E-mail me

Welcome to the OrbSorc Vitabuild Guide by Z3ph

Introduction to the Vita Sorceress

A sorceress should be the first character you build. She is the easiest character to magic find with, even if she does not have godly equipment. To maximize the potential of this build, the sorceress will need some items, but she can still magic find even with the lowest of items.

The sorceress has three trees of abilities; ice, fire, and lightning. From these three, ice is probably the most able to destroy bosses. This is because the sorceress' Ice Mastery skill allows her to lower the resist of the enemy that she damages with ice spells. Because of the extremely high resist all of the monsters in Hell Difficulty, this skill gives the Ice Skill tree a definite edge over the other skill trees.

This guide will concentrate on building a sorceress that can destroy Mephisto and Andariel, the Act 3 and Act 1 bosses respectively. Because of this, Frozen Orb was chosen as the main skill. It was the most logical spell, because unlike Blizzard [the other viable primary skill choice], Frozen Orb allows you to fire at the general direction of the boss, and still have a good chance of hitting. Although the Frozen Orb damage pales in comparison to Blizzard's damage, remember that this damage is per-ice-bolt, and the Orb can wheel out approximatly 20 ice bolts when it collapses. If aimed correctly, the enemy can take in all of these bolts for an extrordinary amount of damage.


Alright... you are building a Frozen Orb Sorceress. What's so special about that?


The major difference between this build and most other sorceress builds is that this sorceress will concentrate on building as many Hit Points as possible. Most other sorceresses use mana shield, but resist does not apply to mana shield, and it will be drained very quickly, making the sorceress unable to cast spells. With the Vitabuild the sorceress can resist many of the bosses attacks, and not rely so much on dodging or mana shield.

If built correctly and with proper equipment, she is able to stand in one spot, taking hits from the boss, while orbing away and gaining many rare, set, and unique items!