Sorcerer Arc Lash Charged Bolts Endgame Build

Arc Lash Defensive Crowd Control is a Sorcerer PvE Build focusing on a more defensive playstyle that still offers great AOE attacks, Crowd Control, and consistent damage in Diablo 4 (Diablo IV). This build relies on stun and crowd control and defensive skills for survivability. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build.

Arc Lash Charged Bolts Build Overview

Build Summary

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Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Arc Lash Charged Bolts		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Build Overview and Summary
Arc Lash Charged Bolts		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Aspect of Disobedience (Chest) Aspect of Might (Helmet) Aspect of Control (Neck) Rapid Aspect (Boots) Aspect of Retribution (Ring 2) Accelerating Aspect (Ring 1) Aspect of Overwhelming Currents (Main Hand) Exploiter's Aspect (Gloves) Aspect of Fortune (Pants)

Build Overview and Summary
Arc Lash Charged Bolts		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lightning Critical Strike Damage ・Damage Reduction ・Damage with Core ・Damage vs Close ・Damage vs Stunned ・Attack Speed Bonus			Flawless Skull Flawless Diamond Flawless Topaz

With a focus on providing stun and crowd control on groups of enemies, the Arc Lash Charged Bolts Build is a great choice for those looking for a more defensive build that still deals consistent damage with the right Aspects!

Great Crowd Control and Reliable Damage

Crowd control and DPS are merged into one package by pairing Arc Lash's stuns with Charged Bolt's nova procs.

Aspect of Control increases your damage with your charged bolts and subsquent Nova procs when they target stunned enemies, while Exploiter's Aspect allows you to deal consistent damage against bosses and enemies immune to crowd control.

Trades Damage for Better Survivability

While this build doesn't slouch on damage, its focus on providing stun and AOE damage means it excels more on clearing trash mobs than dealing huge damage on bosses.

This build however offers greater survivability with Flame Shield slotted on Enchantment, giving you a shield when you take fatal damage and enough time to heal up and reposition with Teleport!

Arc Lash Charged Bolts Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Arc Lash (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Arc Lash	Glinting Arc Lash
Charged Bolts (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Charged Bolts	Destructive Charged Bolts
Teleport (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Teleport	Mystical Teleport
Ice Armor (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Ice Armor	Shimmering Ice Armor
Frost Nova (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova
Unstable Currents (1 Point)	→	Prime Unstable Currents	Supreme Unstable Currents
Flame Shield (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Flame Shield	Mystical Flame Shield

Passive Skills

Arc Lash Charged Bolt Passives Passives
Devastation (1 Point)	Elemental Dominance (3 Points)	Elemental Attunement (1 Point)
Glass Cannon (3 Point)	Precision Magic (3 Points)	Align the Elements (1 Points)
Protection (1 Point)	Icy Veil (1 Point)	Static Discharge (1 Point)
Shocking Impact (3 Points)	Coursing Currents (3 Points)	Conduction (3 Points)
Electro cution (3 Points)	Overflowing Energy (1 Point)

Enchantment Slots

Arc Lash Charged Bolts Enchantment Slots
Arc Lash (Level 15)	Flame Shield (Level 30)

Slotting Arc Lash causes enemies around you to get stunned when you use a Cooldown, allowing you to maintain stun while weaving with your main skills.

Flame Shield is slotted next to give this build more survivability, causing the skill to instantly activate when receiving fatal damage. Keep in mind that Flame Shield will only activate every 120 seconds.

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Arc Lash	Enhanced Arc Lash	Charged Bolts	Enhanced Charged Bolts
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.8
Glinting Arc Lash	Destructive Charged Bolts	Teleport	Ice Armor
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Frost Nova	Enhanced Ice Armor	Elemental Attunement	Enhanced Frost Nova
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Mystical Frost Nova	Enhanced Teleport	Mystical Teleport	Align the Elements
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Arc Lash	Arc Lash	Arc Lash	Arc Lash
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Static Discharge	Shocking Impact	Shocking Impact	Unstable Currents
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Shocking Impact	Prime Unstable Currents	Supreme Unstable Currents	Coursing Currents
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Flame Shield	Precision Magic	Coursing Currents	Coursing Currents
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Precision Magic	Overflowing Energy	Electro cution	Electro cution
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Electro cution	Conduction	Conduction	Conduction
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Glass Cannon	Glass Cannon	Glass Cannon	Devastation
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Elemental Dominance	Elemental Dominance	Elemental Dominance	Icy Veil
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Protection	Protection	Protection	Align the Elements
R5	R6	R7	R8
Enhanced Flame Shield	Mystical Flame Shield	Icy Veil	Icy Veil
R9	R10
Precision Magic	Mana Shield

