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a few questions for sorcs...
1) is it me or does adding to cold mas no longer increase cold dmg... my dmg is still the same after adding lik 3 to cold mas... can ne1 explain y?
2) which is the best merc for a pure cold?
thanks for ur advices...
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best merc is prolly act 2 nm def(holy freeze) with an eth cryptic doom. Answer to 2. Answer to one is this, cold mastery lowers monsters resistance, so you cant visibly see that your damage is being raise, however, there is a mathmatical formula that allows you to figure it out....that i cant remember at this point in time.
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What i remember so have never cold mas ever added dmg.. played since d2 came out...
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Cold mastery lower enemys resist on impact. Its logic how it works. A enemy with low cold resist take more damage than a enemy with high cold resist.
If i have 70% cold resist on my character, and your cold mastery does -150%, then your cold damage ignore 150% of my cold resist. So i will therefor take damage from your attack as if i had -80% cold resist.
That shoud explain it easy for you and all other on the forum wich still did not know.
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Stifle_this Wrote:best merc is prolly act 2 nm def(holy freeze) with an eth cryptic doom. Answer to 2. Answer to one is this, cold mastery lowers monsters resistance, so you cant visibly see that your damage is being raise, however, there is a mathmatical formula that allows you to figure it out....that i cant remember at this point in time.
holy freeze.... im a pure cold...... wats the use of another cold... n mayb i shld refrace my question... which is the best merc for a pure cold sorc which the user is VERY poor.... eth cryptic doom... i can only continue dreaming.....
n thanks every1.... i finally get it... i always tot all mas adds dmg... dun mind me.... im a noob... a noob for 2 years....
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Dont use that attitude. There are always stuff we dont know, but that only means we have not learned it yet. Nothing to be ashamed off.
My blizzard sorc have a very cheap merc setup, but its very if you ask me.
Holy Freeze Aura (def nm act2 merc) since is chills even the cold immunes, and gives you time to escape or longer surviving time.
Helm:
Vampire Gaze (cheap and have good dmg reduce)
Armor:
Shaftstop (also cheap and makes your merc have 45-50% dmg reduce with gaze)
Weapon:
Bonehew (put a hel and amn in it untill your merc is level 90. Then use dual amn in it)
Bonehew is the only thing wich cost a little, but its use is pretty good.
Your merc will now have good dmg reduce, life leeching and and it deliver cold, fysical dmg, and have a 50% chance of do magic damage too.
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ermm kk sorry..... just tht im jealous.... sorry again... well... ok thanks for advice....
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also holy freeze lowers the cold resists of enemies.....anyways, mivec, what realm are you on, if your east NL i can hook you up with some okay merc gear
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Keitaro Wrote:Dont use that attitude. There are always stuff we dont know, but that only means we have not learned it yet. Nothing to be ashamed off. Yep....Thers always something which we all dunno...
Use a act 2 def then...or w/e suits u...
ber'ed 08 gaze [if u can afford]
or just gaze
chamed shaft
amn amn bonehew...eth or not is fine
Thats one cheap setup..
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Lol alfzzz. When did cham become cheap 
I think you have forgotten how it is to look at a soj as something you cant get.
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Stifle_this Wrote:also holy freeze lowers the cold resists of enemies.....anyways, mivec, what realm are you on, if your east NL i can hook you up with some okay merc gear That is so not true. Or if it is, then i think i have missed something here. You thinking of a doom weapon, aint you?
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Alright norm shaft or upped shaft will do...ladder shud be cheaper...
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im pretty sure holy freeze lowers resist but i could be wrong, ill check it out, maybe my brain has just too much crap in it and its merging things together.
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Stifle_this Wrote:also holy freeze lowers the cold resists of enemies.....anyways, mivec, what realm are you on, if your east NL i can hook you up with some okay merc gear
haha im on west NL... thanks anyway
EDIT: sorry but heres one more question.... can any1 tell me whether i shld use the cold armour... if i shld... which one is best? thanks
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If you use cold mastery, shiver armor is a pretty good armor to have 1 point in, since it does damage to the enemys.
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I'm thinking of a sorc should use a defend merc in normal or hell lvl for he's defiance!It adds defence for the sorceress!
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sorc 's dont need defense they should use holyfreeze to slow the incoming enemies
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A sorc is not ment to take hits, and their defense is pretty low from before. Adding defiance to her, dont add much defence wich will matter.
My opinion about merc:
PvM = Defiance merc nm act2
PvP = Act1 cold arrow, or Combat normal act2
Combat gives prayer aura wich will heal you if you take hits.
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Or you could get a Act 2 Nightmare merc and that has holy freeze, so it slows your enemies down so you kill them before they hit you at all??  ...
I did that and it works pretty good, hes level 89 and does 3k dmg so he can take care of himself. He like never dies either.
But I'm a firesorc..... so..... lol i dont know why i posted this.
With a pure cold sorc your not going to run into any cold immunes if your doing the right runs so does this really matter?
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Wow, how the hell does your bot manage to do all those in 1 run???
My only manage to do pindle :blank:
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