06-12-2004, 10:18 AM
Hello whyBish,
first of all let me warn you, ES sorceresses are a tricky bunch. I have one, right now a mule, since KinArad proved not to be hell-viable. She had ~ 600 life, 2.5k mana, 92% ES, 33DR, 13MDR and was a FO-Nova build (probably her greatest weakness).
First, to answer your question: were I to remake KinArad, I'd make her FO. If FO is your main skill, you do need the maxed mastery, and maybe even the synergies to kill comfortably with.
Now with the warning: the ES sorceress in essence exchanges the protection resistances have to offer with the ability to have huge amounts of mana, and the ability to never have to go into hit recovery or block-lock. This worked wonderfully in normal and nightmare (yes, I did try out tanking Lister with 1 hp, and yes, it really does work), but in hell the damage just ramps up so much that 2.5k mana was truly insufficient. When I had a decent level BO on me, and had ~ 3.5k mana, life was smooth (the increased mana regen speed counts a lot there), but otherwise it was all painful. Add to this, that poison bypasses ES, and that mana burn monsters kept 1-hit-killing me even in NM, and you got one very unhappy sorceress player.
What I'd do if I remade my sorc, I'd build her the standard no-block way, having high resistances, but pump energy instead of vitality. I'd also aim for ~ 80% ES instead of 9x%, since with higher resistances my life could take a few hits without serious problems. As of now, I do not consider the no-resist, no-block ES sorceresses hell viable unless you have a really truly insanely huge mana pool.
Bleaching the bleak picture: in norm and NM, KinArad was no end of fun. I haven't had a sorc with over 1k mana since 1.0, and it is truly refreshing to be able to cast and spam all those no-damage spells you have :P
Tell me how your sorc works out, and please convince me that remaking Kin Orb only would be worth the effort :)
first of all let me warn you, ES sorceresses are a tricky bunch. I have one, right now a mule, since KinArad proved not to be hell-viable. She had ~ 600 life, 2.5k mana, 92% ES, 33DR, 13MDR and was a FO-Nova build (probably her greatest weakness).
First, to answer your question: were I to remake KinArad, I'd make her FO. If FO is your main skill, you do need the maxed mastery, and maybe even the synergies to kill comfortably with.
Now with the warning: the ES sorceress in essence exchanges the protection resistances have to offer with the ability to have huge amounts of mana, and the ability to never have to go into hit recovery or block-lock. This worked wonderfully in normal and nightmare (yes, I did try out tanking Lister with 1 hp, and yes, it really does work), but in hell the damage just ramps up so much that 2.5k mana was truly insufficient. When I had a decent level BO on me, and had ~ 3.5k mana, life was smooth (the increased mana regen speed counts a lot there), but otherwise it was all painful. Add to this, that poison bypasses ES, and that mana burn monsters kept 1-hit-killing me even in NM, and you got one very unhappy sorceress player.
What I'd do if I remade my sorc, I'd build her the standard no-block way, having high resistances, but pump energy instead of vitality. I'd also aim for ~ 80% ES instead of 9x%, since with higher resistances my life could take a few hits without serious problems. As of now, I do not consider the no-resist, no-block ES sorceresses hell viable unless you have a really truly insanely huge mana pool.
Bleaching the bleak picture: in norm and NM, KinArad was no end of fun. I haven't had a sorc with over 1k mana since 1.0, and it is truly refreshing to be able to cast and spam all those no-damage spells you have :P
Tell me how your sorc works out, and please convince me that remaking Kin Orb only would be worth the effort :)