Arc Lash Ball Lightning Sorcerer Build for Diablo 4 - Odealo (2025)

ARC LASH [5/5]

One of the most important Skills in this build. It deals Lightning Damage in front of you and Stuns enemies every 10th swipe. It's not as strong as other abilities, but combined with Unstable Currents it will frequently trigger your other Core (Charged Bolts), Conjuration (Lightning Spear), or Mastery (Ball Lightning) Shock Skills. Its Glinting upgrade is also crucial.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Arc Lash [1/1]- Arc Lash swipes an additional time on Critical Strikes.
2. Glinting Arc Lash [1/1] - Hitting Stunned enemies with this Skill reduces Cooldowns by 0.15 seconds.

FIRE BOLT [1/5]

Fire Bolt is only used for its Enchantment - Direct Damage with any Skill will cause Burning for 8 seconds. It also opens up a lot of great possibilities for Rare nodes on aBurning Instinct Board.

CHARGED BOLTS [1/5]

Fires fiveBolts dealing low damage. It won't be used directly but via Unstable Currents only.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced ChargedBolts [1/1]- Hitting an enemy 3 or more times with a single cast of this Skill releases a Nova for additional damage.
2. Destructive ChargedBolts [1/1]- Hitting the enemy with Charged Bolts causes them to deal 20% reduced damage for 3 seconds.

FROST NOVA [5/5]

Use it immediately after Teleporting into a pack of enemies to Freeze and apply Vulnerability. Increase its Rank to lower the Cooldown.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Frost Nova[1/1]- Killing enemies Frozen by the Nova will reduce its Cooldown by one second per enemy, up to 4 seconds.
2. Mystical Frost Nova[1/1] - Makes enemies Vulnerable on hit, this effect will last 4 seconds, 6 against bosses.

TELEPORT [1/5]

It's the utility Skill you should use to Teleport in the middle of the fight. It won't deal a lot of damage, but it will Stun if you have the Raiment of the Infinite Chest Armor.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Teleport [1/1]- Decreases Cooldown by half a second for each enemy hit, stacking up to 3 seconds.
2. Shimmering Teleport[1/1] - The 30% Damage Reduction after Teleportinglasts for 3 seconds.

FLAME SHIELD [1/5]

You're immune for the next two seconds, dealing Burning damage to all nearby enemies. Use in case of emergencies.

ICE ARMOR [1/5]

A Barrier Skill with a 20-second Cooldown. For the next 6 seconds, it will absorb 30% of your Base Life in Damage. 5% of Damage dealt is added to the Barrier. With the overabundance of CDR, you should be able to have it up nearly permanently.

BALL LIGHTNING [5/5]

One of the most crucial Skills, which, as was the case with Charged Bolts, you won't cast yourself. It's a slowly-moving projectile that zaps nearby foes. Here you will also need to select its Enchantment - Critical Strikes with Lucky Hits have a 25% chance of spawning a static Ball Lightning. It should be a primary damage source.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Ball Lightning [1/1]- Its damage rate is increased by 200% of your Attack Speed Bonus.
2. Wizard's Ball Lightning[1/1] - If the ball zaps one enemy at least 4 times, it forms a Crackling Energy. It can only happen once per cast.

UNSTABLE CURRENTS [1/1]

It's the Ultimate Skill that you should strive to have up most of the time despite its 70-second Cooldown. For the next 10 seconds, each time you cast a Shock Skill (Arc Lash or Teleport) another Skill will be cast from the pool of Shock Core, Conjuraion, or Mastery Skills. Spam the Arc Lash for the best result.

Modifiers:

1. Prime Unstable Currents[1/1]- It also increases your Attack Speed by +25% so that you deal more damage with Ball Lightning and cast Arc Lash faster.
2. Supreme Unstable Currents [1/1] - While the Skill is active, Crackling Energy pulses continuously and consumes no charges.

ELEMENTAL ATTUNEMENT[1/3]

ALIGN THE ELEMENTS [1/3]

PROTECTION[3/3]

INNER FLAMES [1/3]

DEVOURING BLAZE [3/3]

STATIC DISCHARGE [3/3]

SHOCKING IMPACT [3/3]

COURSING CURRENTS [3/3]

ELECTROCUTION [3/3]

CONVULSIONS [3/3]

OVERFLOWING ENERGY

Here's the stat priority list. Its BiS Boots and Chest are Unique so we'll skip those. Seek primarily Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, Crit Damage, and Lucky Hit Chance. CDR is not as important, but still very useful. To enhance your durability, get Max Life, DMG reduction, and Armor. Your enemies will be often Stunned, Immoblizied, and should be always Vulnerable and Burning. Most of the time you'll battle them at a close distance.

