This is the Sorcerer Fireball endgame build and guide for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Fireball Sorcerer build, including its skills, gear, gems, runes, mercenaries, and paragon boards, as well as how to play the build for Season 6.

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Fireball Build Summary

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Build Summary
Fireball Endgame Build
	Focus: AoE DPS, Endgame Dungeons
Strong AOE Damage Multiple Defensive Skills High Mobility Due to Teleport Relies on Defensive Skills to Survive

This build primarily utilizes Fireball, enhanced by the effects of the Gloves of the Illuminator paired with the Staff of Endless Rage. This combination allows you to deal massive damage to large groups of enemies while maintaining survivability through multiple defensive skills, crowd control, and Raheir as your mercenary.

Fireball Build Skills and Class Mechanic

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Fireball Build Skills and Passives

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Active Skills
Basic Skill Tree ┗ Fire Bolt (2/5)
Core Skill Tree ┗ Fireball (5/5) 　┗ Enhanced Fireball 　　┗ Destructive Fireball ┗ Frozen Orb (1/5) 　┗ Enhanced Frozen Orb 　　┗ Greater Frozen Orb ┗ Elemental Dominance (3/3) ┗ Potent Warding (3/3)
Defensive Skill Tree ┗ Teleport (5/5) 　┗ Enhanced Teleport 　　┗ Shimmering Teleport ┗ Flame Shield (1/5) ┗ Ice Armor (1/5) ┗ Glass Cannon (3/3) ┗ Elemental Attunement (3/3)
Conjuration Skill Tree ┗ Align the Elements (1/3) 　┗ Protection (3/3) ┗ Precision Magic (3/3) ┗ Mana Shield (3/3)
Mastery Skill Tree ┗ Inner Flames (3/3) 　┗ Devouring Blaze (3/3) 　┗ Crippling Flames (3/3) ┗ Icy Veil (3/3)
Ultimate Skill Tree ┗ Inferno (1/5) ┗ Fiery Surge (2/3) 　┗ Endless Pyre (3/3) 　┗ Soulfire (3/3) ┗ Elemental Synergies (3/3) ┗ Evocation (3/3)
Key Passive ┗ Enlightenment

Fireball Build Enchantment

Fireball Enchantment Slots
Frozen Orb (Level 15)	Teleport (Level 30)

First, you will select Frozen Orb as your first enchantment. This will give Frozen Orb a 30% chance to automatically launch every time you cast a spell. Since this build cannot apply Vulnerable with your Pyromancy skills, this enchantment is essential for boosting your overall damage output.

Next, you will use Teleport to gain additional crowd control, which is necessary to activate the offering from your Noc rune. Keep in mind that you need to pair this with Raiment of the Infinite to make this build optimal. If you do not yet have this Unique armor, you can substitute it with the Fireball Enchantment for extra burst damage.

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Fireball Build Aspects and Affixes

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Masterwork Priority	Affixes marked with ★ are the ones you should aim to upgrade when masterworking.

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Gear	Aspect and Affixes
Head	Heir of Perdition Stats: ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lucky Hit Chance ★★★ ・Movement Speed ・Ranks to Core Skills Note: Harlequin Crest is a great alternative if you have it as its Maximum Resource will help get your build online more easily.
Chest	Raiment of the Infinite Stats: ・Ranks to Elemental Attunement ・Intelligence ★★★ ・Ranks to Glass Cannon ・Ranks to Shocking Impact Note: Snowveiled Aspect is a great alternative if you are still looking for the Raiment of the Infinite.
Gloves	Gloves of the Illuminator Stats: ・Critical Strike Chance ・Fireball Attack Speed ★★★ ・Mana when a Fireball Explodes ・Ranks to Fireball
Pants	Tibault's Will Stats: ・All Stats ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Resource ・Damage Reduction while Unstoppable ★★★
Boots	Rakanoth's Wake Stats: ・Movement Speed ・Non-Physical Damage ★★★ ・Cooldown Reduction ・Resistance to All Elements
Amulet	Aspect of Three Curses Stats: ・Damage ★★★ ・Total Armor ・Ranks to Devouring Blaze Temper: ・Offensive - Pyromancy Finesse 　┗ X Fire Damage ・Utility - Worldly Fortune 　┗ Lucky Hit: Up to X Chance to Slow for 2 Seconds
Ring	Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop Stats: ・Non-Physical Damage ★★★ ・Cooldown Reduction ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Ranks to Potent Warding
Ring	Aspect of Control Stats: ・Critical Strike Chance ・Critical Strike Damage ★★★ ・Vulnerable Damage Temper: ・Offensive - Pyromancy Finesse 　┗ X Pyromancy Critical Strike Damage ・Resource - Worldly Stability 　┗ X Resource Cost Reduction
Weapon (Staff)	Staff of Endless Rage Stats: ・Chance for Fireball Projectiles to Cast Twice ★★★ ・Fireball Projectile Speed ・Ranks to Fireball ・Intelligence

Fireball Build Gems and Runewords

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Fireball Build Gems

Armor	Weapons	Jewelry
Amethyst	Emerald	Skull

Use Topaz Gems on your Armor to boost your Intelligence for increased skill damage, Emerald Gems on your Weapons for additional Critical Hit damage, and Skull Gems on your Jewelry to Increase your Armor.

Fireball Build Runewords

Runeword 1	Runeword 2
Tam Ohm	Noc Lac

Since you will primarily be using Fireball, which is a non-channeled Core Skill, you can constantly trigger the Barbarian's War Cry to move faster around the map and increase your damage output.

This will be paired with Noc and Lac, as you will be utilizing the Crippling Flames passive to apply crowd control to enemies while using the Challenging Shout, which can significantly boost your survivability.

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Fireball Build Mercenaries

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Mercenary	Reinforcement
Raheir	Aldkin

Sorcerers are generally fragile and rely on multiple defensive skills to survive dangerous situations. However, since Raheir's abilities can mitigate some incoming damage, you can afford to play more aggressively.

For reinforcement, you will hire Aldkin for his Terrify ability, which will serve as an additional source of Vulnerable.

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Fireball Build Paragon Boards

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Paragon Boards
1. Starting Board (Destruction)
Searing Heat (Pyromaniac)
Fundamental Release (Exploit)
Enchantment Master (Elementalist)
Burning Instinct (Flamefeeder)

The Paragon Boards and Glyphs you choose should focus on enhancing your Pyromancy Skills, Burning damage, Damage to Vulnerable targets, and Critical Damage to eliminate enemies for faster clearing. Since you will be relatively weak against single target enemies, it is essential to boost your damage as much as possible to effectively deal with bosses, especially in difficult dungeons.

Fireball Build Playstyle and Tips

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This build's playstyle revolves around spamming Fireball to defeat enemies while utilizing defensive skills for survivability. With the Gloves of the Illuminator and the Staff of Endless Rage, you can clear large groups of enemies and even burst down bosses by relying on a single ability.

1. Cast Flame Shield or Ice Armor to generate a Barrier.
2. Use Teleport to pull enemies together and stun them.
3. Use Evade to move out of enemy range before the crowd control ends.
4. Spam Fireball on the group of enemies to wipe them out instantly.

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