New Ladder, Frost or Shock?

[Shway]

Of course this has been done a thousand times.
But for the new ladder, untwinked, where everyone will be equal and without the godly items, which will be more successful. Successful at running the ladder that is, using only items found and traded along the way.

Please no flames, I know there are other threads up about this but I have yet to see one devoted to what will work best untwinked, if i missed one sorry.

[neXus]

probably shock. Less expensive at beginning. CMPB only requires Um rune. If you can get ahold of Heaven's Light + guillame's + gores near the start then id go frost.

[Shway]

Assuming I'll probably be partied most of the time for exp purposes, would shock still be the best choice being as it only benefits you, not your party.

[Psykaft]

im gonna be in hcl with 3 of my friends. I figured frost would be the best should to keep everyone alive, and it will help for when people come to pk us. If we dont want to fight them they will get slowed and give us a little more time to tp back to town, this is when im higher lvl and my aura is reaching the edge of the screen. I read the frost zealot guide and was overjoyed when the first sentence said it was geared toward hard core ladder and he gave alot of suggestions for easier to get gear that would still be viable, and i think that playing a frosty will be alot of fun and keep me alive.

[Valar-Wrath]

Well, IMO Tesladin is cheaper. You can get one of the best weapons for that build pretty easily(Crescent Moon) Also, if you think that Tesladin will not help the party as much, think again, the damage is insane and you don't need uber gear. Also one more thing that makes me lean towards Tesladin, you can always buy a Holy Freeze Merc :)