Undying's «Remasterized» ES Lighter Energy Sorc Guide

Writen/Tested and Revised by: TheUndyingGod


1. Introduction

This guide is the exact replic of my new ES Lighter which I built last week «Remasterized». After experimentating with the first one of it's kind, «Drumz», I sadly realized that I had missed up with the telekinesis skill and that I had to remake her as she reached the level 91 So I came out with a brand new tactic, kept the same whole gear... and changed the skill setup. This char is meant to be the most versatile possible... An awesome baaler, a nice chaoser... and yeah; a great PvPer. By following this guide, you should learn how to be a tanking machine... weak sorces were in the past!


2. Overview

With the following item/skill setup, your lighter will - according to me - be much more effective than a simple vita lighter... Doing a lower damage, but giving your sorceress an incredible capacity to tank... If we calculate it well, in my case... Her life/mana count is as effective as if she had 6.3k life straight
(4k mana x 1.25 = 5k life from mana (maxed telek) + 1.3k life) You will also be able to achieve a decent lightning skill damage, way enough to easy everything in all diffs and solo 8 player games...

With this build you will be able to:

• Reach the 117fcr frame or more
• Reach the 86fhr frame
• Achieve a decent lightning damage; depending on the gear that you'll be using
• Reach capped resists in hell... At least... +30 or even more; also depending on gear
• Be an incredible tank with a high mana count
• Reach 85-95% absorb from Energy Shield
• Baal, chaos, rush... Ez anything that's moving in PvP; Lighter's are also based on the player's skills.... so you may need some practice

3. Skill distribution

Cold

1 Frozen Armor
1 Ice Blast
1 Shiver Armor


Fire

1 Warmth


Lightning

20 Telekinesis
20 Lightning
20 Lightning Mastery
20 Chain Lightning
20 Charged Bolt
1 Nova
1 Thunder Storm
1 Static Field
1 Energy Shield

In that order to max: Telek Lightning Mastery Chain Charged Bolt End with Nova or Energy Shield if you got any skills left.... which leaves you at a really high level... And depending if you prebuff or not, your absorb % may vary between 85 and 95%

Why maxing telekinesis instead of getting 45k+ Lightning damage? Simple... If you forget it - like I did the first time - Your ES will use 2 mana points for every single 1 point of damage you receive... By maxing it, you'll use .75 mana per point of damage as precised in Als FAQ to ES Guide http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=3448795



3. Stats distribution

Strenght: Enough to reach 156 after items... Mine has base + 23; this will depend pretty much on your gear tho
Dex: Base
Vita: Base!
Energy: The rest here... so, 500+

Fcr needed 117: 20+10+40+35+20 =125 for me ( Hoto, spirit, arach, fcr ring, circlet )
Fhr needed 86 : 20+12+55 = 87 for me ( Spirit, treks, 12fhr skiller)

Make those as you like... you only have to achieve those frames... gamble with the numbers



4. Items

Here I'll state what you could be using... and what I am currently using like this:

1. What you can be using
2. What I'm using atm


Head

1. Griffon's Eye Diadem / Shako / 3-20-2 Light Circlet / 2-20-2 Sorc Circlet / Any nice rare circlet that has the right mods Light faceted or socketed with stats/res jewels... Can help alot... and save you points for energy

2. Rare +2 Light / 20 fcr / 29 str / 10 all res / 5 mana after kill / 1 os / 5-5 die faceted circlet And the 29 strenght is very helpful.


Ammy

1. Any nice craft/rare with stats/life/mana/res (fcr isn't needed... you can get that 117 easily) or Maras
2. 28 Maras Quite easy


Weapon

1. Perfect light eschutas / HotO / Wizardspike Depending on your needs... Wizzy would be my 3rd choice.
2. Perfect flail HotO Resists/3 Skills/Max Mana %... Very useful


Weapon switch

1. Cta/9es Memory Both are most likely needed
2. 6 BO CS Cta / 9 es eth memory staff


Armor

1. Up'd Vipermagi Most likely umed if you want to reach max resists as explained earlier
CoH 2 skills/DR/Resists... dusk or gothic plate is a MUST since you won't get enough strenght for AP unless you are using an incredible ammy/dual fcr-str rings
3es ormus to prebuff

