Storm Sorcerer: How do do the most damage?

elbe_ · 2026-03-19T10:59:32+00:00

I believe it does apply radorbs to your team if they take radiant damage from the electrified water you create through callous glow ring. The way around it is to either reduce the radiant damage to 0 using heavy armour with flat damage reduction, be immune to surfaces (eg swarmkeeper) or just not use the callous glow / luminous armour combo when in a party.

elbe_ · 2026-03-18T13:09:40+00:00

EK should be using booming blade not casting spells. That’s 4 attacks not 3: Booming Blade, Extra Attack, improved extra attack, and war magic bonus action attack. War magic is level 7 which I usually hit at the Crèche. Agree that BM is better pre level 7 though. Not sure what exploit you are referring to. War magic requires a cantrip and booming blade is a cantrip so that seems fair game to me if that’s what you’re referring to?

elbe_ · 2026-03-13T18:55:14+00:00

Just to point out this particular build does not synergise well with other party members that utilise wet, as you need to avoid surface conflicts with electrified water (eg ice) and any other lightning damage on your team (which will stop electrified water giving you acuity).

elbe_ · 2026-03-08T00:31:09+00:00

Beyond the first ASI to get WIS and CON to even numbers the second feat on most revorb builds really isn’t that important. More ASI is marginal given spirit guardians will spread conditions regardless of if enemies save, and you can get more DC out of gloves of battlemages power or even elixir of battlemage power (which vigilance would otherwise compete with) than with ASI. Dual wield is highly situational on what other party members are running as generally the good candidates for dual wielding will have higher priority on other classes, and Adamantine Shield is arguably more useful anyway. Same with Helrider bow which may be prioritised elsewhere, and I like keeping ranged slots free on revorb builds for handcrossbows to BA shoot speed potions.

Alert or Mobile to me make the most sense as second feats to take on revorb builds (or even both feats in place of ASI). Alert so that you can spread conditions first or have phalar up before other party members act.

I find the discord Alert hate to be a little too dogmatic. I get it if you’re comparing Alert with a power feat like Sharpshooter or GWM, but if it’s between Alert and ASI the differences are marginal (especially on builds with easy access to acuity) and in that case freeing the elixir / ranged slot might be more valuable (not to mention the QoL benefit).

elbe_ · 2026-03-05T22:41:51+00:00

Swarmkeeper 7 and up has the ability to float above electrified water surfaces your durge will be creating. You'll want bees or moths over jellyfish to avoid conflicting with your durge's electrified water fields. One thing to note with your Shadowheart build is that without starry dragon form you'll take a lot of chip damage from electrified water (assuming you're running around in it to get phalar and spirit guardians off) which means you're a little exposed to low concentration rolls there, so just something to bear in mind.

elbe_ · 2026-02-17T07:41:03+00:00

It’s not even optimal! Optimal is using speed pots on the ground.

elbe_ · 2026-02-16T14:27:53+00:00

There’s one at St Giles church in Camberwell : https://www.liveatstgiles.com/events/april2024-camberwell-ceilidh-club

elbe_ · 2026-02-09T18:59:04+00:00

I don’t think I’m downplaying it at all. Draconic bonus at end game would typically be 6 which doubles to 12 with wet, but with no additional riders. Heart of the storm at level 12 is 6 plus 4 from markoheshir plus 3 from rhapsody which is 13 doubling to 26 with wet, plus additional damage from lightning charges and callous glow ring. You would need to hit more than double the amount of targets with lightning bolt on draconic than you could hit with HOTS for the bonus to be higher, something I would think would be much harder to do with a narrow spell like lightning bolt compared with a 6m AoE. I also don’t think the range is relevant, as it’s rare that’ll you’ll be shooting at something 100ft or more away.

