Rate this sorc build

[jesusinacan]

i was looking around and i found this sorc build

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Stats Distribution
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Strength: 80-110 (Enough to use Hel'ed SS with Gear)
Dexterity: Enough dexterity to use gear (normally base)
Vitality: As much as you can here
Energy: 60-80.

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Skill distribution
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Ice Bolt - Synergy to most of the skills in the cold skill tree.

Reccomendation: Maxed Eventually


Ice Blast- Synergy to Blizzard and u will be using this against solo monsters like pindleskin,

Reccomendation: Maxed

Glacial Spike - Synergy to Blizzard but unlike Blast, it is rather good in crowd controlling and spike and blizzard can be a deadly c

Reccomendation: Maxed


Blizzard : Your main attacking skill. Either owns everything or misses everything. Owns bosses fast and shines in chaos sanatuary. Unlike other character builds that migth have trouble in Act4, u might find yourself killing everything

Reccomendation: Maxed

Cold Mastery: Reduces a lot of cold resistance

Reccomendation: Maxed

Frozen Armor: 1 point. Actually Freezes monsters instead of just slowing them down

Shiver Armor: Frozen is superior to shiver IMO.

Energy Shield & Telekinsis: My reccomendation is 1 point but it is debatable that you should put points onto energy shield.


Teleport: 1 point. Obvious reasons

Static Field: 1 point. Excellent at reducing a lot of monsters down to half hp at hell, really works wonders against bosses.

Warmth: 1 point


My suggestion is to:

Lvl 1 to 18: Save all points and put into every preq of Blizzard and the (Frozen Armor, Telekinsis, Teleport , Static Field and Warmth)

First thing

U want to Max Blizzard ASAP then Glacial Spike first.

After that, alternate points between Ice Blast and Cold Mastery.

Max Ice bolt last.


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PVM equipment
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PVM Equipment for the poor

Wizardspike
Vipermagi
Rhyme Shield or Lidless w/P diamond
Maras Amulet
Shako
Two X sojs
Silkweaves
Trang Belt
Trang Glove


PVM Equipment for the Rich

Heart of the Oak 35+ resists
Ormus Robes (UM)
Nightwing Veil(UM)
Hel'd SS or Cold Faceted SS depending on base str
Thundergod's Vigor
Dwarf Star Ring
Raven Frosts
Mara's Kaleidoscope
Silkweaves

8x Cold Charms with 30+ to life as second mod
One 15 all resists GC
7 x 5 resists SC
Annililus Small Charm


Obviously this gives u decent DR, life, resists and nice elemental absorb. U won't be needin' much mana from blizzard/glacial neways and your warmth is enough to regenerate the mana. Sure with Two x SOJS u lose + to skills and mana, but hey don't underestimate the use of absorb in PVM heheh


Mfing Gear for the poor

Shako
Skullders
Oculus
Lidless
Gull Dagger with rhyme on switch
6+ x 7 mf charms
Goldwrap
Cow King Boots
Chance Guards
Nagel ring
SOJ
Magic find amulet (3 to cold skills with MF amulet)

Mfing gear for the rich

Shako
Eth Skullders
Oculus Isted
Ali Baba 2 Isted with 4 Ist Monarch on switch
Nagelring
SOJ
20+ 7 mf SC
4 cold skill GCs
Magic find amulet (3 to cold skills with MF amulet)
War Travelers
Arachnid's Mesh
Chance Guards

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PVP Gear
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Don't Duel unless ur rich.

Nightwings Veil w/Cold Facet
Hel'd SS
Death's fanthom Cold Facet/HOTO
Lidless With UM
Two x SOJS
Magefists/Trangs Glove
Arachnid's Mesh Thundergod's
Ormus Robes Cold Faceted
Crafted cast amulet (20 FCR, life, mana, resists)
Rare boots with resists

Call to Arms
Lidless

Same charms as PVM co-oping (read above)


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5 points to remember about PVM Co-oping
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1. Get a Merc. A Act5 merc. Use a decent damage sword and Vamp Gaze and Shaftstop and he's good to go.

2. Glacial Spike as Left attack and Blizzard right click

3. Static and let ur merc take care of cold immunes.

4. Blizzard is useful in areas like Throne of Destructuion spawnign areas and against mephisto

5. Beware of Hell Gloams and Undead Fetishes. T gods will protect you from lightning damage from Gloams but Undead Fetishes are pretty tricky.

i take no credit for this guide... i found it here

[Silver Ice]

6/10, dont use a ss unless u have a really useless computer, dont use an act 5 merc, their weak and they give no aura, dont use hoto tgods or any absorb, if u suck that badly in pvm u deserve to die by some weak gloam.

[Quiksilver]

dude in the pvm for the poor.. sojs and maras arent for the poor they are for the RICH!

[Rapta111]

Depends on the writer's initial definition of "rich" and "poor". Soj's and a low-mid maras aren't too hard to get compared to Enigma and CoH or etc... And Magefists are hella easy to get. Trang gloves should be left for the necro's IMHO. One thing I don't get... Trang belt? A snowclash is VERY easy to get, and if not, use an up'ed nightsmoke or gloom's trap. All should be better than a trang belt. Marrows, Treks and Silkweaves also deserve mentions in here as well. One thing I don't get is... why the heck is Tgod's mentioned?

[Silver Ice]

because this person likes absorb for pvm..... maybe he should check out that monsters dont fire very painful elemental attacks, therefore absorb is pretty useless pvm

[Rapta111]

Yes, I agree.

[Tsuki]

dudes dont use arachnids use snow clash and use a +3 cold ammy shield should use sancuary since good resis

[Rapta111]

Actually, Maras or a fletch would be much better. FCR and resists are much better than a +1 on bliz.