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Blizzard Orb

The Blizzard Orb guide

Written by MrLlamaSC for Icy Veins, shown here with his permission. Read the original on Icy Veins· Skills and items link to their pages.

›Introduction

The Blizzard Orb Sorceress is very similar to a pure Blizzard Sorceress but with 2.4 removing Global Cooldowns, it is now possible to mix Frozen Orb and Blizzard together for extra Damage output! While this Character cannot perfectly farm every area in the game, the areas that she does focus on such as the Ancient Tunnels she will absolutely crush. Additionally, many areas such as the Chaos Sanctuary are still plenty viable with a strong enough mercenary. Like other single-element characters, while still leveling or undergeared, she will be dominant in specific areas but struggle anywhere with Cold Immune Monsters.

›Blizzard Orb Sorceress Skill Build

  • 1 point to all prerequisites

  • 20 points to Blizzard — invest immediately and max out immediately, required

  • 20 points to Frozen Orb — invest immediately and max out after Blizzard, required

  • 20 points to Cold Mastery Max out after main skills

  • 20 points to Ice Bolt — Max out after maxing Blizzard and Cold Mastery

  • 20 points to Glacial Spike — Max out after maxing Blizzard and Cold Mastery

  • 1+ points to Ice Blast — Rest of points here for synergy. Can also max this instead of Glacial Spike for single target

  • 1 point to Frozen Armor — invest when starting to teleport, required

  • 1 point to Teleport — invest immediately at level 18, required

  • 1 point to Static Field — invested at level 6, let the addition of your plus skills increase its range, required

  • 1 point to Warmth — invest when a higher level with many plus to skill points from items

›Blizzard Orb Sorceress Stats Discussion

The following section discusses how many attribute points should be allocated to each of the primary stats.

How much Strength Does a Blizzard Orb Sorceress Need?

Enough for gear — for a Character using a Spirit Monarch Shield this will be 156 Strength as that is usually the highest Strength requirement for commonly used gear. If choosing to use another shield with lower Strength requirements, then adjust to that value. This number constantly changes based on the equipment you are using, so make sure to double-check the Strength requirements of each piece of gear you have and how much Strength each piece will provide once equipped.

How much Dexterity Does a Blizzard Orb Sorceress Need?

Enough for gear. Dexterity is great for increasing Block Chance but if you are not planning to invest points to max that out, it is often not worth adding any additional points. This Sorceress will not use Attack Rating so extra points in Dexterity does not help.

How much Vitality Does a Blizzard Orb Sorceress Need?

Everything else into Vitality — 250+ Vitality. Every excess attribute point should be allocated to Vitality, as long as you can meet the Strength requirements of your items by the time you wish to equip them. Not only does this increase your Life total, but it also increases the chance for Health Potions to double the healing provided. On top of that, the more Life you have, the less chance you have to be put into Hit Recovery, helping your character out even more!

How much Energy Does a Blizzard Orb Sorceress Need?

Nothing — allocating stat points to Energy in a final build is universally considered sub-par for almost every character due to the widespread availability of Mana Potions. While leveling, if you find your character struggling with Mana, you can allocate a few points to Energy that you can then remove with a respec later in the game.

›Blizzard Orb Sorceress 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 pace, or want your Mercenary to have added damage to help take care of Cold Immunes. We prefer a Might mercenary.