Quote (Sergeant01 @ Jun 10 2010 09:38pm)

The Dueling Firewall sorc

V1.2
Added Max block viability
Precised builds pro and con
Corrected grammar

V2.0
Adjusted Pvp strategy
Made it cleaner
Added blaze viability, credits goes to Tommyvv
Considered some comment on last repost
Made many little changes

V3.0
Adapted to some comments
Changed gear alot
Added mb
Changed many things related to gear
Added 2 videos
Changes some strategies[I][/I]

Introduction:

This char is for pubs, since it needs ES precast to be effective, of course you could adjust it to private duels though.

I got the idea about firewall sorc some time ago. I posted it on jsp as a new idea and nobody were interested really. So some time ago i made a fireball sorc, and respeced into firewall, and it was owning. So i decided to make a char that was a pure firewaller.

Many people doesn't take fw sorc seriously, when they see me in the game they joke around with my wall, until they die, than they rage because they got raped by a firewall sorc. You may as welll think that this is a joke, but it's up to you, this character can kill faster than an hdin on pvm and pvp.

Faqs about firewall:

Does from 30k to over 40k fire damage per second
60 yards long
It have 2 synergies, Warmth (GFG for ES) and inferno, and 1 mastery
Cant be blocked by weapon block (assassin claw block)
Cant be dodged/Evaded/Avoided (Amazon skill)
Perpendicular to character's vision line
Can stack up to 2 firewalls to double the damage
Can FHR lock people because of insane damage



How is it done?

1.0 My char


2.0 Achievement


3.0 Stats


4.0 Skills

4.1 Blaze viability

4.2 ES faqs


5.0 Gear


6.0 Overall Strategies

6.1 Specific Strategies







1.0 My char

So, lets start with my own char, because everthing else will be based on it and this is where all started!

First of all, here are her stats screen

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2185/screenshot112e.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3114/screenshot113k.jpg
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=44804638&f=169&o=0#p298259229 > what she uses

After many tries, this is the best gear i found out. I tried gear with much -res, and tal set with -35%. The - res works good with no-stacked chars but vs stacked char it doesn't
so my main build gets -15% res right now, and in case i carry a 30/-30 sword around to get -35%



2.0 Achievement

Builds
Main build
Maxblock build

Break points

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

FCR
Frames 13........................................0
Frames 12........................................9
Frames 11.......................................20
Frames 10.......................................37
Frames 9..................................................63 > Both builds
Frames 8.......................................105
Frames 7.......................................200



As a firewall sorc, you run as much as you teleport, so high FCR isn't necessary as much as other kind of sorcs, also firewall is a slow attack like blizzard, so FCR wont matter much. FHR might be a problem though when opposing trappers, wind druid, charger, but it doesnt matter than much, if you care too much about it you can use more FHR gcs.

Main build
Life and mana shown on screen shot
75% all resistance except fire
8% dr
37k Damage
-35% ennemy resistance
60% FHR BP
63% FCR BP

Mb build
lose about 800 mana
Get MB with base dex
-8 all resistance (you use it vs melee anyways)
18% dr
30k Damage
-5% ennemy resistance
30% FHR BP
63% FCR BP





3.0 Stats

Stats is an important section, but really easy to understand.

You want you sorc to have the following stats:


Strength - Enough for spirit

Dexterity - None

Vitality - None

Energy - Everything else


Why all energy, won't i be easy to kill?
Because your ES will be at 95%

This is what makes Firewall sorc pretty godly. First of all, it have 2 synergies, one is 4% other is 1%. So you can easily sacrifice the 1% one to get 95% es, that will be about 3-4k damage out of 30-40k.
Why getting 95% ES is really worthing it?
The 4% synergy of firewall is warmth, so maxing warmth will give you a godlike mana resplenish. That's also why you will go all energy and noting into life.




4.0 Skills

Skills, another important section.
This build will never be done, but at 90 it gets good.

Telekinesis - 20
Energy shield - 15 (with regular prebuff, no gcs)
Firewall -20
Fire mastery - 20
Warmth - 20
Others - 6

Total = 101

Rest
Either all in inferno

or

you get hydra
than rest goes to inferno

4.1 Blaze viabilty

So Tommyvv added in my last post this great idea, he even made a build out of it.
I first though not to add it since my build is firewall/95% es and i didn't want to rip his idea, but why not if i give him credits, and it's only maths

Basing on Tommyvv's maths :

blaze dos 12k
183 faster run walk = 9.25 yards/sec
blaze have 48.6sec fire duration
48.6*9.25 = 450 yards to run
make small line of 6 yards
450/6 = 75 stacked blaze
75*12k = 900k/sec

You can get up to 198% frw with the right gear -> 9x Frw gcs, 10x scs, enigma, circlet, boots.

