And you're aware we're discussing hardcore? Not softcore where you can just rush through? Because if you're rushing like that, also in hell durance, i guarantee you're going to die quickly. Teleporting randomly is a death sentence even with good gear.

I am talking about HC. Nope, my sorcs don't die to dolls. It's become super easy with double spirit (sword and shield), smoke armor and lots of mana potting until something usable is dropped by meph.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Jan 14 2022 06:45pm

I lost 50% of my hit points and mana to ONE doll explosion, having 900 hit poinst and 600 mana, with maxed resists. How can you survive rushing through? You must be the luckiest person in D2.

I don't use ES in PVM with subpar gear, sure way to die young. With double spirit, you've got 110 Fhr, it is enough to tele away and pot. Before spirit, durance was hell.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Jan 14 2022 06:49pm

7k fireballs at 105fcr is 21.875 fire dps and not single target since is an AOE spell, not very big area but AOE after all.

And yes, hydras can be cast next to enemies, enemies can move too which can make your hydras fire to non desirable targets like fire immunes many many times.

And this is the problem, you shouldn't be running while your hydras try to hit anything, you have teleport, there are extremely few enemies that can catch your teleport, and even if they can close the gap "fast enough" they first need to deal with your merc, that is more than capable of taking one hit while you shot a fireball/frozen orb and move away again, and this is assuming extra dangerous and fast enemies, because if they are not, you just spam your attacks while your merc tanks or you just tele in circles around them while you fire all you have to them until they die.

This is extremely easy to do already with 63fcr, which is reach with stealth, spirit in sword and 1 fcr ring/magefist or whatever you have, and that is the lower gear that you can imagine, is a lot easier when you have some mid gear like full tal or hoto/viper/shako kind of gear, we are not taking about extra expensive/rare gear like death's fathom, infinity on merc and stuff like that.

The only thing that hydras do better is scout, and for scouting purpose 1 point is enough.

This post was edited by Titus1986 on Jan 14 2022 06:54pm

You know, even with 1500 hit points, 75% block, 75% all resist and 115 fhr, teleing randomly in hell is a death sentence. My merc died to 2-3 hits from the mentioned pack of dolls. They'd kill your sorc in the same amount of hits... i guess you're just a lucky guy if you teleport randomly, or even if you teleport carefully. Because sooner or later you teleport into a dangerous monster pack and get ko'd.

This post was edited by Taurean on Jan 14 2022 07:02pm

You don't have to tell me that. I go max block route as soon as I get a proper shield to block with, usually whistans first because it drops often but until then the best defense a sorc has got is merc and the ability to teleport. Teleporting is defense and offence at the same time. I do everything to reach at least 63fcr in nightmare by usually larzuking a normal cow crystal sword, looking for any armor, ring with fcr etc. Getting as whistans is usually easier than a monarch to socket for spirit. Act 4 hell is the hardest act for me alone.

Just so you know, you can completely block the explosion, shiver armor slows them down while they try to hit you so you got more time to tele away before they decide to explode. You are much safer by using both in conjunction than a semi es vita version of a sorc.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Jan 14 2022 07:09pm

Not convinced. I need to see a low/mid-range gear sorceress teleport to mephisto and diablo in hell 10-20 runs without any near death scenarios before i consider getting convinced. If not, i'll stick to my slow-but-safe approach with hydra.

And hydra doesn't hit fire immunes if you deal with enemies in a structured manner. I do use frozen orb as well, combined with static field. So i'd say maybe 10% of hydra damage goes to fire immunes overall, at least nothing more than that.




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