Best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Season 10

Sorcerer is one of the best classes in Diablo 4 Season 10, with plenty of great options, but what about the best build? Three of the best builds the whole season belong to Sorcerer, but only one of them can stand supreme, on top of the hill. I was genuinely torn between the Hydra build and Ball Lightning, but honestly, I see way more Ball Lightning builds when I’m playing.

It takes a ton of setup, and is definitely an endgame build with pretty serious gear requirements, but it’s worth it. You can go Crackling Energy or Hydra in the interim, but once you have all the pieces, it’s time to shred things to pieces with the best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Season 10: Ball Lightning!

How does the Ball Lightning Sorcerer build work in Diablo 4 Season 10?

It’s pretty easy to play Ball Lightning Sorcerer in Diablo 4 Season 10, provided you have everything you need. You trigger Unstable Currents, hold down the Ball Lightning button, and teleport onto enemies to obliterate them. Most people I see run Okun’s with this, to create a circle of Ball Lightning Orbs around them, but there are other ways, too.

It's all about the Ball Lightning! (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

This is easily the best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Season 10. It has insane clear speed and power, but you may wind up struggling with mana in this build. At least you have Blizzard to help with that. As you can see, the rotation’s very simple:

Trigger Unstable Currents
Hold down Ball Lightning
Teleport into packs of enemies
Occasionally cast Spark to trigger Explosive Combinations
Flameshield/Teleport are your immunity/safety buttons, and also proc Okun’s.

You want the following skills on your hotbar:

Spark
Flame Shield
Blizzard
Ball Lightning
Unstable Currents
Teleport

Ideal talents and enchantments for Ball Lightning Sorcerer build in Diablo 4

We’re running the pretty standard Sorcerer loadout for a Ball Lightning build in Diablo 4 Season 10. You’re sacrificing points in primary abilities to get even more passives, like Static Discharge, Elemental Synergies, and Glass Cannon. You can see the full skill list below.

Skill Name

Spark (Enhanced, Glinting)

Elemental Dominance

Teleport (Enhanced, Shimmering)

Teleport

Glass Cannon

Familiar (Enhanced, Invoked)

Align the Elements

Primordial Binding

Mana Shield

Lightning Spear (Enhanced, Invoked)

Blizzard (Enhanced, Wizard's)

Inner Flame

Ball Lightning (Enhanced, Mage's)

Ball Lightning

Ball LIghtning

Ball Lightning

Invigorating Conduit

Static Discharge

Permafrost

Icy Touch

Hoarfrost

Elemental Synergies

Evocation

Coursing Currents

Convulsions

Unstable Currents (Prime)

Unstable Currents

Overflowing Energy

As it pertains to our Enchantments, we want to run Teleport for the short-range teleport instead of Evade, and Lightning Spear to give us chances to conjure free Lightning Spears. These are both great picks, to be honest.

What are the best Chaos Perks for a Ball Lightning Sorcerer in Diablo 4?

Unique Pick: Mana Shield
Chaos Perks: Advanced Techniques, Explosive Combinations, Power Siphon

There are some truly amazing Chaos Perks for Sorcerers in Diablo 4 Season 10 that really make this build pop off. Using Spark while we have Explosive Combinations equipped enhances our damage, Power Siphon enhances the Ball Lightning damage, as does Advanced Techniques.

With each rank of a Core Skill, we increase the Mana Cost or Cooldown by 10% and further increases the damage by x20%, which is bonkers. Mana Shield is the Unique, and it gives you 99% reduced Maximum Life.

But on the flip side, damage you’d take reduces your mana before your life. If you haven’t taken damage in the last 2 seconds, you also get +5,000% mana regeneration, which is more than sufficient to keep you going. You also have 400% increased Maximum Mana, and each point of Intelligence increases that by another 1 point.

Who is the best Mercenary for a Ball Lightning Sorcerer in Diablo 4?

This is one of the few times I’ve seen people running Subo as the primary Mercenary, to be honest, but I’m glad to see it. He’s an interesting character. You’ll also want Varyana as your secondary, with Bloodthirst linked to “When you cast any Skill in combat”.

Subo’s skills

Wire Trap
Piercing Arrows
Cover Fire
Opening Fire

Ideal equipment, Legendary Aspects, and Tempers

Gear Slot	Tempering Affixes	Ideal Masterworks	Legendary Aspect
Helm	N/A	20% Cooldown	N/A (Harlequin Crest)
Chest	N/A	Cooldown Reduction	N/A (Crown of Lucion)
Gloves	N/A	Ranks to Core Skills	N/A (Banished Lord's Talisman)
Pants	N/A	Critical Strike Damage	N/A (Locran's Talisman)
Boots	Evade CDR, Bonus to Static Discharge	Ranks to Ball Lightning	Gravitational Aspect
Amulet	Evade CDR, Overpower Damage	Ranks to Glass Cannon	Inner Calm
Ring	N/A	Ranks to Convulsions	N/A (Galvanic Azurite)
Ring	N/A	Ranks to Core Skills	N/A (Ring of Starless Skies)
Weapon	Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice, Overpower Damage	Intelligence	Shredding Blades
Off-Hand	N/A	Ranks to Ball Lightning	N/A (Okun's Catalyst)

You’re going to need a lot of gear for this Sorcerer build to work in Diablo 4 Season 10. You need two Mythic Uniques: Harlequin Crest and Ring of Starless Skies. You also want a set of specific Chaos Uniques in the following slots:

Chest: Crown of Lucion
Gloves: Banished Lord’s Talisman
Pants: Locran’s Talisman

The Crown and Banished Lord’s Talisman are must-haves as it pertains to Chaos Uniques. You can use Tibault’s Will instead of Locran’s, until you find it, though. You can see further details above in the sheet. One reason this build is so powerful is we can stack all those powerful Sorcerer Unique Amulets into one build, instead of having to sacrifice one for another.

As it pertains to your Rune combos, you’ll want Nagu+Ohm (Armor) and Cir+Vex (Armor). Nagu+Ohm rewards you for having at least 1 active summon by giving you Barbarian’s War Cry. Cir+Vex is the popular “cast 5 Skills then become exhausted” for +1 to Skills for 10 seconds.

Paragon Boards for a Ball Lightning Sorcerer in Diablo 4 Season 10

Here's your Ball Lightning Paragon Board setup! (Image via Blizzard Entertainment/D4 Builds app)

This is a pretty easy Paragon Board to follow for a Diablo 4 Ball Lightning Sorcerer in Season 10. The only real hard part is to get the various Glyphs, and then leveling them up. I noticed that leveling felt pretty fast this Season, so actually getting the Paragon Points is easy.

Starting Board (Tactician)
North to Frigid Fate (Adept), Zero Rotations
West from Frigid Fate to Static Surge (Unleash), Three Rotations
East from Frigid Fate to Enchantment Master (Elementalist), Two Rotations
East from Enchantment Master to Ceaseless Conduit (Destruction), Zero Rotations

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