Fire Wall Sorceress Introduction & Overview

The Fire Wall Sorceress has made a return similarly to several other sorc builds thanks to Sunder Charms and the new runeword, Flickering Flame. The Fire Wall skill can deal even bigger damage than Blizzard, and is fit for all purposes. If you enjoy caster playstyles, you should definitely give it a try, as any game content can efficiently be farmed by it. The only scenario where a FireWall sorc is not super efficient is farming terror zones. On the downside, if you are looking for a cheap, ladder start friendly build, you can already skip this guide, proper gearing for the wall sorc is very expensive.

 

🔸 Hell Cows speedrun in 2 minutes

🔸 Easily Soloes any game content

🔸 Hell Chaos run and Hell Baal run both within 2-3 minutes

🔸 Hardcore viable in modified skill setup

🔸 Awesome Magic Findind potential

🔸 Very fast teleportation

 

Fire Wall has such high damage that in perfect gear you will even be able to kill the Ubers. The build can also be used on Hardcore with slight modifications, and is an ideal boss farmer for Magic Finding.

 

Fire Wall Sorceress Pros and Cons

Pros Fun and unique build playstyle Area damage on a wide radious Very high single target damage Solo Baal or Chaos runs are doable within 2-3 minutes, Solo Cow level in 2 minutes Great MF Potential Quick mana regeneration Hardcore-viable Movement by teleportation Can kill Uber Diablo and even Uber Tristram

Cons Only efficient in expensive gear Playstyle can be exhaustive

Fire Wall Sorceress Gameplay

Playing solo: Softcore and Hardcore playstyle differs greatly. In Softcore, my suggestion is to max out Fire Wall and its synergies, and in addition max out Blaze as well. You will have three sources for dealing damage, Fire Wall, which delivers damage over a wide radious, but is hard to aim with, Blaze, which delivers damage behind you on the route you take, and Inferno, with which you can attack monsters directly. Having an Act2 Mercenary with Infinity runeword will greatly boost your damage. My suggestion is to use one with Holy Freeze aura, so you can hit targets for a longer period of time with Fire Wall. Casting walls has 1.4 second delay, you should cast Blaze and run around monsters to spend the delay time attacking

 

Playing in a party: Since targeting single monsters with Fire Wall is quite difficult, you should aim to attack the monsters with the highest life around you. Use Blaze in the same fashion as you would while soloing. If you do Baal runs, pre-cast fire walls at the spawn spot to instantly kill the dropped monsters. If your merc has an Infinity, party members will be grateful for the Conviction aura provided by him. If there is no Barbarian around, you can buff your and the parties life via a Call to Arms switch weapon. If you play with party members such as a Convictionist Paladin or a Necromancer casting Lower Resist Curses, your kill speed will improve drasticly, making you able to one-hit monsters in player 8 difficulty.

Playing Hardcore: To have good survivability on Hardcore, a mana based Energy Shield build is a must. Needless to say, an Insight wielding Act2 Holy Freeze mercenary greatly improves your survival chances. Since Warmth is a necessary synergy for Fire Wall, your mana regeneration will be very quick. By having an Insight merc in addition, you will almost instantly recover all your mana. In addition, by wearing a Phoenix shield you will also gain Redemption aura which further heals you and also helps with mana recovery. Still you should be very careful not to run or teleport in the middle of monster packs, as you can quickly die in a few situations. Be prepared to get Cursed by amplify damage, decrepify and lower resist, while your enemies might have auras on them such as Fanaticism or Conviction. Overprotecting yourself for such situations is a must. Wear elemental damage absorption items, and try to get your block chance up to 75%. Aim for a high % of physical damage reduction. Gear yourself according to the damage you are likely to take, for example for Chaos Sanctuary and Travincal runs, wear a Rising Sun amulet and a Dwarf star ring,

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Fire Wall Sorceress Breakpoints

 

Note: Each second in the game consists of 25 frames or “ticks”. Your breakpoints decide how many frames it will take until you can attack/cast a skill/recover from a hit/ block a new hit.

 

Faster Cast Rate

• Faster Cast Rate does not matter, as Fire Wall has a fix 1.4second casting delay. 

 

Faster Hit Recovery

• Ideally you should have at least some FHR on your gear. Have at least 20% FHR for an 11-frame Hit Recovery speed.

 

Faster Block Rate

• There is no need for Faster Block Rate on your gear if you play softcore. If you play hardcore, you can aim for the 15% (7 frame), 27% (6 frame) or the 48% (5 frame) breakpoints.

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Fire Wall Sorceress Skills

Cold Spells 1 point to Frozen Armor

Lightning Spells 1 point to Telekinesis 1 point to Teleport

Fire Spells 20 points to Warmth 20 points to Inferno 20 points to Blaze 20 points to Fire Wall 20 points to Fire Mastery

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Fire Wall Sorceress Stat Points

 

You can re-stat your character by the quest reward of Akara’s Act1 Den of Evil Quest, or by using Token of Absolution.

