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L86 blizzard sorc needs advice

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My build:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/qtjf10q4

Basically I'm a L86 blizzard sorc with 30 skills point not sure where to allocate. Most advices are on telekesis, Energy Shield which seems only defence, but not fire or lightning as secondary. Any other way to better level up?

Cheers,
slavevern

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slaveern `0`

4 hours ago (pre-Resurrected)

voodoojuju `3`

1 hour ago (pre-Resurrected)

I have a lvl 92 Bliz sorc on Switch SSF.

I actually kinda hate Energy Shield as it depletes my mana too quickly and I'd like to be able to cast without surprises. (although I can imagine HC characters would benefit a lot from Energy Shield)

As for extra skill points, I would recommend to max out Frozen Armor as well as put 1 pt into Frozen Orb. Casting Frozen Orb in-between Blizzard can help tremendously with crowd control (and it looks very cool)

vued `1781`

1 hour ago (pre-Resurrected)

slaveern wrote: 4 hours ago
My build:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/qtjf10q4

Basically I'm a L86 blizzard sorc with 30 skills point not sure where to allocate. Most advices are on telekesis, Energy Shield which seems only defence, but not fire or lightning as secondary. Any other way to better level up?

Cheers,
slavevern

I honestly don't even understand the question.
Blizzard sorc does not have 30 points left after maxing Blizzard and it's synergies.

In your build, you don't even have 20 in Blizzard. That's the skill you max first. Then all the synergies. And I would even put 20 hard in Cold Mastery as it increases your damage vs. cold immunes even after maxing.

Your secondary skill should be Ice Blast or Glacial Spike. This is the one to max 2nd.

Apart from 100 in Blizzard, you want 1 in Teleport and 1 in Static Field. And 1 in a cold armor of your preference.

That should cover this topic until lvl 96.

Playing HC SSF right now.

Hell completed: Sorc, Druid, Paladin, Ama, Assa, Necro, Barb
Iron Man (Paladin): Nightmare A1

vued `1781`

1 hour ago (pre-Resurrected)

voodoojuju wrote: 1 hour ago
I have a lvl 92 Bliz sorc on Switch SSF.

I actually kinda hate Energy Shield as it depletes my mana too quickly and I'd like to be able to cast without surprises. (although I can imagine HC characters would benefit a lot from Energy Shield)

As for extra skill points, I would recommend to max out Frozen Armor as well as put 1 pt into Frozen Orb. Casting Frozen Orb in-between Blizzard can help tremendously with crowd control (and it looks very cool)

Both Glacial Spike and Ice Blast are better than a 1pt FrOrb. If you want to go dual with FrOrb Blizzard, you max both. This will reduce your blizzard damage.

Maxing cold armor is a waste unless you have a PvP build. You only use cold armors for the chilling effect that it prevents hits and this doesn't change with a higher level.

And as mentioned above, blizzard spec doesn't have many spare points, even at 99.

Playing HC SSF right now.

Hell completed: Sorc, Druid, Paladin, Ama, Assa, Necro, Barb
Iron Man (Paladin): Nightmare A1

Flyhorse `186`

46 minutes ago (pre-Resurrected)

I am guessing that a new brother / sister just joined our ranks fighting against the prime evils.

ganseng `372`

17 minutes ago (pre-Resurrected)

My recommendation would be

Blizzard 20
Glacial Spike 20
Ice Blast 20
Ice Bolt 20
Cold Mastery 10
Frost Nova 1
Warmth 1
Charged Bolt 1
Telekinesis 16
Teleport 1

Get Memory or a decent orb on swap to precast Energy Shield. Annoying but would last some 15 minutes. Chilling Armor you can recast anytime from Snowclash. Don't ignore the Energy Shield. As you progress towards 99, survivability is the top priority, especially with the heralds now.
I certainly don't recommend a dual element build, it's suboptimal since the sunders exist

Flyhorse `186`

12 minutes ago (pre-Resurrected)

ganseng wrote: 17 minutes ago
My recommendation would be

Blizzard 20
Glacial Spike 20
Ice Blast 20
Ice Bolt 20
Cold Mastery 10
Frost Nova 1
Warmth 1
Charged Bolt 1
Telekinesis 17

Get Memory or a decent orb on swap to precast Energy Shield. Annoying but would last some 15 minutes. Chilling Armor you can recast anytime from Snowclash. Don't ignore the Energy Shield. As you progress towards 99, survivability is the top priority, especially with the heralds now.
I certainly don't recommend a dual element build, it's suboptimal since the sunders exist

You forgot the most important skill - Teleport, my friend.

mikelessar `867`

9 minutes ago (pre-Resurrected)

I would max out Cold Mastery for the cold immunes and skip on ES completely:

20 Blizzard
20 Glacial Spike
20 Ice Blast
20 Ice Bolt
20 Cold Mastery
1 Warmth
1 Frozen Armor
1 Frost Nova
1 Telekinesis
1 Static Field
1 Teleport

106 skill points, so you are maxed at level 95 (94 skill points from leveling + 12 from quests)