Poison Sorceress

[Dru]

If it helps, I got a reply in the Bugs thread re

Gravetalon

Gravetalon
Clasped Orb (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 39 to 41
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 188
Item Level: 105
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
You Cannot Summon Ice Elementals Directly
20% Chance to cast level 35 Ice Elementals on Kill
+(5 to 6) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+25% Bonus to Poison Skill Duration
-(25 to 30)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
-(25 to 30)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+1 to Ice Elementals
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
33% Curse Length Reduction
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (2)

Apparently on-kill procs can be triggered by any wdm skill and (apparently) poison can trigger them as well. This is news to me, I've never heard it said before (but that doesn't mean anything lol) - so he believes that the thinking behind using on-kill on

Gravetalon

Gravetalon
Clasped Orb (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 39 to 41
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 188
Item Level: 105
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
You Cannot Summon Ice Elementals Directly
20% Chance to cast level 35 Ice Elementals on Kill
+(5 to 6) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+25% Bonus to Poison Skill Duration
-(25 to 30)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
-(25 to 30)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+1 to Ice Elementals
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
33% Curse Length Reduction
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (2)

is so that the ice elementals can only be used with poison.

This was Crash, who's normally reliable... but he didn't sound 100% sure, just said that he thinks that's why it's done that way. If my sorc ever hits 100 I'll test it (the guy who did test it with Hive had melee mastery specced so he may not be able to proc summons, like ice eles).

HTH Apologies for any confusion, it seems it might work as-is after all.

Ya i was watching stompabit stream last night and the ice elemental did proc off poison. So ya it works.

[brovet]

Can anyone please give me a suggestion on how to progress to late game gear? Like when I obtain which piece, it would be a great time to remove my poison sorc set. Thank you!

[Nukka]

Love the guide! made it to hell without a problem. leveled poison sorc the entire way. the only thing i can say so far is blight is unlocked at level 100 even though your guide says level 50

[Dru]

Love the guide! made it to hell without a problem. leveled poison sorc the entire way. the only thing i can say so far is blight is unlocked at level 100 even though your guide says level 50

good eye, it was most likely a typo. correcting it now. the text was copy pasted from the description of Elucidation , just forgot to change the level my bad xd

- also i leveled straight as a poison sorc as well and really had no issues until i had hell act 2-3?. lack of pierce to kill the story line bosses (andariel, duriel, mephisto), but you are still able to clear the side content such as; sunless sea, tran athulua, and k3k without the pierce.

[Captcha]

Love the guide! made it to hell without a problem. leveled poison sorc the entire way. the only thing i can say so far is blight is unlocked at level 100 even though your guide says level 50

good eye, it was most likely a typo. correcting it now. the text was copy pasted from the description of Elucidation , just forgot to change the level my bad xd

- also i leveled straight as a poison sorc as well and really had no issues until i had hell act 2-3?. lack of pierce to kill the story line bosses (andariel, duriel, mephisto), but you are still able to clear the side content such as; sunless sea, tran athulua, and k3k without the pierce.

My sorc is level 49.9999999 and I'm torn between lightning and poison to level from here. I'm pretty sure I want it to be poison later, but not sure how much later.


Hell act 2-3 sounds a bit sooner than I was expecting problems, so maybe lightning? At what level to swap over though - I saw some say 130 in another thread but that seems a very long way down the track.

If there's a "flat spot" for a poison sorc starting from around act 2-3 hell, how long does it last before it gets better again (before it catches up with lightning spec)?

Would appreciate any input.

[rngbeast]

Can anyone please give me a suggestion on how to progress to late game gear? Like when I obtain which piece, it would be a great time to remove my poison sorc set. Thank you!

Hey, what I did was farm teganze for a bunch of poison runes to create

Helgrotha

Helgrotha
Sorceress Orbs
'VenVenIth'
Runeword Level: 100
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
1% Base Block Chance
50% Cast Speed
+15% to Poison Spell Damage
-60% to Enemy Poison Resistance
25% to Energy
Maximum Life +7%

and fill sockets. Then move to fauzt for Ghal/Taha/Un, create

Venefica

Venefica
Sorceress Body Armors
'GhalShael'
Runeword Level: 100
+(4 to 5) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(120 to 130)% Bonus to Poison Skill Duration
+15 Spell Focus
0.5% to Poison Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
-15% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Attacker Flees after Striking (21 to 25)%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Requirements -20%

and

Indigo

Indigo
Circlets
'UnTaha'
Runeword Level: 110
+2 to All Skills
+100 Spell Focus
50% Cast Speed
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-500 Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(13 to 15)%
Requirements -100%

, also found

Vaetia's Wall

Vaetia's Wall
Tower Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (4603 - 5157) to (5543 - 6210)
Chance to Block: -1% + Class%
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 460
Required Dexterity: 471
Item Level: 105
-1% Base Block Chance
-(11 to 15)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(4 to 8) to Vengeful Power (Sorceress Only)
+(4 to 8) to Warp Armor (Sorceress Only)
+(4 to 8) to Snow Queen (Sorceress Only)
+(4 to 8) to Living Flame (Sorceress Only)
+(141 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(11 to 25)%
Maximum Elemental Resists +(0 to 1)%
Requirements -20%
Socketed (4)

. Ditched the set at that point, didnt have Lahma but used shimmering crafted gloves. Replacing Astrogha set is next step, but that's a bit harder to do. I'm at 160 poison pierce now, which is nice improvement over set.

[loreth2021]

i am progressing towards endgame equip too;

have also gallowlaugh and lunar eclipse; but not any good boots (rabbit's foot or any other, but no spirit walker or henchmen.

i guess gallowlaugh+lunar gives more than astroga boots+belt, as shimmering crafted boots are even worse imho.

