Blizzard Sorcerer Abattoir of Zir Build (Season 2)

This is a Season 2 Blizzard endgame build for Sorcerer in Diablo 4 (D4) that can clear high-tier Nightmare dungeons and Abattoir of Zir via Glacial Aspect to create Ice Spikes paired with Devouring Blaze Passive for Critical Strike Damage. Read on to learn all the Gear, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 2 and Abattoir of Zir.

Blizzard Strengths and Weaknesses

Blizzard Strengths

Strong AOE Damage

The area-of-effect damage from the Ice Spikes created by your Blizzard allows you to one-shot enemies from a distance, and it is easily spammable due to the Avalanche passive.

High Mobility

The Teleport and Metamorphosis allows you to pass through enemies and walls, providing you with the much-needed mobility to dodge enemy attacks and dungeon mechanics while navigating the dungeon quickly.

Multiple Crowd Control Skills

This build incorporates multiple sources of Chill, Freeze, Stun, and Vulnerable, making it exceptionally powerful for clearing large groups of enemies and challenging elite bosses.

Blizzard Weaknesses

Lucky Hit Dependent

This build requires consistent Blizzard spam to instantly burst down nearby and approaching enemies with the Ice Spikes. If your Lucky Hit Chance is not activating, you may easily run out of Mana while clearing enemies.

Blizzard Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Blizzard		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

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Build Overview and Summary
Blizzard		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Godslayer Crown (Helm) Tibault's Will (Pants) Esu's Heirloom (Boots) Raiment of the Infinite (Chest) Blue Rose (Ring) Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop (Ring) Aspect of Piercing Cold (Dagger) Aspect of Control (Staff) Aspect of Inner Calm (Gloves) Conceited Aspect (Gloves) Glacial Aspect (Amulet) Aspect of the Frozen Tundra (Focus)

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Build Overview and Summary
Blizzard		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Damage Reduction ・Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・Attack Speed Bonus ・Maximum Resource ・Damage to Close Enemies ・Total Armor ・Total Armor ・Crowd Control Duration ・Mana Cost Reduction			Emerald (Weapon) Ruby (Armor) Skull (Jewelry)

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Your Blizzard does not deal much damage, and it will never land Critical Strikes since it is a Damage Over Time Effect (DOT). However, because of the Glacial Aspect, your Blizzard will periodically spawn Ice Spikes that can land Critical Strikes. Furthermore, you can cast Ice Shards to handle tougher enemies, such as elites and bosses, especially if they do not instantly die to the Ice Spikes created by the Blizzard and Glacial Aspect.

To further increase the damage of your Critical Strike Damage, you need to activate the Devouring Blaze Passive by using the Fire Bolt Enchantment to apply Burning on your skills.

Blizzard Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Fire Bolt (2 Points)	→	None
Ice Shards (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Ice Shards	Greater Ice Shards
Flame Shield (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Flame Shield
Teleport (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Teleport	Shimmering Teleport
Ice Armor (1 Point)	→	None
Frost Nova (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova
Blizzard (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Blizzard	Mage's Blizzard
Deep Freeze (1 Point)	→	None

Passive Skills

Ice Spikes Blizzard Passives
Devastation (3 Points)	Elemental Dominance (3 Points)	Elemental Attunement (1 Point)
Precision Magic (3 Points)	Align the Elements (1 Point)	Mana Shield (3 Points)
Protection (3 Points)	Inner Flames (1 Point)	Devouring Blaze (3 Points)
Permafrost (3 Points)	Hoarfrost (3 Points)	Frigid Breeze (3 Points)
Icy Touch (3 Points)	Avalanche (1 Point)	-

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Fire Bolt	Fire Bolt	Ice Shards	Ice Shards
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Ice Shards	Ice Shards	Ice Shards	Enhanced Ice Shards
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Greater Ice Shards	Flame Shield	Teleport	Ice Armor
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Frost Nova	Devastation	Devastation	Devastation
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Elemental Dominance	Elemental Dominance	Elemental Dominance	Elemental Attunement
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Precision Magic	Precision Magic	Precision Magic	Align the Elements
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Mana Shield	Mana Shield	Mana Shield	Protection
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Protection	Protection	Inner Flames	Devouring Blaze
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Devouring Blaze	Devouring Blaze	Permafrost	Permafrost
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Permafrost	Hoarfrost	Hoarfrost	Hoarfrost
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Frigid Breeze	Frigid Breeze	Frigid Breeze	Icy Touch
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Icy Touch	Icy Touch	Deep Freeze	Prime Deep Freeze
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Supreme Deep Freeze	Avalanche	Blizzard	Enhanced Blizzard
R5	R6	R7	R8
Mage's Blizzard	Enhanced Teleport	Shimmering Teleport	Enhanced Frost Nova
R9		R10
Mystical Frost Nova		Enhanced Flame Shield

Enchantment Slots

Ice Spikes Blizzard Enchantment Slots
Fire Bolt (Level 15)	Ice Shards (Level 30)

The Fire Bolt Enchantment enables you to apply Burning with your skills. This ensures that your Devouring Blaze is always active, significantly enhancing the damage of your Critical Strikes.

