Diablo II Sorceress Cold Spells
Diablo 2 Sorceress Guides
The Sorceress has 3 skill trees: Cold-Based
Skills, Lightning-Based
Skills, and Fire-Based Skills.
Sorceress History
The Sorceress is the weakest fighter of the five Diablo
2 heroes but who says the power is in the muscles.
Ice Bolt
Effect: The ice bolt damages
and slows your victim.
Comment: put only 1 point in this
beginning spell - it's useless past lvl 6.
Frozen Armor
Effect: Gives a defense bonus and freezes any melee attacker
that hits you.
Comment: only 1 point is sufficient
- the freezing effect is important - not the Defense Rating
Boost. |
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Frost Nova
Effect: Creates an expanding ring of ice and frost that
damages and slows enemies.
Comment: 1 point should be sufficient
- if you use it often find a staff that will boost it to slvl 4.
Ice Blast
Effect: Creates a bolt of ice that completely freezes a target.
Comment: Invest between
1-3 point till you get Glacial Spike. As with all freezing spells,
opponents are blown to shard which makes it impossible for enemy
spellcasters to resurrect their minions. |
Shiver Armor
Effect: Defense bonus; any melee attacker that hits you
will be slowed and will take damage.
Comment: Never worth more
than 1 skill point so you can get Shiver Armor later on.
Glacial Spike
Effect: A shard of ice that inflicts massive cold damage
and explodes to freeze all enemies in the spell range.
Comment: Great high-level spell delivering massive damage.
Invest as much as you can (balance it with the other spells). Excellent
for parties - freeze the enemies and leave the fighers (Barbarian, Amazon, Paladin) to finish
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Blizzard
Effect: An ice storm rains deadly ice shards onto your
enemies.
Comment: The BEST high-level offensive spell killing Diablo
in seconds. Invest as much as you can (balance it with the other
spells). Not a good choice for parties - fighters (Barbarian, Amazon, Paladin) will not be able
to see much and the lag may kill them.
Chilling Armor
Effect: Boosts defense rating and launches an ice bolt
against all ranged attackers hitting you.
Comment: A must have for ACT III Jungles to cold those flayers.
Moreover the ice bolts will show you the direction of the hits which
is a lifesaver. Not more than 1 skill point, though.
Frozen Orb
Effect: A pulsating orb that shreds an area with ice bolts.
Comment: Most high-level players agree that this spell is
of very limited use. Try it before you buy it - get a +3 staff and
see if it fits you gaming style.
Cold Mastery
Passive Effect - Pierces the cold resistance of your enemies.
Comment: Cold Mastery is one of the reasons why Ice Sorceresses
are so popular. Even monsters (or players) with Maxed resistance
to Cold, will suffer massive damage when you invest 3-5 point in
Cold Mastery.
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Diablo II Heroes:
Sorceress Analysis
In true AD&D
terms, the Sorceress is a highly specialized offensive mage with
access to three circles of magic: Cold, Lightning, and Fire
Stats Development
It is natural to pump up your Energy levels with
each level. Each point in Energy translates to 2 points in
Mana and Mana is your most important Stats. At level 30 you should
expect to have an Energy level of 150+ (i.e. 23+ levels worth
of character points). The other stats you might to pump up are Strength
and Vitality.
A Strength of 41 is your target if you want
to yield a light plate armor (base defense of 103). Vitality
should take the rest of the points.
Dexterity should be overlooked since it contributes
to Attack rating (which you don't need at all) and Defense rating
which is better served by a good armor and the armor spells you
have.
Skills Development
You should pick offensive spells in only one of the
three areas otherwise you'll be spreading your skill points way
too thin. There are a few skills that you absolutely MUST have regardless
of your specialization:
~ Warmth - boosts
mana regeneration (recommended level: 5+)
~ Shiver Armor - boosts Defense,
freezes enemies
~ Teleport - escape quickly and
move through obstacles
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