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Strength: enough to reach 156 after you've counted in the bonuses from equipment.
Dexterity: none.
Vitality: everything else.
Energy: none.

Static field telek, telp 1 point.
Frozen Armor 1 point (optional
Frozen orb. 20 points
Cold mastery somewhere around level 17 so 1 ... some 7
Fire ball 20 points
Meteor 20 points
warmth 1 opt
Fire mastery and Fire bolt should be split in a precise keep your Fire mastery slvl 10 levels above your Fire bolt hlvl

The Oculus Swirling Crystal
Skin of the Vipermagi Serpentskin Armor
Spirit Monarch (Tal+Thul+Ort+Amn)
Harlequin Crest Shako
Magefist Light Gauntlets
War Traveler Battle Boots (mf), Silkweave Mesh Boots (mana), Sandstorm Trek Scarabshell Boots
chang call all to Arms (Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm) in a random weapon
soj. nagel, dwarf, wisp (mf)
Mara's Kaleidoscope Amul or tash (+2skill/)

merc
Insight (Giant) Thresher - possibly ethereal
Treachery in any armor (as high defense as possible without having a too high str req)
Andariel's Visage Demonhead

able of Contents
1. Intro
2. Equipment
3. Skills
4. Stats
5. Inventory
6. Mercenary
7. Tips
8.Levling Guide
9.Conclusion

1. Intoduction
Hello and welcome to my lighting sorcress guide. In this guide you will be able to do
Pvp
Countess
Pit Runs
This Guide for all three of these can be used by the same equipment. This Guide is ment for 1.11b. That is all for the intro so enjoy biggrin.gif.

2. Equipment

Blue= What you should use if you can afford it.
Red= What you can use if you cant afford the regular equipment.

Ammulets
*+2 to lighting skills with 10% FCR
*Maras
*+3 to lighting skills

Rings
*1x SoJ
*1x 10 FCR ring with mods
*2x Nagels or Ravens

Helms
*Griffons socketed with a 5/5 die light facet
*Shako sockted with a um
*Lore Shako

Armor
*COH Dusk shroud
*Ormus(either + to lighting or chain)socketed with a 5/5 die light facet
*Skin of the Vipermagi
*Que-Hegan�s Wisdom

Belt
*Arachnids Mesh
*Glooms

Boots
*Eth Treks
*Silkweave

Gloves
*Frostburn
*Magefist
*Trangs gloves

Weapon
*Perfect light eschutas socketed with a 5/5 light die facet
*Occulus
*Wizardspike

Shield
*35% FCR sprit monarch
*Lidless

Switch
*CTA(ANY Bo but the higher the better)
*Any sprit shield
*None

3. Skills

Lighting Skills
+1 Into Static Field (For Boses every sorc should have 1 pt into this skill)
+1 Into Thunder storm ( will do alot of damage wen u have all the +to skills)
+1 Into Telekinesis (Preq for teleport also can pump up energy shield)
+1 Into Energy Shield (Also everys sorc should have this)
+1-20 Into Nova (Ups your lighting spells)
+20 Into Charged Bolt (Ups your lighting spells)
+20 Into Lighting (Main attack against bosses and PvP biggrin.gif)
+20 Into Chain Lighting (Main attack against countess and in the pits)
+20 Into Lighting Mastery (Ups your lighting damage....Duh wink.gif)

Fire Skills
+1 Into Warmth (good for....mana recharge....duh tongue.gif)

Cold Spells
+1 Into Frozen Armor (Really helpful for +to defense and when enemys hit you they become frozen)

4. Stats

Strength- Just enought to use your equipment. Remember Nobody likes a muscular, steroid rippin girl tongue.gif

Dexterity- Once again just enough for your equipment. Also remember if u made the mistake on makeing a steroid rippin sorc we dont want the sorc hitting us now do we?

Vitality- All of your remaining pts should go into here. After all who doesnt like a sorc wit alot of health?

