First an analysis on the new ones (which are also apparently… old ones).
Pattern - Nice, low cost, low-mid level high block for dual claw sins. Nothing super fancy, but multi-elemental is nice.
Plague - Before I figured out that this was “new”, I was humming along with what could be done with this one. This one screams “Vengeance Paladin” quite loud. Add conviction with a bump to lower resist while you’re spamming away, add in a few pdsc’s and a bramble and you’ve got a savage 4-element+phys pally. There’s possibilities for usage for a slow norm-attack necro, maybe an offhand to compliment a botd for a baba?
Flickering Flame - This one says “hiya, I’m a fire druid helm… maybe an enchantress helm too, and mayyyybe even a fire-zon helm.”
Mist - Merc/Amazon - High skills, dps, pierce, and concentrate to boot. I could see this being used for a paladin doing the multiple aura thing. Dream helm. Dragon Armor. Mist bow. Frost Merc with Infinity etc. Possibly used for a enchantress as well paired with dragon armor/dream helm. That enhanced damage is sick. Bow version of the BOTD.
Wisdom - Bowazon/rogue helm, flat out.
Unbending Will - Obviously for barbs/barb mercs.
Obsession - This is one of the few runewords that are geared pretty much exclusively for the sorc, but there’s a problem. It’s two handed.
So lets talk new runewords.
Caster runewords are lacking for both sorceress and necro. Necro has “White”, but that’s about it. Sorc has nothing in the one hand realm, yet normal 1-3 socket orbs drop everywhere to useless abandon.
Suggestions
Names made up on the spot, whatevers.
Low-Range Orb
Disciple’s Torch - Nef-Ith (req lvl 15)
+1-2 Sorceress skills
+2 Shiver Armor
+2 Warmth
+2 Static Field
+30% fcr
+10 Attributes
20-30% MF
20-30% GF
Concept: Early skills, effectively a poor sorc’s Occy to fill in the gap where its junk rares 100% of the time before you get an occy, or junk staves, or swinging a sword until you get occy.
Mid-Range Orb
Sister’s Salute - Hel-Io-Um (Helium, c wut i did ther?) (req level 47)
1-4 Lightning skills
1-4 Fire skills
1-4 Cold skills
-20% requirements
+10-20 vitality
+10-20 Energy
+20-30 Resist All
+20-40% fcr
+20% enhanced defense
Concept: Potentially a rival of oculus from a performance standpoint. Relatively similar stats, with potential for better overall skill points, and a swinging range of cast rates.
High End Orb
Vile Seance - Zod El Ohm (req lvl 69)
Level 10 Defiance Aura When Equipped
10% chance to cast level 10 Lower Resist on attack
33% chance to cast level 9 Blade Shield when struck
15% chance to cast level 4 Slow Missiles when struck
+4-5 Sorceress Skills
+3 Lightning Mastery
+3 Fire Mastery
+3 Cold Mastery
+350-500 Damage
+20 Attributes
40% Faster Cast Rate
20% Faster Block Rate
10% Increased chance to block
Damage Reduced by 10%
Indestructible
Concept: A sorceress that wishes to be heavily cast in defensive energies. High skill count, no -resist beyond chance to cast lower resist–which blade shield can actually proc. The trade off? You MUST be in melee range for Lower Resist to Proc from Blade Shield, and you MUST be in melee range to kick Blade shield off. Sure, you can utilize the +350-500 damage and attack like a savage with your roundy orb stick, but no attack speed bonuses, so uh… good luck with that. Go on. Go jump into the fray.
This is a battlemage Orb, not a “attack from forever away” orb, ergo the boosts in additional stats. In the face of lands of sorceresses that stand far away from battle, she stands defiantly toe to toe against her adversaries.
High End Orb
Zann Esu’s Dark Tempest - Cham Ber Gul (req lvl 67)
Level 1 Salvation Aura When Equipped
2% chance to cast level 10 Cloak of Shadows when struck
+3 All Skills (ALL skills, since only sorcs can use this thing anyway)
+7 Thunderstorm
+2 Fade
+2 Hurricane
+2 Cyclone Armor
+25 Vitality
+25 Energy
Cannot Be Frozen
Damage Taken Increased by 0-15%
Damage Reduced by 0-15%
-42 to +33 Cold Resistance
-42 to +33 Fire Resistance
-42 to +33 Lightning Resistance
-42 to +33 Poison Resistance
-42 to +33 Magic Resistance
Concept: Opposite of Furious Seance, the mind storms that echo through a sorceress’ mind may sometimes remain uncontained. While damaging to others, these tempests may be damaging to themselves as well. It may go very well (salvation 60 res Fade 42 res +33 res all =135 practically already set for forever on resistances) or 60 + 42 - 42 = 60 (Aura only). Skills are static, as the resistance side of this wand is risky as hell as it is.
Visually, the Sorceress stands in a tempest, barely visible through the storm, with only the torrent of nature surrounding her.
Dagger
Emergent Corruption - Shael Ohm Eth (req lvl 57)
10% Chance on strike to cast Level 20 Venom
10% Chance on strike to cast Level 22 Thunderstorm
10% Chance on kill to cast Level 5 Revive
10% Chance when struck to cast Level 5 Confuse
+2 All Skills
+2-3 Sorceress Skills (Necromancer only)
+2-3 Necromancer Skills (sorceress only)
+1-2 Fire Mastery (necromancer only)
+1-2 Corpse Explosion (sorceress only)
+1-2 Energy Shield (necromancer only)
+1-2 Bone Armor (sorceress only)
+2-4 Enchant (necromancer only)
+2-4 Poison Dagger (Sorceress only)
+350%-450% enhanced damage
+100-200 Damage
+30%-40% Increased Attack Speed
-25-50% target defense
+20-30% Increased Max Mana
Concept: The Sorceress clans find melee combat to be barbaric. This weapon, imbued with magics of the elements of death brings a disturbing hybrid of the two varying ways of life together. Its wielder, whether Necromancer or Sorceress, finds themselves confused in comparison to others who seem to be able to wield it as a straight forward weapon. One imbued with sacraments of death, or a hearth from within that brings warmth to their dark, dead hearts, yet within that confusion comes new understandings that only implement their magics. The confusion of the blade renders magics they would otherwise use to enhance themselves useless, resulting in only taking that which benefits them in confusing ways while somehow bringing balance.
This’ll get buried, so I dunno why I wasted my time.
shruuuuug
Anyways… fill more gaps please blizz. May edit this more later if I get more responses/likes to the notions.
