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Sorcerer, Diablo 4′It is one of the classes you can choose. Masters of the mysterious arts, these Sorcerers can summon elements, each with special effects, to knock down their foes. Here is our Diablo 4 Sorcerer skills overview guide to help you with the various abilities you can unlock.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Skills and Spells Guide
Diablo 4 Sorcerer uses three different spells:
- Pyromancy/Fire – Causes enemies to burn and suffer damage over time (DoT) effects.
- Frost/Ice – Cools down enemies and slows their movement speed; eventually freezes enemies.
- Shock/Lightning – Quick hits that can reduce cooldowns or trigger critical strikes more often.
Additionally, Diablo 4 Sorcerer has a unique mechanic called Enchantment. Basically, there are two extra slots unlocked at levels 15 and 30, on top of which you can cast spells that will provide passive bonuses. You can learn more in our spells guide.
Also, the classes in the game use tiers/groups for each skill and ability, which are unlocked when you spend enough skill points. We list them in the following sections, subdividing them by connected nodes/upgrades. Finally, don't forget to take a look at Sorcerer abilities/s.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Basic Skills Guide
Basic skills are always available. They do fairly low damage, but these are your bread and butter abilities.
Spark - Launches a lightning bolt that shocks an enemy four times.
- Enhanced – Each Spark that hits a target has a 20% chance to hit three additional enemies; +20% damage to primary target if no other enemies are around.
- Flickering – Each Spark has a 3% chance to generate Crackling Energy (periodic AoE damage when picked up).
- Twinkle – Increases critical strike chance by +10%, up to 2% for three seconds.
Frost Shop – Launches an ice arrow that deals damage and freezes enemies.
- Improved – +15% chance to explode on Frozen enemies; 100% chance against frozen enemies.
- Flickering – Makes Frozen enemies defenseless for three seconds (i.e., takes +20% more damage).
- Twinkle – +4 mana when hitting chilled or frozen enemies.
Fire Bolt – Fire a flaming arrow that deals damage and inflicts a burning DoT.
- Enhanced – Pierces burning enemies.
- Flickering – +2 mana when hitting a burning enemy.
- Radiant – Fire Bolt critical strikes inflict +20% burn damage.
arc lash – Create arc lightning in front of you; Stuns enemies for two seconds every 10 hits.
- Advanced – One critical causes another scroll.
- Flickers – +6% movement speed (up to 18%) for each enemy hit.
- Flare – Hitting a stunned enemy with Arc Lash reduces all cooldowns by 0,25 seconds.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Skills Guide
Basic skills (and those in later tiers/groups) cost mana. They are quite reliable in battle. You will unlock it after spending at least two skill points.
incinerate – Aim a fire beam; damage per second (DPS) increases over time.
- Enhanced – Burn enemies for 15% of DPS.
- Devastating – Deals 20% less damage when enemies burn from Incinerate.
- Greater – Immobilizes an enemy for one second every four seconds hit by Incinerate.
Fireball – Launch an exploding fireball that deals area damage.
- Improved – AoE radius increasing (up to 50%) based on the distance traveled by the projectile.
- Destructive – +10% critical damage; Each enemy hit increases the bonus by 5% (up to 25% total).
- More – 10% of burn damage is dealt as direct damage.
Frozen Orb – An orb that freezes and throws piercing fragments; it will then explode and cool down enemies once again.
- Enhanced – +50% explosion damage when used for 30 mana or more.
- Devastating – +5 mana when the explosion hits a frozen enemy.
- Greater – Explosion has a 25% chance to make enemies vulnerable; guaranteed against frozen enemies.
Ice Shards – Throw five pieces; +25% more damage against frozen enemies.
- Improved – +15% chance to bounce from enemies; Guaranteed to proc against frozen enemies.
- Destructive – The target becomes vulnerable if all five pieces hit them.
- Greater – If a Barrier-type spell is active, Ice Shard procs will freeze enemies.
Chain Lightning – Chains between enemies (up to six times).
- Improved – +3% critical chance per hop/chain.
- Devastating – +25% chance to generate Crackling Energy when you critically strike.
- Greater – +25% damage if Chain Lightning bounces off your character.
Charged Bolts – Have five lightning bolts on the ground.
- Improved – Hitting an enemy of the same cast three times unleashes a Lightning Nova that deals AoE damage.
- Disruptive – Reduces damage dealt by enemies when hit with Charged Bolts.
- Greater – +25% more damage against stunned enemies.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Defense Skills
Defensive skills are used to get out of a stalemate. They will either protect you or improve your movement/transition. Spending at least six skill points will allow you to choose from these options.
