Pure Lightning Sorc Build (Guide)
Hi there all
i was asked to put up my lightning sorc build on the sorcerer forum so here it goes. This is a pure lightning/chain lightning/Nova sorc.
Well i have played alot of different sorcerer builds but i find this the best in my oppinion. Whats the key of staying alive ?? yes FCR, FHR, MAX BLOCK, Max Resist, Good MERC, damage reduce is a minor issue because sorcerers arnt suppose to tank and thats final.
Leveling guide from level 1-80 in one day or less: (This require 2 computers or a friend)
Step1: Join public games in act1 and kill awhile until your level 15+ and go kill andariel whit your friend or other char.
Step2: Have your friend or use your other char to boost you thrue act2 get amu/staff, talk to Drogan, friend gives WP to arcane,clear out right way thrue arcane so you can enter red portal to canion of magi. Have your friend clear out the right Tal rasha tomb and do the duriel quest.
Step3: Join act2 public arcane/sewer runs until your level 20+
Step4: Your now at act3 have your friend or your other char to make a game who have done mephisto quest and give you Travincal WP and now the altar is open for you to enter. Have your friend kill the minions in travincal and clear out level 1 and level 2 and search for WP at level 2.
Step5: Do some Travincal/arcane runs until your level 24
Step6: Create a new game in act3 have your friend clear out level 2 and level 3, and run down to mephisto. Your friend kills him and you take the soulstone and go thrue the red portal.
Step7: Let your friend give you River of Flame WP and let him clear out the sanctuary. Go open the portals and have your friend kill all the minions. Then go hide in some corner where diablos fire or lightning spells cant hit you. Let your friend lure diablo close enough to you so you get the quest. Go talk to the angel in town and go to act5
Step7: Have your friend go to entrance in act5 to the ancients, enter entrance and have your friend kill the 3 ancients and tadaa your level 25. Friend gives you WP to World Stone keep level 2.
Step8: Join public baal runs until your level 42+ (very fast leveling) and go kill baal(friend/other char) so you can go to nightmare.
Step9: Repeat Step 1-7 whitout the leveling and baal until your level 70+ and go kill baal(friend/other char) so you can go to Hell.
Step 10: Repeat Step 1-7 whitout the leveling and baal and baal and baal and you will be level 80 in no time
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Step 11: Yuor now buff enough to do all the wanted quests. might wana have a friend to help you whit Hell izual.
Skill points distribution tips:
1. Lightning/Chain Lightning/Nova/Charge bolt all coworks whit synergies so i suggest putting only 1 point in Lightning skill at first(to save the mana cost for casting) and max out charge bolt, chain lightning, lightning mastery before you begin to add any points to lightning skill. Lightning skill is gona be the main killer skill.
2. It also advaciable to put one point in Frozen armor and one in Warmth. Due to when your high level your gona need it and whit only 1 point in both whit the rest of equpment im gona suggest later on gives you 90% moore defence and 178% mana regen(enough for you to blast lightning all you want to) and ofcoruse you wana teleport so you need to put one point in telekenesis and one in teleport.
3. Many people suggest putting skill points in Energy shield but my oppinion its a waist of skill points. Yeah it can save your life from one hit but what do you do then when you have no mana to teleport away usually called YOUR DEAD.
4. This build is gona be maxed out when you level 94 so not so bad, and your still have 5 moore skill points to distribute in anyway your want.
Equipment:
Hopefully all have played a sorc before and know what leveling gear they should choose during the lower levels so im just gona give you my equipment setup for now.
Headgear : Griffons +1 skill/ -21 Light res/ 20% light damage/ 25% FCR
Armor : Upgraded Viper Skin +1 skill/ 30% FCR / 50% resist all
Amulet: Maras +2/ 30 % Resist all
Weapon: Eschutans Temper +3 skill/ 40% FCR / 25% Light dam / -5 Light res
Weapon 2 switch: Call to Arms Flail + Sigons shiled (+1 skill)
Shield : Upgraded Viscerataunt +1 skill / 30% FBR / 30% ICoB / 22 % resist all
Gloves : Frostburns for 40% moore mana
Rings : 2 Stone of Jordans
Belt : Archanids belt +1 skill/ 20% FCR / 5% moore mana
Boots : Sandstorm trek 15str/13 vitality/ 20% FHR/ 20% FrW /50%Poison res.
