Archmage - Damage Output Advice

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Archmage - Damage Output Advice

Hi all! I'm currently developing my Archmage which is a challenge. I was wondering when would the damage output be adequate in Hell difficulty. I'm using full Tal's set. I'm also using Magefist which gives +1 to fire spells. Please don't say I'm better off with wearing different elite unique equipment/weapons since I have decided to stick with this set. These are the current stats of my main spells. Keep in mind that Tal's set gives +6 to all skills and also reduces enemy resistances 15% for fire/lightning spells while adding 15% damage to cold spells. The Lidless Eye that my sorc is using gives +2 to masteries as well. The numbers will reflect the +skills/+mastery effects.

My sorc is lvl 84 in hell difficulty at the moment.

Meteor = 3034.50 (Actual level without equip is 17)

Charged Bolt = 2851.90 (Actual level without equip is lvl 20/Lightning @ lvl 12 for synergy/Lightning Mastery @ lvl 5)

Frozen Orb = 342.20 (Actual lvl without equip is lvl 18)

I was planning on putting 3 more skill points in Meteor, 3 more skill points in Lightning, and 2 more skill points in Frozen Orb. I'm currently running NM Andy to get 2 SOJs which would give +2 to all skills. I guess I'll be trying to get 2-3 skillers for each tree as well. Thanks in advance! :thumbsup:

(BTW, this build was suggested by Melianor. Thanks man!)
 
Hmm... Meteor should be about 4 or 5k, FO about 400, I have no idea for CB (300 max per bolt maybe?). That'll be Hell viable at p1 I guess.
 
Well that charged bolt damage is obviously multiplied by the bolt amount.... which you unfortunately won't deal to any single monster (diablo is the fattest of all monsters according to charged strike zons :P) and my charged bolts on my lightning sorc miss like 4 bolts out of 11?

The frozen orb damage around 350 should be enough, well for me and my playing style it would. I kill hell mephisto with 300%ish mf sorc with about that 3xx orb damage, it takes a while... but not too long compared to the time it takes me to get to him since i don't use maphack or anything.

The meteor... umm... seems kinda low. I've only had all-fire meteor (13kish?) chars and one meteorb sorc though (can't recall her damage numbers)

Oh and by the way Tal's set should be pretty much the logical choice for a tri-elementalist for most people. Only the richest bastards could do that with Hoto or Doom/Phoenix/Griffon or Nightwing's/Chains of Honor
-Caer
 
Thanks a lot for the input Caer. I find CB effective if you're pretty much right next to the monster. Sorry, I didn't mention that I also use Static Field in combination with CB. Good FCR is important for this as well. My sorceress' is 70 FCR (50 with Tal's set and 20 from Magefist). Stormshield with max block comes in handy for those situations too. Yeah, I realize my Meteor is low. Both Meteor and Charged Bolt damage is actually higher because I forgot to put in the -15% monster resistances for those spells. First time that I got to Diablo in Hell Difficulty which is why I needed advice. Frozen Orb is almost at 400 because I also forgot to factor in the 15% added cold damage from Tal's. One thing that is clear to me is that Archmages need A LOT of +skills equipment and skillers in order for them to be successful in Hell. It's a long road but I know I can do it. Now, I have to get back to work. :thumbsup:
 
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