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4.l.e.x
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Introduction:
Hey all!
Since Noone is on at the moment (everyone asleep..), I decided to write a guide for our wonderful, constantly growing forum.
It will teach you how to create a Sorceress designed to PK in pubs and Team games. If maxblock is useful for a sorceress versus Bowazons, Charger, BvCs and more, it makes your sorceress much weaker vs caster classes (ie Windies, Sorceresses, Hdins...). Max block remains the way to go in my opinion, because you need to be a regenerating tank, and not a glass canon during these long tpks...
Enough talk, here is the guide ^^
~Enjoy
Goals to reach:
30k lighning Dmg, 1k Cbolt, 2,5k Tstorm, 1mana TP
1k life ++
3k mana ++
117fcr (bps are 0/7/15/23/35/52/78/117/194 for lightning) You will also reach the 105fcr bp for teleport/chargedbolt/nova)
95% es, max Telekinesis
75% block
Decent res (Res/Dr isn t really important for an es Sorceress, yours will still be maxed)
No Dr (max block, es makes phys dmg rly easy to tank, the main problem you will encounter is Open Wounds, and dr doesn t help.)
200%++ mana regen.
20fhr (hard to get good fhr w/o spirit on sorc. You won't need fhr with your high es. You WILL have problem vs leap and mblast though...
Plz note that these goals are obtainable if you can afford some decent gear. If you are really rich, you will get more life/mana, more res. If you are really poor you will have less dmg, life, mana, res.
How does energy shield works:
Many people (even the best of you  ) don't know how es works. This is the skill which will make you a tank, you better understand it fully.
Energy shield (es) is a shield (orly?) which absorbs a % of the damage which are dealt to you and which hurts your mana. The max % of absorb from it is 95, which is reached at lvl40. For EACH point of dmg absorbed, you lose TWO points of mana (without Telekinesis)
With es level 40 if you eat let's say a 6k tornado:
6k / 6 = 1k (PvP penalty)
1k x 95% x 2(RATIO) = 1900 (1900 mana burnt)
1k - (1k x 95%) = 50 (50 life point lost)
With an infinite mana pool and 1500hp, you would tank 30 nados 
Es makes you a tank but burn your mana REALLY fast. That's why you want a huge mana pool and of course to max Telekinesis.
Telekinesis is the only es synergy, and it greatly helps you tank more.
For each point in telekinesis, the dmg/mana RATIO improves, from 2 to 0.75.
For example with maxed telekinesis, you would tank the same nado and lose:
6k / 6 = 1k (PvP penalty)
1k x 95% x 0.75(RATIO) = 712.5 (712.5 mana burnt)
1k - (1k x 95%) = 50 (50 life point lost)
Es Build Advantages:
? Huge tanking ability (mana regen, mana potions)
? Almost no dr/res needed, as es already absorbs almost all the dmg.
? Almost no fhr needed (fhr animation triggers if you lose more than 1/10 of your life at once, which shouldn't happen)
? Almost no damage taken, Vipermagi helping even more.
----- For example, vs an Orbress, for each and every blast:
1,2k orb / 6 = 200 dmg
200 x 95% x 0.75 = 142.5 (Mana burnt)
200 - (200 x 95%) = 10
10 - 13 (DMR from vipermagi) = -3
You take absolutely no damage from an orbress ^^
Es Build disadvantages:
? Much less damage (max tk, some points in Es).
? Psn, Open wounds will rape your low life.
? Huge elemental dmg (60k lites) will rape your mana leaving you helpless.
Skills and stats:
Skills:
Nothing in cold tree, unless you can't afford a +frozen armor 9es memory and you REALLY want some more def/cool skin. I never use it, waste of dmg imo.
1 point in Warmth. (one point wonderful mana regen)
20 points in Lightning (Main skill)
20 points in Charged bolt (Secondary skill, synergy)
20 points in Lightning mastery (Boosts Cbolt, Lightning and TStorm)
20 points in Telekinesis (Es synergy, makes you tank 3x better)
1 point in Teleport (duh!)
1 point in Chain Lightning (prereq, synergy)
5 points in Energy shield (Lvl 40 with the +35 to es gear ^^, if you don't want to prebuff so hard, just pump it till you reach lv40 with your gear you will lose much dmg though (about 3-4k))
1 point to Static (useful when rushing/mfing ^^)
1 point in Thunderstorm (free 2,5k dmg stunner every second!)
Rest in Nova (secondary skill, synergy)
Stats:
Strength : Enough to wear your gear, Base with decent torch/anni.
Dexterity : Enough for maxblock with your gear, not much with good torch, anni, ammy, circlet, fcr ring.
Vitality : None. Points in Vita don't add much life, your item will do the job here.
Energy : Rest, your mana pool must be huge.
