Lite sorc without infinity?

[Yespippy]

So right now my MF sorc is a meteorb, and I'm finding that even with some decent gear and all the helpful quests (Anya and such) I can hardly kill most things in hell, I'm doing about 4k fireball damage and 400 orb damage...

My question is this: I want to roll a lightning sorc if for no other reason it's more enjoyable, but it will be quite a while before I get a infinity... Could I still do most MF runs?

[Axamas]

Hi

I did this in previous ladder, without infinity, I think you can mf run pits, countess, andy and arcanes.
I didn't dare run mephisto because of dolls.
And I think there are too much LR monsters in CS and WorldstoneKeep.

Good game

[Karth]

You can do a lot of things, but immunes may be very frustrating. Try keeping a wand with Lower Resist charges handy for killing select immunes that are really in your way (but don't kill all of them! those charges get expensive and it takes too much time). You'll need some sort of -enemy light resist to make the lower res wand useful. A crescent moon weapon or tal's set orb (with enough other pieces) can help with that.

[Yespippy]

Thanks alot for the reply guys, i think im just gunna roll lite and just stick with the runs i think i can do. now my question is the order i should go for when gearing up. right now on my sorc, i have occy, vmagi, magefists, tal belt, and 2xnagel, what i still need is a shako, tal ammy, war travs, and eventually tal armor to replace vmagi.

when should i start trying to get infinity? should that be the first merc gear i get? last merc gear? or even before some of the other gear for my sorc?

[hubb]

It's quite a bit more expensive than the other things you need so you'll probably only get it later. Once you have the wealth though you should get it ASAP, even if it leaves you naked

[Karth]

I'd really suggest getting some -ELR on that build though. Go full tal's instead of 3 piece, or use vmagi + crescent moon or something. I only use a 3 piece tal's build when I want to farm nightmare for lld gear or something... otherwise I think it stinks. :/

[gakky]

Yep Tal's is much better for dual element builds, and at least for pure lightning would be pretty useless without the 4 item -ELR bonus. It's also insanely expensive ATM. Full Tals is almost half the cost of infinity.
Despite the annoying teleport, Occy is actually damn good, and cheap. Socket it with a light facet, or Ist, or resist jewel.
Crescent moon if you want more killing speed. I've tested extensively and vmagi + crescent moon + Griffon is the beastiest combo.

I'm still weak. Only have 2k fireball damage. 4k sounds a lot to me.

I love lightning sorceresses, but personally I wouldn't do it without merc infinity. If you could find a conviction pally to party with you could clean up. So you'll do well in a party but trying to solo would be frustrating. I doubt you could do ancients. In Hell there are usually 2 light immunes.

[Twibz]

Ive currently got a lite sorc who has just got into hell, i play SP

Im as far as the countess and ive ran her a few times, she melts in 1 shot at players1

My gear is Shako, Viper, Eschutas, Eth Spirit, Maras, 2xSoj, Magefist, Eth treks, Glooms trap (at 80 will be arach) and a couple of resist charms,

Anything not lite immune just gets dropped immediately by 14k lightning and im only lvl 76 at the mo,

My merc is using hone sundan with shael-amn-shael, stealskull and duress great hauberk, nothing ethereal here. Im sure i can get through hell with her without infinity, just gotta leave certain LI packs alone that the merc cant handle, I dont see infinity being the be all and end all of single tree builds, it just helps immensely.

[gakky]

lite sorc without infinity in SP sounds like a good idea. The trouble with online is you have to compete.
Although countess is not a good benchmark, you sneeze and she dies.
Twibz I recommend you try crescent moon. You have no ELR. Your kill rate will go up immensely in Hell. You would need some more FCR though.

Now that I think of it, although Hell Ancients usually have 2 light immunes they are usually unbreakable so forget what I said there. Still that will be the toughest battle.

[MartinLong]

lite sorc without infinity in SP sounds like a good idea. The trouble with online is you have to compete.
Although countess is not a good benchmark, you sneeze and she dies.
Twibz I recommend you try crescent moon. You have no ELR. Your kill rate will go up immensely in Hell. You would need some more FCR though.

Now that I think of it, although Hell Ancients usually have 2 light immunes they are usually unbreakable so forget what I said there. Still that will be the toughest battle.

How will cresent moon fair against the resist loss from (wizzy) or the + skills from Occy?

Im having troubles my self in Hell with my Lsorc, she is very poor and dies so fast!