Skill Charms: 8 Lightskillers, 5*life (33,33,33,32,28) 3*FHR (12%)
Small Charms : 2*15life/10 fire resist, 4*5% all resist whit 12 and 16life,5%FHR and one clean, 2* 14 life/11 light resist, 2* 11 and 15 life/9 and 11 cold resist, 1*4% all resist, 1* Annihilus charm 1/14 atr./19% resist all /9 %exp plus still room for my box.
Well the equipment and charms give me a total off:
Viper and shield is socketed um and griffon and eschutans socketed 5/-5 light facet
Frame 8 FCR (115%) needed is 105%
Frame 8 FHR (61%) needed is 60%
Frame 6 FBR (30%) needed 27%
All resist in HELL 75%
Max block 75%
Stat points total whit gear:
Strenght : 106
Dexterity : 203 (2 points each level to regain max block)
Vitality : 224 ( 888 and whit use of CTA 1500+)
Energy : 137 (805 and whit use of CTA 1047)
Defence : 1699 and whit frozen armor and Defiance merc 8240
Merc: Hell Defiance act 2
Equipment: Doom runeword in ETH Thresher, Armor ETH Dusk Chains of Honor Runeword, ETH Andariels Visage.
Gives Him 18%ll enough to leech in hell resist all 75% and poison 85% 10k+ defence(hard to hit) and 2 auras , Freeze from runeword and Defiance from skill. He rearly dies on me and can tank minions hell baal 8 player games whit no problems.
Skills usage:
Well main skill is Lightning and im now level 90 so i have 4 moore levels to max out the synergies to get full damage from the skill:
Main skill ==) Lightning skill : Now level 40 and whit CTA 41 and does 6-35065 Lightning damage. Hella damage and its piercing even kills all act bosses easily
Secondery skill ==) Chain Lightning : same level as main skill and does 6-13034 and a hella crowd killer.
So if you wana kill alot make something similar to this build and have fun.
If you got any questions just ask and i try to answer.
Pishy
Hi there all
Well i have played alot of different sorcerer builds but i find this the best in my oppinion. Whats the key of staying alive ?? yes FCR, FHR, MAX BLOCK, Max Resist, Good MERC, damage reduce is a minor issue because sorcerers arnt suppose to tank and thats final.
Leveling guide from level 1-80 in one day or less: (This require 2 computers or a friend)
Step1: Join public games in act1 and kill awhile until your level 15+ and go kill andariel whit your friend or other char.
Step2: Have your friend or use your other char to boost you thrue act2 get amu/staff, talk to Drogan, friend gives WP to arcane,clear out right way thrue arcane so you can enter red portal to canion of magi. Have your friend clear out the right Tal rasha tomb and do the duriel quest.
Step3: Join act2 public arcane/sewer runs until your level 20+
Step4: Your now at act3 have your friend or your other char to make a game who have done mephisto quest and give you Travincal WP and now the altar is open for you to enter. Have your friend kill the minions in travincal and clear out level 1 and level 2 and search for WP at level 2.
Step5: Do some Travincal/arcane runs until your level 24
Step6: Create a new game in act3 have your friend clear out level 2 and level 3, and run down to mephisto. Your friend kills him and you take the soulstone and go thrue the red portal.
Step7: Let your friend give you River of Flame WP and let him clear out the sanctuary. Go open the portals and have your friend kill all the minions. Then go hide in some corner where diablos fire or lightning spells cant hit you. Let your friend lure diablo close enough to you so you get the quest. Go talk to the angel in town and go to act5
Step7: Have your friend go to entrance in act5 to the ancients, enter entrance and have your friend kill the 3 ancients and tadaa your level 25. Friend gives you WP to World Stone keep level 2.
Step8: Join public baal runs until your level 42+ (very fast leveling) and go kill baal(friend/other char) so you can go to nightmare.
Step9: Repeat Step 1-7 whitout the leveling and baal until your level 70+ and go kill baal(friend/other char) so you can go to Hell.
