Perfect Sorcerer PvE Guide

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09-08-2014, 10:12 PM
ColdBlahd

I believe this is the best PvE skillset all you Sorcerers should have. But everyone is entitled to their opinion of course.

Skills:

5/5 Fireball (The last upgrade is more useful than it seems, good for ranged enemies and Tindrin Levels etc.)

3/5 Lightning Strike (No Electrical Discharge, and Shock)

3/5 Frost Bolt ( No Ice Wielder, and Artic Shatter)

The reason fot not using Ice Wielder: Their is a bug in the skill that already allows the charged Frost Bolt to freeze and damage enemies around target by default. Meaning this upgrade is currently useless and a waste of a Skill Point.

5/5 Time Shift

4/5 Arcane Shield (No Displacement Wave)

Passives:

5/5 Critical Shot

5/5 Agility (DEX)

5/5 Knowledge (INT)

5/5 Might (STR)

Why not Damage Passive? Because if you're using a Pet that provides atleast a 5% Damage Bonus, it will cancel out the Passive.

Skills for Mobs:

Fireball
Frost Bolt
Time Shift
Arcane Shield

-Always charge all Skills-

Skills for Bosses:

Fireball
Frost Bolt
Lightning Strike
Arcane Shield

-Only charge Arcane Shield-

Switch out Time Shift for Lightning Strike when fighting Bosses, Vice Versa.

Lifegiver Skill:

Pretty much a worthless Skill. Good for leveling up, but worthless for Elite Maps. Also causes Aggro, you can use Potions like everyone else.

Gale Force Skill:

Good for Tombs, but i highly not recommend it for Elite Maps. You want the mobs in one place, not scattered.

Curse Skill:

Usually used for PvP purposes, having this skill in your PvE build isn't recommended either.

I hope you all found this useful, please no negative comments :)
09-08-2014, 11:53 PM
radagan

Good,but 5/5 time shift,wut? 4/5 is better without that exploding
09-08-2014, 11:55 PM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by radagan

Good,but 5/5 time shift,wut? 4/5 is better without that exploding

The explode is useful, as a Sorcerer's job is to crowd control and deal as much damage as possible to Mobs.
09-09-2014, 12:07 AM
ColdBlahd

Besides, there isn't really anything better to put that 1 Skill Point. But that Explode upgrade is very useful for Elite Maps.
09-09-2014, 12:50 AM
Caabatric

maybe durability passive.....
other than that looks great ill try it when respec kits are launched
09-09-2014, 01:05 AM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caabatric

maybe durability passive.....
other than that looks great ill try it when respec kits are launched

You can choose to do Durable Passive if you wish, and i believe they are called Respec Scrolls :)
09-09-2014, 09:23 AM
ColdBlahd

Forgot to thank you guys above me, thanks haha.
09-09-2014, 11:02 AM
Digitalclock

It's a bad build ,IMO
09-09-2014, 11:05 AM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digitalclock

It's a bad build ,IMO

Have you ever played a Sorcerer? If so, what else do you suggest?
09-09-2014, 11:13 AM
Digitalclock

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColdBlahd

Have you ever played a Sorcerer? If so, what else do you suggest?

Check it out. There is a better build. But, anyway thanks for the build

[Guide] Easiest and Efficient way to Farm in Elite Tindrin!!!
09-09-2014, 11:17 AM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digitalclock

Check it out. There is a better build. But, anyway thanks for the build

[Guide] Easiest and Efficient way to Farm in Elite Tindrin!!!

It's pretty much very similiar.
09-09-2014, 11:21 AM
ColdBlahd

Except for the fact that he has Scorch on Fireball, No Explode on Time Shift, and the AOE on Lightning Strike, which really is a waste seeing how you usually use it for Boss. This also means 1 less point in a Passive, not very good IMO.
09-09-2014, 06:43 PM
ColdBlahd

But your opinion i guess.
09-10-2014, 12:46 AM
Digitalclock

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColdBlahd

But your opinion i guess.

