Melee Sorceress Build Guide D2R 2.6

20/09/2022 19:32:07
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Melee Sorceress Build Guide D2R 2.6

Melee Sorceress Introduction

The melee sorceress is a meta build thatโ€™s fun and interesting to play with. It relies on the Holy Shock aura and Lightning Mastery to deliver massive amounts of damage. In order to gain a level30 Holy Shock aura, she must wear dual Dream runewords. The rest of the gear is not cheaper either, a Grief and a Fortitude helps a lot with physical damage. Due to being super expensive, the build is not a viable ladder starter.


Playing with a Melee sorc is a quite unique experience. The build can farm any content in the game with decent speed, however there are more effective builds both for Magic Finding and for area farming with high monster density. However if you want to kill Hell Diablo in 3 hits, this is the right build for you.


The Melee Sorc obviously moves via teleportation, as thatโ€™s by far the quickest way to move. Due to the lack of faster cast rate %, you wonโ€™t be able to compete with elemental damage dealing sorcs in Boss farming. The buildโ€™s attacks are not fast, as it uses normal attack, but anything that comes your way will only take one hit to kill. 


The build unfortunately has low magic finding potential, as it relies on its gear for delivering damage and its charms for damage/survivability boost, so there is no place for magic finding items. If you want to get rid of immune monsters, get a lightning Sunder charm.

 

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Gameplay


Attacking skills: You will be using normal attack as your attack skill. You will be able to one-hit anything that comes your way, as you will deal up to 50k dmg with one hit. Some of the damage is physical as you wear a grief, which is quite nice. You should also cast an enchant on yourself to boost your attack rating, as you will have low AR with the normal attack.


Movement: The obvious movement skill of choice is Teleport. You wonโ€™t be able to reach decent breakpoints, so it is kind of pointless to try.


Survivability: Compared to other sorcs, the Melee Sorc has decent survivability, but compared to other melee builds it is very fragile. Make sure to have 75% all resistance on Hell. Some physical damage reduction also helps, so wear a Verdungo or a String of Ear belt. Have a Call to Arms runeword as your switch weapon, so you can cast Battle Orders on yourself. Your Frozen Armor and Energy shield will be maxed, which will boost your survivability immensely.


A fun part of the build is its defense mechanics. You will rely on Energy Shield to absorb the damage taken. With a maxed Telekinesis synergy, and a maxed Warmth skill, you will quickly regain mana and will be able to survive almost any situation.


Party and Solo play: Party play is fun with this build, since it delivers up to 50k dmg with a single hit. A player8 game will feel like player one. Due to having great survivability you can also be the teleporter of the party, members will be grateful for your presence. If you have an Infinity on your merc, the Conviction aura will benefit the whole party.


Magic Find: The build is not fit for magic finding. But if you still want to MF with it, you can reach about 400% MF at most.


Stats

Strength: Have 156 strength in total to be able to wear a Spirit Monarch as your switch weapon

Dexterity: Put just enough points on it to be able to wear a phase blade (136 dex)

Vitality: You can put a few points on it, but spare most of your stat points for Energy

Energy: Put all your remaining points on it

Skill Points

Fire Skill Tree:

  • Max out Warmth

  • Put a point on Enchant (or cast an enchant with Demon Limb)


Lightning Skill Tree:

  • Max out Lightning Mastery

  • Put a point on Energy Shieldโ€™s prerequisites

  • Max out Energy Shield

  • Max out Telekinesis


Cold Skill Tree:

  • Lastly, max out Frozen Armor


Melee Sorc Gearing Options


Helms

  • Dream Runeword Helm โžค An essential item to deal high lightning damage


Amulets

  • Maraโ€™s Kaleidoscope โžค The best choice for balanced defense and offense.

  • Highlordโ€™s Wrath โžค A decent option

  • Metalgrid  โžค A nice attack rating and defense booster


Body Armors

  • Fortitude Archon Plate โžค A balanced option with both good offensive and defensive qualities

  • Chains of Honor โžค The best armor to improve resistances

  • Skin of the Vipermagi โžค An optimal choice if you need more FCR

  • Tal Rashaโ€™s Guardianship โžค A decent choice at early ladder, especially for Magic Find

  • Skullderโ€™s Ire โžค The best Magic Finding option.

