Hi, I'm Ido; known as Raka11 at the forums and Rakanishu11 on bnet.
FB sorc has always been my favourite char and now I'm going to make a legit 1.11 pvp FB sorcie guide

The sorc build:
This sorc is build for legit duels and will have around 40/60% life/mana; it's made for tanking and uses ES (Energy Shield)

Index:
1) Equipment/gear
2) Inventory
3) Skills
4) Stats
5) Stats of sorc when finished



1) EQUIPMENT/GEAR:

Helms:
1: Shako "jah" -> 2 skills, 8 stat, life/mana
2: Good circlet: 2 sorc, 20 fcr, str/life/mana/resist, 2 socked ...
- Stash: Shako 'vex' , Shako 'lo' vs fire/light elemental chars

Armors:
1: Viper 35 'jah' -> 1 and only choice: skill, fcr, 35 resist
2: Viper 35 socked something else like 'sur' or rbf
-Stash: Viper 'lo'

Amu's:
1: Good craft amu: 2 soso, 5+ fcr, str, mana
2: Boneclasp

Weapons:
1: Wizzy socked str/dex/... jool -> 50 fcr, huge mana, 75 resi
2: Eschuta socked str/dex/... jool (OR 5/5 rbf) -> 3 sorc, 40 fcr, +fire dmg, +energy
3: Hoto (Heart of the Oak - runeword) -> 3 skills, 40 fcr, life replensh, resist

Shields:
1: Whitstan 'jah' -> best block + some life
2: Kite/Gothic shield lifer 'jahjahjah' -> gosu life, when you don't need the block
3: Stack shields: Mosers 2 socked Ptopaz / Psaphire -> vs FoH-din/Conviction aura, blizzard sorc
- also whitstan 'lo' is an option

Belts:
1: Arachnid's mesh -> 1 skill, 20 fcr, some mana
2: Nice caster belt -> only when nice stats

Rings:
1st ring: Soj -> skill, gosu mana; no doubt
2nd ring: Soj OR Fcr ring with nice stats (when using hoto / eschuta)
-Stash: Wisp projector, raven frost, bul khatos ring(s) -> absorb & when you don't use ES, you can switch soj vs BK for life (1v1 duels)

Gloves:
1: Frostburn -> huge mana boost
2: Bloodfist -> 30 fhr, life
3: Magefist -> skill, 20 fcr, mana regenerate

Boots:
1: Waterwalk -> Life, dex. +max fire resi; try to get highest life as possible!
2: Storm track (dupe boots) -> str, dex, good resist
-Stash: Infernostride (when using es+max fire) OR Hotspur, when using NO es, 90 max fire and bk's instead of sojs!

PRE-cast:
Memory runeword (LumIoSolEth): Highest energy shield possible, +X shiver armor (+X enchant..) this is why you didn't need to skill es, which saves you 4 skillpoints;

Call to arms: Highest Battle Command and Battle orders as possible + Lidless shield


SETUPS:

ALL-ROUND setup:
Shako 'jah'
Viper 'jah'
Wizzy
Whitstan 'jah'
Boneclasp/sorc amu
2 soj
Arach
Waterwalks
Frostburn

vs MELEE setup:
Shako 'jah'
Viper 'jah'
Eschuta / HOTO
Whitstan 'jah'
Boneclasp/sorc amu
1 soj / fcr ring
Arach
Waterwalks
Frostburn

vs CASTER setup:
Shako 'jah/vex/lo' -> depends on the elemental type of your enemy
Viper 'jah/lo'
Wizzy/hoto/eschuta (depends on the difficulty: your resist, if it's max you can use eschuta; not max with eschuta? try hoto. still not max!? just wizzy then !
Kite life shield
Boneclasp/sorc amu
2 soj / soj+bk / soj+raven / soj+wisp (depends on what enemy; 2 soj if u play es and nn more abs, soj+bk when NOT using ES, soj+wisp vs light, soj+raven vs cold; BUT remember about how much sorb/resist: 95 resist, 40% sorb isn't legit! please think about the playing rules
Arach
Waterwalk; OR Stormtrack if you need resist; then you might be able to use hoto instead of wizzy, OR even eschuta and still have max resist!
Frostburn

FHR Setup; vs smiters, trappers etc...
Viper "shael"
Whitstan "shael"
Shako "shael"
2*fhr fire skillers
Switch a life/mana sc vs 5 fhr/1x mana sc
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OR
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Switch 7 fire lifers vs 7 fire fhr's and 1 life/mana sc vs 5 fhr/1x mana


2) INVENTORY: Charms!

Base inventory:
10x fire skillers life; preferably at least 30+ life
9x life/mana sc; try to get as high as possible - depends on how rich you are... (try around 17+//13+)
Annihilus 18+//1x//xx -> can be lower stats, but try to get as high stats+resist as possible

Some nice items, but not a must:
6-7 FHR fire skillers
5 fhr, 12+ mana sc

btw: FHR setup isn't a must; ofcourse you can play well without it. It's just handy to have, but certainly not priority number 1.

