I Tried EVERY Sorceress Skill VS Mephisto in D2R

I tried EVERY sorceress skill against Mephisto. I also timed the runs to see which one is the fastest Mephisto killer.
Us D2 players always use the same skills in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Blizzard, blessed hammer, lightning fury. Can't really blame anyone though, since the skills are very poorly balanced. That's a shame, because there are some really cool skills in this game. So in this video, I'll be using every one of the sorceress damage dealing spells to take down mephisto in hell difficulty. I'll also be timing how long it takes with each skill, in order to be able to rank them at the end.
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Gear used in the video:
Weapon1: The Oculus
Shield 1: 35% 'Spirit' Monarch
Weapon 2: 'Call to Arms' Crystal Sword
Shield 2: 'Spirit' Monarch
Helm: Harlequin Crest aka Shako socketed with PTopaz
Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi
Belt: Arachnig Mesh
Gloved: 40% Chance Guards
Boots: Rare boots with 16% MF and resists
Amulet: Crafted with +2 sorc skills, 6% FCR, 15% MF
Rings: 29 MF & 30 MF Nagelrings
Charms: Helltorch, gheeds, various resist & MF charms
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[@samzsamzzz2624]

Please do all the other classes! Thanks. Very good content.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

Before the LoD expansion, Hydra was awesome. There were no cooldowns at all back then so you could literally fill the entire screen with them.

[@aquaphobicFish]

yep hydras use to be wayyyy op they also use to be used for pking people then they got nerfed horriably

[@Ironeagle21]

same with meteor and blizzard. I really hate the casting delays.

[@defilerzerg9152]

That Enchant run reminded me the time I first tried to make an Enchantress. It was a long time ago and it was done on very low budget, without any HRs. It felt pretty much same as here, underwhelming. I've upper my game since then and now Enchantress is my favorite character, the one that's based on Dream. I rarely farmed Meph with her, but when it happened, oneshotting the whole boss was a common occurrence. (Which signifies that the best Sorceress's skill is actually Lightning Mastery)

[@ianb7650]

Fascinating - I appreciate the hard work and info!

[@macuy2069]

Solid content! 💪 Keep up the great work brother

[@dekar88]

I just about started laughing when you got to telekinesis, lol! I knew that one was going to be a slog, but DAMN! This is pretty funny stuff, and interesting. Skills i’ve never considered using before have me intrigued to use, or validated in my beliefs that certain skills do, in fact, suck.

[@gin6342]

Cool video! It would be interesting if you did this again but with infinity to see how much better lightning/fire performs when they get the minus res boost. You could totally make this a series comparing how fast every skill on every class kills mephisto.

[@zarfen]

Thanks! I don’t actually have infinity in single player yet, but I’ll consider it when I find another ber. I might, but while I could kind of justify being lazy and use the same gear for the sorc, it doesn’t really work for other classes I think. Like assassin having the martial arts tree and the trap tree which plays very differently… How can I make a melee setup and a caster setup “similar” so it feels fair? I could probably figure something out though. Thanks for the comment.

[@notoriousspb]

​@zarfen if you use budget gear and optimal gear from Icy Veins or similar it would be more objective. This is a great video for highlighting why the Blizz Sorc is so popular and good. Don't need much gear and you are very powerful. It would be a nice video to show power differences within classes between budget and optimal gear. Lightning sorc power gain is crazy between budget and optimal. Blizz sorc not nearly as much. Would be fun to see with other classes too.

[@zarfen]

@notoriousspb good idea to use guides to gear, that way I won’t have to make the gear choice decisions myself. Definitely considering that for future videos, thanks.

[@carloseduardoalcoceresteve5267]

@@notoriousspb like a complete tal rashas set?

[@notoriousspb]

​@carloseduardoalcoceresteve5267 Full Tals is strong and late game viable but doesn't match runeword heavy builds. 3 piece tals with HOTO/spirit and a Shako (socketed with ist or pammy) is more efficient for magic finding. That's why I recommended Icy Veins because it's optimized for budget or optimal gear regardless of cost so it's a good objective source to make these videos. For instance a fully geared lightning sorc even without infinity on merc would clear mephisto in 2-3 seconds depending on damage luck.

[@FurrySpatula]

Great idea Zarfen, i love the video. Way to keep it fresh

[@zarfen]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@gamecrazymatt]

Great vid, loved the experiment. If you teleport right on top of him via targeting, you should be able to land all those charged bolts, so give it another go or two!

[@Wr41thgu4rd]

I was just going to comment this, charged bolt will kill faster than anything in the sorc skill set. That was always my go to.

[@Ubeogesh]

the angle of attack also matters, i think

[@ianpatrick23]

This was a super interesting video with some really great information. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@zarfen]

I’m glad you liked it, thanks for the kind comment!

[@NeoN-PeoN]

This video was super interesting. I agree with the other comments; I would love to see all the other classes. I really wanna know which Barb mastery works best for DPS, and weather or not Werewolf is better than werebear.

[@blackomen100]

great video, neat idea for a series with every class

[@zarfen]

Thanks! Which class do you think would be the most interesting? I see a small problem with gear setup, for example a paladin when using zeal vs using hammers.

[@donatelis000]

assasin please @@zarfen

[@tlee656]

@@zarfen Necro is gonna be a juicy one!! Same with Druid!

[@Crateron1]

@@tlee656 Agreed! Their super different skill trees will make it very interesting......although I will probably pity @zarfen when he has to do the fight with only Iron Maiden, Blood Golem, Skeletal Mages, or Spirit Wolves, LOL. I am also curious about how the Amazon's poison and plague javelins compare to the her other skills.

[@notoriousspb]

Great idea! Would be nice to see a video with different levels of gear and different players levels so you could show the impact of gear on clear speed. Lightning sorc in particular really needs to be super geared before she is really worth playing.

[@MrPierdolification]

That is huge misconception regarding lightning sorc... There are budget setups to make lightning sorc work really really well really fast. Just different builds simply work in different scenarios... And based on the build you are using you are simply farming different things... Hammer isn't that popular because you have fastest clear speed everywhere... Hammer is popular because you can farm decently entire game and don't get bored. So essentialy build you are talking about is making a sorcerer version of hammer, yes that one is expensive as heck ^^ Comparing everything on mephisto is more or less... w/e ^^ I mean it tells you something but it doesn't show even 20% of the entire picture.

[@gweedohatsis8404]

blaze used to be my go to skill in multiplayer in the early days. I think when we had 256k modems? If you go pvp you'd lag out the enemy with it no problem. I collected lots of ears thanks to that skill.

[@Gemini090693]

The clip of Sorc clapping the devil with an orb is hilarious to watch 😂

[@ibbecannon]

Hey, I really enjoyed this video format. Your videos are really fun to watch and edited very nicely, I hope you upload more of these videos as time goes on. I'll be subscribing for sure!!

[@zarfen]

Thank you for the kind comment!

[@ibbecannon]

Insåg nyss från din röst att du är svensk. Visste inte att svennar spelade Diablo, man lär sig något nytt varje dag eller?

[@zarfen]

@ibbecannon några är vi allt! Får kommentarer från svenskar lite då och då.

[@DenMjukaGeten]

@@zarfen Hörde också att du är svensk :) Hur gör du med console commands för att reskilla din gubbe? Orkar inte farma respec tokens :p Bra videos också! Hittade precis din kanal :)

[@zarfen]

@DenMjukaGeten man måste launcha spelet med -enablerespec som extra kommando. Kommer inte ihåg exakt hur man gjorde men finns en rad man kan skriva i under inställningar i bnet launcher. Tack! :) Edit: här fanns det bättre förklarat: www.reddit.com/r/diablo2/comments/pzk773/if_you_want_to_be_able_to_respec_your_d2r/

[@MrSardoc1]

When I saw you saying Shiver Armor was up next, I chuckled and said "oh honey, this is gonna be good". And it was :) EDIT Chilling Armor was even more hilarious. Love it.

[@DeanWhipper]

One thing I noticed you missed, with a spell like Blizzard that has a cooldown you can be spamming another instant cast in between casts for even more damage. Probably Glacial spike or ice blast. Could probably get the Blizz time down a few more seconds with that. But great content, love it.