Energy- This is up to you here u can either do two of the following:
-Put 50 pts into there for more mana and less life
-Or just leave it how it was and have more life

5. Inventory

In your inventory should be the following
-8x +1 to lightin skills gcs (if u can get them wit either 12%fcr and +to life then do it.)
-7x +20 to life scs (if u want get +20 then get any +to life scs to life remember that 1 life could decide whether you live or die)
-1x Anni (I dont think i have to explain myself here on the anni, +to res +to attritubes +1 to all skillz enough said tongue.gif)
-1x Hordric cube(if you get anything worth anything, put it in the cube)
-1x Tomb of Town Portal (..... Not even gonna say it)
-1x Tomb of Idenity (......Ditto)

6. Mercenary
-Helm=Eth Andys helm
-Armor=Eth Fort
-Weapon=Eth Cyrptic axe or Eth Colosus Voulge Infinity

Pvm Lightning Sorceress v1.3




Why to play a Lightning 'sorc?
The sorceress has long been a dominant force in Pvm grinding. The ability to teleport comes natural to this build, being THE caster class of diablo 2. This guide will focus on a varient of the 'sorc that specializes in the Lightning tree. Some people avoid this build due to the fact that it's a single-element based character, but we have multiple ways to take away the immunes. This build will focus on more than one gear set-up, due to some complaints on previous guides only focusing on one set of items. I played this build for about 2 years, but I no longer need to grind for items, so I don't play it currently. I have tried many different set-ups, and there are a few that I prefer over all the others. These are the ones I'll list.

*Note: This build is not recommended for SP use, due to the lack of high rune drops, which are required to make an Infinity. I also wouldn't recommend following this guide for a Pvp Lightning 'sorc.





Table of Contents

Section I: FHR/FCR/FB Tables
Section II: Stat Distribution/Skill Allocation
Section III: Gear Selection (Merc Included)
Section IV: Guide to Leveling
Section V: Credits




Section I: FHR/FCR/FB Tables

Faster Cast Rate


0 13frames
9 12frames
20 11frames
37 10frames
63 9frames
105 8frames
200 7frames


Lightning / Chain Lightning / Inferno Faster Cast Rates


0 19frames
7 18frames
15 17frames
23 16frames
37 15frames
52 14frames
78 13frames
117 12frames
194 11frames


Hit Recover Rates - Sorc and conveniently Act 2 merc's


0 15frames
5 14frames
9 13frames
14 12frames
20 11frames
30 10frames
42 9frames
60 8frames
86 7frames
142 6frames
280 5frames


Faster Block Rates


0 9frames
7 8frames
15 7frames
27 6frames
48 5frames
86 4frames
200 3frames









Section II: Stat Distribution/Skill Allocation]

Starting Attributes:

Strength: 10
Dexterity: 25
Vitality: 10
Energy: 35

Starting Stats

Hit Points: 40
Stamina: 74
Mana: 35

Gain Each Level

Life: +1
Stamina: +1
Mana: +2
1 Vitality point gives 2 Life
1 Vitality point gives 1 Stamina
1 Energy point gives 2 Mana

General Stat Distribution
Strength: Only enough to equip all of your items, while calculating how much strength each of your items/charms add when equipped.
Dexterity: Only enough to equip all of your items, while calculating how much dexterity each of your items/charms add when equipped. If you plan on going max block (not recommended), only invest enough in dexterity to achieve max block with all your setups on.
Vitality: Considering this is a vitality build,(with ES your damage would be extremely low, and ES isn't good for PvM due to mana burn), invest all of your stat points here after equipping all of your items.
Energy: Again, this is a Vitality build, so none here.



Lightning Skill Tree:
20 into Lightning
20 into Lightning Mastery
20 into Chain Lightning
20 into Charged Bolt
1-20 into Nova (Max Nova last.)
1 into Telekinesis
1 into Teleport
1 into Thunderstorm
1 into Static Field


Fire Skill Tree:
1 into Warmth


Cold Skill Tree:

Some people like to put one point into a Cold sheild skill, but it's all about preference. I personally don't.

Skill Explanation:

Lightning: One of your main skills. Only use it versus single enemies.
Chain Lightning: One of your main skills. Use it for crowd control.
Nova: Terribly under-rated. I find it a great skill, for most situations.
Charged Bolt: Great for Boss-kills. Teleport on top of them, and cast like a mad man.
Teleport: Main source of transportation. You won't find yourself running much.
Thunderstorm: Helps add some almost constant damage. Recast it if it goes out.
Static Feild: Great for Boss-kills. Similiar effect as crushing blow.





