SweatyOgre
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Sweaty Ogre's Pwnzor MF Orb Sorc Guide
This is a strat guide for an Orb MF sorc on ladder. Using this character, you can collect gear to outfit your second character, or trade the items you find for better MF gear, creating an endless cycle of improving your MF char, because hell, 3/4 the fun of using the items is finding them.
Stats
Str : 125 - should be sufficient for whatever you may find and use.
Dex : 75 for wiz or base if not using wiz
Vit : Remaining
Eng : Base
Skills
Place skills as follows:
20 - Ice Bolt
20 - Frozen Orb
20 - Cold Mastery
20 - Warmth
1 - Static Field
1 - Telekenesis
1 - Teleport
1- All of Frozen orbs prerequisites
Total: 87
After all those are finished, you may opt to put the rest in Teleport, so you use less mana when teleporting. With warmth, this isn't very necesary, so you may also want to put remaining points into Shiver Armor.
Gear
Since ladder is new, and no one has much of anything, you're going to have to rely mainly on magic and rare items. The following gear is basically guidelines, since no one is gauranteed to be able to get their hands on anything yet in ladder.
Weapons
A Magic or rare with +2 sorceress skills and + to frozen orb, +cold mastery, or +warmth would be ideal.
If you can get your hands on an Oculus or Eschuta's, by all means, use it.
Gull Dagger on weapon switch would be a good idea. They aren't hard to find, but if you cant get one, dont worry about it.
Shields
A magic shield with +all resists(Chromatic prefix) is a nice shield to wear while weakening a boss. Also, if you can somehow get your hands on a Lidless, that would be the optimum main shield for any sorceress.
Rhyme or Milebrega's shields are nice to have on weapon switch to kill a boss with. If you don't have a chromatic shield, they're fine to have on your main weapon, and just use them the whole time.
Armor
4 Perfect Topazed Dusk Shroud. Doesn't have to be a Dusk Shroud, but the Dusk Shroud's low str requirement and good defense make it ideal.
Skullder's, just as on non-ladder, is a great mf armor, but you'll be hard pressed to get it this soon in the ladder season.
Helm
3 Perfect Topazed Helm. There are all sorts of helms that are good to use, such as Artisan's(3 sockets) Crown of Remedy(Poison Length Reduced by 25%) but any 3 socket helm will work fine.
If you're lucky enough to have a Harlequin Crest Shako, throw a P topaz in that and use it. Tarn Helm and StealSkull can also have up to 50% mf, and with a P topaz, 74%.
Belt
Goldwrap isn't hard to get, but if you can't, one of Larzuk's Plated Belts of the Whale are always nice, as is NightSmoke.
Gloves
Chance Gaurds or rare/magic MF gloves if you can find them.
Boots
War Travs or rare/magic MF boots if you can find them. Cow Kings boots are also nice
Rings
2 magic rings with MF or 2 Nagels.
Amulet
A Magic/rare amulet with +sorc skills and magic find.
Charms
Annihilus if you can get your hands on one.
As many MF charms as you can find.
Where/How to MF
Andariel: Tele up to her, static a few times, and tele away. Start casting orbs at her while tele-ing around. A good method, as suggested previously by Kao is to cast an orb at her then tele behind her, so she'll turn and walk with the orb, all the spikes hitting her. Sometimes the groups of minions around her can be trouble, but rarely, since they're NEVER cold immune.
Mephisto:Mephisto can be tricky. There are 3 methods for MFing Mephisto, the Merc method, the Mercless method, and the Moat method.
Merc Method-Have an act 2 merc distract mephisto while you static, then orb like there's no tommorow.
Mercless Method-Cast orbs at him, tele-ing around dodging his orbs, lightnings, and frost novas.
Moat Method-Tele to that little platform with the portal to act 4(yea, that one) then run up a little, cast an orb(to get Meph's attention) and then tele across the river to the left-most platform, walk just out of meph's reach, and orb at him like there's no tommorow.
Pindleskin: A merc is necesary here, unlike with Meph, Just come into the entrance of his temple, and orb away. The merc will distract pindle and the gang, stopping them from charging your ass and killing you.
These bosses can be MFed in any difficulty, but your efforts are sure to prove fruitless if you do any MFing in normal. In Nightmare, you won't find anything great, but it's a good start, and Hell, of course, will provide the best drops.
Now go! Use this guide to work your way up, gaining riches and power in the Ladder Season 2! Soon you will be second only to I, the god of the Magic Find Orb sorceress, but hey, second isn't too bad.
