Nova DPS

[FadingBlades]

"With this attack the Sorceress creates a wave of electrical energy radiating from her fingertips, bathing all nearby enemies with its destructive force. This spell is ideal for defeating melee opponents who swarm too closely.

Effect: Creates an expanding ring of electricity that does massive damage.
Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Mana Cost 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Lightning Damage 1-20 7-28 13-36 19-44 25-52 31-60 37-68 43-76 50-85 57-94 64-103 71-112 78-121 85-130 92-139 99-148 107-158 115-168 123-178 131-188 "

source: http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/skills/sorceress-lightning.shtml

@ lv20, dps -> 131-188 @ 34 mana

am I missing something that nova can do besides having the ability to spam it. not to mention it gets one of the highest mana costs and no synergies D:. I had a cool idea for a build, but can Nova be viable for PVM, is there something that can make it a lot stronger for hell etc... or is it strong and I am just blind. I even checked a skills calc..

source: http://www.d2items.com/skills.php

lv 40 nova -> 321-418 dmg lol doesn't seem to get very high with +skills and i doubt id get 40 :s.

Thanks in advance!

[ProfessionalBerg]

I think you forget Lightning Mastery. Also, Insight if mana problems.

[Ava]

With +20 lightning skills and maxed nova and lightning mastery, you get 1983-2583 damage. That might not seem like a lot, but it is spammable and it will be guaranteed to hit every monster that is close to you. Its close range damage also guarantees to put low-life monsters in hit recovery, meaning you can spam it without much worry.
It's terrible against act bosses though.

Also, lets not forget that no synergies also means that you can spend more points on a secondary attack.

[FadingBlades]

thanks, for the info.

[phool]

no linking to that skill calc it's a paysite.

My light sorc would get something in the region of 19-23k dps but that's going through mana at over 250/s. It's still viable with good gear, probably best holding infinity with insight merc. The damage starts to look bad only when doing something like p8 venom lords.