[@zarfen]

I wanted to use only 1 skill at a time, but it might have been a good idea to time a normal blizzard/ice blast sorc as well for reference. Thanks!

[@DeanWhipper]

@@zarfen Yeah for sure I understand what you were going for. The cold skills would have dominated even harder if you had been able to use two skills at once. Blizzard is, and has always been the best Meph killer for this reason, the actual kill time would be about 5~ seconds using your test.

[@lennyghoul]

I used to make Firewall sorcs before firewall actually got significantly nerfed in the early days of LoD. It's still very powerful but it used to be totally broken.

[@akirasakoda4154]

This is good, quirky fun. I don't think I've seen a "gallery" style run for D2 skills before. You are the grail drop of D2 content, good sir.

[@zarfen]

Haha thanks!

[@CocoDiChiara]

Nice Work, i wanted to make a hydra or blaze sorc for a time, maybe i'll after this video.

[@chessophiler]

Guess it's the cold sorc for me! Great vid! Yes, do more with other classes.

[@MJ-fv7pe]

this is awesome man! you gained a new sub :D

[@zarfen]

Glad you liked it!

[@Tremoroid]

Great video! Would love a video demonstrating 500 TZ andy drops below lvl 92 and 500 TZ drops at 92+ if possible!

[@xijinpig7978]

yes! 500 Andy runs with Telekinesis please

[@zarfen]

@xijinpig7978 😭 please no

[@Dragoon-tie]

Great video as usual

[@filorvus6982]

Due to high range of damage of the lighting skill, sometimes you can kill mef like in 8 casts and sometimes you need ~2min.

[@GraveUypo]

that doesn't sound very likely. since it's unbiased randomness, it's more likely than not to tend to average towards the middle of the range over a few casts.

[@Ithro-Ithrozovich]

14:49 "I noted hydra down for 16.7 seconds" >proceeds to use 16.2 seconds

[@jimkelly777]

Another great video! Thanks

[@joeldesormeaux]

Very good content. Keep up!

[@mrmrsanime]

We NEED a video like this for the Necromancer!

[@mihata-gaming]

I like the idea 👏 You may try increasing the timer size a bit. It is almost invisible on mobile

[@zarfen]

Thanks! That’s good feedback 👍

[@joaosergiodearaujoneto4151]

The skills are not "poorly balanced" they're balanced for a sense of progression. It makes little sense for damaging skills obtainable at level 1 to be competitive with ones locked until level 24-30. The game was originally designed without synergy bonuses or respecs. Spending points early would cost you later on, etc.

[@GraveUypo]

except that's not even how it works

[@joaosergiodearaujoneto4151]

@@GraveUypo it was when the game was released 23 years ago. I'm obviously not talking about the current state of D2R

[@MrSardoc1]

Tele-fekking-kinesis, dude you're crazy :) I love it :)

[@lennyghoul]

You used to be able to use TK to steal drops in 8 players games :)

[@cr4zym3x1c4n]

Love your content! New subscriber here

[@zarfen]

Thanks!

[@rayymondmorgan1697]

When there are variables such as landing spells wouldnt it make sense to do more than 1 run with Orb and Blizz to see how consistent time it is in like 5 atempts?

[@jaqsparadise-art936]

Great skill-comparison 😊👍

[@CountingCarp_uK]

Did you use the synergy’s on blizzard ?? It would be worth doing the synergies for a fair test

[@super_vitaminko]

that "sub" message was smooth as all hell

[@yellowbanana90]

