Troubles with Lightning Sorceress

[TheDemonWithin]

After I finish MF'ing and doing all that boring "startup" stuff again, I'm planning on making a Lightning Sorceress.

My planned setup will be:

Shako w/ Um
Lidless Wall w/ Pdiamond
Eschuta's w/ 20% Light Damage and +3 Sorc Skills w/ Res Jewel
Tal's Amulet
Arachnid Mesh
Vipermagi 35% w/ Um
Bloodfist
Waterwalks
Nagelring
+Mana FCR Ring


This gives me ~13k Lightning and ~7.2k Chain Lightning. So now I'm thinking Wowee! This is superb! I love this new sorceress.

And then I glance over to the Resistances. I'll have 99 Resistances in normal, which means -1 in Hell! So now I'm thinking: Should I sacrifice the Eschuta's for a Wizardspike? I'll be losing 6k Lightning damage and 2k Chain Damage. Which isn't a very fun thing :\. Do you guys thinking Teleporting at 105% FCR will be enough to counter my utter lack of resistances >.<?

[Ossar]

I presume thw 99% res includes all anya quests? Otherwise you will be looking at +29% resists, which is playable.

[gods_pawn]

Don't forget your Anya quests, and since you have another MFer it would sound like, you can always replace that Nagel with a resistance ring, as well as those Bloodfists.

If you're not concerned with blocking (which your lidless would suggest) you can replace the Waterwalks with tearhaunch, giving you +10 all resistances right there. Don't forget resistances charms either, those always help me cut the edge.

Keep in mind, the only resistances you'll need higher up there is Lightning and Fire, the 2 heavy hitters of monsters. And you might have skipped over the 30 some odd Lightning resistances Tals provides.

I do not suggest opting out for a Wizzy, you will lose a lot of lightning damage, and that tree needs a higher max to even out your average damage.

[OddEvil]

I don't think you'll have a resist problem. My much worse (well, less well) equipped CL sorc has 65+ resist all inHell, plenty for most everything. Oh,and she still hasn't done hell Anya. She has no ums, a P-dmnd in The Ward, an Occy, Skins of VM, and i forget which boots, rings, and gloves, but nothin specially hihg in resists. She does have sveral small +6 or so resist charm, like two for each elem., but still that cheap of a build and plenty of resits, your um'd sorc ought to be fine.

[Miladys-Knight]

And then I glance over to the Resistances. I'll have 99 Resistances in normal, which means -1 in Hell! So now I'm thinking: Should I sacrifice the Eschuta's for a Wizardspike? I'll be losing 6k Lightning damage and 2k Chain Damage. Which isn't a very fun thing :\. Do you guys thinking Teleporting at 105% FCR will be enough to counter my utter lack of resistances >.<?

Trade the lidless in for a 2 p diamond mosers, get the Fcr back by putting on mage fists. You lose one skill level of damage and you lose 40 life but your resists go up by +63% to all, you gain 1 to your fire skills (warmth), you gain +25% mana regen and your chance to block and block speed all go up. A win/win situation.

[TheDemonWithin]

D'oh! I forgot about the Anyas :). Therefore, Resists should be pretty good.

Next question: Energy.

How much Energy should I get? I've calculated that I'm only going to have about 400 mana at the end of this build if I go with no pts into Energy. Thats not enough (or so I hear) for a Lightning Sorceresss, because well...all the Lightning Spells cost a crapload of mana T_T.

How much Energy is good for a Sorceress without any twinked Mana Charms?

[mhl12]

D'oh! I forgot about the Anyas :). Therefore, Resists should be pretty good.

Next question: Energy.

How much Energy should I get? I've calculated that I'm only going to have about 400 mana at the end of this build if I go with no pts into Energy. Thats not enough (or so I hear) for a Lightning Sorceresss, because well...all the Lightning Spells cost a crapload of mana T_T.

How much Energy is good for a Sorceress without any twinked Mana Charms?

i just have 50 base energy for my light sorc and i have no mana charms either. just lidless, frostburns, 1 soj, occy, and shako to increase my mana and im doing fine.

[TheDemonWithin]

Mmmhmm, ONLY an Occy, SoJ, and Frostburns, eh? ONLY!?!

Thats +20 Energy and +65% of your based mana O_O. I think I'll have to wear Frostburns.