Wizard Firestorm Challenge Rift Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Firestorm Challenge Rift Build, a PvE Wizard Build in Diablo Immortal! This easy-to-use build features a harder-hitting Firestorm combo that covers a much larger AoE than before. To learn more about this Rift-running build, as well as its equipment, skills, and preferred gems, read on!

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Firestorm Challenge Rift Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Firestorm Challenge Rift
Class	Wizard
Build Rating
Preference	Solo and Party
Build Focus	PvE: Challenge Rift, Elder Rift, Dungeon, Bounty
Stat Priorities	・Intelligence ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage ・Fortitude ・Vitality

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Windshaper		Unrepentant Gale
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Lyan's Resonant Wisdom	Shoulders of the Cataclysm	Starcaller's Drapery	Starcaller's Breeches
Set (Windloft Perfection)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Wisdom's Edge	Fairfleet	Foulfleet	Whipcrack
Hands		Feet
Hurtling Steel		Stump-Stir
Paragon Trees
Vanquisher > Treasure Hunter > Soldier or Gladiator
Skills
Electrocute (Primary)
Meteor		Arcane Wind
Scorch		Teleport
Charm Priority
1. Arcane Wind 2. Meteor 3. Scorch 4. Magic Missile 5. Teleport

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Aquamarine x1	+ 8 Armor
Citrine x5	+ 8 Potency
Sapphire x3	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Tourmaline x5	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Berserker's Eye	Increases all damage you deal by 5.00%, but increases all damage you take by 6%. Increases your Critical Hit Chance by 1%. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blessing of the Worthy	When you take damage, you have 20% chance to unleash retribution on all nearby enemies, dealing damage equal to 12% of your maximum Life. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds. For 6 seconds after unleashing divine retribution, you take 4% decreased damage. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. Unlocks at Rank 3
Chained Death	Increases damage done by your attacks by 1.50% per target hit, up to a maximum of 4.5% with 3 targets. Chained death bonus damage increases to a maximum of 4 targets. Unlocks at Rank 3
Power and Command	Power and Command alternates states every 9 seconds. Power increases your Primary Attack damage by 8%. Command increases all other skill damage by 8%. You have a 7.5% chance to dispel a negative effect on you each time Power and Command states alternate. Unlocks at Rank 3
Seeping Bile	Your attacks 4% chance to poison enemies, inflicting 25% base damage + 263 every second for 6 seconds. This poison spreads to nearby enemies if the victim dies. Cannot affect the same target more often than once every 20 seconds. This poison also decreases enemy movement speed by 6% Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Easy-To-Use Firestorm Setup

Unlike the Firestorm Dungeon Build, this amazing PvE setup deals more damage while boasting an easy-to-aim Firestorm combo. By swapping out Devastation for Windshaper, the once skillshot-reliant combo gets buffed with an Arcane Wind twister that tracks enemies for you while dealing multiple instances of damage.

Legendary Gear Makes it Easier to Deal AoE Damage

The core of this build is the Windshaper main hand weapon as it modifies Arcane Wind into a damaging twister that follows enemies around for a period of time. Instead of being limited by directional inputs, the original Firestorm build is now allowed to cover a larger AoE while dealing multiple instances of damage in the process.

Unlike other endgame builds, this simple setup only needs 3 legendary items to function properly from the get-go: the Windshaper, the Starcaller's Breeches, and the Unrepentant Gale.

Set Items Keep the Build Mobile

Windloft Perfection is what will carry this build at higher difficulties. On top of granting increased mobility via move speed bonuses, it also grants more damage (tied to move speed) and generates a 5-hit absorbing shield once you get the 6-piece set bonus. Increase your survivability by farming and equipping this quality set.

Legendary Gems Boost All Damage Types

With the easier damage setup, a few of your gem slots will be freed up to buff your primary attack damage. Not only does this help with your single-target damage problem, it also allows you to easily transition into a Firestorm PvP build for the Wizard.

Take note of the damage buffs for the listed gems. Only Power & Command will directly affect Skill and Primary Attack damage. The rest of the attack buff gems will increase damage of all your attacks, making it a flat damage increase across the board rather than splitting priorities between attack types.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

Early game Paragon Points will be pumped into damage. Take the Vanquisher tree and spend points to get both Zeal and Judgment for more damage and guaranteed crits. At Paragon 50, spend point in Treasure Hunter to get the increased magic find bonuses before re-investing into Vanquisher to get Exorcism and Wrath.

At higher Paragon levels, consider your role transition. For group play PvE, invest in Soldier as higher difficulties will demand more cooperation. However, if you decide to pivot into PvP territory, Gladiator will be the way to go.

How to Play

Draw Enemy Aggro and Form a Train Cast Meteor to Inflict Burn DoT Cast Arcane Wind to Proc Multiple Firestorm Hits Buy Space using Scorch and Arcane Wind Use Teleport to Keep Kill Chains Going

Draw Enemy Aggro and Form a Train

For all types of PvE content, you will be playing around your 2 Arcane Wind charges granted by Unrepentant Gale. When taking on Challenge Rifts, make sure to always draw aggro and build an enemy train behind you during exploration. Not only will this allow for more efficient clears, it's also good practice if you want to keep kill chains going during other PvE content like Elder Rifts or Dungeons.

Cast Meteor to Inflict Burn DoT

To start the combo, cast Meteor on the large group of enemies following you. Due to the effects of both Starcaller's Drapery and Starcaller's Breeches, the Meteor's AoE will be much larger. This keeps the Burn debuff going for a longer time, allowing you to proc multiple instances of Firestorm with a single cast.

Cast Arcane Wind to Proc Multiple Firestorm Hits

When enemies are sufficiently on fire, cast Arcane Wind and watch as it procs multiple instances of Firestorm. If enemies were grouped up properly, this skill will absolutely melt them, all while using up only 1 Arcane Wind charge.

Buy Space using Scorch and Arcane Wind

If you find yourself getting mobbed, buy a bit of space by busting out Scorch and Arcane Wind. The knockback of the latter should give you enough room to escape sticky situations, especially if you had Teleport on cooldown.

Alternatively, this combo can also be used if you do not encounter elite mobs often enough in Challenge Rifts. If only normal monsters keep appearing, use Scorch and Arcane Wind along narrow paths to quickly deal with medium-sized trains of enemies.

Use Teleport to Keep Kill Chains Going

In Elder Rifts or Dungeons, you can use Teleport to be more aggressive. With Lyan's Resonant Wisdom inflicting damage after landing in your new location, Teleport transforms into an offensive skill that can keep kill chains going for more XP.

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