Yes.
09-11-2014, 02:32 PM
ryuba

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Just try ur build without arcane or mythic weapon that the best way to test wich build is betters..
09-11-2014, 03:46 PM
ColdBlahd

Just opinions really, and seeing how i tried both builds. I do like mine alot better.
09-11-2014, 07:21 PM
drgrimmy

I think it's a good build, with most mages using a very similar build with minor differences as described above. A couple other points I have noticed:

The aoe upgrade of frost is not very useful. If you charge frost without this upgrade one of two things will happen:
1) When at a distance from a mob the main target will be frozen and mobs next to the target will be slowed. The main target takes impact damage and dot. The slowed mobs also take dot but not the impact damage.
2) If right next to a mob, the whole mob will be frozen. Again the main target will take impact damage and dot. The other frozen mobs will again also take dot.
So what does the aoe upgrade do? When it activates 20% of the all affected mobs take impact damage but importantly less so than the main target. Furthermore, the size of the aoe is relatively small. I am not really sure this upgrade is really that useful as the proc is low at 20% and the added damage is low. The best parts of frost in my opinion (high single target damage and aoe crowd control) are the same whether or not you get this still upgrade.

Electrical Dischage... you may ask if I don't like the aoe upgrade of frost why would I like this seemingly useless upgrade. I too thought this upgrade was worthless until I tried it. It probably is pretty useless for elite runs, but it works great for tomb runs. For tomb runs switch to a fire, frost, light and time build and turn into a real mob killer. Against enemies with low health, lightening almost always kills them so the proc of this upgrade happens pretty often. Just make sure you charge it when fighting mobs to make sure it procs more often (I think 40% instead of 25%). When it does proc, it had a very large aoe and does massive damage pretty much killing a whole mob instantly. You won't believe it until you try it, because I know I didn't. I recommend you try it with the current free respec weekend!
09-11-2014, 07:48 PM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by drgrimmy

I think it's a good build, with most mages using a very similar build with minor differences as described above. A couple other points I have noticed:

The aoe upgrade of frost is not very useful. If you charge frost without this upgrade one of two things will happen:
1) When at a distance from a mob the main target will be frozen and mobs next to the target will be slowed. The main target takes impact damage and dot. The slowed mobs also take dot but not the impact damage.
2) If right next to a mob, the whole mob will be frozen. Again the main target will take impact damage and dot. The other frozen mobs will again also take dot.
So what does the aoe upgrade do? When it activates 20% of the all affected mobs take impact damage but importantly less so than the main target. Furthermore, the size of the aoe is relatively small. I am not really sure this upgrade is really that useful as the proc is low at 20% and the added damage is low. The best parts of frost in my opinion (high single target damage and aoe crowd control) are the same whether or not you get this still upgrade.

Electrical Dischage... you may ask if I don't like the aoe upgrade of frost why would I like this seemingly useless upgrade. I too thought this upgrade was worthless until I tried it. It probably is pretty useless for elite runs, but it works great for tomb runs. For tomb runs switch to a fire, frost, light and time build and turn into a real mob killer. Against enemies with low health, lightening almost always kills them so the proc of this upgrade happens pretty often. Just make sure you charge it when fighting mobs to make sure it procs more often (I think 40% instead of 25%). When it does proc, it had a very large aoe and does massive damage pretty much killing a whole mob instantly. You won't believe it until you try it, because I know I didn't. I recommend you try it with the current free respec weekend!

Thanks for the info on Frost Bolt, as for Lightning Strike: i know the AOE is good, i don't run tombs so that upgrade is pretty much useless to me seeing how i use it for Bosses, haha.
09-12-2014, 10:37 AM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by shinytoy

I think this is a great guide. I sure wish I saw a thread like this when I first started playing. It covers all the basics that a beginner mage needs to get started. Once a beginner is able to argue for something else (as you guys have done above) then he's no longer a beginner.

Thanks! :)
09-12-2014, 10:38 AM
ColdBlahd

Also made an Edit.
09-12-2014, 02:45 PM
Candylicks

Mine is close, not exactly the same. And yes I do verify this build posted is fine to run elites.

You don't have to be a cookie-cutter with your build there are some individual differences, but yes to anyone looking for a PvE build for elites this one posted works. Very helpful for a new end-game PvE mage.

Thanks for the share.
09-12-2014, 03:37 PM
ColdBlahd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Candylicks

Mine is close, not exactly the same. And yes I do verify this build posted is fine to run elites.

You don't have to be a cookie-cutter with your build there are some individual differences, but yes to anyone looking for a PvE build for elites this one posted works. Very helpful for a new end-game PvE mage.

Thanks for the share.

Thanks :)