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Batman's SvS Fireballer Sorceress Guide
Thanks to Azn masta for the presentation concept.
Thanks to DOHtrader for the layout concept.




Table of Contents

To start
• Introduction
• Greenline Stat’s

The gear
• Gear
• Stashed Gear
• Gear for Each Setup

Inventory and Stats
• Inventory
• Stat Distributions
• Skill Distributions
• Resistance Guide
• Tables


To finish
• Conclusion







Introduction:

Hi, my name is Aaron and the character I always liked to play is something really attractive. The Fireball sorceress. I tried them all. Es Fber, Vita Light, Es Blizz, Vita Blizz etc.
The sorceress I decided to use the Vita Fireball sorceress. This type of sorceress is by far the best type for Strict SvS.
It's also good in Sva but without maxblock and damage reduction, it can be hard versus different classes.
The best thing about Fire sorceress’ is that there damage is consistent. These sorceress’ will do between 21-22k damage with my build, so your guaranteed to do at least 21k damage.
The consistent damage makes this build superior to a lighting sorceress, and the ability to go 200FCR makes this build far superior to Cold sorceress'.
You will learn how to have the proper resistance versus all the sorceress you will face while having enough consistent damage to kill them.
Using the 200% Fcr break Point will allow you the advantage to obtain the highest frame rate for Fireball and Teleport.
My sorceress, Greenline, maxes out all the necessary skills at level 94. Along with this guide, you will need a lot of forum gold depending on the realm you are making the sorceress.
This sorceress is built on East Non Ladder.
Now that you have an overview of the sorceress, let's go to the guide.

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Now, my sorceress’ stats are really high, so
I will give you an average of what you will/should have following this guide.


3,500 + life
20k to 22k damage
86% Fhr
200% Fcr
85 resistance to lightning and fire / 450total resistance to cold


Here is my sorc using her fire setup.




Gear

Helms:
2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 59 life 9 all resistance 2os (Jah Jah)
• Another Option for the socket is Cham, Few friends of mine prefer this so that they can WSG, as i dont do that in SVS i prefer the extra 100 life from the Jah
2 sorceress 20 fcr 22 strength 44 life 40 lightning resistance 2os (Jah Lo)
2 sorceress 20 fcr 30 frw 34 life 40 Cold resistance 2os (20 life 30 cold resist jewels)

As far as helms go, Any 2 sorceress 20 fcr 20+ strength 40+ life 2os Helm will do vs fire and light, and
vs cold sorceress, you will want to go with at least 30 base cold resistance, strength is not needed.

Armor:
35 All res/13 Mdr Viper magi.

You’re going to want three of these armors,
For vs fire , Have one Shael’d to give you 20 FHR
For vs light, Have one Jah'd to give you an extra 100+ life
For vs cold, you will need a 7 fhr X strength 30 cold resistance jewel


Shield:
Spirit of Phoenix Hybrid Rune word

This is ultimately the #1 Shield to have.
If you cannot afford one of these, just stick with a normal 35 fcr spirit shield, but you will have to rejewel the helm’s (Vex Jah) ( Lo Lo)
Spirit Monarch (eth) (Switch)

For your Call to arms side. Eth, will not get damaged, and 10 less strength. In case you have strength on your weapon, and count it towards your overall strength to use SoP.


Belts:
Arachnid Mesh

It gives 20% Fcr which we absolutely need with the 5% max mana that is useful. The skill that it gives is sex too.

Rings:
10 Fcr 23 strength 54 life 11 all resistance
10 Fcr 21 strength 54 life 11 all resistance


Ultimately, you will want to have 20+ strength, 50+ life, and 10+ all resistance on both your rings

Gloves:
Trang Gloves

Trangs give Cold resist with the 20% Fcr.

Mage Fists

Mage Fists give +1 fire skills and some mana regeneration

Boots:
Aldur’s

50 fire resistance, 40 frw, 50 life. No other option here

08 Grim Spur Boots

19 strength, 20 fhr, 45 cold resist, 22 light resist 30 frw

You will use Grim Spur’s on your Cold and Lightning setup

Water Walk
Only this if you do not use a Spirit of Phoenix monarch.


