Necroing this thread b/c I don't wanna make a new one.
Update on Fire Sorc progress, for anyone interested:
Finally got it to 125. Had to respec into Melee for the 120-125 grind b/c grinding w/Fire spells was gonna take 6-8 hours per clvl. Kinda stuck now on the 125 Ubers and not sure how to proceed. Here's what I'm using:
Skills:
Max = Living Flame, Witchblood
25 Points = Snow Queen
20 Points = Frigid Sphere, Pyroblast
15 Points = Blade Spirits
1 Point = Familiar, Mana Sweep, Ice Elementals, Firedance, Force Blast, Symbol of Esu
Gear:
Main Gear = Fascinating-craft Staff+Circlet+Body Armor, Magical-craft Boots,
Truce
Truce
Belts
'Jah'
Runeword Level: 80
5% Combat Speeds
Stun Attack
Slows Attacker by 5%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 10%
,
Retribution
Alt Gear (used this for Ureh) = Fascinating-craft Staff+Circlet, Magical-bless Sacred Honorific Gloves+Boots (TCD, Minion boosts),
Curandera
Curandera
Sorceress Body Armors
'ZurUmTaha'
Runeword Level: 115
+4 to Sorceress Skill Levels
20% Cast Speed
-10% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+200% Enhanced Defense
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Regenerate Mana +7%
Elemental Resists +(45 to 65)%
Physical Resist 30%
,
Truce
Truce
Belts
'Jah'
Runeword Level: 80
5% Combat Speeds
Stun Attack
Slows Attacker by 5%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 10%
Summons have little trouble surviving, and boss-killing up to this point hasn't really been an issue as long as Pyroblast can be used (unfortunately, many Uber bosses have mechanics that make Pyroblast impractical or outright useless). The problem with 125 Ubers is actually surviving Uberlevels long enough to get to the bosses. It seems like I'm stuck between choosing moderate personal defense+low damage or moderate damage+low personal defense.
Of the 125 Ubers, Toraja is the only one I've been able to do so far (though I'm 95% sure I can do Belial and Yshari with this build). Surviving Astro+Xazax is ez, but they take so little damage that I got bored and moved on--same with D-Baal (Pyroblast is useless against Xazax and Astro, and both Pyroblast and Flamestrike are useless against D-Baal). Vizjun+Fauzt are impossible atm b/c I get gibbed almost immediately after entering the levels. Enemies simply hit too hard (even when debuffed with Force Blast) and the insane volume of missiles and target-piercing attacks make your primary defense (wall of summons) practically meaningless. Plus, Harpydisks in Fauzt...
As I said, I'm not sure where to take the build from here, or if it's even a worthwhile build at this point (fwiw, I have tried a Flamefront build and a Flamestrike build, as well as every Fire oskill I could find). I know I could spec into a tankier build (e.g. Lightning/Cold) and go with oskills, but it seems kinda silly to have a dedicated Fire tree if it's only purpose is as a support tree for other builds (e.g. Cold Sorc, Poison Sorc).
tl;dr
> Fire Sorc is really good up to clvl 105, at which point, you really start to notice how terrible a farmer it's going to be.
> 105+110 Ubers are easy.
> 115 Ubers are still fairly easy, the exceptions being BPR and TA.
> 120 Ubers = substantial difficulty spike, but they're doable.
> 120-125 grind is insanely slow and a respec is needed unless you have 30-40 hours to sink into grinding xp in Teganze (the only "reliable" grinding spot for this build).
> 125 Ubers aren't doable w/o constantly dying and/or spending hours slowly whittling away boss Life--the exceptions being Toraja, Belial, and Yshari.
Unless anyone has any suggestions (my DMs are open, Suchbalance), I'm gonna shelve this build--which is a shame b/c I have a guide fully written, except for the 125+ Ubers.