Bear Sorceress Build (2024)

Last updated on Apr 28, 2022 at 12:00by MrLlamaSC1 comment

The Bear Sorceress Enchantress is one of the most unique builds in theentire game. By taking advantage of the Beast Runeword the Sorceress is able toturn into a Bear while Enchanting herself for large amounts of Fire Damage andusing Dream Runewords to gain Lightning Damage further increased by herLightning Mastery. Overall it is a very expensive build but when fully builtout is a ton of fun and can kill even the strongest of bosses in UberTristram.

The Bear Sorceress Enchantress is one of the most Unique builds in theentire game. By taking advantage of the Beast Runeword the Sorceress isable to turn into a Bear while Enchanting herself for large amounts of FireDamage and using Dream Runewords to gain Lightning Damage furtherincreased by her Lightning Mastery. Overall it is a very expensive buildbut when fully built out is a ton of fun and can kill even the strongest ofbosses in Uber Tristram.

The following section shows the default skill built for the Bear Sorceress.For a detailed breakdown of all core and optional skills as well as therecommended order for allocating skill points, refer to theSkills page of this guide.

1. 1 point to all prerequisites
2. 20 points to Enchant — main damage boost Skill, required
3. 20 points to Warmth — synergy for Enchant,required
4. 20 points to Fire Mastery — added damage for Enchant,required
5. 20 points to Lightning Mastery — added Lightning damage,required
6. 1 points to Teleport — invest immediately at level 18,required
7. 1 points to Static Field — invested at level 6, let therest of your plus skills increase its range, required
8. 1 points to Frozen Armor — useful for defensive purposes,required

Note that since Beast is only available from Level 63 onward,playing as a Bear Sorceress from the start of the game is not possible. For asmoother leveling experience, we recommend using a generic Sorceress build.Upon reaching Level 63 or higher you can Respec into this build. For moreinformation, refer to theEarly Leveling section of this guide.

You can read more details about the Stats and Attribute requirements forthis build on ourSkills page.

The following section shows some of the most important items for the BearSorceress. For a detailed per-slot breakdown of all Bear Sorceress Items andalternative builds, refer to the Gear page ofthis guide.

• Weapon: Orb with +5-6 Enchant skill bonus and socketed Rainbow Facet to pre-buff
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: 35% Faster Cast Rate Spirit Monarch Shield
• 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
• Boots: N/A
• Belt: Arachnid Mesh
• Ring 1: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
• Amulet: Amulet with +3 to Fire Skills
• Charm 1: Sorceress Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9x Fire Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 4: N/A

We also have a video guide that goes over the build, if you prefer thatinstead of or in addition to our written guide.

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.

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: Ethereal Infinity
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

1. 5 points to Charged Bolt
2. 1 point to Static Field at level 6
3. 6 points to Charged Bolt at levels 6-11
4. All points to Nova from levels 12-16
5. 1 point to Telekinesis at level 17
6. 1 point to Teleport at level 18
7. All remaining points to Nova
8. 1 point to Lightning Mastery at level 30

For more comprehensive leveling advice, please refer to our Sorceress Fastest Leveling Build.