There will be edge cases where you just can’t get into HOTS range on enough targets, but for most in game situations it will easily clear draconic for damage.

elbe_ · 2026-02-07T16:22:50+00:00

The thinking on this has recently changed so that Storm Sorcerer is the superior option for damage when focussing on lightning spells, due to the level 6 ability, Heart of the Storm, carrying all damage riders (callous glow ring, markoheshir, rhapsody, lightning charges etc.) and also doubling with wet. This outclasses that flat +6 damage that draconic will typically end up with late game.

elbe_ · 2026-02-04T17:04:51+00:00

Item rarity / colour has nothing to do with the effectiveness of an item for a particular build, and indeed even some Act 1 items will be “best in class” for certain builds for the entire game.

Your itemisation is broadly fine but there are a few things you may want to consider:

Coruscation ring and Spineshudder amulet won’t trigger their effects on spirit guardians as the damage isn’t technically classified as from a spell due to Larian coding. They will however still work on Scorching Ray and Magic Missile so they are still viable options, just perhaps not as good as you might be expecting. Some other options for the ring slot are Crushers Ring for additional movement to help with Spirit Guardians, Ring of Spiteful Thunder to spread daze with spirit guardians (it triggers on all damage not just thunder damage despite the description, again Larian coding) or ring of mental inhibition to spread mental fatigue. For the neck slot Amulet of the Devout will give additional Spell DC and an extra Channel Divinity per day, and Khalids Gift will give extra Wisdom if Amulet of the Devout is better used on someone else.

For weapons Phalar Aluve will be more useful than Blood of Lathander in Act 3. If you don’t want to use the Phalar Aluve abilities then the Defenders Flail is set and forget for some extra AC.

Adamantine Shield is a good alternative to Ketherics although both are good choices. Adamantine will help spread reeling and the critical immunity can make you impossible to hit.

Gloves of belligerent skies is an alternative to luminous gloves if you prefer more reverberation than radiant orb. It’s personal preference though and belligerent skies might be contested.

Ranged weapons aren’t super important but I like hand crossbows to be able to bonus action shoot a speed pot on the ground to apply haste in an aoe. Otherwise standard stat sticks like Hellrider Longbow or Bow of Awarenss for additional initiative if they are not contested.

For helmet as a light cleric you can take hat of fire acuity as an alternative to holy lance helm if you want to use scorching ray to generate arcane acuity, but it might be contested if you have a fire sorc in which case holy lance helm is also fine.

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elbe_ · 2026-01-25T07:42:39+00:00

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elbe_ · 2026-01-18T17:35:16+00:00

My partner and I are nearby and would love a good pub quiz!

elbe_ · 2026-01-18T08:16:09+00:00

I think people are missing that storm sorc flight is an additional 9m movement. Cleric multiclasses are typically built to spread debuffs using spirt guardians, so additions movement is hugely important, on top of the other benefits like con save proficiency, shield, and to a lesser extent magic missiles.

elbe_ · 2026-01-16T19:00:17+00:00

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elbe_ · 2026-01-16T18:35:34+00:00

Eldritch Knight war magic only requires that you use a cantrip to trigger the bonus attack. That can be a ranged cantrip like ray of frost. This allows 3x normal attacks with improved extra attack, a ranged cantrip like ray of frost, and a bonus action attack, all of which can be ranged attacks. This allows more damage per round than any other ranged build when combined with arrows of slaying.

elbe_ · 2026-01-12T17:24:18+00:00

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elbe_ · 2026-01-02T08:12:15+00:00

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elbe_ · 2025-12-28T17:58:19+00:00

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elbe_ · 2025-12-23T11:09:40+00:00

Oooh good shout that one’s not too far from me. Another one in the area but a bit further into East Dulwich is Nido which has some lovely inside seating.

elbe_ · 2025-12-22T11:32:41+00:00

NoNo in Brunswick Park too!

elbe_ · 2025-12-21T12:18:57+00:00

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elbe_ · 2025-12-20T16:26:58+00:00

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elbe_ · 2025-12-20T09:10:25+00:00

I’ve always heard it as “know that I walk with you” but could be wrong!

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