Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer builds for leveling, endgame & PvP

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.

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.

Contents

• Best Sorcerer leveling build
  • Best Sorcerer leveling build summary
• Best Sorcerer endgame build
  • Endgame item build
• Best Sorcerer PvP build
  • PvP item build

Best Diablo 4 Sorcerer build for leveling

Diablo 4’s Sorcerer has a ton of incredible builds to use in the current meta but we found that the Chain Lightning Sorcerer is the best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 currently. 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 begin, start by learning Arc Lash at level 2, then upgrading it to Enhanced Arc Lash at level 3. This will be your basic skill before learning the core skill of Chain Lightning at level 4. Then upgrade this skill all the way up to Greater Chain Lightning at level 6, before finally upgrading Arc Lash to Flickering Arc Lash at level 7.

Now we’re going to focus on some secondary and defensive skills so at levels 8, 9, and 10 respectively, learn Teleport, Ice Armor, and Frost Nova. These won’t boost your offensive lightning skills, but they will help keep you safe from harm as you cast them.

Now upgrade some of the skills you’ve learned until you reach level 15 and you’re given the option to use your first Enchantment Slot. Select Chain Lightning, which will now provide a free cast for every three times it’s used, as well as give you a passive buff. Then fully upgrade Arc Lash until there are no more power-ups.

From level 19 to 23, upgrade Frost Nova, Ice Armor, and Teleport by selecting the following skills:

• Level 19: ‍Enhanced Frost Nova
• Level 20: ‍Mystical Frost Nova
• Level 21: ‍Enhanced Teleport
• Level 22: ‍Shimmering Teleport
• Level 23: ‍Enhanced Ice Armor

Then at level 24, learn Align the Elements for a passive buff against Elites, then Unstable Currents for a new Lightning attack that also buffs other Lightning attacks at level 25. Upgrade this to Prime Unstable Currents to enhance it before learning the Protection and Glass Cannon passives at levels 27 and 28.

Protection will simply give you a permanent life buff, but Glass Cannon will increase your damage output by 6%, though it will increase the damage you take by 3%. As you’re a build that relies on damage from afar, this is a worthy trade. Next, learn Supreme Unstable Currents at level 29.

Best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4: Level 30 – 50

Now we’re going to learn Fire Bolt at level 30 and put this in our second Enchantment Slot, mostly for the wild buffs it’ll give us. It will allow every attack to inflict Burning on enemies and will unlock the passive Fiery Surge, Warmth at levels 31 to 33. The aim of this is to add passive damage and enjoy the passive buffs of such an Enchantment.

Then at level 34 upgrade Glass Cannon before learning the next three passive skills; Vyr’s Mastery at level 35 (as your Key Passive), Coursing Currents at level 36, and Electrocution until level 39 to enhance the power of your Lightning skills.

For the final set of skills before you start to creep closer to level 50, consider learning or upgrading the following skills:

• Level 40: ‍Endless Pyre
• Levels 41-43: Warmth
• Level 44: ‍Devastation
• Levels 45-47: ‍Elemental Dominance
• Levevls 47-50: Your choice

Then use your Renown points on either learning or upgrading the following skills:

• Renown 1: Icy Veil
• Renown 2-3: Protection
• Renown 4-6: Mana Shield
• Renown 7-10: Teleport

From here, you should have a devastatingly powerful Sorcerer build that focuses on Lightning skills but makes good use of passive buffs from Ice and Fire spells. You’ll also be the bane of every demon you come across.

