Diablo 2: Resurrected
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Magic Find Sorceress Guide
Introduction
Once geared Sorceresses make excellent magic find characters in both Softcore and Hardcore because they have the Teleport skill without the Enigma runeword and because they're easy to stack magic find on. The popularity of Sorceresses has however raised the prices on Sorceress items like Sorceress Torches and Sorceress Skill Charms. It's recommended that you have a Call to Arms (Amn Ral Mal Ist Ohm) to increase your life and a source of Oak Sage for survival in both Softcore and Hardcore.
Softcore Magic Find Lightning Sorceress
Lightning Sorceresses are the high end magic find Sorceress option that has the most expensive gear. The Infinity runeword on your mercenary breaks most lightning immunities which is the biggest draw to the build and Lightning is also excellent at bosses.
Softcore Recommendation: Lightning Sorceress
Stats: Enough Strength for equipment, enough Dexterity for capped block, all remaining points in Vitality, and 0 Energy.
Skill Points:
20 Lightning
20 Lightning Mastery
1 Shiver Armor
1 Teleport
1 Thunderstorm
1 Static
1 Warmth
All remaining points in synergies for Lightning
Hardcore Magic Find Frozen Orb and Fire Ball Sorceress
Frozen Orb and Fire Ball Sorceresses are flexible with immunities without Infinity to lower the resistances of enemies, are great at surviving Chaos Sanctuary in Hardcore because of screen wide chills, and kill bosses within seconds once well geared.
Hardcore Recommendation: Frozen Orb and Fireball Sorceress
Stats: Enough Strength for gear, enough Dexterity for capped block is recommended when using a high block shield like Whistan's Guard shield, all remaining points in Vitality, 0 Energy
Skill Points:
20 Frozen Orb
20 Ice Bolt
20 Fire Ball
20 Fire Bolt
1 Fire Mastery
1 Shiver Armor
1 Teleport
1 Static
1 Warmth
Enough in Cold Mastery to reach -100% enemy cold resistance including with the Conviction Aura from an Infinity runeword weapon
All remaining points in Meteor which is a Fire Ball synergy
Magic Find Sorceress Gear
Main Weapon
The Oculus (Ist'd for 30% magic find) - Gives +3 Sorceress skills, 30% faster cast rate, all resistances +30%, and 80% magic find.
Shield
Whistan's Guard (Um'd) - For its hidden 87% block rate in Hardcore or Rhyme Shield (Shael Eth) in Softcore for 25% to all resistances, increased block chance, cannot be frozen, and 25% magic find.
Weapon Switch
Call to Arms (Amn Ral Mal Ist Ohm) - Gives up to +7 to Battle Orders and +7 to Battle Command combined with a Lidless Wall shield for +1 to all skills because you'll gain more life from Vitality without going for 156 Strength to use a Spirit shield.
Helmet
Harlequin Crest (aka Shako) - Gives+2 to all skills, 10% reduced physical damage taken, high life and mana, and 50% magic find.
Body
Tal Rasha's Guardianship - Gives 40% cold resist, 40% fire resist, 40% lightning resist, high magic find, and 10% faster cast rate.
Gloves
Trang-Oul's Gloves - Gives 20% faster cast rate and 30% cold resistances for Lightning Sorceresses or you can use Magefist for +1 to Fire Skills, 20% faster cast rate, and mana regeneration on Frozen Orb/Fireball Sorceresses.
Belt
Tal Rasha's Belt - Up to 15% magic find, 20 dexterity, and Tal Rasha's set bonus which gives 10% faster cast rate and 65% magic find.
Feet
War Travelers - Gives 25% faster run walk, up to 50% magic find, 10 Strength, 10 Vitality, and 15-25 base weapon damage.
Amulet
Tal Rasha's Amulet - +2 Sorceress skills, 50 life, 33% lightning resist, and 65% magic find from Tal Rasha's three set bonus.
Ring
Nature's Peace - Gives level 5 Oak Sage for more life, monsters rest in peace, up to 30% poison resist, and prevent monster heal.
