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.Stats Distribution
III.Gears
-Main Gears
-Setups
-Other Gears
-Prebuff Gear
-Inventory
-Difference Between PvP & PvM
-To Get Max Block or Not too?
IV.Break Points
-What Do I need at the end?
V.Skill Placement
-Defensive
-Full Enchantress
-Offensive
-Get Energy Shield or No?
VI. Uber Setup
VII.Dual Dream Bow Sorc Setup
VIII.Mercenary Gear
IX.Dueling YStrategy
IIX.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. Your sorc focus on lighting damage not physical.

Zeal is the main skill you be using. Zeal is a rapid fire, multi-strike attack with substantial bonuses to attack rating, attack speed, and damage. Zeal also has the benefit of being uninterruptable.

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

Q: Shouldn't a Melee sorc use dual dream,dragon, & hand of justice?
A:No they shouldn't, dragon wouldnt increase your damage massively like dream.
Dragon (Sur + Lo + Sol) does the following:

20% Chance to Cast Level 18 Venom When Struck
12% Chance To Cast Level 15 Hydra On Striking
Level 14 Holy Fire Aura When Equipped
+360 Defense
+230 Defense vs. Missile
+3-5 To All Attributes (varies)
+0.375-37.125 To Strength (Based on Character Level)
Increase Maximum Mana 5% (Armor Only)
+50 To Mana (Shields Only)
+5% To Maximum Lightning Resist
Damage Reduced by 7

Again Hand of Justice(Sur + Cham + Amn + Lo ) does the following:

100% Chance To Cast Level 36 Blaze When You Level-Up
100% Chance To Cast Level 48 Meteor When You Die
Level 16 Holy Fire Aura When Equipped
+33% Increased Attack Speed
+280-330% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
7% Life Stolen Per Hit
-20% To Enemy Fire Resist
20% Deadly Strike
Hit Blinds Target Target
Freezes Target +3


Now using Dual Dream,Dragon, & Hand of Justice would be a ridicious build. Even though your damage would increase it is not worth it. Mind as well make an Aura Sorc. Normal Attack<Zeal




*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 Shield (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)
If your rolling, having the highest Attack Rating bonus would be better than having more Enchanced Damage

-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 / Dual Raven
Amulet:Angelic amulet / Metalgrid / Crafted Safety Amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Pro: 90+ all resis & only need 200+ dex for max block. Also Guardian Angel includes a 30% Faster Block Rate, which is very useful against other melee characters.

2) Twitchthroe Setup
Armor:Twitchthroe w/ Any jewel ( more ias is not needed)
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 / Silkweave
Ring:Dual Raven
Amulet:HighLord
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: Only need 200+ dex for max block & easy to obtain. Twitchthroe gives an additional 20%fhr

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 / Metalgrid
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: Tyrael Might,a high defense armor that gives 20-30 resis / str & it cannot be frozen, which means you dont have to use a Raven Frost.

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 / Silkweave
Ring:Dual Angelic rings / or Dual Raven frost
Amulet:Angelic amulet/ Crafted Safety Amulet/Metalgrid
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: Gains more life/mana & AR
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block. Expensive to obtain

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 / Silkweave
Ring:Dual Angelic rings/ or Dual Raven frost
Amulet:Angelic amulet/ Crafted Safety Amulet / Metalgrid
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Pro: Gains life/mana, Ar, & gain fhr from treachery. Affordable armor.
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block

6) Bear Sorc Setup
Armor: Guardian Angel w/ any jewel here / chain of honor / enigma for the 2+ skills & faster run/walk / ShaftStop for Dr
Helm:Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:x5 15ias/15resis jewel & x1 shael rune (5 frame Attack)
Belt: Arachnid Mesh for the +1 skills(fcr is not needed for this setup) / Verdungo belt for Dr
Glove:Blood Fist for Vitality route/ frostburm for mana route/ Dracul glove for life tap
Boots:Waterwalks for Vitality route / Crafted mana boots for mana route / Gore / Trek / Silkweave
Ring:Dual Angelic rings/ or Dual Raven frost
Amulet:Angelic amulet / Crafted Safety Amulet / Metalgrid
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Beast Runeword & lidless/splendor to turn into bear form
Note: For this build you need a good amount of faster run/walk charms.
Pro: Gives a huge chunk of life during bear form & also this build is very fun.
Con: Need faster run/walk charms to keep up against your opponent.

