Leaf staff, Lore helmet, stealth armor, you can do pretty heavy damage early game, once you get a good wand or spirit sword with rhyme or ancients pledge shield. You can get through nightmare with stuff you make vs trading or waiting for uniques to drop.
@@Snoozealot i just saw your last vids about nova/frost nova so i hesitated between nova, frost nova or hydra build for beginning this season (2.5) i can't choose finally, help me :p
@@moroven For a league start I'd go Hydra. Nova and Frost Nova are much more expensive to get up and running. You can always swap to them later on. I'd run the Hydra build and live at meph for a while.
I have this exact same setup except for the boots! I use Silk Weaves for added mana my merk uses Eth CV Infinity with Eth Andaril and Eth Fortitude with 2k defense, but I only have 4 life skillers and Gheeds & sunder, but if you want to kill Diablo instantly put down a bed of fire with like 5 meteors and try to time a meteor to land right when he spawns and have your Hydra's ready to go as well
My gear is running enough facets for -93 to enemy fire res. 24 fhr -20/20 armor -15 flickering flame helm half freez reduced -30/30 crystal sword -28 pheinox sheild other gear.. Tri res boots 40 fire/38light/38poison/poison reduced by 50 2sorc skill 20 all res 20 fcr half freez reduced amulet crafted 2 soj magefist arach 10x 5 res scs 8x fire gcs 1x sunder torch and anni total fcr is 60 total res.. fire res 90 light res 80 poison res 75 cold res who cares lol 50 range tho merc andys infinity fortitude I hydra and fire ball as needed.
heck yea, I decided I want this kind of powerhouse with 105 fcr or better. so Now im running her with griffons eye for the 25fcr mainly slap a 5-5 facet in there later 2x 10 fcr rings fire res 30 same -30/30 sword Phoenix total - enemy res is 78 and once facets in the griffons 83 this setup you suffer resistance wise but with the right amulet you could max fire res or balance all your res with a 2/20/20res all and a mix of 11% res scs and or 5 all res. Compared to the nova I find this just hits so hard and you can play it safer with hydras
my favorite build for killing Andy and Meph is a 200 fcr, Max Fireball sorc. Is great for HC with a sanctuary aura on an act 5 merc. Try to use enchant on merc, it helps with AR
i know im late but this ladder i specced around a bunch and im finally settled on firebally hydra it absolutely slaps and 3 piece tal set gives -15 fire res so im currently rocking whole set right now with a spirit mon and even with just that and a fire sunder immunes are more than manageable and fireball does like 8-9k and hydra does like 2k which is insane absolutely shreds andy meph slaps cows so hard too easily the strongest sorc build for single target and fireball is just so unbelieavably strong and does insane aoe so it does it all
I'm currently lightning. I have full tals, spirit no soj, infinity, my + skills are at about 35 for lighting with skillers. I can easily get hold of fire + sunder charms. Would you recommend me switching over. I always enjoyed hydra I used it before I got infinity to deal with immunes even before it was buffed and had the cast delay. Just annoying it has no pierce like assassin traps.
I'd say it depends on if you enjoy the play style. Lightning is probably a stronger build overall because it can get so much pierce. The issue with this fire build is getting enough pierce to deal with all the fire immune. While the infinity will help you have to remember it only works at 1/5 because of the interaction with the Sunder charm.
@@Snoozealot is that 1/5 thing only when you have a sunder charm? So if I don't have sunder charm does the Infinity still only give 1/5? And yeah I love hydra playstyle I love being able to teleport around and avoid damage while the hydras do damage for me. I imagine it being slower than lightning but wondered if hydras plus fireball would be high enough damage to negate not having pierce. Your gear is way better than mine, but your players 8 clearspeed was not that much slower than my player kill speed and your players 1 speed just looked like a high level character in normal, that's why it looks very powerful and I'm considering the swap. I have a few tokens so I guess I could try
@@Snoozealot btw when I say 'pierce', sorry I'm not talking about piercing through immunities, I'm talking about the fact that lighting travels through enemies, so one shot of lightning hits all enemies in a row and chain lighting basically everything, but hydra or fireball do not go through enemies even though fireball has some aoe.