Flame Shield – Activate to be immune for two seconds (i.e. no damage can be taken and all negative effects are removed); Burns surrounding enemies.
- Improved – +25% movement speed while active.
- Mystic – +25% mana cost reduction while active.
- Shimmering – Heals you for 50% of your missing HP.
Teleport – Transform into lightning and rush to the target location to deal damage; becomes unstoppable (i.e. removes any effects that break control).
- Improved – 0,5 second Teleport cooldown reduction for each enemy you hit.
- Mystical – Crackling Energy hits two additional enemies for four seconds after Teleporting.
- Radiant – +30% damage reduction for five seconds after teleporting.
Ice Armor – This barrier-type effect lasts for six seconds and absorbs 30% of your base HP; 10% of the damage you deal is added to this barrier.
- Improved – +25% mana regen while active.
- Mystic – Dealing damage to defenseless enemies adds 100% more to the barrier.
- Shining – Enemies that hit you while this is active have a 15% chance to freeze for three seconds.
frost nova – Freeze surrounding enemies for two seconds.
- Enhanced – Decreases the cooldown of Frost Nova when you kill frozen enemies with this spell.
- Mystic – Makes enemies defenseless for four seconds; bosses become vulnerable for eight seconds.
- Radiant – +4 mana per enemy hit.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Spell Skills
Sorcerer skills are, as expected, skills that will cause the Sorcerer to summon or create creations made of energy. These become available when you spend 11 skill points.
Hydra – Summon a three-headed fire-breathing Hydra; maximum one Hydra active at any given time.
- Enhanced – Hydra gains an additional head as long as you are healthy (i.e. 80% HP or more).
- Invoked – Critical hits cause Hydra to gain +30% critical chance.
- Summoned – Burns enemies for an additional 12% of damage dealt.
Ice Blades – Create blades to mow down enemies; 30% chance to make them vulnerable.
- Enhanced – Decreases the cooldown by one second each time you hit a defenseless enemy.
- Summoned – +10% attack speed for each active Ice Blade.
- Summoned – 50% of the cooldown reduction is also applied to other Sorcerer skills.
Lightning Spears – Create a lightning spear that chases opponents.
- Enhanced – A critical hit adds +5% critical chance to stack up to Lightning Spear's duration.
- Invoked – Critically stuns enemies for two seconds.
- Summoned – Gathering Crackling Energy adds +20% Lightning Spear damage (up to 100%).
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Mastery Skills
Mastery skills are devastating spells that can help turn the tide of any battle. These can be selected after spending 16 skill points.
Blizzard – Cause a Blizzard in an area that deals damage while constantly cooling down enemies.
- Enhanced – +25% damage against frozen enemies.
- Mage's – +50 seconds to duration when used for 4 mana or more.
- Wizard's – Basic spells cost 10% less mana while Blizzard is active.
Meteor – Attack a large area and close the target location.
- Enhanced – If you hit three or more enemies, there is a 30% chance for an additional Meteor to land on the same location.
- Mage's – Meteors drop 30% faster.
- Wizard's – Meteors immobilize enemies for two seconds.
Firewall – Build a wall of flame that burns enemies for eight seconds.
- Enhanced – Enemies take +25% burn damage while standing within a Firewall.
- Mage's – Enemies burn for +3 seconds after exiting the Firewall.
- Wizard – +5% mana regen for each active Firewall.
ball lightning – This orb slowly moves forward when hitting enemies.
- Enhanced – Damage trigger rate is increased by 200% of your attack speed bonus.
- Mage's – When Ball Lightning hits nearby enemies 50 times, its next cast will stun enemies for one second.
- Wizard – If Ball Lightning hits the same enemy four times, a Cracking Energy is generated.
Diablo 4 Sorcerer Ultimate Skills
In Diablo 4, Ultimate skills are those that really make a difference, inflicting massive damage or enhanced effects. You can only choose one Ultimate skill after spending at least 23 skill points.
Deep Freeze – Be immune for four seconds while on ice; constantly deals damage and cools enemies; Deals extra damage when the effect expires.
- Prime – Gain 10% of your base health as a barrier effect for six seconds for each enemy you freeze.
- Supreme – When Deep Freeze ends, all non-Ultimate spells have their cooldowns reduced by 50%.
Inferno - Creates a fiery snake that burns enemies in an area for eight seconds.
- Prime – Constantly pulls enemies towards its center.
- Supreme – While active, all Pyromancy/Fire spells have no mana cost.
Unstable Currents – For 10 seconds, any Shock spell you cast also activates a random Core, Spirit Summon, or Mastery Shock skill.
- Prime – +25% attack speed while active.
- Supreme – While active, Crackling Energy vibrates and consumes no charges.