This portion, levels twenty-one through twenty-five, will cover your time in Act III. 30% FRW boots with additional resist/resists. I heavily advise that you map out how many stat points for each stat you get from your equipment and how many stats you need to spend to get to each desired stat value so that you do not waste points. If you find yourself struggling to survive here, make sure you invest in heavy resistances to lightning elemental spells, and later in the act it is advised you invest in fire resistance and poison resistance. Also skills are not so important against ubers, mana pool is also not a problem because of other gear, resistances are better on Sanctuary as well as other stuff, Sorc- Bear build(obscenely expensiveit needs 1 dream helm and 1 dream shield and of course Beast), Pala -Zeal or Smiter(the besteven with shitty gearI did my first uber with a Wizzspyke in main), Barb - Frenzy, whirwhild or concentrate builds, Assassin - Kick or blade(veeeery tedious). Body Armor: Stealth / Vipermagi Switch Shield: Spirit Nicht sicher, wie man kommentiert? Don't feel shy about it- you're a Sorceress, it's your character's skill and it's in your blood. It will show links to every section of this guide and then some. Some are cheaper than others. I will usually explain them when I type them for the first time in this guide, but I will put a comprehensive list here for future reference. Maybe it would be easier with a merc with Infinitybut still a very big challange in my opinion, especially with the build you have in mind. Allocate enough Strength points to be able to wear your gear. This should be your only skill point invested in Cold Spells. Put a skill point on Warmth, and always have mana or rejuvenation potions ready in your belt so you never run out. Hybrid Options:If you are willing to compromise your lightning damage, you can make a Hybrid sorc with Cold or Fire as its secondary damage type. At level eighteen you will have two new skills available to you on your Skill Tree, one of which is Chain Lightning. Sorceresses are able to teleport faster than any other class, and the Lightning Sorceress is the only build capable of reaching the 200% FCR breakpoint, which grants them unmatched movement speed. Body Armor: Chains of Honor Dusk Shroud or Archon plate / Vipermagi (Upgrade it if you have enough strength) / Ormuss Robe (preferably with +3 to Chain Lightning) You will be able to deal with Uber Diablo if your gear is decent, but Uber Tristram will cause trouble. In any case, I will suggest for your time in Act IV that you invest heavily in at least Fire resistance- there is a lot of it in this act. I will assume you are, however, because I feel that one single point in a skill that is somewhat useful and self-maintaining after casting is not a waste.

The build is one of the best ones for Magic Find too, and parties will welcome you due to your great area damage. Until you hit level eighteen, you will be pouring all of your skill points, from levels and quests, in to this skill. We start with the basics. Body Armor:Ethereal Fortitude in an Elite armor. +Lightning Skills grand charms, life, mana, resist or FHR small charms. Weapon: Eschuthas Temper (Socket it with +5/-5 Lightning Facet) Think only that a sorc is not really going into the middle of mobes. Weapon: Spirit Sword / Wizardspike / The Occulus / Heart of the Oak Flail Your best option in this case is Frozen Orb with 1 to Cold Mastery, Helm: Lore / Peasant Crown / Tal Rashas Horadric Crest . +20% Faster Block Rate Survival can be boosted by many ways, including Paladins with Defensive Auras, a Barbarian with high level of Battle Orders and Shout skills, a Druid with high Oak Sage, or several of the Necromancer Curses. Id either go for an act2 Defiance merc, or an act2 Holy Freeze merc for crowd control if your defense is already great. First, we will be starting with some frivolous details. If ENG is your lifeblood, then your skills would be akin to your bodily organs, channeling your ENG to useful purposes. spirit is better for teleporting, because blocking animation is very slow. This will be your best method of transportation. The area of levels twenty-six through thirty will most likely cover your last travels in the Normal Difficulty mode, and additionally will most likely wrap-up your time in Act IV and perhaps even Act V, depending what all you skip or do not skip in the game. This skill will become your primary attack once it is more developed. Ideally, you should reach the 105% breakpoint in endgame gear. Put only one point in and never add to it again. Check out this guide for all the useful informations about it! The awesome advantages of this item are it's.

