Season 1 Arc Lash Endgame and Uber Lilith Build

This is a Season 1 Arc Lash endgame build for Sorcerer in Diablo 4 (D4) that was created by Stoyven. This is a melee-oriented Basic Skill build that focuses on Arc Lash and The Barber Malignant Heart to create huge burst windows capable of clearing even the toughest challenges. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build for Season 1 (Version 1.1).

Arc Lash Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

This Sorcerer build was made by Stoyven. Check out Stoyven's Youtube Channel for more Sorcerer builds and other Diablo IV related content.

This is a melee-oriented endgame build that revolves around Lightning Damage with the use of Arc Lash and several other Aspects, Skills, and Paragon Nodes. This idea is further improved by Malignant Hearts, such as The Barber and Tal’Rasha to achieve a maximized burst damage output.

Aside from dealing high burst damage, the build was also tweaked for high survivability with the presence of numerous Damage Reductions found in the Affixes and Paragon Nodes. You will find this build consistent and durable due to the defensive choices that goes well with the overall synergy of things.

This build was constructed to bring out the maximum potential of a Basic Skill to conquer even the highest challenges in the game.

Arc Lash Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Arc Lash (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Arc Lash	Glinting Arc Lash
Flame Shield (2 Points)	→	Enhanced Flame Shield	Shimmering Flame Shield
Teleport (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Teleport	Shimmering Teleport
Frost Nova (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova
Ice Blades (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Ice Blades	Summoned Ice Blades
Unstable Currents (1 Point)	→	Prime Unstable Currents	-

Passive Skills

Pure Arc Lash Passives
Glass Cannon (3 Points)	Elemental Attunement (1 Point)	Align the Elements (1 Point)
Protection (3 Points)	Conjuration Mastery (3 Points)	Inner Flames (1 Point)
Devouring Blaze (3 Points)	Permafrost (1 Point)	Hoarfrost (3 Points)
Coursing Currents (1 Point)	Conduction (3 Points)	Electro cution (3 Points)
Vyr's Mastery (1 Point)

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Arc Lash	Enhanced Arc Lash	Arc Lash	Arc Lash
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Arc Lash	Arc Lash	Teleport	Flame Shield
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Frost Nova	Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova	Ice Blades
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Enhanced Ice Blades	Fire Bolt	Glinting Arc Lash	Enhanced Teleport
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Shimmering Teleport	Enhanced Flame Shield	Shimmering Flame Shield	Elemental Attunement
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Align the Elements	Protection	Protection	Unstable Currents
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Prime Unstable Currents	Summoned Ice Blades	Teleport	Teleport
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Teleport	Teleport	Frost Nova	Frost Nova
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Frost Nova	Vyr's Mastery	Frost Nova	Glass Cannon
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Glass Cannon	Glass Cannon	Conjuration Mastery	Conjuration Mastery
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Conjuration Mastery	Protection	Inner Flames	Devouring Blaze
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Devouring Blaze	Devouring Blaze	Permafrost	Hoarfrost
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Hoarfrost	Hoarfrost	Coursing Currents	Electro cution
R5	R6	R7	R8
Electro cution	Electro cution	Conduction	Conduction
R9	R10
Conduction	Flame Shield

Enchantment Slots

Arc Lash Enchantment Slots
Fire Bolt (Level 15)	Flame Shield (Level 30)

Fire Bolt Enchantment is extremely valuable because it will allow you to make use of the Devouring Blaze Skill Passive which will increase your Critical Strike Damage. In addition, this Enchantment makes all of your damaging skills deal Burning damage thus giving you consistent access to Fire element for an additional damage bonus from the Tal’Rasha Malignant Heart.

Flame Shield is a very important Enchantment when tackling higher tiers of Nightmare Dungeons as this will ensure that you survive an unexpected one shot kill. Just be wary of its cooldown and play safe whenever this enchantment is down.

Enchantment Slots Explained

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Dagger	Aspect of Control You deal (25-35)% more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies. ・+X% Damage to Close (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Basic Skill Damage ・+X Intelligence ・+X All Stats
Focus	Storm Swell Aspect You deal (11-20)% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies while you have Barrier. ・+X% Cooldown Reduction (Inherent) ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Basic Skill Attack Speed ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Basic Skill Damage

