pure lightning sorc best areas to run?

just about to attempt a lightning sorc build on the new ladder, and wondering what areas to run to amount some wealth, wont have any infinitys, griffons, eschutas etc yet so whats easiest/quickest/best areas to run with no conviction at my disposal???|||Im pure lightning going with my merc and my usual runs are

Eldrich

Shenk

Pindleskin

Summoner

Countess

Sometimes you get lucky with the mobs in Ancient tunnels so there are no immunes and you could probably throw in nihilatak aswell but i havent tried it.

Andy and Meph is ofc doable but merc dies to fast because of increased dmg from act bosses.

Do i miss out on something in my runs?|||Quote:








Im pure lightning going with my merc and my usual runs are

Eldrich

Shenk

Pindleskin

Summoner

Countess

Sometimes you get lucky with the mobs in Ancient tunnels so there are no immunes and you could probably throw in nihilatak aswell but i havent tried it.

Andy and Meph is ofc doable but merc dies to fast because of increased dmg from act bosses.

Do i miss out on something in my runs?




Got some better gear now so take mephisto in on that one aswell, and andariel if im feeling lucky! All this is without my merc (holy freeze/insight)dying |||I run Ancient Tunnels from time to with my Blizzsorc and I have to say I don't come across many Lightning immune mobs. About 1/3 boss is immune to lightning though, from what I can remember.|||are countess runs a huge pain when you have to deal with a bunch of light immune archers?|||Quote:








are countess runs a huge pain when you have to deal with a bunch of light immune archers?




Nah not at all, Im running full tals atm, but wasnt a problem with shako/skullders/occu either, as long as you do about 10k lightning dmg to kill countess fast there shouldent be a problem. A merc that can take a couple of the archers arrows help alot tho.

Umaycry|||thanks for all the feedback guys, currently level 63 doin baal runs nm, got vipermagi, occy, lidless with a pdiamond in, thats about it gear wise, anni to go on at 70 though think i would be able to run countess straight away with maxed and mostly synergised lightning? at level 70 i mean... in hell...|||I'd recommend levelling to 80 before running Hell countess.|||As a light sorc I run Andy, Countess, Summoner, Mephisto, and Nahilithak. I can also do Shenk, Pindle and Eldritch easily but I don't like too, I feel they are a waste.

Strat for all of these is pretty much the same. For Andy and Meph, I tank them myself. I have 3k def so I don't get hit that often, and 1k mana and life each, so with ES and insight, I have no problem and rarely need to pot. My resistances are mostly not maxed. Nahilithak may be a hard fight for you cause of CE. Strat is simple: teleport into the corner BEHIND his little area. If there are snakes back there, then try to get farther away from them as possible, any other mobs are easy. His minions can't run on the very corner of the pedestal and thus you won't kill them since they won't run into your lightning. Focus down Nahilithak, don't kill the minions at all. I do 20k and I kill him comfortably before any of his minions are even within range of me. Even with 10k dmg he wont be a problem, just make sure you can tank it out for a bit and that you have enough fcr and fhr to pick up the drops and get the hell outta there. If he is light immune or it is crowded with snakes, don't even try (until you get Infinity)