For PvM, if you're not going for a maxed out version of this build, don't underestimate Dwarf Star. 40 life, 15 Fire Absorb,15 MDR and ofc that sweet 100% GF. Nice for Travi/Chaos at least. On a side note, try Flamebellow with high Fire Absorb for the merc if you run Travi. If you're really struggling with the incoming Fire Damage, use Infernostrides on your character as well.
40 life - useless on ES sorc 15 Fire Absorb - doesn't give you mana back and you should not take life damage anyway 15 MDR - good 100% GF - meh, you can't compete with a horking barb anyway, not even close Not ideal at all
This build on P1 difficulty with even mid range gear is awesome. I can be poisoned at 1 health, amp damage curse on me, surrounded by enemies, and it doesn't matter. The only thing that can really kill me is magic dmg type, but I no longer care about curses, poison, or resistances. Feels so amazing to be this tanky! As long as I have mana, basically cannot die. (more or less)
The music from your intro is already immortal for me and encoded in my brain :D I always know it's going to be a good video, even when I watch the ones from a few years ago ;)
Fine! You win. Liked & Subscribed. Seriously though, your videos are quite noticeably a cut above any of the other Diablo channels that I typically come across. They are clearly more thought out, better planned, most definitely more accurate, and the editing is clean and tight. Just like... it should be. I don't PvP and I don't own any items that would be allowed anywhere near a trophy room, but I keep watching. And now I'm subscribed. Pretty sure that means you're now morally obligated to keep making 'em. Sorry. Thanks, though.
I think because other channels are just playing the game, this is coooley's life it seems. I love his vids makes me want to play this game more, and i do!
This immo sorc is kinda perfect for tankie. But when poison drain your hp to 1 point. If the monster hit you by the poison dmg, you will instant die. For example I found out so far monster can deal poison dmg so far: horror mage (act5 baal way), guardian (act5 hall of pain)
How do you tank normal Poison damage(not rabies) - poison doesn't go thru ES as I know, or there is something I'm missing ? Could you please explain, cuz my other sorc get rekt by Assassin with venom/shadow/shurineins - rely on poison heavy as my mana stays almost full, but HP says "goodbye".
Very interesting build! I've gambled +3 Cold/25DR Circlet some time ago, punched 2 sockets in it and plan to make a Cold version someday. I've even grabbed some items for it, like decent Gerke, Viper, charms (mix of skillers and +mana). The suggested amulet looks like unobtanium for me though.
I think the amulet is easier to get than the circlet, you'll probably get it for free just gambling amulets to use for crafting one day. Both are pretty unobtanium though
I have a artisan tiara of everlasting (3os 25 DR) any idea of is worth? I have to test this build i found a gerke and frostburn this morning with my nova es sorc.
I built a few of these on legacy. I was pretty successful with an immortal/melee sorc. Pump warmth/enchant/fire mastery(plus es, telekinesis, light mastry etc...), use Nightsmoke, Nats armor, dream helm, passion pb, Civerb's Icon set item (40% mana regen). Single target melee toons are kinda lame, but she does 24k-ish zeal dmg
lets say I want to farm Nith for dkey early ladder on a Firewall/ES tanky sorc, do I need more PDR or MDR ? I go hybrid with all in Vita and FrostBurn with Maxblock on a Gerke or Messer (wondering if I should go MAL or SOL in socket for purely Nith farming) (no anture peace, but I stya in a corner and only kill ennemy far away for no corpse epxlosion) also any other gear suggestion for chepa ladder start gear for this strategy? uusally go : Smoke, Lore, Spirit Sword, Mosser/Gerke, Frostburn, resists/life/mana for ring, ammy, belt and boot
why hoto over eschutas for PVM nova and PVP firewall? is it just the 15% mana increase? bc i thought res was irrelevant for this build. what am i missing?
Cooley, wanted to share a bit of fun knowledge. A figure from history, well known to the Viking culture. Vikings used runes for their language. Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson was a king of Denmark and Norway. An amazing viking known to be very strong. The rune used to spell out his name “Blue tooth” is the same rune we all know today for the symbol of “Blue tooth” for electronic devices. Two triangles pointing to the right forming a “B”.
