MLD Frozen Orb Guide

Introduction

This guide was made due to the fact that many have asked questions about

Frozen Orb (Orber), but also in hope to inspire more to make them since it's a enjoyable character to play.

Frozen Orb's casting delay no longer share cooldown with other skills that have casting delays.

High Energy / No Energy Shield

• Frozen Orb has a very high mana cost, around 45 mana, high
  Teleport cost, unlike lightning sorceress, and low mana regeneration, unlike fire sorceress.

• Energy Shield would make you tank more, but you also sacrifice a lot of damage on that behalf, which in the end will make your opponents tank even more.

• Putting most points into energy, is because the mana pool drain away way to fast if you don't.

• Might seem scary, but you will become aware once you've drained a 1300 mana pool in 30 seconds, and have to refill with Insight

• It's easier getting a decent amount of life without having to cut your damage.

Breakpoints

Most use 105% faster cast rate, but 63% is more than enough for

Teleport, and you have to sacrifice much damage
and resist to reach the next break point.

Frozen Orb has a one second casting delay and moves slow.

Stat Placement

Strength: 70 enough for

Gothic Plate
Dexterity: Enough for max block 99 for

Whitstan's Guard /

Waterwalk
Energy: All remaining points
Vitality: Nothing

Hell Rushed. All stat/skill quests completed.
Rushed Level 49 have 255 attribute points and 60 skill points.

Skills

20

Frozen Orb
20

Cold Mastery
13

Ice Bolt
1

Teleport
1

Warmth

Equipment

When it comes to gear you really don't have to switch too many items.

Whitstan's Guard for max block against melee,

Lidless Wall against casters. Can also use damage armour versus elemental.
A cold resist setup is required for mirror match-up.

Helmet:
Rare

Circlet /

Coronet 2 to cold skills, 20% faster cast rate, 30% faster run / walk, 90 mana, 2 socket (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death / Rare Stat Jewels)
Glacial

Circlet /

Coronet of the Magus 3 to cold skills, 20% faster cast rate, 2 socket (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death / Rare Stat Jewels)
Glacial

Circlet /

Coronet of the Mammoth 3 to cold skills, 100 life, 2 socket (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death / Rare Stat Jewels)

Amulet:
Rare Amulet 2 to cold skills, 10% faster cast rate, 60 life, 10 replenish life, 90 mana (+1 mod)

Caster Amulet 2 to cold skills, 20% faster cast rate, 110 mana, 10% regenerate mana
Rare Amulet 2 to cold skills, 10% faster cast rate, 60 life, 90 mana

Weapon(s):
Spirit

Crystal Sword 35% faster cast rate, 112 mana, 8 absorb.
Rare

Glowing Orb 2 to cold skills, 3 to

Frozen Orb, 3 to

Cold Mastery, (+ mods 2 socket, 60 mana)

Switch:
Insight

Voulge

Armor:

Skin of the Vipermagi (

Perfect Skull /

Perfect Sapphire / Rare Stat Jewel)
Jeweler's

Gothic Plate of the Whale 4 socket (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death)

Shield:

Whitstan's Guard (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death / Rare Stat Jewel)

Lidless Wall (

Perfect Ruby /

Perfect Topaz)

Stash:
Artisan's

Kite Shield of the Tiger 3 socket, 30 life (Sapphire Jewel of Hope 30% cold resist, 20 life)
Sanctuary

Kite Shield
Artisans

Tower Shield of Deflecting 3 socket, 30 / 20 block (

Rainbow Facet: Cold Death)

Gloves:

Frostburn

Rings:

Stone of Jordan

Belt:

Caster Belt 10% faster cast rate, 5 replenish life / 9 strength, 60 Life, 50 Mana

Boots:

Caster Boots 20% faster run / walk, 40 mana, increase maximum mana 5%, regenerate mana 10% (+1 mod)

Caster Boots 40% fire resist, 40% cold resist, 40% lightning resist

Waterwalk

Inventory:
10 Chilling Grand Charm of Sustenance 1 to cold skills, 30 life
10 Serpent's Small Charm of Vita 20 life, 17 mana

Totalling 10 to cold skills, 500 life, 170 mana.

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Duelling Strategy


Bow Amazon (Hard)

Bow Amazon have the range advantage, so there is no point in waiting.

Teleport in a unpredictable Pattern as quickly as possible and start casting

Frozen Orb's.
Most good bow Amazon will constantly run while firing one or two

Guided Arrow's at a time. when they do this you should

Teleport in front of where they are going and cast the

Frozen Orb's back against them.
Even though you little chance of winning, it's a really fun and action packed duel. Luck is a big factor here.


Lightning Javelin Amazon (Easy)

Javelin Amazon's have the great disadvantage like most melee characters do, that they have to chase you. This makes it a lot easier for you to get in full

Frozen Orb's. They do have

Lightning Fury's to make you stay sharp, since it hurts, and if you let them get close they will finish you of instantly.


