Yet Another Stupid Noob wrote:Assuming you have access to all spells, necromutation, and tornado, do you prefer ice or fire as a secondary damage dump for pan/extended game?
Basically I see it as a choice between smite targeting for firestorm, versus extra armor from Oz’s armor.
Yes, I know these are the choices that make the game interesting, but since I don’t know the extended (15 rune) endgame I’d rather not cripple my self accidently.
This is also talking for 0.8.
Ice probably has the advantage. Ozocubu's Armor is basically an extra suit of fully enchanted dragon armor that you can wear on top of your lighter armor. Refrigeration wipes the board of all eyeball monsters, hellions, neqoxecs, and other fragile but dangerous nuisances with perfect accuracy. Ice Storm's drawback of requiring an open line of fire is perfectly complemented by Tornado's ability to slaughter everything that gets inside your death radius.
Fire has nothing to offer you except Bolt of Fire and Fire Storm. While good, you don't get as much advantage from Fire Storm's smite targeting if everything you might want to smite-target past is already inside your Tornado. You also wipe out your adorable little fire vortexes with every step you take, and direct damage to a single target is less than Ice Storm. Bolt of Fire trades utility against ice fiends for utility against regular fiends, and will usually not one-shot hellions.
So, yeah. Fire's not terrible, but in a perfect world where you have access to every spell and limitless xp with which to train them, it's probably never going to be your big choice.