BiS Gear – Lightning Spear Sorcerer Build for Diablo 4 (Season 8)

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Legendary Aspects

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects for the Lightning Spear Sorcerer build. Salvage Legendary Items with higher Aspect values to unlock them in the Codex of Power, and then imprint them onto Legendary Items with the preferred affixes. For the best results, combine these Aspects with the ideal Stat Priorities.

Gear Slot	Name	Effect
Amulet	Fractured Winterglass	Casting Frozen Orb has a [35 – 65%] chance to spawn a random Conjuration on your Action Bar when it explodes. Lucky Hit: Your Conjurations have up to a [50 – 90%] chance to launch a Frozen Orb at Nearby enemies.
Staff	Aspect of Splintering Energy	Critical Hits with Lightning Spear cause the spear to arc to the target and up to 5 other enemies. This damage is increased by x [60 – 100%] of your Critical Strike Damage Bonus.
Ring Slot #1 (replaced by Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop)	Conceited Aspect	Deal x [10 – 30%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Ring Slot #2 (replaced by Ring of Starless Skies)	Aspect of Shredding Blades	Ice Blades’ chance to apply Vulnerable is increased by 20% and the Vulnerable duration is increased by 4 seconds. You gain x [15 – 35%] Vulnerable Damage.
Gloves	Storm Swell Aspect	You deal x [15 – 35%] increased damage while Ice Armor is active. This amount is increased by another 15% against Frozen enemies.
Helm (replaced by Harlequin Crest)	Everliving Aspect	You take [20 – 25%] less damage from Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.
Chest (replaced by Raiment of the Infinite)	Snowveiled Aspect	Ice armor makes you unstoppable and grants you 25% Damage Reduction for [3.5 – 5.5] seconds.
Pants (replaced by Tibault’s Will)	Aspect of Concentration	Casting a Conjuration Skill grants you [15 – 25%] Damage Reduction for 5 seconds.
Boots	Aspect of the Bounding Conduit	Teleport’s Cooldown is reduced by [1.0 – 2.5] seconds. After Teleporting, Crackling Energy hits 2 additional enemies for 5 seconds.

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Lightning Spear Sorcerers, ranked by importance. Affixes on the same line have equal value, so attempt to obtain all affixes in each line before moving on to the next. Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. For more details, check the Tempering and Masterworking guides.

The priority order of Resistances is Lightning > Poison > Fire > Cold > Shadow. Maximum Resistance is 70% by default for each element.

Armor is only needed until capped at 1,000.

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Slot	Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Staff	1. Critical Strike Damage, Maximum Life, Intelligence	Conjuration Augments (Weapon): Chance for Lightning Spear to deal Double Damage Worldly Finesse (Offensive): Critical Strike Damage
Helm	1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Frost Cage: Ice Armor Duration
Chest	1. Ranks to Defensive Skills 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Frost Cage: Ice Armor Duration
Gloves	1. Critical Strike Damage 2. Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Worldly Finesse (Offensive): Critical Strike Damage Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation
Pants	1. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 2. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Frost Cage: Ice Armor Duration
Boots	Implicit Stat: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown 1. Movement Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Natural Motion (Mobility): Evade Cooldown Reduction Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation
Amulet	Fractured Winterglass	Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Primordial Binding
Rings	1. Critical Strike Damage 2. Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed 3. Resource Cost Reduction, Intelligence, Maximum Life	Conjuration Efficiency (Resource): Lightning Spear Cooldown Reduction Worldly Finesse (Offensive): Critical Strike Damage

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

Listed below are the recommended and optional Unique and Mythic Unique Items for the Lightning Spear Sorcerer build. Each item description includes the most important affix to target for Masterworking upgrades. Check the Mythic Unique Items Guide for information on target-farming them.

• Fractured Winterglass (required) activates and reduces the Cooldown of Lightning Spear when Frozen Orb is cast to deal more damage and stack Primordial Binding.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Primordial Binding
• Harlequin Crest (recommended) provides a boosted Cooldown Reduction affix that is essential for this build.
  • Masterworking Priority: Cooldown Reduction
• Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop (recommended) provides up to a 75% damage multiplier with 3 elemental stacks.
  • Masterworking Priority: Cooldown Reduction
• Raiment of the Infinite (recommended) enables the Telestomp playstyle to vortex and Stun enemies.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Glass Cannon
• Tibault’s Will (recommended) provides multiple bonuses not normally available on Legendary Pants, including Damage Reduction while Unstoppable, a damage multiplier, and Mana generation. Alternate activations of the unique effect with Teleport, Flame Shield, and Ice Armor (with Snowveiled Aspect).
  • Masterworking Priority: All Stats or Damage Reduction while Unstoppable.
• Ring of Starless Skies (recommended) provides a 1.5x damage multiplier and solves any Mana issues. Imprint Aspect of Frozen Orbit onto Legendary Gloves for this setup.
  • Masterworking Priority: Critical Strike Chance or Attack Speed
• Flickerstep (optional) allows Unstable Currents to be activated more often. The boosted Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown affix is beneficial for the Telestomp setup, but the Unique Boots cannot be tempered with Evade Cooldown.
  • Masterworking Priority: Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
• Fists of Fate (optional) provides a 50% damage increase and a mega-boosted Lucky Hit Chance.
  • Masterworking Priority: Critical Strike Chance or Lucky Hit Chance

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Gems and Runewords

Listed below are the recommended Gems and Runewords to socket into your gear.

Gems

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Emerald if Critical Strike Chance is capped at 100% or Grand Sapphire.	Grand Topaz for Intelligence or Grand Amethyst for increased Barrier Generation.	Any Resistance Gems needed or Skull for Armor (up to the 1,000 Armor cap).

Runewords

Insert one of the following Runewords, consisting of a Rune of Offering and a Rune of Invocation, into your equipped Staff. The other Runeword can be inserted into any equipped Helm, Chest, or Pants item. Add sockets to your equipment at the Jeweler if necessary.

Runewords	Effects
Cir Vex	Gain: 300 Offering — Cast 5 Skills then become exhausted for 3 seconds. Requires: 150 Offering, Cooldown: 5 Seconds — Gain +1 to Skills for 10 seconds.
Nagu Ohm	Gain: 100 Offering — Maintain at least 1 active Summon for 5 seconds, gaining offering for each up to 6 Summon. Requires: 600 Offering, Cooldown: 2 Seconds — Evoke the Barbarian’s Enhanced War Cry, increasing your Movement Speed and damage dealt.

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