  • Stealth Runeword โžค A good budget ladder starter.


Weapons

  • Grief Phase Blade โžค The highest damage weapon choice.

  • 6 Socket Phase blade with 6*Lightning Facet

  • Any other high attack speed weapon


Shields

  • Dream Runeword Troll Nest โžค  Another essential item to deal high lightning damage


Switch Weapons

  • Call to Arms โžค Almost doubles survivability with Battle Orders, every build needs a CTA.


Switch Shields

  • Spirit Monarch โžค Boosts Call to Armsโ€™ Battle Orders and Battle Command


Rings

  • Raven Frost โžค Great for survivability and attack rating boost


Gloves

  • Draculโ€™s Grasp โžค Helps with life sustenance, plus open wounds damage


Belts

  • Verdungoโ€™s Hearty Cord โžค Great defensive belt

  • String of Ears โžค Another great defensive belt

  • Nightsmoke โžค A decent budget ladder starter.


Boots

  • Triple resist 30% FRW boots โžค The best choice for survivability

  • Sandstorm Trek โžค One of the best choices for survivability, especially if ethereal.

  • Waterwalk โžค Another great choice for survivability

  • Gore Rider โžค The best choice for damage


Charms

  • Annihilus โžค A must have item for every build.

  • Sorceress Hellfire Torch โžค Another must have item.

  • Lightning Sunder charm โžค Another must have item to remove immunities

  • +1 to Lightning skills grand charm โžค If you can afford it, try to have them with +life. +FHR 

  • + All resistances small charm โžค  If you can afford it, try to have them with +life.

  • + Life small charm โžค  If you can afford it, try to have them with +mana.

  • + Lightning resist small charms โžค They help to compensate for the fire Sunder charm


Sockets/Jewels

  • Lightning Rainbow Facet โžค The best choice for damage boosting.

  • Ist rune โžค The best choice for Magic Finding.

  • Um rune โžค Use it for allresist boosting if needed.

  • Ort Rune โžค Use it to boost fire resist

  • Perfect Diamond โžค Can use it instead of Um runes in shields and helms.


Mercenary

Have an Act2 mercenary with Holy Freeze aura for crowd control.

Ethereal items donโ€™t lose durability if your mercenary wears them, so having ethereal item bases for each gear slot is preferred due to the increased defense on armor items and increased damage on weapons. In many instances ethereal items that are great for mercenaries will be much more expensive than non-ethereal ones.


Mercenary gear:
Helm

  • Any 3 socketed helm with 3 perfect diamond  โžค increase mercenary resistances and survivability

  • Tal Rashaโ€™s set helm  โžค  a decent choice

  • Vampire Gaze unique helm -  โžค another decent choice

  • Guillameโ€™s face set helm - usefulness โžค only use it with high merc defensive abilities

  • Andarielโ€™s Visage unique helm โžค the best helm choice


Weapon

  • Insight runeword  โžค provides meditation aura so you never run out of mana

  • Bonehew unique weapon โžค simply a good choice

  • Tomb Reaver unique weapon โžค the highest damage choice

  • The Reaperโ€™s Toll unique weapon โžค great for both offense and defense

  • Infinity runeword โžค the best choice for offense


Body Armor

  • Treachery runeword โžค great for both defense and offense, a budget choice

  • Fortitude runeword  โžค the best choice for both defense and offense

Best Melee Sorc Gear

Dream runeword Diadem โ–ฌ Maraโ€™s Kaleidoscope Amulet  โ–ฌ  Fortitude runeword Archon Plate โ–ฌ Grief Phase Blade weapon โ–ฌ Dream Troll Nest shield โ–ฌ Call to Arms Switch Weapon โ–ฌ Spirit Monarch Switch Shield โ–ฌ Dual Raven Frost Rings โ–ฌ Draculโ€™s Grasp gloves โ–ฌ String of Ears belt โ–ฌ Gore Rider boots  โ–ฌ Annihilus โ–ฌ Sorc Hellfire Torch โ–ฌ Lightning Sunder charm โ–ฌ +1 Fire or Lightning Skills, +Life, + Fire resist and +Mana Charms โ–ฌ +5/-5 Fire Rainbow Facet Item Sockets

 

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