I thought I would try Nova Sorceress with Energy shield and all day it has been working great. There are times though that I get cursed, or something like that because I got these red things sparkling over my head and all damage then goes directly to my health even though energy shield is still on, even reactivating it does not work. This seems to happen mostly in Baals and Chaos runs. What is happening?
It’s a blood mana curse put on you by monsters
https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Blood_Mana
Blood mana bypasses ES and will deduct the dmg straight off your health pool. Me personally I just cast nova a bit until my HP is depleted and then the curse seems to drop off, then rejuv to refill HP and keep going… but avoid being poisoned while your HP is low or you’ll insta-cark it.
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Blood curse from specific monsters or Baal himself. Super annoying. I usually just portal to town and cleanse it. Your mana is still soaking the damage, it’s just using your health to cast your spells instead.
OMG, thanks for the info. This makes ES kind of useless against certain monsters. I just got instantly killed in Baals throne by a dozen ghosts that put the blood curse on me and my health was gone instantly. I love the sorceress builds, but I also love a tanky build and the sorceress is the most squishiest character out there. I was hoping ES would do it, but it looks to be useless in Act 5 
. Is there not anything that can counter blood curse?
Respec, and go 51/50 into vit/mana…
problem solved
as a long term sorc player i’ve never even used ES. makes for sketchy situations that could be avoided easily.
you won’t see me wasting a point in that terrible skill.
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New ES is pretty safe. Since they removed everything that might get you into danger. Vita sorc feels more squishy with nearly 3k life selfbo.
They cast blood mana because you have more mana than health. Another post says vit and energy but I think no.
I played nova last season and was able to deal with it on nihilathak runs just by stacking 20 life charms. I also went with a bk ring. If you are using griffons and eschutas you really gotta get the expensive life rolls on your charms and fcr jewelry to go with it.
Please don’t use that crap.
hmm i tried it out myself and i felt squishier specifically to mana burn enemies, did they update it from OG d2:r ?
and right now i’m about 2100 health lvl 92 . p3 solo farm only.
i’ve only had a couple close calls in the last couple weeks. so i think i’m doing ok.
as for eschuta, hey it’s perfectly fine if you get perf + facet. if you don’t need the res from hoto it does more dmg.
In one of the last few patches yes. Manaburn is nerfed or like they call it “fixed”.
CM on Lightsorc, eschutas is a noobbait as the +damage is irrelevant. Infinity would be even better.
i think the -5 is worth it on the facet. if you don’t need res, like if i’m wearing CoH, i usually have enough res for eschuta. i’m also playing hardcore so two handing is not an option. no no no. stormshield or gerkes is a must.
CM has -35 eschuta is crap. CoH is pretty much a waste of a Ber rune unless you give it to your merc as Enigma is far superior.
i would NEVER wear enigma on a sorc. wtf is that…
It’s BiS if you wear a monarch and don’t need extra fcr. If you need fcr you take a viper. Yes you can make a working build with CoH but it’s worse than a build with enigma/viper.
i don’t feel like we think about diablo the same…
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Just compare the stats
both:
+2 To All Skills
Damage Reduced By 8%
enigma:
+45% Faster Run/Walk (frw for town)
+1 To Teleport (frees skill point)
15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
Increase Maximum Life 5%
coh:
All Resistances +65
worthless on sorc:
+200% Damage To Demons
+100% Damage To Undead
8% Life Stolen Per Hit
compared:
enigma wins all:
+750-775 Defense vs +70% Enhanced Defense
- (0.75 Per Character Level) +0-74 To Strength (Based On Character Level) vs +20 To Strength
+14 Life After Each Kill vs Replenish Life +7 - (1 Per Character Level) +1-99% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based On Character Level) vs 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
P.S.:
Yes it feels strange to put Enigma on a sorc, but the stats are better and you can get resistances pretty easy without losing very important stats or you can ignore them fully if you play ES.
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Give the immortal sorc a try, it might be what you’re looking for.
It’s an ES nova sorc with high physical and magic damage reduction, you’ll still get cursed but you’re not likely to die from it.
Here’s a brief clip of my sorc getting cursed in an act5 area, she gets speared by two snakes and still doesn’t die.
https://i.imgur.com/jCV5ClO.mp4
Those ghosts don’t cast the blood mana curse I don’t think but they’ll insta-funk up any sorc. A couple are doable but a pack of 12? Nah thanks 
Nigma on a sorc also gives the +15 to life per kill, as mobs drop this can help alleviate sorc potion usage.
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missing the what? 20 str and 25 mf that are good for sorc too? hmm? you make enigma look better than it is by not even adding things that are useful about the CoH … /facepalm.
Yes enigma has those things too, but i am NEVER wearing it on a sorc. nope. nada. will not. hell no.
i won’t wear it on any char actually, i hate it.