Do I need a crafted caster amulet for it?

rest of the gear:

Hoto
Griffons (facet)
Viper (Um)
35 spirit
Magefist
1 SoJ, 1 random rare ring? (only have one SoJ atm)
Arach
Aldur boots or some rares depending on resis

no anni/torch (singleplayer w/o plugy)

merc: which aura?
Infinity
ebug Stone
Andariels

1 point into warmth and coldarmor, rest lightning tree

I think the BP for lightning is 117 right? (don't want 200fc)

so I can swap Maras I guess.

Can I clear CS+Dia with that?

117 is breakpoint yeah
You can clear CS but you will occasionally run into light immune you won't be able to damage so your Merc will have to do the work.

I'm using:
Crescent moon
Enigma
Spirit shield
Griffon
Craft amu 2/18/40 life
Magefists
Arach
Double nagel
Wat travelers

Merc
Infy
Eth bugged treachery
Gulli (didn't find any yet)



I keep Hoto/sojs etc in stash but this is the setup I roll for chaos sanctuary on players8 single player

Is the added -res from Cresent enough to kill the Manaburners yourself?

I don't know exact numbers of their resi but playing Hoto, I would occasionally run into upper seal boss (vizier) being light immune even after mercs infinity.
Playing crescent I only run into light immune seis/ventar who's immunity cannot be fully broken.
Seis pack (manaburners) get their immunity fully removed

I think liimule here did numbers calculations and came to the conclusion that lower dmg but higher -light Res results in quicker CS run.
For other things lik Pits, Hoto is superior


Should check with liimule he did lvl 99 on his light sorc playing HC p8, mostly Cs runs

This post was edited by SylvesterStallone on Jun 1 2021 12:58am

+3 lightning skills magic amulet does more damage and can be with 10 fcr or 100life
and I think for merc aura Holy Freeze defensive act 2 is best, slows attack speed and movement speed of monsters.

you are way above 117 fcr. frostburn as gloves maybe?

I have no numbers either but crescent moon beats hoto cause you'll kill broken immunities, light enchanted and magic resistant way faster (other enemies aswell but they're already easy so it doesn't matter). CM doesn't break more light immunes though, just helps you kill broken immunities fast



Tbh frostburns is only for lazy people that don't wanna drink pots all the time.

If this is a mf character and resists allows it, I'd swap viper for enigma. So many good stats on it. Also solves mana problems sometimes

viper for enigma sure. but I presumed he doesn't have enigma. enigma is BiS by far.

I will try out enigma on her

didn't start her yet

so:

Cresent Moon
Enigma
Griffons
Trangs/Magefist
Arach
35 Spirit
SoJ+random ring
Aldur/Nats boots

this gives me 100 fc, so I can take a fc ring and a average +2 caster amulet (7 fc min) and later +2/17 fc amu and double SoJ

just thought about it, and it has to be only +2 lightning of course

This post was edited by massmarines on Jun 8 2021 11:26am

Not a fan of Enigma on Sorc.

Why not Vipers with a 5/5 light facet instead of an Um Rune? ... considering people saying that res don't matter switch to enigma? You should have some stacked res in Hell vs those bosses with Elemental Auras and stray missile attacks.

The post about Holy Freeze merc was decent until mention of "slowing down monsters" ... well sorry to say this, it don't work on Dolls, Souls or the Heavy Knights... they have 0 chill effect even though they don't register being immune to cold.

Best to check out what you like the best for your play style though... Vipers is cheap and easy to upgrade vs Enigma.

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Jun 9 2021 09:18am