[HC] Light sorc to hell MF

Hey guys,

I started a lightning sorc on Hardcore ladder USeast because of all the uber stories i have read on the internet. Some reach 70+K damage or so they say.

Now i just started out and have really crappy gear so obvious i don't reach that target. But with vipermagi and chromatic orb i don't even reach 10% of that. And i can't even kill the NM baal minions without my lvl 79 merc dying.

I am currently lvl 86, and appart from a couple of extra into teleport (so i could teleport more then 10 times when i was a lower level) i have put them all in the right skills.

Now a couple of hundred more meph runs should hopefully get me an occy, peasant crown and a +skills amu. But i don't see that helping me a lot on hell MF runs. So whats the best to do?

I could respec, but i only have 2 left and 1 i need to crank my strength to 156 once i get a spirit shield. I really like to sit this out for at least a little longer till i can really sustain tele with one point in it. I have a 4 sock regular polearm for insight, though i like to make that insight in atleast an exceptional polearm.

So, i could do NM countess runs and cube those runes to buy myself a tal's set or something, really to scared to try it on hell. but i'm making a backup character thats gonna be ready once i get a taxi to hell baals.

How about my merc? Since he dies he needs better gear too, whats good enough to help him tank hell meph but still affordable for a starter?

Any other good tips? I wish i sold my previous accounts for forum gold... but hey i didn't .|||if i were u i�d respec to orb-it-aller, blizz sorc or orb-fb. lightning shines when u have loads of +skills. 70k lightning dmg is for dual dream sorcs. maxed out lightning ones can get ~50k

for gear:

don�t use a spirit. needs too much str imo. use splendor if u want the skill, otherwise rhyme grimshield or whistans guard and go maxblock

a smoke is good if u need res, otherwise stealth for the fcr until u find a viper or something similar

lore will work fine as headgear till peasant, shako or some rare comes up

i�d start crafting i were u, specially boots and amus. a decent amu should come up fast enough

my merc uses an eth bugged smoke dusk (first three eth bugged armors turned out to be - in order of appearance - 1, 2, 3 soc) works fine with his tal mask and self cube-socket insight CA|||1) lightning sorceresses are the most useless poor man's MFers; terribly weak without Really Good (TM) equipment

2) +1 on the respec to Orbitaller (Fire Ball + Frozen Orb)

3) don't bother crafting; you'll get ****tons of great caster gear from doing Nightmare Baal runs

Also, check the sorceress forums for information on Hardcore Teleport sorceresses. Stickied somewhere.|||Quote:








1) lightning sorceresses are the most useless poor man's MFers; terribly weak without Really Good (TM) equipment

2) +1 on the respec to Orbitaller (Fire Ball + Frozen Orb)

3) don't bother crafting; you'll get ****tons of great caster gear from doing Nightmare Baal runs

Also, check the sorceress forums for information on Hardcore Teleport sorceresses. Stickied somewhere.




Vouch on the guide written by the dude above my head |||Quote:








1) lightning sorceresses are the most useless poor man's MFers; terribly weak without Really Good (TM) equipment




Vouch, lightning is kinda useless when you're on a budget.

Check Socialism's guides on the sorc forum, you can run simple stuff in hell like countess/andy/meph untwinked with an orber.