At first glimpse this runeword seems very underwhelming considering the runes it uses. This thing is comparable to a double spirit setup. It has the same +skills, 5% less possible FCR, 50% less FHR, 34 less vitality, and huge loss of mana. However, it does boost maximum life quite a bit and give a huge amount of resists, and some gold and magic find.
Compared to Hoto + Spirit, this really doesn’t compare as the 1-hand/shield setup gives +1 skill, +10% fcr, and increased mana while really only boasting more maximum life and some magic find.
That being said, what makes this better than dual spirit and possibly better than HotO/Spirit is the fact that you can make this in a staff base with +3 to certain sorc skills. This would yield +7 to main sorc skills which outperforms HotO/Spirit which has +5.
It will be interesting to see if this will dethrone the normal meta of HotO/Spirit… but we’ll see if it can compete with eschutas/death’s fathom.
(Not to mention 24% chance to cast lvl 10 weaken which reduces enemy damage by 42%.
This may become a new standard to use and is possibly the runeword with the highest chance of upsetting the meta)
+2 to main skill is not worth zod.
You need +3 to main skill AND +3 to mastery saff to put zod in it.
And that base is so rare, that you have to pay 2 more zods for it.
+5 To All Skills
+65-75% Faster Cast Rate
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
+22 To Vitality
+10 To Dexterity
+89-112 To Mana
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
Fire Resist +30-40%
Cold Resist +65-75%
Lightning Resist +65-75%
Poison Resist +65-75%
+3-8 Magic Absorb (varies)
Level 4 Oak Sage (25 Charges)
Obsession gives (relevant stats only)
+4 To All Skills
+65% Faster Cast Rate
+60% Faster Hit Recovery
+10 To Vitality
+10 To Energy
Increase Maximum Life 15-25% (varies)
Regenerate Mana 15-30% (varies)
All Resistances +60-70 (varies)
75% Extra Gold from Monsters
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items +7 to Primary Skill(s)
All Obsession needs is either Conviction Aura or Meditation Aura and it would be amazing.
For a 6-socket war/rune/archon staff, can you get a base that is +3 to all sorc skills and +3 to another skill like frozen orb or hydra or lighting? I mean that is potentially+10 skills to frozen orb here.
For a 6-socket war/rune/archon staff, can you get a base that is +3 to all sorc skills and +3 to another skill like frozen orb or hydra or lighting? I mean that is potentially+10 skills to frozen orb here.
You cannot get +3 to [Skill Tree] on a Normal Staff.
I don’t think it was meant to replace bis weapon for the most common builds aka blizz/lightning/fireball sorc.
It could be very helpful to underused hybrid builds. Hydra / orb for example.
It can be great for pre casting spells like thunderstorm, blaze, enchant, energy shield and the cold armors.
I will definetly be using this runeword on a +3 enchant staff to make a 7 chant on swap, because the 5-6 chant orbs are a pain to find. I might even get lucky and find a +3 enchant +3 fire mastery +3 blaze base.
You have memory for +9 energy shield
Cold armor is a nice secondary skill for memory staff
You have leaf for +6 enchant (can buy base from vendor)
You cannot precast TS and blaze, these are not allowed to cast in town
If I get a Zod ill use it just because Im tired of the meta for a sorceress being carrying around a shield and flail. Its really stupid and Im glad to see a somewhat viable staff runeword for all sorc classes finally be included.
It’s pretty underwhelming, the life bonus and potential for +3 to a sorc skill on the staff are nice but it just feels like such a waste of a zod rune. I was expecting a godly weapon that could put indestructible to use. It’s just so close to a double spirit for so much more cost.
The weaken may be a gamechanger, it’s starting to grow in me a bit. Still not sure why a zod was used for it though.