Is that news to you?
I believe I have discovered the problem.
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All my characters are 93÷
I belive I have discovered the problem
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blizzard test = mash head on keyboard.
I am excited to relive my childhood of nova cows, so I you won’t be hearing any complaints from me 
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Ok, could you please share your Nova sorceress build? Tell us what exactly you found easy to beat.
What difficulty? If normal, well yeah. If Hell, then sure it shouldn’t own everything, nor do I see how it could, given immunities and the fact that you are still a weak sorceress. I remember it being really good to begin, then just good later on when we tested it in PTR.
This is a strange question. Are there conversations worth having outside of end game?
I’m using Nova on end game infinity Sorc. Right now, it’s without griffons. Still, it’s too fast.
The reason why this is a problem in my view is efficiency is most important in end game. Before 2.4 I had a few options to speed farm with, but now nothing comes even close to Nova. It’s a clear outlier because of the way the skill works with teleport.
And before any other misunderstandings, yes hammers and javazon are still good. Poison necro and trapsin are also still good. But they are much slower to run at P1.
200 fcr nova sorc is expensive as crazy
If this is really the case why not buff other specs then. The goal should be for a plethora of fun OP S tier builds to enjoy content with.
Nova doesn’t need a nerf seems like it’s in a good spot. No idea why people have this weird obsession with making the game antifun.
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Try out Frozen Orb/Hydra… Its pretty damn powerful too.
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that clear speed is a bit slower once u teleport into the middle of a group of mobs to use nova and get 1 shot… just saying.
anything with infinity is going to have an absurd clear speed.
wtf is this thread.
if your trying to compare this to the BS that is auradin thats broken becuase there is litterally no attacking in players 1… its just everyting within aura range dies instantly… nova at least takes poress a button and diving headfirst into packs of mobs
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On P1? So what. The build is trash on P8.
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Are there really so many try hard single player farmers?
Surprising. P8 does not exist on bnet. It’s a drop hack for offline.
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um no it’s not… It’s good but a sorc is still squishy and has to get up in the thick of things for the build…
it also isn’t great in hell when you start getting to lightning immunes and static shock takes a huge nerf…
it has too many draw backs to be considered overpowered but it is fun though… One of the most fun builds to play.
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I hate the people who come with “This build is too good” even more than all the bugs and server problems. Can’t get any attention at home?
So since the OP speaks with such conviction, I have respecced my lightning sorceress to nova.
My CL/Lightning setup: 7x Lightning Skiller, Griffon’s, Crescent Moon, Enigma, 18 FCR crafted amulet, Spirit, Arachs, Res/Str/Mana rings, Silkweave.
In order to reach 200 FCR I exchanged rings to 10 fcr, removed Enigma for Vipermagi, changed Crescent Moon to Eschuta’s.
Honestly, not that impressive. On P1 Chain Lightning melts everything just as fast with the added benefit of you not needing to be in the middle of mobs and hitting stuff that goes way.
On P8 it’s not even close. Try just teleporting in the middle of a boss pack of Venom Lords and see what happens.
Nova is good, I won’t deny it. It’s fun to be able to use static field across the screen. And it kills fast on lower player counts when you don’t need to worry about whether you have enough damage to have something left after you break immunities.
On higher player count Crescent Moon and Lightning/CL are still king.
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I think any sorceress with Infinity and end game stuff can plow through the game without even feeling it.
I’ve a Frozen Orb/Fireball sorceress with cheap gear, the only “end game” things she has are Heart of the Oak, 1 Stone of Jordan and Hellfire Torch. No Harlequin’s Crest, no Infinity, no nothing. Still she can clear quickly Chaos Sanctuary in /players 1, slowly but surely in /players 7. She kills solo Hell Diablo in /players 7 without any issue and quickly enough.
I saw a lot of hype with this build (mostly youtube videos, which they are just for content, does not represent reality, same with werebear videos lol): i bet most don’t know how to make it work as a starter, they will go full blizzard,orb,hydra for nightmare on. It was always the skill to go for lvl 12-24 so a good skill now with double damage, it’s ok.
Now its better, not better than normal lightning or anything, maybe enough for players 1 being equipped. You will not be able to farm the “equipped” part with this build faster than the ones you know from long time ago though. You can get there, a bit slower and riskier. So no, it does not need a nerf, the efficiency meta still the same.
If you consider meta as the popularity then yeah, people are going to play the new things, in terms of efficiency, not that close but good enough to be a fun build, i will try no doubt.