Ball Lightning Sorcerer Endgame Build Guide for Diablo 4 (Season 1)

Build Introduction

The Ball Lightning Sorcerer build summons orbiting balls of shockingly powerful electricity that zap all nearby enemies. Stack multiple casts of Ball Lightning to ramp up damage before flying through the battlefield.

A Basic Attack is not needed, as Mana is managed through Invigorating Conduit, Prodigy’s Aspect, Static Surge and Gear Affixes. Storm through endgame activities with an entire galaxy of orbiting Ball Lightning!

The build can be transformed into a speed farming powerhouse with Raiment of the Infinite, allowing the Sorcerer to zoom through dungeons for quick experience and loot. Check the Telestomp Variant Section for all the details.

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Strengths and Weaknesses

To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.

Build Requirements

Required Aspects

Prodigy’s Aspect

Gravitational Aspect

Ball Lightning has a high resource cost at 50 Mana and requires specific gear to perform well. We recommend starting with our Chain Lightning Leveling Guide to begin a new Sorcerer character, then transitioning to the Chain Lightning Endgame Guide at Level 50. Collect the required items listed below before attempting to switch to this Ball Lightning Sorcerer build.

• A Helm with Maximum Mana and Cooldown Reduction
• A Focus and Gloves with Lucky Hit Chance to Restore Primary Resource
• Boots with Mana Cost Reduction
• An Amulet with Mana Cost Reduction and Cooldown Reduction
• A highly rolled Prodigy’s Aspect, preferably above 20 Mana
• Gravitational Aspect
• Static Surge in Paragon. Place the Legendary Board earlier in the setup if needed.

While these items are minimum requirements, being prepared with all the aspects and the priority affix gear listed in this build will make the switch easier.

Season of the Malignant

Season 1 Patch Updates

The following list details the changes in the Season 1 Patch Update that are specific to this build. Check the Changelog for all the other guide updates.

• Devouring Blaze bonus Critical Strike damage reduced from 10/20/30% to 7/14/21%.
• Devouring Blaze bonus Critical Strike damage to Immobilized reduced from 25/50/75% to 10/20/30%.
• Aspect of Disobedience maximum stacks reduced from 100 to 60, reducing maximum Bonus Armor % from 25%-50% to 15%-30%.
• Protection Barrier duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
• Mana Shield Damage Reduction increased from 5/10/15% to 7/14/21%.
• Territorial Rare Glyph Damage Reduction increased from 10% to 15%.
• Destruction Glyph now affects all damage instead of just Core Skills.
• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Control was applying its damage bonus 3 times for Staggered bosses.

Patch 1.1.1

The second major update for Season 1 brings a few much needed buffs to Sorcerers in Patch 1.1.1, released on August 8th, 2023. The changes that directly affect this build are listed below.

• Gravitational Aspect
  • Ball Lightning orbits around you and deals 15-25% increased damage.

Gravitational Aspect currently reduces Ball Lightning damage by 10-20%, but it is being changed to 15-25% increased damage. This buff increases Ball Lightning damage by 39% when comparing the ideal rolls.

Best Malignant Hearts Tier List for Ball Lightning Sorcerer

The Season 1 theme introduces Malignant Hearts that provide build-altering bonuses. The hearts are divided into 4 categories, each with a color that needs to be socketed in the corresponding colored Malignant Socket on equipped jewelry. Wrathful Hearts are a special case due to their rarity, and can be placed in any Socket. 

Always socket Malignant Hearts instead of a Skull in Jewelry. Malignant Hearts provide an Armor bonus that scales with its Item Power.

Listed below is the Malignant Heart Tier List for this build, ranked by importance. Stats displayed reflect what a Level 20 character would receive as a drop.

