Diablo 4 – Sorceress Skills Guide (Season 6)

The Sorceress class in Diablo 4 has access to 24 different skills in six categories. Additionally, most abilities also have an “enhanced” version, as well as two upgrades that improve the skills in a variety of ways.

For a detailed list of Sorceress passives, refer to our Passive Talents page.

For more general information about the class, refer to our Sorceress Guide.

Sorceress Basic Skills

Basic Skills are abilities that can be repeatedly used, at no Mana cost, and with relatively low power. They are good to finish off small enemies or as a filler while waiting for more powerful Skills to be available.

Frost Bolt

Lucky Hit Chance	40%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Throw a bolt of frost at an enemy, dealing {#}% damage and Chilling them for 15%.
Enchantment Effect	Direct damage from Skills applies up to {#}% Chill.
Enhanced Frost Bolt	Frost Bolt has a 15% chance to explode on Chilled targets, hitting surrounding enemies. Chance increased to 100% against Frozen targets.
Glinting Frost Bolt	Frost Bolt generates Mana when hitting Chilled or Frozen enemies.
Flickering Frost Bolt	Frost Bolt makes Frozen enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Fire Bolt

Lucky Hit Chance	35%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Hurl a flaming bolt, dealing {#}% damage and Burning for {#}% over 8 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Direct damage from Skills applies up to an additional {#}% Burning damage over 8 seconds.
Enhanced Fire Bolt	Fire Bolt pierces Burning enemies.
Glinting Fire Bolt	Fire Bolt increases the Burning damage you deal to the enemy by 25% for 3 seconds.
Flickering Fire Bolt	Fire Bolt generates 2 Mana when hitting a Burning enemy.

Arc Lash

Lucky Hit Chance	14%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Unleash arcing lightning that shocks enemies in front of you for {#}% damage. Every 10 times Arc Lash swipes, it Stuns all enemies hit for 2 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	When you use a Cooldown, enemies around you are Stunned for {#} seconds.
Enhanced Arc Lash	If Arc Lash‘s initial swipe Critically Strikes, it swipes an additional time.
Glinting Arc Lash	Hitting a Stunned enemy with Arc Lash reduces your cooldowns by 0.15 seconds.
Flickering Arc Lash	Arc Lash grants 5 Mana if your swipe hits at least one enemy. When you hit 3 or more enemies or a Boss, your next swipe also deals 50% more damage.

Spark

Lucky Hit Chance	9%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Launch a bolt of lightning that shocks an enemy 4 times, dealing {#}% damage each hit.
Enchantment Effect	Killing an enemy has a {#}% chance to form a Crackling Energy.
Enhanced Spark	Each time Spark hits its primary target, it has a 40% chance to hit up to 3 additional enemies, dealing 7% damage. If there are no other enemies to hit, Spark instead deals x20% increased damage to its primary target.
Glinting Spark	Spark grants 2% increased Critical Strike Chance per cast for 5 seconds, up to 8%. At max stacks, your Spark hits grant 1 Mana.
Flickering Spark	Each time Spark hits an enemy it has a 4% chance to spawn a Crackling Energy.

Sorceress 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.

Frozen Orb

Mana Cost	40
Lucky Hit Chance	4%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Unleash an orb that Chills for 34% and expels piercing shards, dealing a total of {#}% damage. Upon expiration, Frozen Orb explodes, dealing {#}% damage and Chilling enemies for 9%.
Enchantment Effect	Whenever you cast a Non-Basic Skill, you have a 30% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at a nearby enemy.
Enhanced Frozen Orb	While Healthy, the explosion of Frozen Orb deals x45% increased damage.
Destructive Frozen Orb	Frozen Orb‘s explosion restores 5 Mana when hitting a Frozen enemy.
Greater Frozen Orb	Frozen Orb‘s explosion has a 40% chance to make all enemies hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Frozen Orb always makes Frozen enemies Vulnerable.

Ice Shards

Mana Cost	30
Lucky Hit Chance	16%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Launch 5 shards that deal {#}% damage each. Deals x25% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
Enchantment Effect	Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly towards Frozen enemies.
Enhanced Ice Shards	Ice Shards have a 50% chance to ricochet to another enemy. Ice Shards always ricochet off of Frozen enemies.
Destructive Ice Shards	Hitting an enemy with 5 Ice Shards in a single cast makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
Greater Ice Shards	While you have a Barrier active, Ice Shards treats enemies as if they were Frozen.

