Best Sorcerer builds in Diablo 4

This is the best way to cheese bosses and kill mobs.

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Diablo 4 is out now, and the Sorcerer class is the perfect fit for players who prefer long-ranged characters. But with an extensive skill tree and build customization options, many Diablo 4 Sorcerer players are on the lookout for the best build. That’s where we come in.

One of the best things about Diablo 4 classes is that you can highly customize your character’s abilities to suit your playstyle or preferences. This means there are a ton of different paths for you to follow when building your character.

Here are two of our favorite builds for Sorcerers in Diablo 4.

Diablo 4 Ice Shard Sorcerer build and leveling guide

This ice-and-fire build maximizes damage dealt when enemies are frozen and is a terrific build for solo leveling, providing plenty of crowd control and damage.

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By chilling your enemies with the basic Frost Bolt attack, both Frost Bolt and Ice Shards become so much more powerful and freeze enemies in place so you can really hit them with powerful fire abilities.

Basic skill: Frost Bolt

Enhanced Frost Bolt Flickering Frost Bolt This basic ability set will chill enemies, freeze them, make them vulnerable, and even make them explode.

Core skill: Ice Shards

Enhanced Ice Shards Destructive Ice Shards The added ricochet potential and vulnerability benefits make Ice Shards extra viable.

Defensive skill: Frost Nova

Enhanced Frost Nova Shimmering Frost Nova A quick freeze option that also replenishes mana per enemy hit.

Conjuration skill: Hydra

Enhanced Hydra Summoned Hydra This ability is a lifesaver and a fun way to cheese dungeon bosses. Plop the Hydra down in the center of the room, or in the center of a pile of enemies. With the enemies chilled or frozen or vulnerable, or all of those, the Hydra will have plenty of damage to deal out.

Mastery skill: Meteor

Enhanced Meteor Mage’s Meteor This is one of the best AoE abilities, as it strikes a large area and does burn damage. And if you hit three or more enemies, there’s a chance another meteor will fall. Use this to punish frozen enemies that can’t move.

Ultimate skill: Deep Freeze

Prime Deep Freeze Supreme Deep Freeze With this ultimate, you can encase yourself in ice and become invulnerable for four seconds. And enemies around you get cold damage and can potentially freeze, which can be game-changing in certain situations. 

Ice Shard Sorcerer build skill point assignments

Follow the table below to build the Ice Shard Sorcerer after acquiring more skill points.

Best Ice Shard Sorcerer aspects, gems, and enhancements

Aspects go a long way toward maximizing the build. Here are some ideal ones:

Aspect of Piercing Cold – Ice Shards pierce three times, dealing 25 percent less damage on each subsequent hit. Aspect of the Expectant – Attacking enemies with a Basic skill increases the damage of your next Core skill cast by five percent, up to 30 percent. Aspect of Biting Cold – When you freeze an enemy there is a 25 percent chance they become vulnerable.

These are your ideal gems for the Ice Shard Sorcerer build:

Topaz (Weapon): Increases Basic skill damage Ruby (Armor): Increases max life Diamond (Jewelry): Increases resistance to all elements

The best enhancement for this build is the Frost Nova enhancement, which gives Conjuration skills like Hydra a 30 percent chance to instantly cast Frost Nova. As long as you keep Hydra active, these extra Frost Nova casts will go a long way.

Diablo 4 Arc Lash Sorcerer build and leveling guide

Feeling electric? This build based on Arc Lash and other lightning-based abilities maximizes critical hits and chaining damage across multiple enemies. In this build, we’re going to skip on a Mastery active skill.

Basic skill: Arc Lash

Enhanced Arc Lash Glinting Arc Lash Maximized for stuns and additional swipes after critical strikes.

Core skill: Chain Lightning

Enhanced Chain Lightning Greater Chain Lightning Extra bounces mean more damage and more critical strike opportunities.

Defensive skill: Teleport

Enhanced Teleport Shimmering Teleport Transform into lightning and become unstoppable, then deal damage when the teleport ends and earn damage reduction.

Defensive skill: Ice Armor

Enhanced Ice Armor Mystical Ice Armor Form a barrier of ice that absorbs damage, while regenerating mana to fire off more Chain Ligthtning.

Conjuration skill: Lightning Spear

Enhanced Lightning Spear Invoked Lightning Spear More damage and more critical strike opportunities, plus stuns on critical strikes.

Ultimate skill: Unstable Currents

Prime Unstable Currents Supreme Unstable Currents With this ultimate, either Chain Lightning or Lightning Spear will be cast randomly. The upgrades also increase attack speed and cause Crackling Energy.

Arc Lash Sorcerer build skill point assignments

Follow the table below to build the Arc Lash Sorcerer after acquiring more skill points.

Best Arc Lash Sorcerer aspects, gems, and enhancements

Here are some ideal aspects to use with the Arc Lash build:

Aspect of the Expectant – Attacking enemies with a Basic skill increases the damage of your next Core skill cast by five percent, up to 30 percent. Aspect of Retribution – Distant enemies have a chance to be stunned. Deal increased damage to stunned enemies. Aspect of the Bounding Conduit – Gain increased movement speed after using Teleport.

These are your ideal gems for the Arc Lash Sorcerer build:

Topaz (Weapon): Increases Basic skill damage Ruby (Armor): Increases max life Diamond (Jewelry): Increases resistance to all elements

The best enhancement for this build is the Arc Lash skill enhancement, which stuns enemies around you for half a second when you use a cooldown.

Ultimately, the final decision is yours on what skill to pick, but it’s nice to have a reference for building any current or future classes. Happy grinding.

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