Diablo 4 Season 5: How To Build The Best Sorcerer? - Chain Lightning Sorcerer Build

Speaking of the most popular and anticipated class in Diablo 4 Season 5, Sorcerer is definitely taking a place of the list. Whether it’s the speed of upgrading, farming NMDs and dealing with other end-game, or just running through the battlefield, slaying mobs, elites, and bosses with just one move, Sorcerer can be included to those best classes embracing the skill of S-tier.

Below we’ll take a closer look at the best Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Season 5 using the new Axial Conduit Unique item.

The Introduction Of Best Sorcerer Build

Diablo 4 Season 5 introduces a Unique item named Axial Conduit to the Sorcerer class—a Pant-type armor that enhances the effectiveness of the Chain Lightning ability in a large degree by consuming a slight extra Mana as a cost.

If you’re not familiar with the Axial Conduit, here’s its official Affixes and Power introduction for your reference.

Affixes

• + [13.5-22.5]% Odds for Chain Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice (Sorcerer Only)
• [10.5-15.0]% Damage Reduction.
• [23.5-32.5]% Resource Generation and Maximum.
• + [2-3] to Chain Lightning (Sorcerer Only)

Power

Chain Lightning revolves around you alternately and seeking up to 3 enemies. When it returns, it will soak 6 Mana from you for every active Chain Lightning. And the bolt will explode, causing for [1,887-7,548] Lightning Damage once 66 total Mana have been consumed.

Chain Lightning will lose its effectiveness if your Mana can not support the amount needed to be drained (Sorcerer Only).

To help Sorcerer get the best Chain Lightning build, players can obtain extra damage by employing Vulnerable status and obtaining a constant source of Mana by using equipment.

In order to build the strongest Sorcerer, players should focus on utilizing the new Unique Axial Conduit and a few other equipments to wield the function of the Chain Lightning and a few unique skills damage to the maximum. At the same time, remember to secure decent defense value to increase the chance of survivability and Mana gain.

Skill Setup For Building Best Sorcerer

Here lies the conclusion of skill setup for Chain Lightning Sorcerer:

Best Enchantment For Building Best Sorcerer

When assigning some skills to the Enchantment slot, mobility and overall DPS are often the key points that players need to consider. How to improve these two often has great significance.

• Enchantment slot 1: Enchantment: Fire Bolt
• Enchantment slot 2: Enchantment: Teleport

The Equipment For Building Best Sorcerer

The following will introduce the necessary equipment for Sorcerer build, and spending Diablo 4 Gold is the easiest way to embrace them.

• Equipment type: Helm; Equipment: Snowveiled Runic Skullcap or any other.
• Equipment type: Chest Armor; Equipment: Mage-Lords Runic Mail or any other.
• Equipment type: Gloves; Equipment: Fists of Fate.
• Equipment type: Pants; Equipment: Axial Conduit (Compulsory)
• Equipment type: Boots; Equipment: Runic Cleats of The Orange Herald or Flickerstep.
• Equipment type: Weapon; Equipment: Obsidian Blade of Shredding Blades.
• Equipment type: Talisman; Equipment: Storm Swell Amulet or Lightning Rod Necklace.
• Equipment type: Ring Slot 1; Equipment: Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop or the dual handed Storm Swell Fulmination.
• Equipment type: Ring Slot 2; Equipment: Recharging Circle.
• Equipment type: Focus Slot; Equipment: Conceited Serpent Stone.

The Priority Of Glyph Leveling For Building Best Sorcerer

Here comes the Glyph upgrade priority that you can follow while leveling up your Paragon board:

Destruction > Flamefeeder > Exploit > ‍Elementalist > ‍Tactician > Unleash > Charged

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The above is about how to build the best Chain Lightning Sorcerer in Diablo 4 Season 5. I hope it offer some inspiration and relevation for you.