Once you have the ability to invest a point in to it, put just one in. But, I'd imagine, you want to be able to tear the game apart. Helm: Harlequin Crest Shako (Socket it with Um rune) You will never add another point to this skill. The skill investment sections are divided up by level chunk. If you have higher strength than necessary once you are in your final gear, re-stat your character to lower strength. If, at any time, you should find yourself confused as to where you are or in need of finding a particular area of the page, please look to the index at the top of this page. In case you want to avoid being frozen, use a Raven frost ring. This is how people die saying they got shield blocked to death. If you are someone who is alright with this, continue reading. You want to solo a Chaos Sanctuary run in a couple of minutes. Doing ubers with a sorc seems to me like the kind of challenge you take when you completely exhausted all the others from the game. It is rather expensive, though (. The build can work very effectively on a tight budget. The Lightning Sorc is amongst the most popular and strongest characters in the game, as in endgame gear it can, Their primary attacking skill is Chain Lightning, which deals immense area damage and hits many targets with each cast. Boots: 30% FRW boots with additional resist/resists, Unique Charms: Annihilus, Paladin Hellfire Torch, Gheeds Fortune In addition, levels one through fifteen are when you will open up the majority of your skills. Yes, you can play this character still and do a ton of MF (Magic Find) runs in Nightmare difficulty. Aim for 63% FCR at least for fast teleportation. Uses a lot of mana, so you might need mana potions. It can be useful for doing random odd things, like activating the Altar of the Sun in the Claw Viper Temple in Act II and fetching the amulet quickly without having to find many monsters, but mostly this is just to open the way to later skills down the Skill Tree. If you dont want to bother with potions, you can have an act2 or act1 merc additionally with an Insight runeword equipped. +Energy and other Mana modifiers on items should and eventually will suffice. It's instantaneous, cheap to use (once you have your gear on and more Mana), and is only as slow as your FCR is low. I have been playing Sorceresses-only for the past six years, and before that mixed them with other casting classes (like some Wind Druids, forms of Necromancers, and others). There will be a lot of Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Cold spewing about in this act as well as when you fight the Lord of Hatred, himself. Switch Shield: none Hier geht es zu unserer. Once you have one point in each of the aforementioned skills, continue pouring points in to Charged Bolt until you hit level twelve. Budget The build can work very effectively on a tight budget. Learn more about the build! Do you think I can buy some good base for it already or should it be later? At 105% FCR you have only 8 frames per animation. Until you can get Spirit on a shield (and have the 150+ Str to lift it) you could use Splendor maybe, or a good old Rhyme or Ancestors Chosen. Lightning should be your immediate focus. Belt:Upgraded Goldwrap And that's it- your last skill has been invested in in your last Lightning Spells Skill Tree skill. Survivability is not a strength of Sorcs, so I do not suggest this build for hardcore. At this point I encourage you again to take a gander over all of the Lightning Spells skill pages on our Wiki so you have a firm grasp of every skill, although I will be adding commentary and try to cover each one as best as I can. Switch Shield: Spirit Mercenary Helm: Ethereal Andariels Visage, or other helm with high life% stolen per hit (Eth Crown of Thieves, Tal Mask, Vampire Gaze) When you first begin your journey, the Sorceress' will have the following stats (assuming she's nekked and has had no stat points spent). No chance for Ubers with a sorc. Amu: Any amulet with +skill ot + Faster Casting Rate I find that I, myself, become so addicted to it, in fact, that I'll even use it when I only have to walk a short distance. Weapon: Eschuthas Temper (Socket it with +5/-5 Lightning Facet) See Strength. kicksin, frenzy/conc baba, wolf/bear dudu, a javazon if you commit to it, a revive necro(with urdars), I would try a Kick Assassinor a frenzy barbor you can always try the mythical Bear Sorc if you are obscenely rich . We are now well in to the first run-through