stuck with my meteorb mf sorc

[Rayban_82]

well.. i've played diablo a while to and from. at first babas were my choice of mfing chars (pre 1.10) but the one i had back then was greatly nerfed. Then i started my first sorc. i fell in love XD. now I've played sorcs for a while (three of em, counting one in single player) and a i always seem to get stuck at the same place. hell. it is a mf sorc so apart from fcr and res i pretty much build her around mf.. in nm i have max on fire and lightning but when i enter hell it's not even over 20 on any of them which makes it really hard for me to run hell meph. not even the moat trick can save me from his elemental attacks so.. and fcr for me is only 20%.. i know that atleast 30 is needed for a somewhat safe trip down to him. as for skillpoints I have spent it like this:
fo 20 (26)
cm 10 (16)
meteor 20 (26)
fm 20 (26)
fb 6 (12)
and prereqs only except for static and tele
my lvl is 75 and my equips are
wpn1 : cromatic ire
armor : skullders w p.topaz
boots : rare exep with some res and mf
gloves : rare norm with res and mf
head : stealskull
rings : res only.. no mf here..
amu : mf only..
belt : up'd goldwrap
switch: alibaba and an ancient's pledge kite shield..

stats:
str 95 (not sure but it's to wear wartravs later on)
dex 100ish gonna put more into it for some more block when i find a new wpn that's onehanded so i can use a shield
vit 200ish (well.. doesn't need explaining right?)
energy around 70 ( yeah i know, some say keep it at base but this works for me)

thing is. i dont want to sacrifice too much mf to get good res an fcr.. what should i improve? oh.. and should i stay with nm meph to hunt some other items? i do have tals helm stashed somewhere so some more in that set maybe, but would that help me? any ideas are welcome. thnx in advance

[Superhal]

couple points:

1. you aren't doing the moat trick correctly if meph can still attack you. make sure your merc is dead and don't res him.

2. the golden rule of mf'ing is that you have to kill quickly. if you can't, you have to change mf eq for power eq until you can kill quickly. whatever mf you have at that point is all the mf you can use. for example, i only have @120% mf for my baalrunner. that's all i can do, so that's what i go with.

my advice:
your big problem appears to me to be that you aren't doing the moat trick correctly. check the sticky and try again. the main issue with fcr is getting there, but it seems like you are getting there fine.

[sasja]

Superhal is right, but I'd add two pieces of advice:

Level 75 may be a little on the low side - your level is extremely important when determining whether a monster will hit you or not, and with no block and low defense, you're bound to die pretty often when teleing. Do a few Baal runs or whatever you do for leveling until you hit 80, and I'm sure you'll experience a huge improvement.
Get a wizard spike for the tele. They're not expensive (check the trade fora, a handful of pgems should do the trick), but extremely useful for teleporting to mephi: Huge resists, huge fcr and as an extra bonus, lots of mana.
Good luck!

[Rayban_82]

great info you guys. i'll keep those in mind. silly me didn't get the moat at first but i think i do now. im off trying some now.. oh and i'm gonna gamble for some res rings. no mf on my rings yet so thats the first place i would put res in instead. i do have around 320% mf already so i guess i dould cut down some.. well thnx a bunch.