Diablo 4 LvL 50 Sorcerer Build Guide: Pyromancer
Jun. 3, 2023Diablo 4 LvL 50 Sorcerer Build Guide: Pyromancer
ThisDiablo 4 Fire Sorceress BuilddominatesTier III helltides, events anddungeonswith overwhelming burst DPS. This build is an advanced midgame build that speeds up clears ofNightmare Dungeons, and Tier 3 farming ofWhispers, Helltides and more.
If you are looking for thebest meteor sorc buildor want to delve in the fire and burning effects, this build will suit you perfectly! If you need help with finding aspects make sure to use ourDiablo 4 interactive map, or access the complete skill and item database on theD4 wiki.
This build is for when you have reached level 50 and are ready to spend some time farming for your specific requirements. ThisD4 meteor buildis not a highly survivable build, although you have heals and regen to help you make it through tough spots.
The highlight of this build is its incredible burst DPS, achieved by maximizing the use of all fire skills and further boosting it with gear and the paragon system. You will have two Hydra summons at your disposal, while also enjoying frequent Flame Shields, and an ultimate every 45 seconds or less that lets you chain-cast triple meteors, essentially melting most elites and even Dungeon bosses.
Your main gameplay rotation will be to summon yourHydrasto start an encounter, then position yourself wisely so enemies can be rounded up. You will cast meteor orFireballand kill most small enemies quickly. If there are elites in the group, you will useInfernoto tie them together, and thanks to the passiveSupreme Inferno, you now have 8 seconds to summon as manymeteorsas you can spam.
You have passives stacking bonuses such as more damage to burning or immobilized enemies from your Meteor, so fighting against large groups is your specialty.
Why do we have Fireball AND Meteor? Because Meteor takes a long time to cast down, so you will use fireball to deal with most trash enemy groups, and reserve your meteor hits for your mana-free casts (and the enchantment if you so desire)
For point allocation, please keep in mind this table is meant to be FLEXIBLE and you can adapt your allocated points based on gear bonuses you get. If you feel you’re dying too much add some survivability or resistances, and if you feel you’re not doing enough damage double down on DPS skills.
For example, I feel I’m not dying much because of good armor bonuses, so I may move some points from “Mana Shield” and “Protection” to instead increase my lucky hit chance and put more points into DPS skills and use the Meteor Enchantment.
This builds incredible DPS is further boosted by the smart use of enchantments: We will double-dip Fireball to also obtain it’s enchantment effect, that makes all enemies explode in a fireball for 50% of its damage. To double down on our AoE capabilities, we’ll assign Firewall as the second enchantment (get it for free from gear with +firewall), giving all our burning damage a 5% chance to spawn two Firewalls under the enemy group. You can also use the Meteor enchantment, but you’ll have to move points from defensive skills to Lucky Hit chance in order to proc it reliably.
The key synergies that make a difference to your survivability and rotation come from passives:
The interconnection of these passives and the gear we selected gives you incredible DPS, which will make going through Dungeons and Helltides a fast and fun affair.
Equipment is a critical part of any lvl 50+ build as this is where the actual itemization begins to take shape in the game. This is not an easy build to level up with, as it needs specific bonuses and some of them are unlikely to drop until later in the game, such as the meteor boosts. It’s also common to get gear with different skilllines such as Frost and Shock, so you should be ready to farm some equipment.
For this Sorcerer LvL 50 build, we are looking to get gear with specific bonuses to our main damage dealer skills, but also want to focus on boosting Pyromancy skill damage, Burning and Fire damage, all damage and attack speed. You should also look to increase your stats with +stat bonuses on gear for Willpower (regen & overpower), Intelligence (Skill Damage & elemental resistance) and Dexterity (Critical Strike).
Make sure you get +fireball, +flame shield, +meteor and +hydra in your gear if you can. (In addition to the rare +passive nodes!). I used the +skill gear to distribute my points evenly and achieve better survivability, but you will either be a lot squisher or do a lot less damage if you have to opt for one or the other.
