Highest rune drop yet:



More action:


More drops:

That ring:



30 poison.. bah!

All WPs complete!

Stats starting NM:





ISO help here.... What should I be placing points in now? I'm still killing OK, so I guess it doesn't matter too much, but I'm sure there is an ideal way to allocate the skill points through the middle levels here. What is everyone's preference?

Also, it takes time to create a gear collage picture, and it is late. I'm trying to stick to my plan of regular sleep so gear will have to wait till tomorrow. Everything was seen already previously though.

This post was edited by DManZ on Mar 22 2012 10:46pm

I would max out Frozen orb and Ice bolt, then Fireball, Firebolt, Meteor

Meteor should be only skilled when Firebolt maxed out (since the Inferno + Blaze + Firewall is useless and they are 3x 14% dmg loss till. One skill on fire mastery is enough (only gives 6%/lvl), just like the Cold mastery, one point.

But its just my opinion.

This post was edited by Makkertest on Mar 22 2012 11:24pm

frozen orb will own all the way through nightmare. ice bolt as synergy is useless if you are going dual tree. 1 pt into cold mastery and max FO, before maxing fireball and its synergies.

the above poster is wrong, fire mastery should not be left at 1 pt, but points should be distributed evenly between fire bolt and fire mastery at a higher level. play around with a skill calculator to find the best mix.

max FO, 1 pt CM -> max fireball -> max meteor -> distribute points evenly between fire bolt and FM.

This post was edited by darknessproz on Mar 22 2012 11:56pm

Agree on the above, focus on frozen orb untill its maxed. It really owns even without the synergy

Man I bet you were excited when you found that shael.

But doesn't fire mastery amplify all the damage of fireball (including the synergised amount). So that 6% is actually more when fireball is heavily synergized

yes. never max fire mastery last. alt points into it with fire bolt.

Gear ending normal:






Thanks to all who responded. I may restat according to this advice if I find kill speed is slowing down. I think I have extra points in cold mastery right now, and ofc not meteor yet b/c of the wasted points in the prereqs (went for the fbolt synergy at low levels).

What about the different armor spells? should I put a point in those? which?