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★ NEW: Season 7 Release Date and New Features
★ Season 7 Guide (Season of Witchcraft)
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┗ Seasonal Mechanic: List of All Occult Gems and Witchraft Powers
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This is the Ball Lightning endgame build and guide for Season 7 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Ball Lightning build as well as its playstyle in the Season of Witchcraft!
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This Ball Lightning sorcerer build is based on Lurkin's Zeus Tank sorcerer. The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. You can check Lurkin on Youtube for more Diablo 4 content, or on Twitch to ask questions about the build!
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Focus: AoE DPS, Endgame Dungeons | |
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This build primarily relies on Ball Lightning to efficiently eliminate all nearby and approaching enemies. To increase the damage of Ball Lightning, the build uses the Storm Swell Aspect with Ice Blades, Ice Armor, and Thul rune to cast Frost Nova to increase damage against Frozen enemies.
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Select Ice Blades as your first enchantment. This will allow you to cast Ice Blades automatically launch every 40 seconds of cooldowns you spend. Your second enchantment will be Teleport for added mobility, replacing your evade with Teleport.
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Witchcraft | Effect Rank Up Bonus |
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Lucky Hit: You have up to an X chance to apply Hex of Flames. Hex of Flames deals 40% additional Fire damage each time you deal damage to the target.
Rank 7: Hex of Flames explodes dealing damage to all nearby enemies when you land a Critical Strike. |
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Damage done by your Witchcraft Effects afflicts enemies with Hex of Shattering causing them to deal X reduced damage for 5 seconds.
Rank 8: When any Hex Effect is applied to Headrotten, all damage will be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds. |
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Feed upon the life force of nearby enemies whenever you use a skill with a cooldown, increasing your primary stat by 3% per monster for X seconds.
Rank 9: Soul Harvest does not lose duration so long as enemies are nearby. |
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Conjure an aura of decay that deals 80% Poison damage to enemies every second.
Rank 10: Each time Aura of Siphoning deals damage, you are healed for 1% of Maximum Life. |
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Dealing any damage with your skills has a 15% chance to grow a flower from the ground. When an enemy is near, the flower deals X Poison damage to that enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is near, the flower Heals for 6% Maximum Life. The flower withers away after use. A flower may grow once every 2 seconds per enemy.
Rank 5: The damage and healing affects all enemies or allies near the flower. |
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The size of your Aura Effects are increased by X.
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The Witchcraft Power setup is designed for close combat engagement through Auras and Hexes. Hex of Flames, Hex of Shattering, Soul Harvest, Aura Siphoning, and Aura Specialization allow the build to deal more damage against close enemies while also offering huge survivability.
The Cycle is used for dual purposes, it provides the build some sustainability through its healing, while also offering an offensive value through poisoning.
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Affixes marked with ★ are the ones you should aim to upgrade when masterworking. |
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Head | Stats: ・Critical Strike Chance ★ ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Movement Speed ・Ranks to Core Skills ★★ |
Chest | Stats: ・All Stats ・Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth ・Maximum Life ★★★ ・Resource Generation. |
Gloves | Stats: ・Ranks to Core Skills ★★★ ・Attack Speed ・Critical Strike Chance Temper: ・Offensive - Worldly Finesse ┗ Critical Strike Damage
・Utility - Sorcerer Innovation
┗ Frost Nova Size |
Pants | Stats: ・Maximum Life ・Intelligence ★★★ ・Armor Temper: ・Defensive - Worldly Endurance ┗ Total Armor
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds |
Boots | Stats: ・Ranks to Ball Lightning ・Intelligence ・Mana per Second Temper: ・Mobility - Natural Motion ┗ Evade Cooldown Reduction
・Utility - Sorcerer Innovation
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Amulet | Stats: ・Ranks to Permafrost ★★★ ・Ranks to Inner Flames ・Intelligence Temper: ・Mobility - Natural Motion ┗ Evade Cooldown Reduction
・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency
┗ Unstable Currents Cooldown Reduction |
Ring | Stats: ・Non-Physical Damage ・Cooldown Reduction ★★★ ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Ranks to Potent Warding |
Ring | Stats: ・Attack Speed ★★★ ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Ranks to Core Skills |
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Stats: ・Intelligence ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Critical Strike Damage Temper: ・Offensive - Worldly Finesse ┗ Critical Strike Damage
・Weapon - Shock Augments - Surge
┗ Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice |
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Stats: ・Attack Speed for 5 Seconds After Casting a Defensive Skill ・Damage Reduction for Each Ball Lightning ・Ranks to Ball Lightning ・Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice ★★★ |
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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.
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The Occult Gem setup is built around to support the build's Witchcraft Powers. Elder Sigil and Dust Stone allow you to deal more damage to enemies affected by your Auras and Hexes.
The survivability and damage bonuses of Friend of the Bog come from Soul Harvest, Aura of Siphoning, and The Cycle.
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Tam + Ohm is used to gain more damage through the Barbarian's War Cry as you spam Charged Bolts. While Igni + Thul is used to cast Frost Nova, freezing enemies and making them vulnerable.
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Mercenary | Reinforcement |
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Subo is used as the main mercenary for marking enemies and regaining mana. Take Subo's Cover Fire and Opening Fire to gain more Critical Strike Damage, ultimately allowing the build to deal more damage over a time interval.
Use Raheir as your reinforcement for your survivability. It's best to use his Bastion skill whenever you become injured, so you can avoid damage and become unstoppable.
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Paragon Boards |
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1. Starting Board (Tactician) |
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2. Frigid Fate (Elementalist) |
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3. Fundamental Release (Unleash) |
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4. Static Surge (Adept) |
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5. Ceaseless Conduit (Destruction) |
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The Paragon Boards and Glyphs for the build focus on enhancing damage scaling and sustaining mana. Tactician will be activated by Flame Shield and Ice Armor, while Elementalist is activated by all skills and Witchcraft that deal damage, with Destruction activating whenever you deal a critical strike.
Other Glyphs such as Unleash and Adept offer the build some utility such as mana sustain and increased AoE, with Unleash also offering damage scaling after spending 50 mana.
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This build's playstyle revolves around engaging in close combat by spamming Ball Lightning with the help of defensive skills for survivability. The playstyle rotation follows:
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