This works?

[w.t.g]

This works?

Hi! :howdy:

i have bored of hammerdins, windy druids, blizzard sorcs, trappers and LF zons! i wanna make something different, so i started to read quides. I noticed this "charced boltress quide", and i though that it sounds like fun. anyway, quide suggested secondary element, but i though that this build might also work, mayby eldrich runner? Here it goes:
- CB 20 points
- lightning 20 points
- light mastery 20 points
- 20 telekines
- rest into ES

How did that sound? i don't think i need another element, i have merc :lol:

stats:
str: enough for gear - classical
dex: base (or 61 for wizz, [ or even max block?]?)
vit: a lot..
nrg: about 50-100, this is ES build

Gear: this depends, if i am gonna block, then gear would be something like this:

armor:viper
shield: storm (hel or PD)
belt: something with dr mayby? verdungo?or arachnid?
weapon: wizzy , cheap and good
amulet:+3 lightning or rare with fcr and +skills
rings: fcr, i can't afford sojs
gloves: mage/TO if i need fcr to 105 BP, but if not, then frotsburns
boots: WT, extra mf is allways good thing, or ww, life is allways needed in hc
helm: shako, or some1 got better ideas?

OR if i go for pure ES and no block

armor/amu/weapon/belt/mask <--TR
rings: fcr
shield: lidless (fcr)
gloves: fcr (TO/mage)

so i should be able to reach 105BP; weapon 20, amu 10, armor 10, belt 10 (so, full tr gives 50% fcr), rings 20, shield 20, gloves 20

Why Tal rasha? well, -15% from weapon raises damage much more than +15% damage.

What do u think about this build, any sugestions? All back up is welcome, also critic is allowed :surprise:

-W.t.g

 

[Frisco]

Boltresses are great fun, I've tried 2 CB/ES sorcs; they worked fine for MF, though I don't know if I'd recommend that. Those 2 Sorcs are also the reason I don't use ES and always go max-block now. You might consider only putting one point in ES and the rest in Teleport. Base energy will not support a decent level energy shield, I tried exactly that on Sorc2, and high teleport will help when mana burned or if you just plain run out.

I don't play hardcore and I'm not an ES expert, so please be careful taking my advice. And enjoy your Boltress.

 

[w.t.g]

Boltresses are great fun, I've tried 2 CB/ES sorcs; they worked fine for MF, though I don't know if I'd recommend that. Those 2 Sorcs are also the reason I don't use ES and always go max-block now. You might consider only putting one point in ES and the rest in Teleport. Base energy will not support a decent level energy shield, I tried exactly that on Sorc2, and high teleport will help when mana burned or if you just plain run out.



I don't play hardcore and I'm not an ES expert, so please be careful taking my advice. And enjoy your Boltress.

Thx, i'm sure i will have great time with her! :clap:

if i dont use max block, then i could max shiver armor instead, shiver+defiance merc= huge defense, even for sorc.
BUT
has any1 got good result about ES sorcs? I don't play sorcs so much, so i don't know about these thing :scratch:

 

[Liliel]

Hmm, I think if you're going with energy shield, forget about max block because it will stretch out your points too much. But I haven't really used ES in any build so far (because all my builds are two-tree), so you should probably get more experienced opinions.

 

[w.t.g]

Hmm, I think if you're going with energy shield, forget about max block because it will stretch out your points too much. But I haven't really used ES in any build so far (because all my builds are two-tree), so you should probably get more experienced opinions.

OK, i decided to go for block, then i will use stormshield. I was wondering if full tr is worth of using? that -15 enemy res gives nice damage boost vs mephisto. Tr also gives fhr, huge amount of life and mana but i can forget 105BP :grrr:

Which merc should i use, holy freeze or defiance? I will equip him with reaper's toll, so enemys will be slowed 33%(decripify). will HF slow them even more? i know there is like hundreds of topics about slow, but... if some1 could still answer for me..?

-W.t.g

 

[Frisco]

-15% Enemy [email protected] FCR does more actual damage per second than -0%@105, all else being equal and assuming there isn't a Conviction Pally or Lower Resist Necro in the area. Going from 63 FCR to 105 FCR is a 12% increase in damage; I haven't seen any monsters with negative light resist, so -15% Enemy Resist is at least a 15% increase in damage.

I believe HF + Decrep stack, but my last char with a HF merc was nuked for other reasons and I can't confirm.