Best Sorceress Build

I would like to know what yalls favorite sorc build is. I want to respec my blizz sorc into something powerful with budget gear because I don't like the playstyle. Is

Fireball/

Hydra a good option? (I have already tried ES and the damage just did not do anything)

1. ES

Nova Sorc (with self-wield Infi) (expensive)
2. Fire Ball

Meteor Sorc (not very expensive)
3. Enchantress (with

Demon Machine) (rather cheap)

IamSteve wrote: 1 hour ago

(I have already tried ES and the damage just did not do anything)

Do you mean ES/

Nova? Because ES alone doesn't do anything, its just a shield that any build can use.

By best do you mean raw damage? Fastest clear speed? Best boss killer? Best MFer? Good at everything? The answer to your question really depends on what you're looking to do with the build.

I love my

Chain Lightning sorc. I honestly don't see what

Nova has over it.

In terms of items:

Griffons

Crescent Moon/Spirit shield
Enigma

Magefist
Arachnid
Sillkweave

For jewelry you need to hit the 117 fcr breakpoint. The exact amount you need depends on your Spirit shield. I think the ideal makeup is either a

Caster Amulet and 2 soj, or two opalveins and maras. The % damage on opal vein doesn't matter at all here so don't worry about getting lightning rings.

For merc, Infinity is the only choice, so pick whatever a2 Merc you want. If you can't afford it then run Insight

Demon Machine Enchantress.

I don't think

Fireball/

Hydra or

Meteor has a significant different playtyle (maybe overall a little bit more damage without the freezing ) and it is surely not "cheaper" than cold. What especially do you dislike with playing cold and what spells are you using?

Fireball

Hydra

Meteor is the best. period
only ever dies to a disconnect, 2 mins to reach andi or meph, 2 seconds to kill them, 4 seconds to kill a tz 96

Baal. and if you encounter something really nasty just spam 6 hydras and tp around while each

Hydra spits as much dmg as a fire zon
the only thing that is difficult are ubers, but they are generally difficult

Lemzodistber wrote: 1 hour ago

I love my

Chain Lightning sorc. I honestly don't see what

Nova has over it.

In terms of items:

Griffons

Crescent Moon/Spirit shield
Enigma

Magefist
Arachnid
Sillkweave

For jewelry you need to hit the 117 fcr breakpoint. The exact amount you need depends on your Spirit shield. I think the ideal makeup is either a

Caster Amulet and 2 soj, or two opalveins and maras. The % damage on opal vein doesn't matter at all here so don't worry about getting lightning rings.

For merc, Infinity is the only choice, so pick whatever a2 Merc you want. If you can't afford it then run Insight

Tons of survability

kastle wrote: 45 minutes ago

Lemzodistber wrote: 1 hour ago

I love my

Chain Lightning sorc. I honestly don't see what

Nova has over it.

In terms of items:

Griffons

Crescent Moon/Spirit shield
Enigma

Magefist
Arachnid
Sillkweave

For jewelry you need to hit the 117 fcr breakpoint. The exact amount you need depends on your Spirit shield. I think the ideal makeup is either a

Caster Amulet and 2 soj, or two opalveins and maras. The % damage on opal vein doesn't matter at all here so don't worry about getting lightning rings.

For merc, Infinity is the only choice, so pick whatever a2 Merc you want. If you can't afford it then run Insight

Tons of survability

Unless you get tagged with poison, or

Succubus curse, or

Teleport into a pack of mana burn whatevers. I die basically exclusively from bad lag because my Internet sucks, or from accidentally taking

Teleport off right click.

We can't tell what the OP considers 'budget', but I doubt it includes Enigma and Griffon, maybe even Arach.

fire sorc will rock with a

Shako, vipermagi, oculus, +3 fire skiller amulet, a Spirit, a Flickering Flame, and any sundy

all obtainable for <3

Ist. she will rock more with better gear of course

Lemzodistber wrote: 39 minutes ago

kastle wrote: 45 minutes ago

Lemzodistber wrote: 1 hour ago

I love my

Chain Lightning sorc. I honestly don't see what

Nova has over it.

In terms of items:

Griffons

Crescent Moon/Spirit shield
Enigma

Magefist
Arachnid
Sillkweave

For jewelry you need to hit the 117 fcr breakpoint. The exact amount you need depends on your Spirit shield. I think the ideal makeup is either a

Caster Amulet and 2 soj, or two opalveins and maras. The % damage on opal vein doesn't matter at all here so don't worry about getting lightning rings.

For merc, Infinity is the only choice, so pick whatever a2 Merc you want. If you can't afford it then run Insight

Tons of survability

Unless you get tagged with poison, or

Succubus curse, or

Teleport into a pack of mana burn whatevers. I die basically exclusively from bad lag because my Internet sucks, or from accidentally taking

Teleport off right click.

Do you use

Energy Shield? Asking because of the mana burn comment. I wouldn't use ES with CL because CL has 3 synergies that should be maxed, so ES would

Sacrifice a lot of damage.

I personally think

Chain Lightning looks super cool, I enjoy the character. A maxed

Nova sorc is I think faster, both in terms of kill speed but also picking up

Gold items, etc. as you are always in the center of everything killed. Is also incredibly tanky against nearly all enemies -

Nova knocks enemies back and keeps them from attacking.

Key exception being all of the

Energy Shield banes - gloams mainly, with sucubus curse just being annoying.