The Best Sorceress Runewords in D2R

In this section, we will introduce you to all of the runeword weapons which can be useful for a Sorceress character. We will review their offensive and defensive qualities, and the unique benefits of wearing them.

A Spirit Weapon is an ideal budget weapon runeword for any caster Sorceress build. It provides +2 to All skills and +25-35% Faster Cast Rate, both of which are great for offense. Only a handful of items have comparable benefits to a Spirit weapon.

Heart of the Oak is the best runeword for caster Sorceresses. It grants +3 to All skills, 40% faster cast rate, which make it the best weapon for offense, while it also adds 30-40% to All resistances.

Edge runeword is a must have for any D2R character, as it is the only item which reduces Vendor prices besides Gheed’s Fortune. Equip it whenever you want to gamble or buy items from Vendors at cheaper prices.

Call to Arms grants you a level 1 to 6 Battle Orders and a level 1 to 6 Battle Command skills. Casting a higher level Battle Orders can almost double your life, while the Battle Command skill will add 1 to All skill levels. The survivability boost of a CTA is unparalleled.

Insight is a very budget friendly, optimal Mercenary weapon. It grants you the meditation aura which solves any mana recovery issues, while it also has decent damage and a huge attack rating bonus as well.

Passion is a cornerstone runeword for Zeal Sorceresses, as it is the only item in the game granting you the Zeal skill.

Memory Memory is an ideal Energy Shield pre-buffing runeword, as it provides +3 to Sorceress skills and +3 to Energy shield (and you can also put it in a +3 Energy Shield item base to gain +9 to ES).

Obsession is a patch 2.4 runeword. Any sorceress build can benefit from its +4 to All skills, +65% Faster cast rate, +60% Faster hit recovery, +15-25% Increased maximum life, and 60 to 70 all resistance. This runeword is the best in slot for Nova Sorceresses, if a +3 to Nova staff is being used as base item.

Infinity is the ideal mercenary weapon for Fire and Cold damage dealing Sorceress builds, as the Level 12 Conviction Aura reduces enemy resistances by 85%. The runeword has some other great features, such as the 35% Faster run and Walk, the monster healing prevention, and the 40% chance of Crushing Blow.

In this section, we will introduce you to all of the armor runewords which can be useful for a Sorceress character. We will review their offensive and defensive qualities, and the unique benefits of wearing them

Chains of Honor is one of the two body armor runewords which grants +2 to All skills. Its other main utility is the +65% to All resistances.

Smoke is a useful ladder starter / low level runeword that grants +50% to All Resistances.

Lore Lore is another useful ladder starter / low level runeword for any Sorceress build. Its main utility is the +1 to All skill levels.

Rhyme is a budget friendly ladder starter / low level shield. It has good blocking bonuses, a very useful Cannot be Frozen attribute, and +25 to All Resistances, making it an ideal cheap shield choice for any Sorceress that doesn’t dual wield.

Ancient's Pledge is a useful ladder starter / low budget runeword which boosts All Resistances by almost 50%.

A Spirit shield is the number one shield runeword for caster Paladins. It is the only shield which provides +2 to All skill levels (making it the best switch-shield in combination with Call to Arms), and 25-35% faster cast rate, while also having great defensive utilities such as the 55% faster hit recovery and 35% Cold, Lightning and Poison resistances.

Phoenix Phoenix is a great shield option for Fire damage dealing Sorceresses, as it reduces enemy fire resistance by 28%. The runeword also has good defensive qualities, such as the Level 10-15 Redemption Aura, which constantly heal you, the 50 life, 5% to maximum lightning resist, 10% to maximum fire resist, and the 15-21 fire absorption.

Flickering Flame is an ideal helm for Fire damage dealing Sorceresses. The runeword provides a Level 4 to 8 Resist Fire Aura, which boosts Fire resistance by 85 to 106%, and maximum fire resistance by 4 to 8%. It also reduces enemy fire resistance by -15%, and adds 5% to maximum fire resistance.

Dream is a cornerstone shield and helm runeword for Zealer Sorceresses. The Dual Dream runeword grants you a level 30 Holy Shock aura, which deals damage on a large radius, and boosts your melee lightning damage immensely as well, allowing Zeal sorceresses to deliver up to 50k damage with a single blow.