Fireball viable in PVP? Sorceress in general?

Hey guys!

As far as I know, the dmg in PVP is subject to a penalty of -83%.
Additionally, I heard that max resistance a player can have is 95%.
Also, there are items that give dmg reduction of 40% for example.

This brings a 22k dmg fireball down to(dmg penalty, res, and dmg red in that order): 0.17x0.05x0.6x22000=112.2 damage, which is ridiculously low, considering people are running around with 7k life or more.

Even if the enemy player has “only” 75% fire resistance, we get roughly 550 damage, which is STILL completely underrated, also taking into account the sorceress struggles with survivability. C

Can a fire sorc with fireball do decent in pvp? Am I missing something here?

Thank you guys
Greetings

welcome to pvp.

yes, fireball is the most common pvp sorc

Thank you Bravata. But do you really have to hit an enemy like… 70 times with fireball to kill him, if he is well equipped?

No 3-5 times. Telestomp and fast cast fireball locking them before they can tele away.

Youtube some FB sorc most will use Energy shield and max block as well. Cooley is great for his vids.