Light Sorc Skill Distributation and Equipment

[Sidonis]

Skill point distribution:
1 warmth
1 cold armour
20 charged bolts
1 static field
1 telekinesis
1 teleport
1 energy shield
20 lightning
20 chain lightning
20 lightning mastery
rest in nova

Question: Why not put 20 into Nova first then rest into charged bolts, cause it seems to me Nova is a better skill then charged bolts?

Stat Points:
Str: Enough for equip (around base I think)
Dex: Base
Vit: Everything here
Energy: Base

Equipment:
Griff's (5/5)
Arach's
Spirit
Eschuta's (5/5)
Eth Treks
Enigma (exceptional probably cause not enough str for archon)
Nice rare/crafted gloves with at least 11 FHR
2x SoJ
Mara's
15+/15+ Torch/Anni

25 + 20 + 35 + 40 = 120 FCR
55 + 20 + 11 = 86 FHR
CR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 = 125 CR - 100 (hell) = 25 CR
FR = 30(scrolls) + 30 + 30 = 90 FR - 100 (hell) = -10 FR
PR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 70 = 195 PR - 100(hell) = 75 (maxed) PR
LR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 = 125 LR -100 (hell) = 25 LR
+Skills = 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 = +17 Skills
-Light/+Light = -30/+50

Yeah...so damage with this setup would be insanely high but resistances would suck and I'd need alot of +resis charms to make up for it or I would have to um/jewel the Griff's/Eschuta's for an additional +30 resist all but lose two 5/5 light facets or I'd have to use CoH instead of Enigma, but then I lose the huge str bonus and I'd have to put some points into str. Or I can go with this setup:

Griff's (5/5)
Arach's
Spirit
Hoto
Eth Treks
Enigma (exceptional probably cause not enough str for archon)
Nice rare/crafted gloves with at least 11 FHR
2x SoJ
Mara's
15+/15+ Torch/Anni

25 + 20 + 35 + 40 = 120 FCR
55 + 20 + 11 = 86 FHR
CR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 40= 165 CR - 100 (hell) = 65 CR
FR = 30(scrolls) + 30 + 30 + 40 = 130 FR - 100 (hell) = 30 FR
PR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 70 + 40= 235 PR - 100(hell) = 75 (maxed) PR
LR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 40 = 165 LR -100 (hell) = 65 LR
+Skills = 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 = +17 Skills
-Light/+Light = -25/+20

Yeah...so damage with this setup would still be high and resistances much higher. However I lose alot of -Light/+Light damage. Now I'd probably need 2 +5 resist all SC's + a couple +11 fire. However, I was thinking...what if I threw away the Griff's for a nice rare circlet, so what about this setup:

Rare +2, 20 FCR, +15 all resist, 2os, +str/life Circlet with 2x 5/5 light facets
Arach's
Spirit
Hoto
Eth Treks
Enigma (exceptional probably cause not enough str for archon)
Magefist (or some sort of rare/crafted gloves with +2 fcr and 11 fhr)
2x SoJ
Mara's
15+/15+ Torch/Anni

20 + 20 + 35 + 40 + 20 = 135 FCR
55 + 20 = 75 FHR
CR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 40 + 15 = 180 CR - 100 (hell) = 75 CR (maxed)
FR = 30(scrolls) + 30 + 30 + 40 + 15 = 145 FR - 100 (hell) = 45 FR
PR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 70 + 40 = 235 PR - 100(hell) = 75 (maxed) PR
LR = 30(scrolls) + 35 + 30 + 30 + 40 + 15= 180 LR -100 (hell) = 75 LR (maxed)
+Skills = 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 = +18 Skills
+Light/-Light = 10/10
So now I lose more -light/+light but I do gain one skill point. Additionally, I would need some +fire/fhr SC's to max my fire and hit the 86 breakpoint for FHR.


Now the question I present you guys with about equipment is, do you guys think I should use setup #1, 2 or 3. And any suggestions you guys could make to the equipment?

