revisiting doom orb sorcs

I remember making one of these forever ago 'n I never see them now cuz of death's fathom. Which led to me screwing around with a bunch of different builds n stuff so like, here's just the crap i went thru trying to find the ideal build, from a dmg vs cres perspective.

- facet whoring, eshield, nrg dump (so atod/jmod wouldn't be necessary for block)

static: 2/20 ammy, arach (20), magefist (20), etrek 20fhr, charms: +9cold, +3 sorc, +2 all (BC+1all)

opt0: 30/30 sword, 20/20 armor (100life, more efficient to fhr cold gc), spirit monarch, 3/20/10-10 circ, 2 soj

+7 skill, +60% cold, -60% cres, 55fhr

opt1: same as #1, but doom waraxe - assume perf -cold%

+9 skill, +30% cold -90% cres, 55fhr

taking viper for +10fc opens shield slot to be used for w/e. but no spirit = losing 55fhr, gaining (assuming non-eth: 156str-22vit=134 vs 81str etrek) 53 stat points

opt2: dfathom 35/5, 20/20 armor, 2soj, spirit, nightwing 20/5

+9 skill, +80% cold, -30% cres

opt3: dfathom 35/5, 20/20 armor, 2fcr ring, 20/20 monarch, nightwing 20/5

+5 skill, +100% cold, -50% cres

opt4: dfathom 35/5, 20/20 armor, 2soj, 20/20 monarch, 3/20/10 circ

+8 skill, +85% cold, -55% cres

opt5: 30/30 sword, viper 5/5, 3/20/10 circ, 20/20 monarch, 2soj

+6 skill, +65% cold, -65% cres

opt6: 30/30 sword, ormus es 20/5, 3/20/10 circ, 20/20 monarch, 1fcr ring, 1soj

+4 skill, +80% cold, -65% cres

opt7: dfathom 35/5, ormus es 20/5, nightwing 20/5, 2 soj, 20/20 monarch,

+7 skill, +100% cold, -35% cres

opt8: doom axe, 20/20 armor, 20/20 monarch, 3/20/10 circ, 2fcr ring

+3 skill, +50% cold, -110% cres

opt9: doom axe, ormus es 20/5, 20/20 monarch, 3/20/10 circ, 1fcr ring, 1 soj

+4 skill, +50% cold, -95% cres

optA: doom axe, ormus es 20/5, spirit monarch, nightwing 20/5, 1 soj, 1fcr ring

+5 skill, +45% cold, -70% cres

total=base[synergy+100/100][(mastery+facet)+100/100]

orb+dmg/lvl ~15.5avg dmg, 21.5dmg/lvl synergized (around +25 to +27)

skill calc'd (with static +18skill, avg dmg):

opt0: 645.5[40+100/100][60+100/100]= 645.5*1.4*1.6 = 1446 with -300% cres

opt1: 676[1.4][1.3]= 1230 with -340% cres

opt2: 676[1.4][1.75]= 1656 with -280% cres

opt3: 615[1.4][1.95]= 1679 with -280% cres

opt4: 660.5[1.4][1.8]= 1664 with -300% cres

opt5: 630[1.4][1.65]= 1455 with -300% cres

opt6: 612[1.4][1.8]= 1542 with -290% cres

opt7: 645.5[1.4][1.95]= 1762 with -275% cres

opt8: 584.5[1.4][1.5]= 1228 with -330% cres

opt9: 599.5[1.4][1.5]= 1259 with -320% cres

optA: 615[1.4][1.45]= 1205 with -300% cres

opt4 looks to be the most stable, not gimping the mana pool by losing sojs

opt7 has the highest es (at +19), with base gear, highest overall dmg, but lowest cres reduction.

pity about the 30/30 sword + doom dmg

but maybe a doom switch vs stackers

optionally, drop the 20/20 monarch and go for an artisan's of 17fhr. save some stat points, but lose dmg.



links etc

http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=485416

http://web.archive.org/web/200610301.../Sorceress.htm

http://diablo3.ingame.de/spiel/skill...x.php?char=sor