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If you are curious about how much points you put into Telek, then perhaps you should just save your skill points until you have all your gear up and ready to go, so you have the option of dumping all twenty into it if you need to. What I suggest is you get into Hell Baal runs and use base value ES, with base telek. See if you really need the extra defense then put a couple in and continue the runs, if you find that you have good enough defense with a certian level teleK then I'd dump the remainder into a light synergy. This way you can find a comfortable zone of telek that isn't constantly draining you of mana, while being able to invest the maximum amount of skill points to up your damage with lightening. Basically what you are trying to do is balance your mana regen with ES drain, while taking into factor how easy you want to score kills. If your having no problem taking punishment at telek lvl 10, then there shouldn't be a reason to max it out.

As for equipment I heard that it is far more effective to go for items that -% of enemy's resistance then it is to add to lightening skill damage, becuase (correct me if I am wrong) The added % light damage is computed off base values of skills WITHOUT synergies or light mastery. So you have a tiny amount of damage added underneath the massive bonuses of Synergies, +skills, and light mastery. So it is far more effective to lower the resistance of enemies to your massive 40K+ light damage! Also keep in mind -% enemy resistance does not work towards breaking immunities. Thats what an infinity merc is for :)

As for FearMe's build... Don't do it man. Stick to the pure light sorc guide posted in the sticky. I know people will argue against me, but I think tstorm is a waste of points, even if you max it with mastery it's damage will never even touch that of a standard lightening bolt when properly synergized.

And on a final note I quit adding attribute points (str,dex,vit,nrgy) during NM baal runs, that way later on you can decide what is best for your character. If you find a decent shield that you want to try max block on you can, if you find that your mana regen isn't enough then you can add more points (higher mana pools yeild better regens obviously) Like most people you can pump up your vita. Strength however really shouldn't go above 100, I know some people get it to about 160 (I forget exact number) for stormshield, but really I think there are better choices.