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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)
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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)
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1. ES
Nova
Sorc (with self-wield Infi) (expensive)
2. Fire Ball
Meteor
Sorc (not very expensive)
3. Enchantress (with
Demon Machine
) (rather cheap)
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IamSteve wrote: 3 hours 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'm not playing D2 as much as before. I'm too lazy to edit all my trade prices. Offer me something reasonable and I'll probably accept.
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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
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Demon Machine
Enchantress.

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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?

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Fireball
Hydra
Meteor
is the best. period :D
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
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Lemzodistber wrote: 3 hours 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
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kastle wrote: 2 hours ago
Lemzodistber wrote: 3 hours 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.
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We can't tell what the OP considers 'budget', but I doubt it includes Enigma and Griffon, maybe even Arach.

I will not take offers that bypass diablo2.io
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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
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Lemzodistber wrote: 2 hours ago
kastle wrote: 2 hours ago
Lemzodistber wrote: 3 hours 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.
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No, vit focused. Lightning and
Chain Lightning
have too many synergies to have the points for ES and
Telekinesis
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OP
Thanks for the feedback! For those who question what I consider "budget", it is items that don't cost like 4
Jah
runes. Like an arachnids mesh is budget, Enigma is not
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TeleTabitha wrote: 2 hours ago
We can't tell what the OP considers 'budget', but I doubt it includes Enigma and Griffon, maybe even Arach.
Well, OP wants to try out a new budget build but he specifically asked us what our favourite builds are. They might not be budget, but they are still our favourite builds.
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OP
ganseng wrote: 2 hours ago
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
That is all budget, thank you. Also, for the spells I use, it is blizzard and its synergies(I am level 88, max blizzard, max two synergies, level 12 other synergy, max
Cold Mastery
) this does not include things like
Static Field
. As for what I am looking for, it is basically what is best at
Baal
runs
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OP
@Knappogue what I mean for ES
Nova
damage is that the damage just did not compare to my
Chain Lightning
build at all. I went from doing 17k damage to 1.2k. Even with the faster cast rate, it just did not match.
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Frozen Orb
+
Hydra

or
Enchant


Both are budget.

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When you turn, they will be gone, whispering their hidden song.
Then you see what cannot be, shadows move where light should be.
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IamSteve wrote: 1 hour ago
Thanks for the feedback! For those who question what I consider "budget", it is items that don't cost like 4
Jah
runes. Like an arachnids mesh is budget, Enigma is not
Sorceress builds that use Enigma can be swapped out. You still have
Teleport
. It's not like a summoner necro where you're barely even a character without it.

Other gear I'd recommend:

Gladiators
Tal Rasha

Que hagens
Vipermagi
Stealth
Enlightenment
Stone
Smoke
Lionheart
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