So this ladder I've gone through a few sorc variations for fun (nova, melee) and now I'm currently running a hybrid of nova, holy shock, tsorm

I have dual dream, coh (possibly thinking Ormus now this second), Sorc/fcr Ammy, can run frosties or mages (currently mages for %mana regen), dual soj atm, arach, etreks,
I have tested out crescent moon, Eschutas, and hoto to see what does best and for me its between Eschuta and hoto

It's going to be hard for y'all to know what's best or know what I'm talking about I suppose as this is a weird/unique build

I like how I tele around to big packs or champions/uniques, and static a few times and holy shock does one or two pulses and they are all dead. If I want to kill a bit faster I nova once or twice and the whole screen is gone.
It's a really chill build

basically I'm wondering now that I'm stupid and didn't even consider a 6x faceted cs and I'm wondering if that is possibly the best weapon for me.

My merc runs infinity setup, I'm 95% es, and I can post a screenshot of my stats/dmg if y'all want to see more.

Lighting mastery adds 500% lighting damage. 20% from schuta or 30% from 6 facets cs doesn't increase your damage too much. That's why a lot of light sorcs use crescent moon, as it has -35% enemy light resistance.

Piggy backing on this topic;

For CM, is it possible to run high player count games on hardcore using only CM and infinity or does the griffons enable that capability better than CM?

Been running blizzard ES setup and slaying out, but I am considering swapping to lightning.. Haven't found griffons yet though.

This post was edited by Rws on Jul 19 2022 10:41pm

Griffon is a great boost, 1 skill 25fcr and -25 light. Having 117fcr is very good. I have never played hc, but maybe there you should aim for the next bp, 78.
You could try to get a "mini griffon": blue circlet 2sorc/3light 20fcr 2 socks with facets. If you already have infy, griffon should be your next item to get.

yeah but +30%-30% seems pretty much more ideal doesn't it?

will have to do more testing before investing

This post was edited by Conbab on Jul 19 2022 11:02pm

It may seem, but it's better to have that -5 more. Mostly to kill broken inmunes.

word, a lot cheaper too, hehe. I saw some good math earlier on -res and +dmg with light so it seems this could be the case for sure

crescent moon seems to be best

Crescent moon, by a long shot.
+% lightning damage is ADDED to your lightning mastery & other +% Lightning damage source
-% enemy resistance is much, much, much better.

think of it this way:

OPTION 1)
100 lightning damage attack
525% lightning mastery
with 0 -ELR
against an enemy with 75 light res
156.25 damage dealt

OPTION 2)
100 lightning damage attack
500% lightning mastery
with 5 -ELR
against an enemy with 75 light res
180 damage dealt

now do you think +20-30++% lightning damage is better than -35% ELR Cmoon gives you?

use cmoon and swap coh for viper. the 5-5 you can put in viper > +1 sk from coh. not to mention the added utility provided by viper's fcr