LF thoughts on which build to tele baal "safely"

Hello !

I managed to rush some of my friends and finally managed to do it every time without dying with my sorceress.
But it wasn't 8 players games.

Let's try to optimize my chances of survival, here's the stuff I have :
Full Tal set.
Monarch with Spirit.

To me, to get safer tele Baal, I'll have to rely on good armor rating, fast cast and faster hit recovery.
And obviously good resists, especially lightning.

What do I forget ?
Would a unique stuff would perform better than Tal set for survival ?

I'm still looking for rings and Boots that would improve survival, I guess 2 sojs or soj/manald would nicely improve mana shield's ability to help. (but they aren't free)
What should I choose for Boots ? I'm trying to get WTs for my MF runs but I'm sure there's a better choice for tele Baal...

Ah, and the basic skill of cold armor and mana shield are mandatory skills IMO. Full rejuvenuation potions aswell.

What do you think ?

Depends on what's getting ya. Which enemies are the most dangerous for you when teleporting to Baal?

I believe a full Tal's set has good resists except for poison, so it that's a problem then Sandstorm Trek Boots would be a good addition with the high poison res. If it's gloams that are sniping you, swapping out an item from Tal's set for the teleporting might help like Thundergods Visor Belt, or wearing a Wisp Projector ring. If it's just damage in general and you have some FCR to spare, getting big chunks of %damage reduced might help, like wearing a Stormshield Monarch for the teleporting. Cast rate is not affected by cold, so you probably don't need a source for cannot be frozen like Raven Frost necessarily, so rings that give FCR can be useful if they bring you to another casting breakpoint, or +skill rings, MF rings, resists if you're missing some, +mana if you're using Energy Shield. I think rings are quite flexible to fill up gaps in any department or just more MF if you feel you have the room for it.

In general I guess it depends on your FCR breakpoints and what you can Sacrifice to still Teleport safely and efficiently. With the Tal set, Sandstorm Trek Boots to compensate for lower poison res, a Wisp Projector ring or another form of lightning absorb, and maybe something like a Stormshield on switch for %damage reduced should get you to Baal's minions relatively safely regardless of the amount of players I think. Then you can switch out gear again when Baal starts laughing and gives you a breather

Another popular option with a sorc is to just run three of the Tal's set (usually Belt, armor and ammy?) and then using uniques like the Harlequin Crest instead of the Tal Helm, and an Oculus, Death's Fathom or a Heart of the Oak (or even a Wizardspike for just high FCR and resists) instead of the Tal weapon, and then a Call To Arms with a Spirit on switch to pre-buff before teleporting

I really like the idea of an offhand Wizardspike for FCR and allres. That being said my tele friend makes it look easy without... Just extremely fast cast speed, a Holy Freeze mercenary, and enough lightning resist to not get insta-gibbed by Gloams.

I'd also recommend a healthy stock of Full Rejuvenation potions -- if you can avoid getting one-shot you're pretty much golden, so long as you keep spamming potion + tele to escape!

Also, knowing that WSK lv. 3 is most often located to the right of the lv. 2 waypoint may help by minimising the time spent in the zone...

ElPoutrador wrote: 4 years ago

I managed to rush some of my friends and finally managed to do it every time without dying with my sorceress.

Could you post a screenshot of your skill set up?

you throw on TGods Belt so yoour char has 85% light res so the souls dont get ya. Everything else shouldnt be a worry