20 Firebolt
20 Fireball
20 Meteor
20 Hydra (for the hell of it, but might add some fire-forget utility)
20 Fire Mastery
it wouldn't finish until very late, but one could always drop Hydra. With these points you're looking at almost 4k Fireballs, 7k Meteors, and 1k on Hydras, so whadaya say?|||Quote:
With changes to the level of immunities and so on I was wondering how well I could expect a fire sorc to perform.
Without clairifying what changes you're thinking of I'm afraid anything I say would be pure guessing.
If blizzards made the FI's more like the LI's with less stacked resistance then sure, they'd probably perform similarly well in general when coupled with infinity. However there's still more FI's then LI's in the areas where I run so I probably would still prefer lightning ... unless there's even more changes.
That aside, the numbers you're putting forward look like they don't have any +skills taken into account. Many of the hybrid builds have similar or better damage numbers then that even with their lower investments. I don't quite recall all the numbers but pure fire sorcs should reach 10k fireballs and 20k meteors even with fairly modest gear*.
*: thinking along the lines of full tals.|||you're right, those numbers are completely naked with no plus skills (using a skill calc), but even in poor gear (specifically, single player) I suspect the damage would perform well enough, even if only on low player counts
As for the resistance changes I was going by the lowered values for many LI and Magic damage (the little research for a bone necro showed) so I had assumed the values for Fire resistance was lowered aswell though I will double check now for FI's|||That build is a great town hugging PvP Hydra sorceress
I think/don't think this is the 100% full fire ^^; but my
First Vita Tal. sorceress maxed Fireball & Meteor synergies, including the F.M and +1 to Hydra
@ Level 94, enough skill points left to invest 1 point in all cold and lighting skills (No E.S)
10 x Fire gc, 2 x 10% FCR Mod. ring
ACT V Barbarian (Merc.): Arreat (UM), Silence PB and Lionheart
Can solo the hell game, Uber Diablo (Many... Many... Meteors) and Mini-Pandemonium Event (Lilith but not impossible)
Improved (Second) Vita Tal. sorceress maxed Fireball & Meteor synergies, including the F.M and +1 to Hydra
@ Level 96, enough skill points left to invest 1 point in all cold and lighting skills (No E.S)
Torch, Anni., 10 x FGC, 2 x SoJ, upped The Ward (Um) and upped Lidless Wall (Um)
ACT V Barbarian (Merc.): Eth upped Arreat (Cham), EBotD CB (Currently improved version is using the Eth LW CB) and Eth bugged Fort
Can solo the hell game, Uber Diablo ( <--- Version 2 ) and Pandemonium Event (Right places + keeping Merc. alive is the hardest part...)
(1.13) Before I respect. the similar build Vita Tal. sorceress
1 to F.M and maxed Hydra I had similar results :S but I prefer...
Maxed E.S Vita Tal. sorceress maxed Fireball & Meteor synergies, including the F.M and +1 to Hydra
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...lms/IMH004.jpg
With ACT II Healing Merc.: Eth Andy (Ber), Eth Insight (General PvM)/Infinity (UD & P.E) and Eth bugged Fort
*Even with the mana burn
for the maxed Vita*PvM: With Torch, Anni., 10 x FGC Vita Tal. sorceress
I don't think there is too much difference between the Pre / 1.13 maxed Hydra and 1 point Hydra :S|||everything i know about fire sorks can be found HERE
bottom line: pure fire isn't a great option for PvM but can be a lot of PvP fun.
for PvM i'd suggest a meteorb build. full tals is about as sexy as gear gets for such a sorc. could be interesting in untwinked SP.|||Very frustrating to play non-cold sorc elemental characters without resistance piercers.. those monsters with high resists are just impossible to kill|||Quote:
Very frustrating to play non-cold sorc elemental characters without resistance piercers.. those monsters with high resists are just impossible to kill
Indeed. The only single-element sorc that seems reasonable to me (without Infinity) is a Blizz sorc, and even then it is a pain to play through with them (though respecs let you avoid that pain- my Blizz sorc was built before 1.13.) And that assumes that you are only going to use that sorc for certain things.
If you are patient and careful your merc can handle most things for you, but it's not a style of play I enjoy much.
Of course if you can get Infinity things change.|||So, why exactly is Hydra so terrible for PvM?
Spews single target fireballs, doesn't get strong synergy bonuses and doesn't give any synergy bonuses?|||Meh, the only sorc I've ever been able to enjoy long term has been frozen orb. I tried the meteor/orb sorceress but I couldn't live without the 1 mana teleport <_<. It's so damn awesome being able to MF without constantly chugging mana potions.|||Quote:
Meh, the only sorc I've ever been able to enjoy long term has been frozen orb. I tried the meteor/orb sorceress but I couldn't live without the 1 mana teleport <_<. It's so damn awesome being able to MF without constantly chugging mana potions.
Er, you've never used an insight merc?
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