Hydra Orb Sorceress Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected

This is a standard high Damage Hydra Orb Sorceress build.

• Weapon: Heart of the Oak or Death's Fathom for more Cold damage
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit Monarch Shield
• Shield: Spirit Monarch Shield with 35% Faster Cast Rate
• Body Armor: Chains of Honor
• Helm: Harlequin Crest
• Gloves: Magefist
• Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Treks
• Belt: Arachnid Mesh
• Ring 1: The Stone of Jordan or 10% Faster Cast Rate Ring
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or 10% Faster Cast Rate Ring
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Sorceress Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9x Cold Skiller Grand Charms with Life or Faster Hit Recovery to reach the 86% or 142% Faster Hit Recovery breakpoint. If you are running Hydra as your main Damage source, replace these with Fire Grand Charms.
• Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery depending on needs

This is a standard Magic Find build for the Hydra Orb Sorceress.

• Weapon: The The Oculus
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit Monarch Shield
• 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: Magefist
• Boots: War Travelers with 50% Magic Find
• Belt: Tal Rasha's Fine-Spun Cloth
• Ring 1: 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 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

These are some of the best budget items for your Character

• Weapon: Wizardspike, Suicide Branch, The The Oculus, Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye, Spirit Sword
• Shield: Spirit, Ancient's Pledge, Rhyme, Lidless Wall
• Body Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi, Que-Hegan's Wisdom, Stealth
• Helm: Lore, Rockstopper, Tarnhelm
• Gloves: Magefist, Trang-Oul's Claws, Frostburn, Bloodfist
• Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, Hsarus' Iron Heel
• Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, Nightsmoke
• Ring 1: Ring with 10% Faster Cast Rate and Life/Resistances/Stats
• Ring 2: Ring with 10% Faster Cast Rate and Life/Resistances/Stats
• Amulet: 10% Faster Cast Rate Amulet with +3 to Fire Skills, Amulet with Life/Mana/Resistances/Stats
• Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for Stats if cannot get Sorceress
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Fire or Cold Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 4: Any Charms with Life/Resistances/Faster Hit Recovery/Mana/Strength

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 pace, or want your Mercenary to have added damage.

This is one of the best Mercenary Gear setups for your Character.

• Weapon: Etheral Infinity or Ethereal Insight
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy Damage and Survivability.

• Weapon: Obedience
• Body Armor: Treachery
• Helm: Vampire Gaze