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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Sorcerer Lightning Spear Endgame Build (Season 8)

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This is the Lightning Spear endgame build and guide for Season 8 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Lightning Spear build as well as its playstyle in Season 8 (Belial's Return)!

Attention Legacy Builds!Attention! This build is a Legacy Build that was created from Season 8 (Belial's Return) and is not updated for the current season.
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Lightning Spear Sorcerer Build

Lightning Spear Build Summary

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SummarySummary Lightning Spear Skills and Passives Boss PowersBoss Powers Aspects and AffixesAspects and Affixes
GemsGems MercenaryMercenary Spiritborn ParagonParagon Sorcerer Playstyle

This Lightning Spear sorcerer build is based on Mekuna's Lightning Spear - Shockuna sorcerer. The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. You can check Mekuna on Youtube for more Diablo 4 content, or on Twitch to ask questions about the build!

Build Summary
Sorcerer Class ViewLightning Spear Endgame Build
Fireball Ice Armor Ice Blades Lightning Spear Ball Lightning Unstable Currents
Focus: Pit 100+, AoE DPS, Endgame Dungeons
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Damage Output and Crowd Control
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Mobility due to Teleport
Diablo 4 Build - Con Lacks Single Target Damage

The Shockuna endgame build for Season 8 primarily relies on Lightning Spear, Ball Lightning, and Familiars to deal massive damage and apply Crowd Control effects, which in turn activates the effects of Beast in the Ice's Sleet.

This setup is paired with the Teleport Enchantment and Raiment of the Infinite for enhanced mobility and additional Crowd Control, boosting your survivability. These are further supported by Ice Armor and the damage reduction provided by Harlequin Crest.

Lightning Spear Build Skills and Passives

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SummarySummary Lightning Spear Skills and Passives Boss PowersBoss Powers Aspects and AffixesAspects and Affixes
GemsGems MercenaryMercenary Spiritborn ParagonParagon Sorcerer Playstyle
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※ More skills can be seen by scrolling vertically.

Active Skills
necro basicBasic Skill Tree
┗ Spark Spark (2/5)
necro coreCore Skill Tree
┗ Fireball Fireball (1/5)
　┗ Enhanced FireballEnhanced Fireball
　　┗ Greater FireballGreater Fireball
┗ Potent Warding Potent Warding (1/3)
Defensive Skill TreeDefensive Skill Tree
┗ Teleport Teleport (2/5)
　┗ Enhanced TeleportEnhanced Teleport
　　┗ Shimmering TeleportShimmering Teleport
┗ Ice Armor Ice Armor (1/5)
　┗ Enhanced Ice ArmorEnhanced Ice Armor
　　┗ Mystical Ice ArmorMystical Ice Armor
┗ Glass Cannon Glass Cannon (3/3)
Conjuration Skill TreeConjuration Skill Tree
┗ Familiar Familiar (1/5)
　┗ Enhanced FamiliarEnhanced Familiar
　　┗ Invoked FamiliarInvoked Familiar
┗ Ice Blades Ice Blades (1/5)
　┗ Enhanced Ice BladesEnhanced Ice Blades
　　┗ Invoked Ice BladesInvoked Ice Blades
┗ Lightning Spear Lightning Spear (55)
　┗ Enhanced Lightning SpearEnhanced Lightning Spear
　　┗ Invoked Lightning SpearInvoked Lightning Spear
┗ Align the Elements Align the Elements (1/3)
　┗ Protection Protection (2/3)
┗ Primordial Binding Primordial Binding (3/3)
┗ Mana Shield Mana Shield (3/3)
Mastery Skill TreeMastery Skill Tree
┗ Ball Lightning Ball Lightning (1/5)
　┗ Enhanced Ball LightningEnhanced Ball Lightning
　　┗ WizardWizard's Ball Lightning
┗ Inner Flames Inner Flames (3/3)
┗ Invigorating Conduit Invigorating Conduit (2/3)
Diablo 4 - Ultimate Skill TreeUltimate Skill Tree
┗ Unstable Currents Unstable Currents (1/5)
　┗ Prime Unstable CurrentsPrime Unstable Currents
　┗ Conduction Conduction (1/3)
　┗ Electrocution Electrocution (3/3)
　┗ Convulsions Convulsions (3/3)
┗ Permafrost Permafrost (3/3)
　┗ Icy Touch Icy Touch (3/3)
　┗ Hoarfrost Hoarfrost (3/3)
┗ Elemental Synergies Elemental Synergies (3/3)
┗ Evocation Evocation (3/3)
Diablo 4 - Key Passive Skill TreeKey Passive
┗ Enlightenment Enlightenment

