ES life/mana balance

[ReVolution]

ES life/mana balance

i'm making a pvp fb sorc, and i got a good item/skill points build down..only thing i'm confused on is how to balance stats between ene and vit. can anyone help?

 

[ReallFugitive]

i'm making a pvp fb sorc, and i got a good item/skill points build down..only thing i'm confused on is how to balance stats between ene and vit. can anyone help?

Normally you won't need much/any into energy if you end up going to a higher level and pour points into telekenesis. I do just fine with none into energy and have around nearly 1300 mana. Even though it does drain quickly, it regenerates just as fast. I have no idea of what type of gear you will be wearing, but with +15 fireskills you should be in the green.

If you're going to take big elemental damage (firebolt) with lowish (30-40%) resistance you're going to die in 1 hit regardless if your mana (2450 life/1300 mana, 72% ES) shields you or not. So don't expect ES to keep you alive vs elemental. Physical/Magic is another story, you can just about reduce it totally. Overall I'd say none into energy and stack MDR if you are pub stomping.

 

[ReVolution]

gonna be using

Ber shako
-15req/15 all res SS
Hoto
Duped 2 sorc 10 fcr/other good mods ammy
Duped godly cast rings (10 fcr/15 all res/31 life/71 mana)
Duped godly boots
Magefist
Vipermagi (unsure of socket, probably shael)

Not 100% sure on sc's, life/mana and fhr/res so that i have 86 fhr is the general guideline. Im gonna max out block also.

 

[Cybulski]

Hmm, why'd you pick hoto before eschutas?
Your damage will be lacking.

 

[insane_knights]

Ya eschutas would probably be best using something else other than hoto. You duped boots, rings, ammy allg ive lots of resist. Not to mention viper magi.

 

[Neuroff]

Hoto is better than eschutas for mana and res. Eschutas only gives something like 1k damage...

 

[Hypnectic]

yeap

Is there something wrong with an added 1000 damage? :scratch:

Hyp
:stoned:

 

[insane_knights]

hes well covered for resist. Go for damage.

 

[Miladys-Knight]

gonna be using

Ber shako
-15req/15 all res SS
Hoto
Duped 2 sorc 10 fcr/other good mods ammy
Duped godly cast rings (10 fcr/15 all res/31 life/71 mana)
Duped godly boots
Magefist
Vipermagi (unsure of socket, probably shael)

Not 100% sure on sc's, life/mana and fhr/res so that i have 86 fhr is the general guideline. Im gonna max out block also.

Duped on forums? <<Cringes as he waits for the ban stick to fall.>>

 

[Lunatic]

This isn't the trade forum. Otherwise he would have been banned already.

 

[ReallFugitive]

gonna be using

Ber shako
-15req/15 all res SS
Hoto
Duped 2 sorc 10 fcr/other good mods ammy
Duped godly cast rings (10 fcr/15 all res/31 life/71 mana)
Duped godly boots
Magefist
Vipermagi (unsure of socket, probably shael)

Not 100% sure on sc's, life/mana and fhr/res so that i have 86 fhr is the general guideline. Im gonna max out block also.

Well really, that build is pretty much close to the same as a sor using eschutas/COH. You end up having nearly the same ammount of resists, damage reduce, blocking, & FCR. Really you can let up on some of the FCR if you're using all that, you end up having 140% with Arachnid, and you want 108% total. 86% FHR isn't necessary if you're energyshielding. If your energyshield takes a non critical hit (Less than 80% of mana) then you won't even go into FHR. You could probally let up on the vipermagi for a coh and shael your shako and end up coming out ontop with 20 less STR for storm, or allowing you to facet your helm and shield. Don't know who you plan on fighting, but theres alot of different things you can do. Using the HOTO/COH you definately will have way over max resistances so you can go life/mana all way around with one 12%FHR fire gc. The only instances where you will ever need 86 FHR is agianst trappers and VC desynching foh'ers, as those are the only two that will ever stun you every time.

 

[melianor]

gonna be using

Ber shako
-15req/15 all res SS
Hoto
Duped 2 sorc 10 fcr/other good mods ammy
Duped godly cast rings (10 fcr/15 all res/31 life/71 mana)
Duped godly boots
Magefist
Vipermagi (unsure of socket, probably shael)

Not 100% sure on sc's, life/mana and fhr/res so that i have 86 fhr is the general guideline. Im gonna max out block also.

Talking about duped items and their use is permitted here, selling them on the trading forums not. You PvPer's here will maybe also not take it nicely that someone uses duped items. Just springs to my mind.

I wonder what your problem is ReVolution, with all that "godly" gear. Duped is far from godly imho, if you catch what i mean.

 

[ReVolution]

I wasnt even asking for advice on gear, i was asking for advice on ene/vit balance..all i said was that i had a good gear/skill point build down.

 

[Scarpachi]

If your energyshield takes a non critical hit (Less than 80% of mana) then you won't even go into FHR.

Where do you get this from?

 

[zei_incarnate]

i'm making a pvp fb sorc, and i got a good item/skill points build down..only thing i'm confused on is how to balance stats between ene and vit. can anyone help?

In my opinion (for what its worth), this will depend on what level energy shield you will have. If you can achieve level 40 energy shield (95% damage taken diverted to mana) with max telekinis synergy, then you will most likey want to put every last point into energy. With good charms you will still have decent life but your main concern will be keeping your energy shield up.

With lower energy shield you will rely much more heavily on your life. Keep in mind that you will take twice as much damage to your life with a 90% energy shield compared with 95%, and three times as much with 85% energy shield etc.

On a side note, the straight damage reduction and magic damage reduction really doesn't make much difference unless you can reduce the damage to your life to very small amounts. Conversly % damage reduction doesn't really make a difference when you're already reducing your damage by 95%. So the use of ber rune and vipermagi in the same build seems to be at odds with each other.

But thats just my point of view, hopefully others can offer further assistance.

edit: I should add that if you're set on the gear you outlined above, I don't think you can support a 95% energy shield (won't have enough mana), but as for the actually balance between vitality and energy you're better off listening to someone who has had success with such a build.