Pure Energy Shield Sorceress - The META for the SORC HAS SHIFTED !!! - Diablo 2 Resurrected

[@Dbrunski125]

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[@sepg5084]

Ladder start will be filled with Sorcs again.

[@danielgilbert2551]

Can you please cover the frozen orb version too?

[@theawebster1505]

Mate, do you think that it would be helpful to actually find a Mana Burn pack and test how much mana do you lose on hit. What is the point of this lvl 99 Infinity Griffons 2 SoJ 40x 17 mana scs otherwise? Come on, man, start thinking about what your viewers need, and not what you like to do. This content is completely irrelevant to 95% of your viewers.

[@Dbrunski125]

It has been tested there were mana burn packs its doesn't drain mana. Sorry you didn't like the build.

[@JacobNelson]

@@Dbrunski125 good build. Interesting approach. I'll try it out. I've always favored survivability when my Merc dies so I run with an infinity scythe/low level polearm and throw on more dmg and mama gear with a 105 BP like frostburns, chains of honor/enigma, lightning skillers, and mana scs. 5/5 lightning/p sapphire in griff, soj and fcr ring. Cta/memory off hand. Insight on Merc. Would love it if you could cover this build running with obsession rw on main hand. Mana burn/drain packs were in this run so it looks like es is viable again, but would have been cool if you pointed that out in the video and took a few hits from the pack to show that they fixed mana burn. Also, thanks for pointing out that 40 is max es. But what about telekinesis? What's the max for tk? I'll have to look it up again, I forget.

[@JerBear0328]

I was testing the es nova sorc yesterday and I solved all my issues with poison by just keeping a row of antidote pots. Never had to worry about life potions at all even on p8. This is my new favorite build ever

[@bens6423]

Use a prayer Merc. Combats poison so well. Since u have low hp, it acts like redemption. Fast ho Regen.

[@JerBear0328]

@@bens6423 I did that too. It's great. I still needed a row of antidotes

[@bens6423]

Try venom more if you're farming stony tombs and arachnid lair

[@bens6423]

Venom ward***

[@JerBear0328]

@@bens6423 I don't think that's worth it. I'd rather just keep pots or farm areas like chaos, pits, and baal

[@jarenb2331]

You should add a leveling segment to your videos. What gear you would use along with skills, such as leveling with X skill and X gear then switching. Like low level tier. Mid level tier. And end game. There's plenty of videos about god mode ideal setup that many will never get. :) Edit: I like the build and versatility. Would be cool if you discover other good skill variants with max ES

[@333turdferguson]

Just a minor suggestion, I've found stacking mana regen with items like magefist can be helpful for max energy builds. It's like having a free constant mana potion

[@yorkshirelad3133]

mana regen is very powerful with a huge mana pool 👍

[@nathanpapp432]

When you already have warmth giving you 200% + regen the 20% from magefist is probably going to give you less mana per second than increasing the pool size with the frosties.

[@yorkshirelad3133]

@@nathanpapp432 does it just stack with warmth? if so yeah frosties will be way more beneficial

[@goshu7009]

@@yorkshirelad3133 Check in, on the statistics where you see the better chance, mana regen should be there too.

[@Abcent187]

@@nathanpapp432 Magefist do have 20% FCR and that's where they will shine. Frostburns will absolutely be a better option if you are meeting FCR elsewhere.

[@D2RGGBuilds]

Great video, 5k Mana is crazy, try to incorporate crescent moon to increase your clear speed, sol runes in my griffons and skin of viper allow you to have less into energy shield. I have around 3k mana with inventory of lightning skillers after battle orders. The integer DMG reduction is what will completely negate damage done to your health pool. You're the real og dbrunski. Love your connect and breakdown of builds.

[@thraga93]

Also tested a few different versions of this build over the weekend! The max damage 200FCR version with faceted eschuta's, faceted nova ormus, faceted griffs and 2 high mana FCR rings with a full skiller inventory clears p8 chaos faster and safer than any build I've ever tried. 5500-7200 nova @ 200FCR is nuts.

[@thomasgrabowski2202]

need 2/20 for that build no?

[@sweatybettypvp]

I've been a long-time tester of ES builds throughout USEast L/NL, and I'd say that Hoto is usually a better pick than wizardspike... yeah it's much more difficult if you're going for 200% fcr, but 117 BP works just fine.. and using frostburn gauntlets, hoto, and also if you can get your hands on crafted boots with res alonside +50-60 mana is an absolute insane increase on your total mana.

