This is more geared to the HC sorcs:

ES has always been hella tanky but was hard checked by Mana Burn monsters and their packs.

They fixed mana burn so it pretty much does nothing now.


So how to use this?

Energy shield can be done with any Sorc you just have to cut 1 synergy from main skill to max telekinesis for the incoming damage to mana efficiency.

No hard points are required to use ES you just need a Memory runeword ( preferably in a +3 es staff base) to precast with.



I would not make the swap if you dont have ~ lvl 16 ES (70% absorbed on the es tooltip) with your prebuff and about 1000 mana( the more the better)


What makes this so tanky?

TLDR: Go max block and use Insight w/ Prayer merc

Meditation aura, provided by your merc's insight, is an aura that gives mana regen based on your mana pool (big number means big regen). Meaning all small hits to your character's Mana are basically regenerated instantly.

The portion of damage that gets routed to your health pool is then reduced by resistances and the flat MDR/DR modifiers which then is quickly regenerated by the Prayer aura (flat hp regen)

This is why you see so many sorcs using Gerke's Sanctuary instead of spirit due to its high DR/MDR rolls.

Max block just prevent 75% of all attacks (not spells) so it keeps your regen setup from getting overwhelmed.


The build im running right now in HC
Lightning:
1 static (optional but OP)
20 telekinesis
1 teleport

Fire:
1 Warmth (do not skip this)

Cold Skills:
1 frozen armor
20 ice bolt
20 ice blast
20 blizzard
then i did a 50/50 split of leftover points into Cold mastery and Glacial spike

Gear:
Shako
Tal amulet
Vmagi
Gerke's Sancuary
arach
soj
10fcr 75 mana ring
magefist
Occy
Storm Treks

swap:
Memory in +3 es base

Inv:
4 cold skillers
gheeds
torch
anni
17 mana scs

Stats:

Strength- enough for gear
Dex- enough for max block
Vita- enough for 600 life unbuffed
energy- rest


Hope this helps someone, post or pm if you have any questions

This post was edited by Dr_Flopolopogus on May 15 2022 01:23pm

Did they realy fix Mana burn?
The Ghosts from ACT 2 Summoner still Steals my Mana in one Hit.

Or what Kind of Monsters they fixed

some monsters have built in mana stealing abilities. with enough mana and insight it is negligible however.

i run 2800 mana w/ 17 med insight and my mana never moves with ghosts.

SOULS still take alot of mana and they are the only weakness of this build.


Mana burn is a modifier on named monsters it also applied to their pack surrounding them. It was bugged for a long time so when they hit you it would zap all your mana almost instantly. this is what they fixed

Not bad, I'd swap out arach for tgods and stormtreks for aldurs and magefists for frostburns.

Where fcr.? You might be taking for granted having a spirit all the time.

I play with a bo barb so frostburns and tgods a bit unnecessary.

This post was edited by Dr_Flopolopogus on May 16 2022 09:06am

Here is a fun picture of how stupid this build is :

This build is working great for me. Enough to MF everything I wanted. Running without Bo too, and feel safe enough. Thnx for sharing!

Glad it helped you man!