Section III: Gear Selection (Merc Included)

Basic gear options
Helmets
Shako- Nice +Skills/Life/Mana/ And even some DR
Griffons- +1Skill and Nice %increase light damage/-light resistances
Tals Helm- Only use with full set
Circlet- If you want to use a circlet look for one with nice mods like: 2Sorc/Fcr/Life/Resis/Stats/2Sockets

Armors
Vipermagi- +1Skill/Fcr/Resists
CoH- Mass Resists/+2Skills and even some DR
Enigma- +2Skills/Strength/MF per level and some DR
Tals Armor- Only use with full set

Weapons
Hoto- +3kills/Fcr/Resists and even some oak sages
Spirit- +2Skills/Fcr/Fhr
Occulus- MF/+3Sorc skills/fcr
Wizzardspike- Mass Resists/Fcr/Mass mana
Tals Orb- Only use with full set

Sheilds
Spirit- +2Skills/Fcr/Fhr/Resists
Lidless- Cheaper version of spirit, less skills/fcr/no fhr
Storm Sheild- For maxblock setup, nice %ctb/Mass DR

Gloves
Magefists- Fcr/Mana Regen
Trang Oul's- Fcr/Cold Resists

Belts
Arachnids Mesh- +1Skills/Fcr
Goldwrap- Mf is about all this belt has going for it
Tals Belt- Only use with full set

Boots
Treks- Fhr/Frw/Psn Resists/Str/Vita
Travs- Str/Vita/Mass mf
Rares- Resists/Fhr/Frw/Stats

Amulets
Maras- +2Skills/Resists/Stats
Rare Amulet- Look for good mods like: +Skills/Fcr/Resists/Life/Stats
Tals Amulet- Only use with full set

Rings
Soj/BK- +1Skill with mana (SoJ) or Life (BK)
Nagel- +MF
Rares- Look or mods like: +Fcr/Stats/Resists/Life (Only use if you need the fcr)

Charms
Torch- +3Skills/Stats/Resists
Annihilus- +1Skill/Stats/Resists
Others- If you decide to use more charms, Skiller GCs and Life SCs are the way to go, but remember this is a Pvm build so leave some room.



Switch Weapon/Sheild Set-up
Weapon- CTA Crystal Sword or Flail
Sheild- Spirit Monarch
This set-up allows you to recieve a great boost in Life/Mana.



Infinity Merc Build:
Helmet-Andys/Vamps/Rockstopper
Weapon-Eth CA/CV Infinity
Armor-Fort Armor/Smoke/ Eth Shaft


Insight Merc Build: (Only for Infinity Build)
Helmet-Andys/Vamps/Rockstopper
Weapon-Eth CA/CV Insight
Armor-Fort Armor/Smoke/ Eth Shaft




Section IV: Guide to Leveling

Classic Leveling

Normal Difficulty
1-15: Tristram Runs
15-20: Tomb Runs
20-25: Cow Runs
25-26: Ancients
26-40: Baal Runs

Nightmare Difficulty
40-41: Ancients
41-60: Baal Runs.

Hell Difficulty
60-61: Ancients
61-80: Baal Runs
80-XX: Chaos/Baal runs.( I prefer Chaos, but its really not too much of a difference.)

One of the best places to run for Exp. with your Sorceress will be the Chaos Sanctuary. It's great for Exp. and item drops, and not nearly as boring as Baal runs, so do all of your runs there.


Glitch Rush

Get a freind to glitch rush you to Act4 Hell.(Rush through Act1-5 Normal, and find a baal for quest game, and glitch off some one who can get the quest by being in his party when baal is killed. Repeat in Nightmare. Get rushed from Hell Act1-4.)
After you have recieved the rush to Hell Act4, begin chaos games.
1-25 is kind of slow, but after that it definetly picks up the pace.

1-60 Hell Chaos Runs.
60-61 Hell Ancients
61-80 Hell Baal Runs.
80-XX- Chaos/Baal Runs. ( I prefer Chaos, but its not really too much of a difference.)



Credits

I have been playing this build for a while now, and I consider it one of my favorites. It's extremely fun and effective. Some people prefer the cookie-cutter hammerdin, but this one can be just as effective.

Special thanks to:
www.diablo2.com for the great forums.
www.diabloii.net for the fhr/fcr/fb tables
And everyone who reads and gives inputs.

*Edited in Pros and Cons of gear set-ups. Edited in Switch Weapon/Sheild. v1.1
*Edited, changed the gear setup sections. v1.2
*Reformatted guide. v1.3

Screenshot from example sorc:
Helm- Tal's Helm Perf Topaz
Armor- Tal's Armor Perf Topaz
Wep- Hoto
Shield- Lidless Um'd
Gloves- Trangs
Belt- Tal's belt
Boots- Rares with Mana/Cold Resist/Poison Resists
Amulet- 2Sorc/10fcr/Dex/Mana/Resists
Rings- 2x 10fcr/Str/Life/Mana/Resists
Charms- Torch/Anni

This setup gives about 250% MF, and good killing speed(120fcr)/inventory room. (The screenshot is for didactic reasons only, please don't comment on how bad you think it sucks because quite frankly I don't give a fuck.)