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Fire Wall Sorceress Mercenary

You should have an Act2 Holy Freeze Aura mercenary for Crowd Control equipped with an Infinity runeword weapon in softcore, or an Insight runeword on Hardcore.

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Fire Wall Sorceress Item setups

Ladder Starter Fire Wall Sorc Gear

Helm: Lore / Peasant Crown /  Tal Rasha’s Horadric Crest

Amulet: Any amulet with +skill, + all resistances or +Faster Cast Rate

Weapon:  Spirit Crystal Sword / Wizardspike

Switch Weapon: none

Shield:  Spirit Monarch / Moser’s Blessed Circle

Switch Shield: none

Body Armor: Stealth / Skin of the Vipermagi

Belt: Tal Rasha’s Belt / Immortal King’s Belt /  Nightsmoke /  Crafted Caster Belt

Rings: Any ring with 10% FCR and other useful stats like allresist, life, magic find, etc.

Gloves:  Magefist
Boots: 30% FRW boots with additional resists

 

Charms: Fire Sunder Charm, Any charm with + Fire skill, life, resist or FHR will help. 

Notes: Aim for 75% all resistances. You can use magic and rare items in any of your gear slots, and can also use them for your Mercenary.

 

Mercenary Gear

Helm: 3*Perfect Diamond socketed helm / Tal Rasha helm socketed with Perfect Diamond
Body Armor: Any useful rare body armor
Weapon:  Insight Polearm

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Advanced Fire Wall Sorc Gear

Helm: Flickering Flame Runeword / Harlequin Crest Shako socketed with +5/-5% Fire Facet

Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope / 3 to Fire Skills amu

Weapon: Eschutha’s Temper +5/-5% Fire Facet / Heart of the Oak Flail

Switch Weapon: Call to Arms Crystal Sword

Shield: Phoenix Monarch / Spirit Monarch
Switch Shield: Spirit Monarch

Body Armor: Chains of Honor in an elite light body armor

Belt: Arachnid Mesh

Rings: 2*Stone of Jordan

Gloves: Upgraded Magefist
Boots: 30%FRW triple resist rare boots

 

Charms: Fire Sunder charm, Annihilus, Hellfire torch, Gheed’s Fortune, Small Charms with @all resistances, life, faster hit recovery, Fire Skillers (with +life, +FRW or +FHR optimally)

 

Mercenary Gear

Helm:  Andariel’s Visage  / Crown of Thieves (preferably ethereal, socketed with Ral/Um rune)
Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude in an elite armor
Weapon:  Infinity runeword in an elite two-handed ethereal Polearm, preferably Thresher

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Magic Find Fire Wall Sorc Gear

Helm: Harlequin Crest Shako (Socket it with Ist rune)

Amulet: 40-50% Magic Find amulet

Weapon: Wizardspike / Heart of the Oak flail

Switch Weapon: 6*Ist Crystal Sword

Shield: Spirit Monarch
Switch Shield: 4*Ist Monarch

Body Armor: Skullder’s Ire socketed with Ist 

Belt: Upgraded Goldwrap

Rings: 2*Nagelring

Gloves: Upgraded Chance Guards
Boots: War Traveler

 

Charms: Fire Sunder charm, Annihilus, Hellfire torch, Gheed’s Fortune, Small Charms with 7% Magic find (and also @all resistances if possible)

Mercenary Gear

Helm:  Andariel’s Visage  / Crown of Thieves (preferably ethereal, socketed with Ral/Um rune)
Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude in an elite armor
Weapon:  Infinity runeword in an elite two-handed ethereal Polearm, preferably Thresher

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Hardcore Fire Wall Sorc Gear

Helm: Harlequin Crest Shako (Socket it with Um rune)

Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope or The Rising Sun

Weapon: Wizardspike / Heart of the Oak flail

Switch Weapon: Call to Arms Crystal Sword

Shield: Stormshield / Phoenix Monarch / Spirit Monarch
Switch Shield: Spirit Monarch

Body Armor: Chains of Honor /  Guardian Angel

Belt: Verdungo’s Hearty Cord / Thundergod’s Vigor

Rings: Dwarf Star, Wisp Projector

Gloves: Frostburn
Boots: 30% FRW triple resist rare boots, or Hotspur

 

Charms: Fire Sunder charm, Annihilus, Hellfire torch, Gheed’s Fortune, Small Charms with @all resistances, life, faster hit recovery, Fire Skillers (with +life, +FRW or +FHR optimally)

 

Mercenary Gear

Helm:  Andariel’s Visage  / Crown of Thieves (preferably ethereal, socketed with Ral/Um rune)
Body Armor: Ethereal Upgraded Guardian Angel
Weapon:  Insight runeword in an elite two-handed ethereal Polearm, preferably Thresher