My first hc cold sorc. Frozen orb/blizz (im used to sc orb/fireball build pre sunder)

At lvl 74 currently using
Deaths fathom 32% cd 5/4 facet
12% cd nightwing clean
Tal armor/belt/ammy(looking to replace) maybe enig/coh maras/sorc ammy tgods/arach
Spirit shield
Waterwalks( looking to replace with tri res boots or eth treks)
Dwarf star/res fcr ring maybe swap fcr for raven
Magefist

Needing some info on cold mastery. If i use cold sunder do i still need to max cold mastery? How should points be allocated is mainly what im getting at once i max fo ice bolt and blizz whats more effective cold mastery or blizz synergies?
Also what merc is best for a cold sorc is a2 infinity merc viable or needed?
Whats better coh or enigma for hc survivability/dmg build

I'm trying budget Blizzard/FO HC

My setup:
+2/20fcr circlet
Mara
Spirit Sword
SS with -req jewel/fhr/fr
Magi
Fcr/Res/Str/mana ring
Dwarf
Magerist
Tgod
Trek

lower dmg but quite safe, I love SS

Someone said if you use FO then just max the mastery, otherwise -175 CR in total.

Info on cold mastery: when you have sunder in your inventory, monsters immune to cold will now have 95% cold resist (CR). Cold mastery (CM) will decrease this number by 1/5 of the total shown in skills tab (example -175 CM will bring down monster CR by 35, meaning without any facets in your eq monster will have 95-35=60 CR). So it is highly recommendable to max cold mastery when farming whole game (terror zones etc.) with sunder.

Unfortunately your build is super softcore oriented. That means, you will die someday, most probably by extra strong/fana pack. If this is something you can deal with, and you're playing for the emotions from risky situations - that's fine, it's just a game. If not, consider wearing Stormshield and go max block, plus outside of city walk, never run. To get even more safety, which might be unnecessary, you might want to use hard points in TK and one point in ES (energy=0, this is just 20-something skills lowering your damage but increasing survivability by a great margin). I'm sure you'll figure out how to get to 105/63fcr and 60/42/30fhr, feel safe, and have some stacked resists. My tip is if you don't care about MF use Viper.

I would start your build with 50%DR full vita then work gear from there, even with CTA which I didn't see mentioned.

Strongly advise 105fcr bp, but if you're ok with 63 you can get more damage

I dont have cta yet working on it with atleast 3bo. I swapped tals pieces out with vmagi tgods maras low rolls on them.





Storm shield with dex to max block? And use es? I walk outside of town for block. Also is enigma or coh better for hc?

Yes, Stormshield with dex for max block is the safest option out there. ES is optional - you sacrifice damage for safety. Personally I have two sorcs, one just with SS (94lvl), the second with SS and ES (96lvl). The latter feels a bit safer when lag kicks in, but in a standard gameplay, SS alone is sufficient. Walking outside of town is way to go.



Eni is always better than CoH, even for Java who cries for resists. And if you want res on armor vipermagi is cheaper and better than CoH for sorc. Enigma or Viper are BiS, depending on your other gear and reaching certain fcr BPs. I like to run Eni with godly circlet/craft amu and Viper when I'm not that kind of rich or want to use CoA.

Appreciate the response im gonna try out the ss build i got low viper tgods and low maras rn probably wont get enigma unless i find runes i have 3 on non ladder and would rock viper till it resets over buying one 😂 do you socket ss with um? And if you run es whats the best way to do it? Ive never used it on my scl sorc and as of rn i cant really farm anything without worrying about getting 1 shotted doesnt feel the safest so trying to run deaths fathom nw and decent survival/fcr gear to compliment the cold gear

I put - req with mods jewel into SS. This way, I can save stat points for SS = more life.