Frozen orb is banned. ... have fun all

can we make this active again? i can't find any svs ladders

pming

ty

Wheres the svs ladder

In the ddl discord

Lpc's SvS Vita Blizzard Sorceress Guide




Table of Contents

To start
• Introduction
• Highlighted build stats

Gear
•Magic Orb Setup
- Vs. Fire Setup
- Vs. Light Setup
- Vs. Cold Setup
• Alternative - Obsession Setup
- Vs. Fire Setup
- Vs. Light Setup
- Vs Cold Setup
• Inventory

Stats
• Stat Distribution
• Skill Distribution

Conclusion

Introduction:

Hi, my name is Jeff. I have been part of the svs dueling community since around 2005 in LOD. A lot has changed since then, specifically with the addition of the runeword Obsession, which is now meta for both the fire and light sorc in svs. I will note that this guide will only be covering vita cold sorc setups, as this is superior to an energy shield setup in svs.
The cold sorc has a different objective when building in sorc vs sorc, and that is to hit higher negative resistance compared to higher damage. Opponents can stack (and usually do) 450 cold resistance against a cold sorc. This means, at a minimum, you need -280 cold resistance if you want to “sunder” your opponent under max resistance. The focus of the builds are to get more points into cold mastery and use facets to accomplish this. If you have any questions, or comments regarding this guide, please let me know in the comments or via pm. I will cover optimal builds as well as budget builds and different options for skills.

_____________________________________________

These are the stats using my primary setup @ level 97 with vs fire setup on:

3,648 life
12,432 Blizzard Damage
8,214 Ice Blast Damage
60% Fhr
105% Fcr
-305 cold resist



Gear

All gear will be listed with perfect stats, clearly go with what you can afford/find. The top end 3cold skills/20fcr/3cold mastery/1-3 blizzard/2socket orbs are very expensive and hard to find, so we will talk about best in slot alternatives as well. Note: die facets are not allowed in svs, so you will want to get level facets.


Magic Orb Setups


Fire Setup
General: 10% max fire resist is allowed or 5% and dwarf star.

Weapon: 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/3Cold Mastery/Blizzard/2Socket (Facetx2) Magic Orb
• This is the most expensive part of the build, and the most difficult thing to find. At a minimum you want 3cold skills/3cold mastery/2socket. Here is a prioritized list in my opinion:
o Best in slot – 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/3Cold Mastery/3 Blizzard/2Socket
o Next best – 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/3Cold Mastery/1-2 Blizzard/2Socket
o Optimal – 3 Cold Skills/20Faster Cast Rate/3Cold Mastery/2Socket
o Cheaper option – 3 Cold Skills/3Cold Mastery/1-3 Blizzard/2Socket
o Budget – 3 Cold Skills/3Cold Mastery/2Socket
o Starter build – 3Cold Skills/3Cold Mastery/1Socket or 3Cold Skill/2Cold Mastery/2Socket
• Priority order is 6cold mastery (3cold skills/3cm) > 2socket > 20fcr > 1-3 blizzard
• You don’t want to buy a 2sorc orb or focus on +blizzard over cold mastery

Shield: Ethereal 35fcr Spirit Monarch
o You do not lose durability in svs dueling (except when clearing moor). Ethereal has 10 less strength requirement over non-eth, so you only need 146str to wear the ethereal spirit monarch over the normal 156str requirement.

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed 2x facet
• 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket (facets) – use this if no fcr on orb

Amulet/Rings: Two options – 10fcr needed on one. I run with the ring fcr option because it allows for easier swaps. In general it is difficult to stack fire and light resist, for instance against a fire sorc with tstorm. My normal ring is fcr/high str/high life, but I also have swaps for fcr/high str/life/rep and fcr/high str/life/high fire/light resist if needed. The alternative, using a 3cold/10fcr ammy, will allow a second bk/soj ring for more damage/-resist, which can be useful if you have a lesser orb (or if you just want to run maximum damage).
• Option 1: Faster Cast Rate Ring – this is what I use
o 3 Cold Skills/100 Life ammy
o SOJ (or BK ring)
o Faster Cast Rate Ring with swaps (fire/light res, rep, etc)

• Option 2: Faster Cast Rate Ammy
o 3 Cold Skills/10 Faster Cast Rate
o 2x SOJS or BK Rings

Armor: Jeweler’s Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed with 4x Facets
o Stick to light plate armors as they don’t slow down your faster run/walk. Dusk shroud, great hauberk, scarab husk, anything under 146 strength requirement

Weapon swap: Call to arms/eth spirit monarch

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Arach

Boots: Infernostrides

Alternative setup – 86 Faster Hit Recovery:

I run 86fhr against a fire sorc – specifically a 105 fire or 200 fire that is very aggressive. This setup requires 20 fcr on your orb. If you do not have the fcr on orb, you could run a 20fcr ammy (with the one fcr ring) with bloodfists.