Is it possible to share that single player char file by any chance? How much fg would a decent build cost atm im scnl (any realm) in d2r? Appreciate it
2 questions: i notice mana consumed per damage is 75% at lvl 42 telekinesis Isnt it at 75% at lvl 20 too? So wasting 20 skill point? And 2nd question, is it a good idea to play this on HC or you do die there and there to some specefic scenario?
Hey guys, regarding pvp es. Coooly didnt put singel point in static is it useless in pvp or? And not much fhr on pvp version, is it also unnecessary. Tnx
@Cooley, how does it do on travinical? You mentioned fire can melt this sorc but I assume with MDR it's immune to hydras and DR -> immune to council melee. I'm wondering if it's possible to create a gold find sorc, instead of the barb. So this sorc would be tanking (lol) and merc would do most of the killing.
Thinking about respecing my dual dream ladder sorc. If I use demon limb I can forget about enchant and beef up my ES. But is it worth it in dual dream with lightning sunder? Hmm...
Block hits against your mana I'm assuming. You can still die if your mana runs out, so want to protect it. You can see in his video while he's standing there, he's chugging mana potions.
i saw a light one back in the day that wore a infinty and did this the person was on non-lad east was named dk-maria i think she had a build that had like 11k mana with barbs bo i think it was 14k mana. this person almost never died.
dedicated ES sorc isnt great when you dont have gear to accomodate it (or the skill points). this is definitely a respec build. definitely dont build as immortal from level 1.
That effect works to replenish your mana when you take health damage (you can read its effect as "% of health damage taken becomes mana"). It's something you would use on a Barbarian because you have a lot of health and very little mana. On an energy shield sorc it's the exact opposite, so it's not really going to help you.
I'm strictly a zon player, but I wanted to make some of my buff chars viable for fun. I've been working on a bowasorc on legacy with similar concepts. But because she doesn't really need many +sorc skills when fighting, I went with Wizard Spike and swappable String of Ears ( let me know what you think of this change ) instead. I have 120 mana 75 PLR and 120/25PDR amulet for swap. This sorc also doubles down as my max enchant sorc ( with swapping ) for buffing my zons against bmers which is her primary role. 95% ES, 65IAS BP 63FCR and 60FHR BPs, 175PLR capable with my 50% PLR circ. Gbane of course. Also 3 slots are taken up by 15ias/15@ sadly. Opinions? :)
I saw where this game has a "Lister the Tormentor" boss, does it have a "Lister the Slob" Red Dwarf boss character. That is immune to cleaning up his room?
Ya I made a immortal nova sorceress with Silkweave boots tho, and a crafters amulet 2 lighting skills , rejuvenate mana 6% , 17 to str and mana 8% damage taken goes to mana and poison res 20% could not have gotten a better roll on it in my opinion so I have to use it lol ..got one soj and one Manald heal ring and string of ears for the belt , helms a low rolled griffens eye not the best for build but helps the lighting damage socketed with a mal as well . And everything else is same stuff your rocking. She does die here and there but it is very rare. She is a tank for sure .
Played and clocked back wen it first came out. Got enigma etc. Stopped playing as the stash was just to small for me to deal with. I was collecting everything. Game seems to be still pumping along Is there a unlimited stash yet? And great vid 👍
Both items lack the core affixes needed for the build, PDR and MDR. The physical resistance on both will not provide a 100% mitigation of damage that goes through ES, which is kinda the idea of the build. And ur momma so fat that she takes three chained hits from a chain lightning. This is a tanky build, not a "wipe entire screen with a random fart" build :/
Great video as usual. In fact I use an almost identical build in pvm at the moment. 2 different things for my part : - with the build without the vipermagi, you have only 60fc, it's a bit short. I choose to use a crafted caster amulet +2@ or +2 lightning (you will get automatically the fc you need and mana + mana regen). If possible you seek the DMR/DR in add. If you find a great circlet it work too. - Idem for the boots, I take a crafted safety boot, you get DMR/DR, you can seek what you want to add
man i am having a REALLY hard time getting this to work. Its a nightmare to get enough damage reduction to actually make the mana bar not completely disappear in seconds if you get surrounded. Like, ive managed to get to 57dr 56mdr, 75 block, but for some reason they're just shredding my mana in no time flat. Is there some trick i've missed or am i just nowhere near enough damage reduce? my resists are all +75 and then some, every slot has a mal or a sol in it...I just don't know.