Lightning Spear Build Enchantment

Fireball Enchantment Slots
TeleportTeleport
(Level 15)		 FamiliarFamiliar
(Level 30)

Select Teleport as your first enchantment. This allows you to cast Teleport more frequently, giving you increased mobility and Crowd Control to help trigger Beast in the Ice's Sleet.

For your second enchantment, choose Familiars to generate additional Conjurations, which benefit from the bonus damage provided by Invoked Familiar. Since you will be spamming Ice Blades, Lightning Spear, and Familiars, you will be able to trigger this effect consistently.

Enchantment Slots Explained

Lightning Spear Build Boss Powers

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SummarySummary Lightning Spear Skills and Passives Boss PowersBoss Powers Aspects and AffixesAspects and Affixes
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Boss Power Effect/Modifiers
Beast in the Ice Beast in the Ice's Sleet Effect: After Casting 3 Skills which apply Crowd Control or Stagger effects, shoot out sleet spikes that deal XX Cold damage and Freeze enemies for 2 seconds.
Beastmaster Beastmaster's Training Modifier: Your Summons deal XX more damage, increased by XX for each 1% Bonus Critical Strike Damage you have from items and Paragon, up to a maximum of XX.
Hatred Hatred's Embrace's Haste Modifier: Gain XX Critical Strike Chance, increased by XX for each 1% Shadow Resistance from bonuses you have, up to a maximum of XX.
Sinerat Sinerat's Flames Modifier: Gain XX increased damage to all Elements. For each 1% of an Element's Resistance from bonuses, gain 0.2% increased damage for that Element, up to a maximum of XX.

Since you will be spamming Ball Lightning and Lightning Spear, these will actively trigger the effects of Beast in the Ice's Sleet, which deals massive damage to surrounding enemies.

Additionally, because you will be frequently summoning your Familiars and Ice Blades, you will also benefit from the bonuses provided by Beastmaster's Training.

Finally, since the Sorcerer class has high Intelligence and strong elemental resistance, you will take advantage of Hatred's Embrace's Haste and Sinerat's Flames to further increase your Critical Strike Chance and Damage to All Elements.

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Ball Lightning Build Aspects and Affixes

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

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Gear Aspect and Affixes
Head
D4 - Harlequin Crest Harlequin Crest
Stats:
・Cooldown Reduction ★★★
・Maximum Life
・Maximum Resource
・Armor
Chest
D4 - Raiment of the Infinite Raiment of the Infinite
Stats:
・Intelligence
・Ranks to Elemental Attunement
・Ranks to Shocking Impact
・Ranks to Glass Cannon ★★★
Gloves
D4 - Sidhe Bindings Sidhe Bindings
Stats:
・Chance for Familiar to Hit Twice
・Familiar Explosion Size
・Ranks to Familiar
・Ranks to Primordial Binding ★★★
Pants
Snowveiled Aspect ImageSnowveiled Aspect
Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Intelligence ★★★
・Armor
Temper:
・Defensive - Frost Cage
　┗ Ice Armor Duration
・Utility - Natural Schemes
　┗ Barrier Generation
Boots
Aspect Of the Orange Herald ImageAspect Of the Orange Herald
Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Intelligence ★★★
・Mana per Second
Temper:
・Mobility - Natural Motion
　┗ Evade Cooldown Reduction
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
　┗ Lucky Hit Chance
Amulet
Aspect of Elements ImageAspect of Elements
Stats:
・Ranks to Permafrost ★
・Ranks to Inner Flames ★★
・Intelligence
Temper:
・Mobility - Natural Motion
　┗ Evade Cooldown Reduction
・Offensive - Worldly Finesse
　┗ Critical Strike Damage
Ring
D4 - Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop
Stats:
・Non-Physical Damage
・Cooldown Reduction ★★★
・Lucky Hit Chance
・Ranks to Potent Warding
Ring
D4 - Ring of Starless Skies Ring of Starless Skies
Stats:
・Attack Speed ★★★
・Critical Strike Chance
・Lucky Hit Chance
・Ranks to Core Skills
Weapon
(Staff)
Aspect of Splintering Energy ImageAspect of Splintering Energy
Stats:
・Intelligence
・Maximum Life
・Critical Strike Damage
Temper:
・Offensive - Worldly Finesse
　┗ Critical Strike Damage ★★★
・Weapon - Conjuration Augments
　┗ Chance for Lightning Spear to Deal Double Damage

