ES with Meterorb?

So I'm planning on making a Meterorb Sorc and was thinking about using an Energy Shield. I've calculated the damage my sorc would have based on 3 different setups and was looking for advice on which one I should go for. I'll just list fireball and Orb damage as I will rarely use meteor and one setup doesn't even have meteor.

1) Meterorb with no Energy Shield

Fireball - 11.7K (with -28% to fire resistance so it acts like a 15K fireball at 0% FR)

Orb - 1176 (all setups will have 1 point in CM so around -120% CR)

2) Meteorb with 75% Energy Shield

Fireball - 9.3K (with -38%, so 12.8K)

Orb - 1118

3) Meteorb with 95% Energy Shield

Fireball - 7K (with -38%, so 9.6K)

Orb - 966

So what you guys think? Is the extra toughness of ES worth the cost in damage? Is the extra effort of a prebuff staff worth it? I really enjoyed my last ES sorc but ti was a pure orber so I could still max out the damage. I'm trying to re-create it but also be able to handle cold immunes.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks.|||If you can play it well, go for 95%! More survivability is always good.



I can never play ES, Manaburners waste me, I stick to full Vita If mana burn never gets you, I would say sacrifice the damage for max ES. Just my .02|||i fail to sse how you could get that much higher ES and still do that much damage in BOTH elements, but if you do, go for the last setup. IMO prebuff is worth, because the duration is very long.|||Well to get that much damage in both my planned setup would be -

Nightwings with Cold Facet

Ormus Robes (15% CD, 15% FD + 3 Fireball)

Arach

SoJ

SoJ

Maras

Frostburn

Treks (for the poison res)

Then I would have Deaths Fathom (I only got 31% CD with Facet) and Spirit and on switch Eshunta and Phoenix.

Torch/Anni + 3 Fire and 3 Cold skillers.

I only get the 63 FCR breakpoint.

Skills would be -

20 Orb

20 FBall

20 FBolt

16 Telekenisis (so only 1:1)

19 Energy Shield (with + skills hits 40 if I also use a memory staff and CTA)

1 Cold Mastery

1 Fire Mastery

1 Warmth

and Prerequisites

Done at lvl 96.

Ofc, this means pre-buffing twice once with CTA, then again with Memory Staff. And I would have to adapt my play style to switching between weapon setups for optimal damage for each skill.|||sounds like a very good setup, I may have to rethink the viability of ES with my sorc build...|||I've been trying to figure out how I'm gonna get Energy shield on my Meteorb sorc, and this spells it out pretty easy. I think sacrificing a little damage for a couple points in energy shield is gonna be very helpful for my dying problems.