Melee Sorceress [1.3]

MitchConair wrote:Maybe I missed it, but it looks like no one here has considered Fire/Lightning as a build for Melee Sorc and yet it seems to be working quite well for me up to 121. Any thoughts? I feel like the Firedance is too good a buff to give up, especially considering I play with friends, and the passive +life and regen is nice for survivability too. Warp Armor seems like it scales quite well as you get better gear, and the extra avoidance is nothing to scoff at (I have it up to +12%). Nova Charge also scales well with Dex and all that extra mana just helps me spam more Bladestorm.

Yes, Fire/Lightning has been considered, but you'd have to dig through many pages to find the explanation. In short: Lightning/Cold, transitioning into Fire/Lightning by clvl 90-120, had been the standard for Wraithsword/Bladestorm Melee Sorcs for a really long time. But it didn't work well with a Fusillade build b/c you didn't have enough skill points to max all the skills you wanted. You had to chose between damage and survivability. Ofc, that was when 121 (or 125 if you were crazy) was the clvl cap.

GRANDLarsony wrote:I think fire is good for phys builds. I think for ele/pen lightning/poison is your best option. Firedance buffs phys damage. What’s your friends play, build wise and what do you run?

I do think with ele pen that we need to figure out alternate sources of VIT. I really like the royal circlet as spellblade option over Trang’s. I still need to figure out other slots you can sneak it in without sacrificing too much damage.

Question about cow level. Is it still the same recipe and did median lift the stupid stipulation that if you kill cow king you can no longer create portal?

Fire is also good for proc-based builds, as the extra Spell Damage also increases Elemental proc damage.

Just cube Wirt's Leg while in the Rogue Encamplent to open the portal. Killing the Cow King won't prevent you from coming back.

And wtf if "pen?" Seen a few ppl throw that term around recently.

Solfege wrote:And wtf if "pen?" Seen a few ppl throw that term around recently.

Pen is likely "Elemental penetration", known as -x to enemy elemental resistance in Median.

Elemental pen is a Path of Exile term, but hey, that's my 2 cents, maybe i'm wrong ^^

Apologies for the cross-game terminology. Pen...penatration. Like speed said it’s a POE thing. I have 2000 hours logged in that game. But had to come back to my roots. D1 and D2 pretty much where it all started. If you want to predate that maybe OG gauntlet!

It's nbd. I've just never heard it around here until recently and wondered what it meant. Now that it's been explained, it makes sense.

Hi, what if im complete noob?

have found this build and when lvl 93 sorc already, i would like to respec, but I don't have runes and items...
I would like to ask where do I start from in order to get necessary items, runes exc...

You'll want to farm Mephisto and Nihlathak (probably in Normal) for about 12-20 ACs before respeccing, because all your gear will be high-tier TUs by that point, except your gloves.

At clvl 93, you'd have the following gear:

Weapon = TU Warp Blade (T4)
Body Armor = TU Ceremonial Armor (T3)
Shield = TU Spiked Shield (T3)
Helm = TU Diadem (T3)
Belt = TU Light Belt (T3)
Gloves = Honorific Leather Gloves (T1) - Remade in T4 Leather Gloves before entering Hell
Boots = TU Chain Boots (T3)

MOs:
Weapon = 2x MoA, 3x LoA, ED to cap, DS
Armor (Body Armor, Belt, Shield, Boots) = ED to cap, TCD, DEX, MF
Armor (Helm) = TCD, Weapon Damage, DEX, MF
Honorific (T1) = All Res, HR, STR, DEX
Honorific (T4) = HR, STR, DEX, WD, MF
Jewelry = Flat DR, Mana regen, MF

Socket Fillers:
Weapon = Perfect Rainbow Stones -> Jah Runes (at clvl 113)
Armor (except T1 Honorific and Shield) = Perfect Res Gems (Amber, Bloodstone, Onyx, Turquoise)
Shield = Perfect Res Gems (1x Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz) and 2x Io Runes

Thank you.
12-20 ACs - whats this?

https://median-xl.fandom.com/wiki/Abbreviations - useful page found. Otherwise im lost.

But if I farm Tier 3 in normal there will be no warp blade drop chance isnt it?

ACs = Arcane Crystals. You'll probably need 12 to 20 of them to create all your gear, depending on the tier of the base item.

And yeah, you're most likely only gonna get T1 and T2 items in Normal. But you could just gamble higher tier bases if you have the gold. That will save you some AC farming.

I got superior warp blade T2, and I got 2 of them arcane crystals so its should be t4 then I can make it?. Problem is that blade has no sockets, however i got mark of infusion - should I craft it with this one first? So when all done I insert "Kur" rune - the one that I dont have but will donwgrade from other one.

Again sorry for noob questions, im playin game for 4th day...

Has anyone made an elemental build work with starhawk yet? I have full mysteries set atm and got my hands on a starhawk was wondering what type of gear/tree people went for with elemental build

All the recipes are on this page https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/items/cube