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ES nova sorc concerns
Good morning,
I'm planning to make an es self-infinity nova sorc on east ladder (mostly a pvm focus, but I'll pvp once in awhile). This is my gear setup so far
griffons
rare sorc ammy w/ 2 skills, 10 fcr, 15 str, 20 all res, 4 mana, 6 replenish
35 vipermagi (upped or not, I have both)
arachnids
soj
soj
etreks
trangs (for resists, I badly need them)
some sort of low req infinity (haven't acquired this yet, waiting for rune prices to drop some more)
cta/lidless
19/17/x anni
17/17 storch
Now my main concern is my resists, which is why I need someone who has made a sorc like this before to answer my questions
I'll be primarily running chaos with an ice bow merc (I rather my merc live). I'll have about 14 resists after penalties in hell (I can get 30 more if I um'd or res jewel'd my helm/armour). Now IIRC es absorbs 100% of all elemental attacks, but I'm not sure about this. How well do you guys think an es sorc with low resists will fair? I imagine mana burn to be a very dangerous thing.
My second question, since I'm going with an act 1 merc, I won't be able to utilize insight. This shouldn't be too big of a problem would it? I should have ~3k mana, and each nova would cost about ~50. The ratio looks good to me so far, but I'm not sure if I can keep up nova spam.
If anyone out there has an es nova sorc and can share his or her experiences with me, that'd be great :thumbup:
Good morning,
I'm planning to make an es self-infinity nova sorc on east ladder (mostly a pvm focus, but I'll pvp once in awhile). This is my gear setup so far
griffons
rare sorc ammy w/ 2 skills, 10 fcr, 15 str, 20 all res, 4 mana, 6 replenish
35 vipermagi (upped or not, I have both)
arachnids
soj
soj
etreks
trangs (for resists, I badly need them)
some sort of low req infinity (haven't acquired this yet, waiting for rune prices to drop some more)
cta/lidless
19/17/x anni
17/17 storch
Now my main concern is my resists, which is why I need someone who has made a sorc like this before to answer my questions
I'll be primarily running chaos with an ice bow merc (I rather my merc live). I'll have about 14 resists after penalties in hell (I can get 30 more if I um'd or res jewel'd my helm/armour). Now IIRC es absorbs 100% of all elemental attacks, but I'm not sure about this. How well do you guys think an es sorc with low resists will fair? I imagine mana burn to be a very dangerous thing.My second question, since I'm going with an act 1 merc, I won't be able to utilize insight. This shouldn't be too big of a problem would it? I should have ~3k mana, and each nova would cost about ~50. The ratio looks good to me so far, but I'm not sure if I can keep up nova spam.
If anyone out there has an es nova sorc and can share his or her experiences with me, that'd be great :thumbup: