Firewall Sorcerer Build for Diablo 4

Firewall with Combustion Build Introduction

The Firewall Sorceress is an endgame build designed for those who enjoy harnessing the power of fire. This build offers high Mana Regeneration, and deals significant Burning Damage over time, making it effective for both Area of Efffect (AoE) and single target encounters.

By incorporating multiple unique sources of Burning damage, Combustion adds a significant separate damage multiplier. Additionally, the Sorceress can use Flame Shield and Frost Nova for self-defense when necessary.

This build is currently not as strong as other Sorcerer options, such as Ice Shards or Arc Lash, so proceed with caution.

This endgame build guide assumes your character is at least level 50. Check the Sorcerer Leveling Guide if you need help getting there.

This build was fully tested in pre-release Betas, but is subject to change upon the launch of Diablo 4.

Skill Tree Points

The following tables show the full allocation of Skill Points for the Firewall Sorcerer build. The first table has the most important 49 points to start the build. The second table has the remaining 9 points that are allocated once you obtain all Skill Points from Renown.

Priority Skills	Cluster
Fire Bolt Level 4, Enhanced Fire Bolt, Flickering Fire Bolt	Basic Skill
Flame Shield Level 1, Enhanced Flame Shield, Shimmering Flame Shield Frost Nova, Enhanced Frost Nova, Mystical Frost Nova Teleport Level 1, Enhanced Teleport, Shimmering Teleport Glass Cannon Level 3 Elemental Attunement Level 1	Defensive Skill
Align the Elements Level 1, Protection Level 3	Conjuration Skill
Firewall Level 5, Enhanced Firewall, Mage’s Firewall Meteor Level 1, Enhanced Meteor, Wizard’s Meteor (Not on Skill Bar) Inner Flames Level 3, Devouring Blaze Level 3	Mastery Skill
Inferno, Prime Inferno, Supreme Inferno Fiery Surge Level 3, Endless Pyre level 3	Ultimate Skill
Combustion	Capstone Skill

Remaining Renown Points	Cluster
Warmth Level 3	Ultimate Skill
Crippling Flames Level 3	Mastery Skill
Precision Magic Level 3	Conjuration Skill

Enchantment Slots

For this Fire Build, equipping Firewall in the first Enchantment Slot, as it will have a chance to trigger two additional Firewalls underneath enemies when they take burning damage.

For the second Enchantment Slot, equip Meteor. This Immobilizes enemies and applies another Burning damage source when the Lucky Hit procs.

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.

When progressing towards Glyph Sockets and Legendary Nodes, we recommend prioritizing attributes such as Non-Physical Damage, Intelligence, Resistance, and Life for Normal and Magic Nodes. As you level up Glyphs, their effects expand in radius. Therefore, if you are unable to meet Additional Bonus requirements early on, it might be better to skip allocating extra nodes for now.

Below, we have compiled a list of the most beneficial nodes for the Firewall Sorcerer build, ranked by their importance. These rankings assume that all requirements for Additional Bonuses can be met.

Name	Effect
Burning Instinct	Your burning damage is increased by 40% of your Critical Strike Damage, and further increased by 5% for every 20 Intelligence you have.
Enchantment Master	Your Enchantments are 20% stronger.
Adept	• For every 5 Intelligence within range, Mastery Skills gain + [14.4%] increased damage. • Additional Bonus (requires 40 Intelligence purchased in radius range): Mastery Skills have 20% increased area.
Torch	• For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased Burning damage. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Willpower purchased in radius range): You deal x2.5% increased damage per Nearby Burning enemy, up to x12.5%.
Pyromaniac	• Paragon nodes within range gain + [192%] bonus to their Fire damage and damage reduction modifiers. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Willpower purchased in radius range): Every Pyromancy Skill you cast or every second you channel Incinerate increases your Fire damage by x2% for 6 seconds, up to x10%.
Reinforced	• Grants + [240%] bonus to all Rare nodes within range. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Willpower purchased in radius range): You gain 10% Damage Reduction while you have an active Barrier.
Tactician	• Grants + [240%] 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.
Imbiber	• For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [8.82%] increased damage while Healthy. • Additional Bonus (requires 25 Willpower purchased in radius range): You gain +30% increased Potion Healing.
Unleash	• Grants + [240%] bonus to all Magic nodes within range. • Additional Bonus (requires 40 Intelligence purchased in radius range): After spending 50 Mana, you deal x6.7% increased damage and gain x6.7% increased Mana Regeneration for 3 seconds.