I have kept Damage Type resistances (Poison, shadow, etc) buffs on armor as it can be troublesome to deal with elemental packs. With this setup, our out-of-combat buffs rest over 45% against all damage types, and we can increase those when using our in-combat skills and obtaining additional buffs from Elixirs.
Jewelry bonuses you can benefit from are + 1 Rank of all Mastery skills, Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Damage, Lucky Hit Chance. You can also find pyromancy skill damage and damage to burning enemies to further boost your base DPS. You can also use cooldown reduction, as it will impact how often you can hit Inferno.
If you are extremely lucky, I found a unique staff that casts two extra fireballs every 3rd fireball you cast – this is a massive free damage boost very often. I didn’t add it to the video so you can get an idea of performance with realistic gear for when you start out.
Another unique to consider is theGloves of the Illuminator, which has attack speed, fireball ranks and the bonus: “Fireballnow bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but its explosion deals [75 – 65%] less damage.” If you get a good roll you can create some crazy fireball effects.
In general, you’ll be in the situation where the items you are picking up are only 50% or 70% of what you want. To make this build work optimally you really need specific good equipment so you should focus on doing wishes and helltides to obtain more legendaries that you can deconstruct. The “Mystery” chest on the helltide is the single best source for legendaries (can give up to 4 in one pop), but staying alive with your 170 Hellfire Crystals can be a challenge.
The legendary Aspects I am using are:
A VERY important and easily neglected aspect of equipment is the “enchant” and “upgrade” options. By this point in the game you should have sufficient materials to upgrade your equipment 3 times or so. This actually does make a difference so make sure to do so. For enchanting, you may find the cost can be high – you’ll have to do helltides to obtain the materials. But being able to remove an unwanted bonus can be very impactful in your overall build.
Gems are also an important part of the game, as you can create slots in equipment and you can swap them in and out at no cost. To improve survivability, I have focused on Rubies for Armor (+% max life), Diamond for Jewelry (+% Elemental Resistance) and Amethyst (+ DOT) or Topaz on Weapon (+% Basic Skill damage)
From level 50 onwards you don’t obtain any more skillpoints, and instead gain 4 Paragon points per level. Paragon points are used to unlock nodes in a separate tree, and each node can give a minimum of +5 to any stat, +% damage reduction, or significant boosts to your damage output.
As you level paragon, you will put points into willpower and intelligence, but you’ll want to take the Tactician Glyph on your slot as it’s the most balanced for DPS and resistances.
You’ll have to assign 25 points of dexterity around it. Once you do this, you will get a very nice boost to the rare nodes higher on your tree, that boost your non-physical damage by 16% (so all your damage!). Additionally, this glyph gives you 10% increase damage for 4 seconds after casting a defensive skill so you’ll be able to maximize the use of your Flame Shield. The default radius will also catch the other Rare node to give you +16 intelligence and +6.4 resistance to all elements.
Another good node to use if you’re looking to simply up your damage, is Flamefeeder, that gives you +16% damage to burning targets and +10% increased direct damage to burning enemies – so any enemy you’re attacking.
Lastly if you’re struggling with mana consumption, there’s a glyph called Unleash that increases your damage and mana regeneration for 3 seconds every 50 mana you spend (so roughly 1 fireball). It can be useful but the DPS boost is not as significant as the other glyphs.
This Pyromancer Build is a lot of fun to play beyond level 50, and can complete content quickly even on high tier Nightmare Dungeons. Your main weaknesses are your limited heals and survivability, and your mana consumption. You can make adjustments to your gear to include more mana cost reduction and regen on paragon points.
Personally, I found this build to be the most balanced of the endgame sorceror variations. The lightning build is fast and exciting but it’s also very gear-dependent and you’ll be completely stuck without some of the specials. The Permafrost Sorcerer is powerful versus groups, but you really need to learn to nail the timing to take on bosses, or you’ll be missing Ice Barrage.
Use this build to progress through your level 50s and beyond, begin finding uniques, and quickly reach the peaks of endgame content.
Fexelea
MMO raider by day and guide writer by night, Fex enjoys multiplatform gaming, good books and animes, and streaming with a cold beer.
