Sorceress build?

[adamaxes]

Just finished a run with her but I keep wondering what is the "best" build for her. I played in early access and at that time Sorceress was no doubt the most underwhelming character for me. While other characters could crush through agony mode, she had a very hard time surviving it. If I got lucky I could deal a lot of damage, but my Shieldmaiden could deal as much damage and at the same time, 100 times tankier. Therefore I just couldn't see a reason to play her. Of course I believe I played her in a wrong way, but I failed to figure out the right build for her.
Now with 1.0 release, we can definitely do some non-senses with more upgrades and uncommon gears, but I still have the same question. Should I focus on her main weapon damage? Or go for a full spark damage build? Or both?

[Ulyaoth]

Hi,

you can either go for Spark or direct damage.
In the later minutes, you will rarely hit something with her MW due short range,
if you pick Kugelblitz > Lightning Strike > Astronomer's Orbs as Abilites.

No matter which route you will choose, those 3 Abilites will take over at some point and keep the screen clear of enemies.

Direct Damage feels stronger now due possible endless sclaing of %Damage.
You can also do a hybrid, but Spark will stop dealing significant damage at one point, since everything dies in 1 hit.
Spark is still insane for melting the Wraith Wall in Forgotten Viaduct though.

Cheers!

[Kotli]

If you using Orbs you need to get the lightning/spark evolution upgrade or it not a lightning/shock skill.

[adamaxes]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Hi,

you can either go for Spark or direct damage.
In the later minutes, you will rarely hit something with her MW due short range,
if you pick Kugelblitz > Lightning Strike > Astronomer's Orbs as Abilites.

No matter which route you will choose, those 3 Abilites will take over at some point and keep the screen clear of enemies.

Direct Damage feels stronger now due possible endless sclaing of %Damage.
You can also do a hybrid, but Spark will stop dealing significant damage at one point, since everything dies in 1 hit.
Spark is still insane for melting the Wraith Wall in Forgotten Viaduct though.

Cheers!

Thanks! In fact I did pick Kugelblitz for that run and after surviving the earlier minutes it just started to melt everything. I even considered doing the 66.6k kills with this as it did insane damage! Guess I just gonna play around it and see how it works.

[Tony 0ne Blairoby]

I can't.
Even focusing on those spells.
I keep dying early. I can get like 1 scroll or two, but I run out of revive soon after.

Its not like you can just come back to pick up loots, and relying on magnet drop from crates along your way, seems unreliable.

I use:
ThunderCrown
Electrostatic treads
Hunting gloves
Blood catcher
Copper ring
Iron ring
Mark of the sword

And put all my shards into attackspeed or multistrike

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by Tony 0ne Blairoby:

Depending on your overall progress, you could try one of those two in here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3038035307

Keep in mind due DoT changes, Spark isnt that powerful compared to a Direct DMG Crit Build.