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket (Faceted)

Gloves: Bloodfists

Lightning Setup
General: Limit on +max light resist is 10, or tgods, or 20% wisp. Lo + wisp is not permitted. You will want to have at least 205 light resist to compensate for light sorc running griffons.


Helm: 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed 2x 5/5 Facet

Amulet: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life
o Alternative still 3 Cold Skill/10 Faster Cast Rate + 2 SOJ/BK rings

Weapon: Cold Orb + Eth Spirit 35 FCR
o Swap CTA + Eth spirit

Armor: Jeweler Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed 4x 5/5 Level Facets

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Tgods
o If no faster cast rate on orb, run arach + wisp

Rings: Faster Cast Rate Ring + SOJ or BK ring
o If no faster cast rate on orb, run wisp here over SOJ

Boots:
o 65 Life Waterwalks
o Life Rep Boots with Light Resist



Cold Setup
General: Max cold stack is 450 cold resist (hard cap, cannot exceed at all) or 400 + 1 piece of absorb (raven). 450cr is superior, get as close to this or even to 450 if possible.


Setup #1:

General: The best setup here, with all perfect cold resist can reach 466 cold resist. When buying gear, keep in mind that you can only lose 18 cold resist over all gear options, which becomes a small margin. The higher the cr on items (ring, amulet, boots, jewels, charms, etc), the better so you have room in other places. I will list the best option as a whole, then alternative options here. This is the most difficult part of the build. Do the math for your cold resist as you buy items here, the hardest part is the amulet, then ring/boots, then jewels.

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – 2x Cold Resist Jewels (40cr is max on each)
o See alternative under armor section

Amulet: You need 10fcr on the amulet or one ring here, do not need it in both slots.
o Option 1 – 10fcr on ring: 2 Sorc Skills (or 2 cold)/stats (str/life/rep etc)/50+cold resist (60cr max)
o Option 2 – No fcr on ring: 2 Sorc Skills (or 2 cold)/10fcr/stat/50++ cold resist

Rings: You need 10fcr on the amulet or one ring here, do not need it in both slots.
o Option 1 – No fcr on ammy: 10fcr/stats/high cold resist (41cr is max)
o Option 2 – 10fcr on ammy: stats/high cold resist

Weapon: Cold orb + Eth spirit
o Swap CTA + Eth spirit

Armor: Jeweler Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed 4x 5/5 level facets
o Alternative: you can buy a second armor here and run 3x high cold resist jewels + 1x 5/5 facet. You can then wear your normal vs fire circlet with 2x facets and skip the high cr ring for a second soj/bk ring. This would be used with 10fcr on the amulet.


Gloves: Trangs

Belt: Arach

Boots:
o Life Rep boots with Cold Resist (40cr max)
o 40frw/cold resist boots


Setup #2 – High Cold Resist Helmet

Helmet: 2 Sorc Skills (or cold skills)/30+ cold resist/2 socket circlet with 2x high cr jewels
o Allows you to drop 1x cold resist jewel/cold resist ring from previous setup


Setup #3 – Fathom/damage setup
General: If you cannot reach 450cr and -280 cold resist, due to budget, this is another option for you. These items are cheaper/easier to acquire, but they are not as good as the previous setups. There are many ways to make this setup. I suggest you build/plan out first and buy cold resist jewels last/as needed.