[Xenon[XoA]]

Eschutas (and lite faceted) doesnt really add much light damage compared to Hoto. Diff's only like 200-400 ish. Plus hoto has oak, more life, resists, 'n 10 dex ;)

In this instance, i'd think Charged bolt first, as your main damage skill will be Lightning / Chain, and charged bolt's useful at very close range - and nova won't be used very much, if at all.

Charged bolt can hit 1.1k (prolly higher) damage Per bolt. @ 24 bolts, thats roughly 25K-26K average damage (at point blank).. as opposed to Lightning's low min - high max.

[ivaka]

']Charged bolt can hit 1.1k (prolly higher) damage Per bolt. @ 24 bolts, thats roughly 25K-26K average damage (at point blank).. as opposed to Lightning's low min - high max.

Is it really possible to attend 1k dmg per bolt? This number seems extremly high for me, but then again I never did a cb sors.. yet.

Please some input here.

[Sidonis]

Ah ok goign to use charged bolt I guess...and do you suggest setup 2/3? :)

BTW, ivaka I'm sure you could hit 1k dmg cause with like +9 to skills i can do 400 almost

[ivaka]

BTW, ivaka I'm sure you could hit 1k dmg cause with like +9 to skills i can do 400 almost

OMG... if this is so, I will consider making a cb sorc right away :cool:
Can you imagine the dmg coming from 45 lvl cb woaah

BTW Sidonis, how much dmg does your maxed lvl 20 cb with no +skills, so I can figure out how much dmg comes from those +9 skills to reach the total of 400.

[Sidonis]

With a level 45 CB you do 900 dmg. With a level 20 CB you do 130 dmg. That's assuming synergies maxed

This is without any +/- dmg calculated

[ivaka]

nice. which means that eventually if you go 45-50 lvl cb + % lite dmg and thus putting all max dmg oriented equip, you could actually achieve 1-1.1k cb.
Impressive. My next sorc is already born =\

[Sidonis]

Anyone know if what setup I should use? :/

[KaythonXE]

Several notes. Nova and CB are both pretty pathetic pvm in hell past act 2 if you don't have infinity. But, Cb looks cooler. Eschutas adds more along the lines or 2000-3000 not 300-400, for me atleast. If you don't go for block or es you'll need to have as much vita as possible. Don't even bother putting a point into teleport and TK if you plan on using enigma. That's two more points into Nova for 14% more damage. My sorc hits around 50k lite damage, 1.1k cb. I found that you won't do good lite damage without torch and atleast 6 lite skillers. Anni would help. And without block and es you need 200% fcr. If you don't have it, you'll likely die.

[Sidonis]

I believe he meant 300-400 more dmg compared to hoto? And the only reason why I'm putting points into TK/Tele is to get ES. And I should be able to max nova at lvl 95, which isn't too high.

And nobody answered my which setup question yet? :(

[therup]

equip 1 but lose enigma and go for coh that way u get +65 all res

[zhangha]

He'd lose a million points in vit though cause he'd have to place like 90 points in str to make up for the ones he was going to get from Enigma

[KaythonXE]

Why would you want ES? It won't do much but make you use lots of rejuvs and die often because you don't have TK maxed as it's synergy. And I did mean 2000-3000 damage. Because that is how much eschutas adds for me. (the +25% ld and the -5% lr adds about as much as another skill point.

[Sidonis]

Umm, well. With all the + skills (17) without any lite skillers I'd say my TK is nearly maxed.

[Evrae Altana]

Umm, well. With all the + skills (17) without any lite skillers I'd say my TK is nearly maxed.That won't help. Only hard points placed in telekinesis will synergize energy shield.

[Sidonis]

Oh...well, in that case do you guys still think I should put points into the prerequisites for ES and put one point into it so I can use it, or should I just save those points for maxing Nova sooner...?

And still nobody has answered which setup (1/2/3) I should use :(

[therup]

ur still gonna get teleport wich is the last prerequisites for es but save that point and use it for maxing synergy

[bih]

Skill point distribution:

Question: Why not put 20 into Nova first then rest into charged bolts, cause it seems to me Nova is a better skill then charged bolts?

I Now WHY !