HC Firewall sorc for MF

[rane]

So I just had a fresh start and have got few sorcs dead already, most recently a forb sorc somewhat following socialism's guide and was thinking about making a firewall sorc this time. Do they have any viability for MF in HC?

20 fw, 20 fm, 20 tk, 10 tp, 1-5 es
Something along those lines I guess.

Any thoughts?

[rane]

Anyone? :(

[ColtFourFive]

Its quirky, but I like it. Firewall isn't much of a boss killer because of the DPS based attack, but you can take down packs and groups in no time. Your merc better be a beefy mofo to stand up to a lot of baddies while the firewall brings em down. Also, in terms of mfing you probably won't be as effective as an orber or a blizzer, but I suppose you could make it work.

You could try throwing one point into glacial spike, just for the sake of stopping guys in their tracks while the firewall brings them down.

[rane]

Its quirky, but I like it. Firewall isn't much of a boss killer because of the DPS based attack, but you can take down packs and groups in no time. Your merc better be a beefy mofo to stand up to a lot of baddies while the firewall brings em down. Also, in terms of mfing you probably won't be as effective as an orber or a blizzer, but I suppose you could make it work.

You could try throwing one point into glacial spike, just for the sake of stopping guys in their tracks while the firewall brings them down.

Hmm. Glacial Spike freezes for 2 seconds on normal. Won't it be like 33% of that in Hell? Makes me wonder if it's worth the 3 points.

[lumpor]

0,25 of that, meaning half a second. with only 20 fcr you will have a cast speed of 11 frames, making them constantly frozen. The biggest problem with firewall is keeping the enemies inside it, so glacial spike definetely is a good option. And what else will you have on the left click anyway?

I wonder though, how would a pride be on a sorc? I mean, the problemwith firewall isn't the damage, but for the enemies to get damaged, so a few extra walls might help making more monsters find themselves engulfed in flames?