Ring 2
Use a high magic find ring like Nagelring in softcore and use a Dwarf Star when playing hardcore for 15% Fire Absorb and 40 life.
Charms
Hellfire Torch for +3 Sorceress Skills, Annihilus for +1 to skills, Gheed's Fortune for up to 40% magic find, Cold Skill Grand Charms with Life or Lightning Skill Grand Charms with Life, resistance charms with life, and 7% Magic Find Small Charms.
Mercenary Type
Act 2 Holy Freeze Mercenary
Mercenary Weapon
Infinity (Ber Mal Ber Ist) - Gives level 12 Conviction Aura which lowers enemies resistances. Use a weak Infinity base in hardcore when teleporting to Mephisto to avoid the death explosions of the exploding dolls. A weak base is also important when fight Nihlathak in hardcore because the monsters rest in peace modifier (which keeps Nihlathak from using his high damage corpse explosion) doesn't work when your mercenary gets the kill.
Mercenary Helmet
Ethereal Andariel's Visage (Ral'd) - Gives +2 to all skills, 10% life leech, -30% fire resistance, and 30 strength. Ral gives 30% fire resistance but you can also use a 30% fire resistance jewel with other great modifiers.
Mercenary Armor
Ethereal Fortitude (El Sol Dol Lo) - Gives 300% enhanced damage, all resistances +30%, high life per level, 5% to maximum lightning resistance, and a 20% chance to cast level 15 Chilling Armor when struck.
Budget Mercenary Weapon
Ethereal Insight (Ral Tir Tal Sol) - gives level 17 Meditation Aura which gives very high mana regeneration. You should once again use a weak base in Hardcore when doing Mephisto and Nihlathak for surviving exploding dolls and corpse explosions.
Budget Mercenary Armor
Duriel's Shell - Gives all resistances +20%, 50% cold resistances, life per level, 15 strength, and cannot be frozen.
Budget Mercenary Helmet
Tal Rasha's Helmet - Gives 10% life steal, all resistances +15%, and 60 life.
Note: You will reach the 63% faster cast rate breakpoint which is important for Teleport with the 30% faster cast rate from The Oculus, 20% faster cast rate from Tal Rasha's set bonus, and 20% faster cast rate from your gloves. If you plan on playing a Lightning Sorceress you can also use one 10% faster cast rate magic find ring for the 78% faster cast rate breakpoint for Lightning.
Magic Find Runs
Mephisto
Mephisto can drop high value items like Herald of Zakarum, Shako, War Travelers, Stormshield, Arachnid Mesh, Verdungo's Hearty Cord, Arreat's Face, Andariel's Visage, and most of the common high level unique items that are available in the game. There are still several items that Mephisto cannot drop like Tal Rasha's Armor, Immortal King's Armor, and Griffon's Eye to name a few and that's where The Pit, Ancient Tunnels, and Chaos Sanctuary come in.
Ancient Tunnels
The Ancient Tunnels can drop every item and rune in the game similar to The Pit. This includes Tal Rasha's Armor, Immortal King's Armor, Griffon's Eye, the highest level unique items, and the highest level runes in the game. The Ancient Tunnels is a better place to magic find as a Sorceresses than The Pit because the monsters are slower moving and have better immunities. Something else that is fun to note is that there are no cold immune normal monsters inside the Ancient Tunnels.
The Forgotten Tower
Sorceresses can make their way through The Forgotten Tower quickly with Teleport. The Countess will on the average drop two runes between Ist and Pul every one hundred runs. The Countess can drop up to Ist on her rune table drops but, has an extremely low chance of dropping up to Lo rune from her normal monster drops.
Chaos Sanctuary
Chaos Sanctuary has the highest level drops in the game and has a significant chance at dropping high runes from monsters. Fire/Cold hybrid Sorceresses do well in Chaos Sanctuary in Hardcore and Lightning Sorceresses are great once you have the Infinity runeword on your mercenary. Chaos Sanctuary is, however, a dangerous place to magic find on Hardcore difficulty and you have a chance of dying by doing repeated solo magic find runs. I highly recommend using a Frozen Orb and Fire Ball Sorceress for Chaos Sanctuary runs in Hardcore difficulty for the screen wide chills on enemies.