[Nukka]

Love the guide! made it to hell without a problem. leveled poison sorc the entire way. the only thing i can say so far is blight is unlocked at level 100 even though your guide says level 50

good eye, it was most likely a typo. correcting it now. the text was copy pasted from the description of Elucidation , just forgot to change the level my bad xd

- also i leveled straight as a poison sorc as well and really had no issues until i had hell act 2-3?. lack of pierce to kill the story line bosses (andariel, duriel, mephisto), but you are still able to clear the side content such as; sunless sea, tran athulua, and k3k without the pierce.

My sorc is level 49.9999999 and I'm torn between lightning and poison to level from here. I'm pretty sure I want it to be poison later, but not sure how much later.


Hell act 2-3 sounds a bit sooner than I was expecting problems, so maybe lightning? At what level to swap over though - I saw some say 130 in another thread but that seems a very long way down the track.

If there's a "flat spot" for a poison sorc starting from around act 2-3 hell, how long does it last before it gets better again (before it catches up with lightning spec)?

Would appreciate any input.

I am now level 126 with both sets (mid game gear on) and farming Vizjun (LEVEL 129 ZONE) with no problem. I leveled poison the entire way. I also have a lightning sorc but poison just seemed a lot more smooth to me (followed gear for myself and merc to a t). Right now I do not have any sockets in my gear and its quite ridiculous how fast you can clear maps. Hell Duriel and Mephisto definitely took some time to get down but it was easy with tiered uniques. As far as catching up, I highly recommend getting all the charms asap because it'll help so much with the transition to poison sorc set and wyrd set. It made a difference and Boss killing is so much faster.

[Captcha]

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I am now level 126 with both sets (mid game gear on) and farming Vizjun (LEVEL 129 ZONE) with no problem. I leveled poison the entire way. I also have a lightning sorc but poison just seemed a lot more smooth to me (followed gear for myself and merc to a t). Right now I do not have any sockets in my gear and its quite ridiculous how fast you can clear maps. Hell Duriel and Mephisto definitely took some time to get down but it was easy with tiered uniques. As far as catching up, I highly recommend getting all the charms asap because it'll help so much with the transition to poison sorc set and wyrd set. It made a difference and Boss killing is so much faster.

Cheers, I went poison in the end and the only issue is that they take a while to die, so the mobs that rush at you tend to actually get to you and get some hits in, whereas with light spec they get shocked and killed before they get to me.

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respecced yesterday to poison and even with only 60% poison pierce, i could run scosglen with set already, kinda slow but still ok, and fauzt wasnt any problem, even in a p5-game.

https://median-xl.com/acc/snapshot.php? ... 1631829157

the combination with living flame for life reg and dance is really good, as you are kiting anyway and everything just got melted.

looking forward for getting upgrades, as they are kind of cheap compared to cold/light builds.

i guess poison is kinda not really balanced as for now - compared to cold and light with the _same_ gear, poison performs much better.

+ would really like to see a good option for mid-/endgame mf builds; i mean- i can just take all endgame gear setup and just put %mf orbs/ist runes on it and keep a 2nd endgame gear set for ubers. but maybe there are better options (e.g. % mf end game gear with poison dur/poison pierce/spell focus).

Interesting that your build hasn't maxed familiars whereas it was 2nd on the list in the guide. I'm also thinking about life regen over +skills...

And I was wondering about the fire passives as well, I'm trying that while levelling.

The other question is how useful Purity is. These poison duration things never seem to do what it says on the tin - two items with -50% duration = -100% which should mean poison has no dot, but it doesn't seem to work that way though.

[Dru]

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I am now level 126 with both sets (mid game gear on) and farming Vizjun (LEVEL 129 ZONE) with no problem. I leveled poison the entire way. I also have a lightning sorc but poison just seemed a lot more smooth to me (followed gear for myself and merc to a t). Right now I do not have any sockets in my gear and its quite ridiculous how fast you can clear maps. Hell Duriel and Mephisto definitely took some time to get down but it was easy with tiered uniques. As far as catching up, I highly recommend getting all the charms asap because it'll help so much with the transition to poison sorc set and wyrd set. It made a difference and Boss killing is so much faster.

Cheers, I went poison in the end and the only issue is that they take a while to die, so the mobs that rush at you tend to actually get to you and get some hits in, whereas with light spec they get shocked and killed before they get to me.

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respecced yesterday to poison and even with only 60% poison pierce, i could run scosglen with set already, kinda slow but still ok, and fauzt wasnt any problem, even in a p5-game.

https://median-xl.com/acc/snapshot.php? ... 1631829157

the combination with living flame for life reg and dance is really good, as you are kiting anyway and everything just got melted.

looking forward for getting upgrades, as they are kind of cheap compared to cold/light builds.

i guess poison is kinda not really balanced as for now - compared to cold and light with the _same_ gear, poison performs much better.

+ would really like to see a good option for mid-/endgame mf builds; i mean- i can just take all endgame gear setup and just put %mf orbs/ist runes on it and keep a 2nd endgame gear set for ubers. but maybe there are better options (e.g. % mf end game gear with poison dur/poison pierce/spell focus).

Interesting that your build hasn't maxed familiars whereas it was 2nd on the list in the guide. I'm also thinking about life regen over +skills...

And I was wondering about the fire passives as well, I'm trying that while levelling.

The other question is how useful Purity is. These poison duration things never seem to do what it says on the tin - two items with -50% duration = -100% which should mean poison has no dot, but it doesn't seem to work that way though.

you can drop purity imo. and i tested leveling as fire. its not bad. i actually really enjoyed going Warp Armor and Living Flame for Teganze farming.