Lovely! Is there a reliable build for ES / ENCHANT sorceress? I kinda gravitate around the idea of super tanky melee sorc. Like "I'm a tanky bich that's gonna kick your butt with my melee weapon" 😂
It's still a problem, but you're not going to get one shot like pre 2.4. You should I have time to get away. (Note, I have not played this yet, but that's what I've heard/experienced when my barb was a singer).
5:56 if you don't have the perfect crafted caster boots you can look for silkweaves boots.
Whoa, I have a nova es sorc but yours is unique… imma start working on some of those equips as I have most of them. Great vidoe
Great guide! Unfortunately I am the kinda guy who respecs into ES, forgets to actually cast ES and then gets one-tapped by a fallen. 😂
Did this so many times
What? How is that possible?
@@Amoeby ..... es sorcs have shit life totals because energy shield is how they defend themselves
I don't know what you play, but when I switched to hc I never forget it anymore
i did that in hardcore just now :(
Used to rock something like this for cow farming! Nice detailed guide Cooley, wasn't expecting anything less from you tbh!
Used to rock a max block max es pvp sorc on uswest years ago
Same except I used useast west was Hella expensive and dead
Looks great, i like it
Another banger from the man himself
For PvM, if you're not going for a maxed out version of this build, don't underestimate Dwarf Star. 40 life, 15 Fire Absorb,15 MDR and ofc that sweet 100% GF. Nice for Travi/Chaos at least. On a side note, try Flamebellow with high Fire Absorb for the merc if you run Travi. If you're really struggling with the incoming Fire Damage, use Infernostrides on your character as well.
I'm running Sorc and Trav is the worst place for me and the follower. I'll try these tips thank you.
40 life - useless on ES sorc
15 Fire Absorb - doesn't give you mana back and you should not take life damage anyway
15 MDR - good
100% GF - meh, you can't compete with a horking barb anyway, not even close
Not ideal at all
This build on P1 difficulty with even mid range gear is awesome. I can be poisoned at 1 health, amp damage curse on me, surrounded by enemies, and it doesn't matter. The only thing that can really kill me is magic dmg type, but I no longer care about curses, poison, or resistances. Feels so amazing to be this tanky! As long as I have mana, basically cannot die. (more or less)
I dont know. I got pretty good items and she still dies. I would rather go with ligthsorc. This build is only really good vs Nihlathak imo.
Nice update with D2R. used to love this video, now even more
The music from your intro is already immortal for me and encoded in my brain :D I always know it's going to be a good video, even when I watch the ones from a few years ago ;)
Fine! You win. Liked & Subscribed.
Seriously though, your videos are quite noticeably a cut above any of the other Diablo channels that I typically come across. They are clearly more thought out, better planned, most definitely more accurate, and the editing is clean and tight. Just like... it should be.
I don't PvP and I don't own any items that would be allowed anywhere near a trophy room, but I keep watching. And now I'm subscribed. Pretty sure that means you're now morally obligated to keep making 'em. Sorry. Thanks, though.
I appreciate that, Kevin. It means a lot!
I think because other channels are just playing the game, this is coooley's life it seems. I love his vids makes me want to play this game more, and i do!
Finally, a real guide. Coooley GOOOAT 🐐
Going to start playing non-ladder and barebacking men in PVP.
Always on point and great content, Cool 😎
PawelJonk this video is for you ! :D
gg vid CooooOley ♥
I subbed long ago and liked. You’re welcome you genius.
finally tried this build. amazing! just some average gears and my sorceress never died any more on p1
Got my sub man. Keep up the great vids!
Why not 1 point in frozen armor for the defense and slow attacker?
This immo sorc is kinda perfect for tankie. But when poison drain your hp to 1 point. If the monster hit you by the poison dmg, you will instant die. For example I found out so far monster can deal poison dmg so far: horror mage (act5 baal way), guardian (act5 hall of pain)
Anyone know any substitutes for these unobtanium items like the amulet and circlet?