You picked a very good target to showcase all this - Mephisto has 75% resistance to all 3 elements, so it's a "fair" starting point of comparison. I like the potential of the video especially for relatively starter kits, not going into specialized builds with expensive prerequisites. This video shows very clearly why cold sorceresses are so incredibly powerful early in the season. Cold Mastery is indeed the key here. With the 2.6 changes though it's no longer that effective against Sundered enemies, so from my experience it's not really worth farming areas with significant numbers of cold immunes as the damage dealt there is absolutely horrendous (even with Death's Fathom). On the other hand, lightning spells are indeed quite underwhelming due to resistance and relatively mediocre average damage. Once you get access to high end gear like Griffon's Eye, Facets and Infinity (self wielded), you begin to see the true power of lightning buildings. Nova in itself is quite a mediocre skill against high resistant monsters, but break that resistance and you just melt everything. Fire skills by themselves deal nice damage, and they sometimes do stack DoT like we've seen with firewall.... but you have to consider that there are far more fire immunes out there, fire has the worst time with AoE burst damage, DoT damage in itself is not very efficient for quick area farming, and in the endgame, lowering fire resistances is probably the hardest for a sorceress without significant sacrifices (in theory you can mimic infinity with 6xfacet crystal sword + 4xfacet monarch but then you still need infinity on the merc and you run into FCR problems because Flickering Flame does not have any FCR bonus) Let's look actually at the most common -% res achievable by different elements on **sundered enemies**, on sort of full builds. For example let's assume a base damage of 1k: Lightning (with vipermagi): Griffon (-20) + Infinity (-55) + Conviction 12 (-17) + 2xFacet (-10) = -102% => enemy res -7%. Damage dealt: 1070 Fire (eschuta + spirit with vipermagi): Flickering Flame (-15) + Conviction 12 (-17) + 2x Facet (-10) = -42% => enemy res 53%. Damage dealt: 470 Cold (death's fathom + spirit with shako/nightveil and vipermagi): Cold Mastery 40 (-43) + Conviction 12 (-17) + 3x Facet (-15) = -75% => enemy res 20%. Damage dealt: 800 Another important difference between cold and the other elements: lightning and fire get a ton of bonus damage from their respective masteries.

[@nachodemon666]

Mephisto: not this shit again...

[@Soraphis91]

more like a question: on the necromancers "teeth" skill, and the amazons "multishot", if you aim further awai the projectiles are closer together... ... is this the same for 6:15 charged bolts?

[@zarfen]

Interesting question, I’ve never thought about that before. Im not certain but I’m 95% sure it doesn’t change its spread depending on where you click.

[@wizrom3046]

Yes charged bolt works that way on D2 LoD, I havent tested on D2R but they should have recreated the same mechanics.

[@wizrom3046]

Yes it uses the same mechanics as multishot and teeth

[@Infinity_NFK]

Thanks for sharing :) ❤

[@aBoogivogi]

Seems like going cold with fire as a secondary is the way to go. The hydras stick around so they add value no matter if your main weapon is Ice Blast

[@andikhaerulnasruddin6480]

please do this for all classes!

[@19Otaku94]

What is a good set up for a frozen sorceress before you even attempt Hell difficulty? What should a person farm or have as a must have to include levels and best substitute skill for Cold Immune?

[@19Otaku94]

Also for a solo run would be great.

[@Zawodowieec]

nice video, keeep goin'

[@marioquinoz7199]

Great vid

[@drleefood8485]

waited for the enchant, wasnt disappointed

[@Ubeogesh]

I didn't expect fire ball to be better than charged bolt... i think you could have played charged bolt better, standing right on top of him. I think there's also an optimal angle for shooting it where more bolts connect.

[@zarfen]

Another comment said the same so I think you’re right. I’m not an experienced lighting sorc player

[@sv98753]

mostly its how much commitment you put in skills ... back in the days i had alot of commitment (and accounts ) with lvl 90+ chars for pvp .... and you can make allmost evry skill look really OP :)

[@sv98753]

you can get firebolt if i remember right (its 10 years left so correct me if im wrong ) to about 29k dmg .... wich kills anything quite fast :)

[@sv98753]

enchant can get you with a decent build up to 45k dmg

[@sv98753]

telekinesis can get in theory to arround 1k ... but just dont do that ^^

[@jirikunc1956]

my only character in D3 which made it to highest dificulties was electric hydra sorc and it was super fun :)

[@zarfen]

I really like the hydra in D3!

[@francisbeaurivage6867]

Could you do the same video but with the absolute best gear for each spell? Im very very curious to how the datas would change.

[@Andtherewasguitar]

How long does Blizzard + Ice Blast take? A more natural way to play perhaps. Other skills can be combined as well, like Frozen Orb + Hydra for instance.

