Take on a Low Level Duel With the Enlightenment Runeword for Your Dueling Sorceress in Diablo 2
Enlightenment is a Runeword that can be made in body armor. The highest Rune required is a Pul, which falls within the semi Rare Rune category, so it is relatively inexpensive compared to other Runewords. The +2 to Sorceress Skill Levels makes this armor best suited for Sorceresses, as other classes might find this armor underwhelming due to its lack of good mods.
Requirements:
3 Socket Body Armor
Runes (in order): Pul + Ral + Sol
The Stats:
Level Requirement: 45
5% Chance To Cast Level 15 Blaze When Struck
5% Chance To Cast level 15 Fire Ball On Striking
+2 To Sorceress Skill Levels
+1 To Warmth
+30% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +30%
Damage Reduced By 7
5% Chance To Cast Level 15 Blaze When Struck
Blaze is a Fire Skill that comes from the Sorceress’ Fire Spells Skill Tree. It leaves a blazing wall of fire wherever you move for a small period of time.
A Level 15 Blaze does 182-201 Fire damage and lasts for 18.6 seconds.
5% Chance To Cast level 15 Fire Ball On Striking
Fire Ball is a Fire Skill that comes from the Sorceress’ Fire Spells Skill Tree. It creates a fireball that flies to the intended target and explodes on impact, dealing Fire damage to any creature within a 1 yard radius.
A Level 15 Fire Ball does 150-175 Fire damage.
This mod might appear useful, but its triggering conditional is On Striking, which means that the Sorceress in question would have to be in melee for this trigger. Almost all Sorceress builds are casters and require them to be as far away from the enemy as possible, casting spells from long range, not involved in the thick of battle.
The one Sorceress build that would find this mod useful, is the Enchantress, a Sorceress who uses the Enchant spell to imbue her weapon with huge Fire damage and wades into melee to dish out death and destruction with her enchanted weapon.
+2 To Sorceress Skill Levels
Without this mod on, Enlightenment would not even be considered as a viable option for a Sorceress.
+1 To Warmth
Warmth is a Fire Skill from the Sorceress’ Fire Spells Skill Tree. It boosts Mana Recovery Rate and is very helpful for Sorceresses, who tend to use up their Mana quickly compared to other classes.
Fire Resist +30
Boosts to Resistances are always nice, but Enlightenment only offers a boost to Fire Resistance, meaning the Sorceress who was wearing it would need to shore up her other Resistances by wearing other equipment that provide better Resistance coverage.
Summary:
Enlightenment is a good armor choice for Sorceresses, due to its +2 To Sorceress Skill Levels and +1 To Warmth. However, it lacks one thing that all Sorceresses need to be competitive in the game: the Faster Cast Rate mod. Sorceresses destroy enemies mainly by casting spells (with the possible exception of the Enchantress mentioned earlier); the faster they can cast their spells, the more enemies they can kill within any given period of time. Due to this, many players consider Enlightenment a “so-so” armor; Skin of the Vipermagi is a better alternative if you can find one. Sure, it might only have +1 To All Skills (compared to Enlightenment’s +2), but it does have 30% Faster Cast Rate and offers a boost to All Resistances (not just Fire). A decent Vipermagi isn’t that hard to find with a bit of dedicated Magic Find Runs, and is probably easier to find or trade for compared to the Pul rune needed for Enlightenment.
