E-shield or no for 200fcr FB sorc

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E-shield or no for 200fcr FB sorc

My gear is as follows:
Hoto
35 Spirit
2/20 Circlet
2/15 Amulet
Upped Vipermagi
Upped Magefist
Arachnid
2x FCR rings
15str Trek
CtA/Spirit switch

Torch/Anni/9Fire GC/10 scs

My question is should I go ES or no? I plan to get the character to level 90, so the skills can be laid out in 2 fashions:
Vitality:
20 Firebolt
20 Fireball (20,600 FB damage)
20 Meteor
20 Fire Mastery
3 Pre-req.
1 Teleport
1 Pre-req.
1 Chilling Armor
3 Pre-req.
12 Warmth

Energy:
20 Firebolt
20 Fireball (18,600 FB damage)
20 Meteor
15 Fire Mastery
3 pre-req.
16 Telekenisis
1 Energy Shield
1 Teleport
3 pre-req.
1 Warmth
1 Frozen Armor

Which one would be better for overall pubby pvp? Keep in mind for pubbies I probably wouldn't pre-buff a whole lot, and the E-shield would absorb 71% of damage in the Energy setup. So if I do go energy route, do I just dump Energy or do some complicated Vita/Energy split?

 

[PheonixLeader]

I don't suggest a split in mana/vita.
There is 2 way :

1) Manapool+Es : Nice tank, but have a chance(little) u run out of mana and cant escape/attack and die afterall.. And your Warmth should be maxed+some lvs from equip if you go that way.

2) Pure vita and no Es : U'll be teleeing alot more around ur opponent bcuz ur life will drop faster, but u can always attack from afar.. With ur high fcr setup, u can kill mostly non-sorber char by just teleeing from side to side and cast mass fb's.

 

[moonlike]

i would go eshield sorc with a bit of vita and rest energy

 

[tinncann25]

If your es is around 71 i would go witha 2/3 life/mana split. Build looks good. The 2k damage will prolly not be missed.

also facets are important

i would try to get 15/15 treks =p

 

[RetroStar]

ES. Definately.

I would get atleast 1.2k - 1.5k life with BO especially since FBers have low ES, before you dump the rest into energy.

 

[Xenon[XoA]]

use facets if you want a weakass sorc -_-

the -res isnt that important, b/c any decent pvp will have maxres + some, and the small amount of facets you do use will be negated by the extra res. The +%fire will be stacked alongside your fire mastery, and considering the other options you have for socketing, it's not worth it at all.

ES. Definately.

I would get atleast 1.2k - 1.5k life with BO especially since FBers have low ES, before you dump the rest into energy.

yahar. Seconded.

 

[Jackson]

Your life to mana ratio should be *around* 1 to 3.

So around 1000 life, to around 3000+ mana.

 

[FcRx]

In my opinion going ES is only really worth it when your using items that give a lot to mana. For example if your using 2x sojs and frosties then your going to want to get es (if you have the extra skills) because it's not heard to get 3k+ mana. However your build is fcr so your not going to have that extra mana, I would go with full vit here.

 

[FcRx]

Sorry for the double post..

When figuring out mana, health, and what lvl es i usually get my final amount of mana. Then i say alright i'm taking 2,000 damage. Which at this lvl telekenisis gives me this much damage from mana. I keep doing that until I get a damage that takes away all my mana, then i see how much damage is left for my health. If that gets me down to 1 health then it's a good build. Basically meaning I wont die until all my mana has been depleated.

 

[DIEnamic]

ive read that the damage to your manapool via energy shield is calculated before resist and DR. any truth to this?

 

[Lyrs]

Yep.

1o chars

 

[riath]

When figuring out mana, health, and what lvl es i usually get my final amount of mana. Then i say alright i'm taking 2,000 damage. Which at this lvl telekenisis gives me this much damage from mana. I keep doing that until I get a damage that takes away all my mana, then i see how much damage is left for my health. If that gets me down to 1 health then it's a good build. Basically meaning I wont die until all my mana has been depleated.

It is important to take into account that your manapool will replenish much more quickly than your health. I suggest going a little more heavy on the health than a proportional spilt.

 

[Jackson]

Which is why resists don't play *too* big of a role when it comes down to ES sorcs.

Also, it's also why full vita sorcs generally do better, IMO in SvS duels.

 

[Neuroff]

All the good SvS I've seen have been ES sorcs.

 

[Xenon[XoA]]

7-8k mana es sorcis will totally destroy vita sorcs, unless the person playing the bmana sorci just ebayed them, and has the adeptness of a hotdog.

bleh, meso hungry...

I'll trade my sorc for a hotdog...

 

[primerib]

ES is essential for sorcs. Even if you don't have enough mana to sit and tank (which a sorc, by nature, should not be doing anyway), the es helps a lot vs hdins, necs, orbers, and chip damage. The split between energy and vitality is the best idea. With legit chamrs (17 mana scs), you can get 2000+ life and mana.

Also, don't feel married to hoto. Switch around between wiz, hoto, and eschuta's. Eschuta's can get you 27k damage (maybe less in your case since my sorc was a different build skillwise), which, at that firing rate, will have a huge damage output.