Proper CL Damage Calculation

[:1]I'm using two skill calculators (D2Items and DiabloFans), but they're giving me rather different answers. So what is the proper damage for 20CL/20L/20CB/20LM? (No nova or +skills.)

A)3894 Max

OR

B)2761 Max?

I'm thinking of doing an untwinked FO/CL sorceress (or CL/FO) instead of the usual Orbitaller, if anyone has relative survivability and soloing experience.|||I do not know calculations, but I have experience with CL/FO sorc.

She is my "worker". I use them to keyhunts, andy and meph runs etc. With 1000+ life she survive quite well, althought I use crappy items: average viper, occullus, shako, lidless - no torch nor anni. Do not invest too many points in cold mastery.|||If in doubt, trust the Germans.|||Quote:








I'm using two skill calculators (D2Items and DiabloFans), but they're giving me rather different answers. So what is the proper damage for 20CL/20L/20CB/20LM? (No nova or +skills.)

A)3894 Max

OR

B)2761 Max?

I'm thinking of doing an untwinked FO/CL sorceress (or CL/FO) instead of the usual Orbitaller, if anyone has relative survivability and soloing experience.




Survivability is a bit of a problem in my experience if you're completely untwinked. Once you get to Hell, monsters take a long time to go down because of their resistances, and that gives them more of an opportunity to do some damage. A good way to keep up on your gear is to do a bunch of the highest boss runs you can and hope for some hit recover, caster rate, and +resists stuff. Just be generous with your teleport and Frozen Orb does wonders for chilling monsters so you can tele away and nuke from afar