Guide to the Dual Dream Enchantress Sorc aka Shinigami


My Melee Sorc videos Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1fCjH9yHtg
My Melee Sorc videos Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GBkZXYpCY

*Table Of Contents:

I.Introduction
II.Stat Distribution
III.Gears
-Main Gears
-Setups
-Other Gears
-Prebuff Gear
-Inventory
IV.Break Points
V.Skill Placement
-Defensive
-Full Enchantress
-Offensive
VI.Mercenary Gear
VII.Dueling Strategy
VIII.Conclusion

*I. Introduction
Let me start off by saying that playing this char has been the most enjoyable experience that I have ever made. A Dual Dream Enchantress sorc or as I like to call it ''Shinigami (Death God in Japanese for short)'' uses the Dream runeword for lighting damage and passion for the Zeal skill. A Shinigami will be able to tank and do a lot of elemental damage at close range with zeal (if build right!). This build is not cheap and will require a lot of remake to make your sorc near perfect.

Dream(io+jah+pul) Does the following:
10% Chance To Cast Level 15 Confuse When Struck
Level 15 Holy Shock Aura When Equipped
+20-30% Faster Hit Recovery (varies)
+30% Enhanced Defense
+150-220 Defense (varies)
+10 To Vitality
Increase Maximum Life 5% (Helms Only)
+50 To Life (Shields Only)
+0.625-61.875 To Mana (Based On Character Level)
All Resistances +5-20 (varies)
12-25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (varies)


Passion (Dol + Ort + Eld + Lem) Does the following:
+25% Increased Attack Speed
+160-210% Enhanced Damage
50-80% Bonus To Attack Rating
+75% Damage To Undead
+50 To Attack Rating Against Undead
Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
+1 To Berserk
+1 To Zeal
Hit Blinds Target +10
Hit Causes Monster To Flee 25%
75% Extra Gold From Monsters
Level 3 Heart of Wolverine (12 Charges)

Note: Dont use Berserk, it will convert your physical damage to magical. You sorc focus on lighting damage not, physical.

Now you may be asking, why use dual dreams? The answer is wearing dream helm & shield gives a lvl 30 holy shock aura which increases your lighting damage massively.

*II. Stats Distribution
Strength: Enough for gear. (dont add a total of 156 str just to just spirit, its a waste)
Dexterity: Enough for Max Block
Vitality: All Here if your taking the Vitality route.
Energy: All Here if your taking the Mana route.
If your planning on taking the mana route make sure you at least get 1k life & 2-3k mana

*III. Gears

*Main Gears
-Helm: Dream helm (io+jah+pul). Recommend any helm with low str (Diadem/Tiara)

-Shield: Dream Shild (io+jah+pul), . Best made out of
-Tower shield-75 Str Required
-Pavise-133 Str Required
-Hyperion- 127 Str Required
for the 44% chance to block

-Weapon: Passion Phase Blade (Dol + Ort + Eld + Lem)

-Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash) for the 20%fcr & +1 to all skills

-Switch: Call to arm (Cta) +Lidless/splendor. Again dont get 156 str to use spirit, its not worth it.

*-Setups
Now that we have the main gears cleared away lets move on to different types of setup you can possibly use.

1) The Guardian Angel Setup
Armor :Guardian Angel w/ 15ias/15resis jewel
Helm : Dream
Shield :Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove : Immortal king's glove
Boot: Immortal king's boots
Ring: Raven Frost & angelic ring
Amulet: Angelic amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Goal: To Reach 90+ all resis

2) Twitchthroe Setup
Armor: Twitchthroe w/ 15ias/15resis jewel
Helm: Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove:Blood Fist for Vitality route/ frostburm for mana route
Boots:Waterwalks for Vitality route/ crafted mana boots for mana route
Ring: Raven Frost & angelic ring
Amulet: Angelic amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor

3) Tyrael Might Setup
Armor: Tyrael Might w/ 15ias/15 resis jewel
Helm: Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove : Immortal king's glove
Boot: Immortal king's boots
Ring: Dual Angelic rings/ or Dual Raven frost
Amulet: Angelic amulet/ Crafted Safety Amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor


