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If you're eschewing hand-to-hand weapons, choosing to carry the staffs and war staffs that supply bonuses to Sorceress skills, you'll want to stay far away from monsters. The Sorceress requires more of a finesse game. Attack with your spells, then back off and regenerate your mana, either automatically with warmth or with mana potions. Once replenished, resume your attack and repeat as necessary. A bow might be a viable weapon for the Sorceress, if you haven't found a staff or war staff with impressive bonuses to Sorceress skills. Since you're fighting from long range anyhow, use the bow to cause damage in conjunction with your spells. If you're implementing the staff, the extra damage must come from hand-to-hand combat, not recommended for the frail Sorceress. Once you reach the powerful elemental spells - meteor, blizzard, and thunder storm - it's possible to lure the beasts into a showering trap. For instance, when running away from the beasts, cast meteor or blizzard in your path. Once the beasts reach the area, the spell takes effect, dropping the flaming rocks or ice shards right into their laps. NOTE: In multiplayer games, it's important to watch out for other players trying to steal the loot off a monster you just killed! Use the Alt key to display any items, such as gold, weapons, armor, potions, and so on, currently located on the view screen. Some Blizzard employees called players that hang around looking for items to steal "ninjas." Look out for the ninjas, especially when a monster just dropped a gem, skull, unique, or rare item! Feel the Warmth As previously stated, a Sorceress will have a hard time recovering from a depleted supply of mana. Without mana potions or town potion scrolls, you're often left with a single last resort - run! Warmth, a passive Sorceress skill that can be acquired from level one, helps alleviate some mana issues. Though it doesn't increase your maximum supply, warmth does increase the rate at which your mana regenerates. In a single-player game, the Sorceress will need as much mana as possible to survive the tougher areas of the game. Warmth's boost to mana regeneration is extremely helpful in keeping the Sorceress' mana level high. Increased to its fourth level, warmth regenerates mana 66 percent faster. Over fourth level, the skill points become less cost effective (the jumps in percentage are smaller). If you're unsure where to place a point, bolstering warmth's passive effects certainly can't hurt.
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