Amulet:
2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 58 life 15 mana 6% Regain.
Why not Fletch you ask? With my Build the 23 Resistance is unneeded. I gain much more life using This amulet.
Your objective on your amulet is to hit 15+ faster cast rate in order to achieve 200 faster cast rate


Weapons:
Eschuta’s Temper

You will use this on all of your setups. The only thing that will change will be the jewel you have inside.
7fhr/ 8life / 30 Fire resistance
7fhr/ 7 strength / 7 life / 30 Lightning resistance
7fhr/ 9 strength / 4 life replenish / 30 cold resistance (Strength is not needed here, i only posted it due to the jewel having str on it, dont count it into your stats, as it will only make you 9 strength short to use Spirit on switch

So, in all you will need three of these.

Call to Arms

Pretty Self Explanatory.
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Gear for each setup

Fire
• Helm - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 59 life 9 all resistance 2os (Jah Jah)
• Armor – Vipermagi (Shael)
• Amulet - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 58 life 15 mana 6% Regain
• Boots – Aldur ‘s
• Rings - The two fcr rings
• Gloves - MageFists
• Belt - Arachnid Mesh
• Weapon – Eschutas Temper w/ 7fhr/ 8 life / 30 fire resistance jewel
• Shield – Spirit of Phoenix

Lightning
• Helm - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 22 strength 44 life 40 lightning resistance 2os (Jah Lo)
• Armor – Vipermagi (Shael)
• Amulet - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 58 life 15 mana 6% Regain
• Boots – Grim Spur’s
• Rings - The two fcr rings
• Gloves - MageFists
• Belt – Arachnid Mesh
• Weapon - Eschutas Temper w/ 7fhr / 7 strength / 7 life / 30 lightning resistance jewel
• Shield – Spirit of Phoenix


Cold
• Helm - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 30 frw 34 life 40 Cold resistance 2os (20 life 30 cold resist jewels)
• Armor – Vipermagi (7 fhr X strength 30 cold resistance jewel)
• Amulet - 2 sorceress 20 fcr 29 strength 58 life 15 mana 6% Regain
• Boots – Grim Spur’s
• Rings - The two fcr rings
• Gloves - Trang Gloves
• Belt - Arachnid Mesh
• Weapon - Eschutas Temper w/ 7fhr/ 9 strength / 4 life replenish / 30 Cold resistance jewel (Strength is optional here, It is not needed on your weapon)
• Shield – Spirit of Phoenix


Inventory:

9x Fire Grand Charm with 45 to life
9x 20 Life/5 All resistance Small charms
1x 5fhr / 5 all res small charm
20/20 Stat Torch.
20/20 Stat anni.




Stat Distribution:

Strength - Enough to wear Spirit of Pheonix
Dexterity – Base.
Vitality - All the rest.
Energy - Base


Skill Distribution:

Required:
• Fireball - 20
• Fire bolt - 20
• Meteor - 20
• Fire mastery - 20
• Warmth - 1
• Teleport - 1
• Chilling Armor - 1
• Thunder Storm - Rest
• Lightning mastery - 1


You will always need At least 200% Fcr and 86% Fhr.

Resistance


For SvS, it is manditory to have 85 Resistance to Fire and Lightning while in there respected set ups.
It is Considered GM on the ladder to use +10 max resistance.
For Vs cold, you want to aim for a total of At least 440 cold resistance to negate the max -255 Cold resistance granted from Cold Mastery,
and to cover the needed 185 resistance needed to hit 85 total resisance (-100 in hell + 85 to hit 85).
As Per current rules, IF you have above 400 cold resistance, you may not use a Raven Frost. And as you can see in this guide, i dont suggest anywhere the use of Raven frost.
So, you're of course going to want the minimal 440-450 Cold resistance. 450 Cold resistance is the Cap on Most ladders.


Conclusion

Well, I hope you liked this guide because it's the first one I have ever made. If there is some things that I have to fix, let me know please.