[@Mr.BigNate]

I thought that the 117 BP was only for lightning/chain-lightning. I think Nova works off the 105 BP.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

117 is for non-Nova light builds. Nova's breakpoints are 105/200

[@sweatybettypvp]

@Canberk the context is ES lite sorcs in general.. nova isn't mandatory and generally speaking standard building for lightning and CL... I do also think 9x life/lite GCs are better than a wall of x/17mana scs... If you really want to focus on nova builds i'd recommend using an infinity scythe

[@Sanek2k6]

Pretty cool build, but I think it would be very valuable, especially with the looming start of the season, to start highlighting budget build versions more. Griff with infinity merc and full inventory of charms will make any lightning sorc pretty good, but most people will not be able to afford that for some time and it would be good to see how this build would perform with something more realistic for the start of the season.

[@randyswanson3300]

Nice video. When my son mentioned you can still play D2, I started looking up these videos. Makes me want to play again. Guess what? In early 2000 I was sent a game, to play the 1st 3 levels and provide feedback on what I thought. That game was called D2. Now 20 years later and it’s still being played. I even was blessed with one game play with Gerbarb.

[@badkarma5128]

Nice video but if you wanna take it 1 step further and truely unlock the power of es. Look into damage reduce or magic damage reduce with max res and sorb. Not dr% but flat dr. Sol runes are your best friend. Glad bane and gerke shield are all op. Plus getting your res cap over 75 is ideal. I can sit in the middle of baal wave 5 on players 8 and take no damage lol.

[@megamastah]

Immortal sorceress.

[@mjkittredge]

I had so much fun with a damage resist nova sorc. I lucked into gambling a huge DR circlet that I socketed with Sol rune and got some DR from other sources too. Was untouchable in PVP and PVE

[@samuelprudhomme3726]

this

[@NathanPsprague]

What about a Nature's peace paired with a Dwarf Star.

[@bareinhard1979]

This. There are a lot of fun things you can do like use Que hegans for magic reduction and fhr, sols or mals in sockets. The biggest thing is psn . This would be the case where 95 psn res and or psn length reduction is useful.

[@CamSally27]

IMO this build is better when you are using the infinity with an insight merc and life skillers instead of all mana scs. Really excited to see ES become potentially top tier!

[@devuu2952]

I agree! Infinity w/ Insight at 105 FCR. Use Frostburn, 2/20, Vmagi, Mana FCR Ring, Mana Boots. I recall with a perfect setup you can get around 2K Life and 4K mana. I’d also use a 3 ES / Frozen Armor CTA Staff so you don’t have to swap to memory.

[@Dbrunski125]

Def many ways to build the sorc. Id prob personally go crescent moon tho tbh

[@RA-jm7tc]

I've been enjoying hand held infinity with an insight Merc. The only bane I have is with poison. Otherwise I can handle p8 games with ease. Usually two rounds of static and you can finish the mob in short time. Helm griff with light facet Vipermagi with 35 res and 13 mdr with a sol rune for 7 damage reduction Arach Trek boots for psn resist Two SOJ Crafted sorc amulet 2-10 with damage reduction Main weapon is Handheld infinity scythe Switch is a cta with lidess Anni, gcs, and torch At the end, has about 5k nova. Not including the extra damage from -light res. 3k mana with a 1100 hp pool.

[@MrMrTravman]

Yeah, this is the best set up hands down.

[@erichb4530]

I'd really like to see a streamer run a build like this and demo cows clearspeed vs a javazon, p1 and p8 including leg recovery time. both require an infinity, but eth titans makes javazon pretty pricey.

[@RA-jm7tc]

@@erichb4530 in pub games I was definitely faster than some but I think the high end javazons are still top dog for large clumped mobs

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

Very happy to see "Energy Shield Sorceress" FINALLY being viable in higher difficulty/end game! :D

[@canton444]