1. Caged Heart of The Barber (Wrathful, Super-World Tier III): Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0-4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second. – Fixed in Patch 1.1.1 to work with “on hit” effects and Lucky Hit chance.
2. Caged Heart of Tal’Rasha (Vicious, Offensive): For each unique element you deal damage with, you deal 7-12% increased damage for 3-10 seconds. – Fixed in Patch 1.1.2 to be correctly calculated as multiplicative instead of additive.
3. Caged Heart of Tempting Fate (Vicious, Offensive-World Tier III): You gain 40-60% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal 20-15% less damage.
4. Caged Heart of Revenge (Brutal, Defensive-World Tier III): 10-20% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge or a Macabre skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to 1360-2040 Fire damage to Nearby enemies.
5. Caged Heart of Spellbreaking (Brutal, Defensive): Upon taking Elemental Damage, gain 10-20% Damage Reduction for 5 seconds. – Buffed in Patch 1.1.1 to reduce all damage taken, instead of providing resistances to individual elements.
6. Caged Heart of Determination (Devious, Utility): Resource draining effects are 40-50% less effective. In addition, gain 3.0-8.0% increased Resource Generation.
7. Caged Heart of the Picana (Vicious, Offensive): Critical Strikes electrically charge the enemy for 0.75-2.50 seconds, causing lightning to arc between them and any other charged enemies dealing 68-136 Lightning damage.

Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar

Skill Bar Setup for Ball Lightning Sorcerer (order does not matter)

Ball Lightning Frost Nova Teleport Lightning Spear Flame Shield Unstable Currents

The following tables show the full allocation of Skill Points for the Ball Lightning Sorcerer build. The first table has the most important 51 points to start the build. The second table has the remaining 7 points that are allocated once you obtain all Skill Points from Renown.

Priority Skills	Cluster
Fire Bolt Level 1 for Enchantment Slot 1 (not on Skill Bar) Arc Lash Level 1 for Enchantment Slot 2 (not on Skill Bar)	Basic Skill
Devastation Level 1, Elemental Dominance Level 3	Core Skill
Teleport Level 1, Enhanced Teleport, Shimmering Teleport Frost Nova Level 1, Enhanced Frost Nova, Mystical Frost Nova Flame Shield Level 1, Enhanced Flame Shield, Mystical Flame Shield Elemental Attunement Level 1 Glass Cannon Level 3	Defensive Skill
Lightning Spear Level 1, Enhanced Lightning Spear, Invoked Lightning Spear Align the Elements Level 1, Protection Level 3, Mana Shield Level 3	Conjuration Skill
Ball Lightning Level 5, Enhanced Ball Lightning, Wizard’s Ball Lightning Inner Flames Level 1, Devouring Blaze Level 3 Static Discharge Level 1, Invigorating Conduit Level 3	Mastery Skill
Unstable Currents, Prime Unstable Currents Permafrost Level 1, Hoarfrost Level 3	Ultimate Skill
Overflowing Energy	Key Passives

Remaining Renown Points	Cluster
Coursing Currents Level 1, Electrocution Level 3, Conduction Level 3	Ultimate Skill

Enchantment Slots

Non-Ultimate Skills can be equipped in two available Enchantment Slots. However, a skill must have at least one skill point allocated to it in order to be used in the Enchantment Slot. Skill points that have been granted through gear work as well.

Slot Fire Bolt in the first Enchantment Slot. This applies Burning to enemies for Devouring Blaze and Burning Effects from Paragon. Do not equip Fire Bolt on the Skill Bar.

Slot Arc Lash in the second Enchantment Slot. Cast Teleport, Frost Nova, Lightning Spear and Flame Shield while enemies are nearby to Stun them, activating Static Surge for Mana generation.

Paragon

The Paragon progression system unlocks after reaching Level 50, and offers a considerable boost to character power. Within the Paragon Board, there are many different bonuses, ranging from minor stat enhancements on Magic Nodes to more significant gains with Rare Glyphs and Legendary Nodes.

Additional Bonus requirements on Rare Glyphs may not be obtainable until they gain increased radius range at Level 15.

Below, we have compiled a list of the most beneficial nodes for the Ball Lightning Sorcerer build, sorted in the order obtained in Paragon.

