Is sorcerer Viable as a caster?

[Erdrick]

Been struggling to get caster sorcerer working.
Melee sorcerer is so much easier...
And there is only melee sorcerer videos on youtube to give me some tips to work with... -.-

[Fran]

Very viable, I don't have any tips for you though.

[Erdrick]

Originally posted by Fran:

Very viable, I don't have any tips for you though.

Which perk would you say for caster? The one where you gotta cast standing still or the one that increases cooldowns by 4x? (doesnt seem good as a caster though)

[Kraehe]

With the current perks i only see melee sorc as viable and also all streamers i watched so far only played melee sorc.

I really hope we get more perks to make caster and melee worthwhile

[Rikuto01]

Every pro-sorc player is like

"Yea sorc is really good, high apm class. Also I suck at it."

[Kampish]

The teleport they're able to do is kinda broken atm. if you pair it with the +%phys dmg and +%pdr and lightning sphere (the big blue lightning aoe that hurts anything near you) it normally works pretty good.

I don't use apex, the passive that gives +25% magic and -99% movement. i also dont use the +5% movespeed when casting.

right now my thing is running in <124 with max true magic and dumping on them with sphere + teleport. i had 1 game where i accidentally killed an enemy with the teleport, killed the other with the combo elemental bolt, and got the last with elemental spear.....i was cracked that game....but normally im about avg for a player.

the golem is fun to mess around with but only the fire combo one. its only use is to force the enemy to do something cause it followes and does aoe around it.

Lightning storm i don't feel has that kick it did...while it was an issue at first, i personally haven't had any 2 or 3pc kills with it and its just easier to run other things.

I think sorc has alot of burst damage potential, but warlock has it beat in overall output, especially now since weaken does -15%mdr and pdr. if you focus true magic for lightning sphere + teleport normally that in itself is going to do over 50% and basically win you the fight if you can follow up. sometimes its best to not use sphere in a heated battle cause you can use the "element of surprise" and just teleport behind the team and melee them to death; sometimes lightning sphere will give away your position too quick sometimes.

Edit: Lightning storm is a really good counter for rat druids. but since they nerfed panther that could counter pretty much any caster class with silence, i doubt there will be as many druids running around. its kinda like, "the right place the right time" kinda deal. if you're running sphere all you gotta do is walk over them and they die anyhow.

[m]

yes.

you can still 1 shot people with a flamefrost spear headshot and elemental bolt is much stronger than a fireball. both still have small hitboxes after update but they're good. spam those for distance nukes.

lightning tether thing is also good cause you can't LoS it (dunno if that's a bug or intended, but it sticks on people even if they get behind cover as long as you're in range)

and then yeah sphere + dash is the current meta but people are already getting used to it, so I say hit em with the flamefrost in the face.

lava golem also kinda good but I think golem overall is too much mem cap and cooldown, but it can be fun with lava turned on.