Shield for blizzsorc using tals set

yep, i know tals is made for duals elements, and that bliz girls benefint waay better from other thingies, but i dont have them yet :P

no nightwings, no snowclash, no deaths fathom...

so I have made myself MF blizz sorc, got her to AT, and am now spammin like mad.

shes lvl 83 currently, and gear is following:

- full talls

- chance guards

- magic boots 33% MF (any input here would also be very welcome)

- nagelring (28% MF)

- Fortuitous Ring of Fortune (34% MF)

- splendor (in bone shield)

so, she's now spammin with somewhat decent gear, and reasonable killing speed. but I think I need another shield.

I am on 60 FCR this way and it sux when TP-ing.

wall of eyeless would get me to 9 frames, and that still sux, but its better than 10.

I could go 9 rames untill I get some heavy hitting blizz oriented gear.

so, any ideas other than wall of eyeless ?

(mf oriented ofc... maybe some 3-4 OS with Ists ?)

any input if welcome, ty in advance :]

//edit

forgot to mention, i play singleplayer, clean d2lod with ATMA only to help me, so no fancy runewords for me |||if you are single player you can always go for RWM (runeword mod) it's available here on the forums, and all it does is enable the ladder-only runewords for SP

as for your boots, go farm hell mephisto (or nightmare, don't remember which one has the better drop chance) on /players 8 and get a pair of war travelers. best MF boots, hands down.

Also, if you need some FCR, drop one of your rings for a 10% FCR ring (you might be able to gamble for a rare ring with 10% FCR and some MF) and you're all set.

If you ever get the Runeword Mod installed, look no further than a spirit shield, it boasts amazing mods that any sorc can benefit from

hope that helps!|||^ boots = war travellers, if you can find them.

lidless wall gets +1 skills on top of wall of eyeless - less str than spirit monarch (156)|||I don't want to go RWM, I'm trying to stay as vanilla as I can.

I will go lidless I guess, socketed with Ist to maintain MF aspect of build.

and will hunt war travellers relentessly :]|||yeah the important thing is not to lose track of what matters for the character. just because you are a MF sorc it doesn't mean you need to have mf in every slot, find what is the number that works for you and go with that. Make sure your kill speed is still good, etc.

If you don't want to go RWM then yes lidless is definitely the next best thing, especially if you don't want to give up the full tals set.|||Ist is a waist in Lidless.

Full Tals: 163-168 mf.

Rings+boots: 95 mf

Chancies: up to 40 mf

With this setup you have 300-ish mf. A Gheeds and a War Travs will be a reasonable upgrade for mf. Isting everything will mean little difference in mf. IMO I would socket the Tal Armor with Ist, because that's the item, you can use on other chars. And it looks much more sexy that way.|||Tals armor is first item that will get Ist for sure.

I was also thinking of placing one in orb (30% sounds soo sexy).

and chancies are perfect ^_^|||Ptopaz gives 24 mf in armor. Ist is best in the orb, yeah |||Code:

Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye
Swirling Crystal
'Ist'
One-Hand Damage: 18 to 42
Durability: 50 of 50
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 65
Orb Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0x78aa0ec3
+10 to Energy
+57 to Life
+77 to Mana
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
20% Faster Cast Rate
+1 to Lightning Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Fire Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Cold Mastery (Sorceress Only)

***Partial Set Item Bonuses***
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
-15% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-15% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+15% to Cold Skill Damage
***Partial Set Item Bonuses***

Socketed (1: 1 used)

Code:

War Traveler
Battle Boots
Defense: 137
Durability: 14 of 48
Required Strength: 95
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xb6b146cc
+10 to Strength
+10 to Vitality
+186% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Minimum Damage
+25 to Maximum Damage
+30 Maximum Durability
Attacker Takes Damage of 7
46% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
25% Faster Run/Walk
40% Slower Stamina Drain

checked

Pindle gave me war travs, and they got quite high roll on MF property too

speaking on Pindle, a quick question (no need for separate thread):

hes good for lvling up to 94-95 ?

after that Baal only?|||You can level decently from just continuing AT. If you keep MF'ing there, and you do not die so often, you could eventually hit 96 or 97. Pindle is also decent target for this similar result, if you prefer to run him.

As far as Baal, it is not so good for MF, but experience there is nice all the way through. CS, if you can run efficiently, is preferred for me, since it is good target overall for runes/MF/EXP.

Here's some EXP numbers. I do not know about /p1, since source which will not be named did not have it, but this basically gives you rough idea of runs needed for next level.

/p8 Baal (/p8 Minions, /p3 Baal)

93 -> 94: 68

94 -> 95: 117

95 -> 96: 216

96 -> 97: 440

97 -> 98: 1051

98 -> 99: 3657

/p8 Pindle

93 -> 94: 685

94 -> 95: 1200

95 -> 96: 2270

96 -> 97: 4877

97 -> 98: 13181

98 -> 99: 90084

/p7 CS (/p7 Seals, /p7 Diablo)

93 -> 94: 149

94 -> 95: 250

95 -> 96: 447

96 -> 97: 865

97 -> 98: 1862

98 -> 99: 4726

Keep in mind this does not consider that 1) you can save Ancient for more EXP if you do Pindle or CS exclusively, 2) you will get a lot of EXP in CS from hitting bosspack as well, at least before last levels, and 3) that you can possibly hit EXP shrine from other location to efficiently add EXP to Diablo kill.

EDIT: Another thing to consider is Baal will drop better during last levels if you are hunting EXP, since Diablo and seals can not drop from highest TC.