of the game. Firstly, have enough Dexterity to be able to wear your gear. Use the sorc to farm items and runes and make a smiter or smiter/zealer dedicated for Ubers(personal preferenceother builds and chars are more than viable). If your FCR is high, you will probably not need to use this skill since you will be able to shoot off enough Lightning spells in a short enough amount of time that you will not be losing the benefits of AoE, and Lightning will also be much stronger. Shield: Spirit with 35% Faster Cast Rate Just reporting the forums opinions on this matter. Feel free to contact me either on here or on the forums, or do the revisions yourself, although I'll be checking over this here and there to make sure it's still the same build. First of allare you able to reach the 105%FCR breakpoint without the spirit? Your gear later will compensate for it's low level (although this aspect has been covered numerous times already in this guide). The former provides a ton of additional resistance and benefits all of your skills, while the latter can be more affordable and beneficial in other ways. I hope this guide will be useful, enlightening, and easy to follow, as well as organized. Chain Lightnings area damage output is awesome. Also, it is advisable that you have a well-geared and leveled mercenary from Act II to continue to act as your journey to act as your meat shield and distraction while you crank out the brunt of the damage from safely behind him. This shield will add a good chunk of defense for your Sorceress just in case, as well as a nice slowing effect when enemies hit you. Rings: 2*Stone of Jordan / 10% FCR with other useful stats The second best is Treachery in an elite eth armor. High Strength shields like Stormshield and Gerkes give high surviveability. To wear a Monarch shield, characters require. On Hell difficulty, in high-end gear the build can achieve 75 all resistances, 3k+ life (With Call to Arms Battle Orders), 4k+ defense (via Chilling Armor), 1k+ mana, 70%+ damage reduction via Energy Shield and around 50% block rate. This is the only Cold Spells shield you will invest in- do not get any of the others. Our main skill because it offers the most insane damage scaling of any skill in Diablo II: Resurrected. You want to destroy every boss in seconds in Hell mode so you can move on to your next MF run. Amu: Maras Kaleidoscope Max this skill as quickly as possible.. To see more about this skill, click here. The build is one of the best ones for Magic Find too, and parties will welcome you due to your great area damage. Hoto and Stormshield(big block chance huge damage reduce), Vipermagi, Magefist, Arach and on off hand cta and spirit. You can probably guess how this is going to go if you have been following along with the entire guide or if you've just been playing the game for a while. This guide/build was originally written for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction patch 1.12b and is currently being redone for patch 1.13c- if you find that some things have changed due to later patching or that this build does not quite work correctly anymore, it is probably outdated and needs some reworking. Body Armor: Skullders Iresocketed with Ist rune Gloves: Magefist (Upgrade it if you have enough strength) At level twenty-four you will finally unlock Energy Shield. In high-end gear you will be able to solo the entire game incredibly fast. Some particularly good items for getting extra stat points are Hellfire Torch Large Charms, Annihilus Small Charms, and various other Charms and Jewelry. As mentioned before, this build is a ES Lite Sorce build, meaning that it will focus nearly exclusively on the use of Energy. For example: Upped Visceratuant has a very high blockrate of 72%, Mosers Blessed Circle is the other low strength shield that can easilly retain max block. Spirit is very easy to make, but. This guide will focus on the pure Lightning Spells Sorceress of Diablo II. If you make a max block sorc, you still need to adress faster hit recovery, or you can get shield blocked for 6-8 frames till a hit gets through, and you get caught in a 15 frame hitrecovery animation. Not impossible but very very hard. Belt: Tal Rashas Fine Spun Cloth Amu: Crafted Casters Amulet (+2 to sorc skills, 20% FCR, + all resistances, life) Rest of the Charms: Small Charms with @all resistances, life, faster hit recovery, attack rating, defense, maximum damage, Helm: Tal Rashas Horadric Crest For single