03-03-2012, 10:38 PM
Quote:First off, thanks for replying. Like you say, most guides are for LoD, so they have some mercenary who solves all sorts of problems. I don't see a classic part on the Amazon Basin. Maybe I'm just missing something.
Dang I must have misremembered it. You're right there is no dedicated 'D2 Classic' section. I probably confused it with something else. You could probably still get some valuable feedback, or at the very least modify somewhat the LoD strategies. (I understand there are some difficulties and limits to 'retrofitting' LoD to D2 Classic.)
http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/...opic=12833
Quote:So I'm having problems here. I just entered Hell difficulty, and as you say, Lvl 20 Frozen Orb + one point in mastery works fine for non-immunes (at least so far). But the cold immunes are killing me. I have something like lvl 17 Chain Lightening and a couple of points in Lightening Mastery, and one of those yeti like creatures takes forever to kill. Cold immune bosses, forget about it.
I will have to respec, and the only think I can do is take the 8 or so points I put into the fire tree out and put into lightening. Is that right? Am I missing something? If this is required, is there a calculator somewhere that will tell me when it's worth putting a point into Chain Lightening vs Lightening Mastery vs Lightening (because of the synergy)? I guess the same goes for Frozen Orb vs. Cold Mastery.
Unfortunately I'm not the go to guy for calculators. Hopefully the one that's in that amazonbasin link is updated and correct.
In general though, it does come down to deciding which spectrum of the elements you're investing in. Since there's only so many points to go around.
Going by my hazy memory of my last Classic Sorc. I think mine was 20 in F-Orb, 1 pt in C-Mastery. 20 in Hydra, 1 in F-Mastery. 20 in C-Lightning, the rest went into pumping Lightning-Mastery. Not counting pre-reqs and one point wonders like Static,Teleport etc.