Starting Board

Take the shortest Path to the first Glyph Socket along the right side of the first Paragon Board, and insert Adept. Purchase enough nodes in radius range to reach the 40 Intelligence additional bonus requirement. Afterwards, purchase the nearby 3 Magic Nodes providing Non-Physical Damage and 3 Magic Nodes providing Resistance to All Elements.
Continue up the right side of the first Paragon Board until you reach the first Board Attachment Gate. Attach Burning Instinct without any rotations to the board.

Burning Instinct (2nd Board)

Take the shortest path to the Glyph Socket, and insert Tactician. Purchase enough nodes in radius range to reach the 25 Dexterity additional bonus requirement.
Obtain Cinders on the left and purchase 3 surrounding Magic Nodes providing Damage to Burning Enemies.
Obtain Smoldering Embers on the bottom and purchase 3 surrounding Magic Nodes providing Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Burning.
From the Glyph Socket, path up and to the right to Kindling. Purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.
Continue to the right to obtain Culler and purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.
Continue up to obtain Keeper of Flames and purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.
Obtain Burning Instinct.
From Kindling, path up to Safeguard and purchase all 5 surrounding Magic Nodes.

Mechanics and Playstyle

This Fire build is focused around powerful Damage Over Time (DoT) from Firewall. Its damage is enhanced with Combustion, by applying other Burning sources from Fire Bolt, Meteor, Flame Shield and Inferno.

With an almost impenetrable defense and unmatched burning damage, the Fire Sorceress can remain relatively stationary during combat. The Flame Shield skill not only provides excellent protection, but also heals the character.

Meteor is not equipped on the Skill Bar, but is proc through Meteor Enhancement for another source of Burning damage and Aspect of Control. When using the Inferno Ultimate, enemies are drawn together, making it easier to burn multiple targets simultaneously. Notably, during Inferno, Pyromancy Skills have no Mana cost.

Damage Rotation

Optimize DPS with the following rotation.

Initiate combat by casting Firewall under enemies.
Cast Flame Shield and run through enemies to Immobilize them.
Cast Frost Nova to Freeze enemies.
If needed, use Inferno to group enemies up and freely spam Firewall.
Spam Fire Bolt to regenerate Mana.

Gear Choice and Stat Priority in the Endgame

While adventuring across Sanctuary, 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.

When comparing weapons of similar item levels, Two-Handed Weapons are generally favored over One-Hand Weapons paired with a Focus, as they benefit from the 100% bonus of the equipped aspect and higher damage per hit.

The following are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Firewall Sorcerers. They are ranked by their importance. Affixes on the same level have roughly the same importance:

Importance	Affixes
1	+ DPS value on Weapon + Ranks to Firewall / Mastery Skills
2	+ Damage to Burning, Vulnerable, Frozen, Immobilized, Injured, Healthy, and Crowd Controlled Enemies + Fire Damage Over Time + Fire and Pyromancy Skill Damage + All Damage + Cooldown Reduction + Intelligence
3	+ Critical Hit Damage + Attack Speed + Crowd Control Duration
4	+ Barrier Generation + Damage Reduction + Damage Reduction from Burning Enemies + Any Elemental Resistances + Armor
5	+ Movement Speed + All Stats + Life

Legendary Aspects and Codex of Power

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects found on Legendary Items that are important for the Firewall Sorcerer build.

Gear Slot	Aspect Name	Legendary Aspect Power
2-Handed Weapon (+100% bonus effect)	Aspect of Control	You deal [30 – 40%] more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.
Amulet (+50% bonus effect)	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.
Rings	Prodigy’s Aspect	Using a Cooldown restores 15 Mana.
Gloves or Rings	Aspect of Engulfing Flames	While enemies are affected by more Damage Over Time than their total Life, you deal [30 – 40%] increased Burning damage to them.
Gloves or Rings	Conceited Aspect	Deal [15 – 25%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Helm, Chest or Pants	Aspect of Might	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for [2.0 – 6.0] seconds.
Helm, Chest 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 [25.00 – 50.00%].
Helm, Chest or Boots	Aspect of Binding Embers	Flame Shield lets you move unhindered through enemies. Enemies you move through while Flame Shield is active are Immobilized for [2.0 – 3.0] seconds.
Helm, Chest or Boots	Exploiter’s Aspect	You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal [20 – 50%] increased damage to them.

Gems

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

Weapon: Amethyst for +% Damage Over Time
Armor: Ruby for +% Maximum Life or Diamond for % Barrier Generation.
Jewelry: Diamond for all Resistance or any gem that provides you with the resistance type you lack the most.

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. Use an Elixir providing any Resistance you need most, or the Assault Elixir to increase 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.