I am having trouble getting into hell difficulty. I didn’t play when I was younger so I am new to the game. I play almost exclusively solo. Im running a level 70 frozen orb/firewall build right now. Not sure if I should respec. I have the damage in hell difficulty to manage it pretty well but I die too easily to be able to progress. Im stuck at the end of act 1. Not sure what to farm for. I think I mainly need to work on improving my resistances bit not sure what to look for. Thanks in advance.
Keep running black marsh area with the tower
Get those resistances up!
Go back to NM and start hitting Andy and Mephisto until you procure yourself the following items:
Vipermagi chest
Wizard Spike weapon (its 50fcr and 75 all resists make it one of the best caster weapons in the game)
And in your offhand make a Spirit Long Sword
Make yourself a Rhyme Shield or make yourself a ral ort tal shield (or both)
peasants cap
Frostburns or magefists
You want to be using an Act 2 Nm holy Freeze merc
Give him a Tal rasha helm\Gullierme face\crown of theives
Shaftstop armor\or better yet stick him in Treachery runeword
Build an Insight Polearm for the merc so you have infinite mana
Hold on to any poison fire cold lightning grandcharms that are 25%+ until you get better stuff after conquering hell though the above equipment will make hell a cakewalk for you
(i might even have a spare wizard spike, viper magi and peasants cap laying around somewhere too id trade ya for 20pgems if your having a hard time finding the items)
Also if you respec:: 156 Str 75 dex EVERYTHING ELSE in life
I’m running almost the same build but I’m froz orb/fireball sorc. Up to act 5 Baal in hell now.
I’m using a 4 socketed crystal sword as my weapon with the spirit runeword (gives +2 to all skills) and a 4 socketed monarch shield with the same runeword.
Other gear is meh … the helm is the lore runeword simply for the + 1 to skills, and a +2 to cold skills amulet. But as someone above said, get an act 2 holy freeze Merc. He will help immensely in slowing down enemies for you, and this will also allow him to survive longer too. Originally I was using a prayer merc but he was dying too quickly.
It’s all about the runewords in this game. The merc has the treachery runeword for the armour and insight runeword for his weapon (as above stated it’s basically infinite mana).
I don’t like the wizardspike weapon. If you use it you have to invest points into dexterity which sucks. Plus I don’t think it has any + skills.
I have 156 to strength just so I can equip the spirit shield and everything else into vitality.
I just run around spamming frozen orb until I run into cold immune mobs, then I use fireball on them.
I managed to find a necro wand with lower resist charges too. I tried using it on multiple cold immune enemies but it did squat. Probably need the infinity runeword for your merc if you plan on breaking cold immunes.
I wish I had the gems but unfortunately I don’t.
Just make a game and invite me ill toss em to ya anyways, no big deal
Psn EpochEphemeral
The thing about the wiz spike is framerates and teleportation, i can move from once side of durance of hate to the next in .09 seconds, which adds up over the course of a day. Especially when your trying to teleport away and keep getting locked in place or those dolls ruah and stab you to shreds, wizard spike also has 75!! Resist all, and all in all the points spent into the dex are a total of 46ish life end game so its 2 small charms worth of life… No big deal at all
Just getting this now. I will make a game now.
I did blizzard build till hell. Basic meter frozen orb build, 20 meter, 20 fire master, 20 fireball, 20 frozen orb, 6-8 in cold master, 1 teleport, 1 static, 1 frozen armor, 1 warmth. Very simple, I’m hitting with frozen orb, meter, fireball, firewall, static charge, you just need cold skillers.
I have sent a few invites
Hey sorry i am just seeing this ive been out doing some stuff, comin in now
Back in the day, I used to do pve and pvp. In hopes to find the perfect balance, I created a Hybrid Frozen Orb / Fireball Sorc. This build, especially when maxed out, should have you doing solo baal runs in hell, in no time flat. This is a highly mobile build.
20 Ice Bolt
20 Frozen Orb
20 Cold mastery
1 frozen armor
1 telekinesis
1 teleport
1 charged bolt
1 lightening
1 chain lightening
1 energy shield
1 warmth
1 Fire bolt
20 Fireball (when maxed, dump the rest in Mastery or Firebolt(which ever has the greater % increase).
Gearwise, you’ll want +skills, resistance and faster cast rate.
Weapon : Deaths Fathom & Eschuta’s Temper (Use weapon swap to max cold or fire damage)
Off hand : Lidless Wall or Spirit runeword
Helm : Harlequin Crest Shako
Armor : Skin of the Vipermagi (up it if you can) or Enigma runeword
Hands : Magefist
Belt : Arachnid Sash
Feet : Silkweave or War Traveler
Amulet : Mara’s Kaleidoscope
Rings : 2x Soj’s
Stats : Enough Str & Dex for gear and the rest in Vit & Energy. Be sure to put enough points in Energy, in order to take advantage of Energy Shield.
Merc: A2 Prayer equipped with an Insight Polearm (for mana / health regen). Focus on IAS, LL & Damage with the armor and helm.
Are you using a merc? Use act 2 merc from nightmare either might or cold aura. Do you have insight on merc? If you need insight I can give you one already made for free.
Wiz spike is a hell difficulty item.
MAYBE nm baal might drop it, but good luck.
How you play a build matters too.
If you’re trying to solo in hell there will be moments where you think it’s slow or impossible. Push past that.
The immunities will often alternate between zones. When you’re in a good zone level up.
Pull packs apart by back tracking and kiting. You can also help bust up immunities with a wand from Act3 Ormus (lower resistance) charges.
Lotta gold, Lotta full rejuv potions.
Smoke Runeword gives +50 to all Resistances and doesn’t really require good drop luck. Find a 2os armor and farm Hell Countess for Nef + Lum if you need them. Cube up runes if unlucky.
I used a Blizzard/Fireball Sorc to beat and farm Hell. Level 92 now and mostly farming Keys to get torches lately.
Save up on socketed gears and ORT runes! Lightning is a HUGE pain in pretty much all Acts… 3 & 4 especially.