Blizzard Sorceress Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Blizzard Sorceress and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Damage Build
This is a standard high damage Blizzard 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
 - Rest of Charms: 7% Magic Find Small Charms
 - Charm 5: 1x Cold Sunder Charm
 
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.
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 
Changelog
- 23 Sep. 2025: Updated through Patch 2.8.
 - 04 May 2025: Guide reviewed.
 - 21 Sep. 2021: Page added.
 
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