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Diablo 4 Build

Ball Lightning - Mekuna's Ballkuna

Sorcerer

Season 10

Verified

End Game

By Mekuna

Updated on Nov 30, 2025

Nov 30, 2025

Build Overview

Ball Lightning is one of the strongest Sorcerer builds this season, if not the strongest. Thanks to the seasonal power Advanced Techniques, Ball Lightning deals insane damage.

You can useOkun's Catalyst for the orbiting Ball Lightning version, ideal for speedfarming orStrike of Stormhorn for the Ball Lightning bowling version for Pit Pushing

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This is an endgame build, if you don't have the Uber Uniques and seasonal power yet, I recommend using the [T1-T4] progression build: Hydra or Crackling Energy
[1-60] Leveling Build: here
Full explanation video here

Strengths and Weaknesses

One of the fastest build of the Sorc
Orbiting Ball Lightning Visual

Can struggle with Mana

Build Variants

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

This is the endgame version of the build with Mythic Uniques. It’s the most versatile setup, suitable for all content!
Make sure to always have Okun's Catalyst. Harlequin Crest will give you +4 ranks to all Skills so also Flame Shield that's why we don't need to put a point there.
Craft Harlequin Crest first if you can.
It does not matter which gear slot the Chaos unique occupies, as long as it isn’t a slot reserved for non-Chaos items.
If you don’t have the Chaos version, a regular Unique will still outperform a Legendary item. So make sure to have all the Unique, Chaos version or not.

Assigned Skills

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

Primary

Secondary

Enchantments

Skill Rotation

Activate Unstable Currents.
Hold down Ball Lightning, this is your main source of damage.
Teleport onto enemies with all your Ball Lightning.
Cast Blizzard to regenerate mana if needed.
Cast Spark occasionally to trigger the Explosive Combinations seasonal power.
Use Flameshield and Teleport for immunity when needed and to proc Okun's Catalyst Attack Speed bonus.

Potion: Elixir of Advantage II
Inceses: ‍Spiral Morning, ‍Song of the Moutain, ‍Soothing Spices

Aspect & Uniques

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

HelmHarlequin Crest

Chest armorCrown of Lucion

GlovesBanished Lord's Talisman

PantsLocran's Talisman

BootsGravitational Aspect

AmuletAspect of Inner Calm

Ring 1Galvanic Azurite

Ring 2Ring of Starless Skies

WeaponAspect of Shredding Blades

OffhandOkun's Catalyst

You can use Tibault’s Will as a placeholder until you obtain Locran’s Talisman.
Crown of Lucion and Banish Lord's Talisman work in synergy and are both essential for this build.

Masterworking (MW) enhances an item's stats. Each MW rank boosts all affixes by 5%, but Ranks 4, 8, and 12 give a 25% bonus to one random affix.

MW Rank 4 (blue): one affix gets a +25% bonus.
MW Rank 8 (blue or yellow): a second +25% bonus is applied, if it hits the same affix again, it turns yellow.
MW Rank 12 (blue, yellow, or orange): a third +25% bonus is applied, if an affix is hit three times, it turns orange.

You don't have to triple MW everything, but it's more optimal if you can. If not, aim for at least 2 MWs. Most of the time, other stats are fine.

Chaos Perks

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

Unique PerkEmpty

Chaos PerkEmpty

Skill Tree

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

Available

0 (0)

Spent59 (12)

Leveling Path

Paragon Board

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

Points Spent0

No Glyphs Installed

Stats

Str:99

Int:99

Dex:99

Will:99

Mercenary

Ballkuna

Hordes

Speedfarm Glyph

Pit Pushing

Paragon 300

How it Works

Frequently Asked Questions

Paragon: take additive damage and Intelligence nodes. There is a variant Paragon 300 if you need.
When you use Ring of Starless Skies and Banished's Lord Talisman, make sure to spend atleast 275 mana per cast to overpower each cast. You will need 34 ranks in Ball Lightning with Vex rune included.
We use aspect of Shredding Blade for the 35[x] damage. We don't need to use Ice Blades for that.
Teleport on the skill bar because it gives more damage with Elemental Synergies and also allows you to get out of a crowd control.
Boots Implicit : Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown by 1,5 Seconds is mandatory on this build.
To achieve Perma Teleport, you’ll need a high amount of Cooldown Reduction combined with the right boots implicit: “Attacks reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 1.5 seconds.” Adding Evade Cooldown Reduction tempering on your boots helps even further. Alternatively, you can simply use Flickerstep instead of Legendary boots.
This setup lets you teleport between each cast. With enough Cooldown Reduction, your Teleport Enchantment cooldown drops to around 1.7 seconds, creating the sequence:
Teleport → cast a spell → cooldown resets → repeat.