4) Jeweler armor of the whale Setup
Armor: Jeweler armor of the whale (Gothic Plate, Dusk, Archon,etc) w/ x3 15ias/15resis x1 Cham Rune
Helm: Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove:Blood Fist for Vitality route/ frostburm for mana route
Boots:Waterwalks for Vitality route/ crafted mana boots for mana route
Ring: Dual Angelic rings/ or Dual Raven frost
Amulet: Angelic amulet/ Crafted Safety Amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor

5)Treachery Setup
Armor:Treachery(Shael +Thul+Lem)
Helm: Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove:Blood Fist for Vitality route/ frostburm for mana route
Boots:Waterwalks for Vitality route/ crafted mana boots for mana route
Ring: Dual Angelic rings/ or Dual Raven frost
Amulet: Angelic amulet/ Crafted Safety Amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor

*Other Gears: Harus Belt & Boots-Massive Ar bonus
Death Glove & Belt- 30ias & other mods

*PreBuff Gears/Stash
-Enchant Ormus' Robe w/ Fire Facet'ed.(20% fire skill damage)
-5-6 Enchant Orb w/ x2 5/5 fire facet.
-x2 Stone of jordan.
-Volcanic Amulet, +3 Fire Skills w/ 5/5 fire facet
-Volcanic Helm, +3 Fire skills w/ x2 5/5 fire facet
-Magefists
-Memory Staff
-Widowmaker bow
-Beast (Axe, Scepter or Hammer with 5 sockets, Runes: Ber + Tir + Um + Mal + Lum)
Level 9 Fanaticism Aura When Equipped
+40% Increased Attack Speed
+240-270% Enhanced Damage
20% Chance of Crushing Blow
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+3 To Werebear
+3 To Lycanthropy
Prevent Monster Heal
+25-40 To Strength
+10 To Energy
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 13 Summon Grizzly (5 Charges)
-6 shael Phase Blade

*Inventory
-20/20 Sorc Torch
-20/20/x Anni
-Light Lifers gc/ Light Fhr Gc
-20life 17 mana/ 20life 5 resis sc


*IV.Break Points
-Sorc Faster Hit Recovery: 5 / 9 / 14 / 20 / 30 / 42 / 60 / 86 / 142 /280. Our main goal is to reach 60 fhr or even 86 fhr
-Sorc Faster Cast Rate: 9 / 20 / 37 / 63 / 105 / 200. Our goal is to reach 20fcr
-Zeal Increase Attack Speed: [-30] speed 1-handed swinging weapon (Phase Blade), highly recommended
11/8: 30% IAS
9/8: 54% IAS
10/7: 65% IAS
Here you want 65%ias. Remember Passion gives an addtional 25%ias.

*V.Skill Placement

*Defensive ( You can use memory staff to buff for energy shield/tunder storm/shiver so you dont have to waste all those skills. My shiver hited up to 500 cold damager.)
Lightning Mastery - 20 Points
Telekinesis -20 Points
Enchant-20 Points
Shiver-20 Points
Rest into chilling armor
Energy Shield -1Point
Teleport - 1 Point
Chain Lightning - 1 Point
Lightning - 1 Point
Charged Bolt - 1 Point
Static Field - 1 Point
Warmth-1 Point
Fire Mastery-1 Point
Tunder Storm- 1 Point

*Full Enchantress (Can reach up to 68k +,You can use memory staff to buff for energy shield/tunder storm/shiver so you dont have to waste all those skills)
Lightning Mastery - 20 Points
Telekinesis -20 Points
Enchant-20 Points
Warmth-20 Point
Fire mastery- 20Point
Shiver-1 Point
Chilling-1 Point
Energy Shield -1Point
Teleport - 1 Point
Chain Lightning - 1 Point
Lightning - 1 Point
Charged Bolt - 1 Point
Static Field - 1 Point
Tunder Storm- 1 Point

*Offensive ( You can use memory staff to buff for energy shield/tunder storm/shiver so you dont have to waste all those skills)
Lightning Mastery - 20 Points
Telekinesis -20 Points
Tunder Storm- 20 Point
Enchant-20 Points
Warmth-20 Point
Fire mastery- 1Point
Shiver-1 Point
Chilling-1 Point
Energy Shield -1Point
Teleport - 1 Point
Chain Lightning - 1 Point
Lightning - 1 Point
Charged Bolt - 1 Point
Static Field - 1 Point

