Melee Sorceress [1.3]

iamq1803 wrote:Hi guys!
I would like to farm for better gears.
Is Destruction TA a good place to find some strong amulets, rings (was using
Ring of Truth
Ring of Truth
Ring
Required Level: 20
Item Level: 20
25% Block Speed
15% Hit Recovery
(31 to 50)% Bonus to Attack Rating
Slows Attacker by (3 to 5)%
(11 to 15)% Bonus to Defense
+2 to Light Radius
with MO I've recently switched to Empyrean Band) and jewels? Or Destruction Cow Level or somewhere else?

Terror/Destruction Fauztinville is best for farming rings/amulets. Vizjun is supposed to have a jewel drop bias, but Fauztinville is good enough for farming those, too. It's only worth farming Cows for base items, IMO.

I don't understand your Breakpoints section. Could you plz explain? for example, 6/23/56/129 (5 fpa) - Warp Blade (-10 WSM), what does it mean?
Btw, I currently have 63% Chance to Block, gonna increase it by the end game.

iamq1803 wrote:I don't understand your Breakpoints section. Could you plz explain? for example, 6/23/56/129 (5 fpa) - Warp Blade (-10 WSM), what does it mean?
Btw, I currently have 63% Chance to Block, gonna increase it by the end game.

Those numbers indicate how much Increased Attack Speed you need to reach a specific Breakpoint. For example: 6% IAS will let you attack at 8 frames per animation, 23% IAS will let you attack at 7 fpa, and so on until you reach the highest BP. The lower the fpa, the faster your character will do a particular thing. The WSM value just indicates a weapon's base attack speed. The higher the number, the slower the weapon.

Solfege wrote:
iamq1803 wrote:I don't understand your Breakpoints section. Could you plz explain? for example, 6/23/56/129 (5 fpa) - Warp Blade (-10 WSM), what does it mean?
Btw, I currently have 63% Chance to Block, gonna increase it by the end game.

Those numbers indicate how much Increased Attack Speed you need to reach a specific Breakpoint. For example: 6% IAS will let you attack at 8 frames per animation, 23% IAS will let you attack at 7 fpa, and so on until you reach the highest BP. The lower the fpa, the faster your character will do a particular thing. The WSM value just indicates a weapon's base attack speed. The higher the number, the slower the weapon.

So that means 129% could be the max BP for IAS, right?
What happen if I surpass those rate? Is that good or bad?

iamq1803 wrote:
Solfege wrote:
iamq1803 wrote:I don't understand your Breakpoints section. Could you plz explain? for example, 6/23/56/129 (5 fpa) - Warp Blade (-10 WSM), what does it mean?
Btw, I currently have 63% Chance to Block, gonna increase it by the end game.

Those numbers indicate how much Increased Attack Speed you need to reach a specific Breakpoint. For example: 6% IAS will let you attack at 8 frames per animation, 23% IAS will let you attack at 7 fpa, and so on until you reach the highest BP. The lower the fpa, the faster your character will do a particular thing. The WSM value just indicates a weapon's base attack speed. The higher the number, the slower the weapon.

So that means 129% could be the max BP for IAS, right?
What happen if I surpass those rate? Is that good or bad?

Yes. 129% IAS will get you to the fastest attack speed possible for a Warp Blade. Nothing happens if you have more IAS because there are no more BPs for a Sorc after that. 5 fpa is the max.

Solfege wrote:
iamq1803 wrote:
Solfege wrote:
iamq1803 wrote:I don't understand your Breakpoints section. Could you plz explain? for example, 6/23/56/129 (5 fpa) - Warp Blade (-10 WSM), what does it mean?
Btw, I currently have 63% Chance to Block, gonna increase it by the end game.

Those numbers indicate how much Increased Attack Speed you need to reach a specific Breakpoint. For example: 6% IAS will let you attack at 8 frames per animation, 23% IAS will let you attack at 7 fpa, and so on until you reach the highest BP. The lower the fpa, the faster your character will do a particular thing. The WSM value just indicates a weapon's base attack speed. The higher the number, the slower the weapon.

So that means 129% could be the max BP for IAS, right?
What happen if I surpass those rate? Is that good or bad?

Yes. 129% IAS will get you to the fastest attack speed possible for a Warp Blade. Nothing happens if you have more IAS because there are no more BPs for a Sorc after that. 5 fpa is the max.

Oh, I thought the more IAS the better. I have over 250% IAS now.
I guess I should focus more on FBR and FHR instead.

As for crafting, I don't know how to make required level low, any tips plz? Or it entirely depends on luck?

iamq1803 wrote:As for crafting, I don't know how to make required level low, any tips plz? Or it entirely depends on luck?

rare sacred item + rare ring + rare amulet = rare sacred item with low ilvl

L H wrote:
iamq1803 wrote:As for crafting, I don't know how to make required level low, any tips plz? Or it entirely depends on luck?

rare sacred item + rare ring + rare amulet = rare sacred item with low ilvl

Thanks! Then cube it with shrines and done, right? Are there any other step I need to pay attention to?

Hi guys! Which body armor should I pick to craft for melee Sorc? Ancient armor or Ceremonial armor? I'm looking for some nice bonuses for my char.