will a fire char holdup in act 5 hell?

[matteboy2001]

hi somthing of a noob here.(halfway into act3 nm. a lvl36 barb, lvl 19druid, lvl 47 necro) i want to make a fire sorc and many monsters are use fire in act5 and sometimes have high fire resistance. so can a mostly fire char hold up?(into hell?)
all input wanted -- thnx

[Goatica_is_back]

hi somthing of a noob here.(halfway into act3 nm. a lvl36 barb, lvl 19druid, lvl 47 necro) i want to make a fire sorc and many monsters are use fire in act5 and sometimes have high fire resistance. so can a mostly fire char hold up?(into hell?)
all input wanted -- thnx


Not solo, in group, yes

[sheepe2004]

a good merc will help but all of hell has fire immunes especially act 1 with all those fallen

[BlackWinterDay]

Most people make single element sorcs for a specific purpose, knowing full well that they will need to party up to get past certain aspects of the game. If you want verstatility, maybe you should try making a dual element sorc like a Meteorb. She still has lots of "fire"power, but she also has a decent cold attack. There's nothing she can't handle except for fire/cold immunes, but a well equipped merc can make short work of those (mine has no problem with Hell Lister).

[DaCerZ]

(mine has no problem with Hell Lister).

My merc seems to enjoy running into large groups of monsters and dying horribly. He's going to cost me a fortune in gold to level I imagine, heheh.

-Dace-

[matteboy2001]

Thanx everyone -- what i needed to know. while were talking about resistances, if you have 100% fire resist you dont take fire damage? if you have 120% is 20 returned or do you heal or what? y i know your resistances drop in nm and hell. thnx

[Myrakh-2]

For players, resistances are capped at 75%. You can raise that cap a bit to 95% by using items, but not further.

Some items give you absorb, which uses damage to heal you. Not much, and offhand I don't know whether that and 95% resist are sufficient to make you immune (I've never had a char with that kind of resists...).

[Nolomite]

offhand I don't know whether that and 95% resist are sufficient to make you immune (I've never had a char with that kind of resists...).

Yes, you're immune, or close enough to it. With a fire resist of 83 and 15% absorb I can stand in the Act III Blood Lords' firewalls and meteors and lose like 1 life point every 2 seconds. There may be bigger fire damage somewhere that actually would affect me, but I've never noticed it...