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El Diablo!
I've been playing Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction again, and I've been having some fun with it. This time I've been experimenting with different kinds of characters. The most recent one is a fire/electricity sorceress.
Normally I stick mainly to cold skills, because they're so much more effective. A point or two in Warmth, a few points in Static Field, and a point each in Teleport and Energy Shield are as far outside of the Cold skill tree as I go.
This time, I've resisted the Cold tree completely. I did pick up a staff with +2 to Shiver Armor, just because some sort of protection is pretty much mandatory, but I haven't spent a single skill point in Cold. I originally planned to stick entirely to Fire, but Electricity has too many skills which are absolutely vital; I don't see how any sorceress can survive a solo encounter with Duriel without a decent Static Field.
I ended up trying some Electricity spells I hadn't used before. Chain Lightning was surprisingly useful and effective; I quite like Thunderstorm too, although I suspect that it isn't very efficient. It's pretty, though.
But my equipment makes the Fire tree very appealing. I made my first runeword object, a Leaf staff, and it gives +3 to all Fire skills. Combined with a unique circlet that gives +1 to all Fire skills, it makes for a nice package. It made a big difference to start Meteor at 5 instead of 1 at level 24, believe me!
Right now I'm level 26, using Meteor, Thunderstorm, Energy Shield, Enchant (on my Hireling, a very effective Act 1 Rogue using a 3-socket bow with a perfect emerald and a Tir rune - I'm saving the third slot for something interesting), and occasionally Fireball or Chain Lightning. My main goal is to get to level 30, at which point an instant Fire Mastery 5 and Hydra 5 should make things very interesting indeed.
Incidentally, if you're ever on Battle.net, my handle there is Omac.
Normally I stick mainly to cold skills, because they're so much more effective. A point or two in Warmth, a few points in Static Field, and a point each in Teleport and Energy Shield are as far outside of the Cold skill tree as I go.
This time, I've resisted the Cold tree completely. I did pick up a staff with +2 to Shiver Armor, just because some sort of protection is pretty much mandatory, but I haven't spent a single skill point in Cold. I originally planned to stick entirely to Fire, but Electricity has too many skills which are absolutely vital; I don't see how any sorceress can survive a solo encounter with Duriel without a decent Static Field.
I ended up trying some Electricity spells I hadn't used before. Chain Lightning was surprisingly useful and effective; I quite like Thunderstorm too, although I suspect that it isn't very efficient. It's pretty, though.
But my equipment makes the Fire tree very appealing. I made my first runeword object, a Leaf staff, and it gives +3 to all Fire skills. Combined with a unique circlet that gives +1 to all Fire skills, it makes for a nice package. It made a big difference to start Meteor at 5 instead of 1 at level 24, believe me!
Right now I'm level 26, using Meteor, Thunderstorm, Energy Shield, Enchant (on my Hireling, a very effective Act 1 Rogue using a 3-socket bow with a perfect emerald and a Tir rune - I'm saving the third slot for something interesting), and occasionally Fireball or Chain Lightning. My main goal is to get to level 30, at which point an instant Fire Mastery 5 and Hydra 5 should make things very interesting indeed.
Incidentally, if you're ever on Battle.net, my handle there is Omac.