On 6th level spell selection

[Seventh]

So I've got a capped Sorc that I want to have Chain Lightning on to AoE Devils with (been making do with Ball Lightning till now). His current 6th level spells are: Desintegrate, Greater Heroism, and Reconstruct (He's not WF but I've found it to be handy for raids). What spell do I drop to take it?

[Arctigis]

So I've got a capped Sorc that I want to have Chain Lightning on to AoE Devils with (been making do with Ball Lightning till now). His current 6th level spells are: Desintegrate, Greater Heroism, and Reconstruct (He's not WF but I've found it to be handy for raids). What spell do I drop to take it?

Personally, I'd use Ball Lightning and CoC. I have'nt tried for a few weeks (pre-U5) but Chain Lightning for me was
still having a lot of problems hitting more than one target - particularly targets which teleport. When it works it's
great (crits ~1500) - it usually didn't though.

[Rusty_Can]

What spell do I drop to take it?

Greater Heroism and use scrolls to cast it when it's needed.

[Seventh]

Personally, I'd use Ball Lightning and CoC. I have'nt tried for a few weeks (pre-U5) but Chain Lightning for me was
still having a lot of problems hitting more than one target - particularly targets which teleport. When it works it's
great (crits ~1500) - it usually didn't though.

Oh. I remember hearing about chain lightning's buggyness a while back but I thought that had been fixed. Never mind then.

[shagath]

It was fixed in U5. It arcs now correctly and does as much damage as polar ray does(polar doesn't have save) and it's easier to boost. You can find Superior Spark VI clickies from pawn brokers and AH.

I use this now against Harry combined with regulars.

[bashemgud]

Always scroll GH. The same goes with Mass protection and stoneskin.

[shagath]

Always scroll GH. The same goes with Mass protection and stoneskin.

I do scroll stoneskin but I'm not scrolling GH. It gets dispelled very easily and after that, can't do heal scrolls anymore with certainty. So dispell+aggro would kill me quite easily. Perhaps it's a good plan to scroll GH if you are wf.

[sirgog]

Reconstruct is the only absolutely must-have level 6 spell on a Sorc at endgame (WF or fleshy).

[Rice]

Chain lightning is still buggy in some regards. It won't chain off devils for some reason, and it still has a slow cast time.

[shagath]

Chain lightning is still buggy in some regards. It won't chain off devils for some reason, and it still has a slow cast time.

Yeah it's a slow cast time but I've been chaining devils for days now.

(By the way, Delayed Blast Fireball:trap is fixed now also.)

[Rice]

As long as fire wall is in its current state, I refuse to pick up DBF.