Frrost Nova Sorcie - opinions please ?

[ryan4nayr]

Lightning DOES have one spammable skill. It's called Nova. :P And it would probably fit in well with frost nova, since:

1) It only requires one pre-req(Static, if memory serves)
2) It is almost identical(except different damage type/magnitude and doesn't chill)
3) It works just as well with Faster Cast.

Pro's & Con's

(1) Nova dmg is significantly better than FNova. Max their respective Masteries, Nova dmg still wins. FNova dmg only wins due to its synergies, which Nova (rightfully) lacks.

(2) Nova + Ltng Mastery + Teleport + 2 prereq + Warmth = 63 skill pts.
FNova + Cold Mastery + FO+Bliz synergies + Teleport + 4 prereqs + Warmth = 105 skill pts.

(3) Nova relies on monsters homing in on the caster... packing their (soon to be toast) bodies into the radius. FNova freezes monsters in their tracks, dealing dmg to less dense monster packs; also, these ice statues block out other monsters from entering this killing radius. Could be a good thing, however, since frozen monsters don't hit you (& can't argue with 27 sec. norm freeze duration). But since you're casting more fnova to kill the same amount of monsters, mana consumption is even more ridiculous.

:-) I think I'm gonna start a fnovasorc now.