targets, Lightning deals the most amount of damage (up to 30k), and Static Field can also be used to kill Bosses quickly. If you are not, stop and look for something else. Please understand that these are either 1) to shorten my workload or 2) common acronyms used by players on Battle.net everyday. The particular build I'm offering here is a ES Lit Sorce, or Energy Shield Lightning Sorceress. I think the strategy with Marrowalk is viable only with full tals. After you have invested one point in to each of the above skills, start pouring your skill points in to Charged Bolt again so you have a skill to use that will actually hurt your enemies in your weaker levels. One of the major down sides to any pure build, but especially so of Lightning, is the cost of gear. Weapon: Infinity runeword in any elite eth polearm. So, put only one point in to it for now and then leave it alone. Uber Tristram is problematic if you play solo, but Lightning Sorcs are very effective at any other area. The zealot is a good ladder starter and well rounded character for any purposes! However, only put one single point in it, if you choose to. Countess runs in 30-60 second, Mephisto and Andariel runs in 1 minute. The Sorceress is one of my personal favorite video game characters ever. Im planning to use shield together with Heart of the Oak (having Call To Arms as a switch weapon). No more. Reaching the 63% FCR or 105% FCR breakpoints are great for quick teleport re-casting. At this point, only invest one single point in this skill and continue to pour points in to Lightning. For ubers forget it, a fire/ cold/ light sorcs can do them but with perfect end-game gear, a fire/ cold/ light sorcs can do them but with perfect end-game gear. A Stormshield can provide you 35% FBR and plenty of survivability if you go for good block chance. Du kannst mir ihm auerdem deine vervollstndigten Quests, Rezepte, Reittiere, Haustiere und Titel verfolgen! Simply put, it will randomly shoot down a bolt of lightning that does moderate damage without the extremely high damage cavity that other Lightning Spells often suffer from (a low minimum damage and high maximum damage), so this skill's damage is more predictable and steady. For life, rejuvenation potions can solve the issue. Some things to consider if you're wanting to read through this guide: If you answered yes to all of those questions: You have what you need to begin your journey of the mastery of the element of Lightning. This amulet's extremely beneficial two attributes are, A rare amulet can be cheaper, but it can also be more expensive. The summon necro is a great ladder starter build. In case you want to avoid being frozen, use a Raven frost ring. Uber Tristram is problematic if you play solo, but Lightning Sorcs are very effective at any other area. Its not because youll wear a sanctu that you will tank the mobs in hell. Great stuff, Im also thinking about ubers as well. In theoryin practice is a very big challenge. See here for a dynamic preview of her skill trees on the DiabloFans Skill Calculator. Yes, this makes perfectly sense. Sorceresses are able to teleport faster than any other class, and the Lightning Sorceress is the. In any case, you will only add one single point to this skill. Make sure to use teleport so you dont end up in the middle of a monster mob. What is the best shield for frozen orb sorc? Mercenary Use an Act2 Defiance Merc to receive an immense defense boost. In that case, sad to say, you're going to need to invest a ton of time (as mentioned in the opening paragraphs of this guide) finding one particular item. Later, once you're past level thirty, you're going to want to max this skill out for a higher damage for your other Lightning Spells. Reaching the 200% FCR breakpoint is doable in high-end gear at some expense of your damage. Insight runeword on your merc instantly solves this issue. This section, which covers levels sixteen through twenty, should, if you're following along in-game and have not been rushed, be the period of play that you are in Act II of Normal Mode. WW barb is the ultimate Barbarian build for D2R and party members love them! In the case of this build, you will have at least one point in every skill in the Lightning Spells Skill Tree. Look for modifiers like. For now, put just one point in this skill. Switch Weapon: Call to Arms with 6 to Battle Orders and 6 to Battle Command Their primary attacking skill is Chain Lightning, which deals immense area