*VI. Mercenary Gear
Act 2 Merc w/ Holy Freeze Aura
Helm: Andariel's Visage.
Armor: Etheral Fortitude
Weapon: Infinity Etheral Collosus Voulge


*VII. Dueling Strategy

Sorceress:
-Fire/Light/Cold(Medium) : Teleport around them continously until there a open spot to tele & zeal.Use Chilling Armor
-Melee Sorc(Medium): Hit & run basically.Use Shiver Armor


Assassin:
-Trap(Hard): Trap sin are diffcult to beat. Use chilling armor to reflect some of her traps, tele & zeal at them. If she isnt dying, teleport away and retry.
-Ghost/Whirlwind/Hybird (Medium/Hard): Watch out for their Whirlwind. Their venom tends to do huge damage. When there Whirlwind ends, tele, hit& run. Use Shiver Armor

Druid:
-Wind(Medium/Hard): Quite hard to beat. If they summon out wolfs, teleport around him until his summon dies then go for the hit. Now if they summon a bear, its hard to lay a single hit. Also use chilling armor for pretection from nado.
:-Melee(Medium): Go all out! Melee vs Melee. Use Shiver Armor.
-Rabies(Medium): Hit & run before the rabies start to take affect.Use Shiver Armor

Necromancer:
-Summon(Medium): Pretty much the same tactic applies to wind druids with summon. Tele around until some of their skele dies and kill. Use Shiver Armor
-Bone Necros(Medium): Their clay golem is a #@%@@ because it slows your zeal speed. Tele around, dodge his bone spears/bone spirit then attack. Use Chilling Armor
-Novamancer(Hard): This build are hard to duel against, especially if your full es. Avoid their psn nova and pray for luck. Use Chilling Armor.

Barbarian:
-Barb vs Casters(Medium): They are shieldless but they pack a huge damage. Use the Ghost/Whirldwind tactics applies here also. Use Shiver Armor.
-Barb vs Barb(Hard): Their shield is the only thing keeping them from getting hit.Use the Ghost/Whirldwind tactics applies here also. Use Shiver Armor
-Concentration/Frenzy/Zerkers(Easy):>Melee Sorc. Use Shiver Armor

Amazon:
-Bowazon(Medium): Teleport away from their arrows. Your Holy shock will inflict damage to them. Use chilling Armor.
-Javazon(Medium/Hard):Nothing here just hit & run or go all out by zealing them. Use Chilling armor.

Paladin:
-Smiter(Medium/Hard):Dont even messed with them. Smiters arent melee & they required no AR. Mind as well unhostile or avoid them.Use Shiver Armor if your planning on dueling them.
-Hammerdin(Medium/Hard):Tele behide them. If that doesnt work tele away & repeat.
-Zealer(Medium/Hard): Pally Zealer resis tends to be very low. Use the hit & run tactics or just zeal each other.Use Shiver Armor
-V/T(Hard): They smite & use foh..dont messed with them.Use Shiver Armor

*VII. Conclusion: This is for now, i hope you be very interested in this unquie build. I must say this build was very expensive to make. Here a pix of my defensive melee sorc

Very nice guide, I'm gonna track it for a bit. Also- I've watched your vids before, I like nubmer 1 more than 2
But just something to touch on us a players who don't know much about the build- but could you say the advantages of each build?
But I like how you made so many options, nice work!

Thanks eye's cancer. i'll read the whole guide, but change this yellow ffs.

not bad at all. Good to see you take advantage of BOTH werebear & telezeal, AND fcr/aura.
won't work nearly as well for pubbys as an aurasorc, but will be great melee vs melee

Mhm- and because I didn't notice before, you have ONE character as an aura/ zealer and an aura/ bear.
Could you tell us your setup? The best way to maximize a hybrid zealer/ bear?

Nice 1 this sounds like alot of fun

Srry i have little knowledge about bear sorc
however here a link to one http://forums.diii.net/showthread.php?t=550300
i might have to repost this guide for the newest update about the cons/pro.

just slap on 95%+ ias phase blade after shifting into wereform and you'll be set, thats all.
5x shael, 1x gul PB works great, or even eth

Really now? I always just assumed a bear sorc was built completly different from a zealsorc, weird. Think I may try this out...

the fhr/etc breakpoints won't exactly line up, but you'll be 99% the same gear
you just won't need FCR any more.