a display of leetness, fell down the
stairs, tripped over an urn, and then threw a cracked sash at Baal...

>> Emilio can leap tall moats with a single stumble!

>> I know what you meant. As I was saying to some people in-game today, I'm
>> just being a bastard. :-)

>I realised. But he really does walk over just to get hit.

Mercs are great like that. When you want them to hang back, they wander over
to get hit. And when you want them to wander over and get hit, they go hide
in the corner. Except Emilio, of course. He's not your average merc.

>Chal-an was an explorer in a former life so he likes to wander.

So does a fungus.

Right, I should stop derailing the thread...

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:06:23 -0400, "kylel4" <kylel4@nomail.net>
wrote:
>
>here, Ill post a pic of how I moat him so you guys can see...
>heres the link: http://tinypic.com/b4tcop.jpg
>
Yep... do that all the time! :-p

- Samiel

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With my FB/FO sorc. last ladder season, I would teleport to Meph. and
have my merc. tank him while I FB/FO Meph. If my my merc. died (about
20% of the time), then I'd do the moat trick.

Does Blizzard kill Meph fast enough that I wouldn't need this trick?

- Samiel

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kylel4 wrote:
>>How do you guys keep the Merc alive though? Whenever I use the Moat
>>trick, the damn merc dies, and it's another 50k gold. I find it a
>>hassle to have to tele the merc back to me every second meteor.
>
> just dont use the merc obviously.. hehe hes more trouble than its worth if
> you are moating meph..
>

I used to farm Meph and other bosses in HCL. It's scary to think
about going anywhere without a merc, so my Blizzard sorc
always took her guy with her. For this reason I didn't use the
moat trick.

What I did was I teleported to right in front of Meph, static
him 4-5 times then Blizzard 3-4 times, then switch to alibaba
while watching merc's life. Merc used a Reapers Toll and since
he reached lvl 80 he rarely died. When against act boss, don't
feed merc with red potions, always feed him with purple ones.

Bing

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On 24 Aug 2005 12:50:55 -0700, "Christian Winter" <cwinter@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>kylel4 schrieb:
>
>> blizzard is by far the more powerful cold skill, especially for meph
>> killing..
>>
>> peace,
>> kyle
>
>Yes, thanks! Looking at them both maxed out blizzard does more than
>twice the damage of frozen orb.

But when enemies stand still they avoid a lot of damage, whereas with
Orb, the damage hits whether they move or not.

....

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Samiel <samiel@samiel.com>, in a display of leetness, fell down the stairs,
tripped over an urn, and then threw a cracked sash at Baal...

>I started my Blizzard Sorc this past weekend... now at level 62 or
>so...
>
>In NM (as with many builds) she totally kicks @$$. In 8-player Baal
>Runs she seems to do very well still (as opposed to many other
>classes). I have no problem soloing the Throne Room.
>
>NM Mephisto is pretty easy and will get easier as I level up I'm sure.
>I just hope Hell Mephisto will be as easy.
>
>She's probably not as versatile as my FB/FO Sorc, but she's not meant
>to be. NM cows are also very easy to kill.
>
>- Samiel (looking forward to 80+)

Excellent! I have a couple of pure Blizzard sorceresses (off-ladder), and
agree totally on their power. The thing is though, I tend to get bored with
teleport-to-act-boss runs pretty fast (usually 20 or so runs and I start
craving for something else), which is why I generally run with more rounded
sorceresses, such as fireball/blizzard, fireball/meteor/blizzard,
orb/fireball/meteor, orb/CL, fireball/nova, etc.

My only sorceress on the season 3 ladder so far is fireball/meteor/blizzard.


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