[@billbog25]

Awesome video

[@jamirovier]

The best demonstration video.

[@emilekelly1049]

200ed perfect duriel shell on first kill. I like

[@zarfen]

I didn’t even notice the ed… Nice!

[@diddymelone2265]

nice. the lightning skills wouldve profitted from more fcr I think. 117% for them. enchant works like this in melee: fire mastery applies to it when casting the spell and again when striking monsters. thats what makes melee sorcs viable, since lightning mastery also applies to melee strikes on all dmg from your equip. ranged attacks however it doesnt work, even though the screen might show otherwise. thats how it is in LoD, not sure about D2R.

[@zarfen]

I did have 121% FCR to make sure I hit the 117% breakpoint. Thanks for explaining about fire mastery.

[@antonsundin2974]

Its been fixed in D2R, crossbow enchant sorceress is a legitimate build on par with other sorc builds. Demon Machine fires explosive bolts which synergizes with enchant for aoe enchant damage and it has has 66% pierce.. so with a razortail belt you will be at 99%. The new flickering flame runeword also helps.

[@davet.3901]

6:40 My Dude, just hold the cast button. Lightning can be cast continuesly (or did they change this with D2R?)

[@blizbiggy]

I'd be interested in seeing this again but with BIS items per mastery.

[@vlee9275]

same

[@disorder1111]

Were nova and hydra really that bad? They were my favourite builds 20+ years ago. Nova sorc was my first lvl 99 character back then and i'm pretty sure other players used them online too, I doubt I would have come up with the builds myself. It was in LoD but before the patches that made rune words useful and hammer paladin good. When people farmed cow level.

[@zarfen]

In real old school D2 I also recall nova being good. I was referencing 1.10+ (“modern” LoD? 😂) where it just doesn’t keep up since it was given no synergies when most other skills did when they were introduced. Hydra I don’t think ever was good but I can’t swear on that either if we’re talking pre-1.10 patch. Like I said in the video, summoning a single hydra that spits fire bolts was just sad.

[@jethro87]

Hydra was okay at 1.09 and earlier, nothing incredible but still usable, 1.10 added synergies and rebalanced skills and this was where Hydra builds got hit hard and dropped off the face of the Earth.

[@wizrom3046]

There was never a 1 hydra limit on D2?? I used to make Hydra Sorc builds they were good, especially with a infinity conviction pole merc. Hydras were just timed, so yoou could make as many as you liked but they timed out so you only got 5 to 7 or so depending on your fcr

[@dafewger]

What would be a good dual element build, that doesn't need high-end gear?

[@michaelbyrne8238]

Frozen orb and Hydra or Fireball. Blizzard has three synergies so you can't max it going dual tree. Orb has one synergy which allows you to max it easily then put the rest in fire. Hydra and FB just have two synergies.

[@zarfen]

I agree with @michaelbyrne8238 If you want to play lightning then frozen orb + nova can also work but it’s very mana hungry.

[@arlowicks9359]

would have really liked to see infinity used with the non cold skills as this is how they are used.

[@antonio-gt]

Good effort, but you need to increase FCR (faster cast rate), and get cannot be frozen.

[@semeromance]

Hey there! Great job, but I wonder why you avoided Static Field? Maybe it is because it has no direct damage, but I cannot say I havent' use it to demolish bosses either)

[@zarfen]

You’re right, it’s because it doesn’t deal damage, and I wanted to use the only one skill at a time. So if I did use static I would still be in durance 3 by now :D

[@Saibrock]

Not sure it's even *possible* to kill anything with Static Field. I'm not sure if it rounds up or down on the life loss.

[@zarfen]

@Saibrock in hell there is a hard limit and you can’t static enemies below 50%

[@semeromance]

​ @Saibrock it's actually quite a question, because on foe's healthbar it's definitely looks like health loss :D but yes, i'm aware of skill mechanics and at this point basically UI tells us that static field IS hp loss (rather than shrinkage of hp pool)

[@ivan_v_videos]

great video! Can you share the command for respecking?

[@zarfen]

You have to launch the game with -enablerespec in the command line. In battle net launcher you can find it somewhere in game settings or you can make a normal shortcut. If you google there are guides with pictures so it’s easier 😅

[@MrGreenfingers09]

What command respecs you in single player?