Go for the Immortal ES Build, throw on a Gerke's Sanctuary and a few SOL runes into your Viper/Skullders/Shako/ETC to stack MDR and DR. I've been running the Immortal Blizz Sorc in HC for the past 2 months with ease and now with the 2.4 Mana Burn bugged fixed she is invincible. I use an Elder Staff +9 Memory just because it only takes up 4 slots in the cube and enables room for the Spirit Monarch / CTA swap. I opted to have a little bit more life on my Sorc since its Hardcore. The ratio is about 2.5 Energy to 1 Vitality Stat Ratio. After BO I have 1.7k Life / 3.3k Mana / 4.9K Blizzard Dmg / -125 CM / 105 FCR Break / 305 MF / Max Res / 34 DR / 44 MDR. Max Telekinesis and 10 Points into ES for 90% Absorb. I opted to fill my inventory with Life and Mana charms, example +40 Life / 59 Mana GC's. In most P8 Baal games, Chaos is completely cleared and I am back in the Throne for Wave 4, unless Lord De Seis decides to run a marathon. Its not as fast as an Infinity Lightning Sorc but still pretty efficient and inexpensive build.

[@lolleonlolable]

once u have cta and a stormshield ur immortal anyways. cta is just way to broken in classic, its dumb.

[@canton444]

​@@lolleonlolable A Stormshield on an ES Sorc? I don't think so...maybe for a Max Block Vita Sorc. The 35% damage reduced is only applied after your ES absorbs 95% of it. You should actually try out the Immortal Sorc build above and then you will truly feel like this game is broken.

[@lolleonlolable]

@@canton444 im talking about sorc in general not an es sorc, since im playing hc i never played FULL ES like with only 300-400 life or so. but i played some es on almost all of my sorc builds. i kind always play "low" fcr but with block/es.

[@semperfinj6120]

This is exactly what I was gonna do too. I am so excited and happy for this. Hope you're well and I will see you on hc as well!

[@lolleonlolable]

@@yoshi-bg7hs ive seen a dude on youtube claiming his "immortal sorc" was immortal, than he tryd to do a baal run on p1 and almost died to like 3 souls xD he nearly died in chaos too, u sure ur memorys are correct :D ?

[@NGeese]

Good timing! I just built mine yesterday. I went for the 105 fcr breakpoint, using Phoenix (which is insane). HoTO, faceted Griffs, 2x SoJ's, Arachs, Frostys, 1/20 sorc ammy (don't have a 2/20), CoH, silkweaves, then enough skillers to get to 40 ES after CtA buff. I do just over 5k Nova damage. No memory staff needed which is handy. I miss the 200fcr teleporting, but dear lord does this build shred mob packs. And Phoenix for the Redemption aura makes the build so tanky.

[@TravisKmeow]

I've been playing 200fcr lightning sorceress as a max ES + TK build for a long time and love it, the damage is certainly lacking compared to a vita build, but I never have to pot, don't need Phoenix on switch, and am as tanky as a hammerdin. She's super fun. I love the number of options available in the class

[@nils6837]

Thanks for the vid. What are the thoughts on Hydra-Sorc + Energy shield?

[@gloomfiend]

For Life you could use a prayer desert merc, which is totally sufficient for the damage that is coming in

[@RA-jm7tc]

I use a prayer Merc with insight and it does wonders, I only have to use a pot when I run into too many souls. Otherwise my Merc is my hp and mp battery

[@ciprianlupsa557]

@@RA-jm7tc nice, think i will try that out too!

[@doctormarazanvose4373]

until you get blood curse

[@xxMurmaiderxx]

Worth noting that resistances other than poison don’t really matter for max energy ES builds, which is great for gearing/charms.

[@brakpseudonimu236]

Wouldn't say that for HC, they still protect your puny health pool from the portion of damage that goes through ES. Maybe flat absorb/reduction would be a better alternative though.

[@OptLab]

@@brakpseudonimu236 it stills comes with cons in HC : you can easily reach 0 mana with ES, preventing you to teleport further.

[@brakpseudonimu236]

@@OptLab still better than reaching 0 hp, that not only prevents you from teleporting, but also from popping a full rejuv :)

[@OptLab]

​@@brakpseudonimu236 I would say that the sorc both life globe and mana globe goes down so you have more time to manage both life and mana. With ES it's always manafirst... And if you dont invest in ES, you obviously put more points in Vita. Or put more in dex to block. The main problem that I have with ES are resistances. Otherwize I love it

[@vincentchiu9330]

Enigma is quite strong on this build as well. The +14 life after each kill instantly replenishes the hp. Not to mention +2 skills, huge strength boost, and decent MF.

[@Diablo2Arena]

I agree, best choice to me

[@Ohushi]

You miss out on res and the 200 fcr bp.

