Infinity ES Light Sorc [PvM]

HeroXVII

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Infinity ES Light Sorc [PvM]

I'm pretty bored right now. Waiting a Realm Down and a scheduled maintenance on my other game. It's a load of crap, the maintenance, they don't do any fixing or ****, just whack off while we have to do random ****. So... I decided to share my build.

.:Infinity + Energy Shield Light Sorceress Build:.

There's many builds that surpass this one in on-screen damage, but they have downfalls, just like every other guide. With the total - Enemy Light Resistance counted in, this build makes PvM (sometimes PvP too) easier.

Stats
Strength: Enough for Gear
Dexterity: Enough for Gear (No max black since no Shield)
Vitality: Base
Energy: Rest

Stats are always very self-explanatory :rolleyes:

Skills
20 Lightning
20 Lightning Mastery
20 Charged Bolt
20 Nova
1 Static Field
1 Telekenesis
1 Teleport
1 Thunderstorm
1 Warmth
1 Shiver Armor (1 Frozen Armor, 1 Ice Bolt, 1 Ice Blast)
X Energy Shield (As much as you need to reach the 95% cap)
X Chain Lightning (Rest here)

Break Points

FCR[Faster Cast Rate]:
FCR % - Frame
0 - 13
9 - 12
20 - 11
37 - 10
63 - 9
105 - 8
200 - 7

Lightning BreakPoints:
FCR % - Frame
0 - 19
7 - 18
15 - 17
23 - 16
37 - 15
52 - 14
78 - 13
117 - 12
194 - 11

FHR[Faster Hit Recovery]:
FHR % - Frame
0 - 15
5 - 14
9 - 13
14 - 12
20 - 11
30 - 10
42 - 9
60 - 8
86 - 7
142 - 6
280 - 5

Quests
Do the Skill Quests. Den gives 1, Radament gives 1, Izual gives 2. That's 4 Skill points per difficulty. Also do the Stat Quest and +20 Life Quest. Stat Quest, go to Kurast Bazaar and under one of the stars in the temples. Keep going until you get to a Ruined Temple with a tome/book guarded by a Unique Monster. Click the tome/book and pick up 'Lam Esen's Tome'. Give it to Alkor to get +5 Stats to use. Kill an important Unique or Quest monster in Act 3 to get the Jade Figurine. Talk to Cain, go to Meshif, back to Cain, go to Alkor. After you give the Golden Bird to Alkor, tlak to him again and he'll giive you a potion that permanently increases your life by +20. 15 Stat points, 60 Life for all the difficulties. Also do your Anyas. Go to Crystalline Passage to the Frozen River. Get to the end of the Frozen River, talk to Anya, TP to Malah, get the potion, give it to Anya, back to Malah, talk, and receive a scroll for +10 all resistance, permanently. That's +30 all resistance for all difficulties.

Gear

-Griffon's Eye [Diadem] Get as perfect as possible (-20% Enemy Light Res, +15%
Light Skill Damage) --> Socket with 5/5 Light Facet
--> Alternative Options: Shako

-Mara's Kaleidoscope [Amulet] Get as perfect as possible (30% Res, also adds
+2 Skills and +5 All Stats)
--> Alternative Options: 3 to Light Magic Amulet, Crafted Amulet with +2
Light Skills and FCR, Armageddon Fletch (USEast)

-Infinity [Ber + Mal + Ber + Ist in a 4 Socket Polearm with low requirements
such as a Scythe or Partizan] Get as high as possible (Conviction and -55%
Enemy Light Resistance, don't go under -50% unless you have to)

-Weapon 2: Call to Arms [Amn + Ral + Mal + Ohm + Ist in a 5 Socket Single-
hand Weapon, preferrably a Flail or Crystal Sword] Get a high as possible
+Battle Orders. 6/6/6 is max. Try to get x/6/x or as high as possible on the
Battle Orders

-Shield 2: Spirit [Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn in a 4 Socket Shield, preferrably
Monarch] Try to get a 35% FCR one for your teleport switch

-Magefist [Light Gauntlets]

