Sorceress field guide

The Sorceress has the lowest life of any class, 80, and the most Energy, 35. She clears from range with one element at a time; Meteor and Blizzard are her strongest evolutions and both come at level 24.

SorceressClass

Fire, cold and lightning.

Life

80

Starting weapon

Staff

Where the damage is

Her strongest evolutions at max level, for a new hero without gear: Meteor, Blizzard, Chain Lightning.

Every Sorceress evolution, strongest first

	Name	Skill tree	Required level	DPS at max level	Evolves from	Evolves with
	Meteor	Fire Spells	24	1,209	Fire Ball	—
	Blizzard	Cold Spells	24	1,160	Glacial Spike	—
	Chain Lightning	Lightning Spells	18	800	Charged Bolt	—
	Fire Ball	Fire Spells	12	660	Fire Bolt	Enchant
	Glacial Spike	Cold Spells	18	436	Ice Blast	Replenish Life
	Frozen Orb	Cold Spells	30	432	Ice Bolt	—
	Thunder Storm	Lightning Spells	24	400	Nova	—
	Fire Wall	Fire Spells	18	86	Blaze	—
	Chilling Armor	Cold Spells	24	—	Shiver Armor	—
	Shiver Armor	Cold Spells	12	—	Frozen Armor	Cold Mastery

Planning a build

• Fire: Fire Bolt with Warmth becomes Fire Ball at 12, then Meteor at 24 with Enchant.
• Cold: Ice Blast with Faster Cast Rate becomes Glacial Spike at 18, then Blizzard at 24 with Replenish Life. Ice Bolt with Cold Mastery becomes Frozen Orb at 30.
• Lightning: Charged Bolt becomes Chain Lightning with Energy Shield, which opens at 24, and Nova becomes Thunder Storm at 30 with Lightning Mastery.
• Hydra (level 30) has no evolution, but Enchant doubles down on it: its bolts burn 80% harder.

Evolution lines

Each line takes the skill to its max level, holds the passive, and reaches the hero level; the next chest evolves it. A level marked with a passive is later than the evolved skill's own, because the passive opens later.

Staying alive

Energy Shield redirects damage into mana, up to 75% at rank 5; Energy, Warmth and Telekinesis support it. Frozen Armor freezes the attacker whose blow lands, while Shiver Armor and Chilling Armor add their own protection. On 80 base life, a Vitality card or two early is worth more than it looks.

Attributes

Energy is her damage stat: +5% to every element a card. Warmth and Faster Cast Rate both shorten her recharge.

Masteries and immunities

Fire Mastery, Cold Mastery and Lightning Mastery now lower the matching enemy resistance, rather than adding elemental damage. Each gives -9% at rank 1 and -29% at rank 5. Against an immune enemy the reduction applies at one fifth strength, so these masteries can help break immunity. Gear and Charsi's Pierce wares add more ways to lower resistance; plan these alongside your main element.

Passives

Sorceress passives

	Name	Skill tree	Required level	At max level
	Warmth	Fire Spells	1	Skills recharge 26% faster
	Enchant	Fire Spells	18	Your fire skills burn 40% harder, the Hydra's bolts 80%
	Energy Shield	Lightning Spells	24	Absorbs 75% of every hit with mana instead of life
	Cold Mastery	Cold Spells	30	-29% to Enemy Cold Resistance (a fifth of it if immune)
	Fire Mastery	Fire Spells	30	-29% to Enemy Fire Resistance (a fifth of it if immune)
	Lightning Mastery	Lightning Spells	30	-29% to Enemy Lightning Resistance (a fifth of it if immune)

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