What is the most dominant element?

[belonker]

I have a question: Say you have access to absolutely perfect gear, the best items possible for any Sorc build (including your merc, I'm talking about Infinity etc). Out of the three elements, which single tree Sorc would be the absolute best at things such at MF runs, rushing friends, and simply doing incredible damage while killing things at incredible speeds with little to no risk involved? Im sure each element would own everything with perfect gear, but which in your opinion is the BEST?

[McCain123]

Lightning. Most immunes can be broken with Infinity.

[StewieGriff_XLT]

Lightning sorcs, not a doubt in my mind. My p.i.m.p.e.d. light sorc rushes faster than my hammerdin with the help of an act 2 holy freeze merc equipped with an eth dream bonevisage, eth sup archon fort, and a sexxxy PERF eth cryptic infinity *yeah, first roll, k3k3k3 thx*

Magic finding, key runs, rushes, chaos runs, baal runs, pvp, etc... is easy as pie....

for pvp (NOT PVM) i like fire ball sorcs and orb sorcs, they seem to be most affective

hope i help sway your choices (go light sorc :thumbsup: )

CJ :clap:

[RetroStar]

With the release of Infinity. Lightning sorcs.

[eqiz]

whats Infinity?

[Evrae Altana]

whats Infinity?
4 socket polearms
Ber+Mal+Ber+Ist
50% Chance To Cast Level 20 Chain Lightning When You Kill An Enemy
Level 12 Conviction Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Run/Walk
+255-325% Enhanced Damage (varies)
-(45-55)% To Enemy Lightning Resistance (varies)
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
Prevent Monster Heal
0.5-49.5 To Vitality (Based on Character Level)
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Level 21 Cyclone Armor (30 Charges

Works on Ladder only. Will not work for SP, NL, or Open characters.

[sorceressgod]

Lightning sorcs, not a doubt in my mind. My p.i.m.p.e.d. light sorc rushes faster than my hammerdin with the help of an act 2 holy freeze merc equipped with an eth dream bonevisage, eth sup archon fort, and a sexxxy PERF eth cryptic infinity *yeah, first roll, k3k3k3 thx*

Magic finding, key runs, rushes, chaos runs, baal runs, pvp, etc... is easy as pie....

for pvp (NOT PVM) i like fire ball sorcs and orb sorcs, they seem to be most affective

hope i help sway your choices (go light sorc :thumbsup: )

CJ :clap:



YES, YES YES!!!

pimped is the right word!!!

though mine don't have an infinity for my merc, yet... it still pretty owns lol...


the trouble with light sorcs to me though, is that once u perfected it and get really bored of pwning monsters and pk(true lol), u might find that other classes of chars may not match up to lite sorcs in versatility, other than the fact that melee chars can leech life lol.

even if making a pure fire or cold sorc.. fire sorcs need obscene amounts of cast rates and lots of +lvl items to increase your teleporting level(so that mana regeneration can continue while teleporting)... and cold sorcs are just very expensive to make :/

[Xion]

and cold sorcs are just very expensive to make :/

Than again, once you've perfected a cold Sorc, it'll be well worth it. Trust me, with the exception of Druids, my Orber really rips people apart. Though Light Sorc's are really out of control in damage when perfected. I'd rate Ice and Lightning at around the same level, both with heavy pros and cons.

[eA-Zaku]

Are you sure Lightning is better than Ice and Fire at doing what the original poster asked? I don't think insane maximum damage matters...since you'll be killing monsters all in 1 hit anyways...I think fire or ice would be much "faster/safer" even if they do less damage. It's still enough to kill quickly.

[RetroStar]

Are you sure Lightning is better than Ice and Fire at doing what the original poster asked? I don't think insane maximum damage matters...since you'll be killing monsters all in 1 hit anyways...I think fire or ice would be much "faster/safer" even if they do less damage. It's still enough to kill quickly.

Lightning is the safest tree also since you can also have a very effective ES.

[AnimeCraze]

You know, most dreaded enemies are unbreakable cold immunes. That's why lightning is better.

[Tyrr]

Just an idea, but wouldn't a chainorb kill a li immune faster with orb than a merc with infinity?