In Path of Exile 2, Sorceress is a class that focuses on elemental damage, manipulating the three elements of fire, ice, and lightning to cause devastating blows to the enemy. As one of the 12 classes that will be released soon on the release date of Path of Exile 2, she can weaken the enemy and deal a lot of damage through these powerful spells.
For players who like spell-based builds, Sorceress is undoubtedly an excellent choice. Next, this guide will take you to look at her abilities, ascendancies.
Sorceress Overview
Sorceress is designed as a class that focuses on elemental magic damage, which differs from PoE 2 Witch. Although both are good at using spells to attack, Sorceress here focuses more on causing devastating blows through various elements instead of relying on summoned creatures to assist in combat.
As an intelligence-based class, Sorceress can learn and master skills that can cause elemental destruction. These skills are not limited to the default melee attack and mods, and players can change the types of spells that Sorceress can cast and their effects by equipping different types of staffs with POE2 Currency.
Lacking effective means of defense, Sorceress cannot withstand damage like melee-style characters, making her particularly vulnerable when fighting against powerful enemies. She can only use the staff to reduce the enemy’s elemental resistance and enhance her own elemental damage.
But there are spells that can help her fight, such as Arctic Armor. In addition, there are different upgrades depending on how you plan to build the class like a subclass:
- Stormweaver: After becoming an elemental master, the casting speed is significantly improved, the attack is more fierce, and the ability to cool and deter enemies on a large scale. As a master of elemental magic, Stormweaver can summon devastating Elemental Storms to cause tremendous damage to the enemy. These Elemental Storms are not only powerful but also have a wide range, capable of creating chaos and destruction on the battlefield.
- Chronomancer: Using powerful temporal magic, you can reset your own skill cooldowns, so that you can release powerful skills more frequently. Additionally, Chronomancer can slow down enemies and even freeze time to create a favorable combat environment.
Sorceress Skills
While Sorceress is relatively fragile in Path of Exile 2, her caster weapon has been modified to flexibly switch between unique elements, allowing her to cope with a variety of combat situations. Sorceress has the following series of AoE, single-target, and buff skills suitable for her passives:
- Spark: A bolt of lightning shoots from one wall to another, perfect for narrow corridors, causing chain damage to multiple enemies.
- Arc: Fires a powerful arc of lightning at the enemy, perfect for single-target, causing high damage.
- Ice Nova: Releases a stream of cold air around itself, hitting nearby enemies and slowing them down, increasing the control effect.
- Arctic Armor: An icy armor that gradually accumulates when Sorceress stands still, causing enemies to take cold damage if attacked.
- Frost Bomb: Places a bomb on the ground, reducing the enemy’s resistance to cold.
- Comet: Consumes a lot of manas and takes a long time to cast. During the casting process, it will cause a lot of damage to enemies in the range and cause the character to retreat, creating distance.
- Mana Tempest: Creates a circle of power in which Sorceress suspends and continuously consumes mana, enhancing all spells to cause further damage.
- Frost Wall: Places a shattering ice wall to block enemy attacks or change the terrain of the battlefield.
Best Sorceress Build
When building a Sorceress, it is particularly important to make full use of the improved weapon swap. Compared to PoE, changing weapons is now smoother, and although it will take a little time, this switching is worth it in order to adapt to different combat situations and maximize elemental damage output.
In Path of Exile 2 co-op, Sorceress’s ice powers seem to be the most versatile and practical. Although the situation in the game and the monsters encountered may require you to adjust your equipment to meet unique challenges, ice powers can complement other classes well.
Since Sorceress itself has poor defense, especially when facing numerous enemies, Arctic Armor is particularly important. It can provide additional defense to help you resist attacks and repel enemies.
Frost Bomb can effectively reduce the cold resistance of enemies. Comet is a powerful teleportation and attack combo skill. When you cast this skill, you will teleport yourself a distance backwards and cause an icy blow to all enemies in the path.
In PoE 2, each staff has a spell that can be used without consuming any resources. If you start with a staff with a fireball as the default skill, you may find more advanced weapons as the game progresses, such as the Unleash staff, which allows your next spell to be repeated three times.
In addition, witches also face the problem of limited Spirit. Therefore, it is particularly important to arrange the equipment properly. Besides carrying a powerful staff for main combat in the main hand, you can also consider equipping some auxiliary scepters in the off-hand position to help restore the status or provide additional protection.
Installing the right modules can also significantly improve the performance of some key skills, such as Arctic Armor mentioned above.
In short, exploring and optimizing the various builds of Sorceress will undoubtedly bring great fun and satisfaction to players.
