Decided to shelve my Hammerdin temporarily and level a Sorc until I am able to track down an Enigma later. I was able to get a +resist all 'Sacred Targe' for 'Spirit,' just sucks the FCR% roll on it sucks.
For Sorc players, what build did you all end up going with? Seems like Blizzard and 'Meteorb' builds are popular?
Blizzard sorc and meteorb are the most popular, yeah. Good safe builds that can farm certain areas and clear the game with some merc help and trash gear.
Once you get the gear you can do all sorts of builds: enchant/energy shield melee sorc, firewall, nova sorc, etc.
I never tried it but I do want to do a tri-elemental sorc next time (nova, firewall, frozen orb all do good damage. FO is the only one out of those that has a synergy (ice bolt). You would need a lot of +skills to get some real good killing speed though.
Penultimate is nova sorc with infinity probably. Only need one element and its gg. Lightning immunity is the only immunity of the big 3 that you can remove with conviction or lower resist. Lightning immune creatures usually cap out at a 120-140 resist: FI and CI monsters usually have values of 180+, making it near impossible to break the immunity. However, even a nova sorc is ideal for Chaos and Baal runs, and isnt the best at everything.
Sorceress is limited by the fact each skill tree is one element, so you will always run into something that will slow you down, even if you do 2 or even 3 elements. They more than make up for it with teleport, and by killing things that aren't immune to their element really really fast, making her one of the best classes that can be tailored to farm certain areas.