-Sandstorm Trek [Scarabshell Boots] Try to get a +15STR/+15VIT etheral one
since it has Self-Repair and will give you higher defense
--> Alternative Options: Armageddon Slippers (USEast), Imp Shanks (USWest), WarTravs, Marrowwalks, Waterwalks

-Arachnid Mesh [Spiderweb Sash] Try to get a higher %ED Spider, 120%ED is
max, don't go under 112% or so]
--> Alternative option: Bugged Belt (Siggards Belt - better than Spider but its Europe only)

-Stone of Jordan [Ring] You need 2x for the 20% Maximum Mana they each
give for a total of +40% Maximum Mana

-Ormus Robe [Dusk Shroud] Get one with +15% to Light Skill damage and +3
Lightning. Socket with a 5/5 Light Facet. 20% FCR mod is great too :thumbsup:
--> Alternative Options: Chains of Honor, Upgraded ViperMagi with an Um
Rune or Light Facet

-Hellfire Torch [Large Charm] Get a Sorceress Torch with 20/XX stats.

-Annihilus [Small Charm] Get one with 20/XX/X stats

-9x +1 to Lightning Skills GCs [Grand Charm] Get them with +FHR or +Life
bonuses if you can

Mercenary
Don't need one

Aftermath
With the main gear, you should have a total of:

+8 All Skills --> +11 Sorceress Skills (20 Light Skills --> +23 Lightning,
12 Fire Skills, 11 Cold Skills)

+40% Light Skill Damage
-65% Enemy Light Resistance

174% Warmth

Your Lightning Skill damage should total up to:

37K Lightning
1k per Bolt (Charged Bolt)
95% Energy Shield
2.6k TS
3.6k Nova
111%ED Shiver Armor

^ On-Screen, when dealt to monsters it will total for more with the -65% Enemy Light Resistance. And, a common question "How do I TP when I have no space in my inventory?" ---> You can put a scroll in your belt.

1 Row filled with Scrolls
1 Row filled with Juvies
1 Row filled with Reds
1 Row filled with Blues
 
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+ skills from items dont work on synergies, only hard invested points in TK will make a difference. ES is a all or nothing skill, using it half-powered is a waste of points and can lead to more bad than good.
 
+ skills from items dont work on synergies, only hard invested points in TK will make a difference. ES is a all or nothing skill, using it half-powered is a waste of points and can lead to more bad than good.

I never used TK, didn't think it was so useful. I'll add to that. I thought that TK did that by itself by what you wrote. I know that +skills don't work for synergies.


 
I didn't flame you and I would suggest you do the same. But since we're on the subject, I don't believe I'm the one who looks dumb.
 
Dont really think this can be called a guide.
And any ES build needs 20 hard points in TK. Its like haven double mana.
 
1 Telekenesis and XX ES = deadly!

for playing with ES u need to put at least 16 pts in TK (100%) but i prefer to put more in it. ES will be ok with just 1 pt, cuz off the +skills u get of the items. Just look, that u have at least 18 pts. in TK with 92 would be ok for me..
 
****. Well, I guess I gotta remake my Sorc now. Maybe that's why I always got raped tele baaling :grin:

I'll remake my guide later. For now uhh.. just leave this dead :smiley:
 
here's my es/Light pvm sorc, i think it's the best build possible, but quite expensive

skills:
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20 charged bolt
20 lightning
20 chain lightning
20 lightning mastery
20 telekinesis
1 es
1 warmth
1 static field
1 thunderstorm
1 frozen armor
rest nova

attributes:
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str for gear (very little is added here)
dex nothing
vit 50-75 points
energy rest

equipment:
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helm: griffons (facet -5/+x)
armor: enigma mageplate
weapon: hoto 40
amu: maras 30
belt: arachnid
gloves: frostburn
rings: 2x soj
boots: WT 50
shield: spirit monarch 32+
switch: CTA 6CS+spirit

inv: anni 15+/20/10, torch 15+/20, 6x lightsk 3x life, gheeds 40, 5fhr/17mana sc

merc: infinity+forti/shaft+andy

final statistics:
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with bo 1250 life / 3500 mana, 30k dmg

ES: 80% absorb, 0.750 conversion
FCR: 117-120
FHR: 60
MF: 180+
RES: 75% c/l/p, 40% fire (can improve with scs)
 
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