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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo 2 / December 2007Need frost sorc advice
I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen Orb (FO) is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort of hit and miss. Glacial Spike (GS) is powerful and non-timered but a pain to aim. What is the ultimate cold sorc setup? >I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen Orb (FO) >is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort of hit and miss. >Glacial Spike (GS) is powerful and non-timered but a pain to aim. What is >the ultimate cold sorc setup? Not sure why but IMHO FO damage is much higher than that. It kills much faster anyhow, no matter what the thing says. I have been through hell with a level 20 FO on a chanter. angst aka poindexstar >>I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen Orb (FO) >>is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort of hit and miss. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >faster anyhow, no matter what the thing says. I have been through hell with >a level 20 FO on a chanter. AFAIK, the damage displayed for FO is the damage each shard from the Frozen Orb does. Don't forget the last 'blast' from the Orb dissolving. And also don't discount the effect Cold Mastery has on the final damage. FO is a pretty amazing skill for just 20+1 Skill Point if you only use 1 point in CM. Hell, I even keep a staff with +FO/+CM for taking out those nasty PI+LI monsters you occasionally encounter with my pure Li sorc. As for the 'ultimate' Cold Sorc, that would perhaps be a fully synergized Blizzard Sorc, though she be sort of a one-trick pony, and in big trouble once she hits something that's both CI as well as PI (assuming she has a pretty kick-a.s merc). Also keep in mind Infinity isn't as good at break Cold Immunes as it is at breaking Lightning Immunes. Regards, Patrick. > AFAIK, the damage displayed for FO is the damage each shard from the > Frozen Orb does. Don't forget the last 'blast' from the Orb dissolving. > And also don't discount the effect Cold Mastery has on the final damage. Yep, the damage listed is per shard. With each monster getting hit by multiple shards, plus the blast itself, orb does a LOT more than 600 damage per cast. > As for the 'ultimate' Cold Sorc, that would perhaps be a fully synergized > Blizzard Sorc, though she be sort of a one-trick pony, and in big trouble > once she hits something that's both CI as well as PI (assuming she has a > pretty kick-a.s merc). Also keep in mind Infinity isn't as good at break > Cold Immunes as it is at breaking Lightning Immunes. Aye., most cold immunes can't be broken even by a paladin's level 25 conviction(I have 2 auradins, so I've had a lot of experience learning what can and can't be broken), much less Infinity's lvl 12. > Regards, > > Patrick. Somewhere on teh interweb Patrick Vervoorn typed: >>> I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen >>> Orb (FO) is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > isn't as good at break Cold Immunes as it is at breaking Lightning > Immunes. I knew someone who had a (pure) blizz sorc equiped with a near-perfect Death's fathom, a similar Nightwing's Veil and a Snowclash as well as lots of skillers. (This was pre-torches). Man, when questing or playing with her I didn't get to touch anything that wasn't cold immune, they just disappeared instantly.  SignatureTTFN, Shaun. > I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen Orb > (FO) is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort of hit > and miss. Glacial Spike (GS) is powerful and non-timered but a pain to > aim. What is the ultimate cold sorc setup? General purpose and MF, Blizzard. It has the problem you quoted, but usually only affect stationary objects/monsters. Everything that moves under the shower get hit pretty badly. When dealing with couch potatoes that doesn't like moving, use teleport strategically. I believe it's also the one with most damage output. If you can get slvl 40 Blizz, Hell Mephie should only be only 2-3 casts after static. FO has a seemingly much higher damage output than what's on paper. Try a slvl 20 FO with slvl 1 CM in hell. In theory you aren't going to kill anything, but instead it does a decent job. Some people say the listed damage is per shard/bolt but I haven't read any in depth technical analysis yet. Very few people, if any at all, use FO for sole cold sorc because it practically doesn't benefit from synergies. Some specialized builds also will use other skills like Ice Bolt or Blast, either for the freeze/chill duration, missile speed, or whatever reasons that I have little knowledge about. Ultimate cold sorc set up is generally all about +skill, +cold damage, and -Enemy cold resist. Ugliest sorc helm Nightwing, Death's Fathom, the right Ormu's robe, cold facet, etc. They are all gawdly expensive for the average income households. Bing >> I have a few cold skillers. Unfortunately, even a slvl 40 Frozen Orb >> (FO) is only about 600 dmg. Blizzard is more powerful but sort of hit [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bing Although these days with everyone clamouring after the high-end ladder-only runewords, uniques in general are a lot more cheaply available than they were pre-1.10. <g> |
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