• Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad

Related Topics

See all relatives topics

Latest Reviews & Articles

Dead Space: Performance Analyzed

Dead Space: Performance Analyzed

Dead Space is an excellent sci-fi survival horror title, and one of the few games that Nvidia supports with its new driver's ambient occlusion feature. We put the game through our usual image-quality and performance tests to see what we could learn. Read more

Overclocking Core 2 Duo: Power Versus Performance

Overclocking Core 2 Duo: Power Versus Performance

Intel's fastest Core 2 Duo, the E8600, runs at 3.33 GHz. But if you're a performance-hungry power user, we found that you can actually increase the chip's efficiency by overclocking it, thanks to 45 nm manufacturing and plenty of built-in headroom. Read more

Life At 2 GT/s: 6 GB DDR3-2000 Memory Kits Compared

Life At 2 GT/s: 6 GB DDR3-2000 Memory Kits Compared

Memory vendors put a lot of effort into drumming up excitement over high-end memory kits, but many of those products turn out to be vaporware. We test six DDR3-2000 kits that enthusiasts can actually buy today, and push them as far as they'll go. Read more

DDR3 Memory Scaling On AMD's Phenom II X4

DDR3 Memory Scaling On AMD's Phenom II X4

DDR3 memory is available in speeds ranging from DDR3-800 to DDR3-2133. Which is the best memory choice for AMD’s Phenom II X4? We tested as many speeds as possible using aggressive and conservative timings to find the sweet spot for your next build. Read more

All the Reviews & Articles

Related Content

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > Games General Discussions > best MF hell-baal sorc?

best MF hell-baal sorc?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
rover   02-01-2005 at 07:33:13 PM

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Hi ,

I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a sorc i
want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia there
are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere that
the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it true? No
lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?

Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
LODencyclopedia ?

Thx

Rover

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Anonymous   02-01-2005 at 07:33:14 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Rover wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a sorc
i
> want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia there

> are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere that

> the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it true?
No
> lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?
>
> Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
> LODencyclopedia ?
>

This one is a no brainer. A snow queen is by FAR the most powerful
sorceress. With the right gear, blizzard can do upwards of 30k damage.
In MF mode, you'd do significantly less, but still far more than would
be needed to off him in a solo game.

Mickey

Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   02-01-2005 at 07:33:14 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Absoluely, i use a pure blizzard build with some static field and
frozen armour. With my act2 defensive mercenary i can solo ALL of it.
In fact I soloed the whole game and it was piss easy. Just remember
that you NEED, IMO, a bonehew to do this as effectively as i did.

Reply to Anonymous
rover   02-01-2005 at 10:10:21 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Mickey wrote:
> Rover wrote:
>
>>Hi ,
>>
>>I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a sorc
>
> i
>
>>want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia there
>
>
>>are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere that
>
>
>>the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it true?
>
> No
>
>>lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?
>>
>>Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
>>LODencyclopedia ?
>>
>
>
> This one is a no brainer. A snow queen is by FAR the most powerful
> sorceress. With the right gear, blizzard can do upwards of 30k damage.
> In MF mode, you'd do significantly less, but still far more than would
> be needed to off him in a solo game.
>
> Mickey
>


But aren't there a lot of cold immunes in the throneroom @ hellmode ?

Which spell is your main spell ? blizzard, frozen orb ?

Reply to rover
Anonymous   02-01-2005 at 11:44:09 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

"Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
news:cto66e$mpo$2@news.cistron.nl...
> Mickey wrote:
>> Rover wrote:
>>
>>>Hi ,
>>>
>>>I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a sorc
>>
>> i
>>
>>>want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia there
>>
>>
>>>are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere that
>>
>>
>>>the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it true?
>>
>> No
>>
>>>lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?
>>>
>>>Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
>>>LODencyclopedia ?
>>>
>>
>>
>> This one is a no brainer. A snow queen is by FAR the most powerful
>> sorceress. With the right gear, blizzard can do upwards of 30k damage.
>> In MF mode, you'd do significantly less, but still far more than would
>> be needed to off him in a solo game.
>>
>> Mickey
>>
>
>
> But aren't there a lot of cold immunes in the throneroom @ hellmode ?
>
> Which spell is your main spell ? blizzard, frozen orb ?