Poison Javelin Amazon (Easy)

If you get hit your hit points will drop to 1 in a matter of seconds. 75% poison length reduced and stacked resist doesn't matter, still drop to 1 hit point no matter what. Ignore resist and choose damage. Use blizzard and wait for the right time to strike. If the poison do hit you, then you should

Teleport on top of them instantly and start spamming

Frozen Orb's. Poison won't kill you, so they will have to switch to

Guided Arrow or

Lightning Bolt to finish you.


Bone Necromancer (Medium)

This duel is pretty even, however its one of the harder duels to play. They will play very defensive always having huge amounts of of

Bone Spirit's on the map. the trick is to aim a blizzard at them, and when they start to run away from it you

Teleport after them and cast

Frozen Orb's.
Always

Teleport in front of them and shoot the

Frozen Orb's backwards. If they

Dodge well and get of some

Bone Spirit's, then get out of there and repeat the strategy.


Venom Necromancer (Easy)

Pretty much the same duels as against poison Amazon's, however you will have to rely more on blizzard here, since

Poison Nova hit every angle, which makes it hard to sneak up behind them and

Frozen Orb.


Lightning Assassin (Impossible)

Best advice is to refuse to duel them for fun, and forfeit if you bump into them in a tournament.


Fire Assassin (Medium)

A defensive play style is a must here, with the possibility of you jumping them once for a quick

Frozen Orb before getting out of there.
Watch his movements so you don't

Teleport into traps. Run a bit before trying to

Teleport if they

Mind Blast you. Blizzard will be your main skill is this duel.


Kick Assassin (Easy)

Kick Assassin will have to come to you, and simply can't deal enough damage compared to you if you

Teleport the right way.

Teleport in short areas, and often after your own

Frozen Orb's.


Elemental Druid (Medium)

Elemental Druid is pretty hard to take down, if they are allowed to recast their

Cyclone Armor.

Cyclone Armor just absorb your damage without caring about the fact that you have tons of - resist. They will have a lot of faster run / walk, so you should really watch out here.
Use max block setup, because you might be able to block the first damage taken from

Tornado's. Use short distance

Teleport's here, because you will need to hit him a few times in a row to damage him before he recasts

Cyclone Armor.


Fissure Druid (Easy)

They hurt like hell if they actually do hit you, but they often don't.

Teleport in front of them and cast

Frozen Orb's backwards. Keep them running until they die.

Rabies Druid (Easy)

Even though you have the advantage here, one mistake will result in a loss. They will have high faster run / walk, so watch out. They will play defensively and try to catch you if you

Teleport to close to them while chasing. They often have a bit longer range than most other melees.


Whirlwind Barbarian (Easy)

Whirlwind Barbarian will have to come to you, but be aware of the fact that Barabarian's tank a sick amount of

Frozen Orb's. Patience is the

Key to victory.


Charge/smite Paladin (Easy)

Predict their movement (shouldn't be that hard) you will land a lot full

Frozen Orb's on them, which makes this a very short duel. Use lakes / rocks to your advantage to break their

Charge.


Fire Sorceress (Hard)

If they play defensive all the time, your in for a 15-20 min duel you cant win. Most fire sorceress don't though, and this can be a very enjoyable duel for both parts. Play a bit passive (without whoring, since we dont wanna provoke them to do the same) and try to land some good orbs before retreating a bit
to repeat. If they name lock a lot you should try walking southwest while casting

Frozen Orb's northeast, thereby avoiding the first

Fireball's from the name lock and dealing tons of damage. Often one full orb is enough to win.


Lightning Sorceress (Hard)

Not as hard as fire sorceress, but very close to. They don't have the same range advantage but their thunderstorm makes them a lot more dangerous on mid range. Use short range

Teleport's anf often in triangles, to make the take the most damage when engaging you.
They will win most of the times, but these are often close and fun duels.


Cold Sorceress (Medium)

Ice Blast have a short range, and not nearly as much damage as lightning or

Fireball, and blizzard is a bit harder for them to hit you with. Play against them as a combo of lightning and a fire Sorceress. Name lock

Evade like against fire Sorceress if they rely on

Ice Blast, and short range

Teleport's like against light sorceress if they use blizzard.

General PVP Tips


How-To: Increased screen size

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Video Tab
Step 4: Screen Space Calibrate
Step 5: Press and Hold Down Arrow so that it looks like this image


How-To: C/T

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Controls Tab
Step 4: Change Character Screen to Q and Skill Tree to W
Step 5: Pull up either Character Screen or Skill Tree screen, while dueling, to fire further


How-To: Easier Name Lock Ability

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Gameplay Tab
Step 4: Chat Font Size - Change to Extra Large


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Step 5: Press Escape
Step 6: Options
Step 7: Game play Tab
Step 8: Select Large Font Mode