@@gutts1405 I'm a firm believer in playing what is fun to you. I think if you compare fully geared characters I think Lightning will be a stronger build, but this build fully geared is very strong as well. Personally I prefer this build over Lightning. Hopefully that helps
He has not played it as well. It's a hero editor build just for the video with no personal experience. I prefer guides of players who have played that char hundreds of hours. They probably would recommend Hoto instead of Eshutas for more safety and qol. That 20% is a trap since it's just added to fire mastery. And you are one-shotting everything in p1, so stacking more dmg is not needed.
@@Snoozealot Could mention a lot of little choices but Bone Prison from Marrowwalk is the MVP for making Meph hold still Meteor's burny ground halts regen and 6x Hydras is good enough you can skip Static Field after a certain gear point
Hey great video! Im only level 93 and can’t max all skills yet. I have maxed fire ball/bolt and meteor. Do I max fire mastery or hydra first? One of them will need 6 more skills to max.
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Leaf staff, Lore helmet, stealth armor, you can do pretty heavy damage early game, once you get a good wand or spirit sword with rhyme or ancients pledge shield. You can get through nightmare with stuff you make vs trading or waiting for uniques to drop.
Yup those runewords are great for any fire build.
I was hesitating about a class to choose but thanks to you I decided to do this build.
Glad to help. Any questions just let me know!
@@Snoozealot i just saw your last vids about nova/frost nova so i hesitated between nova, frost nova or hydra build for beginning this season (2.5) i can't choose finally, help me :p
@@moroven For a league start I'd go Hydra. Nova and Frost Nova are much more expensive to get up and running. You can always swap to them later on. I'd run the Hydra build and live at meph for a while.
@@Snoozealot ok so i go for this build and farm mephisto in hell for gear :)
@@moroven That's what I do for all my Ladder starts. I usually spend a week or two doing that
I have this exact same setup except for the boots! I use Silk Weaves for added mana my merk uses Eth CV Infinity with Eth Andaril and Eth Fortitude with 2k defense, but I only have 4 life skillers and Gheeds & sunder, but if you want to kill Diablo instantly put down a bed of fire with like 5 meteors and try to time a meteor to land right when he spawns and have your Hydra's ready to go as well
My gear is running enough facets for -93 to enemy fire res.
24 fhr -20/20 armor
-15 flickering flame helm half freez reduced
-30/30 crystal sword
-28 pheinox sheild
other gear..
Tri res boots 40 fire/38light/38poison/poison reduced by 50
2sorc skill 20 all res 20 fcr half freez reduced amulet crafted
2 soj
magefist
arach
10x 5 res scs
8x fire gcs
1x sunder
torch and anni
total fcr is 60
total res..
fire res 90
light res 80
poison res 75
cold res who cares lol 50 range tho
merc
andys
infinity
fortitude
I hydra and fire ball as needed.
I bet you shred :)
heck yea, I decided I want this kind of powerhouse with 105 fcr or better.
so Now im running her with griffons eye for the 25fcr mainly slap a 5-5 facet in there later
2x 10 fcr rings fire res 30
same -30/30 sword
Phoenix
total - enemy res is 78 and once facets in the griffons 83
this setup you suffer resistance wise but with the right amulet you could max fire res or balance all your res with a 2/20/20res all and a mix of 11% res scs and or 5 all res.