[@Diablo2Arena]

​@@Ohushi idk why i would like 200 over 105, i prefer going enigma spirit shako, its very effective and kinda nice for the Mf too, Im a pvp guy so idk much in depth pvm stuff but thats the way i would build for ladder

[@SAS3D-Martin]

Tbh i would use enigma only for the +2skills and mf, main hand would be infinity scythe 105fcr with eni :) Sol run is really nice with ES builds and you only need poison resistance (bypasses es) or antidote on your belt. Merc with prayer+ insight will be way more beneficial.

[@vincentchiu9330]

@@Diablo2Arena There's definitely tradeoffs. But as many have pointed out, resistances other than poison doesn't matter. Can solve that with some 11% PSN res sc. As for the 200 fcr, you are sacrificing a lot of damage that can affect your clear speed. Opting for 105 fcr can offer a lot more flexibility in your gear. Can consider amulets that give +3 lightning w/ 35 mf, can equip frostburns for huge mana boost, enigma for skills, mf, survivability. Also can equip dual sojs for more skills.

[@maurice4212]

Lol my boy said he didn’t have expensive gear then instantly mention the son’s and infinity. Now that tickled me to death! You still my boy bruh

[@qweqwe1324]

8:53, I think you should have compared the absorb% with a spirit shield + cta (because that's what you'd normally have been wearing to weight against memory) and it wouldn't have been 88% to 95, it would have been less of a gap because of the spirits +2 all skills. Great video, very entertaining as always.

[@josepp84]

I love it. So happy energy shield Nova Sorc is back. Been loving it on SP and I don't even have the full gear I want just yet. Can't wait for the Ladder grind!

[@thatisamazing912]

YOU PLAY SP!!!!!! RAWR!!!!!!!

[@omguki11edkenny]

Fantastic, so exciting to see fixes to bugs leading to ES actually being a meta choice. That said, if you popped your spirit shield from your main hand real quick to the cta then buff, Put it back on main hand then switch cta to memory and ES, you could squeak out another +2 to your BO. Love your videos and can’t wait for 28th

[@DenisLyamets]

It is pretty interesting to realise how the game without complex entities like a skilltree from PoE can still have the same (or at least almost the same) depth of mechanics.

[@kingheenokgaming4783]

It doesn't.

[@brunofreitas2808]

Great video @Dbrunski125 ! A good follow up to this video is how to up a light sorc and the order of the itens upgrades.

[@thetrexgorawr]

Es frozen orb is solid build imo dump extra points into chain lighting or fireball for immunities.

[@seliaxiv3969]

If you ask me, when Nova would do a abit more Damage like 6-7k per Cast, then it would be definitly better then a Hammerdin or Fohdin, because you're really tanky and for me it makes way more fun then a Hammerdin or a Fohdin. I farm all my Areas like 50% faster then before, but nice Guide! :)

[@nonamenosurname8516]

tip: if u r using memory, you can also shop for staff with +to frozen armor to save one skill point.

[@SunderMount]

I wonder if there's an easy way to farm a +3 energy shield staff. The white staves from merchants on normal difficulty probably aren't high level enough to have 4 slots.

[@TopSecretGG]

I was thinking to myself, how can we build an energy shield sorc with the "Mana Burn" bug, glad that is out of the picture now! Thanks for the video!

[@marcusmiller3491]

Would love to see your take on this too man, if you make a video I'll be watching it for sure ;)

[@12Blubb12]

Well, i played this with my Orb sorc and i loved it. Going to love it even more now.

[@teeemm9456]

I used to play this with Orbs too, was my favorite for a long time.

[@aaronburdon221]

@@teeemm9456 Love orb sorc but the problem is hell difficulty has so many cold immunes that can't be broken even with lower res and infinity combined.

[@jynx5616]

I would say instead of sapphires use perfect skulls. The replenish life if you have 85-95% energy shield actually just negates the rest of the damage you take. Plus it's also like having +1 to warmth. Dol runes work too for +7 replenish.

[@WatchThatFast]

YO BRO im runnig 200fcr but cant get amu 2 20 so I have to sacrafice mana pool from 2xsojs and run 2xfcr rings to meet 200 breakpoint. I had mana issues but I use your advice and put skulls inside griffon and viper and is amazing problem with mana is gone. GG DUDE !!!! Thanks for advice!!!

[@Jrd4n]

Inferno/ES would be interesting, warmth being a synergy for inferno would be a nice addition to ES.

