Diablo 4 Sorcerer BuildS4 - Blizzard - Glacial Staff
Blizzard is one of the Sorcerer’s strongest builds and has been since the games launch. The glacial aspect turns Blizzard into an absolute powerhouse. Blizzard has a large area of affect, high damage and crowd control, and staggers bosses with ease. If you don't know what build to play on Sorcerer, you play Blizzard. It is generally our strongest all around build.
This Build is being Updated for Season 4, as S3 is essentially dead Season 3 Link
Smash All Content. No Boss Swaps. Concussive aspect is a Flex.
• 50% Stat Sheet Crit Chance + 30% Esu's Boots + 20% Stalagmite Glyph = 100% • Prioritize Attack Speed and CDR • Dev Blaze > Icy Touch > Hoarfrost = Permafrost • You will need 1 Cold Damage Temper to max out Frigid Fate • Flat Dmg Value on X'fal's is it's most important stat • Int & Max Life are interchangeable • Need 9230 Armor • On staff take LH poison/shadow or Frozen Orb Projectile Chance
Build Notes
- Cast Blizzard a few times until your mana is low
- Teleport to regen mana and get 30% DR
- Cast Frost Nova if necessary on packs
- Flame Shield as needed to regen mana or to engage/disengage
- Ice armor as needed
- Deep Freeze in a pinch, to restore mana, or after teleporting into a dense pack of suppressed enemies
Bossing: S tier Mobbing: S tier
Blizzard received no direct buffs for Season 4. However through the way Flat damage aspects now scale based off weapon damage, Glacial on a Staff can get 6,180 damage per spike. Previously it was meta to run it on the amulet for about 3,600 a spike.
With new ways to get attack speed and resource cost reduction, notably on a Staff, Blizzard is sitting pretty. With the ability to roll cooldown on Helm, Amulet, Tal Rasha, and X'fals losing the cooldown off of the focus is of no concern like it was in the past.
Frozen orb Enchant helps apply vulnerability, freeze enemies, and is our main applicator of Firebolt Enchant so we can utilize the Devouring Blaze Passive for a 1.42[x]-1.6[x] Damage boost to our critical strikes on burning enemies. Blizzard can achieve 100% critical strike chance with Ice spikes.
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