Best Diablo 4 Firewall Sorcerer builds in Season 6

Separating yourself from an oncoming wave of enemies with a wall of burning fire can be the way to go in Diablo 4, especially against the Infernal Hordes in Season 6. If you’re planning to create a Firewall Sorcerer, we’ll help you uncover the best build for it.

Fire is a highly destructive tool that the Sorcerer class loves to use, whether it be for a Fire Bolt or Fireball build. In this case, you’re focusing everything on the great wall of fire that burns enemies slowly over time to deal AoE damage.

Whether you’re trying this out during the leveling or endgame phase, or if you’re seeing if it’ll work in the PvP Fields of Hatred, we can help you out. Here are the best skills, gear, Aspects, and Glyphs to choose as a Firewall Sorcerer this season.

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Best Skills for Firewall Sorcerer

Although the leveling version of this build is a lot more viable, you can still find success as an endgame Firewall Sorcerer with the correct skills. You’ll only be switching out a few Active and Passive Skills here:

Active Skills

Active Skill	Upgrades	Points Allocated
Fire Bolt	Enhanced	2
Flame Shield	–	1
Teleport	Enhanced, Shimmering	5
Ice Armor	Enhanced, Shimmering	1
Frost Nova	Enhanced, Mystical	5
Ice Blades	Enhanced, Summoned	1
Familiar	Enhanced, Invoked	1
Lightning Spear	Enhanced	1
Firewall	Enhanced, Mage’s	5

There are a few key differences with Active Skills in the endgame Firewall Sorcerer build. While you’ll be keeping Firewall, Flame Shield, Ice Armor, and Teleport, you now have Ice Blades and Frost Nova to play with.

Ice Blades is a Conjuration Skill that summons a pair of blades to slash enemies and render them Vulnerable. Then there’s Frost Nova which Freezes enemies and makes them Vulnerable.

Passive Skills

Passive Skill	Points
Potent Warding	1
Energy Focus	1
Elemental Dominance	3
Glass Cannon	3
Align the Elements	3
Mana Shield	3
Protection	3
Conjuration Mastery	3
Inner Flames	3
Fiery Surge	1
Endless Pyre	3
Warmth	1
Soulfire	3
Combustion	1
Icy Veil	3
Permafrost	1
Hoarfrost	3
Elemental Synergies	3
Evocation	3

You’ll have more Passive Skills activated in your endgame build. Skills like Elemental Dominance and Glass Cannon improve your overall damage.

You also gain better survivability with Protection (grants a Barrier after using a Cooldown) and Mana Shield (gain Damage Reduction whenever you spend 100 Mana).

The most important Passives here are under Ultimate Skills, which are Endless Pyre, Soulfire, Warmth, and Fiery Surge. They all play into your Pyromancy which will help this build succeed in the tougher endgame activities.

Best Firewall Sorcerer Enchantments

The only difference here for Enchantments during the endgame is not having Fireball. Keep the Firewall Enchantment which grants a chance to spawn random Firewalls when burning enemies.

The second Enchantment you should apply is Ice Blades. This makes it so that every 40 seconds spent in your Cooldowns you spawn an Ice Blades on a random enemy. More enemies on the field will become Vulnerable to this Enchantment.

Best rotation

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• Ice Armor
• Ice Blades
• Firewall
• Frost Nova
• Flame Shield
• Teleport

The endgame rotation doesn’t change much from the previous rotation, but now we account for the new skills. Start with Ice Armor for a Barrier and a boost in Mana Regeneration.

Now you summon Ice Blades to render nearby enemies Vulnerable. After that, place your Firewall to deal burning damage over time.

From there, you can cast Frost Nova which makes foes Frozen and Vulnerable. As the damage is setting in, cast Flame Shield to make you Immune.

Finally, you can use Teleport here to be Unstoppable and for a boost in movement speed. You can repeat this rotation until you slay all enemies in your path.

