The Sorcerer is one of the most popular classes in the Diablo franchise. Check out the latest Diablo 4 Sorcerer Builds Guide.
Previously going by the name Wizard, this class is both beginner-friendly and extremely powerful, especially when players synchronize their build correctly. There are three distinct routes that players can take their Sorcerer builds in Diablo 4 if they’re looking to maximize how much damage they can do. Those routes would be a Frost, Lightning, and Fire Sorcerer.
Today, we will be offering up the best build for each one of these routes for the Sorcerer. This will include the best skills to use as well as what passives and enchantments you should use. It will not include any particular Legendary Aspects, but you can find our picks for the best Sorcerer Aspects in a previous guide.
Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer Builds
You can choose a build that is a good all-rounder for the Sorcerer. This will include skills from the different elements. However, skills of the same type damage work well together. Frost Sorcerers have the ability to freeze enemies, and then explode them while they are frozen. This will deal even more damage on surrounding enemies. Lightning Sorcerers create chain reactions across the entire battlefield.
We will outline the skills and enchantments that you can use to create the different Sorcerer Builds in Diablo 4 below.
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Frost Sorcerer
It’s what we used personally during our Diablo 4 early access, and it was a lot of fun and rewarding. This build is based on making enemies vulnerable by freezing them.
Fireball, one of our skills and enchantments, is not frost-based. It’s for the best of the build because the skill/enchantment causes enemies to explode when they die. It allows you to do a lot of damage when an enemy is frozen. The explosion of one enemy will cause a reaction in all the other frozen enemies. It is also an excellent skill for starting a battle or freezing enemies.
Active skills
- Frost Bolt: Enhanced – Flickering
- Ice Shards: Enhanced – Destructive
- Fireball: Enhanced – Destructive
- Frost Nova: Enhanced – Mystical
- Blizzard: Enhanced – Mage’s Blizzard
- Deep Freeze: Prime – Supreme
Passive skills
- Avalanche
- Glass Cannon
- Icy Veil
- Align the Elements
- Protection
- Snap Freeze
- Inner Flames
- Permafrost
- Hoarfrost
- Icy Touch
- Frigid Breeze
Enchantments
- Fireball
- Ice Shards
Lightning Sorcerer
The Lightning Sorcerer does not have the same power as the Diablo 4 Beta, but players can still make the best of this character with the proper skills and gear. The Lightning Sorcerer’s main focus is the Chain Lightning and Crackling Energy. It allows you to damage enemies that are not in your sights, which makes fights easier.
We’ll substitute another element for some of the weaker lightning skills in the tree.
Active skills
- Spark: Enhanced – Flickering
- Chain Lightning: Enhanced – Destructive
- Frost Nova: Enhanced – Mystical
- Teleport: Enhanced – Mystical
- Lightning Spear: Enhanced – Summoned
- Unstable Currents: Prime – Supreme
Passive skills
- Overflowing Energy
- Glass Cannon
- Devastation
- Elemental Dominance
- Static Discharge
- Invigorating Conduit
- Coursing Currents
- Electrocution
- Convulsions
- Conduction
Enchantments
- Spark
- Lightning Spear
- (Fireball is also a great pick as it makes any killed enemy explode)
Fire Sorcerer
Now we have come to what we believe to be the weakest of the Sorcerer builds, as the developers nerfed some of its key skills after the Diablo 4 beta. However, Fire Sorcerers can still be lethal in Sanctuary, they’ll just need to craft their build carefully and get some luck with their gear.
As with the other builds, we won’t just go with all fire skills and enchantments. However, we will be focusing on making enemies burn and staying relatively close to enemies while fighting so that the burning can take real effect.
Active skills
- Fire Bolt: Enhanced – Flickering
- Fireball: Enhanced – Greater
- Teleport: Enhanced – Shimmering
- Hydra: Enhanced – Summoned
- Firewall: Enhanced – Mage’s Firewall
- Inferno: Prime – Supreme
Passive skills
- Combustion
- Potent Warding
- Elemental Attunement
- Glass Cannon
- Conjuration Mastery
- Inner Flames
- Devouring Blaze
- Crippling Flames
- Fiery Surge
- Endless Pyre
- Soulfire
- Warmth
Enchantments
- Fireball
- Hydra
- (Firewall also works great if you don’t like the production of Hydra)
