Help with 1.09 nova/ts sorc setup...this might sound weak/retarded..

[MrGoth]

I'm messing around, and after looking at what characters I have active, I notice a random fact; I have one of each but two classes, a necromancer and a sorc {completly random, no jokes}. Even more so ontop of that, all of my builds are / were fairly standard builds from 1.09 {fury wolf / sword + shield ww barb / ect}.

So I feel that I might as well try to complete this chaos by adding in a nova sorc & a spirit/pnova necro {which wont be talked about here}.

Anyways, I've been looking at the skill planner and all the possible gear setups, and I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help me.

I'll state now that I'm pretty sure this wont be as effective as your other standard pvp sorcy's, so don't worry about that. If possible just try to help me get the best out of this setup.

Ideal skills to max;
~20 in nova
~20 in ts
~20 in mastery
^no brainers^
~possibly 20 in energy shield {I see that past 40 or 41 it just gains duration {capped at 95%}, which means I might just try to tweak with this one.
~16 or 20 in telekensis {not sure what the ideal cap is on this, and if +skills from gear work or not, any help?}
~rest in warmth for more mana recovery


The ideal gear I {hope} to use would be;
~griffons {facet}
~coh
~ss {facet}
~wiz {facet}, possibly hoto or occy, not sure what cast rate to go for?
~arachnids
~maras? Or a cast rate amulet?
~1x soj + 1x raven frost, possibly 2 sojs if i get a cham somewhere
~frosties or trang gloves? Again not sure on what cast rate to go for...

~cta & spirit on switch, +3 light skill circlet & amy & swapping spirit for whatever weapon gives most skills for prebuffing ts.
~anni & hf, 9x light skillers & 10x random sc's for good modes I guess.



So this comes to a few questions I had;
~What is the ideal cast rate for a spamable skill like nova?
~What %fhr should I try to go for?

Also a major question that I've been trying to figure out for a while;
~When prebuffing ts, would using a two socketed +3 light skill circlet with 2 5% damage facetes increase it, since its a cast and forget skill? Or would the facets from my gear work only when it attacks?

I wanted to have a 'pisser' switch, for just teleporting and abusing ts. I was hoping that % damage from a facet would both stack when casting it, and when it attacks, along with the -res, in such that I could use a +3 light skill circlet with 2 facets when casting ts, and use a griffons & say a 6 facet naga while attacking.

If not, I might just opt for an etheral 'cresent moon' rune word in some novel weapon.


Eh...to end this, as I said, i dont expect to do that well. I checked the damage, and before facets work in, my ts will be about 6k {prebuffed}, and nova almost 3k, so hopefully with a few facets I'll break some better damage...

If anyone could help answer a few of my questions, or point out some major error or fault, please do help :)


edits; I forgot to add my 2nd major question; would ith runes or facets be more ideal? I'm not sure what boots to use, possibly aldurs, but I know that damage to mana could really save my *** a bit in this build. Is there any % that I should go for, or just ditch that idea for facets?

[Lanimilbus]

Sounds like a fun build to me.

I remember in 1.09, you really had to hit that 105% FCR breakpoint in order to make nova effective. I'd imagine that would still be the same.

I've been itching to make a nova sorc, too, but mine would be more for pvm play. It seems to me that the lack of synergies could be a good thing, as it would allow you to have a backup skill, like thunderstorm. I'm just not sure the damage would measure up. Seems like it would be very gear-dependant (like most builds seem to be in 1.10).

Has anybody else tried to salvage this once-great skill?

[Cel]

a plan is to go for 200 fcr and perhaps use base-vit, like 100 dex, a few in str and the rest in energy. With a capped energyshield you'll just need some lifecharms. Since nova does low dmg and you'll use energyshield you'll need alot of mana. if you wanna raech 200 fcr and keep mana without using frostburn ... you'll need alot of energy. Gear would be rather basic.. rare circlet, amu and rings, arach, magefist, lidless/spirit, eschuta/wizzy, viper .. hmm, only got it to 190 fcr now. Just giving a few ideas so I've got no idea how this'll work. However, you'll spam nova with 200 fcr.

[spekkionu]

Mana will indeed be your biggest problem. I remember when patch 1.10 first came out I tried to use my 1.09 Nova Sorc. In 1.09 she was able to teleport just out of Nova range and if you spammed a few Static Fields first could Nova almost anything to death before it got close enough to hit her. After 1.10 she would run out of mana after just a few Novas then the enemy would catch up and kill her in 1-2 hits. She had like 150 Energy plus two SoJs and a Shako and still didn't have enough mana (It was about 1.2k mana).

I'm sure you could make something much better with all the new fancy equipment 1.10 brought but I still think mana can be a huge problem. The only way I see it being good is if you can get an Infinity Merc. A large Mana Blub + Meditation + Warmth will hopefully let you spam Nova for more than 3 seconds.