Fireball

Mana Cost	35
Lucky Hit Chance	33%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Hurl an exploding ball of fire, dealing {#}% damage to surrounding enemies.
Enchantment Effect	When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
Enhanced Fireball	Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50% and Burns enemies for 10% damage over 6 seconds.
Destructive Fireball	Fireball‘s explosion’s Critical Strike Damage is increased by +20%. Increased to +30% when hitting at least 3 enemies.
Greater Fireball	Fireball deals 10% of the Burning damage you have applied to enemies as additional direct damage.

Incinerate

Mana Cost	25 per second
Lucky Hit Chance	8.35%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Channel a beam of fire, Burning enemies for {#}% damage per second. Damage per second increases over 2 seconds, up to {#}. You gain 15% Damage Reduction while channeling.
Enchantment Effect	Every 14 seconds, a serpent spawns and Incinerates enemies for 8 seconds.
Enhanced Incinerate	While Channeling Incinerate, you Burn enemies around you for 25% of the damage per second.
Destructive Incinerate	Enemies deal 30% less damage while Burning from Incinerate.
Greater Incinerate	Every 3 seconds an enemy has been hit by Incinerate, they are Immobilized for 1.5 second.

Charged Bolts

Mana Cost	30
Lucky Hit Chance	20%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Release 5 bolts of lightning that course along the ground in an erratic pattern, dealing {#}% damage each.
Enchantment Effect	When you Stun an enemy, there is a 40% chance to release 3 Charged Bolts from them.
Enhanced Charged Bolts	Hitting an enemy at least 3 times with the same cast of Charged Bolts releases a lightning nova, dealing 30% damage to enemies around them.
Destructive Charged Bolts	Hitting an enemy with Charged Bolts reduces their damage dealt by 25% for 3 seconds.
Greater Charged Bolts	Charged Bolts deals x35% increased damage to Stunned enemies.

Chain Lightning

Mana Cost	35
Lucky Hit Chance	25%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Unleash a stream of lightning that deals {#}% damage and chains between Nearby enemies and you up to 5 times, prioritizing enemies.
Enchantment Effect	Chain Lightning forms automatically after spending 100 Mana. This effect has a 1 second Cooldown.
Enhanced Chain Lightning	Chain Lightning gains a 3% increased Critical Strike Chance per bounce.
Destructive Chain Lightning	When Chain Lightning Critically Strikes, it has a 30% chance to form a Crackling Energy.
Greater Chain Lightning	Each time Chain Lightning bounces, it deals x10% increased damage for its duration, up to x30%.

Sorceress Defensive Skills

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

Flame Shield

Cooldown	20 seconds (Cooldown begins when Invulnerability ends)
Lucky Hit Chance	35%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Engulf yourself in flames for {#} seconds, Burning surrounding enemies for {#}% damage per second. While Flame Shield is active, you are Immune.
Enchantment Effect	Flame Shield automatically activates after cumulatively losing 100% Maximum Life. Can only happen once every 30 seconds.
Enhanced Flame Shield	Flame Shield has a 50% larger burn radius.
Mystical Flame Shield	After Flame Shield ends, surrounding enemies are Stunned for 3 seconds and your next Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike.
Shimmering Flame Shield	Flame Shield Heals you for 50% of your missing Life.

Ice Armor

Cooldown	20 seconds
Description	A Barrier of ice forms around you for 6 seconds, absorbing {#}% of your Maximum Life in damage.
Enchantment Effect	Upon getting hit, you have a 5% chance to apply Ice Armor.
Enhanced Ice Armor	While Ice Armor is active, your Mana Regeneration is increased by x30%.
Mystical Ice Armor	While Ice Armor is active, you periodically Chill Close Enemies for 20% and deal 15% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
Shimmering Ice Armor	While Ice Armor is active, you reduce its Cooldown by 1 second for every 50 Mana you spend.