This post was edited by batman2 on Mar 12 2012 01:07am
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few suggestions aaron (and this is just a personal prefference i guess)

instead of having 2 circlets for fire and lightning,

SoP + grim spur let u use two magis, one Lo vs light one Shael vs fire (with aldurs), so you can just use one godly circlet with 2x jahs (that being said i actually use a 2/20/30/str vs fire and a 2/20/str/life vs light)

also, to replace your cold circlet you can just use a regular spirit monarch instead of the SoP vs cold gives you the extra 35 resist and you can use the same circlet, letting you use just one circlet... although if you're spending the 10k on a SoP you can probably afford the circlets :P

also just one last point, brimstone shanks vs cold/light are a better choice than grim spurs, but also much more expensive

/e

also you need to fix the inventory, its 9x 20-5s and 1x 5-5

/ee

also you mentioned it in passing but i think its more worth getting the duped 7 fhr/9 str/7+ all res/25+ single res stack jewels and using a eth spirit for bo switch than using 7 fhr/life/res jewels

This post was edited by fbcaptain34 on Mar 12 2012 01:06am
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Quote (fbcaptain34 @ Mar 12 2012 03:00am)
few suggestions aaron (and this is just a personal prefference i guess)

instead of having 2 circlets for fire and lightning,

SoP + grim spur let u use two magis, one Lo vs light one Shael vs fire (with aldurs), so you can just use one godly circlet with 2x jahs (that being said i actually use a 2/20/30/str vs fire and a 2/20/str/life vs light)

also, to replace your cold circlet you can just use a regular spirit monarch instead of the SoP vs cold, gives you the extra 35 resist and you can use the same circlet, letting you use just one circlet... although if you're spending the 10k on a SoP you can probably afford the circlets :P

also just one last point, brimstone shanks vs cold/light are a better choice than grim spurs, but also much more expensive

/e

also you need to fix the inventory, its 9x 20-5s and 1x 5-5




Thanks, Fixed inventory

Bshanks lack the FRW , and strength. making them irrelevant.

As far as Helms go, Since using SoP, i lose 35 Light res, making it nessasary to have the 40 lrs diadem.
Technically, With the Light set up, i would use a Jah'd Viper magi. Since the FHR is irrelevant.
Added that too.
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Thanks, Fixed inventory

Bshanks lack the FRW , and strength. making them irrelevant.

As far as Helms go, Since using SoP, i lose 35 Light res, making it nessasary to have the 40 lrs diadem.
Technically, With the Light set up, i would use a Jah'd Viper magi. Since the FHR is irrelevant.
Added that too.


matter of opinion on bshanks i guess :P and with your build you should have enough strength without the grim spurs anyway
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Quote (fbcaptain34 @ Mar 12 2012 03:07am)
matter of opinion on bshanks i guess :P and with your build you should have enough strength without the grim spurs anyway



i do, with the exception of the cold helm, which is why i use that style helm in the first place :P
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Quote (batman2 @ Mar 12 2012 03:08am)
i do, with the exception of the cold helm, which is why i use that style helm in the first place :P


haha fair enough!

i just use wizzy + eth spirit vs cold

either way excellent guide sir!
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Mar 12 2012 01:15am
nice helm, found another one? :evil:
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sexy guide, imo i like life rep better ( since i am more of a "lazy" dueler, and some duelers are lazy so its perfect )

but this guide is obviously for hitting top life, and max resists u can get <3
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Mar 12 2012 01:56am
2/20/30 vs fire circ + cham imo :P

also 200/142 vs lite



...........oh, and es lite #1, lmk

Quote (pro_baby @ Mar 12 2012 02:41am)
sexy guide, imo i like life rep better ( since i am more of a "lazy" dueler, and some duelers are lazy so its perfect )

but this guide is obviously for hitting top life, and max resists u can get <3


you really rep back 550+ life (~1 hit) svs?
no wonder hon gets mad @ you lol

This post was edited by GoHuskers on Mar 12 2012 01:57am
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Quote (GoHuskers @ Mar 12 2012 03:56am)
2/20/30 vs fire circ + cham imo :P

also 200/142 vs lite



...........oh, and es lite #1, lmk



you really rep back 550+ life (~1 hit) svs?
no wonder hon gets mad @ you lol


you would use cham lol

and i havent tried 142 vs light but i think you might be right


and is pro_baby as bad as aoz?
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