What is a Sorceress in Diablo 4? Sorceress Overview (Season 1) - Diablo 4 - Icy Veins (2024)

This is our overview of the Sorcerer, one of the five playable classes in Diablo 4.

The Sorcerer is a ranged caster class that uses Mana as a resource, has very good crowd control options (Chill, Freeze, etc.), and uses Fire, Lightning, and Cold to destroy their enemies.

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Official Class Description

“The Sorceress shapes the elements into whatever form is necessary to ensure victory, from hurling bolts of Lightning, impaling her foes upon jagged spikes of ice, and raining flaming meteors down from the sky.”

Resource – Mana

Sorcerers will use Mana as their primary resource. Mana is a magical energy that can be consumed to cast skills.

Mana regenerates over time, allowing you to replenish your Mana pool between battles or after casting a lot of skills. The rate of Mana regeneration can be increased through the use of talents or certain Enchantment Slot Effects.

Each skill or ability costs a certain amount of Mana, with more powerful skills typically having a higher Mana cost.

Unique Sorcerer Class Mechanic

Sorcerers in Diablo 4 have a unique class mechanic known as the Enchantment System or Enchantment Slots. This system allows players to add additional effects to their selected skills and offers a lot of flexibility and customization options to the Sorcerer class.

Enchantment System / Enchantment Slots

There are two different Enchantment Slots available, which unlock at different levels. The first slot unlocks upon reaching Level 15, and after completing a priority quest that is exclusive to the Sorceress, while the second slot unlocks at Level 30. Every Non-Ultimate Skill has an associated Enchantment effect, and any Non-Ultimate Skill can be equipped into an Enchantment Slot.

Examples of Enchantment effects: When you use a Cooldown, enemies around you are Stunned for {#} seconds, When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage, and so on. Some effects may also trigger through Lucky Hits or Mana use.

Sorcerers can also stack Enchantment effects on top of each other, allowing them to apply multiple effects to a certain skill or skill type. This can lead to some powerful combinations.

Note: Skills placed in an Enchantment Slot will grant a secondary power in the form of a passive effect. This means that instead of a skill having to be actively used, a passive effect will randomly proc while you are playing (e.g., every time an enemy takes Burning damage, there is a 3% chance that a Meteor will fall on them. Even if the Sorceress never casts Meteor manually.)

Ranking up a skill also increases the damage of it in the Enchantment Slot (if the skill was placed in the Enchantment Slot). Investing points into a skill that can have increased damage, will impact the enchantment effect accordingly. For example, increasing the damage of a skill like Fireball by investing more skill points, will affect the Enchantment effect as well. For players who want to strengthen their Enchantment Slots, there is also a Paragon Board available that empowers Enchantments by 20% (Enchantment Master board, legendary node).

Secondary Class Mechanics

Crackling Energy

Sorcerers can create Crackling Energy (little balls of lightning) through the use of some skills, either actively or by placing certain skills in an Enchantment slot. For example,Spark, when put in an Enchantment Slot, has a chance to form crackling energy when killing enemies. Once the Crackling energy is formed, it will periodically damage nearby enemies when picked up.

Elemental Shields

The Sorceress is the only class that is able to create elemental Shields and Armor (called Barriers). Defensive Skills such asIce ArmorandFlame Shieldprotect the Sorcerer and provide resistance against damage.

Teleport

Teleportallows the caster to instantly move to a targeted location. This skill is useful for both offensive and defensive purposes, allowing the player to quickly move around the battlefield and evade danger or close in on enemies.

Weapons and Restrictions

As a Sorceress, you can equip Daggers and Wands, as well as Staves. In addition, a Focus can also be equipped in your offhand.

Skills and Talents

This section provides an overview of the main Skill categories for the Sorcerer class.

For a more detailed and in-depth list of all Sorcerer skills and passive talents, refer to the dedicated pages below.

Skills Categories

All classes have Basic and Core Skills as well as Ultimates. Additionally, Sorcerers have Defensive, Conjuration, and Mastery Skills.

Basic Skills

Basic Skills are spammable skills which usually cost no Mana and are not very powerful, but good to finish off small enemies or as a filler while waiting for more powerful skills to be available again.

The Basic Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Frost Bolt,Fire Bolt,Arc Lash, andSpark

Core Skills

These are some of the most recognizable Sorcerer skills in any build. However, while Core Skills have no cooldown, their biggest drawback is their Mana cost. Core Skills can also be enhanced by a variety of Legendary Aspects.

The Core Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Frozen Orb,Ice Shards,Fireball,Incinerate,Charged Bolts, andChain Lightning

Defensive Skills

Defensive Skills help to boost the defensive capabilities of the Sorcerer. Whether with a Barrier, Crowd Control skills or to escape incoming melee attacks as fast as possible.

