[3.20] Shock Nova

Sorc LFM cow level, got scion and Three Dragons.

A casual build for map clearing.
Will go in any league, just 3.20 has been generous to me on items.

The key is to make Shock Nova freeze, and then boost its radius past the edge of the screen. This build is for clearing maps.
Avoid maps with "monsters have a chance to avoid ailments".

At level 90 I'm running red maps with it.
140k Shock Nova, guaranteed freeze, elemental and conductivity curses.

Movement skill:
- Frost Blink

Main damage:
- Shock Nova. Note the middle runed zone of Shock Nova is guaranteed to shock and deals double damage.
As a 4-link: Nova, added lightning damage, faster cast, increased area of effect
As a 6-link: Nova, increased crit damage, increased crit chance, added lightning damage, faster cast, increased area of effect
- Orb of Storms with elemental curses.

Secondary damage:
- Herald of Ice while leveling. Later on its damage is dwarfed by Shock Nova.
- Spell Totem Lightning Tendrils. Also a great lightning spitting "decoy".

Defense:
- Herald of Purity, bare. 4 expendable minions to soak damage.
- Stone Golem
- also Lightning Golem once you got the Cruel Labyrinth done.

Class: Scion. 36% range from the inner Scion nodes.
Ascendance: Elementalist, Slayer. Double reflect immune, 30% range from Slayer, Culling Strike.

Gear:
Three Dragons (level 35) makes shocks into freeze instead. You need this item.
The more crit chance you ramp, the more the outer and inner zones of Shock Nova will freeze. It helps to survive, but it's not required.

Skill tree:
Get the AoE nodes from Scion, Templar, Witch. Once you got the merciless labyrinth done you can reroute and reconnect from the Witch starting point.
PoePlanner: Primarily the core nodes of Templar, Witch, Assassin

Miraculously since my post 2 days ago I had some appropriate gear drop.
- Carcas Jack
- Doedre's ring for easy cursing

I'm now doing rituals, the range on Shock Nova being the size of the ritual area.

pob link?

Ruthless Gold version. HC viable, but not easy:

https://pastebin.com/Z3wqCs36