User blog:Brainwasher5/Blizz Sorc Notes

So this is the first build I've tried in years! Hopefully it'll be fun.

Blizzard is the highest cold damage sorc skill, so accordingly it's a popular build. Apparently, the blizz sorc deals extremely high damage, but as it only deals cold damage, it can only be used in very specific parts of hell.

General strategy is to blizz everything that moves, but using glacial spike as a panic button if you teleport into a monster pack.

Breakpoints

 * FASTER CAST RATE BREAKPOINTS

Teleport / Glacial Spike / Static Field

9 Frames = 63 FCR

8 Frames = 105 FCR < Optimal Performance

7 Frames = 200 FCR


 * FASTER HIT RECOVERY BREAKPOINTS

9 Frames = 42 FHR < Spirit Runeword alone provides 55

8 Frames = 60 FHR < +5 FHR Small Charm or +10 FHR Rare Boots

7 Frames = 86 FHR

Stats
Enough str for equipment, no dex, no energy, rest vit.

Skills

 * 20 Ice Bolt/Ice Blast/Glacial Spike: Synergy for Blizz.
 * 20 Blizzard: main skill.
 * 1 Cold Mastery with what I have is fine.
 * 1 Frozen Armor/Frost Nova/Charged Bolt/Static Field/Telekinesis/Teleport
 * 1Charged Bolt/Lightning/Chain Lightning/Energy Shield

Equipment
Cold Skill damage is by far the most important mod you can have, so the more of it you grab, the better.

Helm

 * Nightwing's Veil: Cold skill damage and +all skills
 * Shako: Life, Mana, skills, MF, DR, stats
 * +2 sorc, 2 socket circlet

Amulet

 * Mara's: Skills, resistance
 * Crafted caster amulet/rare amulet

Weapon

 * Death's Fathom: the only cold skill damage+ sorc weapon outside of Tal's.
 * Call to Arms: off hand

Body

 * Ormus' Robes: +3 Blizz necessary.

Shield

 * Spirit
 * Stormshield

Gloves

 * Trang's: FCR, cold resist
 * Frostburn: early mana issues