Gear:
Helm : Circlet with 20fcr, you can use griffon for much more dmg but i do prefer a good circlet with many mods (+skill/20fcr(must)/life/mana/dex/str/res + Shael'd)
Ammy : Fcr rare/crafted amulet. Look for 7+fcr and same mods than circ.
Armor : Vipermagi, nothing else. Mass fcr, good res, and magic damage reduce. What else you need?
Weapon : Hoto, not eshuta. 3skills, fcr, +10dex, 40res, huge life bonus with oak, replenish life, mana boost. This wep is designed for this build.
Shield : 2 options here. Witstan's guard (easy block, low str req) or Upped Visceratuant (good block, good str req, +1 sorc skills(boost dmg much))
Switch : 9es memory (+any cold armor, +enchant (for team duels)) You will use it to prebuff es.
Switch 2 : Cta 6bo. Huge boost to your mana and life. Use lidless too.
Belt : Arach +skill, mana, 20fcr. A gfg crafted belt could also do the job, but imo arach > all. (and it's much cheaper ^^)
Gaunts : Frosties 40% mana boost, magefist if u don't reach 117BP.
Boots : Waterwalks (dex, huge life) or 90+mana boots (insanely rare and somehow worse..)
Ring : Soj
Ring : Soj or 10fcr ring if u are missing some fcr to reach 117.
Inventory :
9x lightning lifers. (you really need them, they make your life acceptable) rly expensive though.
20stats torch
20stats anni
10x scs mods to look for (20life, 17mana, 5@res, 5fhr)
Dueling Strategies:
Bowa:
These chicks are really easy. Tp to them as fast as possible, and spam light. They usually have low res, low life, and your lite+tstorm will dodge lock them until they die, which should happen fast. With maxblock and high es, you can tank like 20arrows w/o being locked. I have yet to lose a ft5 vs a bowazon ^^.
Fcer:
These chicks are really hard ^^. But they bm, so just bring your 850lres 75%sorb pally and smite them!
You can still kill a fcer with a lite sorc. You have to be really fast, and don't hesitate. Tp as fast as possible to the noob fcer when he talking or not paying attention, then lite lock him with ts/lite or ts/cbolt (lite is better imo, cuz these chicks wear tgods) he should die pretty fast too and u should tank like one or two fc. They key is to be fast, once he dodgelocked, he dead, but u often aren 't able to even get close.
Jav:
These chicks are easy too. Tp until u can see the zon in your screen and lite him to death (don't namelock him if he is smart, cast lite where he walks). He will walk away, dodging and furying u. Then get closer and tp lite him until he get fhr locked. You should be able to tank him pretty easily, If your mana gets low, tp away regen mana or use a mana pot, and repeat 
Ghost:
These chicks are a pain in the ass xD. They are designed to kill you. 4k+ life, clawblock, good resist, huge psn dmg, stunlock.. With your 20fhr 1k hp, you have almost no chance.
You can kill dumb ones though. Just never get Close! lite him from distance. Teleport in a random pattern, bait him. If he teles ww you just get away and lite him while he can t stop wwing. You might kill him after a really long duel.
Trapper:
These chicks are average duel. You just have to not chase them. Better make them chase you. Never tele in a field trap to kill its maker. When he follows you, lite him while he lays traps and flee. He will get pissed, call you a noob, make mistake, die and be even more pissed. Then he might bring a Sorbing pally. Just laugh at him.
Bone Nec:
These anorexic 90year old characters are cake. Tank 5 of his spears while getting 1/5 of his life with 1-2 lites. Flee, regen life/mana, repeat 4times. He dead. That's for the sorbing one ^^. Pub one is even easier: you can laugh at him while he spearing you, then get a coffee, some food, come back, laugh at him again cuz he just got 1/4 of your mana, cast a cbolt and finish your sandwich.
Psn Nec:
These guyz are cake too. unless they are well built. Basically he will pwn your life with a psn nova and fire golem will finish you. BUT he'll have a problem. his golem won't finish you ^^. es and vipermagi will nullify his golem dmg so he just won't be able to kill you.. Unless he smart and pumped teeth a bit. If he did, just tp wisely and dodge his novas. These guyz have no res, no sorb and die 1-2 lite. Shouldn't be too hard.
BvC:
Here starts the hard duels. Best BvC will never beat your sorc IF
#1 you are smart.
#2 they don't sorb/stack.
If he doesn't sorb/stack, you can tank him easily. just lite him to death while he removes half your mana.
If he sorbs then you have to avoid his wws and leaps and lite him from distance, most likely more than 30x which is doable and will piss him off.
If you do absolutely no dmg, you have no chance, but he won't kill you either because you tp faster than him and have more mana.
BvB:
Read BvC
FoH:
These aaing guyz are really hard to kill too. They will rape you with 3foh
One to cut half your mana
One to finish your mana
One to cuz your life
Just tp on them and light them til they casted 2fohs, then tp away, pot mana, repeat.
If he sorbs, it's same than BvC, pointless duel.
