What about an Orb/FW dual-tree build?

[Nephos]

I really wanted a build that emphasized FO, so I'm thinking of going with the following for next ladder season.

20 Frozen Orb
20 Ice Bolt
5-10 Cold Mastery
20 Fire Wall
20 Fire Mastery

I ran the numbers. With a modest +6 to all skills, the Orb would do about 500 damage per shard, and FW would do around 5750 damage per second. With a more ambitious +12 to all skills, the Orb would do 630 per shard, and FW would do around 8600 damage per second. Orb would be the main skill, and FW would deal with any cold immunes. Would this be able to kill in Hell? Also, why don't more people go this route instead of meteorb or Bizzball?

[wangboBW]

Well, the only thing from with firewall in hc is that you need a strong merc to keep the cold immunes in place. Which is a lot more difficult that it sounds.

[Master Zap]

I agree , Meteor is too slow, I've always used firewall :)

mf'ing in nm , tele ontop of boss , cast one firewall and spam static.. done in 1 wall most of the time :)

My first char is usualy orb and firewall.

Firewall is tricky to aim, its about learning the angles of it. I use mine like inferno and make the badies walk the wall.


Totaly viable :)

I even have this sorc setup on my classic char

I get wall at 18, and put all my points in here till 30 for orb then max orb , get 4-5 in cold mastry right off, then go back to maxing wall and then firemastry