FO/TS viable in PvM??

[GetYouMad]

I know there is a guides stickied but it's meant 4 pvp.. what i wanna know is if it is viable pvm. i mean by that will i be able to run meph andy etc. in a 8 players game maybe ty:jig:

[sirpoopsalot]

FO yes, TS no.


TS can help your damage a tiny little bit, but otherwise it's complete crap for killing monsters.

[Spectrus]

You'll probably find that FO is slow on bosses. It doesn't really compare damage-wise with Blizzard, as far as cold goes. It might work? I don't know, I haven't played an orb sorc like that in a while, but I know that when I played my meteorb, I used meteor because it was just so much better at damaging meph. And Andy is weak to fire...

And sirpoopsalot is right, TS is rather unimpressive now. 1.09, it was useful though...

[GetYouMad]

thanks thats what i thought but i think ill make a Orb sorc wit blizard maxed 4 blizzard maybe.. is that ay good?

[Tor Land]

You'll probably find that FO is slow on bosses. It doesn't really compare damage-wise with Blizzard, as far as cold goes. It might work? I don't know, I haven't played an orb sorc like that in a while, but I know that when I played my meteorb, I used meteor because it was just so much better at damaging meph. And Andy is weak to fire...

And sirpoopsalot is right, TS is rather unimpressive now. 1.09, it was useful though...

FO slow on bosses? No, with proper use FO is great against bosses. I actually seem to remember some guy proving that it actually could be better than Blizzard(pure math).

[stephan]

When FO is used properly it is not far behind Blizzard when it comes to killing meph (certainly if you consider the difference in skill points invested). The difference in killing time is dwarfed by the time it takes to get to him in any case.

Don't combine FO with Blizzard, it really doesn't make that much sense.

[sirpoopsalot]

Don't combine FO with Blizzard, it really doesn't make that much sense.

Unless you're using them to synergize Frost Nova. :tongue:


But yeah... FO does definitely work for bosses (and it can be similar in speed and effectiveness). I've tried both extensively, and basically the choice boils down to the number of "hard" skillpoints you want to spend in the cold tree:

20-30 skillpoints = Frozen Orb
50+ skillpoints = Blizzard

(that's why Frozen Orb is such a solid backup attack for sorcs using fire or lighting attacks)

[GetYouMad]

i think i'm gonna make an orber then.. i would have liked to be able to key run but i can leave that to my hammerdin ty guys :D

[DiscipleRayne]

IMO any sorceress guide is viable in pvm BUT <---pretty little but

FO TS i doubt can kill andy when level 90 lightning sorc's have trouble in 8 player games o.O but you can try as for meph hes a peice o' cake with any sorceress

[Noite Escura]

FO/TS was viable for Classic solo CS runners. you would kill everything with Orb while TS hit Oblivion Knights. It was easy to kill De Seis also(although there are poeple that swear they made it with Static+TK). For LoD there are better options...