Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer builds for leveling, endgame & PvP in Season 1
The Diablo 4 Sorcerer class is utterly dominant. It provides players with a lot of exciting possibilities when they’re using the best possible build. Here’s a full rundown of the best Sorcerer builds to use in the game during Season 1.
Diablo 4 is here, and fans of the dungeon crawler are looking forward to many years of looting and spellcasting with the Sorcerer. But 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 any player, it’s hard to overlook the outrageous power of a Sorcerer.
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 1.
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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 1 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 |
Best Caged Hearts
Here are the best Caged Hearts to use for the Chain Lightning Sorcerer build in Season 1:
- Caged Heart of Tal’Rasha
- Caged Heart of Tempting Fate
- Caged Heart of Determination
- Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact
- Caged Heart of the Picana
- Caged Heart of Revenge
- Caged Heart of Spite
Legendary Aspect
While there are many great Legendary Aspects in the Codex of Power that will help this 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.
Best Sorcerer endgame build
Once you get past level 50 and have seen the ending of Diablo 4, things will change as you’re launched into the endgame. The build you used to reach this point may no longer be sufficient, and to really make the most of the endgame content, you’ll need an endgame build.
Remember, if you want to switch from the above leveling build to the below endgame build, you’ll need to respec your skill points. Or you can simply start a new character and begin the game with the endgame build, skipping the campaign when you do. The choice is yours.
Here’s the best endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 currently, the Ice Shards Sorcerer:
Level | Skill |
2 | Arc Lash |
3 | Enhanced Arc Lash |
4 | Ice Shards |
5 | Enhanced Ice Shards |
6 | Flame Shield (Available at level 35) |
7 | Greater Ice Shards |
8 | Teleport |
9 | Ice Armor |
10 | Frost Nova |
11 | Enhanced Frost Nova |
12 | Mystical Frost Nova |
13 | Hydra |
14 | Enhanced Hydra |
15 | Fireball – First Enchantment Slot |
16 | Ice Shards |
17 | Ice Shards |
18 | Ice Shards |
19 | Ice Shards |
20 | Invoked Hydra |
21 | Hydra |
22 | Hydra |
23 | Hydra |
24 | Hydra |
25 | Frost Nova |
26 | Frost Nova |
27 | Frost Nova |
28 | Frost Nova |
29 | Enhanced Ice Armor |
30 | Permafrost – Second Enchantment Slot |
31 | Icy Touch |
32 | Frigid Breeze |
33 | Frigid Breeze |
34 | Frigid Breeze |
35 | Avalanche |
36 | Align the Elements |
37 | Protection |
38 | Protection |
39 | Protection |
40 | Enhanced Teleport |
41 | Shimmering Teleport |
42 | Enhanced Flame Shield |
43 | Shimmering Flame Shield |
44 | Elemental Attunement |
45 | Glass Cannon |
46 | Glass Cannon |
47 | Glass Cannon |
48 | Permafrost |
49 | Permafrost |
50 | Paragon begins |
1 – Renown | Icy Touch |
2 – Renown | Icy Touch |
3 – Renown | Icy Veil |
4 – Renown | Icy Veil |
5 – Renown | Icy Veil |
6 – Renown | Precision Magic |
7 – Renown | Precision Magic |
8 – Renown | Precision Magic |
9 – Renown | Mana Shield |
10 – Renown | Mana Shield |
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 1
- Reinforced
- Unleash
From Level 15
- Control
- Destruction
- Tactician
- Flamefeeder
- Exploit
- Elementalist
From Level 21
- Destruction
- Control
- Flamefeeder
- Exploit
- Tactician
- Elementalist
Best Caged Hearts
Here are the best Caged Hearts to use for this build in Season 1:
- Caged Heart of Tal’Rasha
- Caged Heart of Tempting Fate
- Caged Heart of Revenge
- Caged Heart of the Barber
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 1 to take advantage of their buffs, as each will have its own use within an endgame build:
- Piercing Cold – (Dead Man’s Dredge, Fractured Peaks)
- Prodigy’s – (Witchwater, Hawezar)
- Control – (Sunken Library, Kehjistan)
- Disobedience – (Halls of the Damned, Kehjistan)
- Storm Swell – (Onyx Hold, Dry Steppes)
- Ghostwalker – (Broken Bulwark, Scosglen)
- Elementalist’s – (Pallid Delve, Dry Steppes)
- Shared Misery – (Oblivion, Hawezar)
You can also find Aspects by gambling with Obols or farming through Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons.
Endgame item build
Here are the items you should aim to equip for your endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4:
Item name | Item type |
Frostblitz Glorious Hood | Helm |
Raiment of the Infinite | Chest Armor |
Concieted Boneweave Gauntlets | Gloves |
Adventurer’s Pants of Disobedience | Pants |
Adventurer’s Boots of Shared Misery | Boots |
Storm Swell Bone Wand | Main Hand |
Runic Orb of Control | Offhand |
Elementalist’s Choker | Amulet |
Circle of Retribution | Ring 1 |
Band of Piecing Cold | Ring 2 |
Best Sorcerer PvP build
The best PvP build for the Sorcerer in the current meta is also the Ice Shards build as well as being the best Endgame build. Therefore, follow the guide above for all your PvP needs in Season 1 of Diablo 4.
If you’re not feeling these builds, check out our alternative Sorcerer builds guide.
There you have it, the best builds for the Sorcerer in Diablo 4 in Season 1. Check out some of the other Diablo 4 guides we’ve put together for you below:
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