[1.00 Singling] Marle the Tweaker Sorceress

I've taken a Sorceress to p8 Queen before in 1.05, but she was built to be very tanky (Twitchthroe / 3PD Tower Shield, high Vitality). I've always wanted to build a classic 7-frame caster, which eats most of your gear slots (Magefist, Eyeless, wand/Shard, 3x pieces of jewelry) but lets you sling spells at warp speed. To make up for the lack of Frostburn/SOJ, I'm putting every single point into Energy (as inspired by the classic Wussie, but I'm not that crazy). I imagine I'll use 2 Perfect Amethysts in a Cap for +18 strength, hope to find Boots of the Titan, and see if I can get 45 Strength for Magefist without investing stat points.

I did a full p8 run using self-MP, but I'm trying Singling this time. Classic MP is really buggy and I'm excited to fight monsters that don't jump all over the screen. I went with 1.00 since Sorcs aren't really impacted by the many many bugs, and I'd like to find a sweet Pike or Gothic Bow to use on a future character (1.00 or 1.04).

Marle is currently at Level 9 at the Stony Field WP. I had forgotten just how weak Sorcs are early on, especially without strength! One of the toughest fights for a level 1 Sorc are the first Zombies in the Blood Moor, since they take forever to kill and 2 can do you in. I used a lot of low-quality Javelins in the Den, spammed Ice Bolts, and got through without dying (although Corpsefire took a ton of punishment from my 1-5 damage stick). The Cold Plains WP had a Dark Ranger bosspack on it; I baited them off, shopped a 5-15 damage Spear (no stat requirements) and ran around -> spammed Bolts -> poked -> Akara'd until they finally fell. I got to level 6 during the fight, so finishing the actual boss was a breeze thanks to Static. I cruised through the Plains, had a scare against Extra Strong Rangers at the entrance to the Stony Field, and hit the WP. I fought Rakanishu and took advantage of the star bug to maximize Static; even with his lightning resist, SF was just too strong.

Made it to Act 2! Act 1 was a huge slog in the middle; it got better by the end, but I cheesed it and did the Catacombs on players 1. I wrapped up the act at level 17; so far, all my points are in prereqs, Static, or Warmth. I upgraded Marle's spear to a Fine Spear of Strength; the +4 strength allowed her to equip Arctic Furs. Not every day that it's a big deal to use quilted armor!

I ran the bosspack outside Lut Gholein to get to level 18. Marle's kill speed was dreadful, since after Staticing down monsters, she had to plink at them with Ice Blast to actually finish them off. Having splash damage and doubling the base damage will be a huge deal. I tried shopping a +3 GS staff from Drognan, but he doesn't seem to sell them, even at clvl 18?

I noticed something really odd - I was able to kill monsters with Static! Champions and bosses will die to Static; I haven't tried it yet on Superuniques/Act Bosses yet. Normal monsters are unaffected - even after the boss dies, they still hang around at very low HP. Is there some weird +damage that's applied to skills, or some rounding going on? Static shouldn't be able to kill anything, but I definitely dropped bosses without ever using another skill.