The Frost Sphere Meteor Sorceress is one of the most popular characters to start the journey into the world of Diablo 2 Resurrected. The survivability of this building is low, which gives her that control at some point. But her ability for speed and versatility makes her an unmatched best ladder starting character.
This build primarily uses cold damage, a great form of enemy control as it can chill or freeze mobs. Although he can handle almost any content in the game with his hybrid fire and cold damage, the damage is never as good as a pure cold or fire build.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Meteor Sorceress
Advantages
- High skill cap
- Great ladder starter build
- Fast play style
- Can stack a lot of magic find bonuses
- Lots of endgame gear options
Disadvantages
- Very vulnerable
- Slow against cold immune opponents
- Gameplay that takes some getting used to
- Specific castrate “breakpoints” are critical
- Damage decreases with more players in the game
Gear
- Helm: 2-Socket Helm with Lore Runeword (Location + Sol)
- Armor: 2 socket armor with Stealth Runeword (Tal + Eth)
- Shield: 3 Socket Shield with Runeword “Oath of Ancestors” (Ral + Place + Vale)
- Weapon: 4-socket sword with “Spirit” runeword (Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn)
- Gloves, Belts, Boots: focus on mana/mana regenerate/life/resistances
- Amulet, Rings, Spells: Focus on sorceress skills, faster cast rate, mana/mana regenerate/life/resistances, and spells in the inventory
The “Meteorb” sorceress relies heavily on skill bonuses and a faster cast rate. This gear is the minimum you need to play the hybrid build effectively. With +3+ to all skills overall and a faster cast rate, you can comfortably farm most areas on Hell difficulty. The Runeword Shield provides enough resistances, you cover any gaps with the rest of the equipment and/or spells in the inventory.
Mercenary
Type
Act 2 Desert Hireling (Offensive) on Nightmare difficulty with Power Aura
Gear
- Helm of the Tal Rasha set
- 3 sockets (ethereal) armor with the Runeword “Treachery” (Shael + Thul + Lem)
- 4 sockets (ethereal) Polearm with the runeword “Insight” (Ral + Tir + valley + sol)
Might Aura is recommended, this allows your mercenaries to deal with enemies that are immune to Cold and Fire. Otherwise, your mercenary is a tank and a meditation source.
In order to get a better ranking in the ladder mode, we need to complete the construction of this building as soon as possible. At this point we need to buy d2r ladder items, which can speed up our build.
