Sorc Tips?

[darkhooda]

OK, I'm not really satisfied with my current Meteorb Sorc, as it doesn't deal enough damage with my current gear to MF in hell. I have the following items:
Weapon: Occy
Armor: (Crap, looking for)
Belt: Tal's
Shield: Moser's Blessed Circle
Helm: High Defence & Resists
Boots: Silkweave
Gloves: Frostburn
Ammy: FCR Prismatic Ammy
Rings: Rare FCR and resists

Currently this sorc has max block, about 600 health with gear, and base energy. Strength is just enough right now. My endgame gear will probably be whole Tal's set with Stormshield, War Travs, and Chancers. The merc has an Insight Spear with a non-eth non-upped shaftstop.

I currently have a Lem rune and am willing to trade away the frosties for another Lem or so. What do you recommend to make this sorc be able to manage MFing in Hell easily, hopefully Andy, Meph, Shenk, Eldrich, and Pindleskin?

[Evrae Altana]

Get yourself a Vipermagi for the skill, FCR, and resists. A few PGems should buy you one, or you could just find one yourself.

[Aneth]

Spirit Shield >>> Stormshield, by far. Trust me on this one, I know from experience. If you're ladder, Spirit is fairly cheap as well, and shouldn't be too hard to make yourself.

[sorceressgod]

actually SS is better for a meteorb sorc. since all your spells are timered, u can get into close contact with the bad things of hell.

FCR? who needs fcr when you are a meteorb??! ok, 63% bp for fcr is needed though. 105 is even better.

HOTO + arachnids + magefists + vipermagi is just enough for 105 FCR.

[AnimeCraze]

actually SS is better for a meteorb sorc. since all your spells are timered, u can get into close contact with the bad things of hell.

FCR? who needs fcr when you are a meteorb??! ok, 63% bp for fcr is needed though. 105 is even better.

HOTO + arachnids + magefists + vipermagi is just enough for 105 FCR.

You should have 105 FCR. Fireball is not timered, and you will be spamming it a lot.

As for the shield, Spirit increases your kill speed, while SS increases your safety. My personal experience is that SS is not really necessary, since most enemies dies to a few fireballs anyways.

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WHY DO PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THAT METEORB SORCS ONLY USES METEOR AND FROZEN ORB??? THERE IS A SPELL CALLED FIRE BALL!!!
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[Dadou]

If you play SC, get Spirit, if you play HC and have already invested in dex (which you seem to have), get Stormshield. I prefer maxblock in HC ^^

Concerning your gear, Vipermagi is a must. For your helm, defense is meaningless to a sorc, get +skills circlet (easy to get +2 / res all) or make a Lore (very cheap).

About FCR... don't try to reach 105 if it diminishes your hitpower. 63 is enough to teleport safely (especially with maxblock and DR provided by SS), and ONLY 1 of your 3 main attacks will benefit from it. And if you choose to get Full Tal (which I did too), you'll never reach 105 FCR, so get used to it.

[AnimeCraze]

About FCR... don't try to reach 105 if it diminishes your hitpower. 63 is enough to teleport safely (especially with maxblock and DR provided by SS), and ONLY 1 of your 3 main attacks will benefit from it. And if you choose to get Full Tal (which I did too), you'll never reach 105 FCR, so get used to it.

Very true, if you are using storm shield. Pity.

[sorceressgod]

well in 1.09 all the sorcy's were using SS :P.

[AnimeCraze]

Tal's sucked back then, I heard. They didn't have that godly -15/-15/+15, which makes a lot of difference. There was also no spirit.

[sasja]

Spirit Shield >>> Stormshield, by far. Trust me on this one, I know from experience. If you're ladder, Spirit is fairly cheap as well, and shouldn't be too hard to make yourself.

For a maxblock sorc, Spirit sucks - and SS is still a wonderful piece of gear if you like to be on the front line and want to be able to survive a few hits. So save us from the "Trust me on this one, I know from experience" - it depends on your playstyle, and that will determine whether the switch from Spirit to SS is a liberation or a burden.