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Hi guys just a quick question I've been reading alot about it and still not sure.

If I do blizz sorc with mid gear (sprit sets, fcr rings, etc) to run hell Andy/countess/meph, should I:

Put everything in vitality and 1 point in energy shield?

Put everything in mana and put alot in energy shield/telekinesis?

Or should I use other strategies with no energy shield everything in vitality and max one of the three armor skills?

In what order should I lvl it from 60 to 90?

I know there are many options but for what I want to run and my mid gear, what would be the best ?

Thanks in advance guys

Never max any of the armors, defense isn’t that useful as a stat. Resistances, damage reduction or block chance are way better for survival.

As for vita vs energy shield, I would always go with vita for untwinked pvm play.

What you might want to consider, is whether you want to go max block or full vita. Max block will take too many dex points if you’re not using a shield with extra block chance, such as Stormshield or Mosers Blessed Circle. If you use Spirit, enough strength for monarch (156-base strength - strength from gear) and dump the rest in vitality.

^ What he said

Generally folk don’t bother with Energy Shield for PvM, mainly because of mana burn packs (moreover, the fact mana burn mechanic isn’t working as intended). As I’m sure you probably know already, elemental damage absorbed by ES is also calculated before taking your resistances into account.

If you’re using Spirit it’s gonna take a lot of dex to get up to max block, and your FBR is gonna be pretty sucky. The general consensus is to go full vita.

The armour skills can be helpful but not worth maxing, as Gavnlig says defence is not all that useful on a sorc.

This post was edited by Mukhalif on Jun 18 2018 02:53am