Lightning Sorcies!

[WildfireFX]

Is it just me, or have these been popping up like mad as of late? Ive heard they deal decent damage. anyone tried one? How did it turn out?

 

[~DemonicPyro~]

idk never had one but i want to start one as soon as my fire sorc gets to doing hell meph runs agin i had to rm her but iwas in a nm baal game with one and she was lvl 67 i believe and had not godly but decent gear and she was doing around 7k max on chain lightning but remeber the minimum dmg is 1 so thats a downside u still do about 3.5K a hit tho...

 

[WildfireFX]

hmm i may as well be the gunia pig.. i need a new mf'er anyhow.

here's what i figured out using the skills calculator at d2items.com:

max:
nova
chain lightning
lightning
mastery
charged bolt

with that, lightning does close to 6k.. and the skills calculator is usually very wrong when it comes to this stuff (damage usually comes out to be more than what it says). So thats a good thing.

other one pointers will be tele, telekenesis and energy shield. Rest into warmth i guess.

 

[[Berious]]

at 40 in all Preq. (with +skillz ofcourse) You can do near to 15k chain. But keep in mind that there are quite a few lightning immune in hell.

 

[WildfireFX]

yes, i have been debating on what type of mf sorc to make for a while now. Im not big on dual-elementals in 1.10, so yeh.

 

[~DemonicPyro~]

wait y not get ts? ts is always good for meph...if u got light mastery alrdy u might as well get ts

 

[[Berious]]

Maxing

Nova
Charged bolt
Lightning
Chain lightning
Lightning Mastery

Tahts 100 points... No extras for Thunder storm.

 

[bamthedoc]

You get more than 100 skills... You probably want to spend all extra points on Warmth, a Cold Tree shield, or Mana Shield. Light Sorcs require way to many points, though, compared to other trees. With Fire or Cold, you can have a back-up from another tree.

 

[[Berious]]

you get 98 points + the 12 from quests. 110 points. at level 99.

Yeah, Lightning sorcs do sue alot ^^ BUT you dont need all the synergies. Seeing as youll be doing 15K+ dmg with only 2 synergies, you can still hit atleast 10K.

Jsut a thought.

 

[theyuw]

Lightening sorcs nvr worked in 1.09 what makes them work better in 1.10?

 

[WildfireFX]

the fact that there are synergies that make them do more dmg..

*EDIT* i just tested this build in single player, and with lvl 30 skills (not hard to achieve with gear) lightning does 4-18k. Sounds nice to me. There arent many light immunes on baal runs, unless you get one of those shitty games where dark souls come out.
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New idea here:
max:
lightning
chain lightning
lightning mastery
frozen orb
ice bolt

onyl concern there is dmg.. think it would work?

 

[Draxthor]

it will be better if u go 4 fire.. becase the tree is shorter 4 fire ball and i reomand put some in wrath cuz ... nova.. and 1 in tele ( OF COURSE! ) then energy shield i *think* that will work out

 

[golinot]

About 1.9 lightning sorcs did not work. you are wrong. Get a godly nova sorc, with about +2x plus skills, you own the cows.

Btw= I saw it

 

[Wushu]

is nova a synergy for chain?

 

[Stryder]

Originally posted by Wushu
is nova a synergy for chain?

No.

 

[sarhentopinoy]

Lightning sorcs are great...but with 1.10 they're really sucking...unless you add like 5+ lightnight skills.

 

[Soujiro]

5? you could get 15... lol... 5.... rofl...

 

[drastik]

lightning sorcs can go up to 1-40k dmg...... there problem is the gay pause when u attack u have to stand there when casting

 

[Deeker]

If this is gonna be for a meph runner I am surprised no one has mentioned at least one point into Static Field...

-Edit-
I just ran one up on the skill planner and with 13 to all skills from gear and 5 light charms.. I came up with a Lightning that does 24-20k damage and a chain lightning that does 15-8.5k. That is not counting Nova as a synergy because with all synergies and Light Mastery maxed you are at 101 points spent and that isnt very effective.

I would say:

20 Charged Bolt
20 Lightning
20 Chain Lightning
20 Lighning Mastery
20 Warmth
1 Thunder Storm
1 Static Field (If for MF, not for PVP)
1 Frozen Armor
1 Chilling Armor
1 Telekenisis
1 Teleport
Rest (3 points) What Ever

The problems I see with this build is that they would have no back up ability at all, save running for your life when you find a lightning immune.

You could sack 19 points in warmth and go for a follow skill but it would be found wanting real fast, but all in all this build would do some seriously nice damage... if not for being spuratic damage.

 

[Oath]

my light sorcie

yea its been odd, i thought i was an outcast with mine till i started dueling, then i saw mad ammounts of them.

My build is and will be when i hit lvl 98:

Max Charged bolt(people say nova, not like it matters, u dont use nova at all when dueling or pvm, well its good for norm rushes cuz mana is cheap and with right lvl its decent dmg)
Max Lightning(this is the mad dmg dueling skill)
Max Chain Lightning(heres ur pvm owner)
Max Thunder Storm(awsome skill, good for mfing bosses and dueling)
Max lightning mastery(obviously lol)
1 to pre's
1 to warmth
1 to tele
1 to energy shield(depends, ur mana in duels drops fast...)
1x to cold armors(if u really want em, sorcs dont need def, just fast kills)
Any remaining go into the synergy for chain lightning or lightning that u didnt get(nova or charged bolt)

Gear: (not looking at mine right now but ill do best i can remember)
Um'd Shako
Um'd or Light facet SS
light facet eldritch(only if perf) or occy
Sandstrom treks
Armeggodon Fletch(spelled correct?)
Arachnid Mesh
2xSoj or 1 soj and raven(when dueling)
COH (these guys need resists, made a mistake and traded coh for a botd zerk., stuck trying to get another now)
Trang gloves or Magefists(prefered becuse of 25% regen mana, trangs if u need cold reisists. u need 1 or the other becuse of 20% fcr)

4-5 light gc's when mfing, 10 when dueling, make sure ur lightning facets are die only and near perf like 4'5 or 5'4 or go for perf(5'5) like mine.

Enjoy my guide, hope it helps, ill post a list of gear if ur not so rich in the game as i am.

P.S. if ur just going for pure pvp TS is an option, i think its good but with all synergies maxed on lightning i dunno what the dmg would be, somewhere around 20k i suppose. TS funny for nk or making sure they die if they are at low health and try to escape.

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EDIT- Merc from act3, get cold.
Dressing your Merc UP!!
Shako, skullders, ali baba(ist'd) or gull, shield ss, ward(lol) w/e doesnt matter, just need a resist shield (the mf merc)

The dueling merc!
act3 cold- gear- Doom SS delerium(i wonder if he could actually morph, only reason i pose to use that) enigma(could he frickin tele? i would slap one on my merc if so ) if the rune words dont work use shako(10 dr n life) and i dunno about armor im lost on thoughts, just pick something good like ga, 90 resists isnt bad


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