With the Ice Shards Enchantment, you will be able to send out free Ice Shards simply by spamming your Blizzard due to its chill effect which can freeze enemies after standing inside its range for a few seconds.

Enchantment Slots Explained

Best Vampiric Powers

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect Explanation
Metamorphosis 2 2 2	When you Evade you turn into a cloud of bats, becoming Unstoppable for 4 seconds. Enemies along your path take 160% Physical damage and are inflicted with Vampiric Curse. This allows you to trigger the unique effect of Tibault's Will every time you evade, giving you a massive damage increase.
Prey on the Weak 2 0 0	You deal 16% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Enemies are Vulnerable while affected by a Vampiric Curse from your other Vampiric Powers. This Vampiric Power causes enemies affected by Vampiric Curse to become Vulnerable and it increases your damage by 16%.
Accursed Touch 0 6 0	Lucky Hit: Up to a 44% chance to inflict Vampiric Curse on enemies. Enemies with the Vampiric Curse have a 15% chance to spread it to other surrounding enemies. Accursed Souls deal 200% increased damage. The Accursed Touch Vampiric Power offers an area-of-effect damage that can assist in clearing areas as cast your Blizzard on enemies.
Domination 1 0 0	You deal 24% increased damage to enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, Frozen, or Feared. If they're also Injured and not an Elite, they're instantly killed. Increases your overall damage against Crowd Controlled enemies which you can easily apply simply by casting Blizzard.
Infection 1 0 0	Hitting enemies with direct damage infects them with Pox. Inflicting Pox 8 times on an enemy expunges their infection, dealing 70% Poison damage. This allows you to inflict Pox (Poison Damage) on enemies and activates the effect of your Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop, giving you an additional 15% increased damage.
Total Pacts Required 6 | 8 | 2

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Main Hand	Aspect of the Frozen Tundra While Deep Freeze is active, exploding Ice Spikes form in the area, dealing (0.3-0.4) Cold Damage. Your Ice Spikes have (30-40)% increased explosion radius. ・+X% Damage to Close Enemies (Inherent) ・+X Intelligence ・+X All Stats ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Damage To Crowd Controlled Enemies
Off Hand	Aspect of Piercing Cold Ice Shards pierce (XX) times, dealing (50-100)% less damage per subsequent enemy hit. ・+X% Cooldown Reduction (Inherent) ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Mana Cost Reduction

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Godslayer Crown When you Stun, Freeze, or Immobilize an Elite enemy, or damage a Boss, it pulls in nearby enemies. You deal 30-60% increased damage to them for 3 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 12 seconds. ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Crowd Control Duration ・+X Maximum Life ・+X% Damage
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 Intelligence ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Attack Speed
Pants	Tibault's Will You deal 20-40% increased damage while Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. ・While Injured, Your Potion Also Restores 20% Resource (Inherent) ・+X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・+X Potion Capacity ・+X% Damage ・+X Maximum Resource
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 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite ・+X% Shrine Buff Duration ・+X% Critical Strike Damage

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Glacial Aspect When you cast Blizzard it will periodically spawn exploding Ice Spikes that deal (0.25-0.35) damage. Your Ice Spikes deal (15)% increased damage to Frozen enemies. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Damage ・+X% Damage Reduction ・+X% Total Armor ・+X% Mana Cost Reduction
Ring	Blue Rose Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy has up to a 30% chance of forming an exploding Ice Spike, dealing 0.25-0.35 Cold damage. Triple this chance if the enemy is Frozen. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Element Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Mana Cost Reduction ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Ice Spike Damage
Ring	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop For each type of Elemental damage you deal, gain 10.0-15.0% increased damage for 4 seconds. Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Element Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Non-Physical Damage ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Resource Generation ・+X% Cooldown Reduction

Best Gems

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Gem Type	Effect Explanation
Royal Emerald (Weapon)	+12.0% Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable Enemies You can easily apply Vulnerable by using your Frost Nova to benefit from the Critical Strike Damage increase.
Royal Ruby (Armor)	4.0% Maximum Life Increases your maximum Life for additional survivability.
Royal Skull (Jewelry)	+250 Armor Provides a flat armor increase to help reduce the damage received from attacks.

Paragon Board Setup

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Starting Board (Stalagmite)

The starting board provides a combination of offensive and defensive stats, contributing to the overall performance improvement of the build.

• Stalagmite (Glyph): This glyph is the most important one to have, as it improves the damage output of your main damage source (Ice Spikes) by 10% for every 5 intelligence.
• Elemental Balance and Elementalist: Provides damage boost on your Non-Physical Damage attacks.
• Erudite: Provides an increase percentage on All Elemental Resistance which increases your survivability.

Frigid Fate (Tears of Blood)

Using Tears of Blood on the Frigid Fate board allows you to maximize the effect of powerful rare nodes. On top of that, this board contains numerous stat nodes that can significant boost to your damage with the Tears of Blood.