Nihlathak
Nihlathak has a low drop chance for items and is really only worth farming for Destruction Keys but he can drop every item and rune in the game. Make sure you equip a Nature's Peace Ring for the "monsters rest in peace" modifier to prevent Nihlathak's corpse explosions. You should also remove your mercenaries weapon or equip your mercenary with a low damage Insight because the "monsters rest in peace" on the Nature's Peace Ring won't work if your mercenary is the one getting the kills.
Key Farming
The Countess, the Summoner, and Nihlathak have about a 10% chance to drop a Terror Key, Hate Key, or Destruction Key. You can trade the keys or you can use three sets of keys to start the Uber Tristram event. Completing the Uber Tristram event rewards you with a Hellfire Torch that has +3 to skills, up to 20 all resist, and up to 20 to all stats.
Andariel
Andariel can drop Stone of Jordans, War Travelers, Herald of Zakarums, and Shakos in hell difficulty making her a great magic find boss that is much easier than some of the other magic find options which matters especially in Hardcore difficulty.
Sample Drops From 300 Runs of Andariel - Time to Complete: Less than Two Minutes
Herald of Zakarum (current value: Gul)
Gheed's Charm (current value: Um)
Duriel's Shell
Shaftstop
Dwarf Star
Tal Rasha's Belt
Tal Rasha's Mask x2
Rockstopper
Trang-Oul's Gloves
Lidless Wall
Carrion Wind
Perfect String of Ears (current value: Ist)
Mal Rune
Moser's Blessed Circle x2
Raven Frost (current value: Pul)
Tal Rasha's Amulet (current value: Gul)
Sample Drops From 300 Runs of Mephisto - Time to Complete: Less than Two Minutes
Duriel's Shell x2
Arachnid Mesh (current value: Vex)
Gore Riders (current value: Pul)
Bartuc's Claw
Guardian Angel
Baranar's Star x2
Waterwalks
Soul Drainers
Boneshade
Tal Rasha's Mask x2
Dwarf Star
Rockstopper
Arkaine's Valor
Skin of the Vipermagi x2 (current value: Um x2)
Sample Drops From 300 Runs of Ancient Tunnels - Time to Complete: Less than Three Minutes
Um Rune x2
Sur Rune
Immortal King's Chest (current value: Gul)
Pul Rune x2
Arkaine's Valor
Leviathan
Blade of Ali Baba
Barbarian Combat Skill Grand Charm
Skin of the Vipermagi (current value: Um)
Sample Drops From 300 Runs of Chaos Sanctuary - Time to Complete: Less than Three Minutes
Gul Rune
Sur Rune
Ist Rune
Arachnids Mesh (current value: Vex)
Immortal King Maul x3
Tal Rasha's Mask x3
7% Magic Find Small Charm w/ 31 Attack Rating (current value: Ist)
Arm of King Leoric
Immortal King's Helm x2
10% Faster Cast Rate Ring w/ 11 All Resistance
Oculus (Um)
Skin of the Vipermagi (current value: Um)
7% Life Leech, 6% Mana Leech, Attack Rating Rare Ring.
High Tri-Resistance Magic Find Boots
Carrion Wind x2
Trang's Gloves
Stone of Jordan (current value: Ohm)
40% Magic Find Chance Guards (current value: Um)
Stormshield x2 (current value: Gul x2)
Gheeds Grand Charm (current value: Um)
Immortal King's Gloves x3
Kira's Guardian (current value: Pul)
Infernostride
Magefist
Wizard Spike
Raven Frost x2
Gore Riders (current value: Pul)
Blade of Ali Baba
Duriel's Shell
Note
All runs were done with about 400% magic find as a Sorceress which can stack much higher magic find than a magic find Barbarian. From the looks of it Chaos Sanctuary seems to have the best drops in the magic find runs above. This sample includes drops from Andariel but once you have excellent gear Mephisto and Chaos Sanctuary runs are typically better options for magic finding.
And that's all for the Magic Find Sorceress Guide. You can also check out the most popular crafted items here Crafting Guide.