1. Main Hand- % Vuln DMG → % Crit DMG → Lucky Hit Chance→ % Lightning Crit DMG → % Crit Chance
2. Off-Hand -% CDR → % DMG Reduction from Burning → % Crit Chance
3. Helm -% CDR → % Basic Skill Attack Speed → Lucky Hit Chance with Barrier → % Max Life
4. Gloves - Attack Speed → % Crit Chance → % Crit DMG → Lucky Hit Chance → All stats
5. Pants - Rank to Ball Lightning → % DMG Reduction →% Max Life
6. Amulet -% CDR → % DMG → % Max Life → % DMG Reduction
7. Rings - % Vuln DMG →% Crit Chance → % Crit DMG → Lucky Hit Chance→ % DMG to Burning

In the Sockets useEmerald Gem in aWeapon slot forCritical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies.Use a Diamond in your Armor for a better Barrier Generation, or a Ruby for more Max Life. For the Jewelry, choose a Diamond too for extra Resistance of all kinds, or a Skull for Armor.

RECOMMENDED UNIQUE ITEMS

Harlequin Crest(Helm) - It's overall extremely good. You can pick it for extra Armor,Maximum Life, CDR,Resource Generation,+20 to All Stats,Damage Reduction, and+4 Ranks to all Skills.

+Maximum Life

+Cooldown Reduction

+Crafting Material Find

+All Stats

+Gain [10.0 - 20.0%] Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills.

Raiment of the Infinite(Chest) - We would recommend this Chest Armor. The build benefit from having an extra Stun source because of theGlinting Arc Lash. It increases clear speed too.

+Intelligence

+Damage to Close Enemies

+Damage to Stunned Enemies

+Ranks to Glass Cannon

+After using Teleport, Close enemies are Pulled to you and Stunned for [2 - 3] seconds, but Teleport's Cooldown is increased by 20%

Esu's Heirloom(Boots) - With enough Movement Speed these Boots become the best option due to the extra Crit Chance. Other stats present here are moderately beneficial.

+Dodge Chance while Evading

+Movement Speed

+Movement Speed for X seconds on Elite Kill

+Shrine Buff duration

+Reduced duration of enemy Slow

+Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by [15 - 25%] of your Movement Speed bonus.

CODEX OF POWER
Legendary Aspects

Optional Aspects

1. Aspect of Control makes you deal up to 40% more Damage to Frozen, Stunned, or Immoblized enemies.
2. Aspect of Might grants you a 20% Damage Reduction for a few seconds after using Arc Lash.
3. Aspect of Fortune increases your Lucky Hit Chance by up to 20% while you have Barrier active, which is sourced mainly from Protection Passive, Ice Armor,and an Icefall Legendary node.
4. Storm Swell Aspect increases your Damage to Vulnerable enemieswhile you have Barrier active.
5. Conceited Aspect increases your damage while you have a Barrier active.
6. Aspect of Fortune gets you an extra 10 to 20% increased Lucky Hit Chance if you have a Barrier active.
7. Aspect of Protector will get you an additionalBarrier lasting 10 seconds when you Hit an Elite enemy. It can be triggered only once every 30 seconds.
8. Rapid AspectIncreasesBasic Skill'sAttack Speed.
9. Accelerating Aspect once more increases your Attack Speed, by 5 secondsafter hitting an enemy Critically with Charged Bolt.
10. Everliving Aspect makes you take up to 25% less damage from CC'd or Vulnerable enemies.

1st Board -Starting Board

Nodes - Purchase Dexterity for the Control Glyph's bonus.

Glyphs -Use Control Glyph to deal increased damage to CC'd targets, even more to Frozen and Stunned ones.

2nd Board -Ceaseless Conduit Board

Nodes - Pick Dexterity around the Glyph and the Legendary node for Crackling Energy's unique bonuses.

Glyphs -Exploit Glyph makes you deal increased damage to Vulnerable targets. It increases your damage by 1% for 6 seconds each time you hit a Vulnerable enemy, it stacks up to 6%.

3rd Board -Enchantment MasterBoard

Nodes - Get the Legendary node for increased damage and utility.

Glyphs - Electrocute fits here perfectly. Lightning Damage has a +5% chance to Strike Critically enemies that are Stunned, Frozen, or Immobilized.

4th Board -Icefall Board

Nodes - Allocate all Rare nodes around the Glyph socket. Icefall Legendary node is an excellent Barrier source if you manage to kill enemies Frozen by Frost Nova.

Glyphs - Reinforced get you an additional 10% Damage Reduction if you have a Barrier active.

5th Board -Burning Instinct Board

Nodes - Purchase Dexterity in the area around the Glyph. Here you should purchase Rare nodes such as Smoldering Embers, Cinders, Kindling, and Keeper of Flames.

Glyphs - Get the Destruction Glyph so that your Critical Strikes will increase the damage taken by the enemy for 10 seconds - this effect stacks up to x12%.