[@ojgfhuebsrnvn2781]

Never played Remake. How does it compare to original beside graphics?

[@zarfen]

By now there have been a lot of changes with all the patches, can’t cover it all in a comment. I think it’s a great remaster/remake. Faithful to the original but with some nice balance changes/new features. The most controversial are probably sunder charms, but I like them a lot. Opens up a lot of new endgame builds

[@philipschroeder5427]

I am not nearly as pro as you are, but I most of the time use an orb meteor sorc to kill Meppl. And I realized that the cooldown of Meteor does not influence the cooldown of orb. So I can switch between those 2 and cast one when the other cools down. Not sure if that is still the case, haven't played in quite a few time. Currently I am more into Borderlands 2 which is like Diablo merged with an ego shooter.

[@zarfen]

Yeah skills don’t share cooldown so you can still do that! Nice! I like the borderlands games, but I have only played the very casually and never did any grinding or play the late game. Is 2 better than 3?

[@girrocks421]

That sub written is blaze got you a sub

[@zarfen]

Woho, it worked! 😁

[@waisoserious3017]

On pd2, telekinesis does like 16k dmg at lvl 41. It does more single target dmg than any.other single target sorc skill

[@IveBeenWithBruma]

A lot of the reason lightning does so little is do to how enemy res works in this game. Meph has relatively high lightning resist if i recall correctly. Also cold mastery only reduces down to zero. Negatives are only applied by 2 specific skills the necromancer's Lower Resist curse and Paladin's Conviction aura. If you watch how both apply it will give weakness to element affix under the enemy name when below zero resist.

[@zarfen]

Mephisto has 75 res to fire, lightning and cold in hell. Maybe you were thinking of Uber Mephisto. That’s incorrect. Maybe you are confusing that with how breaking immunities works. Cold mastery can’t break immune monsters, but it can absolutely bring a monster’s cold resist into the negative if it’s not cold immune.

[@IveBeenWithBruma]

@@zarfen Except that cold mastery cannot unless d2r changed how it works it shouldn't drop mobs/bosses into the weakness to cold affix unless conviction, lower resist or both are applied. I have 10+ years of d2 knowledge and remember that is exactly how resists work vs enemies including pvp.

[@zarfen]

@IveBeenWithBruma What are you basing your claim on? Your experience? I’m sorry but you are remembering incorrect information. Cold mastery can lower enemy resists to negative (capping at -100%) and they can/could in old D2/LoD as well… It works on normal monsters, champion/unique packs, bosses, and other players in pvp. I don’t know what the “weakness to cold affix” is, but if you’re hung up on something showing up on the monster’s name, remember that cold mastery only applies to cold damage of the casting sorc. CM doesn’t straight up debuff enemies like lower resist/conviction does. The unique thing that only lower resist and conviction can do is to break immune monsters, meaning lowering their resist from 100+% to 99% or lower.

[@zarfen]

@IveBeenWithBruma reading it back, my last reply sounds a little rude. That was not my intention! :)

[@IveBeenWithBruma]

@@zarfen Weakness to specific element is what happens when you go below 0% resists. I don't take offense nor was your comment rude. The reason Sorce tanks in damage in hell is do to this factor where monster resists surpass skill specific synergies. This is why Kira's circlet+ any form of elemental absorption was considered bm in pvp.

[@quint3ssent1a]

enchant could be great with a bit different stat distribution (more hit rate and "no freeze" armor).

[@julienavonguitariste4102]

Comparing Fire and lightning spells to cold skills is unfair because of mephisto's high resistance. Having a lower res wand or infinity would give better justice to the 2 other skill trees.

[@DanXsyn]

Lightning is also slower because iirc Meph has increased Lightning resistance

[@zarfen]

Maybe you’re thinking of Uber mephisto? Regular meph has 75 F/L/C/Psn resists in hell

[@frodofranz]

oh darn my telekinesis sorc. no wonder it takes be forever to win

[@anthonyg6083]

Absolute legend

[@wyan69]

dosent meph have some lightning resist? making them not do as much damage?