How do you tank normal Poison damage(not rabies) - poison doesn't go thru ES as I know, or there is something I'm missing ?
Could you please explain, cuz my other sorc get rekt by Assassin with venom/shadow/shurineins - rely on poison heavy as my mana stays almost full, but HP says "goodbye".
Awesome build! 👌
Very interesting build! I've gambled +3 Cold/25DR Circlet some time ago, punched 2 sockets in it and plan to make a Cold version someday. I've even grabbed some items for it, like decent Gerke, Viper, charms (mix of skillers and +mana). The suggested amulet looks like unobtanium for me though.
I think the amulet is easier to get than the circlet, you'll probably get it for free just gambling amulets to use for crafting one day. Both are pretty unobtanium though
I just found a warpspear.
+3 sorc skills
+3 energy shield
+3 teleport
+3 telekinesis
Can that be a substitute?
Run that till you get a nice Memoery staff
I have a artisan tiara of everlasting (3os 25 DR) any idea of is worth? I have to test this build i found a gerke and frostburn this morning with my nova es sorc.
Ber ber ber xD
@@helvanicaaAre u cold?
3 X #23 Mal
Thanks for sparking intreste back into this game. I stopped playing after they patched the ladder rune words.
Thanks for the video
I built a few of these on legacy. I was pretty successful with an immortal/melee sorc. Pump warmth/enchant/fire mastery(plus es, telekinesis, light mastry etc...), use Nightsmoke, Nats armor, dream helm, passion pb, Civerb's Icon set item (40% mana regen). Single target melee toons are kinda lame, but she does 24k-ish zeal dmg
You don’t need resist on this build btw. Mdr/pdr is applied before resistance so the resistance does not make a change to surviving with 1 life or not
Wouldnt silkweaves work for the boots?
im confused about so much talent points. if each level gives + point, why do u have ca. 200?
lets say I want to farm Nith for dkey early ladder on a Firewall/ES tanky sorc, do I need more PDR or MDR ?
I go hybrid with all in Vita and FrostBurn with Maxblock on a Gerke or Messer (wondering if I should go MAL or SOL in socket for purely Nith farming) (no anture peace, but I stya in a corner and only kill ennemy far away for no corpse epxlosion)
also any other gear suggestion for chepa ladder start gear for this strategy?
uusally go : Smoke, Lore, Spirit Sword, Mosser/Gerke, Frostburn, resists/life/mana for ring, ammy, belt and boot
why hoto over eschutas for PVM nova and PVP firewall? is it just the 15% mana increase? bc i thought res was irrelevant for this build. what am i missing?
7:34 if you don't have "heart of the oak" you can use suicidal branch, wizadspike, even spectral shard but hoto is better.
or escutas
Cooley, wanted to share a bit of fun knowledge.
A figure from history, well known to the Viking culture. Vikings used runes for their language.
Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson was a king of Denmark and Norway. An amazing viking known to be very strong.
The rune used to spell out his name “Blue tooth” is the same rune we all know today for the symbol of “Blue tooth” for electronic devices. Two triangles pointing to the right forming a “B”.
thx for this kind of knowledge! :)
9:55 When your opponent in PVP has time to shit talk you, because you're healing him. lol
Did you try the first build with uber boss ?
We want answers a year later
Good luck getting those charms
You are the 🐐
Tommyvv the legend
Hi. How much nova damage you make? I have a 5.5k dmg and it feels slow in higher player count compared to my jav zone.
Which immortal sorc is better? Nova or Frozen orb variant?
Is it possible to share that single player char file by any chance? How much fg would a decent build cost atm im scnl (any realm) in d2r? Appreciate it
2 questions: i notice mana consumed per damage is 75% at lvl 42 telekinesis
Isnt it at 75% at lvl 20 too? So wasting 20 skill point?
And 2nd question, is it a good idea to play this on HC or you do die there and there to some specefic scenario?
It's 95% at that lvl. Def worth it and imperative for the build.
i am a bit confused about the pvp blizz build, in the maxroll you have different options for armor vipermage or gald bane, which one should i use ?