7) ShaftStop Setup
Armor :Shaftstop non upped w/ 15ias/15resis jewel
Helm:Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt:Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)/Verdungo belt( gains more dr but loses fcr)
Glove:Immortal king's glove
Boot:Immortal king's boots
Ring:Raven Frost & angelic ring / Dual Raven
Amulet:Angelic amulet / Metalgrid / Crafted Safety Amulet
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Pro: Gains Dr (best for melee vs melee), & has good defense
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block

8) Chain of Honor Setup
Armor:Chain of Honor
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 Raven Frost
Amulet:Highlord
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: 65+ All Resis / 8dr / 20str
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block

9) Enigma Setup
Armor:Enigma
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 Raven Frost
Amulet:Highlord
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: Nice Increase Str based on level (Enigma) / 8dr
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block

10) Fortitude Setup
Armor:Fortitude
Helm:Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Belt:Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash) / Verdungo Belt
Glove:Immortal king's glove
Boot:Immortal king's boots
Ring:Dual Raven Frost
Amulet:Highlord
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless / splendor
Pro: +Gain life / 30resis / 7dr
Con: Need an average of 280+dex to reach max block

Setup 1 / 4 / 5 Would be the few i recommend over all the other setup. Im just leaving many other options for others to use if they cant afford the other setups items.

*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/ Bk
-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 w/ shael or 15ias/15resis jewel
-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)
-5 frame(95%ias) Phase Blade (x5 15ias/15resis + shael)

*Inventory
-20/20 Sorc Torch
-20/20/x Anni
-Light Lifers gc / Light Fhr Gc
-Mana + Life gc if your planning on taking the mana route.
-20life 17 mana / 20life 5 resis sc

*Difference Between PvP & PvM
Note: Make sure an item on you have "cannot be frozen"
-For PvP, you might want to change your setup depending on who you are facing.
For example, against a Melee character, it most likey you need the highest AR you can possibly get (10-20kAr+) & Max Block
Now against casters, replace your rings for Soj(mana),BK(Life), or even FCR rings Unless they have max block then get high AR.

For PvM, you might want to slap in some jewelleries that gives + skills for more damage.
For example, the more damage / res the longer you survive & kill
Jewelleries such as Soj / Bk / Mara.
Max Block doesn't apply as much here.
Adding one point to energy shield is ONLY needed if your planning to become full PvM because it gets annoying to recast. Especially if there a monster with " Mana Burn"

*To Get Max Block or Not too?
There are two option you can choose
1) Max Block against Melee Characters, but doesnt apply against casters.
Pro: Gain the potenial of blocking against Melee attacks, but loses life/mana.
Con: Loses Life / mana
2) No Max Block but excellent against casters, but horrible against Melee Characters.
Pro: Gain life / mana
Con: Gain a low percentage to block against Melee Attacks.


*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. Going even higher isn't recommended.
-Sorc Faster Cast Rate: 9 / 20 / 37 / 63 / 105 / 200. Our goal is to reach 20fcr or 37fcr by using Arachnid Mesh / + 2 Sorc w/ 17fcr + other mods. / Dual fcr rings
-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.
In bear form: 95%ias ias is needed.
For a Bowa Sorc:102%ias is needed.

