troubles with my lightning PvP sorceress

[sorceressgod]

recently, i remade my sorceress to have more damage and life.

so far when this new baby is at level 78, it owned quite a frickin nice share of barbs, wind druids, trapsins, hammerdins, smiters, other sorceresses, and such.

but i feel that the only classes that are really really hard to own, are WW or trap/WW sins, REALLY FRICKIN PRO BvCs WHO SEEM TO HAVE GODLY AUTOAIM CLICKING SKILLS, REALLY FRICKIN FAST AND INVISIBLE pally chargers, bowazons(lol, stinks huh - i always PP with them in a game hehe).

it seems that these classes are really hard to kill. any tips from PvP sorceress pros?

quite some time ago i used to think that pro windy druids are invunerable and invincible to sorceresses, but now i'm pretty much killing or maybe just half-killing them nowadays :p. so i pretty much think that all classes are actually defeatable but i need sum1 to provide a guide though.


stats on my sorc
- lite dmg: 34k
- charged bolts: 700ish
- CL dmg: 9k i think, or 11k?
- TS: 2kish
- FCR(in pvp with tgods): 119. (with arachnids): 139
- life: 1.9k
- mana: 1.1k
- inventory in PvP: lite gcs x8, torch, annihlus.
- light -resists: 20ish.
- resistances: 200++ for all except fire resists.

[Rauth]

Seems to me like you have a case of the "I didn't think block would help that much".

If you Did max block, then my suggestion is practice practice and more practice. That and, level up to at Least 85-90.

If you Didn't max block, rebuild for block and try again. You will be amazed at how much better you do.

Listing gear you use would help as well.

[RetroStar]

Unless you're 200%fcr, I don't see why you won't have max block.

[De4dEyE]

What realm are you, anyhow?

[sorceressgod]

hmm, cuz i play on a hit and run basis. i make it a rule never to let the enemy in my screen.

i also teleport at least 3 or 4 times away when escaping or such, to prevent any nasty namelocks.

seems that my lightning attack really does little to these WW sins who use fade :(

i play on USWest NL btw.

[Valvolux]

seems that my lightning attack really does little to these WW sins who use fade :(

They're probably claw blocking your lightning aswell. :sad:

[RetroStar]

If you're hit and run I don't see why not have 200% fcr.

[TarnishedHope]

Er, are you ES/Light or pure light?

I have never had a problem killing Bowzons on my light sorc... With enough FCR/max block, you can kill them rather easily. Against them, hit and run is not necessary. Unless they decide to play sorb + t-god, I don't understand why they would rise as a challenge.

[sorceressgod]

ah, claw block o_o.

i don't know but seems like teleporting is still pretty good for me at 130 FCR lol.

it's a little costlier to get to 200 though :p

[sorceressgod]

i'm a pure lite sorc... no max block.

[Ce Olba]

i'm a pure lite sorc... no max block.

Well then of course you can expect to have trouble versus melee duelers. It's too obvious that you just can not avoid getting beaten by a good BvC. Personally, if a sorc plays offensively, I will leap her and tele ww. If the sorc plays defensive, I will fire guided arrows, thus making the sorc to decide either to die without even hitting me (by ow), or to come at me, and taking the risk of dying. So either way, the sorc should die. A good one will of course have 95% es and max block, and maybe even max DR % to even humiliate melee'ers even more. Max DR % is not necessary though, since nothing with huge dmg will ever hit you, unless u get charged by a godly chargers who knows to desynch you.

So shortly: your problem's are ES and blocking. FCR and DMG are not so necessary in PvP, not anymore. Survibility>All. A BvC is king because he can survive any attack in the game, and can have decent/good dmg at the same time. With the "default" bvc setup nowdays, you will not take huge dmg from anything, but deal neat dmg.

[RetroStar]

FCR = surviving in PvP for sorcs.

[kmk-soldier]

vs bowzons, you better use the skill "nova", you would be suprised how good it is and much of those bowzons don't have much res, and with enough fcr they can't escape out of it, only keep dodging :p

[HappyAssassin]

If you have trouble with ww sins, keep this in mind:

A WWsin who is whirling you is very hard for a sorc to kill. She will CB 60% of your attacks and her fade/way over maxed res will weaken your light dmg. You MUST hit them when they are moving around. Enigma WWsins are much more dangerous because they cb all the time. A wwsin on foot is meat. Tele near them, let them do their dflight on you and tele to escape. then shoot behind you with lightning. This is really the only way besides random spam that my bramble sin loses to light sorc (unless they have huge life and max block, ug)