Tk/Orb vs Meteorb (new sorc)

[adamgrz]

I used to play d2 a ton and am just coming back now and looking to remake a sorc. haven't done too much in the most recent patch and I'm trying to determine whether a tk/orb or meteorb sorc would be better for MFing. I'm not sure what I'm going to run yet. But i would like the ability to run Hell meph and probably baal. I'm not sure how viable a tk/orb sorc is in soloing hell. Any advice is appreciated.

Edit: Sorry this is in hardcore

[PhatTrumpet]

Orb/TK is not particularly good for soloing Hell unless your Merc is totally sweet. It's more of a starter build to run (primarily) Meph and accumulate an item base.

Meteorb is a better all-around build that can solo Hell untwinked and starts to really excel with better (not necessarily godly) gear.

I usually start off with an Orb/TK Mepher until I can decently-equip a Meteorber to start rushing and/or Baaling and/or key running, whatever.

[Noite Escura]

By TK you mean Telekinesis? Why not using pure Blizzard for this? Do you need ES that much to run Meph?
Edit: sorry, I didn't read in the first post this was for hardcore...