Name	Effect
Adept	• For every 5 Intelligence within range, Mastery Skills gain + [9.6%] increased damage. • Additional Bonus (requires 40 Intelligence purchased in radius range): Mastery Skills have 20% increased area.
Frigid Fate	Dealing Cold damage to Vulnerable enemies increases your Lucky Hit Chance by +1% for 5 seconds, up to 15%. (Legendary Node not used)
Tactician	• Grants + [120%] bonus to all Rare nodes within range. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Dexterity purchased in radius range): You deal x10% increased damage for 4 seconds after casting a Defensive Skill.
Elemental Summoner	Your Conjuration Skills have a 5% reduced Cooldown or Mana cost per Conjuration Skill you have equipped. (Legendary Node not used)
Territorial	• For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased damage to Close targets. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Dexterity purchased in radius range): You gain 15% Damage Reduction against Close enemies.
Burning Instinct	Your Burning damage is increased by 40% of your Critical Strike Damage, further increased by 5% for every 20 Intelligence you have. (Legendary Node not used)
Destruction	• For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [19.2%] increased Critical Strike Damage. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Dexterity purchased in radius range): Critical Strikes increase all damage the enemy takes from you by x2% for 10 seconds, up to x12%.
Static Surge	Stunning Close enemies restores 10 Mana.
Exploit	• For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [3.85%] increased damage to Vulnerable targets. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Dexterity purchased in radius range): Dealing damage to a Vulnerable enemy increases your damage by x1% for 6 seconds, up to x10%.
Searing Heat	Casting Fireball or Meteor increases the Critical Strike Chance of further casts of that Skill by +5% for 5 seconds, up to +15%. Additional stacks do not refresh this timer. (Legendary Node not used)
Control	• For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [14.4%] increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Dexterity purchased in radius range): You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies.

Starting Board

1. Path right and up to the Elementalist. Purchase all 4 surrounding Magic Nodes.
2. Continue up to the Glyph Socket. Insert Adept and purchase all Intelligence Nodes in radius range.
3. Obtain Elemental Balance nearby and 3 Magic Nodes providing Non-Physical Damage.
4. Obtain Erudite.
5. Continue up the left side to the first Board Attachment Gate. Attach Frigid Fate after rotating the board clockwise 1 time. The Glyph Socket should be located in the bottom left quadrant.

Frigid Fate (2nd Board)

The Legendary Node on this board is not used.

1. Path left and then up to Oppressive. Purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.
2. Continue up and then right to the Glyph Socket. Insert Tactician and purchase 25 Dexterity from nodes in radius range. This Glyph needs the increased radius range at Level 15 to fulfill the additional bonus. Skip this step or use Enchanter until Tactician is at least Level 15.
3. Obtain Weakness nearby and purchase 3 Magic Nodes providing Vulnerable Damage.
4. Continue right to Restorative. Purchase 2 Magic Nodes providing Maximum Life.
5. Take the shortest route to the Board Attachment Gate on the right side. Attach Elemental Summoner without any rotations to the board. The Glyph Socket should be located on the top side.

Elemental Summoner (3rd Board)

The Legendary Node on this board is not used.

1. Path right and then down to Reservoir and purchase all 5 Magic Nodes.
2. Continue right and then down to Swift Conjurer. Purchase 3 Magic Nodes providing Attack Speed.
3. Path back up to the Glyph Socket. Insert Territorial and purchase all Dexterity nodes in radius range. This Glyph needs the increased radius range at Level 15 to fulfill the additional bonus. Skip this step until Territorial is at least Level 15.
4. Take the shortest route to the Board Attachment Gate on the bottom side. Attach Burning Instinct after rotating the board clockwise 2 times. The Glyph Socket should be located in the top right quadrant.

Burning Instinct (4th Board)

The Legendary Node on this board is not used.

1. Path down and then right to the Glyph Socket. Insert Destruction and purchase all Dexterity nodes in radius range.
2. Obtain Smoldering Embers nearby and purchase 3 Magic Nodes providing Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Burning.
3. Obtain Cinders nearby and purchase 3 Magic Nodes providing Damage to Burning Enemies.

Static Surge (5th Board)

1. From the Frigid Fate board, take the shortest route to the Board Attachment Gate of the left side. Attach Static Surge after rotating the board clockwise 2 times. The Glyph Socket should be located on the left side.
2. Path left and down to Overwhelming. Purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.
3. Continue up to Static Surge.
4. Path back down and left to the Glyph Socket. Insert Exploit and purchase all Dexterity nodes in radius range.
5. Obtain Incapacitate nearby and purchase 3 Magic Nodes providing Damage to Stunned Enemies.
6. Take the shortest route to the Board Attachment Gate on the bottom side. Attach Searing Heat without any rotations to the board. The Glyph Socket should be located in the top right quadrant.

Searing Heat (6th Board)

The Legendary Node on this board is not used.

1. Path right and then down to the Glyph Socket. Insert Control and purchase all Dexterity nodes in radius range.
2. Continue down and left to Combustion. Purchase 2 Magic Nodes providing Critical Strike Damage.