Compared to the nova I find this just hits so hard and you can play it safer with hydras
my favorite build for killing Andy and Meph is a 200 fcr, Max Fireball sorc. Is great for HC with a sanctuary aura on an act 5 merc. Try to use enchant on merc, it helps with AR
200 FCR Fireball is also really fun.
I love you Snoozey ❤
i know im late but this ladder i specced around a bunch and im finally settled on firebally hydra it absolutely slaps and 3 piece tal set gives -15 fire res so im currently rocking whole set right now with a spirit mon and even with just that and a fire sunder immunes are more than manageable and fireball does like 8-9k and hydra does like 2k which is insane absolutely shreds andy meph slaps cows so hard too easily the strongest sorc build for single target and fireball is just so unbelieavably strong and does insane aoe so it does it all
Yup, Fire sorc is a really fun build.
This is an offline character created with Editor right?
Correct, I did not play this character in 2.5 The build works online as well.
I'm currently lightning. I have full tals, spirit no soj, infinity, my + skills are at about 35 for lighting with skillers. I can easily get hold of fire + sunder charms.
Would you recommend me switching over. I always enjoyed hydra I used it before I got infinity to deal with immunes even before it was buffed and had the cast delay.
Just annoying it has no pierce like assassin traps.
I'd say it depends on if you enjoy the play style. Lightning is probably a stronger build overall because it can get so much pierce. The issue with this fire build is getting enough pierce to deal with all the fire immune. While the infinity will help you have to remember it only works at 1/5 because of the interaction with the Sunder charm.
@@Snoozealot is that 1/5 thing only when you have a sunder charm? So if I don't have sunder charm does the Infinity still only give 1/5?
And yeah I love hydra playstyle I love being able to teleport around and avoid damage while the hydras do damage for me. I imagine it being slower than lightning but wondered if hydras plus fireball would be high enough damage to negate not having pierce. Your gear is way better than mine, but your players 8 clearspeed was not that much slower than my player kill speed and your players 1 speed just looked like a high level character in normal, that's why it looks very powerful and I'm considering the swap. I have a few tokens so I guess I could try
@@Snoozealot btw when I say 'pierce', sorry I'm not talking about piercing through immunities, I'm talking about the fact that lighting travels through enemies, so one shot of lightning hits all enemies in a row and chain lighting basically everything, but hydra or fireball do not go through enemies even though fireball has some aoe.
@@gutts1405 The aura from Infinity is applied at a 1/5 rate when using the sunder charm OR when breaking an immunity (like without a sunder charm)
@@gutts1405 I'm a firm believer in playing what is fun to you. I think if you compare fully geared characters I think Lightning will be a stronger build, but this build fully geared is very strong as well. Personally I prefer this build over Lightning. Hopefully that helps
Hey man havent played d2 for a long time, wonder if this build is kinda beginner friendly?
It is but the gear shown is expensive. Start with some basic magic find gear and work your way up. Farming Mephisto is a great way to gear up.
He has not played it as well. It's a hero editor build just for the video with no personal experience.
I prefer guides of players who have played that char hundreds of hours. They probably would recommend Hoto instead of Eshutas for more safety and qol. That 20% is a trap since it's just added to fire mastery. And you are one-shotting everything in p1, so stacking more dmg is not needed.
@@Trollolololol1337 Cute you think I haven't played the build. Guess you know me well. It's not like the game has been out 20 years.
@@Snoozealot Thanks man i will do that
Beat Ubers with Hydra sorc today, no Phoenix!
That's awesome! I haven't even attempted it. Did you use this guide? Did you change anything up to make that any easier for you?
@@Snoozealot Could mention a lot of little choices but Bone Prison from Marrowwalk is the MVP for making Meph hold still
Meteor's burny ground halts regen and 6x Hydras is good enough you can skip Static Field after a certain gear point
@@t00thman Awesome! Great job man.
I’d up the armor to elite
You can if you like. I generally never bother.
Hey great video! Im only level 93 and can’t max all skills yet. I have maxed fire ball/bolt and meteor.
Do I max fire mastery or hydra first? One of them will need 6 more skills to max.
Are you using Hydra alot? If not then fire mastery IMO.