Phenomenal content, any tips on how to max tankiness on Pre-LOD characters? I love the simplicity of "hccl"
Energy shield tank sorc on Pre-LOD
Hey guys, regarding pvp es. Coooly didnt put singel point in static is it useless in pvp or? And not much fhr on pvp version, is it also unnecessary.
Tnx
You mentioned P3 Baal. Does this build survive Baal's blood mana curse?
Yes. Because that curse actually uses your life... When you get too low, she'll just say "Not Enough Mana"... Even though she has 5k
@Cooley, how does it do on travinical? You mentioned fire can melt this sorc but I assume with MDR it's immune to hydras and DR -> immune to council melee. I'm wondering if it's possible to create a gold find sorc, instead of the barb. So this sorc would be tanking (lol) and merc would do most of the killing.
Sorc can't hork. Not worth it.
woah cool build
what other shield can you put if I don't have the Gerke's Sanctuary shield yet.
iv been rocking a max block, blizz/firewall es sorc for pvp. pretty fun for bming bm hammerdins, javs and barbs
Can you share you build? tnx
Thinking about respecing my dual dream ladder sorc. If I use demon limb I can forget about enchant and beef up my ES. But is it worth it in dual dream with lightning sunder? Hmm...
If you cant go below the 1 hp except in a few cases why do you then need max Block?
Block hits against your mana I'm assuming. You can still die if your mana runs out, so want to protect it. You can see in his video while he's standing there, he's chugging mana potions.
great, great video. best d2 content ive seen in a long time! you never disappoint!
ES orb immortal sorc with 37x bmanas, some prebuff bo barb, and town aura paladin for the cherry on top to be a true troll in pubs.
i saw a light one back in the day that wore a infinty and did this the person was on non-lad east was named dk-maria i think she had a build that had like 11k mana with barbs bo i think it was 14k mana. this person almost never died.
So what if i use Griffon and cresent Moon. Maybe Treks for boots for Poison res?
what if you use stormshield instead the gerkes shield?
Is there a version of this build where you can Magic Find?
when trying to build an immortal sorc, do you start from lvl 1 or do you add points into vita and other skills only to respec later on ?
dedicated ES sorc isnt great when you dont have gear to accomodate it (or the skill points). this is definitely a respec build. definitely dont build as immortal from level 1.
Get revenge on Mr. Llama with this in the blood moor.
where can you get the amulet and circlet?
I forgot about this build! That's so sick lol
does this still work in patch 2.8?
Is this Sorc also Immortal in 8-Player PvE games?
I found a 1 pdr off perfect gerke's last night, still gambling for ammy and helm but I am going to build one of these some day.
I like mine with 95% poison res, just feels safer. 👀
what if you use ith to add damage taken goes to mana or another item? does that stack with energy shield?
That effect works to replenish your mana when you take health damage (you can read its effect as "% of health damage taken becomes mana"). It's something you would use on a Barbarian because you have a lot of health and very little mana. On an energy shield sorc it's the exact opposite, so it's not really going to help you.
The aim of the build is to make zero damage go to life, so it wouldn't work (as it works with damage going to life, not damage going to ES).
I'm strictly a zon player, but I wanted to make some of my buff chars viable for fun. I've been working on a bowasorc on legacy with similar concepts. But because she doesn't really need many +sorc skills when fighting, I went with Wizard Spike and swappable String of Ears ( let me know what you think of this change ) instead. I have 120 mana 75 PLR and 120/25PDR amulet for swap. This sorc also doubles down as my max enchant sorc ( with swapping ) for buffing my zons against bmers which is her primary role. 95% ES, 65IAS BP 63FCR and 60FHR BPs, 175PLR capable with my 50% PLR circ. Gbane of course. Also 3 slots are taken up by 15ias/15@ sadly. Opinions? :)
the ffs subscribe is what got me ngl
I saw where this game has a "Lister the Tormentor" boss, does it have a "Lister the Slob" Red Dwarf boss character. That is immune to cleaning up his room?
Yes. He's in act 6
Does this still work? How good is it in terror zones?
2+2+2 = 6, 17 x 3 is 54, seems the 3 small charms would be better than a GC life/ mana?