Click this link and check the Paragon page on the planner for a visual of the entire setup.

Mechanics and Playstyle

The Ball Lightning Sorcerer requires management of resource with multiple cooldowns. Wizard’s Ball Lightning forms Crackling Energy to absorb for Mana gains with Shocking Impact. Crackling Energy also reduces the Cooldown of Unstable Currents with Overflowing Energy.

Mystical Flame Shield provides Mana Cost Reduction. Additional Mana is generated with Prodigy’s Aspect. Lastly, Static Surge generates Mana with Arc Lash Enchantment or Raiment of the Infinite. The Legendary Node restores 10 Mana for every enemy Stunned and is capable of filling an entire Mana pool at once.

Cast Frost Nova to freeze an entire pack of enemies and apply Vulnerable with Mystical Frost Nova.

Damage Rotation

Use the following rotation to optimize damage.

1. Before engaging enemies, precast Ball Lightning until Mana is emptied.
2. If you have Raiment of the Infinite, use Teleport to Stun enemies.
3. Cast Frost Nova to Freeze enemies and apply Vulnerable with Mystical Frost Nova.
4. (Optional) Activate Unstable Currents against tough Elites and Bosses. This Ultimate Skill can be used often due to Overflowing Energy, but make sure it is available for Bosses at the end of dungeons.
5. Activate Flame Shield for 25% Mana Cost Reduction.
6. Continue spamming Ball Lightning.
7. Activate Lightning Spear for more Stuns and Mana generation.
8. Repeat the rotation, making sure to allow Mana to fill completely before using Frost Nova.

Gear Choice and Stats

While farming with your Ball Lightning Sorceress, make sure to pick up all Rare Item drops that may be upgrades. Additionally, save Legendary Items that have useful aspects in your stash to be used later, or for extracting and imprinting onto well rolled Rare Items.

A Wand and Focus are preferred over a Staff for the extra Cooldown Reduction rolls. A Focus has a Cooldown Reduction implicit, as well as a possible affix mod.

Mana Cost Reduction is an important stat to spam more Ball Lightning. Maximum Mana allows for more casts above 100 Mana for Elementalist’s Aspect. Lucky Hit Chance to Restore Primary Resource is helpful for Mana generation.

Higher Item Level gear provides higher stat values. Replace outdated gear often, and upgrade new gear at the Blacksmith to increase Item Levels further.

Stat Priority List

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Ball Lightning Sorcerers. Each line of affixes are listed in order of importance. Affixes on the same line are considered to be equally important, since their exact values differ for each character. All stats have an effect that is dependent on how much is already stacked. Bolded stats are the most important and sometimes vital for the build to function properly.

Gear Slot	Important Affixes
Wand	+ DPS value, Critical Strike Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Lightning Critical Strike Damage + Damage to Close Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Intelligence + Damage to Burning or Crowd Controlled Enemies
Focus	+ DPS value, Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduction, Lucky Hit Chance to Restore Primary Resource, Critical Strike Chance + Lucky Hit Chance, LHC while You Have a Barrier + Crowd Control Duration + Damage Reduction from Burning Enemies + Intelligence + Resource Generation + Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies
Helm	+ Cooldown Reduction, Maximum Mana + Maximum Life, Crowd Control Duration + Lucky Hit Chance while you Have a Barrier, Intelligence, Armor + Barrier Generation
Chest	+ Damage Reduction, DR from Close Enemies, DR from Distant Enemies, DR from Burning Enemies + Maximum Life, Intelligence, Armor + Barrier Generation + Lightning and Shock Skill Damage
Gloves	+ Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, Lightning Critical Strike Damage, Lucky Hit Chance to Restore Primary Resource + Lucky Hit Chance, Intelligence + Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies + Damage to Injured Enemies
Pants	+ Ranks of Ball Lightning + Damage Reduction, DR from Burning Enemies + DR from Close Enemies, DR from Distant Enemies + Maximum Life, Intelligence, Armor + Dodge Chance, DC Against Close Enemies
Boots	+ Mana Cost Reduction + Ranks of Frost Nova, Ranks of Teleport (if using Raiment of the Infinite) + Movement Speed, Intelligence + Dodge Chance and DC Against Distant Enemies + Damage Reduction while Injured
Amulet	+ Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduction, Ranks of the Devouring Blaze Passive, Ranks of All Mastery Skills + Movement Speed + Armor, Damage Reduction, DR from Burning Enemies, DR from Distant Enemies, DR from Close Enemies + Lucky Hit Chance while You Have a Barrier + % Intelligence + Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies + Crowd Control Duration + Shock Skill Damage
Rings	+ Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Lightning Critical Strike Damage + Resource Generation + Maximum Life, Lucky Hit Chance, Maximum Mana + Damage to Close Enemies + Damage to Burning, Injured or Crowd Controlled Enemies, Lightning Damage + Barrier Generation

