pvm firetrapper? doable?

[maxxfury]

After getting my mf sorc up and running in the 2nd ladder i thought id try an assassin, ive made a phoenix striker in the past so i wanted to try a trapper.

I dont usually like playin the same build as everyone else and as the only trappers i see are light trappers i thought about makin a fire trapper, to be a bit different.

So i was wondering how well they do in pvm<i dont wanna do duels with her>

So has anyone actually made a firetrapper for pvm and if so how did she fare, and how far did they get? i assume by there not been any around
<on euro ladder> that they dont do well in hell with FI's.

i was thinking

20 fire blast <spam attack>
20 wake of fire <group trap>
20 wake of inferno <single enemy trap>
( i heard there was a bug involving the flame thrower type skills?true?)

17 shadow warrior/master <after skills>
1 point in the usual shadow skills <cloak/mindblast ect>

thanks for ur replies(if any) in advance

maxx

[sir goatscelot]

Yes it works and yes there's a bug with WoI. Death sentry is an option otherwise it's fine :)

[maxxfury]

what is the woi bug? and death sentry is that a 1 pointer for the corpse exp or pump it for fire blast synergy?

[skilledlord]

i've seen one fire trapper on useast nl sc, does quite well but then again, he has uber gear.

[Speederländer]

Do fire traps plus dragon talon for immunes. You'll have a better shot and success.

[Caerbannog]

The bug is that it does 28% or something like that of the listed damage. Max fire blast and it's synergies and u'll be doing more damage :(

[HCTwinJava]

among all trap skills, fully synergized fire blast delivers the highest avg dmg. You can spam it (and you will)... Not for a "lazier" trapper who enjoys "waiting".

[Lyrs]

1 pt into Cloak of Shadows. I use it to keep monsters in place. IT works quite well on baal runs and wherever ye be traveling. All those minions just stand there taking whatever dmg is being delt.

[maxxfury]

hmmm fire blast+ synergies eh

which synergies do you recomend then?

lightning and fire?

[sir goatscelot]

Imho, since it is fire trapper, max fb, wof, woi, ds. Use wof and fb untill a few corpses drop then ds. High lvl build but works fine with some sm thrown in. A good merc is also helpful for immunes. Have funs!

[Wingspan]

I highly agree tat WoI is the most useless Fire trap. If it actually did the lsited dmg it would pwn but sadly.... it is far from pwnage, though it is still usefull to drop 5 around baal while your Shadow and/or Merc tanks.

[HCTwinJava]

WoI? I can tell every1 a test I did last year in 1.10:

Hell Act1, at 1st WP out of town (cold plain), fully synergized WoI: I tried to use it to kill a group of cold-immune spearwomem. After about 10 minutes had passed, none of them was dead!
I had to run in a circle to avoid getting killed while trying to lure them to staying within the range of WoI. Finally, I lost patience and killed them using my claws. As we all know, these enemies are among the easiest on Hell diff level.

gL.