Originally posted by Arkhon
Well, mine probably isn't the best mf sorc ever made, but she rape's cows and can tank all bosses up to Hell meph.
IMO, one of the most powerful and best mfing sorcs, for running cows and meph is the DR, Block, Meteor sorc.
Str = 156 for ss (or 133 if u Hel it)
Dex = Enough for 75% Block
Vit = 60-80
Energy = Rest
Max Meteor
Max Fire Mastery
Max Frozen Orb
Lvl 7 Energy Shield
Rest in Warmth
Wearing :
P-topaz Shako
Tal's Armour
Tal's ammy
Tal's Belt
Occy
SS
Frosties
War Travs
2 x Sojs or Occy's (see below)
This setup should give you a good balance between killing speed, resists, and mf
*About occy's...for this build, i would not advise them. Because, with this build, you are your own tank, meaning you will be hit and using occy's, will be teleporting all over the shop, scattering the cows. So, basically, occy's for bosses, soj's for cows.
My level 95 sorc is as follows:
BASE STATS
93 str
25 dex
149 vitality (472 hp)
298 energy (749 mana)
My skills are:
BASE SKILLS:
15 warmth
20 nova
20 lightning mastery
17 thunderstorm
(+1 all pre-reqs in lightning tree)
17 frozen orb
2 cold mastery
(+1 all pre regs in cold tree
I wear: p-topazed shako, p-topazed tals armor, tals belt, 2 occy rings, rhyme runeword shield, ist'ed occy, tals amulet and war travelers, chance guard gloves
My stats with full gear are:
105 str
47 dex
221 vit (808 hp)
360 energy(1087 mana)
My skills with full gear are:
28 warmth
33 nova
33 lightning mastery
30 thunderstorm
(+14 all pre-reqs in lightning tree)
30 frozen orb
15 cold mastery
(+14 all pre reqs in cold tree
With 550+ mf, my nova does 1425-1527 damage, frozen orb does 402-407 damage, thunderstorm does 1628-2157 damage.
With my gear on, my resistances in hell are:
55 fire
55 cold
75 lightning
15 poison
In an 8 person room, hell cows die like nothing. I never die. Maybe its because I know how to play the char, but dying is very very hard. Unless I literally sit there and let monsters beat on me..my energy shield absorbs 58% damage to mana, and both occy rings give me a 50% chance of being teleported when struck. Char is built very solid, and has no problems defeating baal/mephisto in hell in an 8 person room.
Ive use this char both for botting and the occasional pvp when bored. For pvp, i use a wizardspike dagger+ lidless wall shield. Together they give: 70% faster cast rate, all my hell resistances max at 75, and my mana shoots well past 1600+ from the wiz spike adding an +200 mana(based on char level) and 15% increase maximum mana. Just my 2 cents.