- ES PRE-cast:
10 clean lightning skillers
ormus +3 es
3 lightning amu
+ your memory

*NOTE: this is just different to every1: one likes it, others don't; just decide for yourself if you want ~90% es (with skillers, amu, ormus) or just normal 74% without all +pre-cast stuff and just cast es with your memory


3) SKILLS:

Fire skills:

20 fire ball
20 fire bolt
20 meteor
20 fire mastery
1 warmth

I haven't tried this yet, so I can't tell it out of own experiences; I think this could work though; BUT then you need lvl 96 for maxing all skills (included lvl 20 telekinessis)

NOTE: "Fire Mastery" is the last skill you have to max; put all your remaining points AFTER maxing all others in here


Cold skills:

None in here!


Lightning skills:

16-20 telekinessis
1 teleport
NO points in energy shield --- Memory and your +skills will do it; this saves you 4 skillpoints!!1


4) STATS:

Base stats:
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 25
Vitality: 10
Energy: 35


Statting: first you have to calculate how much strength you need with +items to carrie your highest str required item: frostburn!

Strength: 10 base + 19 anni = 29 + 9 amu = 38 + 8 wizzy / +9 eschuta = 46 + 2 shako = 48! - So you have to stat 12 strength to end up @ 60.
Dexterity: Now you have enough strength for all your equip, so put your gear on; then watch what's your block with whitstan shield.
Not 75% ? ofcourse not! so put EXACTLY enough points in dexterity to get 75% block. (with whitstan!)

Vitality: With +life from gear+charms you'll get ~ 900 life; put enough points in vita to get around 1400 with base setup (without BO).
Energy: Put ALL your remaining points in here; you must have at least 1800+ (probably ~2000) without bo.

*NOTE: the strength is calculated with my items.


5) Stats of sorc when finished:

Level 94
Fb dmg with all-round setup: 15-16k
Fb dmg with eschuta, 2 soj: ~20k

Life: 1400 without bo
Mana: 2000 without bo
Life/mana WITH bo: ~2150/2450

75% block; 105 fcr break; 0 fhr; 80/75/75/75 resist on hell; 75% energy shield; shiver armor, which boosts your defense; with base all-round setup.




LAST WORD:

Well, I hope this guide has helped you out with your own sorcie!
If I might forgot some things to write down; maybe I've written things that are wrong or you can tell me what part to upgrade to make the sorc better, then PLEASE COMMENT THAT and I'll edit the guide.

I will update and add some things sooner or later, when I notice some missing parts or maybe just add some more chapters.

This post was edited by Raka11 on Aug 11 2006 05:31am

Hydras

Nice guide mate

Not to be mean but its actually a really bad guide.

A) A sorceress is not allowed absorb with ES
If your not doing max block Spirit is 100x better then any other shield
C) Hoto//spirit weapon flat out dominate on a sorc compared to wizzy//eschautus
D) NEVER GET COLD ARMOURS! 1k def will not save you
E) Pre-casting ES is bm, so unless you can afford a ES CTA your gonna need to do a hard point into es.
F) You wont max all synergies and have points left for Hydra//enchant//cold armours etc unless your like lvl 98.

You have the 1.10 idea of a sorc. I think you should read some other fball guides and then make your own

Answer A: A sorc is; look ep please (btw topic: LEAGUE-PVP, not pubby..)

B: I AM using max block with whitstan, please read the guide before posting...

C: ah, you wanna stat 110 strength or some? btw... why do ALL good ep sorces use eschuta/whitstan then?
why is the best fb sorc atm using eschuta and not hoto?

D: It's just a spell on memory, you don't have to stat it; CA isn't legit, so u take Shiver

E: pre-casting es isn't bad mannered, it's legit to the league-rules (euro-pvp)

F: Ehm... Enchant is on my memory, shiver armor is on my memory, es is on my memory and yes, it is legit and not BM if the rules say you CAN pre-cast it; So you'll max synergies at lvl 94; and ONLY for the people who are going for 96, THEY can put 1 in hydra, which isn't a must as I said!


Could you please read the guide, the topic title and the LEAGUE RULES (where this sorc build is made for) more carefully before posting next time?

Youre so not an ep player..


C: Hoto and spirit ? LÖL .. 110 str and es arent allowed with hoto..
I soppose that ur not a ep player..

Shako "jah" -> 2 skills, 8 stat, life/mana

Just to clear things up here a p ruby can add more life then a jah rune. Depending upon your BASE LIFE before bo. If your a low vitality build like this one is your better off with the ruby

Same holds true with p saphire


This post was edited by Als on Aug 11 2006 03:48pm

lawl he doesnt use bo so he would have to have less then 760 hp to have use of p ruby gg

Call to arms: Highest Battle Command and Battle orders as possible + Lidless shield

owned?

Anyway... my sorc has around 1450 life WITHOUT bo eh?
So at least 1450 will make it 2,3k with bo

Anyway; thanks for the tip and I will look in the Jah vs Pruby FAQ to see which one would be the really best; I will add that soon

Thanks

VERY LEGIT LEAGUE THEN !11