Best Pit and AT runner.

[:1]I have a Light/orb sorc lvl 88 atm with ok gear, fulltals (ptopaz armour and helm), 33spirit, chansguard, WT, nagel and 10fcr 15@ring, 12/12torch,sucky gheeds a couple of 7mf sc and some life and mana sc. I know im not getting the max fcr breakpoint but i was thinking mf was more important.

Merc has talshelm, stone armour (ca3200def) and 17aura insight.

I run countes, summoner, lowkurast, pindle and tresh socket atm. Which is going fine.

I can do pit and AT, but its not easy. I need tips to be able to do pit and ancient tunnels like they were a cakewalk. New items, respec skills, bigger balls? I mostly want to do them because of hr drops, so mf isnt that imortant.

Thanks!

ps: Cant afford infinity.|||For me, +1 energy shield and +20 telekenesis did the trick. I never tried this before on previous ladder seasons, but I'm a believer now. I run pits and ancient tunnels very reliably and quickly with essentially the same gear you have.

I don't know what level you are, but obviously raising you level up to 88-90 makes things a lot easier.|||In the first sentace it says im lvl 88 |||Quote:








In the first sentace it says im lvl 88




Ahh, okay. I missed that. Anyway, try it out.|||Quote:








I know im not getting the max fcr breakpoint but i was thinking mf was more important.




MF is never more important then fcr breakpoints.|||I also agree with the above poster. It's not hard to reach the 105, even with a tal's set (spirit and magefist will do it).

Also, having less mf (like 250-300) has it's perks. You will find more white items.|||105 fcr should help a lot, I would not use a sorc with less.|||Blizzball or Meteorb is better IMO.|||Isnt the breakpoint 117 fcr, atleast for lightsorc. Or am i wrong here?

Anyhow, i was poking arund the forum and some other places and decided to stick with my Cl/orber, it works well in both pit and at and many other places. Im not a big fan of running bosses like meph etc..

My new setup is:

CL/orb: 20 CL, 20 L, 20 LM, 20 Orb, enough points in CM to get atleast -100 res, rest in lightbolt.

Gear:

Shako(ptopaz) ----> should i go um here?

Arach

Wartravs

Chanseguard 40

Viper 35@ upped to wyrmhide socket UM

Spirit 33fcr

1x magic ring 10fcr 11@

1x magic ring 10fcr 15@

Mara 25@

Occu (planing on isted one)

With this setup i get:

- 11+ skills (not included torch)

- Decent def.

- 123fcr

- around 220 mf (not inclued mf sc)

- Good stat bonus

- I have max res in all exept fire.

- A downside is that i lack fhr, only got 55 from spirit.

Ive been doing runs the last couple fo days and i have to say its going smoth. Does any1 have any tips on how i can improve this EVEN furter. Future item uppgrades.

PS: i still cant afford infinity

Thanks!|||Quote:








Isnt the breakpoint 117 fcr, atleast for lightsorc. Or am i wrong here?




Nope, you are quite correct. Nova is the exception though - it only needs 105. This is why light sorcs are not great when you start ladder. They need way too much fcr. The only way to realistically get this much fcr is to use spirit, magefist and griffons with tals... or you to pile on a bunch of fcr items everywhere (which is what you're doing). But then you can't use sojs or other rings that might be a heck of a lot more helpful for mfing.

This is generally why I think chain lightning is not a good build to start with.


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Gear:

Shako(ptopaz) ----> should i go um here?

Arach

Wartravs

Chanseguard 40

Viper 35@ upped to wyrmhide socket UM

Spirit 33fcr

1x magic ring 10fcr 11@

1x magic ring 10fcr 15@

Mara 25@

Occu (planing on isted one)

With this setup i get:

- 11+ skills (not included torch)

- Decent def.

- 123fcr

- around 220 mf (not inclued mf sc)

- Good stat bonus

- I have max res in all exept fire.




You really need to give Tal's set a try. It's about time to get over the "omg i am not using uniques and runewords!" syndrome. It is cheaper, and it's also better - especially in your case.

Just imagine with tal's set, spirit and magefist, you can reach 105 fcr. This is enough for all fire, cold and nova spells.

With tals, you get +15% to all of your elements. Sometimes this works out where you get 26% bonus damage (in the case of meteor, fireball)... but even orb gets a big boost too.

Also, you get way more life and mana than when compared to shako. It's true! Try it!

I think you'll find that you will get more mf, and actually kill faster and survive better with tals. It IS an upgrade, albeit a non-obvious upgrade.


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- A downside is that i like fhr, only got 55 from spirit.




You can use charms of balance if you are not using Tal set. One charm of balance will make you hit the next breakpoint. 5 charms will get you to the next breakpoint. With Tal's Set, you only need 1 charm to reach the 86% breakpoint.