With Diablo 4 Season 4 now available for everyone to enjoy, players are inevitably going to reach the endgame and try out The Pit. For all you Sorcerer players out there, here’s the best Sorcerer build for The Pit of Artificers in Diablo 4 Season 4.
Diablo 4: Best Sorcerer build for The Pit
Overall, the best endgame Sorcerer build for The Pit of Artificers in Diablo 4 Season 4 is the Frozen Orb build. Although this build wasn’t always great, Blizzard has reworked the Frozen Orb ability to make it more explosive and impactful. This pushes the Frozen Orb Sorcerer build to the top of the list, and it’s a perfect endgame build to use in The Pit.
Best Frozen Orb Sorcerer build skills in Diablo 4
- Frozen Orb
- Teleport
- Frost Nova
- Ice Armor
- Flame Shield
- Unstable Currents
Frozen Orb is your main method of attack during this build. It’s able to make enemies Vulnerable (especially Frozen enemies), deal massive AoE damage, and deal increased damage to Healthy enemies. Then we have Teleport so you can quickly get out of sticky situations and become Unstoppable.
Frost Nova is the best way to Freeze enemies around you, allowing you to make more enemies Vulnerable with Frozen Orb. Ice Armor is another Defensive skill but it’s more central to this build. With the additional skills taken with it, you can regenerate Mana while it’s active and enemies hitting you while it’s active have a chance to become Frozen.
Flame Shield is the final Defensive skill taken and it’ll make you Immune while it’s active. It’s also good for applying Burn on surrounding enemies. Lastly, you’ll take Unstable Currents for your Ultimate skill which allows Lightning to surge around you for 10 seconds. Unlocking Prime Unstable Currents will also make this Ultimate increase your Attack Speed by a whopping 25% when active.
Frozen Orb Sorcerer skill tree in Diablo 4
| Category | Skills |
|---|---|
| Basic skills | Fire Bolt 2/5 |
| Core skills | Frozen Orb 5/5 Enhanced Frozen Orb Greater Frozen Orb Devastation 1/3 Elemental Dominance 2/3 |
| Defensive skills | Frost Nova 1/5 Ice Armor 1/5 Enhanced Ice Armor Shimmering Ice Armor Teleport 1/5 Enhanced Teleport Shimmering Teleport Flame Shield 1/5 Elemental Attunement 1/3 Glass Cannon 2/3 |
| Conjuration skills | Hydra 1/5 Enhanced Hydra Summoned Hydra Lightning Spear 1/5 Enhanced Lightning Spear Invoked Lightningspear Conjuration Mastery 3/3 Align the Elements 1/3 Protection 3/3 Mana Shield 3/3 |
| Mastery skills | Inner Flames 1/3 Devouring Blaze 3/3 |
| Ultimate skills | Unstable Currents 1/1 Prime Unstable Currents Permafrost 3/3 Icy Touch 3/3 Hoarfrost 3/3 Frigid Breeze 3/3 |
| Key Passives | Shatter |
Best Frozen Orb Sorcerer Enchantments in Diablo 4
For a Frozen Orb Sorcerer, I recommend picking Frozen Orb and either Fire Bolt or Teleport. Frozen Orb is an obvious choice since it allows you to launch a Frozen Orb at a nearby enemy whenever you cast a non-Basic skill.
Fire Bolt and Teleport for Enchantments are good picks. While Fire Bolt provides additional Burning damage over time from direct Skill damage, Teleport replaces your Evade move with a short-range Teleport that gives you incredible mobility.
I’d pick Teleport over Fire Bolt because the Hydra Conjuration can help with Burning damage if you wear the Fractured Winterglass Unique Amulet. This gives you a pretty high chance of spawning a random Conjuration such as the Hydra anytime you cast Frozen Orb.
Best Frozen Orb Sorcerer Paragon Board in Diablo 4
| Paragon Board Number | Class Board | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start | Elementalist | Effect: Paragon nodes within range gain +X% bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers. Additonal Bonus (if +40 Intelligence): Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element. |
| 2 | Elemental Summoner | Exploit | Effect: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +X% increased damage to Vulnerable targets. Additional Bonus (if +25 Dexterity): When an enemy is damaged by you, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. This cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds per enemy. |
| 3 | Burning Instinct | Reinforced | Effect: Grants +X% bonus to all Rare nodes within range. Additional Bonus (if +25 Willpower): You gain 10% Damage Reduction while you have an active Barrier. |
| 4 | Frigid Fate | Tactician | Effect: Grants +X% bonus to all Rare nodes within range. Additional Bonus (if +25 Dexterity): You deal 10% increased damage for 4 seconds after casting a Defensive Skill. This duration increases by 4 seconds for each Defensive Skill not on your Action Bar. |
| 5 | Enchantment Master | Destruction | Effect: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +X% increased Critical Strike Damage. Additional Bonus (if +25 Dexterity): Critical Strikes increase all damage the enemy takes from you by 2% for 10 seconds, up to 12%. |
| 6 | Icefall | Control | Effect: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +X% increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets. Additional Bonus (if +25 Dexterity): You deal 10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, increased, 20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies. |
You’ve finally created the perfect endgame Sorcerer build to tackle The Pit of Artificers in Diablo 4 Season 4! Now that you’ve figured out the tough stuff, you may be interested in checking out all the class balance changes with Season 4 to see what’s different with Sorcerers this Season.
Published: May 14, 2024 12:52 pm