[@CapTrainT]

I like how you think

[@breezy831]

The smirk when you say 200 fcr pure energy shield sorc says it all. I'm hyped for this build come ladder launch.

[@Mr.BigNate]

Nova works off the 105BP correct?

[@XxKidnoffxX]

Wow this video just arrive at the right time. I started my nova sorcs energy shield 2 days ago and I didnt continue because I play hardcore and im lvl 16 and its really hard with 10 vitality. I probably should play fire sorcs with Leaf until lvl 24, damn. But now I know that sorcs is totally viable, thank you

[@zachary_smith1]

Same I died so many times in Baal runs with my es sorc. I wish he woulda showed it in Baal runs though. To actual mana burn enemies

[@mrquickey3731]

@@zachary_smith1 Imo the best thing u can do is split vita and energy so u have at least 1 max hp more than u have mana.

[@sebastianmalmsteen]

It's a great budget option for early ladder key farming and also for Nightmare cows for jewelry. Thanks a lot for the video, it solved a lot of my doubts regarding how Energy Shield and Telekinesis worked!

[@richx5064]

I have seen other videos about Energy Shield builds. They are always lighting. Does Energy Shield work with fire and ice builds?

[@timoge7226]

wiki says telekenisis bonus for the ES synergy caps out at 20. Are 20 Hardpoints needed or 20 with +skills from gear?

[@geoffnolan1053]

Nice build! Your vids have a really nice polish to them this year. Keep up the good work

[@bobnewkirk7003]

Just wanted to pop on real fast and say that though the 7 frame tele is nice, the 200 FCR build lags behind at least two other builds in raw damage output because of the investment in FCR. The two builds that run more DPS (accounting for the faster cast) than 200FCR are going to be Obsession in a +3 Nova/+3 LM base at 105%FCR and CM/Spirit on at 105% FCR. You could also sacrifice some dps and raw stats by running a +3/+3 Insight staff and the standard Infinity merc and pack both Medi and Conviction for a ton of tankyness. If your running a staff set the Memory swap looks super appealing as you can divert more of your Str to Vit/Energy, though it means you wont be able to use Sprit on swap. Like you said the Nova and ES changes come with a ton of build options and I look forward to seeing what the Nova meta is going to look like in a couple months.

[@TheGreektrojan]

Infinity mancatcher (most versatile base for merc, zon etc... for us plebs who wont have multiple) and insight prayer merc (the regen is strong with the trickle of hp damage you take) will likely be the best combo unless you want might for killing the few lightning immunes. Best balance of damage/defense. Nova being at below 200FCR is also more mana efficient if you want to look at it that way.

[@JJV7243]

super cool! Looks like my new "holy grail" character! Did you test the build without the memory swap/hybdrid life/mana build? Is it more/less survivable. FYI - poison ignores energy shield - thats why you need healing potions.

[@your_eulogy2688]

Use Act2 prayer merc with Insight and get as many poison res charms as u can.

[@Bowazon]

This is just about one of the small handful of builds that I want to dedicate to apart from my bowazon.

[@glenwolfsheimer3168]

Hey what merc aura do you use ? Well no response typical. I tried prayer does awesome.

[@ghin780]

Yeah we would do this all the time on hardcore, stack life and mana and wear stuff like Darkglow for max res%. Basically make the character completely unkillable enough so that you can afk anywhere in the game without dying. Tal's set works really well, is really comfy, and not too hard to get. I would do like 20 Frozen Orb 20 Fireball 20 Telekinesis, get 1 Energy Shield, 1 Thunderstorm, and 1 Static Field, 1 of each Elemental Mastery, 1 in Enchant, and then the rest in Firebolt. You get a character that can clear Hell Baal regardless of what mods the monsters are in players 1 and cannot be killed. And you get like 250% Magic Find just on top of that to help with drops. Maybe gamble some rare rings with a lot of +life and +mana and fcr. It's a nice build and with that mana burn fix its pretty great. Whistan's Guard with a Perfect Diamond from Larzuk normal quest. Max Block and fastest blocking speed so you dont get stuck teleporting.

[@dmagick914]

Why not use Guardian Angel for max res?

[@ghin780]

@@dmagick914 Sure if you get it, its great. Vipermagi too. Or anything normal sorceress gear.

[@corey6011]

I definitely remember the days of rocking a nova sorc was the meta. Great times for sure.