Hdin:
They used to be easy until they discovered wisp and tgods. now they all hacking desynching juving and chickening.
If you ever find a gm hdin, it shouldn't be hard to kill him. tp in a random pattern lite him. When you tanked two hammers, your mana will be really low. Just flee, pot and repeat.
If the hdin is bm, you won't win a single duel (but who would)
Auradin:
These guys are designed to kill sorcs. Huge stack, they won't even need to sorb. Aura will pwn your mana pretty fast, and he will smite you to death. Not much hope either, unless you can kill him with less than 10lightning. Just flee when mana low, as usual ^^
Smiter:
An auradin w/o aura ^^. These guyz will sorb you 100% of the time. They usually have a small penis and think they good cuz they kill a light sorc with tgods and wisps.
Just tp, lite the direction he is coming from, repeat until he dies. take care though, because he will desynch hardcore once he namelocked you.
V/T:
A foher who can also smite. Hard duel, his foh is much weaker though, so you should tank some. Play like vs smiters, stay far, and light him.
Mage:
A hdin who can also foh. They are easy unless they Stack/sorb you (just like every opponent) Stay away from the weak hammers they spam, and try not to care about the foh which should tickle you mana. A mage will never foh a char to kill him. The smart one will use it as a distraction to tele hammer you right after. Try to be always teleporting vs them. cast a light, and tp at least three times. Never cast two lite in a row. Fair duel though, if he doesn't stack/sorb.
Libby:
See hdin, charge isn't a threat for your shield ^^
Windy:
These guyz are hard to kill. Cyclone armor he can recast, 6k life, decent res. You will need to play smart. NEVER tank him, he will nado ur ass hard.
Just Run from him and lite the spot he might tp on many times, this will hurt his life a bit, rinse and repeat. You can also spam cbolt to eat his cyclone armor, and then cast a big lite to cut his life down. That way he may not be smart enough to recast ^^
Wolf:
Ez duel, just never get close, and don't chase the wolf. lite him from distance and don't let him get near. If he sorbs, you have no chance, and he has no chance either ^^
Pub:
Pub peekay is easy, because not many ppl use tgods to pub. Just tp w/o being hit and lite opponents from distance. You are a tank and should be able to tp to akara before dieing.
Here it is
I hope you enjoyed my guide.
~Alex |
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4.l.e.x
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gosu_micro
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nice guide. I don't know much about sorcs but I have a couple questions;
#1 what makes vipermagi that much better than ormus?
#2 what kind of crafted belt would you use if you don't have arach?
#3 how are your res with pub gear on?
#4 what backup items do you keep in stash?
#5 what about silkweaves for boots? |
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4.l.e.x
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| gosu_micro wrote: |
nice guide. I don't know much about sorcs but I have a couple questions;
#1 what makes vipermagi that much better than ormus?
#2 what kind of crafted belt would you use if you don't have arach?
#3 how are your res with pub gear on?
#4 what backup items do you keep in stash?
#5 what about silkweaves for boots? |
Thx for C&c
#1 Ormus has 20fcr (less than viper) less def than upped viper and more str req than non upped viper (who cares for def anyway?) No +1all No res, No Dmr.
It have some regen mana though, (not much, 15% compared to 250% of warmth) a minor dmg boost (15% compared to +5xx% of mastery, it adds about 700dmg xD) and a good +3 to light which would add like 1k dmg. Not worth it imo.
#2 W/o arach, you would use 10fcr/24fhr/30str/60life/res/mana/regen mana.
(that s perf stats) MUCH more expensive than arach, but it boosts fhr/life
You don't rly need str, and it lacks 10fcr (so u have to use a ring) +1skill, and some mana. Up to you ^^, if you can afford...
#3 With pub gear, u got 30(anya) + 35 (viper) + 40 (hoto) + 40 (torch/anni) + xx (from crafted belt/circ/ammy/scs) = 145-200 @ = 45-75@ in hell. Not enough to stack, but as i explained, res will not be useful.
For exemple:
12k fireball
/ 6 (pvp)
/ 20 (es)
-13 (dmr from viper) = 87 w/o res
/ 4 (max res) = about 22
Max res made you save 65life point ^^ GFG
#4 In stash You have cta, lidless and frostburn.
I mainly have two setups, Hoto lidless vs casters/Hoto vis vs Melee.
When using hoto lid, i can remove magefist for frosties = huge mana boost, while keeping 117fcr bp. I need a good fcr/mana ring thou, so i can use frost/vis w/o losing Bp. You can have many other items in stash, to stack res and sorb, but i think it's not worth it.
#5 Silkweaves gives def/frw/manaperkill which is totally useless
And 10% mana boost stacks with bo/other % from other items (hoto/lid/arach/frost/soj) which means the more +% u got, the less effective it becomes. Silk only add like 75-100 mana, which is worth less than 65life and 15dex from Ww.
Hope this helps, I will improve my guide when i find some time, and when i feel like doing it. |
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