what do i need to get my fire damage up?

[DrunkPunk]

Just built a meteorb sorc following the guide in this forum and she isnt doing enough damage with fire. Im at lvl 87 and currently have...

20 meteor
20 fire mastery
15 fire ball
20 orb
8 cold mastery
1 in all the prereqs
For equipment im using
p topaz shako
enigma armor
occy
p diamond ss
tal belt
chance guards
war travs
tal ammy
res ring
nagel ring
also have a 1 fire gc and 1 cold gc

currently doing 10k with meteor and 3.5k with fireball
Do i need more +1 gcs, dif equipment, or do i need to start putting points into a different skill?

[kuza]

you need a lot more FCR for a fire sorc. I'd throw on some magefists. And since you can afford enigma, why not go with the Tals ammy/armour/belt combo?? you'll get 2 FCR and +1 fire from the fist, then FCR from the armour. Either way, if you can't survive with a 10K meteor, then you might have merc problems. You almost NEED a merc to use meteor for alla round fighting.

[DrunkPunk]

i have p topaz'd tal armor sitting in my stash, i was using it till about lvl 83 when i changed to enigma. I was dying too much with the tal/lidless combo so i changed to the enigma/ss combo and she survives a lot better. Btw, what does fcr stand for?

One other problem i've had is keeping a merc alive. Everytime i revive my merc he just dies almost immediatly anywhere i take him. I've got 1700 def stone armor on him but it doesnt matter.

[dlantz]

I'd go full tal's set with magefist gloves. should give you enough fcr as well as pretty good + skills and most importantly the -15% fire resist.

[Tanatus]

Try next
perfect fire faceted eschuta (+25% damage / -5% fire resist) /2 ist Ali on switch
switch nagerling for SoJ (use nagerling only for switch on kill)
dump that tal's belt and get arachnids
unsocket SS and get second perfect fire facet here (so you will end up with +30% damage /-10% fire resist)/ 4ist monarch on switch
use magefists for damage and chances for final blow
If you feel particular incomforable on resistance replace enigma with CoH
About points you need pump ball to max or/and get FCR at least till first brake point (63%)

[Nathanjk]

What lvl is your merc. Make sure he is the same level as you. I found that with a stone eth armor and a umed vamp gaze he survived really well. He has some MR and 75% resists. Also though you have to keep an eye on him but its not that much trouble. Your also feeding him pots right?

Also are you doing the enigma for the str? If you still can I would switch to a vipermagi or CoH. This gives you extra resists so you can free up your stash and use BK or soj rings instead.

Also switching to arachnids might help as well with more fast cast and skills.

I wouldn't use any cold GCs and use all fire gcs. Also get an anni. A cheap one can be had for an um rune.

[DrunkPunk]

thanks for the suggestions, but im still unclear on what fcr stands for.
What weapon should i be using with an a2 merc?

[DrunkPunk]

figured out what fcr is...

how can you unsocket something?

[Tanatus]

Its hel rune + town portal scroll - it will unsocket item but destroy anything that was in socket (in your case pdiamond)
FCR - faster cast rate - brake points are 63%, 105% and not sure what is next