Sorceress

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress History The female mage clan of Zann Esu is one of the oldest of the ancient clans, although little is actually known about them. Centuries ago, the fourteen powerful covens of Esu witches convened for the first time in generations. What they discussed is not known, but the witches left behind their former lives and, as a group, disappeared into the Eastern jungles. The exact location of their community is a mystery. Until recently, their only contact with the outside world occurred during the recruitment missions. Once every seven years, the Zann Esu visit certain families across Sanctuary. These families have only one thing in common - they each have a seven-year-old daughter. Always good-natured and polite, the Zann Esu visitors meet the girls, ask a few questions and then leave. A select few of the girls are visited a second time and offered apprenticeships. The families of those chosen enjoy good fortune for many years. The Zann Esu, or Sorceresses as they are generally known, are on a quest for the "perfect" magic in its purest form. They feel that the other disciplines of magic are haphazard, and have instead chosen to focus strictly upon elemental magic. They mold the base elements into whatever magical forms they need - threatening all other magic disciplines with obsolescence. In order to achieve perfection in these elemental transmutations, they choose only those daughters of Sanctuary with the highest level of attunement to the magical elements. The Sorceresses believe that it is through the search for perfection that they will attain ultimate purity and ascend to their destined role as the most powerful mages in Sanctuary. For centuries they have studied in secret, perfecting their art and biding their time until the Emergence of Evil. Then, they will face their greatest challenge, either proving the purity of their magic or fading from existence. The Zann Esu oracles have decreed that the time of the Emergence is at hand. The destruction of the Prime Evils is to be the great test of their clan. Recently, Sorceresses have appeared mysteriously throughout Sanctuary to do battle with the minions of Evil wherever they are found. Attributes Attribute Level 1 /Level-up /Point Strength 10 Dexterity 25 Attack Rating 75 +5 Defense 6 +0.25 Vitality 10 Stamina 74 +1 +1 Life 40 +1 +2 Energy 35 Mana 35 +2 +2 Point: Attribute point invested, or bonus (+Dexterity, +Vitality, +Energy, +all Attributes) from items equipped and charms located in character's inventory outside the Horadric Cube. Base defense is Dexterity/4, rounded down to the nearest point. Displayed life and mana are rounded down to the nearest point, but actual life and mana are rounded down to the nearest bit (1/256 point). Skills Athletic, affable, and self-assured, Sorceresses hardly seem like scholarly bibliophiles hidden away from civilization. Sorceresses possess many of the same skills as the male members of the Eastern mage clans, but excel at the use of Elemental magic. Like most mages, they consider melee combat vulgar, and use magic almost exclusively to fight their enemies. Fire Bolt Warmth Inferno Blaze Fire Ball Fire Wall Enchant Meteor Fire Mastery Hydra

Charged Bolt Static Field Telekinesis Nova Lightning Chain Lightning Teleport Thunder Storm Energy Shield Lightning Mastery

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1. Ice Bolt
2. Frozen Armor
3. Frost Nova
4. Ice Blast
5. Shiver Armor
6. Glacial Spike
7. Blizzard
8. Chilling Armor
9. Frozen Orb
10. Cold Mastery

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Breakpoints

The tables below list minimum Faster Block Rate, Faster Cast Rate and Faster Hit Recovery needed to reduce the number of frames in the respective animation and thus increase its speed. Some breakpoints differ depending on the skill used. Block rate breakpoints >140 and hit recovery breakpoints >594 are beyond reach in the unmodified game.

Block rate and hit recovery	Cast rate
0 Frames FBR FHR 15 0 14 5 13 9 12 14 11 20 10 30 9 0 42 8 7 60 7 15 86 6 27 142 5 48 280 4 86 1,480 3 200 2 4,680	(Chain) Lightning Frames FCR Total Action 19 7 0 18 7 17 15 6 20 16 23 15 35 14 52 5 63 13 78 12 117 11 194 4 200	Other Frames FCR Total Action 13 7 0 12 9 11 6 20 10 37 9 5 63 8 105 7 4 200

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Attack rate

• TitanSeal, Attack Speed Calculator (inDiablo.de)

Strategy and guides

• The Master Sorceress Thread (Sorceress Room)
• Relic, Gouda, the Orb/Ranged Enchantress
• Skie, The Tao of Magic Find
• ThePlatypus, Perpendicular Pyromania - How to use Fire Wall effectively

References

• Sorceress (Arreat Summit)
• Librarian, Stairway to Heaven - Status Tables for all Classes (FAQtoids)
• Nefarius, CharStats.txt (Phrozen Keep)
• RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net)
• TitanSeal, FAQ - Bewegungs- und Animationsgeschwindigkeiten Teil 1 (inDiablo.de)