*What Do I Need At The End?
Faster Hit Recovery: Fhr is very useful, especially during PvP. It allows us to recover immediately. Luckly we have dual dreams to help us (average 40-60fhr from both dream). Here we are aiming for 60% fhr or 86%fhr, any higher is not needed.
Faster Cast Rate: The agility & speed movement. Here we want a minimum of 20% & and maxium of 37%.
Resistance:+75 all resis
Attack Rating:10k ar-20k ar is needed for Melee characters. It might be needed also against caster who have max block.
Increase Attack Speed: 65% Zeal ias / 95% frame bear form / 102% for bowa sorc

*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.)
Pro: Strong Against Melee characters because of her cold damage return. Shiver can hit up too 500 damage back. Let me say that increasing your defensive is more important then increasing your damage. Damage on a melee sorc is by far one of the strongest.
Con:Lose Damage, however, you survive longer
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
Thunder 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)
Pro :Gain Insane Damage
Con: Lower defense against other melee characters.
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
Thunder 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)
Pro: Strong ThunderStorm + holy shock is good for minion stackers and for long duels.
Con: Decent damage and decent defense
Lightning Mastery - 20 Points
Telekinesis -20 Points
Thunder 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

Light Mastery-Increases your lighting damage massively ( lvl 30 holy shock from dual dreams )
Enchant- Attack Rating Bonus + Fire Damage included
Telekinesis- Synergy for energy shield. By adding 1 point to energy shield & telekensis would be a waste of skills. I experiment it before in single and my mana dropped down so quickly. 20 points to telekensis would be the best option here.
Thunder Storm- Helps by doing more damage while teleporting. Especially with x9 light gcs, thunder storm would do great damage.
Warmth- Regenerate mana quickly.
Shiver Armor- Protects/ receive damage return to a melee character.
Chilling Armor- Reflects cast skills such as lighting sentry, tornado, arrows, lighting fury, orb,fb,lighting, etc
Fire Mastery- More Fire Damage
Energy Shield- Energy Shield is for the conventional Sorceress, whose mana severely outweighs her life. Energy shield converts some damage she takes from life into mana.

*Get Energy Shield or No?
During my experience with many melee sorc, energy shield is well worth it, even if you have 500+ mana because it provides a good amount to take a couple more hits.
Especially if you choose the " Full Enchantress Setup", it provides a high lvl of warmth. Warmth will regenerate your mana, leaving you another chance to go for the kill.
Having a decent 70-80% energy shield will be good enough, but again remember if your planning on taking the mana route, you need at least 1k life & 2k mana.

*VI.Uber Setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQK7osj2bEA
Most likey using the other setup WILL NOT defeated uber trist. Diablo & Baal should be very easy no matter what build your using. Mephisto can not be killed due to the fact that he is light immune. The only possible way is to use fire elemental skills to kill Mephisto. Enerygy shield will not be needed for this build, but you may use it. If you were to get 95% es, you will be depending on mana pots to survive. Those in Red, symbolize the item you will be using to kill Mephisto only.

Strategy:During the time to kill Mephisto, simply revive monsters to distract him, while you spray meteor/fb.

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


Lightning mastery-20 Points
Meteor- 20 Points
Fireball- 20 Points
Firebolt-20 Points
Fire mastery-20 Points
Enchant-1 Point
Warmth-1 Point
Fire wall- 1 Point
Teleport- 1 Point
Static field- 1 Point
Inferno-1 Point
Telekinesis- 1 Point
Blaze- 1 Point

Armor/Glove/Boots: Any kind of armor, as long as you can 65%ias total.
Helm: Dream
Shield:Dream
Weapon:Passion Phase Blade
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor/ Spirit Monarch
Weapon 2: Eternity Phase Blade (Amn + Ber + Ist + Sol + Sur )-Revive Charges
Fortitude:Resists,life, damage, FCR
Glove:Magefist
Belt:Arachnid Mesh
Rings: Raven Frost & Soj
Amulet:Mara
Boots:Marrowwalks- life tap charges
Switch 2:Hoto & Phoenix shield
Pro: A Challenge & very fun.
Con: Quite Difficult



*VII.Dual Dream Bow Sorc Setup
This unquie sorc uses dual dream & a widow bow to cast guided arrows.