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	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% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Basic Skill Attack Speed ・+X Intelligence ・+X All Stats
Chest	Raiment of the Infinite After using Teleport, Close enemies are Pulled to you and Stunned for (XX) seconds, but Teleport's cooldown is increased by 20%. ・+X Intelligence ・+X% Damage to Close Enemies ・+X% Damage to Stunned Enemies ・+X Rank to Glass Cannon Passive
Gloves	Conceited Aspect Deal (15-25)% increased damage while you have a Barrier active. ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Attack Speed ・+X% Lightning Critical Strike Damage ・+X All Stats
Pants	Aspect of Might Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for (XX) seconds. ・While Injured, Your Potion Also Grants (XX)% Maximum Life as Barrier (Inherent) ・+X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction ・+X Intelligence
Boots	Esu's Heirloom Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by (20-30)% of your Movement Speed bonus. ・Evade Grants +(XX)% Movement Speed for 1 Second (Inherent) ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Movement Speed for 6 Seconds After Killing an Elite ・+X% Shrine Buff Duration ・+X% Slow Duration Reduction

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Rapid Aspect Basic skills gain (15-30)% Attack Speed. ・+X% Resistance to All (Inherent) ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X Ranks to All Defensive Skill ・+X Ranks to Devouring Blaze Passive ・+X% Movement Speed
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% Critical Strike Damage ・+X Maximum Life ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Chance
Ring	Edgemaster's Aspect Skills deal up to (10-20)% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource. ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X Maximum Life ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Chance

Best Gems and Malignant Hearts

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Item Type	Effect
Royal Emerald (Weapon)	+12.0% Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable Enemies
Royal Ruby (Armor)	4.0% Maximum Life
The Barber	Type: Wrathful Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0-4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second.
Tempting Fate	Type: Vicious You gain 40-60% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal 20-15% less damage.
Tal’Rasha	Type: Vicious For each unique element you deal damage with, you deal 7-12% increased damage for 3-10 seconds.

Gems

For the Gems section of the build, you would want to get Emerald for an additional to Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies. This will have a high uptime since enemies will mostlikely be dealt with before the Vulnerable application from Frost Nova expires. This works even on bosses, as Vulnerable can be applied any opponent.

Ruby, on the other hand, is valuable as Sorcerers have relatively low health. Your Barrier coming from Protection Skill Passive also scales off Maximum HP, making this welcome addition for survivability!

Malignant Hearts

For the Malignant Hearts, Tal'Rasha will give a huge damage boost due to the build's usage of Fire, Ice, and Lightning Elements. Partner this with arguably one of the best offensive hearts in the game, The Barber and you get a remarkable increase in your burst damage. In addition, you get a 4th stack for Tal'Rasha due to The Barber procs being considered as Shadow Damage.

Last but not the least, slot in Tempting Fate to get more value out of your Critical Strikes. This will go well the build's high Critical Strike Chance coming from your Affixes and the Esu's Heirloom Unique. Complete this arrangement, and you've got yourself a build ready to take on even the highest tiers of Nightmare Dungeons!

Paragon Board Setup

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Arc Lash Playstyle

Arc Lash Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Maintain Your Damage Reductions Active Kite Mobs While Waiting for Your Cooldowns

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Maintain Your Damage Reductions Active

There are a lot of sources for Damage Reductions in this build and it would be wise to keep them up for survivability. Always make sure to keep enemies close and burning to maintain your Damage Reduction coming from your affixes and paragon nodes.

When you're about to jump in a group of elites, it's recommended to activate the Damage Reduction coming from the Aspect of Might before diving in. You can do this by holding Shift + Basic Skill Key using a Keyboard or simply click your alloted Basic Skill Button on a Controller.

Kite Mobs While Waiting for Your Cooldowns

When facing enemies on higher Nightmare Dungeons Tiers, it's best to learn how to kite mobs to prevent yourself from dying to their attacks. Release your full combo and then disengaging to a safe distance once the enemies' Crowd Control ends. Continue dodging while waiting for your cooldowns to come back up then cycle through your combo again to secure the kill.

Arc Lash Uber Lilith Variation

Build Adjustments

This Arc Lash build also has a variation that can definitely take on Uber Lilith! Check out this video of Stoyven's fight against the infamous final boss.

Aspects

There are two Aspects being slotted in for the Uber Lilith Variation of the build, namely the Aspect of Binding Embers and the Aspect of Inner Calm.

The Aspect of the Binding Embers will replace the Aspect of Disobedience slotted in the Helm. Defensives are not a priority in the fight against Uber Lilith, so additional Crowd Control through Immobilize is a great addition to help deplete her stagger bar.

Lastly, the Aspect of Inner Calm will replace the Aspect of Retribution. This is a better overall damage-boosting aspect since you'll be stationary a lot of times during the fight.

Paragon

For the Paragon Board, the only change that is needed for the battle against Uber Lilith would be the 3rd Board. Swap out Static Surge for Enchantment Master for the additional Attack Speed you can get from the Swift Conjurer Rare Paragon Node and surrounding Magic Nodes.

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