Recommended dps spec?

Hey, I have a lvl 58 Firewall Sorc that does about 11k dps with 1 firewall at the moment. Got a staff with 3+firewall base on it, and a "TirRal" (Leaf) Runeword on it, I also have 1+ bonus to all skills on my helm and my amulet.

Since the raw dps alone is pretty darn good, I was wondering if there are any builds that can do more damage than this one? And easier to aim (although it's not neccesary since I place firewalls very clever and most mobs don't get close to me.)

The reason I'm asking about a good dps build is because I'm currently farming MF NM quite non-stop, it would be good to burn him down even faster.

(This is when playing solo)

There is one more reason as well. I am playing with 3 friends: 1 WW Barb, 1 LF Javazon and 1 Poison Nova Necro. I find firewall to be too little flexible when running through the game with such an active set-up. I read something about Fireball being one of the best sources of damage for a sorc, frozen orb has also been mentioned.

My question is: Which spell(s) could outdamage my firewall in form of pure dps and effectiveness when running with my crew?|||Fireball, Frozen Orb, Blizzard and (Chain) Lightning in random order.|||Because of all the fire immunes in hell I'd stay away from Meteor/Fireball and rather go for Blizzard. You could go Fireball+Orb but seeing as you're playing in a team, two elements is not necessary.

Another alternative is maxing static field and using that at the start of every fight, then mop up with Orb/Blizz.|||Thank you very much. Going to try Frozen Orb. |||Definitely the funnest sorc skill

Just remember to get cold mastery to at least 150%, then worry about the ice bolt synergy |||Orb has mediocre dps though, beware. Blizz is the highest dps skill available for general use|||Quote:




I'm currently farming MF NM quite non-stop, it would be good to burn him down even faster.




Blizzard would be a great skill for this. Does a good job of killing Hell Meph as well. Pure Blizzard in a team setting would give you amazing damage, much more than Orb, and makes for a very solid MF character.|||Blizz have much better dam lategame but rewuires a lot of points into synergies to be effective with orb you have a lot of spare points to put into all the other things you might want.

So its a question of raw damage vs convenience.

In a PvM environment i'd go for convenience anyday.|||Thanks for all the good answers.

Looks like I'll be trying out blizzard as well sooner or later.

I'm going to have to agree with the "convenience/viability over raw damage" statement.|||If you're planning on mainly MF with this char, I'd go either

1) blizzard

2) fireball/meteor & orb ("meteorb")

both are pretty effective

#1 is faster than #2 and bigger dps - but on a smaller selection of targets (can't do cold immune). Fully synergised blizzard is big damage. For Hell Meph, it's tough to find a faster build.

#2 is a good all rounder, with big dps coming from simultaneous meteor + spamming fireball... plus you have a viable backup skill in frozen orb to scrape slowly past the fire immunes



However, if you're able to trade for an infinity, a lightning sorc will hose both builds.