Help, need xey light sorc build

[GodObelisk]

The title says all :rolleyes:
I wanted to build a light sorc, and i think xey light sorc build is the best. :starry:
Any1 knows xey's build?

-gobly

[dave435]

i dont i know xey, but light sorc is:
Max:
Lightning
Chain Lightning
Lightning Mastery
Charged Bolt
Rest:
Nova
One Pointers:
1 pt. - Warmth
1 pt. - Static
1 pt. - Teleport
Optional:
1 pt. - Energy Sheild (If using, get 1/2 ene 1/2 vit, or 2/3 ene, 1/3 vit)
1 pt. - Cold armor of your choice (i prefer the middle one)

[PhatTrumpet]

Max TK.

Don't put anything into Energy.

The rest looks alright.

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[GodObelisk]

Thanks dave & trumpet.
I did some research on my own for this light sorc i going to build, going the energy shield route.

1 warmth
20 telekinesis
20 energy shield
20 lightning
20 lightning mastery
1 thunder storm
20 chain lightning
Rest in charged bolt/nova

The skill wise is quite straight forward. Now the issue comes in for stats.
Str: Enough for gear.
Dex: Enough for max block.
Vit: ??
Nrg: ??
I know i shd split the stats between Vit & Nrg, but what is the ratio? :undecided:
I do not have any experience playing energy shield light sorc... appreciated any help on this aspect.

-gobly

[twisturwhig]

after building my ES sorc, id like to offer you some advice. When pumping telekineses and ES, use a ratio of about 5 points Tk for every 1 into ES. My reasoning is this, + to skills equip stengthens ES, but not TK. Therefore, distributing skills in a 4-1 or 5-1 fashion will make up for this + to skills bonus which applies to ES but not to TK synergy. Skilling these skills in this manner will help you retain more mana and will keep you alive. A pumped ES with not enough TK may actually be more deadly than helpful.

Furthermore, becareful when you pump ES. Too much into ES too soon may slow your build, or greatly diminish your sorc's killing speed.

GL!

[PhatTrumpet]

Thanks dave & trumpet.
I did some research on my own for this light sorc i going to build, going the energy shield route.

1 warmth
20 telekinesis
20 energy shield
20 lightning
20 lightning mastery
1 thunder storm
20 chain lightning
Rest in charged bolt/nova

The skill wise is quite straight forward. Now the issue comes in for stats.
Str: Enough for gear.
Dex: Enough for max block.
Vit: ??
Nrg: ??
I know i shd split the stats between Vit & Nrg, but what is the ratio? :undecided:
I do not have any experience playing energy shield light sorc... appreciated any help on this aspect.

-gobly
My name is PhatTrumpet, and I do not endorse this build.

Consider for a moment the difference between 1 in ES and 20 in ES (assuming you have +12 lightning skills, which is very reasonable IMO):

1 + 12 = slvl 13, which absorbs 65% damage.

20 + 12 = slvl 32, which absorbs 87% damage.

That's a 22% increase for a 20-point investment, whereas you could've had thousands of additional damage if you'd invested that into synergies. Not to mention that in order to sustain such a high ES you'd probably need to have more mana than life, and we all know what happens to characters with more mana than life.

Furthermore, mana burners are enough of a problem your everyday 1-point-ES-all-vita builds. Think about what would happen if your ES absorbed even more damage and you had actually diverted a bunch of your stat points from vit to energy. (And don't think that your huge mana pool could absorb it either, because melee mana burn monsters drain 256 times as much mana as they should due to a typo in the game code.)

I stand by my original post: max TK, 1 point ES, rest in synergies, all vit.

[Hp_Sauce]

Don't forget that you can use an Orb on switch with +E-Shield stat for prebuffing if you should choose.

-hps

[GodObelisk]

Thanks PhatTrumpet for pointing out the 1ES vs 20ES :thumbsup:
I decided to go all vit and none nrg.

This eliminates the need to divide my stats in nrg which results in me having less life. This is hc... life is important. :sunny:

Once again thank you all for your kind contributions :wave:

[bigD72]

i dont i know xey, but light sorc is:
Max:
Lightning
Chain Lightning
Lightning Mastery
Charged Bolt
Rest:
Nova
One Pointers:
1 pt. - Warmth
1 pt. - Static
1 pt. - Teleport
Optional:
1 pt. - Energy Sheild (If using, get 1/2 ene 1/2 vit, or 2/3 ene, 1/3 vit)
1 pt. - Cold armor of your choice (i prefer the middle one)
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[GodObelisk]

Anyone else notice this a Lurker posted!!!!

Join date is 2003 and that's the 1st post. WOOT, more are being assimilated into the collective. Resistance is futile.

I'm honoured to have his 1st post :prop: