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Demonomania
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 13-Apr-01, 11:42 AM (GMT)
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"Question on attack spell from 6-18"
 
   I'm making a new fire/light sorc: 20 Chain Lightning, 20 T-storm, 20 Hydra. So far she's lvl 8, 3 points in Static, 1+2 Firebolt, 1+1 ChargedBolt. Anyway, she will not have any cold skills except lvl 1 Frost Nova. I was just wondering how I should cope with my lack of real attack power until I get Chain Lightning. Just buy staffs/staves with +X to Fireball or what?


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Question on attack spell from 6-18 [View All] Demonomania 13-Apr-01 TOP
  RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18 Voratus 13-Apr-01 1
  RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18 Sir_Die_alot 13-Apr-01 2
     RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18 Zarathustra 13-Apr-01 3
  RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18 Grokadin 13-Apr-01 4
     Ichorsting crossbow Deadeye 13-Apr-01 5
  RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18 Smurf 13-Apr-01 6

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Voratus
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 13-Apr-01, 11:59 AM (GMT)
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1. "RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18"
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   LAST EDITED ON 04-13-01 AT 12:11 PM (PDT)

Buy a staff wtih +3 ice blast. It'll let you take down single monsters fairly easily. Or just do it the old-fashioned way and get a good weapon and shield.
If you don't even want to use cold skills, then substitute another offensive spell.

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Sir_Die_alot
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 13-Apr-01, 12:07 PM (GMT)
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2. "RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18"
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   well one thing i notice is that all your planed on used skills will ignore cast speed or once cast attack on their own. so why not load yourself up on +skill items (silks, tarn, 2 stones, magefists, ect) this alone will let any spell be good untill you have what you want to use.

on a side note with 20 CL/tstorm/hydra you have pretty much planned yourself to level 60, so IMO if you are lost on what to do now you may need to reevaluate what skills you want to use. (not saying not viable because i have never tried it just saying it only gets harder )


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Zarathustra
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 13-Apr-01, 01:47 PM (GMT)
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3. "RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18"
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Best of luck to you. Seems you've got quite a plan there. But as Sir_Die_alot said, you've got things planned to a VERY high level. Without defeating Izual, level 51 means 60 skill points. If you kill him earlier than that, 49 will grab you the 60. Add in your prereqs and you've got a high level at which you'll attain your goal.

You may run into some problems with Chain Lightning; specifically that it doesn't work well on single enemies. You'll find that you actually WANT to get a mob together, so you can be sure that each casting does its job.

As for Hydra.....yum. =o) My favorite item in D1 was the Mindcry (69 Guardian charges), so I can't wait to see what a field of maxed Hydras looks like. =o)

As I said, best of luck to you, and keep us posted on your progress!

See you in Town,
-Z

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Grokadin
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 13-Apr-01, 03:14 PM (GMT)
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4. "RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18"
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   I find that bows work pretty well even through parts of act II, before your AR is too terrible to hit anything. You could consider getting a bow with some +AR to supplement your spells.


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Deadeye
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 13-Apr-01, 06:05 PM (GMT)
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5. "Ichorsting crossbow"
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   If you go for a bow, Ichorsting's a good choice. It's well known for imparting Piercing Attack to Fire Bolt and Fire Ball (also Ice Blast and Glacial Spike), and it does pretty respectable damage as well, about 20-30 points. Its poison damage blocks monster hp regen, and it comes with built-in dex and AR boosts. No clvl req, and you only need 33 Dex to use it.


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Smurf
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 13-Apr-01, 06:42 PM (GMT)
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6. "RE: Question on attack spell from 6-18"
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   Since you're going to use tstorm, you'll have a prereq point in nova anyways, and combined with static, and frost nova, it's good enough to take you to lvl18 in no time

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