Warmth? and how much str?

[Rhiana]

Is warmth needed/used in caster sorcs? And if it IS used, how many points make it a profitable investment?

How much strength should a sorc have? I'll be running a blizzard/glacial spike build so pure cold, probably with a HF/Defiance merc.

How much strength should she have? Spent most of my points in Vitality and Energy so far.

[Road Ratt]

If this is for mf sorc then I'd go 156 strength for a spirit monarch, no dexterity, no energy (put an insight on merc for mana regen.), rest into vitality. You'll only need 1 point in warmth, let plus skills take care of the rest. Also 1 point in the other usual skills Static Field and Teleport and you should be good to go. :thumbsup:

[Rhiana]

Not mf specifically, just want to have a char that can finish Hell ^_^ I'll just stack stuff in Vit and Str, then.

Uhm... other usual skills? Those being... ? xD 20 Blizzard, 20 Cold Mastery and frozen orb?

[Road Ratt]

If you're going for a blizz sorc you won't want any points in frozen orb, blizzard and FO are both timered spells and work best seperately as a main skill.

Blizzard: 20
Ice Blast: 20
Glacial Spike: 20
Ice Bolt: 20
Cold Mastery: rest go here (I usually do this last)
Warmth: 1
Static Field: 1
Teleport: 1

[Rhiana]

Thank you for the answers... I hope I can salvage by sorc, since I have some skill points used in other places. Not many, though, since I put most in Ice Blast.

I don't want to make another thread, so I'll just ask here and hope somebody sees it >.>

What/Where can I get some cheapish Normal/Nightmare gear for my sorc? I'll be angling for a Monarch when I reach Hell, so I should start playing with an Orb and a shield just to get used to it. Any other low-ish runewords that work good on sorcs? Or some uniques? Or, since I get plenty of rares, what are the mods I should be looking for? +skills are obvious, but should I favor +3 specific skill or take the +1 all cold skills?

I won't be MFing yet, so I'm not looking for MF gear, just general adventuring stuff. If you name uniques/set items, please post their stats, I've only encountered low level ones and the wiki is a pain to search.

[Road Ratt]

Any sorc orb with +skills will be good, ones with added faster cast rate and/or plusses to blizzard will be very good finds. I like an Occy for my mf blizz sorcs and is the orb I shoot for. Another cheap way to get +skills in the weapon slot is to find or trade for a 4os crystal or broad sword and make Spirit in it. As for shields a Visceratuant Defender is good but a Lidless Wall is a better option until you can get a spirit monarch. If you do decide on some mf runs all of these items can be found in nightmare (except the monarch).

[Rhiana]

A long time until I can get the Occulus, I think (Clvl req 50, and I'm only 29). Am using a +2 blizz staff with a +1 cold skills orb on switch, and I haven't had much trouble yet (did ancients normal very easily, static field rocks).

Gonna see if I can afford a spirit sword, since it would be better than the orb I'm using.

Thanks again for all the help and sorry for all the newbie questions.