I made a dual Dream Zeal sorc, but I find the survivability terrible for her. Was hoping to get some tips to make her actually survive. Damage is great on /players 8, but being in melee against Doom Knights and archers I just get wrecked. Here's her stats/gear:

Str - enough for gear
Dex - enough for 50% block
Vita - none (I have 1k life with bo)
Energy - rest (I have like 2600 /w bo)

Maxed: Energy Shield, Telek, Light Mastery, Enchant, 1pt into Fire Mastery, rest into Warmth

Gear:
Helm: Dream Diadem
Wep: Passion PB ofc
Armor: Treachery
Neck: Mara's
Shield: Dream tower shield
Gloves: Magefist
Rings: Raven + SoJ
Belt: Arach
Boots: Treks

Breakpoints: 86%fhr/37%fcr

I was thinking maybe making Chains of Honor instead of Treachery, then using Highlords but I'm not sure if that will help much. It's mostly mana burn that fucks me over

never built a melee sorc, but maybe try a full vita build if mana burn is the major issue.

Replace ES by vita build first of all
Then you can go twitchtroe or enigma + LoH, but Im not sure you can get max speed with enigma, think it's around 80-100 ias for zeal sorc with PB
Also use Highlord as amulet and, boots gore rider, rings BK/Raven

This post was edited by Melatonina on Aug 1 2020 10:09am

you need 65, passion has 25 of that 65. so 45 treachery does the job though its not the best armour

low str twitchthroe
high str guardian angel, or shaftstop are options

if you want the block you need a block chest such as twitch or GA. otherwise forget it entirely. confuse is your def, things wont hit you much. though there is still some fragility.

full vita, low str gear, good charms and BO, u can get pretty big HP Pool

if u wanna go ES on ANY sorc, there is no glove choice other than frostburns, with the possibility of double SOJ via CHAM 45/45 100 hp chest

of course there is the risk of mana burn and more ES sorc still put SOME vita hard points. because with huge mana regen you can afford a smaller mana pool and bigger hp pool

Max block vita is only way to go.

sure about it ? Cause I remember (years ago tho) weap speed calc were mostly wrong about zeal sorc bp's

either way its great because GA is indeed a very good choice too, but you will miss +2 skills which is a lot of dmg

You have 0 lifeleech.
Id ditch soj for a nice mana/ml/adds ring

Treks are bad boots as well.

sorc does not leach much hp, unless using grief and having 15% LL, and possibly fort