Best Sorcerer leveling build summary

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 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, known as the Arc Lash Sorcerer:

Level	Skill
2	Arc Lash
3	Enhanced Arc Lash
4	Arc Lash
5	Glinting Arc Lash
6	Arc lash
7	Arc Lash
8	Arc Lash
9	Fireball – First Enchantment Slot
10	Fireball
11	Fireball
12	Fireball
13	Fireball
14	Charged Bolts
15	Enhanced Charged Bolts
16	Destructive Charged Bolts
17	Flame Shield
18	Enhanced Flame Shield
19	Shimmering Flame Shield
20	Frost Nova
21	Enhanced Frost Nova
22	Mystical Frost Nova
23	Frost Nova
24	Frost Nova
25	Frost Nova
26	Frost Nova
27	Ice Armor
28	Elemental Attunement
29	Ball Lightning – Second Enchantment Slot
30	Enhanced Ball Lightning
31	Wizard’s Ball Lightning
32	Ball Lightning
33	Glass Cannon
34	Glass Cannon
35	Overflowing Energy – Key Passive
36	Glass Cannon
37	Teleport
38	Enhanced Teleport
39	Shimmering Teleport
40	Precision Magic
41	Precision Magic
42	Precision Magic
43	Align the Elements
44	Protection
45	Protection
46	Protection
47	Conjuration Mastery
48	Conjuration Mastery
49	Conjuration Mastery
50	Paragon begins
1 – Renown	Static Discharge
2 – Renown	Static Discharge
3 – Renown	Static Discharge
4 – Renown	Unstable Currents
5 – Renown	Prime Unstable Currents
6 – Renown	Supreme Unstable Currents
7 – Renown	Coursing Currents
8 – Renown	‍Electrocution
9 – Renown	‍Electrocution
10 – Renown	‍Eletrocution

We recommend this build when you have around 30% crit chance and CDR. Fireball will be the first enchantment and the second will be Ball Lightning.

The 6 active skills are Arc Lash – Flame Shield – Frost Nova – Ice Armor – Teleport – Unstable Currents. The other skills we take are for Unstable Currents or enchantments.

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:

• Territorial
• Flamefeeder
• Tactician
• Control
• Exploit
• Adept

Endgame item build

Here are the items you should aim to equip for your endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4:

Item name	Item type
Harlequin Crest	Helm
Raiment of the Infinite	Chest Armor
Accelerating Boneweave Gauntlets	Gloves
Adventurers Pants of Disobedience	Pants
Esu’s Heirloom	Boots
Bone Wand of Retribution	Main Hand
Storm Swell Runic Orb	Offhand
Choker of Control	Amulet
Rapid Circle	Ring 1
Conceited Band	Ring 2

Best Sorcerer PvP build

Just because a build works well for leveling and endgame within PvE, doesn’t mean it’s well suited to player-versus-player battles. This is where PvP builds come in. These are the best Diablo 4 builds for taking down other players using the skills available to the Sorcerer.

The best PvP build for the Sorcerer in the current meta is the Ice Shards build. This lets you pelt your human opponents with razor-sharp ice before they can get near you. Here are the skills you’ll need and at which level you’ll need to select each:

Level	Skill
2	Arc Lash
3	Enhanced Arc Lash
4	Ice Shards
5	Enhanced Ice Shards
6	Flickering Arc Lash
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
31	Icy Touch
32	Frigid Breeze
33	Frigid Breeze
34	Frigid Breeze
35	Flame Shield
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

This build should help you smite other Diablo 4 players in PvP battles to the death.

PvP item build

Here are the items you should aim to equip for your PvP Sorcerer build in Diablo 4:

Item name	Item type
Mental Crown	Helm
Victory Relic	Chest Armor
Hand Snare	Gloves
Attack Raiments	Pants
Master’s Revenge	Boots
Salvant’s Silver	Main Hand
World Spawn	Offhand
Amulet of Control	Amulet
Ring of Piecing Cold	Ring 1
Prodigy’s Ring	Ring 2

Paragon Board

At level 50 you’ll be able to start using 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 PvP 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:

• Territorial
• Flamefeeder
• Tactician
• Control
• Exploit
• Adept

There you have it, the best builds for the Sorcerer in Diablo 4. Check out some of the other Diablo 4 guides we’ve put together for you below:

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