Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer builds for leveling, endgame & PvP in Season 3
Blizzard EntertainmentThe Diablo 4 Sorcerer class provides players with lots of exciting magical spells to throw at enemies. Here’s a full rundown of the best Sorcerer builds to use in the game during Season 3.
The Diablo 4 Sorcerer is a spell-slinging powerhouse in the right hands, blasting enemies from afar with a range of destructive elemental powers. However, making sure you have the best possible Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 is crucial to survival in both PvE and PvP. While the savage Barbarian or nefarious Necromancer will be enough to tempt many players, it’s hard to overlook the outrageous power of a Sorcerer, especially during Season 3 of Diablo 4.
The class can become a whirlwind of magic and mystique when wielding strong elemental magic using the right build. The Sorcerer is the classic caster class of Diablo 4, returning from Diablo 1 and 2 while being largely interchangeable with the Wizard class in Diablo 3 and Immortal. Here are the best Sorcerer builds in Diablo 4 for PvE leveling and endgame, as well as PvP during Season 3.
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Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer build for leveling
Diablo 4’s Sorcerer has a ton of incredible builds to use in the current Season 2 meta but we found that the Chain Lightning Sorcerer is the best leveling build right now. Fans of early Diablo games will recognize this build, as it’s a popular one that has returned in various forms throughout the series. Here’s how to assemble it.
To create the Chain Lightning Sorcerer build, we’re going to focus on the lightning element and mostly forsake the others. This way we’ll invest all our points into that and make it as powerful as it can be – rather than being a Jack of all trades/elements.
To summarize the best Sorcerer leveling build in Diablo 4, here it is in table form:
Level | Skill |
2 | Arc Lash |
3 | Enhanced Ark Lash |
4 | Chain Lightning |
5 | Enhanced Chain Lightning |
6 | Greater Chain Lightning |
7 | Flickering Arc Lash |
8 | Teleport |
9 | Ice Armor |
10 | Frost Nova |
11 | Chain Lightning |
12 | Chain Lightning |
13 | Chain Lightning |
14 | Chain Lightning |
15 | Chain Lightning – First Enchantment Slot |
16 | Arc Lash |
17 | Arc Lash |
18 | Arc Lash |
19 | Enhanced Frost Nova |
20 | Mystical Frost Nova |
21 | Enhanced Teleport |
22 | Shimmering Teleport |
23 | Enhanced Ice Armor |
24 | Align the Elements |
25 | Unstable Currents |
26 | Prime Unstable Currents |
27 | Protection |
28 | Glass Cannon |
29 | Supreme Unstable Currents |
30 | Fire Bolt – Second Enchantment Slot |
31 | Firey Surge |
32 | Firey Surge |
33 | Firey Surge |
34 | Glass Cannon |
35 | Vyr’s Mastery – Key Passive |
36 | Coursing Currents |
37 | Electrocution |
38 | Electrocution |
39 | Electrocution |
40 | Endless Pyre |
41 | Warmth |
42 | Warmth |
43 | Warmth |
44 | Devastation |
45 | Elemental Dominance |
46 | Elemental Dominance |
47 | Elemental Dominance |
48 | Your choice |
49 | Your choice |
50 | First Paragon point |
Renown 1 | Coursing Currents |
Renown 2 | Electrocution |
Renown 3 | Electrocution |
Renown 4 | Electrocution |
Renown 5 | Icy Veil |
Renown 6 | Icy Veil |
Renown 7 | Icy Veil |
Renown 8 | Conjuration Mastery |
Renown 9 | Conjuration Mastery |
Renown 10 | Conjuration Mastery |
Enchantment slots
Pick the following skills for the Sorcerer’s Enchantment slots:
- Level 15: Fireball
- Level 30: Chain Lightning
Legendary Aspect
While there are many powerful Legendary Aspects in the Codex of Power that will help this Sorcerer build, there are three in particular that you need to prioritize for this build. Here’s what they are and where to find them:
- Aspect of Control – (Sunken Library, Kehjistan)
- Recharging Resource Aspect – (Zenith, Fractured Peaks)
- Prodigy’s Aspect Witchwater – (Hawezar)
Each one will essentially buff your damage in various ways and make your build even more deadly.
