Best Sorc for Starting?

[kimchi]

so i've played diablo 2 before but i've lost my old account, so i'm starting fresh as a sorc with no items. i want to use it as a MF sorc later on.

basically, what kind of sorc (that can MF) is best as a starting char?
lightning looks interesting.

[1337-Orange]

Blizz sorce. Mf meph and andy and pindle over and over.

[Bloodangel26]

orb FTW. good enough damage, easy to hit, hits pretty much everything on screen at once, hits 3-4 times per blizz hit(making the damage about equal), all around best sorc attack IMO

[PoTatoes]

like they said i recommend a cold sorc. blizz is preferedd for starters to bot and get u started.

[SilverTears]

In future after you make ur cold sorc if you are, and you depend on making another sorc go for the light sorc, their dmg can get over 40k and are very strong.

[Ares]

get a light sorc way more damage then blizz easier to aim.. blizz is ez to dodge... go with a light sorc man.

[A.D.]

orb FTW. good enough damage, easy to hit, hits pretty much everything on screen at once, hits 3-4 times per blizz hit(making the damage about equal), all around best sorc attack IMO

I am also a strong orb supporter. The damage is misleading becuase you get plenty of negative resists with a maxed mastery. Also you have a good amount of leftover skill points to max telekensis for an awesome ES bonus.

Orb is by far the easiest sorc spell to aim (I mean it covers the whole dam screen)

And if you have no good gear then you can feel comfortable putting more points into mana instead of Vita, as ES will probably wind up robbing you of alot of mana if you aren't properly equipped.

Edit : Also.. what does FTW stand for? For the win?

[Bloodangel26]

yes, for the win. and another reason the damage is misleading is because that is damage per shard. the orb itself does a ton more if it hits

[RaZzor]

I agree with Orb sorc, maybe a blizz/orb combo cause orb sucks for meph...

[Ares]

try orb and meteor... METORB works 2 ele hybrid sorcs so if u cant offord a infinity this is best choice.. but still i suggest a light sorc man..

[nickname_underskor]

yeah light sorcs are very fun and are very strong the will own everything with the right gear.

[Ares]

yeah thats why i said go orb meteor if you cant offord the right gear.. so basicly you got 2 choices

[Phallock]

Chain Lightning.

Love it. Use it. Bot it.

Just my humble opinion.

[Arc]

im with blood on this one, best sorc for starting is an orb sorc, light sorcs are just too expensive for a starter char and blizz just sucks imo

[nickname_underskor]

Chain Lightning.

Love it. Use it. Bot it.

Just my humble opinion.

j/w but wjen i made my light sorc i thaught it was a clightning but reg lightning does more dmg correct me if im wrong but there might be gear for clightning to make it better than reg lightning,..

[RaZzor]

Meteor/Orb sucks.

[Ares]

no it doesnt. just shows how much you know.. have you ever made one? i highly doubt it so shut up. not tobe flaming you but when you start and your going ot make a pure orb you will have like 400 damage.. thats not nearly enough.. you need something igh damage.. METOER ... see why not just do lightning massive damage,

[A.D.]

A good pure orb's damage will read over 700 on the skilltree. You must also take into account the -resists that mastery will give you. That's 700 damage per shard, if the orb actually hits a monster then it does scads more damage. But we've already covered this.

As for the mete-orb.. Razzor is right. They don't do too well past act1 in hell from my experience. Better to stick with a pure build then going hybrid.

[Ares]

no.. he doesnt have any good items how is orb going to do 700 with no good items? it will do like 400 -500 thats weak he will take all day just to take out andy! Metoer is a good move accualy i have made a meteorb and it was strong.

[A.D.]

Mabye it's strong in Nightmare difficulty, but it doesn't hold up in the later parts of hell. I have a hard time believing that it can easily take down hell mephy.

My orber has no problem killing meph.

Its pretty much accepted here that most hybird sorcs suck.