Blizzard Frozen Orb Sorceress Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Blizzard Orb Sorceress and Mercenary Options in Diablo 2.
Damage Build
This is a standard high damage Blizzard Orb Sorceress build.
- Weapon: Death's Fathom socketed with a Rainbow Facet
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: Spirit Monarch Shield with 35% Faster Cast Rate
- Body Armor: Chains of Honor
- Helm: Nightwing's Veil socketed with a Rainbow Facet
- Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws or Magefist
- Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Treks
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Ring 1: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
- Ring 2: 10 Faster Cast Rate Ring for Breakpoint or The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
- Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
- Charm 1: Sorceress Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 8x Cold Skiller Grand Charms with Life or Faster Hit Recovery to reach the 86% or 142% Faster Hit Recovery breakpoint
- Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, Faster Hit Recovery depending on needs
- Charm 5: 1x Cold Sunder Charm
Magic Find Build
This is an extremely high Magic Find build great for clearing Uniques and Act Bosses.
- Weapon: The Oculus socketed with Ist Rune, or Death's Fathom socketed with Ist Rune; The Oculus has more Magic Find, Death's Fathom has more damage. Depends how much Magic Find you want to run vs. kill speed. I prefer Death's Fathom.
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: Spirit Monarch Shield with 35% Faster Cast Rate
- Body Armor: Tal Rasha's Guardianship socketed with Ist Rune
- Helm: Harlequin Crest socketed with Ist Rune
- Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws or Magefist ( Trang-Oul's Claws preferred for Cold Resistance)
- Boots: War Travelers with 50% Magic Find
- Belt: Tal Rasha's Fine-Spun Cloth
- Ring 1: 10% Faster Cast Rate Ring if using Death's Fathom, else 30% Magic Find Nagelring (or 40% MF Blue Ring)
- Ring 2: 30% Magic Find Nagelring (or 40% MF Blue Ring)
- Amulet: Tal Rasha's Adjudication
- Charm 1: Sorceress Hellfire Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 40% Magic Find Gheed's Fortune
- Charm 4: 5% Faster Hit Recovery Small Charm to reach the 60% breakpoint
- Charm 5: 1x Cold Sunder Charm
- Rest of Charms: 7% Magic Find Small Charms
Budget Build Items
This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.
- Weapon: The Oculus, Spirit Sword
- Shield: Spirit, Ancient's Pledge, Rhyme, Lidless Wall
- Body Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi, Que-Hegan's Wisdom, Stealth
- Helm: Harlequin Crest, Lore, Rockstopper, Tarnhelm (for Magic Find)
- Gloves: Magefist, Frostburn
- Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, Hsarus' Iron Heel
- Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, Nightsmoke
- Ring 1: Ring with 10% Faster Cast Rate and Life/Resistances/Stats, Nagelring
- Ring 2: Ring with 10% Faster Cast Rate and Life/Resistances/Stats, Nagelring
- Amulet: The Eye of Etlich, 10% Faster Cast Rate with +3 to Cold Skills
- Charm 1: Any Hellfire Hellfire Torch for Stats if cannot get Sorc
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 8x Cold Skiller Grand Charms
- Charm 4: Any Charms with Life/Resistances/Faster Hit Recovery/Mana/Strength
- Charm 5: 1x Cold Sunder Charm
Mercenary
You can either choose a Defensive ( Holy Freeze) or Offensive ( Might) Act 2 Nightmare Mercenary here depending on if you want a slower and safer pacec, or want your Mercenary to have added damage to help take care of Cold Immunes. I prefer a Might mercenary. Additionally, the Act 5 Mercenary can actually now be useful for high Physical Damage against any Cold Immune Monsters in the game.
Act 2 Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups for your character.
- Weapon: Ethereal Insight or The Reaper's Toll
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.
- Weapon: Obedience
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm: Vampire Gaze
Act 5 Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups for your character.
- Weapon: Ethereal Headstriker
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.
- Weapon: Oath
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm: Vampire Gaze
Changelog
- 28 Apr. 2022: Page added.
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