damage and hits many targets with each cast. If you like caster builds, the playstyle is very enjoyable. Gloves: Upgraded Chance Guards Cheers. This skill is a major damage synergy of your main spell, Lightning. Survivability, Hardcore On Hell difficulty, in high-end gear the build can achieve 75 all resistances, 3k+ life (With Call to Arms Battle Orders), 4k+ defense (via Chilling Armor), 1k+ mana, 70%+ damage reduction via Energy Shield and around 50% block rate. A melee char with lifetap and lots of crushing blow is the less frustrating way to do Uber Tristram in my experience. For the right skill panel, i suggest using Teleport (F4), Chilling Armor (F5), Energy shield (F6), Battle Orders (F7) and Battle Command (F8). With that out of the way, we start the last stretches of our adventure with you around level twenty-six. This means that she will have almost no points in any other attribute but Energy. Reaching the 63% FCR or 105% FCR breakpoints are great for quick teleport re-casting. It was doable with firewall sorc before nerf. Any amulet with +skill ot + Faster Casting Rate. What can be other option for ubers except pal? We will get back to this later and discuss some finer points about it. It has the potential to have the highest straight-damage in the entire game. Guaranteed 65% resist all, 8% Damage Reduction (DR), +2 to All Skills, +20 STR (to reduce your stat point allotment), and significant defense enhancement make this your prime choice for armor. Es ist ratsam, den Kommentar vor dem Einsenden noch einmal auf Richtigkeit zu berprfen. It is somewhat debated in its usefulness. Weapon: Tal Rashas Lidless Eye Equipping him with life steal items is not a bad idea, either, so that he survives longer. Where to farm If you have an Infinity runeword on your mercenary, you can farm anywhere. The Lightning Sorc is amongst the most popular and strongest characters in the game, as in endgame gear it can one-hit all the surrounding monsters with just one click. This will be a good skill for your lower levels as well as occasionally in your mid and upper levels for fighting bosses and other high-health monsters, and it also opens the pathway to Thunder Storm. It is not necessary to invest them at exactly these times (indeed, many players save their points until a later time for distribution), but you must make sure that you do invest in them and in them only. If you really want a good shield that will protect you I would recommend this build in order to also have 105% fcr. Continue reading below or get your character, if she isn't already there, to level fifteen, if you're following along dynamically with this guide. Shield: Spirit The same is true here. Amu: Tal Rashas Adjudication Have this in mind, for ubers it is vital to have max lighting res, and ideally all maxed. Gloves: Magefist / Trang Ouls gloves / Frostburn Even a brief recap of her history might be nice to know- check that out here. At level twenty-four, you will open this skill. Switch Shield: Spirit Yes, you can still attempt to do PvP (Player versus Player) games (although this guide is not tailored to account for PvP). It is encouraged that anyone reading this with interest should look over the other articles on the Sorceress, specifically all of the skill pages written about her in Lightning Spells and anything else you'd like to read. Make sure that you acquire an Act II mercenary to accompany you on your travels, as he will act as your meat shield and physical offence in your stead. How it works: Each second in the game consists of 25 frames or ticks. For the left skill panel, i suggest using Chain Lightning (F1), Static Field (F2) and Lightning (F3), or your hybrid attacking skills such as Frozen Orb. And many other things that can and will go wrong. Now it's time for the end-game build-up for skill point distribution. You should have at least 20 fhr, and perhaps aim for 42. Meybe in Hardcore i would play with Stormshield like in old days. Also make sure that you have a decently-geared mercenary at your side to hold off enemies while you blast them, which has been the case in the past, as well (for this very reason, I highly recommend a melee mercenary, primarily one from Act II which boasts an aura- preferably the defensive one for your own gain as well as the longevity of your mercenary).

For the left skill panel, i suggest using Chain Lightning (F1), Static Field (F2) and Lightning (F3), or your hybrid attacking skills such as Frozen Orb.