Enlightenment is a rune word that can be done with body armor. The highest Rune required is a Pul, which falls under the Semi Rare Rune category, making it relatively inexpensive compared to other Runewords. The +2 to Sorceress skill levels makes this armor more suitable for Sorceresses, as other classes may find this armor disappointing due to its lack of good mods.

Requirements:

3 plug body armor

Runes (in order): Pul + Ral + Sol

The stats:

Level Requirement: 45

5% chance to cast level 15 Blaze when hit

5% chance to cast level 15 fireball on hit

+2 to sorceress skill levels

+1TB of heat

+30% Enhanced Defense

Fire resistance +30%

Damage reduced by 7

5% chance to cast level 15 Blaze when hit

Blaze is a fire skill that comes from the sorceress’ fire spell skill tree. Leave a wall of blazing fire wherever you move for a short period of time.

A level 15 Blaze deals 182-201 fire damage and lasts 18.6 seconds.

5% chance to cast level 15 fireball on hit

Fireball is a Fire Skill that comes from the Sorceress Fire Spell Skill Tree. Create a ball of fire that flies towards the intended target and explodes on impact, dealing Fire damage to any creature within 1 meter.

A level 15 fireball deals 150-175 fire damage.

This mod may seem useful, but its conditional trigger is On Hit, which means the caster 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 long-range spells, without getting involved in the heat of battle.

The only Sorceress build that would find this mod useful is the Sorceress, a Sorceress who uses the Enchant spell to imbue her weapon with heavy Fire damage and gets into melee to dish out death and destruction with her enchanted weapon.

+2 to sorceress skill levels

Without this mod, Enlightenment wouldn’t even be considered a viable option for a Sorceress.

+1TB of heat

Warmth is a fire skill from the sorceress’ fire spell skill tree. Increases mana recovery rate and is very useful for witches, who tend to spend their mana quickly compared to other classes.

Fire resistance +30

Resistance boosts are always nice, but Enlightenment only offers a fire resistance boost, meaning the caster using it would need to bolster her other resistances by using other gear that provides better resistance coverage.

Summary:

Enlightenment is a good armor choice for sorceresses, due to its +2 to sorcerer skill levels and +1 to warmth. However, it is missing one thing that all sorceresses need to be competitive in the game: the Faster Cast Rate mod. Witches destroy enemies primarily by casting spells (with the possible exception of the Sorceress mentioned above); the faster they can cast their spells, the more enemies they can kill in a given amount of time. Because of this, many players consider Enlightenment to be “sort of” armor; Skin of the Vipermagi is a better alternative if you can find one. Sure, it may only have +1 to all abilities (compared to +2 for Enlightenment), but it has a 30% faster cast rate and offers a boost to all resistances (not just fire). A decent Vipermagi isn’t that hard to find with some dedicated Magic Find Runs, and is probably easier to find or trade compared to the Pul rune needed for Enlightenment.