Why not run crescent moon for the mdr and -35% lightning ress? should definently beat hoto since allress is A waste of time on A es sorc?
you have zero magic find, what you gona do with this sorc ? can it farm ubers also ? show me ?
Miss my immortal bone nancer back in the early 2000’s! Hardcore! He never died in pvm!
Can the build work without all the charms?
Bro the links of the builds are not working :(
will I only find these items on Hell difficulty?
i liked the video because i liked it!
GG coooly I personally prefer the ord sorc for immortal with a guardian angel armor to help vs those pesky ele dmg builds and with max block
Energy shield doesn't benefit from resists.
@@dominicfrabotta565 no it doesn't but it helps the little damage that gets through es
Ya I made a immortal nova sorceress with Silkweave boots tho, and a crafters amulet 2 lighting skills , rejuvenate mana 6% , 17 to str and mana 8% damage taken goes to mana and poison res 20% could not have gotten a better roll on it in my opinion so I have to use it lol ..got one soj and one Manald heal ring and string of ears for the belt , helms a low rolled griffens eye not the best for build but helps the lighting damage socketed with a mal as well . And everything else is same stuff your rocking. She does die here and there but it is very rare. She is a tank for sure .
Is this Viable in Hc? Been wanting to try it for some time now.
Yes if you will look where you're telestomping before telestomping. A pack of ghosts or manaburn fast attacking monsters will hurt a lot.
Cooley is a king! Super sick build and so specific! Love it but will take many years for this old dog to get that gear! :D
Played and clocked back wen it first came out. Got enigma etc. Stopped playing as the stash was just to small for me to deal with. I was collecting everything. Game seems to be still pumping along
Is there a unlimited stash yet?
And great vid 👍
Unfortunately not. The stash is twice as big as back then in D2 but: You get 3 shared stashes and each char has 1 solo stash.
Why not Verdungo and shako? And also ur dmg is so little that it takes ages to kill thos minions?
Both items lack the core affixes needed for the build, PDR and MDR. The physical resistance on both will not provide a 100% mitigation of damage that goes through ES, which is kinda the idea of the build.
And ur momma so fat that she takes three chained hits from a chain lightning. This is a tanky build, not a "wipe entire screen with a random fart" build :/
😂🤣 That's a decent speed to kill those minions.
can you remake this video with sunder charms ?
Please answer how g bane combines your Magic damage reduce and regular damage reduce
How does she do with a shit ton of SOULS on the way to baal?
So frozen orb is no good for Baal runs anymore?
I will test the nova build on my SSF single player sorc, if i should find the needed items :)
cooley i went to check jsp immortal sorc guides and they dont use gerkes, what gives?
Amazing
Great video as usual. In fact I use an almost identical build in pvm at the moment. 2 different things for my part :
- with the build without the vipermagi, you have only 60fc, it's a bit short. I choose to use a crafted caster amulet +2@ or +2 lightning (you will get automatically the fc you need and mana + mana regen). If possible you seek the DMR/DR in add. If you find a great circlet it work too.
- Idem for the boots, I take a crafted safety boot, you get DMR/DR, you can seek what you want to add
man i am having a REALLY hard time getting this to work. Its a nightmare to get enough damage reduction to actually make the mana bar not completely disappear in seconds if you get surrounded. Like, ive managed to get to 57dr 56mdr, 75 block, but for some reason they're just shredding my mana in no time flat. Is there some trick i've missed or am i just nowhere near enough damage reduce? my resists are all +75 and then some, every slot has a mal or a sol in it...I just don't know.
Did you ever figure out the issue?
You need 20 into telekinesis & lv40 energy shield.
Lovely! Is there a reliable build for ES / ENCHANT sorceress? I kinda gravitate around the idea of super tanky melee sorc. Like "I'm a tanky bich that's gonna kick your butt with my melee weapon" 😂
What happen if you get hit by mana steal mob?
What about Mana Burn?
It's still a problem, but you're not going to get one shot like pre 2.4. You should I have time to get away. (Note, I have not played this yet, but that's what I've heard/experienced when my barb was a singer).
How come it's not BM to use mana pots with an ES sorc? I still have a hard time understanding which game mechanics are BM and which ones aren't.