My MF blizz sorc comments/help

[Über]

You guys werent kidding, with no points into energy i still have 700 mana with frostys.

CLVL 74 Pure Blizzard Sorc

156(BASE) Str
~250 Vita
Base dex
Base energy

Circlet Lore/ Soon to be Shako
Crystal Sword Spirit FCR 34%
Monarch Spirit FCR 33% def:140
Tal rasha belt
Serpentskin Stealth/ Soon to be Tals armor
Frostburns/ maybe chancies
13 mana/ 29 mf amulet/ Soon to be tals ammy
Rare 10 fcr ~10 dex, some resists, +10 mana ring/ Soon to be nagels
+7 dex +100 mana ring

Skills:
20 CM
20 Blizzard
20 GSpike
~10 Ice Blast
1 Ice bolt
1 teleport
1 static
1 warmth


~700 life
~700 mana
~2.3k Blizz damage
~500 IB/GS damage


Well what else could i do to make my sorc better?

Im not at act 3 yet to do mephy, but im trying to mf andy and having some trouble. I always end up teleporting into some fanatic/ unique monsters, and since my defence is low(~500) they hit me everytime. I might remake my stealth into a higher defence armor since i have so much str. My resists are pretty low too(negatives). I might switch my spirit for a wizzy.

I dont keep rehiring my HF merc after he dies because he's too low level, and i dont have any good merc gear to equip him with. I might trade him in for a prayer merc. After he gets to a high enouph level and i have an insight for him ill probably change some of my "soon to be" gear( nagels/chancies..).

I dont have much mf, so i just do nm cows, meph, and countess.
Where else can i do MF runs at my condition?

[Superhal]

with crappy eq, you need to make up for weakness with levels/skills. therefore, i would recommend waiting until 78 until doing hell. do a few more nm baal runs.

with 2 soj, harle, frosties, mana boots (i forget the name) and spirit shield, base nrg results in like 1200 mana. usually i have to remove the frosties and other things to keep mana below health.

for merc, get an insight weapon. for now use an etheral exceptional.

you need to level him up. drag him around normal worldstone.

for armor/helm, there's no easy solution. you have to find a thieve's crown or stealskull or duriel's shell, and the odds of this happening are better vs hell meph.

therefore, just ignore the merc for now and do nm baal runs until 78, then rush yourself to hell meph. you can ignore the merc if you are only doing meph runs.

[Leohappy]

you need to level him up. drag him around normal worldstone.
No need to level the merc in 1.11. Just hire a new one of the same type and he'll be up to 1 level lower than you.

A nice mf area that doesn't require resists is hell mausoleum which also doesn't have cold immunes so I'd suggest you to investigate :D. Untwinked blizz sorc can do it in 8pl game.

[w-igor]

is that a good idea to do storm/spirit max block ?
I have to invest 156 in str and about 220 in dex... and then i have not too many poinds to invest in vita.
What do you think about it?

[Frosty_The_Snowman]

~2.3k Blizz damage

I dont have much mf, so i just do nm cows, meph, and countess.
Where else can i do MF runs at my condition?Get rushed to Act 3 Hell and begin to MF Baal, using the moat trick :p.
With 2.300 Blizzard damage and Level 20 Cold Mastery, you'll kill him in no time and you'll find nice items pretty fast - and safely - :thumbsup: !

[Rugruth]

I find defiance merc better on my blizz sorc than holy freeze, he tanks better at lower levels.

With a 800ish defense armor and a crown of thieves (2xx), he has about 8000 defense at lvl 81. and he boosts my defense too.

R.

[PawnOfChaos]

Run Ancient Tunnels in lost city. Its a 85 area like the pits, no cold immunes except as a random mod on bosses, and easy (only ranged attacker being weak lightning skele mages).

I play hc exclusively, and use first drop bug on meph, so my sorc isn't past a3, and is already lvl 87. Running Meph/Countess/Tunnels is all I do (andy is another option but I hate reviving my merc).

Oh, and countess is easy to do even with an orb/tk sorc (me) with a decent merc, just use tele to herd her crew to one of the doorways to her room, stick your merc in the doorway and stand behind him using static. 2 pokes each and they die.

[chubbypuppy]

No need to level the merc in 1.11. Just hire a new one of the same type and he'll be up to 1 level lower than you

This is true but I found out that his stats suck in comparison to one you raised. His resists wont be maxed in hell and he'll have less hps.

[Über]

with crappy eq, you need to make up for weakness with levels/skills. therefore, i would recommend waiting until 78 until doing hell. do a few more nm baal runs.

with 2 soj, harle, frosties, mana boots (i forget the name) and spirit shield, base nrg results in like 1200 mana. usually i have to remove the frosties and other things to keep mana below health.

for merc, get an insight weapon. for now use an etheral exceptional.

you need to level him up. drag him around normal worldstone.

for armor/helm, there's no easy solution. you have to find a thieve's crown or stealskull or duriel's shell, and the odds of this happening are better vs hell meph.

therefore, just ignore the merc for now and do nm baal runs until 78, then rush yourself to hell meph. you can ignore the merc if you are only doing meph runs.

Completely forget the sojs for now

Theres less then 1% chance ill trade for them or find them, this is ladder buddy, sojs = both arms & legs.

i just found a unique sallet which is pretty nice for a merc, ill use that...

[Leohappy]

This is true but I found out that his stats suck in comparison to one you raised. His resists wont be maxed in hell and he'll have less hps.This is not true, stat tables are always the same, and only depend on difficulty level now. In other words, don't hire mercs in hell, do it in normal (or nm).

[garion]

I play hc exclusively, and use first drop bug on meph, so my sorc isn't past a3, and is already lvl 87.

what is the "first drop bug on meph"?

[Über]

Just got a normal CV infinity

210 strength is too much, the best merc i can buy right now is lvl 77 and his strength is around 170

another 4 soc pole arm is a little hard to get

what do i do?

[Superhal]

first drop: bug only works on andy, don't worry about it. the first time you kill a boss, you get a better drop that is guaranteed to be all items, rare or better. for andy, you can get this drop every time you kill her. for the others, it only happens the first time.

re: sojs: i got 2 sojs last ladder within 2 months. one i got after 1 month, the 2nd i got after the 2nd month.

[Leohappy]

what do i do?Griswold armor w/3 p-amethysts for +50 str and Gaze for leech&dr. Later you can use Andy mask+Duriel's shell for +40-45 str.

[forthenight]

I have a question. As a pure blizz sorc, how do you manage cold immunes if you don't use your merc often, you didnt mention a backup spell...

[Superhal]

I have a question. As a pure blizz sorc, how do you manage cold immunes if you don't use your merc often, you didnt mention a backup spell...

teleport past them.

[rykuss]

I had the same problem with the str req of the cv but then i found an eth rare circlet with 27 str, 19 dex and some other nice stats like ED. It was useless for any char i might make but it gave my merc the boost he needed to weild it.

[Leohappy]

I have a question. As a pure blizz sorc, how do you manage cold immunes if you don't use your merc often, you didnt mention a backup spell...Static + merc can kill those immunes but it's not the fastest way. As already suggested, avoid areas infested with cold immunes.

[Über]

Ment insight btw.

OMG i had such great luck on meph yesterday

Yesterday he dropped me bartucs, boneweaves, ik maul, runemaster

today he dropped me a shako, and tstrokes...

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