Building public PVP blizz sorc

[jebachina]

I'm building pubby PVP blizz sorc and I can't decide which route to go:

1. Zero points in vita and go with max energy/max block/75% es build
2. Max Vita/max block/base energy but more damage.

Which build you think is more viable in public duels if we ignore absorbers?

[sorceressgod]

my blizz sorc is a pure vita build w/o ES and at 105 fcr, which is important for pub game survival.

but being a blizz sorc, you should be able to pretty much annihlate a melee char like for example, a charger. just cast blizzards in front of you so i dont really see a need for max block or ES unless they are sorbing.

[Xenon[XoA]]

Just cos they don't sorb, doesnt mean they won't stack. Most melee's in pvp will have at least 1 raven, for the dex/cbf. To think that you can just sit in your own blizz, and not die to melee's is rather naive...especially if not max block.

It is still quite possible to maintain max block and keep decent life / damage.
However, if you do go max block, using spirit's not the best Idea - monarchs have very ****ty base block, and your dex req's'll skyrocket.

Max block with eshield's somewhat pushing it. While it's great for when your eshield crashes, eshield doesn't take blocking into effect.

#2 would be much more viable for all-around survival.
SS or 15-15AtoD would be ideal shields. If enough str for SS, you could always switch it out for a spirit vs Casters.

[sorceressgod]

well against stackers and sorbers... i've seen a crazy person with VERY godly seemingly-ebayed gear today o_0.

a whole inventory of cold gcs with 40 life mods, perfect vita/resists sc, and a ebugged +20/-20 die facet monarch shield.

fighting against stackers, maybe bring up your blizz damage to 17k would be a better choice. corner yourself, and fire ice blasts all over the place :p.

[jebachina]

I'm not concerned about absorbers/stackers, point is which build would be better. On ES build I'm pretty concerned about Fohers/Trappers since they could bring my mana pool down very fast so mana drinking is not an option here. On the other hand on ES build I don't really need res/abs since ES is applied before it anyway and tele+drink can help here as well as vs melee chars.


If going vita build then res/abs and dr is a must...block is a must in pvp and I'll tweak dex for max block with Orphan shield. Bowa's will also own me easily on this build since I don't know how much dr I can really invest to it. My best friend here is 75% block and fbr.

How much fhr would be enough for this sorc?