We’d recommend not imprinting these Aspects on your weapons, as you’re likely to replace these many times on your Leveling journey. Instead, add offensive Aspects to your jewelry, this way, it can continue to serve you well into endgame.
Seneschal Companion stones
To get the best out of the Seneschal Companion for this build, try to find and equip the following Governing and Turning Stones:
- Tempest (Governing)
- Swift Support (Turning)
- Resource Support (Turning)
- Initiative Support (Turning)
- Flash of Adrenaline (Governing)
- Duration Support (Turning)
- Tactical Support (Turning)
- Fortify Support (Turning)
Best Sorcerer endgame build
Once you get past level 50 and have seen the ending of Diablo 4, your leveling build may no longer cut it in the endgame. Of course, you can make it viable, but if you want the best possible Sorcerer build in Season 3 you’ll need to repec to an endgame build.
Here’s the best endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 currently, the Arc Lash Sorcerer:
Skills to prioritize |
Arc Lash |
Unstable Currents |
Teleport |
Lightning Spear |
Ice Armor |
Flame Shield |
Charged Bolts |
Enchantment slots
Pick the following skills for the Sorcerer’s Enchantment slots:
- Ball Lightning Enchantment
- Teleport
- Unstable Currents
Paragon Board
At level 50 you’ll gain access to the Paragon Board to continue building your character to level 100. Here are the boards you need to focus on to maximize the potential of the best endgame Sorcerer build:
- Starting board
- Elemental Summoner board
- Burning Instinct board
- Frigid Fate board
- Ceaseless Conduit board
Glyphs
Here are the Glyphs we’d recommend activating as your work through the Paragon board:
From Level 15
- Control
- Territorial
- Destruction
- Exploit
- Elementalist
- Reinforced
- Charged
From Level 21
- Destruction
- Control
- Territorial
- Exploit
- Elementalist
- Reinforced
- Charged
Legendary Aspects
As this is an endgame build, it pays to unlock as many Legendary Aspects for the class as possible. Try to unlock the following Aspects as soon as possible in Season 3 to take advantage of their buffs, as each will have its own use within an endgame build:
- Rapid – Buried Halls (Dry Steppes)
- Might – Dark Ravine (Dry Steppes)
- Control – Sunken Library (Kehjistan)
- Storm Swell – Onyx Hold (Dry Steppes)
- Disobedience – Halls of the Damned (Kehjistan)
- Snowveiled – Sarat’s Lair (Scosglen)
- Bounding Conduit – Komdor Temple (Dry Steppes)
You can also find Aspects by gambling with Obols or farming through Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons. Search for these Aspects:
- Conceited
- Gravitational
- Shredding Blades
Seneschal Companion stones
To get the best out of the Seneschal Companion for this build, try to find and equip the following Governing and Turning Stones:
- Tempest (Governing)
- Arching Support (Turning)
- Efficiency Support (Turning)
- Safeguard Support (Turning)
- Flash of Adrenaline (Governing)
- Duration Support (Turning)
- Tactical Support (Turning)
- Initiative Support (Turning)
Endgame item build
Here are the items you should aim to equip for your endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4:
Item name | Item type |
Runic Skullcap of Disobedience | Helm |
Raiment of the Infinite | Chest Armor |
Gravitational Runic Gloves | Gloves |
Flickerstep | Pants |
Adventurer’s Boots of Shared Misery | Boots |
Conceited Bone Wand | Main Hand |
Storm Swell Fiendish Folio (Socket with Emerald) | Offhand |
Esodoras’s Overflowing Cameo (Socket with Skull) | Amulet |
Rapid Band (Socket with Skull) | Ring 1 |
Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop (Socket with Skull) | Ring 2 |
Best Sorcerer PvP build
The best PvP build for the Sorcerer in the current meta is also the Arc Lash build as well as being the best Endgame build. Therefore, follow the guide above for all your PvP needs in Season 3 of Diablo 4.
If you’re not feeling these builds, check out our alternative Sorcerer builds guide.
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