Best Aspects

During the endgame, you should collect the best possible Legendary Aspects for your Firewall Sorcerer build. While many of the Aspects listed previously were great for this build, there are a few more that you should look into:

Aspect	Power	Dungeon	Region	Obol Gamble
Aspect of Control	Deal more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.	Sunken Library	Kehjistan	Offhands
Aspect of the Firebird	Gain the Flame Shield Enchantment for free. When it activates, Meteorites fall around you to deal Fire damage.	–	–	Boots
Aspect of the Bounding Conduit	Teleport’s Cooldown is reduced by a couple of seconds. After Teleporting, Crackling Energy hits two additional enemies.	Komdor Temple	Dry Steppes	Boots
Aspect of Shredding Blades	Ice Blades’ chance to apply Vulnerable damage increases, as well as its duration.	–	–	Offhands
Aspect of Searing Wards	After spending a certain amount of Mana, your next Firewall is free to cast and will destroy incoming small missiles.	–	–	Boots
Elementalist’s Aspect	Core Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain increased Critical Strike Chance.	Pallid Delve	Dry Steppes	Offhands

Best Paragon Glyphs

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Now that you have access to the Paragon Board in the endgame, collecting Paragon Points will allow you to further improve your Firewall Sorcerer build.

It’s hard to choose between all the Glyphs available, but there are a select few that work best for this Sorcerer build.

• Elementalist
• Pyromaniac
• Tactician
• Reinforced
• Adept
• Exploit
• Destruction

Picking these seven Glyphs for your Paragon Board will serve you well in this build. They’ll all help strengthen your Pyromancy and defensive capabilities.

Best Mercenaries

In the endgame, replace Subo with Raheir to keep a tank around. However, to deal some extra damage while tackling endgame content like the Dark Citadel, I’d recommend having Varyana as a reinforcement.

Best Firewall Sorcerer gear & Runewords

Not only do you need the best skills, but also the right gear. Some of the best items you can equip are Legendary, while others are Uniques that are tougher to find.

These items carry special powers with them through their Aspects that will grant you an efficient Firewall Sorcerer build, so here are the items you should wear:

Item	Socket	Item Type	Power
Heir of Perdition	TamWat rune	Helm	Increases your damage by 60% and steals Mother’s Favor from Nearby allies.
Tyrael’s Might	XolOhm rune	Chest Armor	While at full life, your skills unleash a divine barrage that deals 775 damage.
Conceited Runic Gloves	–	Gloves	Deal increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Snowveiled Runic Leggings	Ruby for extra life	Pants	Casting Ice Armor makes you Unstoppable and grants you extra Damage Reduction for a few seconds.
Rakanoth’s Wake	–	Boots	When you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, you explode and deal Fire damage.
Storm Swell Energy Staff	Sapphire for extra Vulnerable damage	Main Weapon	Deal increased damage to Vulnerable enemies while you have a Barrier.
Choker of Shredding Blades	Diamond for extra resistance to all elements	Amulet	Ice Blades’ chance to apply Vulnerable is increased and Vulnerable duration increases too.
Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop	Skull for extra Armor	Ring 1	For each type of Elemental damage you deal, gain increased damage for a few seconds.
X’Fal’s Corroded Signet	Skull for extra Armor	Ring 2	Damage over time effects have a chance to erupt to deal a huge amount of damage to surrounding enemies.

Building the Firewall Sorcerer for PvP

Fortunately, the Firewall Sorcerer is a good choice for the PvP Fields of Hatred. Although the build focuses on damage over time, the endgame result is perfectly capable of defeating other players and staying alive.

If you’re looking for the most impressive Sorcerer PvP build, try the Fire Bolt Sorcerer. With its rapid shots of fire working alongside the Firewall skill, you won’t have any trouble surviving in PvP.

Now that you know how to craft this top-tier Necromancer build, make sure to check out our guides for the Druid, Sorcerer, Rogue, Barbarian, and Spirtiborn. There’s also our Diablo 4 Class tier list so you can see where this build fits in the current meta.