How much will a lighting facet help a light sorc???

[crhscoog]

Required Level: 49
100% Chance To Cast Level 41 Nova When You Level-Up
Adds 1-74 Lightning Damage
+3-5% To Lightning Skill Damage (varies)
-(3-5)% To Enemy Lightning Resistance (varies)

how much will one help me? im thinking about trading for one so i can kill hell andy and hell meph faster. my light sorc is currently lvl 84 and does 10.7k lighting dmg. i would prob be equiping this onto my occy and keep ptopaz for shako.

[Painman]

Not much vs. an Act Boss, tbh. If that's your max lit dmg, remember that you're almost never doing that much - it's closer to 5.4K per blast. Andy resists 66% of Lit in Hell and Meph 75%. With a 5/5 you'd increase your avg dmg per blast to around 5.7K, and reduce the boss' resistance to 61% and 70% respectively - because these bosses are taking such nerfed amounts of your actual damage to begin with, the 5/5 amounts to a lot less than it would against a monster that has no Lit Res to begin with.

And I'm glad you're saving the PTopaz for your Shako, because if you put it into your Occy you'd deserve to be bonked on the head with it for 18 to 42 melee damage plus 1 to 40 Lightning damage! :crazyeyes:

[crhscoog]

lol. ah which runs are good for my light sorc then(at its current stage)? made a light sorc to mf for lvl 90 hammy but i cant mf when i cant kill!!

[Painman]

Pure Lit sorcs own most of the game when they have Infinity on their mercs... without that, they'll run into trouble here and there.

The Pit in Tamoe Highland and Ancient Tunnels in Lost City are popular targets, but you'll run into some LI monsters... all you can do (besides waiting to see if your merc can take the packs out, doubtful @ lvl 80) is tele past them and kill stuff that isn't immune to you.

You can still kill Meph with Lit using the moat trick (look it up if you don't know it), but Andy is a hassle without fire and/or cold.

Actually the best Sorc for killing Andy is a Fire Sorc (her Fire Res is always -50!) and the best Sorc for Meph is probably a Blizz Sorc. That's why lots of folks make dual tree fire/cold Sorcs early on like Meteorbs or Blizzballers... best of both worlds for killing those bosses and doing area clear MF runs w/o running into much unkillable stuff.

[crhscoog]

oh i see thanks. i had made a meteorb to 76 but was frustrated with it cause i was stupid and put 75 base energy (first char coming back) so then i deleted it and made this new one. gah infinity... getting two bers will take awhile x[ maybe ill make a meteorb since it only took 2 days for this 84 light sorc x] actually i might go something like blizz, fireball or something... ill check guides. meteor is too slow for me.

my light is now 14k after trading for a low s.torch. str is 118 and have spare 105 stat pts. maybe ill get to 156 so i can get a spirit shield with monarch x] currently using visc defender though.

hey btw where u go to check boss resistances?

[Painman]

I just went to the Arreat Summit (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/) and looked up the act bosses under Super Uniques.

[DH Amazon]

Required Level: 49
100% Chance To Cast Level 41 Nova When You Level-Up
Adds 1-74 Lightning Damage
+3-5% To Lightning Skill Damage (varies)
-(3-5)% To Enemy Lightning Resistance (varies)

how much will one help me? im thinking about trading for one so i can kill hell andy and hell meph faster. my light sorc is currently lvl 84 and does 10.7k lighting dmg. i would prob be equiping this onto my occy and keep ptopaz for shako.

You don't notice difference. I had 3x facets (in armor, weapon, helmet) and still went back to CM.

CM (crescent moon, UM needed) is cheap solution against those bosses. You static faster (lower resist, so static more effective) and kill much much faster both meph and andy. You can feel the difference.
You need spirit shield with this as no fcr in weapon.
Best 'cheap' item for lightning sorcs, its almost as effective as 5-7xfacets.

Use occu while you tele (105fcr) and just use 80 fcr while using CM (hard to get 105 or 117 with CM without arach belt).

[crhscoog]

I just went to the Arreat Summit (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/) and looked up the act bosses under Super Uniques.

thank you. will be a helpful guide to getting around these bosses.

You don't notice difference.

CM (crescent moon, UM needed) is cheap solution against those bosses. You static faster (lower resist, so static more effective) and kill much much faster both meph and andy. You can feel the difference.
You need spirit shield with this as no fcr in weapon.
Best 'cheap' item for lightning sorcs, its almost as effective as 5-7xfacets.

Use occu while you tele (105fcr) and just use 80 fcr while using CM (hard to get 105 or 117 with CM without arach belt).

interesting. will try with crescent moon and see what happens. so ur suggesting me socky a weapon with um rune?

[DH Amazon]

thank you. will be a helpful guide to getting around these bosses.



interesting. will try with crescent moon and see what happens. so ur suggesting me socky a weapon with um rune?

NO NO, crescent moon runewords needs that UM, highest rune in that

Make it in 3-socket sword
Shael+Um+Tir
only that -35% part help caster sorcs, but its good.
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10% Chance To Cast Level 17 Chain Lightning On Striking
7% Chance To Cast Level 13 Static Field On Striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+180-220% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9-11 Magic Absorb (varies)
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30 Charges)

[crhscoog]

NO NO, crescent moon runewords needs that UM, highest rune in that

Make it in 3-socket sword
Shael+Um+Tir
only that -35% part help caster sorcs, but its good.
---
10% Chance To Cast Level 17 Chain Lightning On Striking
7% Chance To Cast Level 13 Static Field On Striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+180-220% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9-11 Magic Absorb (varies)
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30 Charges)

ohh hehe i though u were talking about the uniq amulet. looks really nice for me. ahh not using occy will bring dmg down 2.2k. but iilll try it anyway. have it on switch.

[crhscoog]

nice it works. takes less lightings to kill. off to find a monarch now x]

[SucksAtDiablo]

Light facets can be used in various combinations.

20\-20 monarchs. These are expensive but AMAZING damage for light sorcs or cs zons. That much added damage can really pack a punch.

5\-5 facets in GOOD places.

Some of these places are in...

- A griffs. Expensive, but great. The griffs functions basically as a 20\-20 monarch if perfect. (Very hard to get your hands on these.)

- Eschutas. Also expensive if a 20 light skill, but worth it for some builds.

All I can say is facets are worth it. I only have one in my griffs for my light sorc, combined with my mercs infinity proves for a CRAZY amount of light damage.

[crhscoog]

thanks. for now since i cant afford that many facets not to mention i dont even have one, ill settle with my -35 light resis "crescent moon". i can tell a difference already.

[SucksAtDiablo]

Yeah, it gets expensive. Aim for more - light res when buying facets. If you cant get a 5\-5, get as close to xx\-5 as you can. The + light damage is worth more, but - res actually has more hidden damage.