Sorceress MF building

[:1]I've recently got into playing ladder. I just started a few days ago and I'm level 85, going on level 86.

I started off as a Meteor/Orb build. I liked it for leveling. Meteor was pretty strong, but honestly, Frozen Orb really stole the show - even in hell for a long time.

But without a lot of high-end gear, Hell can be a rather hard place. Orb was still really effective most of the time, and I didn't have too many problems with mana... but I realized that Meteor/Orb was not the best here anymore unless you were doing something pretty specific.

I don't have too much problem with switching skills, but some mob combinations were really annoying. Even further, amp damage was a massive pain in the butt. The 800 or so life I had just wasn't enough. 1 or 2 hits and you die rather easily. Sometimes, there's just no time to teleport out.

Now I'm running Nova/Blizzard with +1 Energy Shield and max telekenesis - and I'm doing a lot better. I'm actually kind of shocked that this even works in hell because I am not even bothering to synergize my attack skills. I am also starting to max fireball just to deal with Lightning/Cold immunes.

It's pretty surprising to me that such a hodge-podge jack-of-all-trades build actually works in hell. I am surprised.

I'm using tal's set... and I have to say, it's great. I have an occy and a shako (just got my first shako on ladder an hour ago), but it's not worth using it. I don't know what I hope to gain from it. I have lower resists, lower fcr and the damage is the same. It doesn't make sense to go to a 3-piece tal set combination with occy/shako.

Was tal's set always this good? I mean, I see no reason to get away from it. None at all. I can't conceive of a set of equipment that might be better for mfing or even just killing than tal's set. As long as you have a 35% spirit and mage fist, you hit excellent fcr and fhr breakpoints. Without tal set, you can't even reach a good fhr breakpoint without charms.

And since I'm using all 3 elements, the tal set actually does way better for me. I don't even need to put 2 points into fire/cold mastery either and benefit from +10 or +11 in each (I don't even have anni or torch yet). I don't think any orb would be better though than the set bonuses that tal gives.

Oh, and shockingly you get 100 or 200 more life and mana with tal set than you do with occy/shako. Like crazy.

Discussion commences.