Legendary Aspects and Codex of Power

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects found on Legendary Items that are important for the Ball Lightning Sorcerer build. Aspects from the Codex of Power can be used if you cannot find the proper Legendary drops, but they have weaker effects. Extract Aspects from lower level Legendary Items and imprint them onto better Rare Items with preferred stats.

Prodigy’s Aspect generates Mana from casting Teleport, Frost Nova, Lightning Spear, Flame Shield and Unstable Currents. Complete Witchwater Dungeon in Hawezar to unlock this Aspect in the Codex of Power.

Frostblitz Aspect seems like it has a bad tradeoff of increasing the Cooldown on Frost Nova, but it has an unexpected interaction (possible bug) with Enhanced Frost Nova. The Cooldown effect double dips when you have 2 maximum charges, reducing Cooldown by 2 seconds for every kill, up to 8 seconds total. This interaction makes Frostblitz Aspect worth using when it normally would not be used.

Aspect of Binding Embers is an optional replacement for Exploiter’s Aspect for Immobilize to activate more damage from Devouring Blaze. In addition, the unhindered movement helps if you get stuck on monsters with the Telestomp Variant.

Gear Slot	Aspect Name	Legendary Aspect Power
Amulet (+50% bonus effect)	Elementalist’s Aspect	Core or Mastery Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a [20.0 – 40.0%] increased Critical Strike Chance.
Ring Slot #1	Prodigy’s Aspect	Using a Cooldown restores [15 – 25] Mana.
Wand, Focus or Ring Slot #2	Gravitational Aspect	Ball Lightning orbits around you and deals [15 – 25%] increased damage.
Wand, Focus or Ring Slot #2	Aspect of Control	You deal [25 – 35%] more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.
Wand, Focus or Ring Slot #2	Conceited Aspect	Deal [15 – 25%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Gloves (optional replacement with Fists of Fate)	Edgemaster’s Aspect	Skills deal up to [10 – 20%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Chest (gets replaced by Raiment of the Infinite)	Aspect of Fortune	Your Lucky Hit Chance is increased by [10 – 20%] while you have a Barrier active.
Helm or Pants	Aspect of Disobedience	You gain [0.25 – 0.50%] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [15.00 – 30.00%].
Helm or Pants	Frostblitz Aspect	Frost Nova gains an additional Charge but the Cooldown per Charge is increased by [40 – 30%].
Boots	Exploiter’s Aspect	You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal [20 – 40%] increased damage to them.

Unique Items

Raiment of the Infinite

Raiment of the Infinite – After using Teleport, Close enemies are Pulled to you and Stunned for [2 – 3] seconds, but Teleport’s cooldown is increased by 20%.

This Unique Chest Armor synergizes well with this build to group and Stun enemies, activating Aspect of Control and Static Surge. Check the Telestomp Variant section for more details.

Fists of Fate (Optional)

Fists of Fate – Your attacks randomly deal 1% to [200 – 300%] of their normal damage.

These Unique Gloves increase overall damage by 50%, if they roll a perfect 300% value. Although, they are still a minor loss in total DPS compared to well-rolled Legendary Gloves with Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, Lightning Critical Strike Damage and an Offensive Aspect.

Not Recommended Unique items

Listed below are the Unique Items not recommended for this build and the reasons they are not worthwhile.

• The Oculus – The random Teleport location is a major downside. The unique affix, Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown, can be obtained as an implicit affix on Legendary Boots instead. The Telestomp Variant is a better setup that already allows for permanent stun-locking and non-random Teleport locations. In addition, a Legendary Weapon provides much more DPS with damage affixes and an Offensive Aspect.
• Frostburn – These Unique Gloves are a major DPS loss compared to well-rolled Legendary Gloves or Fists of Fate.
• Iceheart Brais – The occasional Frost Nova on enemy death should not be needed, and it does not help while moving from pack to pack. Legendary Pants provide more important Damage Reduction affixes and a Defensive Aspect.

