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Diablo 4 Sorcerer Build Starfall 3.0 Sorc (Season 2) Meteor + Inferno

Season 2

Build Summary

The Starfall Sorc Build is BACK! It's now improved & a lot more fun to play. Make the Stars fall to scorch the earth, setting your enemies ablaze, while spamming serpentine Infernos that pull in nearby foes. Starfall 3.0 is a Fire Sorc with a focus on Meteor & Inferno. It squeezes the Paragons for a good balance of survivability & dps. The playstyle is: grouping up enemies together (Inferno, Godslayer) & evading trough them to lower the Ult cooldown (Flickerstep) while spamming free Meteors in-between. The DPS is not META but it's reasonably good, so around A tier.

Assigned Skills

Skill Tree

Paragon Board

Primary

Secondary

Enchantments

Aspects & Uniques

Gear Stats

Godslayer CrownHelm

Aspect of the UnwaveringChest Armor

Conceited AspectGloves

Tibault's WillPants

FlickerstepBoots

Aspect of DisobedienceAmulet

Tal Rasha's Iridescent LoopRing 1

X'Fal's Corroded SignetRing 2

Aspect of ControlWeapon

Aspect of Three CursesOffhand

Gems

EmeraldWeapon

RubyArmor

SkullAmulet

Ring 1Empty

Ring 2Empty

Vampiric Powers

Prey on the Weak

Undying

Metamorphosis

Hemomancy

Anticipation

Build Notes

Gameplay Loop

The gameplay Loop is simple and easy to follow for this build.

Teleport into a group of mobs or next to a Boss
Use Frost Nova to Freeze and/or Inflict Vulnerable as well as trigger Godslayer's Crown
Use Inferno on the pack of mobs or the Boss for extra Pulls and dps
Spam Meteor and/or Evade through the pack of mobs or boss
Use Flame Shield, Frost Nova, & Teleport to keep your Barriers up, as well as added bonuses of Invulnerability + heal, CC + Vulnerable, & Damage Reduction + Unstoppable, respectively.
Repeat steps 3, 4, 5 till the fight is over then rinse/repeat from step 1 for the next fight

Key notes:

Each time you Evade you become Unstoppable and trigger the dmg buff of Tibault's Will as well as its Mana generation.
And each time you Freeze or Immobilize an Elite (or hit a boss), you'll trigger Godslayer's Crown to pull in any nearby & distant enemies. That pull is better than Inferno's pull.
Teleport can also trigger Tibault's Will as it also make us Unstoppable.
X'Fal's Corroded Signet will trigger a lot thanks to its base lucky hit of 50% on top of the build getting extra Lucky hit from a passive + both unique rings + gloves rolls. Potentially you can even change the Chest Aspect from Unwavering to of Fortune.
We're using Frost Nova & Teleport to also help with the Ice and Lightning procs of Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop for the extra x15% dmg per element used. BUT since Frost Nova does not do damage by itself you will need to use Ice Shards Enchantment instead of Meteor Enchantment for the Ice dmg proc of the ring or you can just be okay with only have 2x15% from it.

How It Works

Season 2 is Ongoing & after extensive testing I bring you a Fire Damage Sorc with a Direct DMG & CC Synergy for the archetype. The build's easy to gear up & get things going but requires 1 non-codex aspect. 4 out of 5 Uniques are Duriel drops too. As usual, I’ll evolve & keep my builds updated. This is one such build for the Sorc Class called Starfall 3.0

VAMPIRIC POWERS:

Metamorphosis = Evading making us unstoppable is great! This helps triggering Tibault's Will's unique special/effect. Also causes Vampiric Curse (read below why it's needed)
Prey on the Weak = it's good bit of extra dps but also good synergy with Flickerstep builds so we don't require Accursed Touch as evading through enemies will keep the curse on them (due to Metamorphosis).
Hemomancy = this one helps with trash mobs clear and also heals us a bit every 4 seconds. Very good on Overworld content like Helltide or Blood Harvest.
Anticipation = -20% cooldown time for our Inferno is great! As an added bonus the extra dmg Inferno gets from nearby burning enemies is great when mobbing.
Undying = this one's optional and I prefer having that healing as the builds very spell-spammy. Alternative: But I also love having that Resilience extra Damage Reduction so you may prefer it over Undying. For lower tier NMDs & overworld content Resilience won't be needed and neither will it be needed for Uber Bosses (except maybe for Uber Lilith but for her you need barriers & keeping your armor high more than anything)

Good Aspects to use before you get all Uniques:

Storm Swell Aspect (Ring 1)
Ghostwalker Aspect (Boots)
Prodigy's Aspect (Ring 2)
Frostblitz Aspect (Pants) I actually prefer using Legendary Pants for higher tier NMDs and only swap to Tibault's Will for Bosses or for easier content
Aspect of The Protector/Exploiter's Aspect (Helm)

In-Depth Explanation

Paragon Boards & Glyphs Order of lvlup

In what order to unlock the boards?

You want do it this way:

Board 2 is Burning Instinct
Board 3 is Searing Heat
Board 4 is Enchantment Master

I recommend this order so that you can slot in the more important Glyphs (Destruction, Adept & Pyromaniac) as early as possible. We're only using 4 Boards go getting the Stats required for the Rare (Yellow) nodes on Enchantment Master should not be that much of a problem once you level up and get more points to spend.

Why pick those boards?

I've selected the boards based on two criteria: how much of the bonuses my glyphs require are within range of the socket (Int, Wil, Dex) and also what yellow & blue node clusters I can take from those boards. Since we're only using 4 boards it allows us to Invest heavily into the yellow & blue clusters in all 4 boards. There are amazing synergies in each of the 4 boards for both DPS and Survivability

The Starting Board has 70 INT near the socket making it a very good choice for our 1st INT Glyph (Adept) * *Burning Instinct has 49 DEX near the socket making it a very good choice for our 1st DEX Glyph (Destruction**)

Searing Heat has enough WIL near the socket to activate the bonus effect of our 2nd WIL Glyph (Pyromaniac). This board also gives Fire Dmg & Resistance near the Socket making it the only fit for Pyromaniac's base bonus. On top of that the Searing Heat Legendary Node is an amazing synergy for this build + has a nice fire dmg nodes cluster near it.

Enchantment Master is a perfect fit board for us as not only does it have plenty of DPS & Survivability blue and yellow node clusters (both near the socket & not too far from it), but it also is reasonably easy to get the 25+ DEX Flamefeeder needs for it's Additional Bonus.

In what order to Level Up the Glyphs?

First, focus on getting all of the Glyphs to lvl 15, 1-by-1 and in this order: 1. Destruction 2. Adept 3. Pyromaniac 4. Flamefeeder

Then, get all of the Glyphs to lvl 21, 1-by-1 and in this order: 1. Destruction 2. Adept 3. Pyromaniac 4. Flamefeeder

Note about Gear: Godslayer Crown is what I picked for the Helm Slot BUT if you get uber lucky with some Uber Duriel kills and get a Shako/Harlequin's Crest it's going to be an obvious good pick as well. Hell, even Andariel's Visage will be worth trying if it drops, for High Tier mobbing especially so. I tried Harlequin Crest instead of Godslayer's Crown and the DPS was way too low that way, so I was kind of disappointed from it.

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