Hi all,

I am trying to build a nova sorc capable of holding her own in 6-8 player games. Currently I have Infinity Scythe -53% elr on hand. Other items are the usual griffs, viper, magefist, 10% fcr/2 sorc skill amulet etc. Got torch, anni and a few skillers. She's ok with dmg but not doing very well with survivability. I'm thinking about giving merc eth thresher infinity and use hoto+spirit on hand. This would give me a lot more fhr and res. But without insight i'm worried about mana regen. I thought about maxing warmth but I'm not sure which skill I'm going to remove points from. As a lvl 89 sorc I already can't max everything.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

you're using energy shield and have maxed out telekinesis, right?

because nova sorcs with infy and insight merc is supposed to be unkillable


e: and no, a hoto + spirit build would be absolutely awful. first off, resistance (except poison) is useless on an es sorc. it doesn't affect the damage absorbed by es (which should be 93-95% in your case)
a hoto build would also barely tickle monsters as your damage output is mainly boosted by - enemy light res, which is provided by the infy you're wielding.

aside from that, the reason people use infy instead of cmoon on nova sorcs is because having an insight merc is what's keeping you alive. nova spamming is mana intensive, stomping mobs also means you're taking a lot of damage. you're gonna be fragile without meditation aura regenerating everything back up

This post was edited by Dolphy on Jan 29 2023 09:09am

Hey thx for your comment. I am using energy shield with max telekinesis but energy shield isn't maxed and only at 87%. Most of the time I'm ok but if I get swarmed I am in trouble. I think it's related to my non-existing fhr. I'm working on getting more fhr atm. Is 42% fhr breakpoint enough or do I have to somehow get 60 or 86?

respec and max es before you static field. try to get poison length reduction from boots or amu.

fhr doesn't matter at all on an es sorc. you can have 0 and won't notice a difference

It’s a proven bread and butter. Wear infinity. Get the 105 fcr. Get the act 2 Merc that does life aura and put insight on him. It synergies together boosting mana regen. Max es to lvl 40 max telekinesis. Then nova and it’s synergies.

**a 9es memory staff is vital.

This post was edited by ItsOverNineThousand on Jan 29 2023 06:39pm

Get 95% es sorb, needs to be level 39. You’ll need skillers for this