Fireball Sorceress Build

[Vlad 419]

This thread is for comments about our Fireball Sorceress build for Diablo 2.

[Koxsos 38]

Probably worth mentioning leaf for leveling which makes it quite strong for early available easily from countess act 1.

[MrLlamaSC 6]

Yes leaf is fantastic! great early addition. I believe it's in budget but if I forgot it I will go add :D

[Mugendon 0]

Why do you suggest to max fire bolt before fire mastery? Fire mastery gives more dmg to fire ball than fire bolt after meteor is maxed:

fire ball 20 - meteor 20 - fire bolt 20 - fire mastery 1
fire ball damage = 1711-1943

fire ball 20 - meteor 20 - fire bolt 1 - fire mastery 20
fire ball = damage 2067-2347

[MrLlamaSC 6]

Fire bolt is more fireball damage, fire mastery is more Meteor damage. I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers from but I don't believe that is correct!

[Mugendon 0]

8 hours ago, MrLlamaSC said:

Fire bolt is more fireball damage, fire mastery is more Meteor damage. I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers from but I don't believe that is correct!

I think you don't understand how the fire dmg bonuses are applied:

Mastery damage increases are applied slightly differently, so it can be more impactful if you already have heavy synergy investment. Fireball's damage will be: base_damage * (100 + all_synergy_bonuses)/100 * (100 + mastery_bonus)/100

That's why fire mastery is also better for fireball after meteor synergy is maxed even though the plain numbers (14% vs 7%) suggest something different on first sight.

You can easily verify my numbers ingame or with a skill calculator (see attached images).

[Cheeriox 0]

Hello,

harlequin is really good for MF, but for i prefer to have in my build flickering flame it's a great addition for damage and help negate the effect of the sunder charm