• Tears of Blood (Glyph): Provides a massive boost on your Non-Phyiscal Damage attacks and additional Elemental Resistance based on the Enchantment Skills equipped.
• Weakness: Increases your damage against vulnerable enemies.
• Chilling: Increased Cold Resistance for extra defense.

Icefall (Frostbite)

The Icefall board has multiple dexterity nodes that are grouped together, allowing them to be easily acquired with minimal points required to maximize your rare node.

• Frostbite: Increases your overall damage against enemies that are chilled. This glyph works well on this build as you consistently apply chill with most of your abilities.
• Polar Prime and Frosts: Provides additional damage against enemies that are chilled which you can easily apply using Blizzard, Ice Shards, and Frost Nova.

Burning Instinct (Control)

This board allows you to stack damage reduction and damage increase against burning enemies. This board is a must have to increase the effectiveness of the Fire Bolt Enchantment.

• Control: Increases your overall damage against enemies that are crowd controlled which you can easily apply using this build.
• Cinders and Kindling: Gives you additional damage against burning enemies, which is automatically applied to all enemies that you hit because of the Fire Bolt Enchantment.
• Smoldering Embers: Provides damage reduction against enemies that are burning for additional survivability.

Enchantment Master (Territorial)

The magic and rare nodes on this board boost your Non-Physical Damage attacks and provide additional resistance to all elements.

• Territorial (Glyph): Provides additional damage reduction against nearby enemies, allowing you to tank attacks with your barrier.
• Elemental Balance: Provides damage boost on your Non-Physical Damage attacks.
• Erudite: Increases all elemental resistance for extra defense and survivability.

Searing Heat (Exploit)

Similar to the Ice Fall board, this board features dexterity nodes that are close to each other, making it easy for you to activate the secondary glyph effect.

• Exploit: Increases your overall damage against vulnerable enemies for every dexterity node purchased within its range.
• Ashes: Provides additional fire element resistance and intelligence.

Blizzard Playstyle

Ice Spikes Blizzard Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Stay Inside Your Blizzard

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Trash Mob Opener and Skill Rotation

Stay Inside Your Blizzard

The best way to both deal damage and increase your survivability is by staying inside your casted Blizzard. Blizzard will not only release Ice Spikes but will also chill enemies, ultimately leading them to be Frozen. Crowd Controlled enemies can do very little to damage you, which makes this the safest place you can be.

How to Beat Uber Lilith

Phase One

Unlike other builds, the Ice Spikes Blizzard build can skip most of the mechanics since your goal is to immediately burst down Uber Lilith after staggering her once. Build up Uber Lilith's Stagger Meter by using your Teleport, Frost Nova, and Flame Shield. One cycle will not be enough to stagger her; you can spam your Blizzard to deal some damage while waiting for your cooldowns to completely stagger her.

Once Uber Lilith is nearly staggered, replace your weapon with a 2-Handed Staff with the Aspect of Control to get the 100% Bonus Effect from the Affix. Stack your Blizzard on top of Uber Lilith to burst her down. If you still lack damage after this replacement, you can further boost your damage output by replacing the Conceited Aspect Gloves with an Aspect of Inner Calm.

Equipment Replacement

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Main Hand	Aspect of Control You deal (25-35)% more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies. ・+X% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies (Inherent) ・+X Intelligence ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Damage to Stunned Enemies
Gloves	Aspect of Inner Calm Deal (5.0-10)% increased damage for each second you stand still, up to 30%. ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Attack Speed ・Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore X Resource

Phase Two

Upon completing Phase One, you will have enough time to swap your equipment (Gloves, Dagger, and Focus) back and wait for your cooldowns while preparing for Phase Two. Similar to Phase One, you just need to cycle through your skills to immediately build up the Stagger Meter and stun Uber Lilith as soon as possible to burst her; allowing you to skip most of the mechanics.

Stack Blizzard on top of her while spamming all of your skills to build up the Stagger Meter. Immediately swap back to your damage equipment when Uber Lilith is nearly staggered and continue stacking your Blizzard on top of Uber Lilith before she wakes up. If you can do this correctly, she will only have 5% of her life remaining.

Platform Mechanic

This time, you will not be able to completely kill Uber Lilith. She will become invulnerable and will start destroying the platform. When she starts doing this, focus on moving away from the red mist while dodging the projectiles that will follow you. She will repeat this pattern three times before you can deal damage to her again. If you are having a hard time dodging the projectiles, you can switch out your Ice Blades with Deep Freeze. This will act as your panic button if you ever run out of Teleport and Barriers. After she is done with the mechanic, you can start stacking your Blizzard to finish the fight.

How to Unlock Uber Lilith

Active Nevesk's Blood Sigil in World Tier 4

Players can unlock the Uber Lilith fight by interacting with her Blood Sigil in Nevesk as soon as they reach World Tier 4. Take note that this is the final boss of the current version of the game. Make sure you're at least level 100 and geared up as best as possible before attempting — especially in hardcore mode!

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