PvP 95 ES FB Sorc, Socketing Question

Hey guys, putting the finishing touches on my perfect es sorc for this season, but running into problems as to the most beneficial way to socket my gear.

She is 200 FCR, so the gear choices are quite limited but my sockets are free in my chest and helm. She sits at 2700 Mana currently before BO. The Choices:

Viper, Socket with : Mal, Sol, PSaph, Sur

Circlet, Socket with: Mal, Sol, PSaph, Sur

I'm contemplating whether its better to stack mana (Surs or Saphs, which is better?) or to stack MDR/PDR for iDR purposes. Any thoughts would be appreciated.|||I'm surprised you haven't considered fire facets as well.|||Quote:








I'm surprised you haven't considered fire facets as well.




The damage bonus from facet is minimal at best due to high fire mastery.|||It's not the +% you focus on, its the minus res - that's where it makes the most difference.|||I'd say facet is last thing that I would put in Viper.

You should have at least -20 to enemy fire ress for it to make some kind of impact. And some characters will have stacked those 20 resists. So you gain only 2 level mastery from 4 sockets in that case. Not really good kind of deal.

I would have one Viper for stacking mdr (Mal) and one for pdr (Sol). 7 pdr is much much more then you think, especially with 95% ES. Mind Blast won't be able to kill you if you are just on one life. Some low dmg physical attacks also won't be able to kill you. When fighting casters 20 mdr from Mal'd Viper would 100% negate any kind of Frozen Orb, no matter how strong it is, and some other attacks too.

And about mana from Sur/saph it, I'd say that it's irelevant considering total mana. You would be better with some idr. I have 200/142 95 ES firesorceress so I'm speaking from my own experience.|||Integer damage reduction does seem to be the better choice - I always liked killing folks with 1 life with a nice MB.|||everything i know about fire sorks is HERE

fire facets are a waste of a socket.

if you already hit your FHR, life and resistance goals, then socketing a mana boost is probably a pretty good bet.