Sorcerer Fireball Endgame Build (Season 2 Updated)

This is a Season 2 Fireball endgame build for Sorcerer in Diablo 4 (D4) that uses The Gloves of the Illuminator and Flowing Veins to bring out the maximum burst potential of Fireball. Read on to learn all the Gear, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 2.

Fireball Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

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

Build Overview and Summary
Fireball		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Tibault's Will X'Fal's Corroded Signet Esu's Heirloom Gloves of the Illuminator (Gloves) Aspect of Disobedience (Helm) Aspect of Three Curses (Staff) Elementalist's Aspect (Amulet) Prodigy's Aspect (Ring) Exploiter's Aspect (Chest)

Build Overview and Summary
Fireball		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Intelligence ・Movement Speed ・Damage Reduction ・Maximum Life ・Mana Cost Reduction			Amethyst (Weapon) Ruby (Armor) Diamond (Jewelry)

This is an endgame build that utilizes Fire Damage through Fireball and several other Skills, Enchantments, and Paragon Nodes. This fiery build is made stronger by Vampiric Powers, namely Flowing Veins, Accursed Touch, Ravenous, Prey on the Weak, and Undying to capitalize on the build's high burst capability.

Fireball interaction with its Uniques and Aspects has been improved and is more consistent than ever in Season 2, which makes this build a strong and reliable fire element burst build.

Fireball Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Fireball (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Fireball	Destructive Fireball
Flame Shield (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Flame Shield	Mystical Flame Shield
Teleport (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Teleport	Shimmering Teleport
Ice Armor (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Ice Armor
Frost Nova (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova
Inferno (1 Point)	→	Prime Inferno

Passive Skills

Fireball Barber Passives
Devastation (3 Points)				Elemental Dominance (3 Points)				Elemental Attunement (1 Point)
Glass Cannon (3 Points)				Align the Elements (1 Point)				Precision Magic (3 Points)
Protection (3 Points)				Inner Flames (3 Points)				Devouring Blaze (3 Points)
Crippling Flames (3 Points)				Warmth (3 Points)				Endless Pyre (3 Points)
Fiery Surge (3 Points)						Esu's Ferocity (1 Point)

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Fire Bolt	Fire Bolt	Fireball	Enhanced Fireball
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Destructive Fireball	Fireball	Teleport	Frost Nova
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Enhanced Frost Nova	Mystical Frost Nova	Flame Shield	Ice Armor
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Fireball	Fireball	Fireball	Elemental Attunement
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Align the Elements	Protection	Enhanced Flame Shield	Shimmering Flame Shield
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Enhanced Teleport	Shimmering Teleport	Enhanced Ice Armor	Inferno
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Prime Inferno	Supreme Inferno	Protection	Protection
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Warmth		Greater Frozen Orb	Inner Flames
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Crippling Flames	Esu's Ferocity	Devouring Blaze	Devouring Blaze
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Devouring Blaze	Warmth	Endless Pyre	Endless Pyre
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Endless Pyre	Devastation	Elemental Dominance	Elemental Dominance
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Elemental Dominance	Glass Cannon	Glass Cannon	Glass Cannon
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Precision Magic	Precision Magic	Precision Magic	Inner Flames
R5	R6	R7	R8
Inner Flames	Devastation	Devastation	Fiery Surge
R9		R10
Fiery Surge		Fiery Surge

Enchantment Slots

Fireball Barber Enchantment Slots
Fireball (Level 15)	Fire Bolt (Level 30)

Fireball, the first Enchantment of this build, it is used to deal additional area of effect damage to enemies due to its explosion. This is one of the best offensive Enchantments due to how frequent it can trigger.

Fire Bolt Enchantment is important to apply additional burning damage to proc the effect of Flowing Veins and the Devouring Blaze Skill Passive . Both of these are significant damage boosts and will be constantly active due to the burning damage given by Fire Bolt.

Enchantment Slots Explained

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Staff	Aspect of Three Curses Meteor deals (35-50)% increased Critical Strike Damage against Healthy targets. ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X Intelligence ・+X All Stats

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 All Stats ・+X Maximum Resource ・+X Intelligence ・+X% Cooldown Reduction
Chest	Exploiter's Aspect You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal (20-40)% increased damage to them. ・+X All Stats ・+X% Damage ・+X Intelligence ・+X% Element Damage
Gloves	Gloves of the Illuminator Fireball now bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but it's explosion deals (35-25)% less damage. ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Fireball Attack Speed ・Lucky Hit: Up to a +X% Chance to Restore Mana ・+X Ranks Fireball
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. ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Movement Speed for 4 seconds on Elite Kill ・+X% Shrine Buff Duration ・+X% Critical Strike Damage

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Elementalist's Aspect Core or Mastery Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a (20.0-40.0)% increased Critical Strike Chance. ・+X% Resistance to All (Inherent) ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X Ranks Defensive Skills ・+X Ranks Devouring Blaze ・+X% Mana Cost Reduction
Ring	Prodigy's Aspect Using a Cooldown restores (XX) Mana. ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X Maximum Life
Ring	X'Fal's Corroded Signet Lucky Hit: Your damage over time effects have up to a 50% chance to erupt, dealing 5.0-6.0 damage of the same type to Nearby enemies. ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Damage Over Time ・+X All Stats

Best Gems

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Gem Type	Effect Explanation
Royal Amethyst (Weapon)	+8.0% Damage Over Time Increases the overall damage of your Damage Over Time effects.
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.

Best Vampiric Powers

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect Explanation
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. It offers area-of-effect damage that can assist in clearing areas as your Fireball bounces off enemies.
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. Since enemies are always inflicted with Vampiric Curse because of Flowing Veins, they will always be Vulnerable, and you will deal extra damage to them.
Ravenous 3 0 0	Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to increase your Attack Speed by 40% of your Total Movement Speed for 6 seconds. The bonus Attack Speed from this Vampiric Power will allow you to spam your Fireball much faster.
Flowing Veins 2 2 2	You deal 60% increased Damage Over Time to enemies that are moving or affected by a Vampiric Curse. This will serve as your primary source of damage by stacking the Burning status on enemies.
Undying 0 0 1	Casting Skills heals you for 3% Life. Double this bonus while below 50% Life. Provides consistent healing since you'll be spamming your Fireball.
Total Pacts Required 7 | 8 | 3

Paragon Board Setup

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Summary		Skill Progression		Aspects & Affixes
Gems		Vampiric Powers		Paragon

Fireball Playstyle

Fireball Barber Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Use Teleport to Gain Mana Reposition to Get More Fireball Hits

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Trash Mob Opener and Skill Rotation

Boss Opener

Use Skills to Gain Mana

You can easily deplete your Mana if you spam cast Fireball at your enemies. This should have been eased up by equipping the Incendiary Aspect, but if you do not have enough resource generation stat, it is better to simply just equip a Prodigy's Aspect.

Reposition to Get More Fireball Hits

Using Fireball with the Gloves of the Illuminator can be quite tricky at first due to the way the skill bounces. This is still a bit tricky, but it can be improved through proper positioning. Practice positioning yourself mid-range against an enemy to get 2 or even 3 bounces of Fireball on an enemy.

This might take time to get used to, but it is definitely worth it to master this build!

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