[@OptLab]

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[@TheGFellows]

How do feel about using ES on a hydra sorc instead of pumping enchant and then putting some stat points into mana? Sort of a hybrid life/mana es build

[@7.Stunde-Weisheitskunde]

other than that, I stream twice a week on twitch, so any follows on that platform would be very much appreciated, let's jump in.

[@slavetothesystem9854]

I've tested it in hell on a level 50 sorc with max es 1k mana and 44 damage reduce on players 8 and it's working great for super chest runs at LK.

[@overture2112]

Flat DR is absolutely the way.

[@lukeknopp4267]

what about putting insight in a bow and using enchant/energy shield? are there items besides bows that let you use a bow skill as a sorc?

[@aztraeuz]

The full ES Sorc has always been viable. It was my first character in D2R and even with the Mana Burn bug it was safer to Teleport to Baal than a Vita build.

[@lolleonlolable]

eh ? no. one burn and ur dead, if u dont have some vita.

[@aztraeuz]

@@lolleonlolable Not really. You can get hit once and Energy Shield won't even drop if you have high Regen. It wasn't supposed to work that way obviously but Mana Burn wasn't supposed to do as much as it did. Outside of that, a Sorceress still has Life even at Base Vita. My Frozen Orb ES Sorc has the Base 10 Vita and still has 1200 Life. ES Sorc is my favorite build. Fire/Light/Cold, PvM/PvP, it doesn't matter. I have been hit by Mana Burn more times than I can count. With high enough Regen your ES would not drop and you can Teleport away. Obviously if you stay it's a death sentence but why would you stay?

[@aaronburdon221]

@@aztraeuz screw mana burn. That shit was straight up "Mana remove"

[@aztraeuz]

@@aaronburdon221 Yeah it was. Glad it's fixed now. It has become a non issue completely.

[@lolleonlolable]

@@aztraeuz yeah with 1200 life its np but if u play 300-400 life and u get one unlucky bugged burn u were dead so almost no1 played full es

[@reneboeckers2005]

great video, u think on hydra sorceress it works too ? putting all remaing skills into energy shield and max mana ? i made calculation with full tal can hit 3k mana and 1k life

[@80AM.]

es is viable regardless of what build route you go

[@marcusmiller3491]

Dude! So glad you did this video...5k mana....thats insane haha. I know your ocd was kicking in when you started to build this character and wanted to hit that 5k mark! I feel you on that lol!

[@Lonoty]

I prefer this build over OP 2.4 FoH. Thank you, nice video.

[@viperswhip]

I am using Inferno due to flickering flame, you can do it as well a Phoenix sword actually out damages +2 skills from something for it as well, and that makes you basically immortal when fighting groups thanks to Redemption and Magefist works very well for the build increasing your mana regen. It's almost a wash with Frostburns according to the math, but Frostburns is better. In any case, it's not a big drop to go down to Magefist.

[@TheKoboldHoard]

You forgot about Blood Mana again. Best to warn people that this is for farming CS etc, and not for anywhere with Succubi or Baal...or uber Baal. Nova's mana cost at 20 is 34 so that means 34 damage per cast with the curse. The question is, is this curse balanced out with a merc prayer or would i have to slam pots?

[@mrquickey3731]

Its not balanced out. Thats the big issue. For me the only known possibility is to either prebuff fade to lower curse duration, and/or use an act 5 merc with the new Plague runeword so u get up to lvl17 Cleansing OR just split your energy and vitality like you always have at least 1 more max hp than u have max mana (that way the curse will never get applied to you, unless there is another char in the game who's max life is lower than his mana)

[@lonelyrain583]

Why use Trang's over Frostburn or Magefist? The only other decent stat on those gloves for this build is the cold res, but is that really a deal breaker over the other two options?

[@NinjaSushi2]

10:15 "Bold move Collin. Let's see if it pays off for him."

[@Healing_Jukebox]

Hi~ I'm working on similar settings, can you tell me why I'm wearing trang wool gloves?

[@d8l835]

Havent finished video yet so not sure if you cover this or not. There are so many items that reduce phys+magic damage and "damage goes to mana" mods that you can actually build an ES sorc that is virtually invincible on p8. The %dmg goes to mana mods are insane when you have 5k mana and all incoming damage is reduced with other mods heals you, along with absorb mods and of course warmth skill

[@CPT_IDPS]

do you think max energy shield and TK and mana with zero health would work on a zeal sorc? im worried im trying to balance leach and dmg stats too much on my loot and losing out on bonus mana.

