Last updated on Feb 16, 2023 at 08:00by MrLlamaSC1 comment
The Enchantress can be used in a variety of ways, including enchanting yourparty members for overall party damage boosts, enchanting a Mercenary so he canbring Fire damage while your character does Cold or Lightning damage, orenchanting herself to become a Zealot utilizing the Passion Runeword. It is notan extremely common build, but it can be very strong and a fun twist to theSorceress when specced appropriately.
1.
Introduction
The Enchantress can be built and used in a variety of ways. From helping lowlevel characters gain massive Fire damage to progress through the game toenchanting herself and Zealing through the Chaos Sanctuary, there is a largevariety of builds stemming from this one Skill. Check out your next team'scomposition when playing with some friends and maybe you will find a spot for Enchant to shine.
You can check the viability of this build in PvM by consulting our PvM Tier List.
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Enchantress Sorceress Skill Build
The following section shows the core skills for the Enchantress. For adetailed breakdown of all core and optional skills as well as the recommendedorder for allocating skill points, refer to theSkills page of this guide.
Enchantress Sorceress Skills and Stats
- 1 point to all prerequisites
- 20 points to Enchant — main damage boost Skill, required
- 20 points to Warmth — synergy for Enchant,required
- 20 points to Fire Mastery — added damage for Enchant,required
- 1 point to Teleport — invest immediately at level 18,required
- 1 point to Static Field — invested at level 6, let therest of your plus skills increase its range, required
- 1 point to Frozen Armor — useful for defensive purposes,required
Note that since Enchant is only available from level 18 onward,playing as an Avenger from the start of the game is not possible. For asmoother leveling experience, we recommend using a generic Sorceress build.Upon reaching level 18, you can respec into using Enchant or can waituntil finding solid gear. For more information, refer to the Early Leveling section of thisguide.
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Enchantress Sorceress Stat Points and Attributes
Strength | Dexterity | Vitality | Energy |
Enough for Gear | Enough for Gear | Everything Else | None |
You can read more details about the Stats and Attribute requirements forthis build on ourSkills page.
4.
Enchantress Sorceress Gear
The following section shows some of the most important items for theEnchantress. For a detailed per-slot breakdown of all Enchantress items andalternative builds, refer to the Gear page ofthis guide.
Enchantress Sorceress Gear and Mercenary
- Weapon: Orb with +5-6 Enchant skill bonus and socketed Rainbow Facet to pre-buff, Passion for Zeal
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: 35% Faster Cast Rate Spirit Monarch Shield,Phoenix
- Body Armor: Ormus' Robes with Enchant skill bonus and socketed Rainbow Facets
- Helm: Circlet with +3 to Fire Skills and socketed with Rainbow Facets
- Gloves: Magefist, Laying of Hands
- Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Treks
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
- Amulet: Amulet with +3 to Fire Skills for Pre-buff, Mara's Kaleidoscope
- Charm 1: Sorceress Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 8x Skiller Grand Charms w/ Life or Faster Hit Recovery to reach the86% or 142% Faster Hit Recovery breakpoint
- Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster HitRecovery depending on needs
- Charm 5: 1x Fire Sunder Charm
We also have a video guide that goes over the build, if you prefer thatinstead of or in addition to our written guide.
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Enchantress Sorceress Breakpoints
In Diablo 2, stats that affect action speed (known as frames) forattacking, casting, blocking, and recovering from a hit can almost never betaken literally. For example, gaining 10% Increased Attack Speed from an itemwill not necessarily translate into 10% faster attacks. To achieve fasteractions, certain breakpoints must be reached, which vary for every class. Thetables below list how much of a given stat is required to actually improve theaction speed of the class for the stated action.
6.1.
Faster Hit Recovery Breakpoints
Faster Hit Recovery Breakpoints | |||||||||||
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Frames to perform action | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Faster Hit Recovery required to reach frame | 0% | 5% | 9% | 14% | 20% | 30% | 42% | 60% | 86% | 142% | 280% |
6.2.
Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints
Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints | |||||||
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Frames to perform action | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Faster Cast Rate required to reach frame | 0% | 9% | 20% | 37% | 63% | 105% | 200% |
6.3.
Faster Block Rate Breakpoints
Faster Block Rate Breakpoints | |||||||
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Frames to perform action | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Faster Block Rate required to reach frame | 0% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 48% | 86% | 200% |
7.
Enchantress Sorceress Mercenary
You can either choose a Defensive ( Holy Freeze) or Offensive( Might) Act 2 Nightmare Mercenary here depending on if you want aslower pace and safety or damage.
- Weapon: The Reaper's Toll
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
8.
Enchantress Sorceress Early Leveling
Here is an easier leveling progression to get to level 18 or further beforeyou will respec.
- 5 points to Charged Bolt
- 1 point to Static Field at level 6
- 6 points to Charged Bolt at levels 6-11
- All points to Nova from levels 12-16
- 1 point to Telekinesis at level 17
- 1 point to Teleport at level 18
- All remaining points to Nova
- Respec when ready to become an Enchantress
For more comprehensive leveling advice, please refer to our Sorceress Fastest Leveling Build.
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Changelog
- 16 Feb. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 2.6.
- 28 Apr. 2022 (skills page): Updated for Patch 2.4.
- 28 Apr. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 2.4.
- 30 Sep. 2021 (this page): Added video guide embed.
- 21 Sep. 2021 (gear page): Page added.
- 21 Sep. 2021 (skills page): Page added.
- 21 Sep. 2021 (this page): Build added.
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