How much dr, hp or defense is needed?

Sorcerer
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I tried NM 46-50 but the problem is I can’t really ignore the trash mobs now. If I zip passed them, I have a high chance of getting killed.

Anyone knows how much defense, hp or damage reduction is required to speedrun to just kill the elites and move on?

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You need enough to survive. This is different for each person. I would say at approximately 60% you’ll start noticing diminishing returns on this. Survival is one element but you also want to try and kill trash mobs quickly leaving bosses.

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8k+ hp, 30%+ DR in multiple categories like close enemies/distant enemies/vulnerable/burning (easier to get than you may think), 5k armor, Aspect of Disobedience (armor stacking)

Edit: If you are just going to be speedrunning past a lot of trash, prioritize damage from close/distant enemies above all else, since one of those conditions will always be true and can roll much higher than straight DR. Also stay away from the Backstab sigil affix.

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So ideally, I’d want to try to get DR from close/distant enemies + hp gears for both my body armor and pants actually.

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Sorc has many issues. Blizzard made sure that sorc can only play higher nms when utilizing burning.
And even then we lacking the needed dps with most speccs. Its in a terrible place right now. Only class that cant kill uber lilith.

I was playing an Arc Lash Build, with really good gear. Made sure i have a lot of def for a melee sorc. But i couldnt clear a nm 80 with it. Highest i got was 75.

The only way to clear 90+ nms right now is ice shards or blizzard. And only those nms that have some space.

Another issue is our uniques are trash for the most part. Almost all lack the required utility to be viable, or are just dps downgrades.

Raiment is fun, but for pushing, you cant really use it. its good for Speedfarming nm 50s, thats its pinnacle.

The games over emphasizing on vul dmg is another nail.

All in all Sorc is in a terrible Spot right now. If they want us to be the squishie caster, give us our dmg back. Probably has a lot to do with these uber nerfs to lucky hit.

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Keep them within 1k of your damage, at 75 I have 5k attack, 4k armour , 4k health