The Defensive Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Flame Shield,Ice Armor,Teleport, andFrost Nova

Conjuration Skills

Conjuration Skills include the summoning skills of the Sorcerer. Summoned minions only last for a short time and do not move. However, they will still help with dealing damage while you cast other skills or on the move.

The Conjuration Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Ice Blades,Hydra, andLightning Spear

Mastery Skills

With these skills, the Sorcerer becomes a master of the elements, dealing wide and massive AoE (Area of Effect) damage.

The Mastery Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Blizzard,Meteor,Firewall, andBall Lightning

Ultimate Skills

Ultimate Skills are powerful skills that have a big impact but with a long cooldown. Ultimate Skills must be built around in order to be effective, and only one ultimate skill can be chosen at a time.

The Ultimate Skills for the Sorcerer are:

• Deep Freeze,Inferno, andUnstable Currents

Note: Ultimate Skills cannot be used in Enchantment Slots.

Dismount Skill

While mounted, the Sorceress has access to a unique Dismount Skill which causes them to turn into an ice storm that Freezes enemies in their path. Players that are struck by an enemy are automatically dismounted and are unable to use their Dismount Skill.

Attributes

The four core attributes benefit each of the five classes in slightly different ways. Here are their effects for the Sorcerer:

*Intelligence is considered the primary attribute for Sorcerer, as it multiplies all damage.

Legendary Aspects

Legendary Aspects are for Legendary Powers that can be imprinted onto items to enhance them with strong and distinctive effects. While certain Legendary Aspects are exclusive to a single class, some are available to all classes.

For more information on Legendary Aspects and the Codex of Power, check out our guide below.

The following section lists the known Legendary Aspects that are specific to the Sorcerer, arranged by category. Please note that there are many more Aspects, but this list will simply cover the ones that are only for the Sorcerer class.

Defensive Legendary Aspects

Defensive Legendary Aspects can only be imprinted onto the following item types:Helm, Chest Armor, Pants, and Amulet.

• Snowguard’s Aspect – Fetid Mausoleum, Hawezar.
• Snowveiled Aspect – Sarat’s Lair, Scosglen.
• Aspect of the Unwavering – Putrid Aquifer – Kehjistan.

Offensive Legendary Aspects

Offensive Legendary Aspects can only be imprinted onto the following item types: Gloves, Ring, Amulet, and Weapon.

• Aspect of Biting Cold – Forgotten Depths, Dry Steppes.
• Aspect of Control – Sunken Library, Kehjistan.
• Elementalist’s Aspect – Pallid Delve, Dry Steppes.
• Aspect of Splintering Energy – Crumbling Hekma Kehjistan.
• Aspect of Conflagration – Lights Watch, Fractured Peaks.
• Aspect of Piercing Cold – Dead Man’s Dredge, Fractured Peaks.
• Aspect of Static Cling – Wretched Delve, Scosglen.
• Storm Swell Aspect – Onyx Hold, Dry Steppes.
• Aspect of Three Curses – Serpent’s Lair, Hawezar.
• Searing Wards Aspect – After spending 200-100 Mana, your next Firewall is free to cast and will destroy incoming Small Missiles.

Resource Legendary Aspects

Resource Legendary Aspects can only be imprinted onto the following item types:Helm, Ring, and Amulet.

• Aspect of Efficiency – Domhainne Tunnels, Scosglen.
• Recharging Aspect – Zenith, Fractured Peaks.
• Incendiary Aspect – Tomb of the Saints, Kehjistan.
• Prodigy’s Aspect – Witchwater, Hawezar.

Utility Legendary Aspects

Utility Legendary Aspects can only be imprinted onto the following item types:Helm, Chest Armor, Boots, Gloves, and Amulet.

• Aspect of Singed Extremities – Earthen Wound, Hawezar.

Mobility Legendary Aspects

Mobility Legendary Aspects can only be imprinted onto the following item types:Boots and Amulet.

• Flamewalker’s Aspect – Cultist Refuge, Fractured Peaks.
• Aspect of the Bounding Conduit – Komdor Temple, Dry Steppes.
• Charged Aspect – Maddux Watch, Scosglen.

Unique Items

Unique items are the highest tier of items that can be found in Diablo 4. They are very rare and therefore harder to get, but will most likely be part of the best-in-slot gear for each class.

• Esadora’s Overflowing Cameo
• Esu’s Heirloom
• Flamescar
• Gloves of the Illuminator
• Iceheart Brais
• Raiment of the Infinite
• Staff of Endless Rage
• Staff of Lam Esen

The Oculus (New in Season 1)

• Wand
• Unique Effect: Gain the effect of the Teleport Enchantment for free. When you Evade using Teleport Enchantment, you are taken to a random location.
• Stats: +x% Lucky Hit Chance
• + Max Evade Charges
• Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by x Seconds.
• Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore x% Primary Resource
• +5-10 Ranks of Teleport