This D4 Fireball Sorcerer Build specializes in exploding entire screens full of enemies at a time. We walk into the middle of large packs of enemies, and then start a chain reaction of explosions that leaves NOTHING standing. Burn everything to the ground with this insanely powerful Diablo 4 Fire Sorcerer build.
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER BUILD INDEX
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER BUILD PROS / CONS
- Feels Great Without Legendaries
- Great AOE Damage
- Easy to set up
- Easy Rotation
- Slightly Less Single Target Damage
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER BUILD VIDEO GUIDE
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D4 FIREBALL SORCERER BUILD SKILLS & PASSIVES
BASIC ABILITY
The first ability your Fireball Sorcerer will unlock is actually Frost Bolt used to apply vulnerability and damage the enemy. Grab this ability and these two passives.
Frost BoltEnchantment Effect
Direct damage from Skills applies up to 15% Chill.
Enhanced Frost BoltEnchantment Effect
Direct damage from Skills applies up to 15% Chill.
Flickering Frost BoltEnchantment Effect
Direct damage from Skills applies up to 15% Chill.
CORE ABILITY
Fireball will be this Sorcerer’s primary damage dealing ability. This ability feels solid right away, and will really shine when paired with Fireball Enchant at level 15. Max out Fireball because we double dip into its damage. Once as our Core Ability and once as our Enchant. Then finally Devastation is nice for helping you be able to cast another Fireball before running out of Mana.
FireballLucky Hit Chance: 33%
Enchantment Effect
When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
Enhanced FireballEnchantment Effect
When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
Destructive FireballEnchantment Effect
When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
Devastation
DEFENSIVE ABILITY
The Sorcerer has some amazing Defensive Abilities. Frost Nova happens to be an especially effective Crowd Controller, instantly making all nearby enemies Frozen and applying the Vulnerable Debuff to them.
Frost NovaEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration Skills have up to a 30% chance to unleash a Frost nova when hitting enemies.
Enhanced Frost NovaEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration Skills have up to a 30% chance to unleash a Frost Nova when hitting enemies.
Mystical Frost NovaEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration Skills have up to a 30% chance to unleash a Frost Nova when hitting enemies.
Glass CannonCONJURATION ABILITY
The Fire Sorcerer build will continue to lean into Fire once more as we grab Hydra from the Conjuration line. The Hydra is not only fantastic Single-Target damage, but also great for keeping pressure on your enemies when you’re too wounded to do so yourself. The damage-per-cast of this ability is amazing.
HydraLucky Hit Chance: 53%
Maximum 1 active Hydra at a time.
Enchantment Effect
After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds.
Enhanced HydraEnchantment Effect
After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds.
Summoned HydraEnchantment Effect
After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds.
WEAPON MASTERY
For our weapon Mastery Ability our Diablo 4 Fire Sorc will grab Meteor. This skill unloads some very powerful impact damage, followed by a powerful dot. Try to hold the enemies in the dot for maximum effectiveness.
MeteorLucky Hit Chance: 40%
Enchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Up to a 8% chance for a Meteor to fall on enemies.
Enhanced MeteorEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Up to a 8% chance for a Meteor to fall on enemies.
Wizard’s MeteorEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Up to a 8% chance for a Meteor to fall on enemies.
ULTIMATE ABILITY
You can only slot one ultimate ability, and this Fireball Sorcerer is currently using Inferno . It provides great single target and Area of Effect damage with one ability. by way of applying a MASSIVE dot to the enemies within. Grab this ability and these two passives.
InfernoLucky Hit Chance: 10%
Prime Inferno
Supreme InfernoKEY PASSIVE
Here this Diablo 4 Fire Sorcerer will take the Esu’s Ferocity passive, this is going to really amp up our damage by way of massively increasing our Fire Crit Strike Chance.
Esu’s FerocityKilling an enemy with a Critical Strike grants both bonuses against all enemies for 3 seconds.
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER CLASS MECHANIC
SORCERER ENCHANTMENT
Fireball
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Enchantment Effect
When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
We are going to slot the Fireball as our first Enchantment, as this will cause everything we kill to explode, dealing massive damage to the enemies around it. This almost always results in screen-clearing chain reaction!
Hydra
Lucky Hit Chance: 53%
Maximum 1 active Hydra at a time.
Enchantment Effect
After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds.
For our second enchantment that we unlock at level 30, we will take Hydra. Hydra does more damage per cast than any other ability in our kit, so getting an extra one along side us in combat will be great against bosses.
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER SKILL POINT ORDER
You get one point every time you level. So at level 2 on your first character you will be spending point #1. At level 5 you will be spending point #4.
When you earn your first renown you will have the same number of skill points as levels.
Beyond that you will have to do some quick math to know how many points you’ve earned from renown and how many points you have earned from levels to know which part of this you are on.
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D4 FIREBALL SORCERER BUILD ROTATION
1
HydraLucky Hit Chance: 53%
Maximum 1 active Hydra at a time.
Enchantment Effect
After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds.
Throw down your hydras as you run up to your enemies to start weaking one of them. You only need one to die during your rotation, and it will cause a chain reaction.
2
Frost NovaEnchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration Skills have up to a 30% chance to unleash a Frost nova when hitting enemies.
Run into the middle of your enemies and Frost Nova to freeze and apply Vulnerable to them.
3
MeteorLucky Hit Chance: 40%
Enchantment Effect
Lucky Hit: Up to a 8% chance for a Meteor to fall on enemies.
Drop your meteor on to the middle of the pack and hold them in the dot. Should be easy because they are likely still Frozen.
4
FireballLucky Hit Chance: 33%
Enchantment Effect
When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
Find the largest mass of enemies still alive and throw a Fireball at them. Unless you’re fighting an Elite or a Boss, everything should be long dead at this point.
5
InfernoLucky Hit Chance: 10%
If you’re fighting a boss or an elite, pop your Inferno right after your Frozen nova so that it gets to take full advantage of the Vulnerable Debuff! No need to use this on normal mobs, save the cooldown for
D4 FIREBALL SORCERER LEGENDARY ASPECTS
The best aspects and Legendaries will be listed below for the Fireball Sorcerer, broken into their different types. You can only benefit from one aspect at a time, so don’t try to wear two of the same aspect.
CODEX OF POWER - DUNGEON / QUEST
These Legendary Aspects can be target farmed by simply completing the Dungeon they are located in or the quest they are locked behind. Once completed the aspect will appear in your codex of power for you to use as any time you want.
Aspect of Might
Aspect of the ExpectantAspect of the Protector
Aspect of the UmbralEdgemaster’s Aspect
Eluding AspectRapid AspectCODEX - SORCERER SPECIFIC
Aspect of Three CursesAspect of Singed ExtremitiesAspect of EfficiencyAspect of the UnwaveringElementalist’s AspectProdigy’s AspectStorm Swell AspectLEGENDARY ITEMS - RANDOM DROP
These are the legendary aspect that can only be found as a drop in the game. You must kill enemies and bosses until you get these legendary items to drop.
Smiting AspectConceited AspectExploiter’s AspectLEGENDARY - SORCERER SPECIFIC
Aspect of Binding EmbersEverliving AspectAspect of Shattered StarsSerpentine AspectShattered AspectUNIQUE ITEMS
These are the unique items you should look out for. These won’t start dropping until you reach Tier 3 Difficulty, known as Nightmare. NIghtmare cannot be unlocked until level 50.
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