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – 2x Cold Resist Jewels (40cr is max)
o Nightwings with cold resist jewel
o 2 Sorc (or 2 cold)/20 Fcr/Cold Resist/1-2 Socket Circlet (will no longer need fcr on ring/ammy)

Amulet: 2 Sorc Skills/10fcr/stat/cold resist (60cr max)
o 3 Cold Skills/10fcr – very high cr needed on other gear to use this
o 3 Cold Skills/100 Life – to use with 1x fcr ring with cold resist

Rings: 2x Sojs or BK rings
o May use 10fcr/high stat/cold resist ring with 3 Cold/100Life ammy

Weapon: Fathom w/cold resist jewel + Eth spirit
o Swap CTA + Eth spirit

Armor: Ormus +3 blizz/15% cold damage with cold resist jewel

Gloves: Crafted 31-40 cold resist gloves (likely don’t need fcr here, and these can roll added bonuses)
o Trang gloves is the easier option, as long as higher cr isn’t needed

Belt: Arach

Boots:
2. Life Rep boots with Cold Resist (40cr max)
3. 40frw/cold resist boots



Alternative: Obsession Setups


Fire Setup

Weapon: Obsession 3 Cold Skills/3 Cold Mastery
o Bonus Skills – Teleport would save skill points for more damage. Blaze is also a great add
o Roll - +Life % ranges from 15-25% and All resist ranges from 60-70. You want 25% life on the roll.

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed 2x facet

Amulet: 3 Cold Skills/100 Life

Armor: Jeweler’s Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed with 4x Facets
o You don’t need any strength for this build, outside of what is needed for the armor. Gothic plate is lowest strength requirement, at 70, for a 4os armor and is generally cheaper. Dusk is next lowest at 77, and is a light plate armor, meaning it won’t slow down your faster run/walk. Keep in mind the lower the strength requirement of the armor, the more life you will have.

Weapon swap: Call to arms/splendor, lidless, sigons shield

Gloves: Magefists

Rings: 2x SOJ or BK Rings

Belt: Arach

Boots: Infernostrides


Lightning Setup

Weapon: Obsession

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed 2x facet

Amulet: 3 Cold Skills/Strength
o You need 100 strength for eth tgods and 110 for non-ethereal. If your armor strength requirement is lower than this, you need to make up for strength somewhere unless you plan to respect per match. Max strength for the ammy is 30, meaning even wearing gothic plate armor (70str req) can get you to 100 str for an eth tgods.

Rings: 2x SOJ or BK Rings

Armor: Jeweler’s Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed with 4x Facets

Weapon swap: Call to arms/splendor, lidless, sigons shield

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Eth tgods
o Eth tgods is 100 strength required, compared to non-eth being 110

Boots:
1. 65 Life Waterwalks
2. Life Rep boots with Light Resist


Cold Setup
General: There is a small amount of wiggle room with your cold resist and cold penetration (-cold res) here. You need 450 cold resist and -280 cold penetration. This setup, with perfect cold resist on all gear, can only hit 455 cold resist.

Weapon: Obsession (70 maximum resist)

Helm: 3 Cold Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed 2x facet

Amulet: 2 Sorc Skills (or 2 Cold)/HIGH cold resist (60 maximum resist) – no fcr needed

Rings: 2x SOJ or BK Rings

Armor: Chains of Honor (COH)

Weapon swap: Call to arms/splendor, lidless, sigons shield

Gloves: Crafted cold resist gloves (40 maximum resist)

Belt: Arach

Boots:
1. Life rep boots with cold resist (40 maximum resist)
2. 30-40frw/cold resist boots



Inventory:

9x Cold Grand Charm with 45 to life

9x20Life/11Resist Small Charms (Fire/Light/Cold match dependent) – cannot use more than 10x at once

1x5Faster Hit Recovery/11 Resist Small Charm (Except in obsession setup, as obsession hits 60fhr)

20/20 Torch

20/20 Anni





Stat Distribution:

Strength – 146 (for eth spirit), or enough to wear armor if obsession build

Dexterity – Base

Vitality - All the rest

Energy - Base


Skill Distribution:
There are three ways to run the skills. You will not be able to max cold mastery, blizz damage and ice blast damage all at once. Some focus on pure blizz damage, others focus on high ib (ice blast damage), and others run a middle ground. I run in the middle, but I will provide all three.

• Cold Mastery - 20

• Blizzard - 20

• Ice Blast - 20

• Ice Bolt - 20

• Teleport – 1

• Glacial Spike – higher blizz damage. Max if going pure blizz, rest of points here if pure ib, or split between this and frozen orb if running a middle ground setup.

• Frozen Orb – higher ice blast damage. Max if running pure ib damage, rest of points here if pure blizz, or split between this and glacial if running a middle ground setup.