[@zarfen]

Mephisto has the same amount of resist to fire, cold and lightning. Maybe you’re thinking of Uber meph

[@wyan69]

@@zarfen ahh maybe

[@robbyyates5406]

Very Cool!!!!!

[@kaizersoze1950]

Poor mephisto, I swear to god he has to be the most killed boss in any game

[@RagingPoo]

Unique amulet drops O_O Nokozan -_-

[@zarfen]

Every time 😅

[@NineTails230]

I like the video however you are just using standard soso equipment which gives better results for some skills and worse for other skills, using the correct items with the correct skills can change your damages drastically. If you want to use enchant-skill for example, you better equip with some faster attack speed sword and get rid of the sojs/bks/fcr-rings and use ravenfrost and angelic ring + amulet. You'd be hitting more with less damage but now you'll actually hit him and take Mephi down much faster. +to all skills isn't always better. Also, cold mastery is the only mastery which lowers the resistance, so any +xx% damage to cold skills on items is a great add-on to your damage like Nightwing's Veil.

[@MasterMetallica1]

Enchant gets a lot better if you use the upped demon machine build made for it. But yeah, not too great with a CtA sword XD

[@zarfen]

For sure! I wasn’t gonna include it at all first since it’s not really a caster skill, but I thought it’d be funny 😁

[@Nirakolov]

Does Static not exist in d2r?

[@Blacksunstoneful]

Firewall can kill him in less than 3 seconds if you gear into a bunch of +% and -% fire resist gear

[@XxdrSchnagglsxX]

Not sure if you just did 1 run for each of the shown skills? If yes the time estimates have basicly no significance, because statistical deviation is way too large. (Especially considering random teleports from occulus or random movements or attacks from mephisto) In order to have any significance to distinguish the skills you should do AT LEAST 10 runs each and take the average, better do 20 or 50 runs each for better time estimates! But aside from that, great idea for a video! I would be happy for a reupload or more precise attempt :)

[@Giraffe88]

Maybe YOU should do 50x of each skill and let US know. 👍

[@MHumanoid]

I tried going fire, from cold, to farm bosses, but instantly went back to cold. It just deals more damage due to cold mastery.

[@zarfen]

Yeah it’s hard to beat the power of lowering enemy resistances.

[@gxni3704]

well i think mephisto has like 75% lite resist in hell. its insanely high.

[@zarfen]

Correct. He also has 75% cold and fire resist (in hell)

[@Qintsal]

is telekenise the worst attack of all? have the other classes anything worse? do a full playthrough with it :D

[@zarfen]

Lol no way! Thats way too crazy even for me 😂 It’s a terrible attack but wonderful utility skill, it’s so nice to click waypoints and chests from a distance!

[@CaptainMarci104]

You forgot static which would result in ○○ minutes 😄

[@benzojamin4399]

What are meph's resistances?That seems relevant Edit: they're all 75 except magic which is 50

[@jtitus062006]

I see.. Poor man's skill is ice. Setting each of them up optimally though, I think you'll find Lightning is close to the top, if not #1.

[@daffkuh621]

you used CTA while timing glacial spike D:

[@RestroShen]

using enchant also buffs the fire damage of the skills too

[@xCombatxFreaKx]

I don’t know where you read or thought of that, but no it does not

[@xijinpig7978]

Edward's Cow is Coward lol

[@chromff9261]

As @user-jq2ow6fn9b said, plus you need to optimise each spell to hit with the same fcr and frames. E.g. lighting would be faster with optimal fcr optimisation for sure. Nice video though. ❤

[@GermanZarfen]

w video thank you

[@uncrownded]

I use blaze on every ladder reset on duriel in normal quite easy to cheese this hard hitter

[@zarfen]

That’s clever!

[@uncrownded]

@@zarfen yeah with Leaf ist even better

[@jaojonis]

Top!

[@A_G_AG]

I like lighting + inferno for the farming

[@zarfen]

Don’t you find it annoying to have to stand still for inferno?

[@A_G_AG]

@@zarfen ops, sorry, I mean fire wall :)

[@zarfen]

@A_G_AG ah! Haha that makes way more sense :D love fire wall