This build is very similar to the "Offensive" build. For this build you want to do the highest damage as possible. Left over points will added to Thunder storm because you be teleporting majority of the time.


Strength: Enough for gear. (dont add a total of 156 str just to just spirit, its a waste)
Dexterity: Enough for gears / bow / all here if you want more damage
Vitality: All Here if your taking the Vitality route.
Energy: Leave as it is

For this build you might want to go full vit, due to the fact that damage plays a huge role in this build. Attacking Rating does not apply to this char because Guided arrow requires no Ar.

Inventory:
I recommend getting x9 Light lifers instead of Mana + Life Gc for this build.
20/20 Sorc Torch
20/20/x anni
20/17 small charms / 20/5 small charms


Lightning Mastery - 20 Points
Telekinesis -20 Points
Enchant-20 Points
Warmth-20 Point
Fire mastery- 20 Point
Thunder Storm- Left Over Points goes here
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

Armor:45ias/45resis + cham armor of the whale
Helm:Dream
Weapon:Widow Bow w/ 15ias/15resis jewel
Belt:Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb sash)
Glove:Immortal king's glove
Boot:Immortal king's boots
Ring:Soj / Bk/ Fcr Rings
Amulet:HighLords
Switch:Call to arm (Cta) & Lidless/splendor
Pro: Does quite a huge lighting/fire damage (20-30k). Very fun to play & quite cheap vs Sorc (Casters)
Con: Not as strong as a glass cannon but its reliable and able to teleport. During PvP if they have max block, you are in trouble, however, you can spam arrows n teleport away. Sadly, you wont be holding a shield, meaning no chance to block to any melee attack.

Note: Fcr items would help you teleport away quciker.

Sorceress Ias Break Point Chart using a Widow Bow:

0 %
8 %
16 %
27 %
42 %
65 %
102 %

*VIII. Mercenary Gear
Act 2 Mercenary List:
Combat (Normal): Prayer
Combat (Nightmare): Thorns
Combat (Hell): Prayer
Defense (Normal): Defiance
Defense (Nightmare): Holy Freeze
Defense (Hell): Defiance
Offense (Normal): Blessed Aim
Offense (Nightmare): Might
Offense (Hell): Blessed Aim

Act 2 Merc w/ Holy Freeze Aura would be the best option here
Helm: Andariel's Visage / Crown Of Ages w/ x2 ber or x2 15ias/15resis / Vampire Gaze
Armor: Etheral Fortitude
Weapon: Infinity Etheral Collosus Voulge / Cryptic Axe

Infinity: 4 socket polearms, Ber Mal Ber Ist
50% Chance To Cast Level 20 Chain Lightning When You Kill An Enemy
Level 12 Conviction Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Run/Walk
+255-325% Enhanced Damage (varies)
-(45-55)% To Enemy Lightning Resistance (varies)
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
Prevent Monster Heal
0.5-49.5 To Vitality (Based on Character Level)
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Level 21 Cyclone Armor (30 Charges)

With infinity on your merc, your damage would literally double because once conviction hits the monster/player their light resis & defense tends to become lower. With the help of its holy freeze it would slower their target greatly.

*IX. 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. Or agree to walk to each other & zeal. However, most likey whoever lays the first hit will win.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. Remember to use the switch method if your being mind blast.
-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 tornado.
-Melee(Medium): Go all out! Melee vs Melee. Use Shiver Armor.
-Rabies(Medium): Hit & run. Evode their rabies in any possible way, however, once rabies takes affect go after him & zeal.Use Shiver Armor

Necromancer:
-Summon(Medium): Pretty much the same tactic applies to wind druids with summon. Teleport around until some of their skeletons dies and kill the summoner after. Use Shiver Armor
-Bone Necros(Medium): Their clay golem is a #@%@@ because it slows your zeal speed greatly. Teleport 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 punch. 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.
-Poison Zon (Medium/Hard): Their poison are deadly & our best situation here is to avoid them and wait for a open spot to kill.