2. Gothic plate CoH / 3 ES Ormus


Shield / Switch

1. Spirit Monarch / SS By using Storm Shield... you'd have to gamble with the build a little... and use max block ofc.
2. 35fcr Spirit / 30fcr Spirit


Gloves

1. Frostburns 20% Max Mana... Magefists aren't needed
2. Perf frostburns


Rings

1. SoJ / Fcr str/life/*mana*/res rare/crafted ring BK's have nothing to shit in this build... SoJ's will provide you a way better amount of mana
2. SoJ / 10fcr-17str-70 mana-24fr-14pr rare ring


Belt

1. Arachnid / Verdungo / Crafted fhr/str/fcr belt I'd vote for arach... +1 skill / 5% max mana / 20 fcr... ezpk
2. 117ed Arach


Boots

1. Treks / Wartravs / Rares 10fhr/30frw/tri resists+
2. Perf Non eth treks 15 strenght / Vita / PR


5. Charms

1. Torch / Anni / 9x various skillers / Life-Mana sc's You can easily reach the fhr bp by adding 12fhr to your count with a single skiller
2.

20/10 Torch
15/17/10 Anni
10x Various 15+ life / 13+ mana sc's
32, 32, 33, 33, 37, 37, 38, Fhr, 6 dex Light Skillers Don't ask me why 6 dex... It came like that



6. Last step... the merc

Quite simple... Infinity runeword is a must... The only thing that you got to decide is if you want him to do damage or not... Mines personally using a low damage coulge cause I like to chaos/baal and IM curse is a bitch Use either a nm def merc for the freeze or a hell combat merc for the prayer

1. Infinity / Fort / Andys
Infinity / Shaft / Gaze
and maybe more ...

2. 302/52 voulge infinity
2270 def / 214ed / Eth upd Zod'd shaft
Perf non eth gaze

And those just in view to reduce the damage dealt from IM... He can tank still when cursed.


Hope that this guide can help some of you

I might make some adds.... Comments?

If you can afford it, Infinity / Eth Guardian Angel / Ber Ber Coa on merc for a nice merc tank that doesn't die in a single hit :]

-=Ronso=-

This post was edited by Ronso on May 3 2007 10:16pm

don't like it really, u never really tell people what is good, like "u will have between 85 - 95 ES", what's that for an answer?
and i don't see for what reason u decide to STAT into shiver armor... use memory 3es 3 shiver/Chilling, or cta 3es / 3 shiver/chilling...

Also, an amu with 7 fcr

and as u said 85-95% es, yet u say that they should stat exactly the same way in both builds? doesn't make sense either...

and u advise people to what, like 140 fcr? why just not skip the viper thing and go straight to YOUR OWN build, this is more like a rabbling of items more then a guide...
Also, if using coh now, i'd advise u rather to use: eschu, arach, 20 fcr helm any, spirit, +2% fcr amu, double sojs, coh, Treks (or high 10 fhr mana boots) frosts.

AND WHY, WHY are you telling people to use Griffons????????... possibly good for PvM, but that's about it

This post was edited by CorZor^ on May 4 2007 12:09am

Griffon is an option.. and far from my fav choice...

And for an answer... I made this large with possibilities so that people can work on their own a bit... just calculate the fcr and fhr... and put the right stats/skillz

And Ronso... Unless you UM your CoA 2x, your merc won't have enough resists to stack at 90 in hell Even if he's lvl 90+

If any1 ever has questions... I'm here

This post was edited by TheUndyingGod on May 5 2007 07:27am

117 fc is 100% crap ...

Read this before posting

Sorceress
FCR Frames
0% 13
9% 12
20% 11
37% 10
63% 9
105% 8
200% 7

Sorceress (Lightning / Chainlightning)
FCR Frames
0% 19
7% 18
15% 17
23% 16
35% 15
52% 14
78% 13
117% 12
194% 11

looooool

I know fc bp mate, 200 is just >> 117

It's an option... that will lower the rest of your stats all around...

Bump

Any questions/comments?