ES nova sorc help… again

So, they’ve nerfed the warlock, mine went to 5000 damage. My expensive gear is worthless (Obsession/Phoenix)

I’m back to trying to get my ES sorc not to die in P1 Chaos.

I have everything that everyone recommended.

I’m using Infinity scythes near perfect roll
Griffons with -5/+5 jewel (+19/-25)
Perf vipermagi (35 res, 13 MDR) +5/-5 jewel

Magefist
Dual soj
A mesh
70pr

Eth

Sandstorm Trek
+3/10 ammy
Torch/anni/sunder
6 skillers with 25-27 life
CTA/viseratuant on swap

Warpspear for buff +6 ES (don’t want a dumb Memory staff)

A2

Prayer merc with Insight and Cure

i have a level 40 ES, 4400

Nova damage. A few points to strength, the rest to energy

I think the only thing im missing here is the uber jewel… other than tat, i think most everythis is BIS?

Anyway, i died two times in my last Chaos run P1. The second time it was the Venom lords, mana burn.

Teleport>instant Death

I’m confused at this point. I can’t do Chaos runs,

Baal runs without getting smashed by something… on p1, mind you

Is there any hope here? Its ridiculous to me to have such an expensive character that is considered S tier only to get absolutely ripped apart on P1… especially when you can’t even hit the Ground running or pickup many items… I have to swap weapons, cast, swap, then cast bo, adding over 20 seconds to what should be a 60 second Chaos run as well has have a slap full inventory and have to take an incredible amount of time to see what Diablo dropped

What am I doin wrong?

Your gear is good.

Problem with

Baal is the blood mana curse. Nothing much you can do about it - have some full rejuvenation potions on hand.

Chaos Sanctuary - Venom Lords if you tele into the seal pack it can be problematic to say the least. This is just something you need to bear in mind, best to have them move towards you and just spam

Nova. You should melt them before they get in range.

Problem I have with this build is sometimes forget to cast

Energy Shield ;0.

How much life and mana do you have with the CTA? How much poison res?

Your gear is good but a 3-10 amu is not bis. Best is 2-20 with e.g. mana, strength, poison res, poison length reduction etc.

One tip: Cast

Cyclone Armor from your Infinity (I hope it is non-

Eth as it should be) with your ES. Oyr ES wiml protect the

Cyclone Armor but it will still soak damage.

You call out having level 40 ES, do you also have

Telekinesis maxed out?

As @mikelessar said. Casting

Cyclone Armor really does help. Cast it before you cast ES.

Buff order should be: BC, BO,

Cyclone Armor,

Frozen Armor, and finally ES. Thunderstorm (if you have it) doesn't matter when you cast it as long as its after BC.

mikelessar wrote: 39 minutes ago

How much life and mana do you have with the CTA? How much poison res?

Your gear is good but a 3-10 amu is not bis. Best is 2-20 with e.g. mana, strength, poison res, poison length reduction etc.

One tip: Cast

Cyclone Armor from your Infinity (I hope it is non-

Eth as it should be) with your ES. Oyr ES wiml protect the

Cyclone Armor but it will still soak damage.

I have 698/2170… 60 stats reserved for gear change (I’ve never been able to get used to respec… never do it)

Some people suggest damage taken goes to mana gear,.. just don’t know how to fit it on the build

Hell and this thing doesn’t even have any MF

Knappogue wrote: 31 minutes ago

You call out having level 40 ES, do you also have

Telekinesis maxed out?

As @mikelessar said. Casting

Cyclone Armor really does help. Cast it before you cast ES.

Buff order should be: BC, BO,

Cyclone Armor,

Frozen Armor, and finally ES. Thunderstorm (if you have it) doesn't matter when you cast it as long as its after BC.

Yes

Telekinesis is maxed . I made sure to max static last so survivability is priority.

I do everything in that order except cyclone. But damn, that’s a lot of work for a character with less than 100mf to do a Chaos run. Adding like 20-30 seconds to what should be a 60 second run. I have no idea how this is considered S tier… I may as well bring a bo barb to the game while I’m at it

Agree if you tele into a the seal pack u are toast. better to static a little away and then as they run to u spam the

Nova

I to have had same problem with Chaos

Best of luck.

M1ck wrote: 44 minutes ago

Your gear is good.

Problem with

Baal is the blood mana curse. Nothing much you can do about it - have some full rejuvenation potions on hand.

Chaos Sanctuary - Venom Lords if you tele into the seal pack it can be problematic to say the least. This is just something you need to bear in mind, best to have them move towards you and just spam

Nova. You should melt them before they get in range.

Problem I have with this build is sometimes forget to cast

Energy Shield ;0.

StoBeast wrote: 20 minutes ago

Knappogue wrote: 31 minutes ago

You call out having level 40 ES, do you also have

Telekinesis maxed out?

As @mikelessar said. Casting

Cyclone Armor really does help. Cast it before you cast ES.

Buff order should be: BC, BO,

Cyclone Armor,

Frozen Armor, and finally ES. Thunderstorm (if you have it) doesn't matter when you cast it as long as its after BC.

Yes

Telekinesis is maxed . I made sure to max static last so survivability is priority.

I do everything in that order except cyclone. But damn, that’s a lot of work for a character with less than 100mf to do a Chaos run. Adding like 20-30 seconds to what should be a 60 second run. I have no idea how this is considered S tier… I may as well bring a bo barb to the game while I’m at it

Pre warlock this build along with Mosaic Assassin was at the top page of every ladder. There's even one this ladder, considering how OP the warlock is that speaks volumes.

It's S Tier because it can easily clear everything in the game on P8 (aside from a few areas with excessive blood mana curse). It's perhaps not as convenient for doing single area runs such as Chaos over and over again due to the initial setup, but that doesn't detract from it being an amazing build overall.

Also Magic Find is overrated, I've found several Death Web's and

Astreon's Iron Ward with a basically 0mf

Nova Sorceress...