Dual tree meph runner

[Nimbostratus]

Alright, so I want to do some hell Mephisto runs (in single player!!), but I absolutely hate being unable to kill a lot of things, so pure blizz is out. I have a meteorb, but I'm sure there's something that can kill him faster. So, what kind of sorceress would you recommend? Running other things is always a plus, too.

I was thinking something like:
20 frozen orb, ice bolt, and glacial spike (GS is to spam between timers)
20 fire wall
1+ in each mastery
1 prereqs/one-point wonders

Stronger orb than meteorb, with fire wall for cold immunes and glacial spike to make things more interesting.


EDIT: Also thinking of maybe a blizz/nova sorc, though I've heard that nova needs amazing gear. Is nova effective without a sea of high runes and SOJs?

[Nimbostratus]

Anyone got any ideas?

[MYK]

Why not just make a Frozen Orbsicle + Fireball sorceress?

20 Frozen Orbsicle and Mastery

Rest into Fireball + Firebolt + Mastery. Hydra would be cool, too, but not everyone likes the spell.

Orb is your main killer, Fireball is for those annoying Cold Immune guys.



I'm not a firewall guy. Those CI things tend to move around a lot and makes it useless.

[Ed from Russia]

Why not just make a Frozen Orbsicle + Fireball sorceress?

20 Frozen Orbsicle and Mastery

Rest into Fireball + Firebolt + Mastery. Hydra would be cool, too, but not everyone likes the spell.

Orb is your main killer, Fireball is for those annoying Cold Immune guys.


Most people call that a Meteorb (which uses Fireball more often than Meteor). It's one of the best dual-tree sorcs; see the guide in the stickies.

[stephan]

A standard Meteorb should be able to kill him in ~8 seconds.

If you shift focus to cold a little (take points from firebolt/fire mastery, I think this is what MYK is suggesting) it could be a little faster but there isn't a lot too win. Against meph CM is more important than Ice bolt, unless you carry a lot of +skills. The standard "get CM to 17" is definitely not enough for Meph.

[MYK]

Most people call that a Meteorb (which uses Fireball more often than Meteor). It's one of the best dual-tree sorcs; see the guide in the stickies.

Sorry, Ed. Uhm. No. I didn't say anything about using Meteor. I tend to steer clear of that spell if and when possible. :whistling:

It's maxed out Orb and Cold Mastery with Fireball and Firebolt and Fire Mastery. You don't get the super giant damage from meteor and the Fireball is a little weaker, but the Cold Immunes you generally face in Durance 3 are of the wimpy type.

Cold Mastery doesn't really need to be maxed out. You target is slvl 32, if you can make it there without maxing Cold Mastery you probably don't need to be running Hell Mephy for items:scratchchin:.
My own Orb/ES build has an slvl 29 FO and she's starting to take pretty nice chunks out of Mephisto with each cast. I definitely see improvements with skill adders.

[Stefo]

Why not just make a Frozen Orbsicle + Fireball sorceress?

20 Frozen Orbsicle and Mastery

Rest into Fireball + Firebolt + Mastery. Hydra would be cool, too, but not everyone likes the spell.

Orb is your main killer, Fireball is for those annoying Cold Immune guys.



I'm not a firewall guy. Those CI things tend to move around a lot and makes it useless.

Isn't Meteor better than Fire Mastery if u plan using Fireball? Sinergy gives +14% Fire Dmg per Lvl, much more than (is u have enough +skills) Fire Mastery!