Sorc Leveling 🔥 Lurkin's Firewall

Firewall should cook especially hard this season and easily get you from Level 1 and far into torment before you feel you need to swap.

Burn builds are especially potent for leveling because their multipliers and base damages are higher at base to offset the fact their damage is not instant and they cannot critically strike.

Firewall has been a leveling staple for years as it is not reliant on any unique or aspect to function. It is just a work horse.

I recommend just blasting helltides and seasonal questline stuff on Normal until Level 23 when you get your Key passive, then you can try moving up to Hard

Main Loop
Cast Firebolt
Cast Firewall 2-3 times
Repeat

Cooldowns
• Familiar is for a 10% damage buff, cast as needed
• Cast Blizzard on packs and try to maintain one (cast every 8 seconds) for the Wizard Blizzard mana regen
• Teleport as needed for movement/break Crowd controls
• Flame Shield as needed to get out of dicey situations, or to give yourself enough time to disengage to proc the Mana regen from the Mana shield seasonal power

Pure Firewall! Temper 100% Firewall size and cook the entire screen.

Slow and steady wins the race. However, with the seasonal powers advanced techniques, power siphon, and mana shield... she may not be as slow as she has been in the past.

Core skill stonks are up this season, and if you can get the seasonal powers early that is a massive boon.

T1-4-Endgame Firewall Guide

Seasonal Powers Pre-Mana Shield

Chaos Unleashed - Unique
Invigorating Attacks - Restore mana every 5s by casting basic
Explosive Combinations - 20% damage with core for 5s upon casting basic (max 3 stacks)
Accelerating Chaos - Lucky hit chance to make a chaotic burst that reduces random cooldown by 0.5 seconds

Fastest Leveling Practices

The fastest way to get to 60 is on normal. You re-do the Vessel of Hatred Campaign.

Per Zaramos 1:17 Run 1-60

Here are the steps
• VoH campaign
• Then the 4 Deeds Quest
• Then 1-2 XP Tributes if you have them
• Then Helltide to get stones right when I hit 60
• Go straight into the Pit and get into Torment 1
• Then follow Hydra - Hawk Tuah

• Unlocking your seasonal powers is really important, specifically mana shield, advanced techniques, and power siphon. These are unlocked at the seasonal bounty board

All Leveling Guides

Frost Build, no crit chance to worry about, massive area size, easy on mana
Blizzard ❄️ Pure DoT

Burn Build, no crit chance to worry about, massive area size, easy on mana
Firewall 🔥 Pure Burn

Incinerate, annoying because you gotta stand still, but if you have the aspects it absolutely hoses
Incinerate 🔥 Need Aspects

9/21/25 - build created for S10
9/23/25 - skill tree/skill bar updated
9/25/25 - chaos perks updated to reflect the leveling process from 1-60. you do not get unique powers until Torment when you fight Barduk in hordes