Frost Nova

Cooldown	24 seconds
Description	Unleash a torrent of frost, Freezing enemies around you for {#} seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration Skills have a {#}% chance to unleash a Frost Nova when hitting enemies.
Enhanced Frost Nova	Killing enemies Frozen by Frost Nova reduces its Cooldown by {#} seconds, up to {#} seconds per cast.
Mystical Frost Nova	Frost Nova makes enemies Vulnerable for {#} seconds, increased to {#} seconds against Bosses.
Shimmering Frost Nova	Frost Nova grants {#}% Dodge Chance per enemy hit, up to {#}%. Hitting a Boss gives the maximum amount. For the next {#} seconds, you keep this effect, and successful Dodges generate {#} Mana.

Teleport

Cooldown	14 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	65%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Transform into lightning, becoming Unstoppable and surging to the target location, dealing {#}% damage around you upon arrival.
Enchantment Effect	Evade is replaced with a short range Teleport on a {#} second cooldown.
Enhanced Teleport	You gain 30% Movement Speed for 3 seconds after Teleporting.
Mystical Teleport	Teleport deals 500% increased damage. It also forms a Crackling Energy for each enemy it hits, up to 3.
Shimmering Teleport	After using Teleport, you gain 30% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds.

Sorceress 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 casting other spells or on the move.

Hydra

Mana Cost	20
Lucky Hit Chance	53%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Summon a 3-headed hydras for 10 seconds. Each head spits fire at a Nearby enemy, dealing {#}% damage. You can summon a total of 2 active Hydras at a time.
Enchantment Effect	After spending 200 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 10 seconds.
Enhanced Hydra	While Healthy, your casts of Hydra gain 1 additional head and deal 50%[x] increased damage.
Invoked Hydra	After you Critically Strike, your Hydra gain 30% Critical Strike Chance for 3 seconds.
Summoned Hydra	Hydra also Burns enemies for an additional 60% of its Base damage dealt over 6 seconds.

Ice Blades

Cooldown	16 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	15%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Conjure Ice Blades for 6 seconds that rapidly slash enemies for {#}% damage and have a 40% chance to make them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	For every 40 seconds in Cooldowns you spend, you spawn an Ice Blades on a random enemy.
Enhanced Ice Blades	Ice Blades‘s Cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds each time it hits a Vulnerable enemy.
Invoked Ice Blades	Your Ice Blades gain +10% increased Attack Speed per active Ice Blades.
Summoned Ice Blades	20% of Enhanced Ice Blades Cooldown reduction is applied to your other Skills.

Lightning Spear

Cooldown	20 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	5%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Conjure a crackling spear of lightning that seeks out enemies for 6 seconds, dealing {#}% damage per hit. Critical Strikes apply Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Absorbing Crackling Energy has a 10% chance to conjure a Lightning Spear.
Enhanced Lightning Spear	Casting Lightning Spear spawns an additional Lightning Spear and increases their Critical Strike Chance by 15%.
Invoked Lightning Spear	Lightning Spear Stuns enemies for 2 seconds when Critically Striking.
Summoned Lightning Spear	Collecting Crackling Energy increases the damage of your next Lightning Spear cast by 20%, up to 160%.

Familiar (Vessel of Hatred)

Cooldown	12 seconds
Charges	3
Lucky Hit Chance	x%
Damage Type	Lightning, Cold, Fire
Description	Summon a Familiar of the element of your last cast Skill for 8 seconds. The Familiar chases enemies and periodically explodes, dealing 70% of its element’s damage in an area. You may have 6 Familiars summoned at a time.
Enchantment Effect	Each time you summon a non-Familiar Conjuration, you have a 25% change to spawn a Familiar of the same element.
Enhanced Familiar	Familiar passively applies an effect to nearby enemies, based on their element. Fire Familiar: Applies 94% Burning damage to enemies. Cold Familiar: Applies 15% Chill to enemies. Lightning Familiar: Stuns enemies for 1 second.
Summoned Familiar	While you have two or more different element Familiars summoned, gain 3% Damage Reduction. Familiar Element is no longer tied to your previous cast skill. Instead, the Familiar Element progresses in sequence. The sequence is Fire to Cold, Cold to Lightning and Lightning to Fire.
Invoked Familiar	While a Familiar is active, gain 10%[x] increased damage to skills that deal its damage type.

