Diablo 4: When is Primordial Binding worth getting?

Playing a Sorcerer in Diablo 4 is all about maintaining the uptime of your Spells and Conjuration/Summons. The Primordial Binding passive is specifically useful to players who use Summoner skills in Diablo 4, making it one of the most important passive skills to get.

In this guide we will break down when to get the Primordial Binding passive, what it does, and builds that utilize it the most.

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What is Primordial Binding?

Resource Generation helps keep your abilities active and lets sorcerers cast spells more frequently (Images via Blizzard Entertainment)

Primordial Binding is one of the five available Passive Skills on the Conjuration node of the Sorcerer’s Skill tree. Conjuration skills allow the Sorcerer to use elemental magical spells like Ice Blades and lightning spears or summon elemental creatures like the flaming Hydra and the multi-elemental Familiars; these summons help them fight against monsters much more effectively.

Stats you receive from Primordial Binding

Gain a stacking bonus for each active Summon, up to 10 stacks:

2 - 6%[x] Summon Damage
2 - 6%[x] Movement Speed
4 - 12%[x] Mana Regeneration

While increased damage and movement speed are highly valuable for any and all summon-based Sorcerer builds, the 12% multiplicative Mana Regeneration helps keep the Mana bar filled up, especially at 10 stacks.

When should you get the Primordial Binding passive skill in Diablo 4?

In Diablo 4, every skill node comes with a specific set of passive skills, which benefit those skills directly or indirectly. In this matter, the Primordial Binding passive skill directly amplifies your Conjuration skills, which help you to sustain them in a lengthy fight.

So as soon as you have access to your Summons or Conjurations, invest in the Primordial Binding passive and get an instant damage and sustainability boost, allowing your summoned familiars or hydra to deal increased damage and keep you mobile.

Overall, the Primordial Binding is a fundamental building block for any Conjuration skills you are using as a Sorcerer.

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Builds that benefit from the Primordial Bindings

Most of the meta Sorcerer builds use Familiars to mitigate incoming damage, as your summoned familiars can distract enemies while you cast a different spell and give you enough time to position yourself properly. If built in the right manner, Familiars can be a devastating damage-dealing source no matter what Sorcerer builds you are playing, making the Primordial Binding a necessity.

1) Hydra Sorcerer

Season 9 of Diablo 4 has seen the resurgence of the Hydra Sorcerer. The Primordial Binding passive is extremely critical for buffing up the Hydra’s damage.

2) Lightning Spear Sorcerer

Lightning Spear is another fantastic leveling and endgame Sorcerer build in Diablo 4, which requires the buff you get from the Primordial Bindings to perform optimally.

Ice Blades and Familiar are some of the most commonly used Conjuration Skills in Sorcerer builds in Diablo 4, all of which can benefit from the stats of the Primordial Bindings.

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