Nothing Compares to Spark+Fire Wall to Start

[TheMasterBlaster]

doesn't matter what your class is. grab some INT from the skill tree if you need it. add Increased Projectile Speed and Unleash to Spark, and you're good to go.

It's nuts how good this is for the game start.

[5ean5ean]

It falls off without gear. Trust me...its the most expensive build in the game currently.

[Mudpony]

Even with gear, it falls off. It is strong in tight corridors against small mobs, but weak against high hp enemies in bigger areas. And bosses are really the hardest part of the game already.

That said, it is still quite good. But so are plenty of other things. A couple of examples. For maces, Earthquake with Fast Forward and Fist of War wrecks most trash mobs. For bows,, you have two options. Poisonburst Arrow with Scattershot and Bursting Plague is very strong, and so is the Lightning Arrow + the Lightning Rod one. And so on.

[5ean5ean]

Originally posted by Mudpony:

Even with gear, it falls off. It is strong in tight corridors against small mobs, but weak against high hp enemies in bigger areas. And bosses are really the hardest part of the game already.

That said, it is still quite good. But so are plenty of other things. A couple of examples. For maces, Earthquake with Fast Forward and Fist of War wrecks most trash mobs. For bows,, you have two options. Poisonburst Arrow with Scattershot and Bursting Plague is very strong, and so is the Lightning Arrow + the Lightning Rod one. And so on.

Nah....Im currently running it and it can pretty much do anything. Once you get archmage and Arcanensurge accendencies it's easy street. You just need to get defenses at that point which is the expensive part.

[Empukris]

Originally posted by 5ean5ean:

Originally posted by Mudpony:

Even with gear, it falls off. It is strong in tight corridors against small mobs, but weak against high hp enemies in bigger areas. And bosses are really the hardest part of the game already.

That said, it is still quite good. But so are plenty of other things. A couple of examples. For maces, Earthquake with Fast Forward and Fist of War wrecks most trash mobs. For bows,, you have two options. Poisonburst Arrow with Scattershot and Bursting Plague is very strong, and so is the Lightning Arrow + the Lightning Rod one. And so on.

Nah....Im currently running it and it can pretty much do anything. Once you get archmage and Arcanensurge accendencies it's easy street. You just need to get defenses at that point which is the expensive part.

Because of a certain necklace that has very high price at the moment? They probably going to nerf it isnt it?

[Mudpony]

Originally posted by 5ean5ean:

Nah....Im currently running it and it can pretty much do anything. Once you get archmage and Arcanensurge accendencies it's easy street. You just need to get defenses at that point which is the expensive part.

In my experience, you're better off swapping to Arc by the time you hit act 3. It just hits much harder on bosses, and that's really the only hard thing. Also, I'm pretty sure most classes can't get the Arcane Surge from their ascendancies for some reason ;)

Really, though, as I said before, there are a bunch of skill combos that trivialize trash mobs. And as far as sorcs go, the real star is Fire Wall, combined with just about any projectile. I mean, even your typical Spark sorc in the low levels quickly learns Spark is not good against bosses, and uses a Gelid Staff instead. Heck, on the new sorc I just started, I'm using Ember Fusillade (Scattershot, woot) with Fire Wall, and that's easily cutting through stuff as well... and so far performs better than Spark against bosses.

Mind you, that doesn't undermine the ease of the Fire Wall, Spark, and Gelid Staff trio. It's brain dead trash mob clearing with Spark, and the staff to destroy bosses from up close.

[DirtyMick]

My first char was sorc. Played it to act3 and then started trying other ♥♥♥♥. Now I'm a ranger breezing through the game, killing ♥♥♥♥ much much faster than my firewall/spark sorc ever could. If you want easy mode, go ranger with lightning rod/lightning arrow. It's the shiz.

[TheMasterBlaster]

y'all must be missing the part of the OP that says it's the strongest option for the START of the game. imho.

[alan0n]

Originally posted by TheMasterBlaster:

doesn't matter what your class is. grab some INT from the skill tree if you need it. add Increased Projectile Speed and Unleash to Spark, and you're good to go.

It's nuts how good this is for the game start.

You havent played lightning ranger apparently.

[TheMasterBlaster]

Originally posted by alan0n:

Originally posted by TheMasterBlaster:

doesn't matter what your class is. grab some INT from the skill tree if you need it. add Increased Projectile Speed and Unleash to Spark, and you're good to go.

It's nuts how good this is for the game start.

You havent played lightning ranger apparently.

that's a bow weapon skill setup. anybody can use Spark and Wall of Fire with minor investment in INT, which most builds need anyway in the early game for some mana.

[DarkFenix]

Originally posted by TheMasterBlaster:

Originally posted by alan0n:

You havent played lightning ranger apparently.

that's a bow weapon skill setup. anybody can use Spark and Wall of Fire with minor investment in INT, which most builds need anyway in the early game for some mana.

I haven't played a single class that needs to invest in int for the sake of mana, and I've played all the classes.

Sparks through fire walls are good, but it's far from the only early game faceroll skill.

[Mudpony]

Originally posted by TheMasterBlaster:

y'all must be missing the part of the OP that says it's the strongest option for the START of the game. imho.

That's the point, it isn't. Rangers have two easy ways to kill as fast, but remain more mobile while doing so, so are safer. Warriors can Earthquake and live on easy street as well. And I'm sure other classes have their own ways.

Heck, from my current sorc run, any further early sorcs I make will start out with Ember Fusillade using the Scattershot gem, rather than Spark. It slaughters packs, it mops the floor with bosses, and then you get a horde of skulls once you get spirit.

[BANE]

Yeah its fun for a starter, but pretty quickly It sucks, most of the builds suck in this game, there is a whole lot of problems with no solution so far