The only cold immunes on that level are the spawned skeletons in wave 2, and
the witches that shoot the glowing balls.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   02-01-2005 at 07:33:14 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Vladesch wrote:
> "Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:cto66e$mpo$2@news.cistron.nl...
> > Mickey wrote:
> >> Rover wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi ,
> >>>
> >>>I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a
sorc
> >>
> >> i
> >>
> >>>want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia
there
> >>
> >>
> >>>are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere
that
> >>
> >>
> >>>the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it
true?
> >>
> >> No
> >>
> >>>lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?
> >>>
> >>>Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
> >>>LODencyclopedia ?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> This one is a no brainer. A snow queen is by FAR the most powerful
> >> sorceress. With the right gear, blizzard can do upwards of 30k
damage.
> >> In MF mode, you'd do significantly less, but still far more than
would
> >> be needed to off him in a solo game.
> >>
> >> Mickey
> >>
> >
> >
> > But aren't there a lot of cold immunes in the throneroom @ hellmode
?
> >
> > Which spell is your main spell ? blizzard, frozen orb ?
>
> The only cold immunes on that level are the spawned skeletons in wave
2, and
> the witches that shoot the glowing balls.

But a good barb merc can make hash out of either of those in a matter
of seconds. So can a decent act2 merc. I prefer the barb merc for MFing
only because telekill works better as their weapons are generally
faster.

Mickey

Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   02-02-2005 at 02:52:42 AM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:33:13 +0100, Rover <i_hate@spam.com> wrote:

>Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
>LODencyclopedia ?
>
>Thx
>
>Rover

I don't know LODencyclopedia, the one I use (which I just found out he
has a 1.10 patch for) is http://www.d-dave.com .

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16

Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   02-05-2005 at 12:09:34 AM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

>>> be needed to off him in a solo game.
>>>
>>> Mickey

Hey, glad to see Mickey's back (even if I'm only lurking these days).
Stephen
http://adrr.com/hero/diablo.htm
http://adrr.com/story/

Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   02-04-2005 at 04:32:05 PM
- 0 +

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

 

Stephen R. Marsh wrote:
> >>> be needed to off him in a solo game.
> >>>
> >>> Mickey
>
> Hey, glad to see Mickey's back (even if I'm only lurking these days).

Hiya Stephen. Then why not delurk and hang out a bit. This place has
just GOT to be more interesting than findlaw.com or some such :)

Mickey

Reply to Anonymous
Anonymous   06-03-2009 at 07:27:56 PM
- 0 +

Anonymous wrote :

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?)

"Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
news:cto66e$mpo$2@news.cistron.nl...
> Mickey wrote:
>> Rover wrote:
>>
>>>Hi ,
>>>
>>>I was wondering what the best build (skills, not items) is for a sorc
>>
>> i
>>
>>>want to use for baal runs in hell. According to LODencyclopedia there
>>
>>
>>>are no lighting resists in the throne room, but i read somewhere that
>>
>>
>>>the LODencyclopedia is based on patch 1.09a,b,c,d. So is it true?
>>
>> No
>>
>>>lighting immunes? What is the best lighting sorc build then ?
>>>
>>>Are there any better (more recent, patch 1.10) programs like
>>>LODencyclopedia ?
>>>
>>
>>
>> This one is a no brainer. A snow queen is by FAR the most powerful
>> sorceress. With the right gear, blizzard can do upwards of 30k damage.
>> In MF mode, you'd do significantly less, but still far more than would
>> be needed to off him in a solo game.
>>
>> Mickey
>>
>
>
> But aren't there a lot of cold immunes in the throneroom @ hellmode ?
>
> Which spell is your main spell ? blizzard, frozen orb ?

The only cold immunes on that level are the spawned skeletons in wave 2, and
the witches that shoot the glowing balls.




That is unfortunately incorrect info. Lister is sometimes cold immune and also the doom knights (ones with glowing hands). Although they can be overcome by telekilling with my eth-bonehew equipped act2 merc it takes too long to be effective. The only effective way to mf is to do as many runs in the shortest time possible wich increases your mf chance much more than just having high mf gear (I have 500+ mf when soloing baal, with lvl 87 blizz sorc).
So the question remains unanswered: are there lightning immunes in throne room?

Reply to Anonymous
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > Games General Discussions > best MF hell-baal sorc?
Go to:

There are 1123 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.208 seconds
Sponsored links