I know, I was half joking
, although it certainly would help counter-act a bit of the dmg. I'm looking at 75% poison res with 150-175% PLR (current gear set up lands me at 155), 2 +1 sorc prayer rings, an insight merc with prayer rings, etc.
It's easy to get a huge mana pool and tank well (w/ maxed TK) if it weren't for Mana Burn mobs, so this is my main concern as an ES sorc on HC. I'm trying to find a balance where I will have a good life pool as well as mana, so even if I get Burnt I will still be able to take a few hits and run away or whatever. The problem here is that when considering taking dmg to my life bubble, now I need to also consider getting some DR/MDR, where as a pure ES build can ignore that. Luckily, Warmth gets 25 MDR at lvl 50, and Frozen Armor comes equipped with MDR & PDR- 25@lvl50 (based on the values Shantu put together in the excel sheet).
So now I'm in a situation where I want to put Rubies, Sapphires, AND Diamonds in my gear, and sockets are limited since I'll likely need to wear Andarials Visage for the 75% PLR.
I'm thinking of stat distribution like: 50 str/dex, 50 energy, the rest in vit. This should allow me enough str to use some decent gear, and will help my health pool to end up around 2-3k(with gear). Through having some pieces like caster boots, etc, getting a big mana pool shouldn't be too difficult.. What do you guys think?