Step 10: Repeat Step 1-7 whitout the leveling and baal and baal and baal and you will be level 80 in no time
Step 11: Yuor now buff enough to do all the wanted quests. might wana have a friend to help you whit Hell izual.
Skill points distribution tips:
1. Lightning/Chain Lightning/Nova/Charge bolt all coworks whit synergies so i suggest putting only 1 point in Lightning skill at first(to save the mana cost for casting) and max out charge bolt, chain lightning, lightning mastery before you begin to add any points to lightning skill. Lightning skill is gona be the main killer skill.
2. It also advaciable to put one point in Frozen armor and one in Warmth. Due to when your high level your gona need it and whit only 1 point in both whit the rest of equpment im gona suggest later on gives you 90% moore defence and 178% mana regen(enough for you to blast lightning all you want to) and ofcoruse you wana teleport so you need to put one point in telekenesis and one in teleport.
3. Many people suggest putting skill points in Energy shield but my oppinion its a waist of skill points. Yeah it can save your life from one hit but what do you do then when you have no mana to teleport away usually called YOUR DEAD.
4. This build is gona be maxed out when you level 94 so not so bad, and your still have 5 moore skill points to distribute in anyway your want.
Equipment:
Hopefully all have played a sorc before and know what leveling gear they should choose during the lower levels so im just gona give you my equipment setup for now.
Headgear : Griffons +1 skill/ -21 Light res/ 20% light damage/ 25% FCR
Armor : Upgraded Viper Skin +1 skill/ 30% FCR / 50% resist all
Amulet: Maras +2/ 30 % Resist all
Weapon: Eschutans Temper +3 skill/ 40% FCR / 25% Light dam / -5 Light res
Weapon 2 switch: Call to Arms Flail + Sigons shiled (+1 skill)
Shield : Upgraded Viscerataunt +1 skill / 30% FBR / 30% ICoB / 22 % resist all
Gloves : Frostburns for 40% moore mana
Rings : 2 Stone of Jordans
Belt : Archanids belt +1 skill/ 20% FCR / 5% moore mana
Boots : Sandstorm trek 15str/13 vitality/ 20% FHR/ 20% FrW /50%Poison res.
Skill Charms: 8 Lightskillers, 5*life (33,33,33,32,28) 3*FHR (12%)
Small Charms : 2*15life/10 fire resist, 4*5% all resist whit 12 and 16life,5%FHR and one clean, 2* 14 life/11 light resist, 2* 11 and 15 life/9 and 11 cold resist, 1*4% all resist, 1* Annihilus charm 1/14 atr./19% resist all /9 %exp plus still room for my box.
Well the equipment and charms give me a total off:
Viper and shield is socketed um and griffon and eschutans socketed 5/-5 light facet
Frame 8 FCR (115%) needed is 105%
Frame 8 FHR (61%) needed is 60%
Frame 6 FBR (30%) needed 27%
All resist in HELL 75%
Max block 75%
Stat points total whit gear:
Strenght : 106
Dexterity : 203 (2 points each level to regain max block)
Vitality : 224 ( 888 and whit use of CTA 1500+)
Energy : 137 (805 and whit use of CTA 1047)
Defence : 1699 and whit frozen armor and Defiance merc 8240
Merc: Hell Defiance act 2
Equipment: Doom runeword in ETH Thresher, Armor ETH Dusk Chains of Honor Runeword, ETH Andariels Visage.
Gives Him 18%ll enough to leech in hell resist all 75% and poison 85% 10k+ defence(hard to hit) and 2 auras , Freeze from runeword and Defiance from skill. He rearly dies on me and can tank minions hell baal 8 player games whit no problems.
Skills usage:
Well main skill is Lightning and im now level 90 so i have 4 moore levels to max out the synergies to get full damage from the skill:
Main skill ==) Lightning skill : Now level 40 and whit CTA 41 and does 6-35065 Lightning damage. Hella damage and its piercing even kills all act bosses easily
Secondery skill ==) Chain Lightning : same level as main skill and does 6-13034 and a hella crowd killer.
So if you wana kill alot make something similar to this build and have fun.
If you got any questions just ask and i try to answer.
Pishy