Has anyone tried this? I run a MF Orb/Hydra now. All i do is mf so a change would be nice, didnt like lightning sorc atleast not with exact gear(i think i was off on fcr, as i run 105%. I believe lightning is different?) I can run the entire game with my trusty Waheed using infinity. Just curious if id be able to do thevsame with blizz. Think imma give it a go.
Ok…
Just did a solo Baal game and im very satisfied, i actually think its a bit faster as well.
I run with 468MF.
Tal set up with Shako/Occy/Spirit/magefist. 105FCR
Blizzard34(20) Dmg=2553-2669
GSpike28(15)
CMastery/Blast/Bolt14(1)
FMastery/Hydra38(20) Dmg=2150-2394
FBall33(15)
Just 1 in bolt
Handled Chaos better as well…just sit in a pool of hydras and blizz myself. Im surprised i haven’t seen seen a build guide on this…
I might try something like this as a lazy build.
But I’m leaning more towards the classic meteorb myself. Since I have fathom and Nightwing.
I use a 3 piece tal mf build and id consider you try a blizz/hydra build so i dont feel crazy. Because i think its just that better. Dont have to get close at all. Might get boring after a bit but yet to get to me.
Yep, totally viable build if you are doing MF runs by yourself with your current gear. I think the playstyle is why it’s not talked about more. You kind of just sit there. Hydras can miss a lot which can get annoying for some.
with max res, i tele stomp bosses. so hydras do well at a stand still. sorc for bosses and i run a trapper for other runs
I was just thinking about switching from Hydra/Orb to Hydra/Bliz. Sounds like you would highly recommend?
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I was stuck on Act II Hell with a heavy Blizzard with some Lightning build. I switched to this build and I’m now close to beating Baal. I either will have Blizzard and Glacial Spike on hand or change it to Glacial Spike and Hydra. Blizzard is still the big damage dealer for me.
My sorc is 95 now, pure mf build. Ive gotv3cold/3 fire gcs, just added-5 favetsvto armor and occy the entire game is a ez walk through in 1p games up id say 4p i have to work for my drops with higher player count games but still fly throughout. Glacial just doesn’t have enoufh damage imo but can freeze for hydra if not immune anyways . Im going to ve srealing her infinity for my sin, so ill be changing a few things but still plan on keeping hydra/blizz and switching to frenzy merc. Ill keep the post updated!
The problem I can see is Orb can live by itself because you don’t need synergies points. Not the same with Blizzard.
If you go ahead, let us know what you think.
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So did you tried it with blizzard?
For me what worked best as dual sorc was blizzard / firewall using a full tal set and the following build:
20 ice bolt
20 ice blast
20 blizzard
(yep 0 points on cold mastery)
1 Teleport (no static field)
20 firewall
5-6 fire mastery (use online calculator to pinpoint the best ammount based on your +skills, but around that is a good value with torch etc)
Remaining points on warmth
With that setup sorc can easily surpass 5k blizz dmg and 10k fwall, and with global cooldowns gone you have the exact time to land a firewall in between the blizz casts, blizz > fwall > blizz > fwall, it deletes full screens of enemies easily no matter the inmunities.
Firewall outclasses hydra in all scenarios on a dual setup with more than 20 points into cold, which is the most desirable route as fire is very limiting in hell pvm as the main element.
Repositioning the merc with teleport to get the max targets in the fwall is easy
I can understand that. IMHO, it’s more a question of preference. Personnally, I prefer hydra over firewall because the later is too tricky to play.
Both skills have their pros and cons. It’s up to each to use what they like.
But this is what I like about the sorc. There is plenty of combos. Think I’m gonna start a thread to list them for the fun of it.