This is a strat guide for an Orb MF sorc on ladder. Using this character, you can collect gear to outfit your second character, or trade the items you find for better MF gear, creating an endless cycle of improving your MF char, because hell, 3/4 the fun of using the items is finding them.
Stats
Str : 125 - should be sufficient for whatever you may find and use.
Dex : 75 for wiz or base if not using wiz
Vit : Remaining
Eng : Base
Skills
Place skills as follows:
20 - Ice Bolt
20 - Frozen Orb
20 - Cold Mastery
20 - Warmth
1 - Static Field
1 - Telekenesis
1 - Teleport
1- All of Frozen orbs prerequisites
Total: 87
After all those are finished, you may opt to put the rest in Teleport, so you use less mana when teleporting. With warmth, this isn't very necesary, so you may also want to put remaining points into Shiver Armor.
Gear
Since ladder is new, and no one has much of anything, you're going to have to rely mainly on magic and rare items. The following gear is basically guidelines, since no one is gauranteed to be able to get their hands on anything yet in ladder.
Weapons
A Magic or rare with +2 sorceress skills and + to frozen orb, +cold mastery, or +warmth would be ideal.
If you can get your hands on an Oculus or Eschuta's, by all means, use it.
Gull Dagger on weapon switch would be a good idea. They aren't hard to find, but if you cant get one, dont worry about it.
Shields
A magic shield with +all resists(Chromatic prefix) is a nice shield to wear while weakening a boss. Also, if you can somehow get your hands on a Lidless, that would be the optimum main shield for any sorceress.
Rhyme or Milebrega's shields are nice to have on weapon switch to kill a boss with. If you don't have a chromatic shield, they're fine to have on your main weapon, and just use them the whole time.
Armor
4 Perfect Topazed Dusk Shroud. Doesn't have to be a Dusk Shroud, but the Dusk Shroud's low str requirement and good defense make it ideal.
Skullder's, just as on non-ladder, is a great mf armor, but you'll be hard pressed to get it this soon in the ladder season.
Helm
3 Perfect Topazed Helm. There are all sorts of helms that are good to use, such as Artisan's(3 sockets) Crown of Remedy(Poison Length Reduced by 25%) but any 3 socket helm will work fine.
If you're lucky enough to have a Harlequin Crest Shako, throw a P topaz in that and use it. Tarn Helm and StealSkull can also have up to 50% mf, and with a P topaz, 74%.
Belt
Goldwrap isn't hard to get, but if you can't, one of Larzuk's Plated Belts of the Whale are always nice, as is NightSmoke.
Gloves
Chance Gaurds or rare/magic MF gloves if you can find them.
Boots
War Travs or rare/magic MF boots if you can find them. Cow Kings boots are also nice
Rings
2 magic rings with MF or 2 Nagels.
Amulet
A Magic/rare amulet with +sorc skills and magic find.
Charms
Annihilus if you can get your hands on one.
As many MF charms as you can find.
Where/How to MF
Andariel: Tele up to her, static a few times, and tele away. Start casting orbs at her while tele-ing around. A good method, as suggested previously by Kao is to cast an orb at her then tele behind her, so she'll turn and walk with the orb, all the spikes hitting her. Sometimes the groups of minions around her can be trouble, but rarely, since they're NEVER cold immune.
Mephisto:Mephisto can be tricky. There are 3 methods for MFing Mephisto, the Merc method, the Mercless method, and the Moat method.
Merc Method-Have an act 2 merc distract mephisto while you static, then orb like there's no tommorow.
Mercless Method-Cast orbs at him, tele-ing around dodging his orbs, lightnings, and frost novas.
Moat Method-Tele to that little platform with the portal to act 4(yea, that one) then run up a little, cast an orb(to get Meph's attention) and then tele across the river to the left-most platform, walk just out of meph's reach, and orb at him like there's no tommorow.
Pindleskin: A merc is necesary here, unlike with Meph, Just come into the entrance of his temple, and orb away. The merc will distract pindle and the gang, stopping them from charging your ass and killing you.
These bosses can be MFed in any difficulty, but your efforts are sure to prove fruitless if you do any MFing in normal. In Nightmare, you won't find anything great, but it's a good start, and Hell, of course, will provide the best drops.
Now go! Use this guide to work your way up, gaining riches and power in the Ladder Season 2! Soon you will be second only to I, the god of the Magic Find Orb sorceress, but hey, second isn't too bad.