[@chrismoore1372]

If I wanted to try to utilize t-storm and use whatever points are left spread best into tk/es afterwards , what would the spread of life/mana stats look like optimally?

[@munt368]

“All feedback is welcome as long as your not a dick” the delivery on that line made me lol 😂

[@DPR1985]

Nice video! I'm running with hoto and skill charms (and infinity merc, griff faceted etc) and have around 6.5kdmg pr. nova on the lower FCR breakpoint. I sit on around 3.3k mana. I'm smashing everything whilst still having around 275 mf. Would you recommend 200 fcr over the lower breakpoint version?

[@Wyde_Boi]

Yours is probably the better way to run it. 200FCR is fun, not sure why he gave up 9 skillers for mana charms, and is using wiz spike. I'd give up the ~1=1.5k in mana for a ton more damage. I'd go max damage 200FCR most likely. ~3k mana is plenty, with skillers you can get closer to 1k health as well.

[@DPR1985]

@@Wyde_Boi Probably yea. I'm actually running CoH + and isted Ocu for the MF and an easy 75+ all res. I still need a proper 2 20 amulet to be able to go 200 fcr properly:/

[@andrewmays1057]

@ 7mins.. You said 105 FCR build... Nova works off the lightning FCR breakpoints? Or did they change this?

[@karlrasiert934]

105fcr is correct for nova, only for lightning and chain lightning you need 117fcr

[@mikegoddard7354]

what are the stats for telekinesis?? doesn't it end at lvl ~20. I think on diablo wiki they provide no more info after a certain lvl for the telek synergy

[@TitterGrows]

lets say were only like lvl 85-90 and dont have enough skill points… would you max your energy shield & telekinesis or would you max your damage output first?

[@kyky7kyle7]

where you find the +3 ES staffs?

[@7svn.]

reminds me of back in the day, maxed mana shield and max block with high dr, was my anti druid and necro killer

[@akaThav]

Is it more effective to equip low str Infinity and put Insight on a prayer merc with 105 fcr??

[@okaymikegaming]

What are your thoughts on running it as a HydraOrb sorc?

[@EraDuM]

can you make a cheap orb es version of it ? shako, viper, wizzy/occy/spirit sw, spirit shield, some +3cold random amul, arach, torch, no anni ? giving it an exemple of a potential quick after reset build

[@Vandryk1]

Well done video db, nice work.

[@Se7enStage]

How does he switch back and forth between teleport and nova when teleport doesn't have a shortcut assigned?

[@raulgoenaga8807]

"Safety first". Awsome video👌

[@jukappa]

Some variant of ES nova sorc is my end goal PVM character. Nova and energy shield are both badass skills, so glad they buffed nova to be viable again.

[@overture2112]

To be honest the manaburn bug, while very annoying, wasn't as terrible as everyone made it out to be (unless you play hardcore or want to farm certain areas where manaburn is more commonplace). Don't get me wrong, I love the fix, but as someone that's been playing ES sorcs off and on since v1.00 the change I'm *actually* stoked about is Nova getting buffed, because ES sorc's real problem has always been finding a Goldilocks skill that 1) doesn't need that many points (TK+ES+Warmth take a lot of your skill budget), 2) leverages your massive mana pool, and 3) lets you capitalize on a high FCR teleporting ES sorc's somewhat unique style of tankiness (ie. a mix of blinding speed by "tele dodging" combined with the ability to tank big bursts). Nova was always that perfect skill but it got shafted in v1.10 (outside of speedrunning normal difficulty) and I'm 100% with you that I'm loving the idea of pairing up these fun skills again.

[@jukappa]

@@overture2112 Yup I agree. I personally was never much of an ES player back in LOD but it wasn’t because of the mana burn bug. ES was always cool to me because it always tended to symbolize a high end player. You couldn’t ever just wing ES with random gear, effectively anyways…

[@1Life2Little]

Wouldn't you be unkillable with an insight merc? just thinking about online where you can't run more than player 1 and don't really need infinity merc.

[@overture2112]

Insight prayer merc has always been my goto option for ES sorcs. I recommend it. Also sacrifice all your resists (except poison) and instead get a bit of flat DR.

[@spectator5709]

Do you think the manaburn fix makes it a good idea for ALL kinds of sorces to one-point-wonder into mana shield? Or will mana shield still only be something for a specific build?