• Optional: 1 point blaze





Conclusion
Thank you for taking the time to read over this build. If you have any more specific questions about the build or are interested in SVS, feel free to reach out to me. If there are any other options you want to test out, let me know. If it is something I haven’t already tested, I would be glad to test it out. Special thanks to Gemmd for most of this knowledge and helping test out the best builds. Thank you to J33P for figuring out the viable obsession setup with cold vs cold option.

damn straight on the money, vn job man. way better than i coulda done again XD

Testing 1,2,3...

Lpc's SvS Vita Lightning Sorceress Guide




Table of Contents:

To start
• Introduction
• Highlighted build stats

Gear
• 200 Faster Cast Rate
- Vs. Fire Setup
- Vs. Light Setup
- Vs Cold Setup
•117 Faster Cast Rate
- Vs. Fire Setup
- Vs. Light Setup
- Vs. Cold Setup
- Infinity

• Inventory
• Stashed Gear

Stats
• Stat Distribution
• Skill Distribution

Conclusion

Introduction:

Hi, my name is Jeff. I have been part of the svs dueling community since around 2005 in LOD. A lot has changed since then, specifically with the addition of the runeword Obsession, which is now meta for both lightning and fire sorcs. I will note that this guide will only be covering vita light sorc setups, as this is superior to an energy shield setup in svs. If you have any questions, or comments regarding this guide, please let me know in the comments or via pm. I will cover optimal builds as well as budget builds and different options for skills. When it comes to 200 fcr vs 117 fcr, they are both very viable options and will come down to preference. Almost all current light sorcs do run the 200fcr breakpoint for speed.

_____________________________________________

General stats at level 96 with maras buff, using fire setup:
200 Faster Cast Rate
• 4,231 Life
• 46k Lightning Damage

117 Faster Cast Rate (Lifer Armor)
• 5,041 Life
• 50k Lightning Damage

117 Faster Cast Rate (Lifer Armor/SOJS)
• 4,599 Life
• 54k Lightning Damage

117 Faster Cast Rage (Enigma Armor)
• 4,276 Life
• 59k Lightning Damage



Gear

All gear will be listed with perfect stats, clearly go with what you can afford/find. You can opt for either 200 setup, 117 setup or both. The 200fcr setup requires base strength alone. The 117fcr setup requires 20 added points into strength for gothic plate (lowest strength lifer armor) or 10 added strength for eth gothic plate enigma/COH. So there is only a minor strength investment to have both setups available (or you can respect). If running with highest life 117 setup, you can cover the strength with your rings and have no base strength added.



200 Faster Cast Rate Setups


Fire Setup
General: 10% max fire resist is allowed or 5% and dwarf star.


Helm: Griffons – Vex
• For more budget option, focus on + light damage over the -light resist on griffons. Most sorc will overstack light resistance against you anyway.

Ammy: 2sorc/20fcr/Life ammy

Weapon: Obsession 3 Lightning/3 Lightning Mastery
• Perfect roll is 25% Life/70 All Resist. The life % is the most important part. You should reroll this to reach 25% life if possible. The base can get extra skills such as Chilling Armor, like the one I use, or Blaze.


Swap weapon: CTA with lidless/splendor/etc

Armor: Vipermagi (not upped) – Jah or Cham (cham for cannot be frozen)

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Arach

Rings: 2x 10fcr/Life rings – Life rep is bonus

Boots: 65 Life Waterwalks


Lightning Setup
General: Max absorb is 10%, or tgods, or wisp. Lo and wisp is not permitted.


Helm: Griffons – Lo

Ammy: 2sorc/20fcr/Life ammy

Weapon: Obsession

Swap weapon: CTA with lidless/splendor/etc

Armor: Vipermagi (not upped) – Lo

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Arach

Rings: 2x 10fcr/Life rings

Boots:
• 65 Life Waterwalks
• Life Rep boots with Light Resist


Cold Setup
General: Max cold stack is 450 cold resist (hard cap, cannot exceed at all) or 400 + 1 piece of absorb (raven). 450cr is superior, get as close to this or even to 450 if possible.


Helm: Griffons – 20life/30cold res jewel
• Alternative jewel option - 35-40 Cold resist jewel
• Budget option - Thul rune

Ammy: 2sorc/20fcr/Life ammy

Weapon: Obsession

Swap weapon: CTA with lidless/splendor/etc

Armor: Vipermagi (not upped) – 20Life/30cold res jewel
• Alternative socket - 35+cr Jewel or Thul rune

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Arach
• Can use trangs here, but will need added strength

Rings: 2x 10fcr/Life/Cold res rings

Boots: Life rep boots with cr (or boots with cold resist)


117 Faster Cast Rate Setups
There are three viable options you can run here. High life/lower damage, high damage/lower life, middle ground. As stated in the top with the breakdowns at the start, you give/take about 500life for 5k damage between each.

