Melee Sorceress [1.3]

Gzeno wrote:New
Werecat
Werecat
Breast Plate (4)
Defense: (203 - 224) to (379 - 422)
Required Level: 5
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 10
5% Chance to cast level 1 Claw Tornado on Melee Attack
15% Attack Speed
4% Life stolen per Hit
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
+(41 to 50) Defense
+(11 to 20) to all Attributes
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (622 - 681) to (1100 - 1207)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
6% Chance to cast level 7 Claw Tornado on Melee Attack
30% Attack Speed
6% Life stolen per Hit
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(81 to 100) Defense
+(21 to 30) to all Attributes
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1471 - 1589) to (2563 - 2777)
Required Level: 40
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 51
7% Chance to cast level 13 Claw Tornado on Melee Attack
45% Attack Speed
8% Life stolen per Hit
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
+(131 to 150) Defense
+(31 to 40) to all Attributes
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (2168 - 2330) to (3757 - 4046)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
8% Chance to cast level 16 Claw Tornado on Melee Attack
60% Attack Speed
10% Life stolen per Hit
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
+(181 to 200) Defense
+(41 to 50) to all Attributes
Physical Resist 6%
Socketed (6)
seems to be a good choice for early game now, its a bit of strength but TU ceremonial armor lost its Moon Queen passive has no phys resists. Thats what I used until I got the melee sorc set.

Btw, melee set still works great for most content! Level 122 and still doing great!

But breast plate looks so ugly on a Sorc.

Here are some other suggestions for early game that I found useful:

Toorc's Gift

Toorc's Gift
Chain Gloves (4)
Defense: (26 - 30) to (47 - 54)
Required Level: 5
Required Strength: 28
Item Level: 10
2% Chance to cast level 1 Glacial Nova on Melee Attack
5% Attack Speed
Stun Attack
+(12 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (155 - 172) to (211 - 234)
Required Level: 22
Required Strength: 57
Item Level: 31
3% Chance to cast level 2 Glacial Nova on Melee Attack
15% Attack Speed
Adds (11 to 15)-(16 to 25) Cold Damage
Stun Attack
+(47 to 63)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (434 - 472) to (573 - 624)
Required Level: 40
Required Strength: 201
Item Level: 51
4% Chance to cast level 3 Glacial Nova on Melee Attack
25% Attack Speed
Adds (36 to 45)-(46 to 63) Cold Damage
Stun Attack
+(81 to 97)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (657 - 710) to (859 - 928)
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 402
Item Level: 77
5% Chance to cast level 3 Glacial Nova on Melee Attack
30% Attack Speed
Adds (81 to 100)-(101 to 125) Cold Damage
Stun Attack
+(98 to 114)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (4)

Good stats overall and a very solid proc that saved my ass on many occasions, freezing the whole screen is honestly super helpful for a melee build.

Cloudladder

Cloudladder
Spiked Shield (4)
Defense: (102 - 116) to (203 - 230)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 7
Required Dexterity: 55
Item Level: 10
+1 to All Skills
+1 to Druid Skill Levels
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
+20 to all Attributes
+10 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (1)
Defense: (372 - 414) to (629 - 699)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 24
Required Dexterity: 81
Item Level: 36
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(1 to 2) to Druid Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(71 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
+30 to all Attributes
+20 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (4)
Defense: (920 - 1007) to (1503 - 1645)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 42
Required Dexterity: 170
Item Level: 51
+2 to All Skills
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(101 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+40 to all Attributes
+30 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (5)
Defense: (1443 - 1687) to (2346 - 2743)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 353
Item Level: 85
+2 to All Skills
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(131 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
+50 to all Attributes
+40 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (6)

New TU spiked shield. +4 all skills (2 sorc + 2 all), 50 all stats?! , more life regen and to top it off it has 6 sockets.

Level 110 at the moment.

