Nuking Fire Sorc: End-Game Gear

[Dergan]

Hoping to get insight as to any must-have or super useful gear and/or effects for a nuking fire sorc at end-game. I would also take outright full gear layout suggestions.

I'm an experienced player but a bit removed from nuking builds. I know the obvious stuff like combustion, fire lore, universal spell power and lore, etc. The plan is to do multiple lives and r10s but not really raid much or at all other than to simply acquire the gear in the first place.



As of now I know of...

Arcane Augmentation IX
Alchemical Fire Attunement
Ooze/Ash/Salt


Thanks in advance!

 

[DBZ]

Magma Vecna rune arm or Legendary dragon armor with a Magewright set

And of course vecna had to use a cloak slot for the only good raid item to conflict

 

[Anurakh]

Magma Vecna rune arm or Legendary dragon armor with a Magewright set

And of course vecna had to use a cloak slot for the only good raid item to conflict

I think dripping with magma in that runearm only works with weapon hits, not in spellcasting. For spells i think is Leg dragon armor and that is it.

I love the flashing style of a pyromancer, but gear wise fire sorcs are much more neglected in design than the ice sorc which is currently meta.

 

[DBZ]

Every time i think about VEX they tick me off i thought the rune arm works so its useless too

 

[Anurakh]

For a few PLs I wouldn't go all out and give up something. If you're looking for optimized gear, it's hard on fire sorc, and I don't think it's worth it for a temporary build. But talking about best gear:

One option is elders+burning sands (requires Gomf with dual set-- good luck with that), leg dragon armor, two items for cha bonus and spell DC set (myth drannor or magewrith), and five dread curse items. This can only be achieved with the dual set, and it's super complicated to fit all the important stats for spellcasting.

Another option is leg dragon armor + elders (only one set) +hunt weapons + myth stuff. You want items from the new raid, especially the goggles. The spell crit chance solar gem (same bonus as burning sands or hunt weapons) is super rare, so I give up on it and hence the hunt weapons.

Equipping an ice sorc is much easier. Filigrees that give you a crit bonus instead of armor that destroys all your sets and makes gearing super complicated. If you forgo dragon armor, your gearing possibilities are simplified, but that armor helps a lot to a pyromancer's dps.


edit-- Since the nerf to epic strikes I'm not sure Arcane Augmentation IX does anything other than improve your spell penetration for non-damage spells.

 

[DBZ]

Elders sands fens and abishai works minus the heal amp you can live without heal amp elders and abishai gomf

The acid dot has a few sources to also easier to fit in

 

[Anurakh]

Every time i think about VEX they tick me off i thought the rune arm works so its useless too

Devs really need to give different names to the dripping with magma effect that only works on weapons and the one that works on spellcasting as well. It's super confusing.

 

[DBZ]

I just wish they'd fix the red dragon helm and legendary alchemical elemental augmentation to actually work

Be nice if you could SW them too

 

[PraetorPlato]

I think dripping with magma in that runearm only works with weapon hits, not in spellcasting. For spells i think is Leg dragon armor and that is it.

I love the flashing style of a pyromancer, but gear wise fire sorcs are much more neglected in design than the ice sorc which is currently meta.

It works on spells on the rune arm.

 

[Mindos]

Since the nerf to epic strikes I'm not sure Arcane Augmentation IX does anything other than improve your spell penetration for non-damage spells.

I don't think this was well thought out, especially as we see the failure of spells to even work when we have risen a few levels.

 

[Mindos]

I just wish they'd fix the red dragon helm and legendary alchemical elemental augmentation to actually work

Be nice if you could SW them too

How are they not working?

 

[DBZ]

They should add MCLS to your elemental spells just a tiny bit more dps to get back some of what we lost and this is all raid gear

But they do not after the update that shows us MCLs now i never tested the helm but my alchemicals did not

If they fix the red dragon helm then the magewright set and dragon armor set and the helm mcls ain't too bad

 

[Dergan]

Thank you everyone.

I see a lot of people recommending the dragon armor. I don't really see it? Does the Dripping With Magma proc off of spells even though it doesn't say that it does?

 

[Anurakh]

Does the Dripping With Magma proc off of spells even though it doesn't say that it does?

yes. Most of the items with dripping with magma only work with weapons, but the armor also works with spells.