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Wooobe
26-01-2006, 01:01
Given up on the masochistic exercise of playing untwinked sorc on hc. Thinking of trying a shockadin and relying on the lightning bursts for crowd-control, melee for boss, and use the HFreeze merc.

Anyone tried shockadin and got some advice/suggestions? How powerful is the build, and how dangerous is it to go melee on boss?

Cheers

Woobe
CoriolisEffect
26-01-2006, 01:08
be afraid of the chaos sancuary, be very afraid.

im not so sure i could give you a good answer, although one of the first questions that comes to mind for me is.... will you be able to keep ur AR high enough?
xeyloderixed
26-01-2006, 01:16
tried it. it is harder than ***. DO NOT make a shockadin untwinked.
CoriolisEffect
26-01-2006, 01:19
haha. i guess thats all she wrote then.
PhatTrumpet
26-01-2006, 02:11
Too many of you new guys appear to be obsessed with melee starter chars. Fire enchanted bosses in nightmare will kill you if Chaos Sanctuary doesn't, so don't bother unless want a long, challenging journey.

If lightning's your fancy, try a Javazon or Lightning Trapper.
STINGER
26-01-2006, 16:31
Shockers can throw also and do very solid damage, but as noted melee is just something that has hazards. Even high BO Barbs die to FIs in NM....melee in most cases just isnt somehting to do solo thru the whole game and not expect MANY deadly situations.

I would rate this as a build to do after you have some items.....any non-BO or Oak melee build is going to die most likely. Only solo melee build without life enhancement I would consider is a Sin with a very strog Shadow and Blades to throw.
Wooobe
27-01-2006, 02:43
Cheers for the heads'up,

started an elementalist instead. seems to be doing well so far, just damage's nowhere near my cold sork's unfortunately. The big improvement on hp's already proved hell useful though.

-HC4Eva!
Woobe
xeyloderixed
27-01-2006, 03:07
wind druids are fun.

don't let the numbers fool you. 2k tornado is really enough to take on hell (thats the number i got untwinked, or iirc). 1.8k life is sweet too, and thats not even with maxed oak.
Poro
27-01-2006, 12:38
(I have untwinked shockadin, but I'm in NM only.)
be afraid of the chaos sancuary, be very afraid.

Why? In chaos sanctuary you can kill oblivion knights even with bare fists (or something with very low physical dam.). IM doesn't matter in this case. (You will be doing mainly lighting damage.)
STINGER
27-01-2006, 18:24
(I have untwinked shockadin, but I'm in NM only.)

Why? In chaos sanctuary you can kill oblivion knights even with bare fists (or something with very low physical dam.). IM doesn't matter in this case. (You will be doing mainly lighting damage.)

If it were me and solo it would be javas or a bow.....that arura attracts things, easy to get swarmed.