I am still using TU Warp Blade as I have yet to find a sacred Warp Blade. Is

Grace

still recommended? I have been looking at

Khany

for its proc but I assume the avoid from Grace is still great.

So far fire dance has been a saving grace. Carried me through up to A5 hell so far.

I am also still using

Auriel's Halo

Auriel's Halo
Tiara (4)
Defense: 31 to 67
Required Level: 8
Required Dexterity: 21
Item Level: 1
+1 to All Skills
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Fire Damage
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(11 to 15)%
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 86 to 162
Required Level: 25
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 31
+1 to All Skills
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Fire Damage
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 180 to 322
Required Level: 43
Required Dexterity: 103
Item Level: 51
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: 247 to 437
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 220
Item Level: 77
+2 to All Skills
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Fire Damage
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(36 to 40)%
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (4)

but I am going to switch it for your suggestion on the last page.

Using

Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense

as in a sacred sorc armor. Haven't made the switch to

Truce

Truce
Belts
'Jah'
Runeword Level: 80
5% Combat Speeds
Stun Attack
Slows Attacker by 5%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 10%

from deadfall yet though. That will probably happen soon as more defence is probably more useful then the deadfall proc now.

You can keep using TU Warp Blade for as long as it's working for you.

There really aren't any good transitional weapon options between TU and Set/Crafted weapon. Grace was the best I could come up with at the time. In previous patches, it had roughly the same killspeed as Khany (Khany had higher damage, but Grace had faster attack speed). In the end, I went with Grace b/c of the Avoid and b/c it's higher attack speed meant you could replenish Life faster.

As for Deadfall vs. Truce, it's the same as TU Warp Blade vs. RW: if it's working, I'd say go ahead and keep using it until it you feel you need better defensive mods.

And good luck finding a Sacred Warp Blade. Seriously. Only Nagisins can sympathize with that kind of pain.

@Gzeno
After some testing, I still prefer Wedding Dress over Werecat for body armor, but that new Cloudladder is legit. Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit:
@Waffle1209
I just noticed Khany has 50% IAS. Maybe I was thinking of another RW then. If your survivability is fine, it may be the better RW option now. I finally found a Sacred Warp Blade so I can do some testing.

Is this sorceress still viable to complete every Uber solo with all the changes made on sigma?

Viable? Definitely. Can still complete every Uber? Not sure yet.

I'm only clvl 110 in my playthrough, but as of now, I think the odds are pretty high you should still be able to do 85-90% of the content without a build respec (still not sure about Samael, though). I'm dedicating much of my free time to updating this build+guide, so hopefully I can post some updates Soon™.

Hi

i'm trying to build my merco to help me for further ubers, some of the LVL 120 are tricky ^^

wich +skill should i aim with ornate shrine craft for the abjurer ? i couldnt find the Scalewinged's Bloodmage guide you were talking about sadly :/

also, what are the fhr/fcr breakpoint for abjurer ?

+Skills just means "+x to all Skills," so you're not looking for a specific skill to boost.

Regarding Scalewing's Bloodmage, he didn't write a guide. He just posted a gear setup somewhere in the comments section of this guide. All I did was shamelessly steal respecfully borrow his exact setup and tweak it for an Abjurer.

Merc FCR/FHR BPs can be found using the SpeedCalc tool, found in the tools section (see link below):
https://www.median-xl.com/tools.php
I don't have access to it atm, but I'll try to post the BPs in the guide later this evening.

Just wanted to say thanks for this great guide.

Currently 115 with a few setpieces.

But am wondering what you would suggest for belt gloves and boots.

About to put a bunch of points into firedance so I'll check back in after the 115 bosses

so two quick questions.
1: when going through normal a5 into hell what piece would you reccomend to boost resistances? (i figured gloves but cant make honorific before you can get the mark)
2: have you thought of using lightning as one of the two elemental tree's for its avoide damage and then dex into energy?

loving the build so far btw, just seem to have an issue with res in the early game