Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer builds for leveling, endgame & PvP in Season 3

Andrew Highton
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The 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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A Sorceress prepares to battle Lilith’s minions.

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:

LevelSkill
2Arc Lash
3Enhanced Ark Lash
4Chain Lightning
5Enhanced Chain Lightning
6Greater Chain Lightning
7Flickering Arc Lash
8Teleport
9Ice Armor
10Frost Nova
11Chain Lightning
12Chain Lightning
13Chain Lightning
14Chain Lightning
15Chain Lightning – First Enchantment Slot
16Arc Lash
17Arc Lash
18Arc Lash
19Enhanced Frost Nova
20Mystical Frost Nova
21Enhanced Teleport
22Shimmering Teleport
23Enhanced Ice Armor
24Align the Elements
25Unstable Currents
26Prime Unstable Currents
27Protection
28Glass Cannon
29Supreme Unstable Currents
30Fire Bolt – Second Enchantment Slot
31Firey Surge
32Firey Surge
33Firey Surge
34Glass Cannon
35Vyr’s Mastery – Key Passive
36Coursing Currents
37Electrocution
38Electrocution
39Electrocution
40Endless Pyre
41Warmth
42Warmth
43Warmth
44Devastation
45Elemental Dominance
46Elemental Dominance
47Elemental Dominance
48Your choice
49Your choice
50First Paragon point
Renown 1Coursing Currents
Renown 2Electrocution
Renown 3Electrocution
Renown 4Electrocution
Renown 5Icy Veil
Renown 6Icy Veil
Renown 7Icy Veil
Renown 8Conjuration Mastery
Renown 9Conjuration Mastery
Renown 10Conjuration 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

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The Sorcerer is still a mighty option for the endgame of Diablo 4.

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 nameItem type
Runic Skullcap of Disobedience Helm
Raiment of the InfiniteChest Armor
Gravitational Runic GlovesGloves
FlickerstepPants
Adventurer’s Boots of Shared MiseryBoots
Conceited Bone WandMain 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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About The Author

Andrew Highton is a former Games Writer for Dexerto. He has a Creative Writing degree from Liverpool John Moores University and has previously written for games websites such as Twinfinite and Keengamer. With 13,000+ PlayStation Trophies to his name, Andrew is a fan of a huge variety of video games, his favourites being God of War and Metal Gear Solid. Contact him at andrew.highton@dexerto.com, on Twitter @AndyHighton8 or at www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-highton.