How to build a MF-sorc

[adeyke]

I wouldn't bother with thunderstorm. Even with slvl 20+32 thunderstorm and 20+32 mastery, you'd have only 4168-4922 (4545 avg) damage per hit, striking once every second. You're not going to have that much +skills, so it's going to be much lower. With just +5 skills (you couldn't really devote every slot to pure skills if you want a MF sorc), you'd be at 1095-1528 (1311.5 avg) damage per hit, striking once every 1.4 seconds (so about 937 damage per second). That isn't a lot. It does have the advantage of being a passive (cast and forget) skill, but it then also has the disadvantage of picking its own targets, which might not be the ones you want to hit.

There might be a better use of skillpoints.