Gotten my sorc up to the 70's yesterday and realized I have some issues on gear and wanted to ask them.
Obviously this is an orb sorc with Orb/CM maxed, it has lvl 14 tk atm, 10+ (forget the exact lvl) ice bolt for synergy, and 4 ES. The hell skill quests will finish off my TK, then I'll finish icebolt, and lastly ES.
So the questions,
1) Where do I find a +3es staff to put a memory in and get +9 es?
2) I'm planning on using full tals, what shield should I put with this? I'm currently using Rhyme for resists as I don't have full tals yet, but when I do I will no longer need this shield. I have been given a Head Hunter's with 3os by a kind fellow, is this good for meph MF? Or should I make a spirit, use stormshield, or something else? I would like to get max block off it as well...
3) Is there anything better than full tals for this kind of mf that is cheap?
4) Is t-gods the only place I can get light absorb? Because I need tals belt in that slot :/
Other info,
I have raven frost and dwarf star for absorbs of cold/fire, war travs for boots, and frostburns. I would love to throw on 2 SOJ's when I find them for the skills and extra mana, but I would lose the absorb and that isn't worth it. Oh and I have a lvl16 med insight on my merc.|||Quote:
So the questions,
1) Where do I find a +3es staff to put a memory in and get +9 es?
2) I'm planning on using full tals, what shield should I put with this? I'm currently using Rhyme for resists as I don't have full tals yet, but when I do I will no longer need this shield. I have been given a Head Hunter's with 3os by a kind fellow, is this good for meph MF? Or should I make a spirit, use stormshield, or something else? I would like to get max block off it as well...
3) Is there anything better than full tals for this kind of mf that is cheap?
4) Is t-gods the only place I can get light absorb? Because I need tals belt in that slot :/
Other info,
I have raven frost and dwarf star for absorbs of cold/fire, war travs for boots, and frostburns. I would love to throw on 2 SOJ's when I find them for the skills and extra mana, but I would lose the absorb and that isn't worth it. Oh and I have a lvl16 med insight on my merc.
1) ultimately you want CTA on switch for a bigger mana pool, so unless you want to be constantly stashing that staff...I know you can shop socketed staves in A2 normal. I'm not sure if those can get level 24 skills, but I wouldn't see why not.
Use the sewers or the exit to quickly refresh his items.
2) Spirit is nice, gives a huge chunk of mana too. Will help out your FCR/res as well. Storm is my personal favorite, but I'm not sure if I'd go ES/Block. It's like a one or the other thing for me normally.
3) Not really, full tals also gives you a lot of other useful mods. Other low end MF gear like Tarnhelm/4 ptopaz armor/chancies, don't provide other useful mods like tals will.
Personally I like Tals Ammy/Belt/Armor, then Occulus(or spike, anything you can find)/Shako. Plenty of setups can get the job done.
4) Wisp Protector is a ring. But it's going to cut into the Absorb rings you are using. I'd drop the raven and keep a Dwarf/Wisp.|||1) Trade forums here for a pretty penny, or get lucky and find one.
2) for the cheap I like lidless has good stats for a ES build and w/ ES resists have no effect...just Mana, MDR and DR. Spirit shields are nice if you can get that much str w/o sacrificing too much mana.
3) Yes...once you get your ES up and use it you'll want to loose the Rez gear and get +skill, mana, DR and MDR gear and FCR for max FO. This is what I run for my MF ES/FO sorc (~350mf).
Helm: Shako (P'Topaz'd) but you could sol it for more DR
Ammy: rare +2 Sorc/mana/fcr/mf*
Armor:Skulders (P'Topaz'd) same as helm
Gloves: Magefists
Belt: Arachs*
Boots: War Travs*
Weap: Occy
Sheild: Spirit
ring: P-nagels (SoJ once I get one)
ring:rare fcr/str/pdr/mf*
*can be expensive
And your merc will eventually need Infi. as you're single spec'd.
4) You dont need absorb if you go ES. But remember to be effective as a full ES build you need 16TK and as close to 40 ES as possible. 40 will get you 95% with max TK.
heres the guide for making ES work for you from the forums
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=716549
This would be more of an end game option but hope this helps put you in the right direction.|||This was to CB's post.
1) I'm fine with switching a ton on prebuff, it never takes more than 10 seconds so it would be no problem to have a CTA, +9ES in my inventory to prebuff.
2) So you would say no to the Head hunter's then? I didn't like the looks of it, it had some great mods, but lacked some as well. I'll have to try storm and spirit and see which I like more.
3) I have an Occy (detest the random tele though), wizard spike, and Shako already but I hate partial sets. No matter how useful it is, I always go all or nothing :P
4) Oh thanks, completely forgot about that! Actually now that you mention that, I can drop the dwarf star and pick up hotspurs though that would replace the war travs which are nice, but not necessary.
Is there a thread anywhere that details Spirit Monarch vs Stormshield? I haven't ever compared them.
@ ohv:
1) HC trade forums seem dead except for Europe :/
2) Ok.
3) Ok thanks for that setup, it looks nice. Why infinity? What is the point of it on a cold sorc, as I understand it not very many CI are breakable and so there seems to be no point there :/
4) Still helps for the small amount that goes to life. Though I can't remember if absorbs come before ES or not. I don't think they do, but I could be wrong :P Then again MDR and PDR helps there.|||1) Hell cows, NM cows or maybe even norm cows.
2) Full block --> Visceratuant upped with a pdiamond, Gerkes, or Stormshield.
3) No. Uniques can be better for cold sorc but full tals is quite an effective option (the 15% cold damage helps a LOT) and has massive bonuses in life and resists. 63 fcr breakpoint is suitable because orb is timered.
4) Wisp projector - but absorb works after ES so it would be pretty worthless to use over a SoJ.
DO NOT GO FOR FULL BLOCK WITH A SPIRIT MONARCH.|||1) Ok, I'll try that one thanks. Shopping them has been no help.
2) I like the looks of the Gerke's with both the PDR and MDR, thanks!
3) I've got full tals now, and it's working like a charm. Got it pretty cheap as well as opposed to decking the sorc out with a Hoto, etc.
4) Well the absorbs seem to be helping atm as I don't have lvl 40 ES so I'll be keeping them till I can get ahold of that staff.|||Quote:
And your merc will eventually need Infi. as you're single spec'd.
Since he is an Orb/TK spec, I highly doubt he would need infinity. He would benefit more from an insight, especially since he will have somewhat lower damage anyway.|||Yeah, the insight is working wonders. My element absorbs lead to 0 damage done to life and the infinity allows for me to stand in the councils hydras and cast orbs and only get like 50 "damage" to mana the whole time.
Only problem is my merc keeps dying. I'll probably need to get Andy's visage and some armor (fortitude?) for him.
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