Lightning Spear Build Gems and Runewords

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Weapon Armor Jewelry
EmeraldEmerald TopazTopaz SkullSkull

For Gems, it's best to slot in Topaz in your armor to increase your Intelligence and skill damage. For your weapons, Emerald is the best choice as it increases your Critical Strike Damage.

List of All Gems

Lightning Spear Build Runewords

Runeword 1 Runeword 2
CemCem OhmOhm CirCir VexVex

Spamming your abilities will constantly activate the effects of Vex. Since you will be using Teleport in your enchantment slot, you can cast it simply by pressing Evade. This gives you excellent mobility and Crowd Control, which negates the Exhausted effect from Cem, and allows you to benefit from the effects of Raiment of the Infinite. Lastly, you will also use Ohm as an additional source of damage boost.

List of All Runewords

Lightning Spear Build Mercenaries

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Mercenary Reinforcement
Subo Subo AldkinAldkin

Use Subo as the Main Mercenary

Subo is used as the main mercenary for Slowing and Stunning enemies, inflicting Crowd Control. He also provides additional Critical Hit Damage boost with Opening Fire.

Equip Aldkin as a Reinforcement

Use Aldkin as your reinforcement for survivability due to the effects of Field of Languish.

List of All Mercenaries

Lightning Spear Build Paragon Boards

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Paragon Boards
1. Starting Board (Flamefeeder)
1 Starting Board
2. Searing Heat (Tactician)
2 Searing Heat
3. Elemental Summoner (Elementalist)
3 Elemental Summoner
4. Ceaseless Conduit (Destruction)
4 Ceaseless Conduit
5. Enchantment Master (Unleash)
5 Enchantment Master

Lightning Spear Build Playstyle and Tips

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This build's playstyle revolves around engaging enemies in close combat by jumping into the fray with Teleport and spamming Ball Lightning alongside your Conjuration skills (Lightning Spear, Familiars, and Ice Blades). In turn, this will activate the effects of your Boss Powers, allowing you to inflict massive Cold damage. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Activate Unstable Currents to begin.
  2. Summon your Lightning Spear, Familiars, and Ice Blades to build up your Conjuration count.
  3. Engage enemies by jumping into the center with Teleport. This will pull all nearby enemies toward you, thanks to the effects of Raiment of the Infinite.
  4. Spam Ball Lightning and maintain your active Conjurations throughout the fight for consistent DPS and Crowd Control.
  5. Cast Ice Armor while spamming your abilities to boost survivability and defense.
  6. Use Fireball every few seconds to activate the effects of Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop for additional elemental damage bonuses.

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2 Anonymous Anonymous 7 months

Also, the video is using flame shield but this one-uses ice. Is there a reason to switch to that?

1 Anonymous Anonymous 7 months

I started playing in season 7 and had fun with a fire build. I really like the lighting spear build but I have not found one that works for me. I used this one, but I am having issues with pit 60. IDK what I am missing but I am not doing something. I am only paragon 187 but I should find a build where I can progress to IV. I used all the aspects and have all gear above 8 and working on glyphs but get fails since I can only do 50 pits.

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