Blizzard/firewall or Orb/firewall

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Hello,

My main will be firewall with max synergies. Would you think blizzard would work better with it or orb?

I don’t care about the most damage and speed, i care about the most comfy to play with

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firewall is just such a wonky spell, since it goes perpendicular to yourself it’s hard to get enemies to stay in it (unless your merc is a superhero tank). orb is probably better for on-the-move attacking, and it can do well without synergy (it only has one anyway)

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Then Hydra is probably a better bet then firewall. Orb is superior to blizzard for those fast pack kills…more aimable.

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Pure blizz for me. Cheap insight / tal / treach merc eats all cold immunes.

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It requires less points to make orb valid. I would suggest going orb if you wish to go a Hybrid build.

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I run orb firewall! I prefer it very much to pure blizzard. In fact, I played pure blizzard for a few days and then respeced out of it. It takes practice though. You have to be agile with teleporting. Like, a fight with meph is orb, teledodge, orb, teledodge, orb, teledodge. That naturally keeps the merc out of danger which is another thing I like about it.

Pros: -very good solo build
-Can clear the whole game (except fire + cold immune but waheed can do that)
-good for “insta” damage - blizz has a delay. It is particularly good against souls.
-clears weak monsters very quickly

Cons: -not up to players 8 solo chaos (though 3 is great)
-Doesnt clear cows as fast as bliz
-A little more difficult to play as it requires good positioning and skill with teleport.

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Thanks all for your replies.

Like i said, i will use firewall as my main source of damage. I will only go on blizzard or orb for fire immune.

To be fair, if there was a way to stay only in fire branch for hell i’ll do it :smiley:

The firewall is the most powerful skill i ever tried on a sorc, it’s unbelievable. Lvl 18, 1 point in firewall, duriel took 5 sec to die, it’s just amazing.
I hope firewall stay that strong in higher difficulties.

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fire immune enemies will be like NA CANT TOUCH ME
but it is a strong skill reguardless.

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Yep, firewall is extremely good. Some say it’s bugged in resurrected. Abuse it while you can.

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If it’s a bug and if they will fix it i will change my build BUT, how to do that when you have used your 3 respec already?

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You can farm hell Duriel for an item to respec. There are unlimited chances to respec but after the first 3 you need to farm items to respec.

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So there is a possibility .

Thanks a lot for the advice friend

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You’ll need 4 different items to make a respec token.

h ttps://diablo-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Token_of_Absolution_(Diablo_II)

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Thanks a lot friend.

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Firewall is great when you’re leading enemies or have a good merc. But Meteor is also good.

Thanks,
Floopay

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Yeah but meteor have lot more synergies and need time to land.

What i do is cast blizzard on ennemies to slow them, then i cast firewall and everything in cooked in a sec.

I play with a controller and when you know how to position, you can cast firewall to touch a maximum of mob.

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I don’t even like doing dual element that much these days. I run an orb only tank sorc in hardcore.

  • Max damage for orb with 20 ice bolt, 20 orb, 20 CM
  • All the one point wonders
  • 20 telekinesis, rest energy shield
  • Lots of gear with +health, mana, high FHR with double spirit, get damage reduction where you can
  • Minimum strength for gear, rest vitality

It’s high mobility, high survivability. And with a beefy merc, cold immunes aren’t a big deal, and you generally just skip them or farm areas without CI’s anyway.

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That look like a good build, but must be boring after a while, you only spam orb…

Also, i really doubt it can be faster to kill bosses with it in compare to firewall.

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It’s not meant to be a “fun” build I guess, but I always have fun throwing orbs. And the most fun for me is reliability and surviving in hardcore. This character is just made for magic finding gear so I can have fun building new characters.

I also don’t really like firewall for boss killing. If they move in the slightest, it’s a real hassle. It only really works on mephisto if you bug him on the river. But if you know how to aim orbs, bosses are never hard either way. I like it cause it’s good for clearing rooms quickly, easily and safely.

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Blizzballer - Fireball/Blizzard is probably the most powerful cold/fire build if you are rich.

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