This NEW SORCERESS is INSANE Diablo 2 Resurrected

Myrmexx: So what exactly is insane? This clickbait is insane rofl ...
GC_Rallo: Absorb only absorbs to your health pool, Energy Shield doesn't redirect absorb to your mana pool when it's active or anything. So the most important things are raising your ES skill for the dmg reduction, getting dmg reduction from gear, and getting the highest mana pool you possibly can(mana regen is nice as well but doesn't usually make the difference in a fight.)

Basically absorb is only kicking in once the shield is down, at which point you're basically fucked already, so it's not of much use to an ES sorc.
jamesseager8126: Meditation and cleansing syngrieze with prayer. No prayer no synergy
smalps-gaming: This has been done on the “immortal sorc”

It utilizes max ES and high MDR and PDR to almost completely mitigate incoming dmg.

Then uses dmg taken goes to mana to keep your ES up.

Because if you seen, when ES drops then you are done.

For example: uber mephisto’s charge bolts do 109 lightning dmg per bolt. ES will absorb 95% of that dmg, leaving only 5 dmg to come through. With MDR on viper magi for example, you will take that incoming dmg to 0. So even having -100 light res vs uber mephisto you would take no dmg to your life pool.

Your mana will take 75% of the 109 dmg.

So ES doesn’t just ignore res, it just comes later in the calculation.

ES will absorb first, then it checks MDR/PDR, then it will check your res. So it’s still important to have some res in some cases. And even more important if you don’t have a 95% absorb ES.

Also fun fact: if you are self wielding infinity, you can cast cyclone armor on it BEFORE you cast ES. Since ES and Cyclone are technically on the same level, the one that is cast later, will absorb dmg first. So part of your research institution should be to use ES with Cyclone Armor casted before es. The order will go ES > Cyclone Armor > MDR > Res.

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cschulz9865: Appreciate your loyalty to D2!
mikep509: Even after 20 years, still learning something about the game.... props...
adamtajhassam9188: if ur testing this on offline put a zod in those boots.
GC_Rallo: Iceboy gonna be playin that D2R : Reimagined mod? Tons of new shit in there bruv! Not as good as PD2 yet imo, but it's brand new and alot of it is still a work in progress, so I'mma let the dev cook before I say anything definitive
ryang4391: when it comes to an energy shield sorceress you need to worry more about physical damage reduction and magic damage reduction rather than absorb
8888disturbed: i have blizz sorc for trav back in the days and se was immortal there. build with shaft storm rising sun deaths phantom thunder god and CoA. she was immortal there
nickk47: ES does not take into account your % resist and % physical damage reduction.
Your mana takes the full damage hits. But, each point of mana takes 0.75 damage thanks to Telekenisis synergy,.

AFTER your mana absorbs the portion of damage this way, THEN your % resist and % physical damage reduction kicks in to reduce damage to your LIFE.
THEN, your flat MDR and PDR kicks in.

EDITED:
Lets give an example. You have: 50% fire res, 15 magic damage reduction, with a 90% absorb ES and maxed out telekenisis.
You take 200 fire damage.
Your mana takes a hit of 180 * 0.75 = 135 mana.
Your life takes a hit of 20, but you have 15 MDR so it becomes 5 damage to your life.
Then, you have 50% res, so you take 2.5 damage.

Moral of the story? Flat damage reductions like PDR and MDR are the best when it comes to ES sorcs. Resists dont matter nearly as much.