Gems

Listed below are the best Gems to socket into gear for each slot type.

• Weapon: Royal Emerald for Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable Enemies.
• Armor: Royal Ruby for Maximum Life or Royal Topaz to prevent deaths from chain Crowd Controls.
• Jewelry: Malignant Hearts if playing Season 1. Otherwise, Royal Skull for Armor.

Elixirs and Health Potions

Visit the Alchemist in any main town to craft helpful Elixirs that increase stats and experience gain for 30 minutes. Make sure to forage plants and pick up the necessary crafting materials during your adventures; they randomly spawn around the world. Craft a Precision Elixir for Critical Strike Chance and Damage, or an Assault Elixir for Attack Speed.

Return to the Alchemist again when you reach Level 20, 30, 45, 60, 70, 80 and 90, to upgrade your potion. The extra healing is essential to survival.

Telestomp Ball Lightning Sorcerer Build Variant

Telestomp Ball Lightning Sorcerer is a Stun variant build created by Lexyu. It is designed to speed farm Normal or Nightmare Dungeons even faster for more experience and loot. Telestomping is the act of using Teleport offensively right on top of enemies to vortex and Stun them.

This version of the build requires the Unique Chest Armor, Raiment of the Infinite. It can drop globally in World Tier 3 or 4 with an extremely low chance, so keep farming with the original version of the build until you find it.

Evade is transformed into another Teleport with an Enchantment. Both Teleports Stun enemies with Raiment of the Infinite to gain Mana from Static Surge, allowing you to move quickly through dungeons while unleashing endless Ball Lightning!

The Skill Tree and Paragon setups remain unchanged from the original version of the build. All changes made for the Telestomp Variant are included in the sections below.

Enchantment Slots for Telestomp Ball Lightning Sorcerer

Arc Lash is replaced by Teleport in the Enchantment Slots to make use of the Stun on Raiment of the Infinite. The extra Teleport that replaces Evade also benefits from additional Ranks to Teleport, Cooldown Reduction and Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown implicit effect on Boots. Use the Evade Teleport on every group of enemies to constantly refill Mana with Static Surge.

Fire Bolt stays in the other Enchantment Slot, due to the strong benefits of Devouring Blaze and Burning Effects from Paragon.

Mechanics and Playstyle for Telestomp Ball Lightning Sorcerer

Stun provides an alternative way to Crowd Control (CC) enemies, reducing the dependency on Frost Nova for Freezing. Reserve Frost Nova for tougher elites and larger groups of enemies.

Use the Evade Teleport foremost and often, as the Cooldown is easily reduced with the Boots implicit effect, Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 1.2 Seconds. Make sure to upgrade the Boots 5 times to get the highest effect possible. Use the normal Teleport on the Skill Bar as a backup whenever Evade Teleport is unavailable. Get into a rhythm of telestomping a group of enemies from a distance to engage, spamming Ball Lightning and then moving on to the next pack to repeat.

Gear Choices for Telestomp Ball Lightning Sorcerer

Most of the stat priorities stay the same for the Telestomp version of Ball Lightning Sorcerer. The major differences are listed below.

• Boots with the implicit effect, Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 1.2 Seconds, are highly recommended.
• +4 Ranks to Teleport is preferred in addition to +4 Ranks to Frost Nova on Boots.

Changelog

• September 11th, 2023: New Tier 100 Endgame video added.
• September 9th, 2023: Build Requirements section added.
• August 20th, 2023: Not Recommended Unique Items section redone. Added The Oculus to the list.
• August 15th, 2023: Caged Heart of Tal’Rasha fixed in Patch 1.1.2 to be correctly calculated as multiplicative instead of additive. Malignant Heart Tier List adjusted accordingly.
• August 9th, 2023: Malignant Heart rankings reevaluated for Patch 1.1.1 changes.
  • Caged Heart of The Barber no longer prevents “on hit” effects and Lucky Hit chance from working.
  • Caged Heart of Spellbreaking now reduces all damage taken, instead of providing resistances to individual elements.
  • Caged Heart of Tal’Rasha bonus was found to be additive with other damage increases, instead of separate multiplier.
• August 4th, 2023: Guide released for Patch 1.1.1.