Duriel advice please

[Squid99]

I'm quite new to sorcerers and would like to get some advice on dealing with Duriel. I am playing only untwinked solo hardcore. Advice on general strategies as well as specific info is appreciated. Feel free to point me to an appropriate link, if available. I'm currently invested mainly in fire and cold spells, but do have static field and teleport as well. TIA for any help.

[skygoneblue]

What skills specifically?

I usually just teleport/frozen orb the crap out of him - he doesn't take much. However, if you're alone in HC, I could see that being more difficult.

Do you have a mercenary?

[tpc1971]

Don't forget about static, it's a loveley skill ;)

[Kumakichi]

Duriels charge attack hurts the most. Get a decent Merc going if your strictly going solo. If you can... static him down... but you'll have to get close if your static is at low level. Once he's tanked you can whallop him with your best attack.

[Jaimes]

It's too bad you're doing him solo. I've done two sorceresses vs. Duriel, but I don't think doing 1 is going to be very easy.. Good luck, in any case :)

[Squid99]

I'm currently clvl19 and don't plan on going after him quite yet. My skills include mainly the more offensively minded ones from the fire and cold trees, with static field and teleport also present. No frozen orb as of yet. My equipment is all fairly lame as I play untwinked so no really handy items for me or my merc (Act2 Defensive).

Once I was ready, I was thinking I might try to get my merc to tank and get myself near enough for static field to work I would just keep pumping my merc w/ pots until he is near to death and then try to teleport and TP to refresh. Any thoughts?

[ZenPogo]

The easiest way to kill Duriel is to put a point in Blaze and walk around in a circle until he dies. This also works great on the Act 1 boss. Good luck.