Fireball Sorceress Build Skills for Diablo 2 Resurrected

1. 20 points to Fire Ball — invest immediately, main damage dealer, required
2. 20 points to Meteor — invest immediately and max out immediately, required
3. 20 points to Fire Bolt — synergy for Fire skills, required
4. 20 points to Fire Mastery — max out after maxing other Fire skills, required
5. 1 point to Frozen Armor — invest when starting to teleport, required
6. 1 point to Teleport — invest immediately at level 18, required
7. 1 point to Static Field — invested at level 6, let the rest of your plus skills increase its range, required
8. 1 point to Warmth — invested once a higher level with a lot of plus to skills, optional
9. Second Element
10. 20 points to Lightning — potential second element for damage, optional
11. 20 points to Chain Lightning — potential second element for damage, optional
12. 1 point to Lightning Mastery — potential second element Mastery

The Fire Sorceress is one of the best starter Sorceress builds in the game. The ability to shoot from range and straightforward Skill Point placements make it easy to dish out high damage throughout the game. Fire Bolt is a decent starting skill, with low Mana Cost and medium damage. Once the Sorceress hits level 12 though, Fire Ball takes over and becomes the main skill used for the rest of the game as it not only has a much higher damage output but also an Area of Effect explosion on hit.

Leaf is a fantastic runeword to pick up on this character as well as she progresses through Normal due to the +3 to Fire Skills. Additionally, this can be placed into a Staff that already contains +Fireball or +Meteor Skills to add even more damage! Feel free to run this runeword for as long as desired until safety starts to become a priority.

One of the biggest difficulties for this character is the high amount of Fire Immune monsters that exist in Hell. Having a secondary skill such as Frozen Orb can be extremely useful on a playthrough, though a well-geared Mercenary can handle these struggles as well.

Once geared this Character is great for Farming very specific Areas such as the Mausoleum, Maggot Lair, and a variety of Act 5 Areas.

The following section discusses how many attribute points should be allocated to each of the primary stats.

Enough for gear — for a Character using a Spirit Monarch Shield this will be 156 Strength as that is usually the highest Strength requirement for commonly used gear. If choosing to use another shield with lower Strength requirements, then adjust to that value. This number constantly changes based on the equipment you are using, so make sure to double-check the Strength requirements of each piece of gear you have and how much Strength each piece will provide once equipped.

Enough for gear. Dexterity is great for increasing Block Chance but if you are not planning to invest points to max that out, it is often not worth adding any additional points. This Sorceress will not use Attack Rating so extra points in Dexterity does not help.

Everything else into Vitality — 250+ Vitality. Every excess attribute point should be allocated to Vitality, as long as you can meet the Strength requirements of your items by the time you wish to equip them. Not only does this increase your Life total, but it also increases the chance for Health Potions to double the healing provided. On top of that, the more Life you have, the less chance you have to be put into Hit Recovery, helping your character out even more!

Nothing — allocating stat points to Energy in a final build is universally considered sub-par for almost every character due to the widespread availability of Mana Potions. While leveling, if you find your character struggling with Mana, you can allocate a few points to Energy that you can then remove with a respec later in the game.