@ffs - If you'll excuse the formatting, here's the quick version:
Lightning Spec (for Minis, Baal and Diablo):
20 Points, Lightning, Chain Lightning, Lightning Mastery, Charged Bolt, Nova.
1 Point Teleport, Warmth, Frozen Armor, Static Field (and prereqs)
Sorceress Gear:
Griffon's, w/ Lightning Facet
Magic Amulet, 20 resist all, 24 PDR
Crescent Moon War Sword
Spirit Monarch Shield
Vipermagi
Frostburns
Arach's
Hotspur
SoJ
Rare Ring, 10 FCR, 87 mana, resists
CTA/Spirit on switch
Lower resist wand in inventory
Charms:
Annihilus, one Lightning skiller, life, mana, resistance charms, ... later, a Torch for another class ...
Merc Gear:
Vamp Gaze, w/Sol Rune
Eth Duress
Eth Thresher Infinity
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Respec mid battle with Token of Absolution>
Edit:
Note: Next Uber run would start in Meteor Spec, respecing to Lightning after doing Mephisto first. All organ sets were farmed up front in Lightning Spec.
Meteor Spec (for Mephisto)
20 Points, Meteor, Fire Mastery, Fire Ball, Fire Bolt, Inferno.
1 Point Warmth, Frozen Armor, Teleport (and prereqs)
Sorceress Gear:
Harlequin Crest
Magic Amulet, 20 resist all, 24 PDR
Hoto
Spirit Monarch Shield
Vipermagi
Frostburns
Tgods
Rare Boots, 33 cold resist, 29 lightning resist
SoJ
Ravenfrost
CTA/Spirit on switch
Lower resist wand in inventory
Pre-buff with Treachery
and thawing potions
Charms:
Annihilus, life, mana,
resistance charms, ... later, a Torch for another class ...
Merc Gear:
Kira's
CoH <-- This could have been 'Smoke' for all the good it did ...
Upped Eth Kelpie Snare <-- Now this helped. Assuming he lived long enough to tag Mephisto with it. So really, any Kelpie Snare would do ...
Oh. And have lots of Full Rejuvenation Potions on hand. I used 4-9 at Uber Mephisto ... and perhaps a few others elsewhere during the fight ...
So lots of items that could have had sockets ... but didn't, because it's a UT99er. And I'm certainly not going to claim that this is the best gear to use. It's just the gear that I used
.
Could it be done in HC? Well, yes. I never died at the minis. Or in the last dozen Uber runs (or more
). But run #1, at Mephisto (for me) was a hot mess. I'd want to get the run down in SC before attempting it in HC.