[@Trollolololol1337]

ES is only worth it if you have enough skill points to max out Telekinesis. Otherwise it will burn your mana away. Build who reach their max dmg potential with 3 skills are Nova Sorc (Nova+Static+Light Mastery) and Orb (Orb+Synergy+Cold Mastery). Not sure about fire builds, maybe Hydra.

[@AndreasEllingsen]

Im quite casual. Got a 84 blizz sorcs, but nothing else..would i be better of switching for Nova sorc in 2.4 ?

[@johnpagano658]

Is frozen orb really viable with this build? Or is it better to split between blizzard and frozen orb now that they don't share cooldowns?

[@milotjakubowski392]

is runeword obsession possible for this build right now or only when ladder begins?

[@underheavenunderheaven8446]

So how do you deal with Blood Mana curse?

[@billjames8036]

memory staff did not work for me had a base with +2 the energy shield and it rolled +5 energy shield total no extra... ;-(

[@lullylew9083]

There's something to be said about going for a balanced ES/vitality build too. All our eggs in one basket isn't always the way to go. 40 points across ES and Telekinesis is a massive investment and doesn't leave a lot for our other skills. There will always be some sweaty meta gamer that will have a burning desire to tell you that you are wrong however, at the end of the day do what works for you or more importantly what is fun for you.

[@teal_2v338]

Is it viable without infinity?

[@KingJerbear]

I ran a 95% ES Lightning Sorc for nearly my entire D2 "career," (I say that because I haven't played D2 in several years) with god tier gear I had 2k life, 5k mana, and 35k Lightning damage. Just watch out for mana burn mobs. You can run 90% without Memory prebuff for pretty similar results, you just need full gc's

[@imperialtutor8687]

Well now you don’t need to watch out anymore bcs mana burn got fixed

[@mikeincarnation1484]

Big negative is that you can’t solo Baal in a timely fashion with this setup. Blood mana takes too much of a toll. Need to keep potting and waiting or returning to town to heal. Had to re-spec my sorc back. It’s fun af though on everything else

[@abilityup6734]

Just make another sorc or char for bosses EZ Clap

[@mikeincarnation1484]

@@abilityup6734 I actually do have two sorc. Chap

[@nickk3403]

Finally a updated video on this build! Do you think this could work well with pvp

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

Love the video. I'm late to the party but I'm so bored of my orb sorc and looking for a different build. Idk if the mana burn bug came back cause my 3k mana/1k life sorc gets mana melted in hell even with full res. But either way, I got plenty of tokens and spare gear so I'm giving it a shot.

[@landonperry9371]

ide love to see a video on the 2.4 hydra, not sure if its good enough after they rolled back some of the buffs to it :(

[@MrDarkBM]

How do resists work with energy shield and taking element damage?

[@benwhite8863]

For those that eventually see this, the first run is not a seal pop. The second run is accidentally a seal pop. You hit all 3 boss seals and 1 of the extra seals. Then teleport around for 5 seconds or so, and pop the last seal. You need to keep monsters active and spawned in the game for the seal trigger to kill all the active monsters. If you end on a boss seal, you spend too much time killing the boss pack and the rest of the CS empties of active monsters and you will not get equipment from them.

[@eatgluedrnkpaint]

im doing this with a full tal set and its destroying the pits. 490 MF and clearing before my BO runs out. thanks DB

[@bowtiexoxo]

If you use crafted caster boots, they can be arguably be better than Silkweave. You only get 5% max mana instead of 10%, but you could get great rolls. (Think: triple res with Mana/All Resist/MF/FHR/FRW). *Edit* STR/Life wont roll on boots. Also, you wont be able to get 4 prefixes(or suffixes) on the same roll.

[@nepenthes9424]

Good idea! Although no need for FHR with Energy Shield i guess...

[@SeiShinCasios]

silkweaves also have 5 mana per kill, which is really good on nova sorc.

[@Trollolololol1337]

You don't need resistances (except poison) because ES is applied before resis. And you don't need fhr. You are only performing a fhr animation if you lose more than 10% of your maximum life. With a 95% ES you never lose more than 5% of your life.

[@mrquickey3731]

Life cannot roll on boots :(

[@gseries2567]

why tranguls gloves and not magefist ?

[@animenaga]

What do you do about poisen damage?

[@jakeperry141]

What about going for the 105 FCR BP, wielding Infinity, and having an Insight merc? Seems like you'd be truly invincible then.

[@jonathanclement4587]

would pure es works with a hydra build ???