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
Fist Of Heaven(Hard): Their little chance to beat them, even with sorb gears. Best tactic are is just to go after them.

*IIX. 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. Overall this Enchantress will bring enjoyment during your whole career playing diablo 2. I hope you enjoy this guide.

Here a pix of my defensive melee sorc on UsWest Ladder.MsE-Shinigami: 3526 life in regular form,5247 life in bear form, 1121 mana, Max Block,Zeal ias bp, 86% Fhr, & 20fcr. Currently #1 Melee Sorc on UsWest Ladder.






Well my gears are:
Perfect Passion(15ed/3ar) 225ed 80%AR
Perfect Dream Crown Helm (15ed/13dur) 30fhr 20resis
Perfect Dream Tower Shield (15ed/15dur) 30fhr 20 resis
Perfect Arac Belt 120ed
45ias/400ar/9dex/95 life dusk of whale armor
45ias/60resis/9dex/100life gothic plate of the whale
2 sorc//9% increase chance to block ammy/28str/8 cr/18lr/8pr/8fr/2dr/2mr amulet
Perfect 2 matching Raven Frost
Perfect double upped b fist(88def)
Perfect WW 210ed 65 life
Eth Cta Cs 6/6/2
Eth lidless w/ Fal Rune

Stash: 6 enchant orb + 2 chilling +1 Glacial spike with x2 5/5 fire facet
Memory staff: 9es/4ts/5shiver
Matching x2 soj
Gothic Plate Enigma
Great helm deliruim
30+ resis mara
+3 fire w/23 str ammy
+3 fire circ w x2 5/5 fire facet
20% fire enchant ormus w/ 5/5 fire facet
magefist

Inventory: x5 light 45 lifers
x11 20life/5 resis sc
x10 20life/17 mana
x1 175 pdsc/20life
(waiting for reset for my other x4 light 45 lfiers)
20/20 Sorc Torch
20/16/7 anni (waiting for my 20/20/8 anni after reset)

Even better than your other one, a lot more indepth. Very nice, really makes me want to make one

Ty btw nice quote ><
i care about perf items/def on all my items and 15ed/15dur base

Amazing guide deserves a sticky instead of those other epic fail melee sorc guides.

This guide is bad, especially when it discusses pvp.

No way you can duel anyone good with 11 frame tele. 37fcr is a must.

Also 300+dex adds a ton of AR. 10-12k ar is enough for most hammerdins and BvCs. If you're using ravens or angelics vs high defense characters, don't bother as you won't beat those characters consistently anyways.

Not to mention you rate smiters medium/hard. Any good smiter will 5-0 you. Guess that's a typo on your rating.

Also any good charged strike zon will 5-1 or 5-0 you. You failed to mention them.

Bowazons are probably the easiest class to beat. Since you have block, they won't be doing much damage to you. Most zons have awful resists, so a few pulses of holy shock or a few thunderstorms will kill them without you ever having to land a zeal.

I don't understand your concept of hit and run fighting. Pretty much when you land on someone and zeal them, you're going to want to continue zealing them to put them into fhr animation with your 50k damage, so you can kill them after 1-3 zeal commands. You're not going to zeal once, then try to get away with your 10 frame tele, that's stupid.

Advocating 10 builds is retarded. Pick which you think is the best one (jewelers armor obviously), and then 1-2 others. I would probably list the GA build (for better blocking and 90% res if you liking being BM with 95% es), and a cheap build like using treachery.

One positive thing I can say is that those dreams are sexy

This. Sticky.
And yeah, the kid was freaking out in the trading sections and I had a good laugh going through the topic xD

This guide is all fluff and no substance. It's obvious this guy is a charlatan, he knows nothing about dueling. He also PMed my friend for uber tips. And this guy PMed me the other day for bowasorc tips, which means he doesn't know shit about either topics.

This guide deserves zero praise.

its my opinion on how to duel,
besides i pm you for further information to make sure if im not mistaken or forgotten something

This post was edited by CeUnspoken on Aug 18 2009 05:06pm

5/10