Sorceress Mastery Skills

With these skills, the Sorcerer becomes a master of the elements, dealing wide and massive area of effect damage. Note: Since Season 4, Mastery Skills are also considered Core Skills.

Meteor

Mana Cost	40
Lucky Hit Chance	40%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Summon a meteor that strikes the target location, dealing {#}% damage and Burning the ground for {#}% damage over 3 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Lucky Hit: Up to an 8% chance for a Meteor to fall on enemies.
Enhanced Meteor	If a cast of Meteor hits 3 or more enemies, an additional Meteor falls on the same location.
Mage’s Meteor	Meteor falls 30% faster.
Wizard’s Meteor	Meteor’s impact Immobilizes enemies for 2 seconds.

Firewall

Mana Cost	30
Lucky Hit Chance	30%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Create a wall of flames that Burns enemies for {#}% damage over 8 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Lucky Hit: Up to 25% chance when dealing Burning damage to spawn 2 Firewall for 3 seconds.
Enhanced Firewall	Enemies take 25% increased Burning damage from you while standing in Firewall.
Mage’s Firewall	Enemies continue Burning for 3 seconds after leaving Firewall.
Wizard’s Firewall	You gain 5% increased Mana Regeneration per active Firewall, up to 35%.

Blizzard

Mana Cost	40
Lucky Hit Chance	33%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Summon a frigid blizzard that deals {#}% damage and continuously Chills enemies for 18% over 8 seconds.
Enchantment Effect	Every 15 seconds, a Blizzard forms over you and follows you for 6 seconds.
Enhanced Blizzard	Blizzard deals x40% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
Mage’s Blizzard	Blizzard‘s duration is increased by 4 seconds.
Wizard’s Blizzard	While you have an active Blizzard, you gain 1 Mana Regeneration for every 20 Maximum Mana.

Ball Lightning

Mana Cost	50
Lucky Hit Chance	5%
Damage Type	Lightning
Description	Discharge a ball of lightning that slowly moves forward, continually zapping enemies for {#}% damage.
Enchantment Effect	Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a 25% chance to spawn a static Ball Lightning.
Enhanced Ball Lightning	Ball Lightning‘s attack rate is increased by your Attack Speed Bonus, up to 25%.
Mage’s Ball Lightning	After hitting Close enemies 50 times with Ball Lightning, your next cast of it Stuns enemies hit for 1 second.
Wizard’s Ball Lightning	If an enemy is hit at least 4 times by a cast of Ball Lightning, a Crackling Energy is formed. Can happen up to two times per cast.

Sorceress Ultimate Skills

Ultimate Skills are powerful skills that have a particularly long cooldown. Ultimate Skills must be built around in order to be effective, and only one Ultimate Skill can be equipped at a time.

Inferno

Cooldown	45 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	10%
Damage Type	Fire
Description	Summon a fiery serpent that continually constricts the target area, Burning enemies for 295% damage over 8 seconds.
Prime Inferno	Inferno repeatedly Pulls enemies to its center.
Supreme Inferno	While Inferno is active, your Pyromancy Skills cost no Mana.

Deep Freeze

Cooldown	60 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	2%
Damage Type	Cold
Description	Encase yourself in ice, becoming Immune for 4 seconds, continually dealing 25% damage, and Chilling enemies for 14%. When Deep Freeze expires, it deals an additional 100% damage. Casting Deep Freeze again ends the effect early.
Prime Deep Freeze	When Deep Freeze ends, gain 10% of your Maximum Life as Barrier for 6 seconds for each enemy you Froze while it was active.
Supreme Deep Freeze	When Deep Freeze ends, surrounding enemies are made Vulnerable for 5 seconds and your non-Ultimate Cooldowns instantly reset.

Unstable Currents

Cooldown	70 seconds
Description	Lightning surges within you for 10 seconds. Whenever you cast a Shock Skill, another random Core, Conjuration, or Mastery Shock Skill unleashed.
Prime Unstable Currents	Unstable Currents increases Attack Speed by +25% while active.
Supreme Unstable Currents	While Unstable Currents is active, Crackling Energy continually pulses and consumes no charges. Crackling Energy also pulses 25% faster while Unstable Currents is active.

Sorceress Dismount Skill

While mounted, the Sorcerer has access to a unique Dismount Ability 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 Ability until they mount back.