Nova sorc

You will need 1x Crafted Amulet with 20% faster cast rate. And 2 Rings with 10% each.
Magefist 20%+ Arach 20% + Griffon 25% = 65% + 20+10+10= 105fcr Not considering armor

Skin of the Vipermagi - 30
Arachnid Mesh - 20
Magefist/ Trang-Oul's Claws - 20
Griffon's Eye - 25
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Total - 95

One FCR ring or amulet and you are set.

There are lots 10fcr rings. Opalvein Sling Manald Heal (ladder). Or Rare Magic.
I like to wear a 4 socketed armor with facets. No Que Hegan or Others.

My build for Infinity=
Magefist 20fcr
Arachnid Mesh 20fcr
Griffon's Eye + Lightning Uber Jewel 25fcr
4 socketed Magic Dusk Shroud (24fhr or 100 life or Nova Shield) + 4x 5/5 Lightning facets
Infinity Polearm
2/20fcr Crafted Amulet (+90 Mana and 20 all res)
2x Lightning Opalvein
all= 105fcr

richhtx wrote: 5 hours ago

I’m them using the Chains of Honor I have cause I like the all res

Might try a viper magi out since I can out a facet in

All res is useless for a Nova ES Sorc. Does not work with ES. And ES must always be active.

Only some poison res matters. Add Cleansing Aura from Cure on your merc.

You should go with a socketed Vipermagi or Ormus.

Cold, Fire and Lightning res can be +95 or -100, all the same for an activated Energy Shield. Only when it fails because mana hits 0 do these res make a difference. But this case should never happen. The superior strategy is to prioritize mana and damage. That's also why SoJ is better than almost all gg rare 10 fcr rings. For mana regen go with Prayer Merc + Cure + Insight (the 3 auras synergize for triple regen)

I don't know who brought up the rumour that you don't need resists when using ES.

1. Damage is split between life and mana depending on ES level. Minimum damage to life is 5%. It never can be zero.

2. Resistances don't count for the mana damage part, that's right. But they still count for the damage to your life points.

Poison resistance becomes the most important one, that's right. But that doesn't mean you should run around with red lightning or fire resist.

3. As many players using ES don't have much life, you are extraordinarily vulnerable.

4. You don't die when your ES breaks, you die when your life is reduced to zero!

DasNarf wrote: 4 hours ago

I don't know who brought up the rumour that you don't need resists when using ES.

1. Damage is split between life and mana depending on ES level. Minimum damage to life is 5%. It never can be zero.

2. Resistances don't count for the mana damage part, that's right. But they still count for the damage to your life points.

Poison resistance becomes the most important one, that's right. But that doesn't mean you should run around with red lightning or fire resist.

3. As many players using ES don't have much life, you are extraordinarily vulnerable.

4. You don't die when your ES breaks, you die when your life is reduced to zero!

Even an ES Sorc has at least 700 life after CTA, mine has 900. Since you only take 5% damage, that's like a full life char with 14,000 life and massive life regen from the merc healing combo.

Such an uber char needs no resistances (as long as ES is up). Before 14,000 life run out, even with -100% cold/fire/light res, your mana has been killed way before. When ES is down, the res matter, as I have said, when ES is up, 5% fire, cold or light res will never bring your life to 0 before ES dies. Simple maths.

I have played my Nova Sorc with about +50% light res and right now I have -63%. My life is never in danger from fire, cold or light damage. There are only two threats: Poison damage mitigates ES, so 100% of the damage go to Life. So at least +50% poison res are recommended. And Blood curse is really dangerous, of course.

Actually, I think that my life does not take enough damage and my mana too much. I'm testing tuning down the ES to just 90%.

Even with -100 light res I never see my Nova sorc life go down until mana is gone. Resists are useless with Energy Shield, except poison obviously.

Virtue-Addendum wrote: 5 hours ago

There are lots 10fcr rings. Opalvein Sling Manald Heal (ladder). Or Rare Magic.
I like to wear a 4 socketed armor with facets. No Que Hegan or Others.

My build for Infinity=
Magefist 20fcr
Arachnid Mesh 20fcr
Griffon's Eye + Lightning Uber Jewel 25fcr
4 socketed Magic Dusk Shroud (24fhr or 100 life or Nova Shield) + 4x 5/5 Lightning facets
Infinity Polearm
2/20fcr Crafted Amulet (+90 Mana and 20 all res)
2x Lightning Opalvein
all= 105fcr

If you consider a good sunder, that's an awful lot of -light res. If you have a sunder and a jewel, we're talking about what... -10, -10, -55, -5, -5, -20, -25 and then Conviction which if we assume is for a light immune creature i think is roughly -15. So the grand total there is -140. A sundered monster starts at 95, so they're sitting at -45 light res. Is the 4 socket armor really preferable to a vipermagi or Ormus with a socket and the corresponding SOJs you can wear (with their increased mana for your ES pool)?

I'm curious. i have not run the numbers.

Armor: Vipermagi (30%) or Fortitude (25%).
Helm: Griffon’s eye (25%)
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (20%).
Those put you at either 70% or 75% FCR. Mix and match your rings, amulet, and gloves to get the remaining 30% to 35%. You do not need a 20% or even 15% amulet, but if you DO have such an amulet, it can free your gloves spot up to become Frostburns, which massively boost your mana/effective HP.

The traditional Nova/es sorc uses vipermagi and only needs poison resist. There is tankier Fortitude Nova/es sorc that actually runs higher life than mana to avoid the blood mana curse and I think that version wants resists.

Chains of Honor is rubbish for a Nova/ES sorc. Put it on your act 2 Prayer merc so he can have some life leech while wearing Insight and Cure. The BiS armor for your act 2 Prayer/Insight/Cure merc is generally considered to be CoH, and it won’t make much difference if it’s not ethereal.

tatarjj wrote: 1 hour ago

Mix and match your rings, amulet, and gloves to get the remaining 30% to 35%. You do not need a 20% or even 15% amulet, but if you DO have such an amulet, it can free your gloves spot up to become Frostburns, which massively boost your mana/effective HP.

I've definitely seen some interest in going with Enigma as the armor and making up the difference with opals at the ring slots. If you have the 2/20 at the amulet, you can add in Enigma for the skills, strength, and most importantly magic find. Further increases in magic find can be gotten with magic find rings instead of opals. So for example Sling ring can be an attractive combo of magic find and FCR with some energy.