Fire Ball / Hydra / Meteor Sorceress
The Fire Ball Sorceress is my most played character in DII:R. She is my go-to character for farming various targets and is a blast to play. I really enjoy the Fire Ball skill.
Skills
- 20 points:
- Fire Ball
- Fire Bolt
- Fire Mastery
- Hydra
- Meteor
- 1 point wonders:
- Frozen Armor
- Teleport
- Static Field
Gear
I like to use Tal Rasha's set. It's pretty obtainable even for a solo self-found single player. The set bonus debuffs monster fire resistance, and you can socket Rainbow Facets into the helm, armor, and orb to further increase your fire power.
- Helm: Tal's (Facet)
- Armor: Tal's (Facet)
- Orb: Tal's (Facet)
- Belt: Tal's
- Amulet: Tal's
- Shield: 'Spirit' Monarch (ideally 35% FCR)
- Gloves: Magefist
- Boots: War Traveller
- Rings: Stone of Jordan (ideally) or rare rings with mana, life, MF, resistances; whatever you need most
- Charms:
- Sorceress Torch
- Annihilus
- Flame Rift Sunder Grand Charm
- Burning Grand Charms
- Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm and as many MF charms as you can fit
Mercenary
Act II Desert Mercenary, Holy Freeze or Might.
- Helm: Andariel's Visage (Ral) or Vampire Gaze
- Polearm: 'Infinity' ideally, but 'Insight' will do just fine
- Armor: 'Fortitude' ideally, or any number of options like Shaftstop, Duriel's Shell
Top targets
- Andariel: Especially when Terrorized! The drops are magnificent
- Crypt and Mausoleum: Monster density is not great so I understand if you'd skip these dungeons, but I like variety
- Countess: Runes and Keys, easy peasy
- Cows: Fire Ball is not even close to the best build for farming Cows, but it's doable and I find it fun
- Stoney Tomb: I love that this is now an alvl 85 area; I could farm Stoney Tomb all day with this build
- Maggot Lair: Similar to Crypt/Mausoleum, perhaps an unpopular choice, but it's easy and I like to mix things up
- Mephisto: Not quite as lucrative as Terrorized Andariel, but still a very productive target
- Pindleskin
- Eldritch
Playing style
Move fast and blow stuff up!
Cast Hydras. They can scout ahead and alert you to nearby off-screen monsters that are headed for you. Cast a Meteor if the target is beefy. Hit everything with a couple of Static Fields if you feel it's needed. And then let the Fire Balls fly! 🔥 Nothing will be alive for long even on higher players settings.