Option #1: High Life/Lower Damage

Fire Setup

Helm: 3 Light Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed Jah/Vex
a. Alternative socket Cham/Vex if running frw setup (enigma) for cannot be frozen
b. Can socket Jah/Jah if buying one helm, use infernos for fire and wisp for light

Amulet: 3 Light Skills/100 Life

Weapon: Obsession

Weapon Swap: Call to Arms + Splendor/Lidless/etc.

Armor: Jeweler’s Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed with 4x Jah Runes

1. Gothic Plate of the Whale

I prefer Gothic Plate because it’s the lowest strength requirement on a 4 socket armor, being 70. This means only 20 points of strength are needed for the build, leaving the remaining points for life.

2. Dusk Shroud of the Whale – This armor is a lighter armor, giving you more faster run/walk speed. The strength requirement is 77, just slightly more than gothic plate. You can use another armor here, but the lower the strength requirement, the more life you will get.

Gloves: Magefists

Belt: Arach

Rings: 2x Faster Cast Rate Rings – Best adds are Strength, Life, Life Rep

Boots: 65 Life Waterwalks


Lightning Setup Changes

Option #1
Helm: 3 Light Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – Socketed Lo/Lo

Option #2
Helm: 3 Light Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket – Jah/Jah
Belt: Eth tgods
• Eth tgods has 100 strength requirement compared to normal 110 strength requirement. You do not lose durability in sorc vs sorc dueling. May help to have strength on the fcr rings.



Cold Setup Changes


Helm: 3 Light Skills/100 Life/2 Socket Circlet – 2x Jah

Amulet: 3 Light Skills/100 Life

Armor: Jeweler Armor of the Whale 100 Life – Socketed 4x 20/30cr jewels
• Socketed 4x thul runes for budget option

Gloves:
• Magefists
• Trangs (may need strength added if running gothic plate armor)

Belt: Arach

Rings: 2x Faster Cast Rate Rings with Cold Resist

Boots:
• Life Rep boots with Cold Resist
• 40frw/cold resist boots

Option #2: Mid Life/Damage Changes

Helm: 3 Light Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket
• Jah/Vex vs Fire
• No change vs light
• 2x 20Life/30Cold Resist Jewels (or Thuls)
Rings: 2x SOJS or BK Rings (except vs light, when using tgods)

Option #3: High Damage/Lower Life Changes

Armor: Ethereal Enigma/Chains of Honor
• Enigma vs fire and light, COH against cold matchup.

Helm: 3 Light Skills/20 Faster Cast Rate/2 Socket
• Jah/Vex vs Fire – or Cham/Vex for cannot be frozen
• Lo/Lo vs Light, or Jah/Jah with tgods and 2x fcr rings
• 2x 20Life/30Cold Resist Jewels (or Thuls)
Rings: 2x SOJS or BK Rings (except vs light, when not wearing arach)

Alternative Option: Infinity
Not going into a full breakdown for this setup here. But to reach 117fcr and 60fhr, you will need to be a little creative. Best option is to run vipermagi and 3/20/2 circlet with a shael, 17+fcr ammy, and blood boots with fhr and resist. This can be a viable build, but can be outstacked.


Inventory:

9x Light Grand Charm with 45 to life

10x20Life/11Resist Small Charms (Fire/Light/Cold match dependent) – cannot use more than 10x at once

20/20 Torch

20/20 Anni



Stat Distribution:

Strength – Base if running 200 faster cast rate.

Dexterity – Base

Vitality - All the rest

Energy - Base


Skill Distribution:
Required:

• Lightning - 20

• Lightning Mastery - 20

• Charged Bolt - 20

• Chain Lightning – 20

• Nova - 20

• Warmth - 1

• Teleport - 1


Additional skill point options:

1. Blaze – recommended
2. Chilling Armor


Conclusion
Thank you for taking the time to read over this build. If you have any more specific questions about the build or are interested in SVS, feel free to reach out to me. If there are any other options you want to test out, let me know. If it is something I haven’t already tested, I would be glad to test it out.

Nice guides man