Coming back to a fresh account, I knew I would have to start the long climb back to great gear. I made a sorc and have leveled her through baal runs and so on to 61 as an Orb sorc.... and I have all of my resets still available.
My question: I know that orb sorc isn't really the best for hell runs so what should I respect to with basically NO gear so I can start killing bosses in hell and acquiring gear (I'm planning on leveling more in NM baal runs but I figured I'd get a head start on research)
If you're looking for information from some strategy guides, this might help you. If not, well... Sorry for wasting your time :whistling:
My basic approach to getting a new account geared-up is this:
1) Create a crappy Blizz sorce with high MF (P Topazes, Rhyme, w/e)
2) Grind Hell Andy/Mephy
3) Work way up to partial Tal's (Armor/Ammy/Belt), Shako, Occy, Spirit Shield
4) More Hell grinding of Andy and Mephy (I add Duriel here because he has the best chance to drop Facets)
5) Trade in findings for Hammerdin gear (Enigma, among other things)
6) Work on a good Hammerdin, start grinding Andy, Mephy, Trav, Chaos, Countess.
7) Trade in Hammerdin gear for Infinity for merc
8) Make a Lite sorce
9) Grind mini bosses for pandemonium keys and trade in batches for HR's
10) Perfect Lite Sorce with HR's from #9
11) Use my new-found godliness to run runs, rush people for free, make new friends, etc.
(new ladder, start over)
And that's how I do it. Every time. And it always works.
If you're looking for information from some strategy guides, this might help you. If not, well... Sorry for wasting your time :whistling:
My basic approach to getting a new account geared-up is this:
1) Create a crappy Blizz sorce with high MF (P Topazes, Rhyme, w/e)
2) Grind Hell Andy/Mephy
3) Work way up to partial Tal's (Armor/Ammy/Belt), Shako, Occy, Spirit Shield
4) More Hell grinding of Andy and Mephy (I add Duriel here because he has the best chance to drop Facets)
5) Trade in findings for Hammerdin gear (Enigma, among other things)
6) Work on a good Hammerdin, start grinding Andy, Mephy, Trav, Chaos, Countess.
7) Trade in Hammerdin gear for Infinity for merc
8) Make a Lite sorce
9) Grind mini bosses for pandemonium keys and trade in batches for HR's
10) Perfect Lite Sorce with HR's from #9
11) Use my new-found godliness to run runs, rush people for free, make new friends, etc.
(new ladder, start over)
And that's how I do it. Every time. And it always works.
Whats your crappy blizz sorc build for no gear... max bliz + max all 3 syn + max cold mastery + 1 teleport?
What will I need my str/dex at as I (slowly) start acquiring better-than-yellow;) gear
You don't have to bother with dex. It's mostly just for maxing block, but for logical reasons (you'll be casting from afar and teleporting everywhere) you won't need to bother. It's mostly for melee builds.
STR depends on what you have. You only want enough STR to wear your highest STR item. You can always use a reset later (or a reset token- if you're playing online you can get one for like a lem). But if you don't think you'll be able to reset or get a token later, you want to shoot for 156 STR for a Spirit monarch shield. They're cheap- the hardest part is finding a monarch shield with four sockets (or use a white monarch shield and Larzuk's quests reward).
If you're at the rare stage in your gear development, though, STR < 100 is probably safe for now.
Since you probably don't have a lot of mana from your gear modifiers yet (or an Insight merc set up, I'm guessing), you'll want about a hundred points in energy to help you with teleport. Make sure you have a point in warmth for the mana regen. Definitely try to get an Insight for the meditation aura- infinite mana. It's really cheap to make: ral tir tal sol. Just make sure you use a polearm with 4 sockets. If you take a polearm from anywhere in normal mode and use Larzuk's quest reward on it, you will always get four sockets.
My question: I know that orb sorc isn't really the best for hell runs so what should I respect to with basically NO gear so I can start killing bosses in hell and acquiring gear (I'm planning on leveling more in NM baal runs but I figured I'd get a head start on research)
cold based sorcs can really mf in 1 area, meph. but thats a good spot for basic uniques like occy and shako and sets like tals.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
My basic approach to getting a new account geared-up is this:
1) Create a crappy Blizz sorce with high MF (P Topazes, Rhyme, w/e)
2) Grind Hell Andy/Mephy
3) Work way up to partial Tal's (Armor/Ammy/Belt), Shako, Occy, Spirit Shield
4) More Hell grinding of Andy and Mephy (I add Duriel here because he has the best chance to drop Facets)
5) Trade in findings for Hammerdin gear (Enigma, among other things)
6) Work on a good Hammerdin, start grinding Andy, Mephy, Trav, Chaos, Countess.
7) Trade in Hammerdin gear for Infinity for merc
8) Make a Lite sorce
9) Grind mini bosses for pandemonium keys and trade in batches for HR's
10) Perfect Lite Sorce with HR's from #9
11) Use my new-found godliness to run runs, rush people for free, make new friends, etc.
(new ladder, start over)
And that's how I do it. Every time. And it always works.
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Whats your crappy blizz sorc build for no gear... max bliz + max all 3 syn + max cold mastery + 1 teleport?
What will I need my str/dex at as I (slowly) start acquiring better-than-yellow;) gear
You don't have to bother with dex. It's mostly just for maxing block, but for logical reasons (you'll be casting from afar and teleporting everywhere) you won't need to bother. It's mostly for melee builds.
STR depends on what you have. You only want enough STR to wear your highest STR item. You can always use a reset later (or a reset token- if you're playing online you can get one for like a lem). But if you don't think you'll be able to reset or get a token later, you want to shoot for 156 STR for a Spirit monarch shield. They're cheap- the hardest part is finding a monarch shield with four sockets (or use a white monarch shield and Larzuk's quests reward).
If you're at the rare stage in your gear development, though, STR < 100 is probably safe for now.
Since you probably don't have a lot of mana from your gear modifiers yet (or an Insight merc set up, I'm guessing), you'll want about a hundred points in energy to help you with teleport. Make sure you have a point in warmth for the mana regen. Definitely try to get an