Introduction:

Welcome to my guide on the Aura Sorceress, I call the build "Thunder Dreamer".

Ever since my childhood I have been obsessed with the Dual Dream sorceress and most recently, making passive/caster versions of it.

I believe I have finally perfected this version of the build and also created a somewhat unique/original build, which is nearly impossible to do in a 20+ year old game. The piece that sets it apart from other dual dream thunderstorm sorcs is the CTC nova gear, which is also the fun and creative part of the build.

So, let me introduce you to my beautiful lady. This build is extremely lazy and if you want to be efficient, go make a self-wield nova sorc and read no further.

This is for those who enjoy the off-meta builds and messing around with different mechanics.

I have multiple setups for this build and will include a variety of options for certain slots.

I typically play it at 37 FCR with 42% CTC Nova and will include stats for that setup.


Setups:

- 105 FCR - eschutas + vipermagi
- 63 FCR - 20FCR orb + FCR ring
- 37 FCR - 2x soj + arach
- Max Mana - frostburns + max mana boots
- 42% CTC Nova - 2x soj + arach
- 84% CTC Nova - 2x crafted rings + crafted belt


Weapons:

magic orb / +3 lightning skills / +3 lightning mastery / + 3 thunder storm / +69 mana (nice) / 2os / 2x matching blue 5/-5 lightning facets

magic orb /+3 lightning skills / +3 lightning mastery / 20 FCR / +12 mana / 2os / 2x matching blue 5/-5 lightning facets

eschutas / +3 sorc skills / +20% lightning damage / 1os / 5/-5 white lightning facet

Armor:

jewelers ancient armor of nova shield 14/5 nova / 4x matching blue 5/-5 lightning facets

upped 35/13 skin of the viper magi / 1os / 5/-5 white lightning facet

Helm:

26fhr/18@res/19mf dream diadem

Shield:

26fhr/16@res/15mf dream tower shield

Gloves:

14/5 nova / 15 str / 14 dex / 30 light res / 11 mana / 9 regen / 3 maek - caster craft gloves

forst burns

Boots:

14/5 nova / 40 light res / 30 poison res / 13 mana / 3imm / 9 regen - caster craft boots

14/5 nova / 40 light res / 10frw / 17 mana / 3imm / 9 regen - caster craft boots

58 mana / 5 imm / 7 regen / 25plr - caste craft boots

Belts:

arachs

14/5 nova / 10fcr / 12 str / 34 life / 34 mana / regen 6 - caster craft belt

Amulet:

+2 sorc skills / 19 fcr / 39 life / 20 mana / 7 regen / 40 poison res - caster craft amulet

Rings:

2x soj

14/5 nova / 10fcr / 3ll / 4str / 11 life / 10@res - blood craft ring

14/5 nova / 10fcr / 3ll / 5str / 10 life / 6 rep / 81 mana - blood craft ring

14/5 nova / 7str / 1energy / 86 mana / 7 regen / 21 cold res - caster craft ring

Off Hand:

5/6 war staff CTA - +3es / +1ca

Charms:

20/17 sorc torch

19/19/9 anni

-70 light sunder - DNA

8x light lifers - 38,34,34,31,30,28,28,26 - DNA

1x light 12fhr - DNA

10x life/mana sc - DNA (avg roll: 17 life / 15 mana)

Merc:

infinity

cure

COH


Stats:

level 93

100 str for ancient armor
513 energy (all other stat points)

0/0/0 cold/light/fire res
70 poison res

60fhr

20 static field
20 telekinesis
20 thunder storm
20 lightning mastery
19 energy shield
1 warmth

life: 1200
mana: 3300


Damage:

thunderstorm - 16k/strike
holy shock - 3.8k/pulse
ctc nova - 1k/cast


Playstyle:

This is truly a lazy build... I cast a few statics every once in a while as the radius is massive and hits off screen, tele into packs, and wait for everything to die after 1-2 seconds.

This build will work players 1-3 but wouldnt recommend above 3.

There are very few groups of enemies I need to worry about... really only last 2 waves of baal and infector of souls in chaos. And by that I mean I just cant tele directly into the middle and go afk, I have to let them come to me and allow my merc to distract, its a minor inconveniece.

You can cast nova too if you like, which does 4.5k/cast but at that point you might as well make a nova sorc. I will cast nova when fighting bosses though.

The CTC nova is amazing with fast attacking mobs like in A3 TZs. You can get upwards of 5 casts in under a second which gives an additional 5k passive damage by just standing there. Each item of 14/5 nova you stack increases your chances. So with 6x 14/5 items you have 84% chance to cast level 5 nova when struck etc.

I should also mention that the dreams also provide 20% CTC level 15 confuse when struck, which only helps with the passive elements of the build. When monsters get confused they are even less of a threat.

I like to play this while watching tv because I can slowly make my way from pack to pack, just looking down when I need to tele to the next pack, no need to do any other button input.

PVP:

It's clearly not designed for PVP but if I do i use the max mana and either 63 or 105 fcr setup. Of course if someone tosses on wisps/tgods you are screwed, but if not, you can just endlessly tele until they die. Some people find that amusing to bm in pubs, i rarely do it. Also you'd probably be more effective self-wielding infinity with a griffons on and letting your insane Tstorm do the work while eliminating the dream pulses.


Conclusion:

I have spent far more time then i care to admit building this, and the fun part was tracking down all CTC nova gear. The char looks all blue because of the armor, which is cool, and is the best passive sorc in my humble opinion.

Shes my pride and joy and I hope you've enjoyed reading my guide!

If you have any questions, please ask!

Your Friendly Neighbourhood ManBro

This post was edited by ManBro on May 6 2024 09:41pm

Seems fun! Thx for sharing.

Do you mean Chance to Cast Nova When Struck? Dark Adherent(The Disciple Set Armor) has 25% CtC if that's the case

Yes I do!!

I considered that armor a lot. But ultimately felt like the 4x facet and 14% chance is better than the 25% 1x facet and also I believe it’s a lower level of nova.

But yeah, my goal was to push the “lazy” passive sorc to the max.

Haha, I love your build a lot! And yes, it's lvl 3 Nova on the set armor.

I've just realized jewelers ancient armor of nova shield / 4x matching blue 5/-5 lightning facets itself has CtC Nova! Amazing!

Yeah I usually run with the armor, caster crafted boots/gloves giving me 42%.

Sometimes I change out the sojs/Arach for crafted gear with 14/5 nova to go 84%. But ultimately I think the +3 skills and like 500-750 mana is more beneficial.

Interesting. Other armors like Dusk can spawn with of nova shield mod? 100 str is too much to my taste

Yes, in fact there is a user on nl softcore with tons for trade, I can link you if you like.

Tower shield being 75 str and ds being 77 that would definitely be your optimal setup without question. You could even go kite shield or large shield with gothic place (70 str) for the bare minimum but the block chance and extra def of ds/ts is probably the #1 setup.

I wear the ancient armor because it gives you that sweet sweet full blue armor cosmetic which really ties it all together for me. I have considered switching to gothic or ds numerous times, but the fashion of ancient armor keeps me coming back. I used to wear full plate mail but ancient armor is nearly the same graphic and medium armor vs heavy so better move speed.

Here are some passive Sorcs you may like. This person did the first solo DClone and UT kills

Clone




Uber tristram: https://youtu.be/9l-r_PUap5g

This post was edited by piatek on May 7 2024 06:01am

At one point, she barely survived...

sweet, thanks for sharing! I'll check this out later