I just managed to get all the barebones needs to run nova and I'm loving it.

Griffons -17 +15
Vipermagi 32res
Infinity -49
Magefist
Arach
WarTravs 48mf
2 soj
amu 2light 10fcr 19mana 21fr hfd 50plr 34fg

Torch 17/16
Anni 16/18/9
3 light skiller
3 sc 11pres and some mf

and I'm not currently using my sunder.

Normally I just farm for keys and kill Meph, Diablo and do Frigid Highlands + any cool tz. I have just started joining in on rooms with more people since I can solo p5 on the key droppers

I personnaly use on mine :

Frostburn over magefist
Silk over wartrav
2 x 10 fcr ring + mana mf res mods
1 x sunder
5 x light gcs
Cube + torch + anni + tp scroll in belt + id book + 5 x mf + res scs or mana/life
Cta + lidless on swap. (Lose +1, but no meed tons of str for the build)
My wield infi is a eth scythe for low str req
My ammy have 2/10/100+mana/str/res

I pretty go full nova/es. Can solo p8 at an ok pace. I could also add 2 light gcs in the inventory + 2 scs and only use my cube for drops and stash it right after every zone.

Have about 5.5-6k mana + 1.5-2k life. Full tank makes it viable at p8

unless you bo yourself with a bo barb every game there is absolutely no way you can get 5.5k mana and/or 1.5k life on es nova sorc with that setup

dang it I forgot to mention I have a 6/4 coa with a spirit on the off hand

I was wondering this too cuz mine has same gear but 39l lifers and I'm no where near that lol

I have around 1.7k mana, no clue how that guy gets that much lol

thanks for the full response!
do you think your ring setup is better than sojs? I guess with good enough rings getting to have better globes could be nice but frostburn does less than the 2 sojs, I don't get that
I think I will always keep 2 columns of inv empty to more easily pick up items, but I might try the cube way, just sounds annoying

I am running basically perfect es nova sorc (for my preference)

Infinity scythe
griffon 5/5d
vmagi 5/5
arach
soj
10fcr 88mana pr plr mf ring (to hit bp not sure on math but might lose to soj mana value wise)
56mana/5% inc/40pr/25plr/18mf boots (no frw)
2 sorc/20fcr/102mana/hfd amulet
3 es 3shiver armor 6/6/4 cta staff on swap
4x 44 life light gcs
1x 12fhr light gc
perf gheeds
perf light sunder
20-20 storch
20-20-10 anni
3x20/17s
3x3frw/17s
2x 5fhr/17s
2x7mf/17s

standard insight heal merc

with my setup i am barely pushing past 4k mana 935 life self-boed at lvl 94 everything into energy, never die p8 anyway, at 4k mana you are super tank even souls need to hit you 5-6 times to get your mana pool down to like 10-15%
either way at lvl 99 with his setup and 2scs in inventory, full energy, silkweaves (cta+lidless bo xD) and sur'd vmagi/griff, he isn't hitting 5.5k mana 1.5k life (minimum he claims)

This post was edited by Fnall on May 31 2025 07:14pm

Yup sorry all, I was litterally playing with my friend all games up. Forgot about bo barb lmao

My self stats are 800 ish life and 3.8k ish mana like @Fnall say

also have 1x fcr ring + a soj for that 105 fcr bp (not 2x fcr rings) myb here, wasnt in front of the pc when I make my first post and I just wana quickly help on this section where we can wait couple hours/day to receive a response sometimes

Also have a 3es 6/6/4 cta staff