I made this sorc...without ever looking @ this guide...How odd...I was just looking @ fcr / fhr bps the other day and got pretty much the same gear as suggested etc, then I come to find out there was a guide all along...>_> Made it on ladder mid-earlier last season and now its on nl. Very GG if people dont sorb, Pretty gg if they do, if you have a partner and they do...ezpk (get infinity merc as well)
But I had something like 2k Life (No lifers) 1k Or so mana (None in energy) with an es staff I can tank 3k worth of damage+ which works out pretty well, And I think I have a lower bo cta on this char..Completly legit tho, Including fcr ammy. I'm sure if I wanted to put in the necessary fg and remake it I could easily reach 2.5-2.7 life 1k-1.3k mana. Totaling up to a maximum of 4k tankage points. I can generally take atleast 1 attack from Anything if I use my es staff to pad the blow somewhat...sacrificing my undeeded mana (since 2.5 mana per bolt) even at my current life / mana. Fohers generally get all my mana...and maybe a slight bit of my life with my variation of this sorc..and I can tank 1xbvc ww in most cases from a mediocre-good bvc so i'm not a 1 shotter even without block etc.
As for the people asking about the merc, get an infinity merc w/ fort and kiras...thats personally what I use. Since I pvp I need stack res on merc to survive a hit from an ele attack more than I need life leech, if ur pvming I Also suggest having something like umed gaze..or possibly just a chammed gaze.
Infinity merc is for people who wanna be faggots and try and sorb you in pvp Last night we had a tppk full fire sorber in our room, and w/ my merc and my 22.x firebolt (Yes it is higher than the dmg in this guide) I was still managing to damage him fairly heavily per hit. within 10 or less w/ full sorb he would die...but of course due to tppk that wasnt the case...BUT I had a necro friend casting lower resistance on him as well and between the curse / aura he was a 2-3 hit pk w/ full fire sorb and stacked res. My suggestion to people making this...make sure you have a good friend as backup just incase some homosexual does wanna try to sorb you...And carry and LR wand cant hurt...Infinity merc + lr wand = one dead sorber.