So blaze can be insane! but you need to stack it for a while and sacrifice firewall, i didn't try it because i love firewall too much, but it sounds logic.
The only bad thing about it is that you have to run in a small line for 40 second for it to be effective, but any char that tele into it = instant death
Once again, credits goes to Tommyvv

4.2 ES faqs

ES can be complicated if you don't know anything about it, but i'm here to explain it to you!

Does resistance and damage reduce % works on ES?
No, these only work on health, so on the 5% damage it'll receive. You won't have to matter much about resist or dr.
On the other side, if you have -100% resist, you will get 10% damage on hp instead of 5%, if you have 75% you will get 1.25%.
ES works like if you had 0 resistance to that element, it fully take damages, depending on you telekinesis level.
So you can sacrifice resist, but when you get too much damage on your hp, you get in fhr lock, so having resist helps for this and when ur mana is gone.

How does telekinesis works with ES? why maxing it?
When you have 0 to telekinesis, each point of damage you receive will make you lose 2 mana points, so 1dmg = 2mana lost. Each points added into telekinesis reduce these 2 points of damage by 0,0625, so maxing it will result into receiving 1,25 less damage from the 2 point. That means for every point of damage you get you will lose 0.75 mana.
With 95% ES it will be 0.7125 mana lost. All of this mean that maxing telekinesis provide to ES a permanent damage reduce % and resistance of 25%.

For more informations about ES, you can go there http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=3448795




5.0 Gear

Now the fun and viable part.

Main build
MB build
Of course, all extra mods are fine ^^

°°Helmet°°
2/20/30Frw sorc circlet -  faceted
3/20/2 Fire circlet - 10%/-10% faceted


°°Armor°°
Coh - 2 skills, resistance, str, life resp
Enigma - if you dont matetr much about resist, and it gives 2skills, FRW, str, life, damage on mana
Ormus - Adds about 1-2k damage and have fcr on it, so use 2 sojs and FCR/FHR belt
Twitchthroe Kod- Dex, fhr,% block, gg for MB


°°Belt°°
Arach -  skill, FCR, mana
Crafted belt - 24FHR, 10FCR, mana, life, resist


°°Gloves°°
Frostburn - All energy, 40% mana, anything better? no


°°Boots°°
30FRW/10FHR crafted +mana %mana boots
Treks - If you can't afford or can't find, or want the FHR, poison res is always nice too for pure es with low resist
Waterwalk - Depending on your level, you might need them to get mb


°°Ammy°°
Maras - adds skills to bo, which mean 6% mana/life, greats resist, stats
GG sorc ammy - Needs to beat maras > better than 20 stats 30resist 6%life/mana
Fire ammy with 13% fcr


°°Rings°°
2x Soj - mass mana, 1skill
1x ravens 20 dex, 1x soj


°°Weapons°°
Orb +3Fire +3Firewall +3Mastery 2Sockets - 10%/-10% faceted, godly damage,-10% res > fcr is good here, allow you to get 105fcr
30%/-30% sword - the negative resist is godly and add massive damage on non-stackers
Eschuta - average damage, energy
Hoto - Resist, life resp, skills, 15% mana


°°Shields°°
Spirit - FHR/FCR mass mana, 2 skills
20%/-20% Monarch - Negative res is really important, once again > vs non-stackers
Phoenix - -28% enemy's fire resist > vs non-stackers
Spirit - FHR/FCR mass mana, 2 skills
Whistan's guard - Godly block shield - facet it or eld it


°°Switch°°
Cta + spirit
Cta + lidless


°°ES prebuff°°
+3 light amulet
+3 light circlet
+3 ES ormus
+9 ES memory
+15 points = 95% es


°°Charms°°
For gcs, you can go with what you want
Frw gcs (like i said, you walk more than you teleport)
Vita gcs (more life is always good, but you are 95% es and all energy)
FHR gcs (if you dont like 60% BP)


°°Scs°°
Vita mana scs, only way to go
20/17s
or 5fhr/17mana is you need fhr

Obviously
Torch
Anni