Some Help with my Fire Sorc

[hobos4president]

What is the ideal fire sorc gear? preferebly, pvp?
And how do i reach what some do, around like 40k+ with meteor? if even possible.

[Siberys]

You only need one thread man, you only need one for the same subject.

[hobos4president]

well god damn im a noob, lol

[Crenshinibon]

In dueling I'd say the greatest advantage of a sorc is teleport. In Hell difficulty you find a lot of fire immunes so you're not much use there.

Enchantress subtypes are pretty strong, I've seen them add on 3k damage. For PvP, the only skill you're using if you're a pure fire sorc is Fireball.

Why? Because you can't expect your opponent to stay there and wait for a meteor to hit. I'd suggest going hybrid and getting some cold skills or use items that gives skills/charges that hinder the movement of your opponent.

I have a good amount of Sorc gear for trade if you're on Battle.net (closed). I believe that +skill items don't grant you the synergy bonus, so instead of using +skill items use + damage % to fire, like Ormus's Robes.

[hobos4president]

aight cool, if you have some free time, send me a whisper in game, /w *tu_madre.

[Noober]

Originally Posted by Crenshinibon

In dueling I'd say the greatest advantage of a sorc is teleport.

Every PvP'er except shapeshifters has Teleport in PvP. The greatest advantages of the sorc are the FCR tables, Energy Shield, and relatively high damage skills.

Originally Posted by Crenshinibon

For PvP, the only skill you're using if you're a pure fire sorc is Fireball.

Whilst this is pretty much true, some good players use Firebolt in addition to Fireball as it is faster and deals about the same amount of damage at high levels (IIRC).

Originally Posted by Crenshinibon

I'd suggest going hybrid and getting some cold skills or use items that gives skills/charges that hinder the movement of your opponent.

Hybrids are hopeless in PvP. If anyone doesn't have Cannot be Frozen, they are simply 'newb' or it doesn't really affect them.

Originally Posted by Crenshinibon

I believe that +skill items don't grant you the synergy bonus, so instead of using +skill items use + damage % to fire, like Ormus's Robes.

False. +%dmg adds on top of Fire Mastery. E.g. if you have lvl 35 Fire Mastery (+268%), a 15% Ormus makes it a total of +283% (meaning a very small increase in damage). The most important stat for Fire Sorc's is FCR (you NEED at least 105% for PvP, and if you aren't making an Energy Shield build, I consider 200% to be compulsory.)

When it comes to strategies for a Fire Sorc its simple. Spam Fireballs and Tele away. If you are good enough you might want to throw in some chain-locking against certain opponents.

[C Elegans]

Hobos, take a look at the Fire sorc guide Noober has written. It's very helpful and includes equipment selection as well as built. The guide is mainly for PvP but with some minor adjustments it can be used as well in PvM.

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