Aspects and Affixes

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Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Main Hand	Aspect of Overwhelming Currents Currents has a (10-20)% chance to cast an additional Shock Skill. ・+ X% Damage to Crowd Crontrolled Enemies (Inherent) ・+ X% Damage to Stunned Enemies ・+ X% Damage to Close Enemies ・+ X% Basic Skill Damage ・+ X% Ultimate Skill Damage

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Aspect of Might Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for (XX) seconds. ・+ X% Cooldown Reduction (Inherent) ・+ X% Basic Skill Attack Speed ・+ X% Core Skill DMG ・+ X Maximum Resource ・+ X% Elem DMG
Chest	Aspect of Disobedience You gain (0.25-0.50)% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to (66)%. ・+ X% Damage (Inherent) ・+ X% Core Skill DMG ・+ X% Ultimate Skill Damage ・+ X% Elem DMG ・+ X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
Gloves	Exploiter's Aspect You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal (20-40)% increased damage to them. ・+ X% Attack Speed(Inherent) ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance ・+ X% Core Skill DMG ・+ X% Critical Strike Damage ・+ X% Lightning Critical Strike Damage
Pants	Aspect of Fortune Your Lucky Hit Chance is increased by (10-20)% while you have a Barrier active. ・+ X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies (Inherent) ・+ X% Elem DMG ・+ X% Core Skill DMG ・+ X% Damage Reduction ・+ X% Dodge Chance Against Close Enemies
Boots	Rapid Aspect Basic skills gain (15-30)% Attack Speed. ・+ Attacks reduce evade cooldown by .X seconds (Inherent) ・+ X% Resource Cost Reduction ・+ X% Core Skill DMG ・+ X% Elem DMG ・+ X% Resource Cost Reduction

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Aspect of Control You deal (25-35)% more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies. + X% Resist All Elements (Inherent) + X% Crowd Control Duration + X% Damage + X% Cooldown Reduction + X% Ultimate Skill Damage
Ring	Accelerating Aspect Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by (15-25)% for 5 seconds. + X% Resistance (Inherent) + X% Resistance (Inherent) + X% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies + X% Damage to Stunned Enemies + X% Damage to Close Enemies + X Maximum Resource
Ring	Aspect of Retribution Distant enemies have a 8% chance to be Stunned for 2 seconds when they hit you. You deal (10-20)% increased damage to Stunned enemies. + X% Resistance (Inherent) + X% Resistance (Inherent) + X% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies + X% Damage to Stunned Enemies + X% Damage to Close Enemies + X Maximum Resource

Best Gems

Item Type	Effect Explanation
Topaz (Weapon)	+ Basic Skill Damage Provides additional damage for your Basic Attacks.
Diamond (Armor)	+ Barrier Generation Increases the effectiveness of the Barriers that you generate with your skills.
Skull (Jewelry)	+ Armor Provides a flat armor increase to help reduce the damage received from attacks.

Paragon Board Setup

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Arc Lash Charged Bolts Playstyle

Arc Lash Charged Bolts Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Maintain Stun on Mobs with Arc Lash Use Charged Bolts to Unleash Lightning Novas Combo Teleport with Frost Nova

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Trash Mob Opener and Skill Rotation

In addition to the steps above, we recommend keeping your Mana above 50 while casting Arc Lash to take advantage of Elemental Dominance's damage bonus.

Boss Opener

To maximize your damage output during boss fights, maintain Charged Bolts's Lightning Nova and Mystical Frost Nova's vulnerability debuff.

Since bosses are immune to stun, Arc Lash is weaved into your main rotation to provide additional damage, but it's true utility comes from stunning any boss adds that the boss may spawn during the fight.

Maintain Stun on Mobs with Arc Lash

With Arc Lash as your main spammable, this build if focused on maintaing stun on trash mobs to set up Charged Bolts.

Since this move travels in an arc in front of you, it's a good idea to group up enemies before using Arc Lash so you can hit as many trash mobs as possible.

Use Charged Bolts to Unleash Lightning Novas

Hitting an enemy three times with Charged Bolts unleashes a Lightning Nova that deals damage to nearby enemies. This additional AOE damage is great at clearing out trash mobs while also respectable damage to bosses.

Combo Teleport with Frost Nova

While Teleport is your main way of evading boss attacks and from getting mobbed by groups of enemies, it's also a good idea to combo it with Frost Nova when repositioning.

Once both skills are ready, look for a group of enemies or a boss and then use Teleport immediately followed by Frost Nova.

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