Build Introduction
The Infinistep Blazing Abyss Warlock build is played similarly to the classic OG Infinimist Necro build from way back when it would dish out all of its damage whilst remaining completely immortal. This Warlock version of that insanity makes you immortal for the vast majority of your gameplay with small windows of actually being attackable. An important note is that you will be Stealthed when you’re not immortal making it very safe!
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Strengths and Weaknesses
- Amazing damage output
- Nearly immortal
- Easy to start with
- Not immune to ground effects
- Requires tracking skill-durations
Build Requirements
Footfalls of the Waning World is required to make the build function properly! Can be done earlier but you have more time spent not being immortal.
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Video Guide
Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points
Nether Step
Blazing Scream
Metamorphosis
Dark Prison
Command LaalishThe remaining 2 skills on your action bar should be: Command Laalish and 
Profane Sentinel. Currently The Profane Sentinel is bugged in our skill-tree tool, we do put maximum amount of points in it!
Follow the points allocated in the Skill Tree above for the complete 83-point build. 14 skill points are locked behind the Season Rank System.
Class Mechanic – Soul Shards
Soul Shards is the Warlocks unique class mechanic allowing you to bind yourself to a Soul Shard Greater Demon that will fight beside you. They come with a variety of different effects as well as on-use-abilities to help you on the battlefield.
Below you’ll find the recommended Soul Shard Demon to bind for this build:
- Mastermind Shard – Grants Summon Laalish Skill making Recast Skills no longer break Shadowform Stealth at the cost of 2 stacks of Shadowform per Cast. While you have Shadowform, Abyss Skills deal x30% increased damage, and you gain 5% increased Movement Speed per stack.
- Blashphemous Fragment – Recast Skills Hex enemies on hit and increase the damage they take from your Abyss Demonology Skills by x20%.
Gear, Gems and Stats
The following sections cover the important systems that are essential to improving the power of your character in the endgame of Diablo 4.
Legendary Aspects
Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Do your best to keep each aspect in the assigned slot. Aspects placement is planned with potential Unique and Mythic Unique gear upgrades in mind for easiest and cheapest transition. Obol gambling is a great way to try to obtain specific slot Legendary Aspects and even Uniques early. For exact Runewords suggestions, see here.
| Gear Slot | Gems | Aspect / Unique | Legendary Aspect / Unique Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helm |  Splinter or Royal Sapphire | 1.  Leoric’s Crown2.  Crown of Lucion | This item counts as Jewelry and increases the effect of any gem socketed into the helm by 50%[x] |
| Chest |  Nagu +  Kry |  Aspect of Deeper Shadows | Maximum Shadowform stacks increased by 6 [2 – 6]. |
| Gloves | n/a |  Aspect of Calamity | Hex increases your critical strike chance. |
| Pants |  Neo +  Vex | Exploiter’s Aspect | You have +50% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal x#% increased damage to them. |
| Boots | n/a | Footfalls of the Waning World | Your Evade is now Nether Step and your Evade Cooldown is reduced by # seconds as you lose or consume Shadowform stacks. |
| Weapon 2H (Mace) |  Royal Amethyst | Insidious Aspect | Your Abyss Skills deal x#% increased damage to enemies who have not hit you in the last 2 seconds. |
| Amulet (50% Scaling) | Splinter |  Seed of Horazon | Your Demonology Skills deal x#% increased damage per Wrath you have and you take #% reduced damage per Dominance you have. |
| Ring |  or  Royal Skull |  Seal of the Ophanim | Profane Sentinel deals x#% increased damage and summons an additional eye that follows you for 10 seconds. |
| Ring | or Royal Skull | Hellbent Commander Aspect | You deal x% increased summon damage. |
Affixes and Tempering Priority
- Affixes on gear are sorted in priority descending order.
- Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrade. If multiple affixes marked – any selected is acceptable for case by case gear.
- Affixes marked by multiple “*” – indicate desirability of obtaining them as Greater Affix originally or with lucky Tempering.
Be sure to check our Tempering and Masterworking guides for more details about these topics.
| Slot | Affixes | Tempering Affixes |
|---|---|---|
| HelmetLeoric’s Crown | *1. Willpower |  Worldly Endurance – Maximum Life |
| HelmetCrown of Lucion | * 1. Willpower | Worldly Endurance – Maximum Life |
| Chest | * 1. Maximum Resource 2. Maximum Life 3. Total Armor 4. Willpower | Worldly Endurance – Maximum Life |
| Gloves | * 1. Critical Strike Damage Multiplier 2. Willpower 3. Shadow Damage 4. Vulnerable Damage | Worldly Finesse – Critical Strike Damage |
| Pants | * 1. Willpower 2. Maximum Life 3. Total Armor 4. Any Resistance | Worldly Endurance – Maximum Life |
| BootsFootfalls of the Waning World | * 1. Willpower 2. Maximum Evade Charges 3. + Ranks to Profane Sentinel 4. Maximum Life | Natural Motion – Movement Speed |
| AmuletSeed of Horazon | * 1. Critical Strike Damage Multiplier 2. Vulnerable Damage 3. Shadow Damage 4. Willpower | Worldly Finesse – Critical Strike Damage |
| Ring | * 1. Vulnerable Damage Multiplier 2. Critical Strike Damage Multiplier 3. Willpower 4. Critical Strike Chance | Worldly Finesse – Critical Strike Damage |
| RingSeal of the Ophanim (* Should be highest priority to be made into Mythic Quality) | * 1. Vulnerable Damage Multiplier 2. Critical Strike Damage Multiplier 3. Willpower 4. Critical Strike Chance | Worldly Finesse – Critical Strike Damage |
| Weapon 2H (Mace) | * 1. Weapon Damage 2. Willpower 3. Shadow Damage 4. Critical Strike Multiplier | * Worldly Destruction – Critical Strike Chance |
For the dedicated page on Gear Systems and Itemization Overview, check the guide here.
Ancestral and Mythic Uniques
See below for information on useful Uniques and how to integrate them into this build:
| Unique | Category | Synergy | Source |
| Leoric’s Crown | Ancestral Best in Slot | – Allows to slot and scale Soul Splinters | All bosses (Global Drop) |
| Crown of Lucion | Ancestral Optional | – Massive damage increase | Astaroth Guide |
| Seal of the Ophanim | Ancestral Best in Slot | – Big Profane Sentinel damage scaling modifier – Provides another Eye that follows you – Highest priority item to be made into Mythic Quality | Varshan Guide |
| Footfalls of the Waning World | Ancestral Best in Slot | – Makes your Evade Nether Step | Astaroth Guide |
| Seed of Horazon | Ancestral Best in Slot | – Insane damage scaling | Grigoire Guide |
Gems and Runewords
See below for a more detailed explanation of the best Gems and Runewords to socket into your gear.
| Weapon Gems | Armor Gems | Jewelry Gems |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Amethyst for increased damage. |  Runeword, Splinter or Royal Sapphire for increased Willpower. | Royal Diamond or Splinter |
| Runeword Combination | Effect |
| Nagu + Kry | Maintain at least 1 active summon for 5 seconds to gain offering for each summon up to 5. Invoke the Spiritborns  Vortex to pull enemies. |
| Neo + Vex | Deal damage after not taking any damage for 2 seconds to gain massive Offering. Gain +1 to all Skills for 10 seconds. |
| Soul Splinter | Slot preference | Effect |
 Abyssal Splinter of Pain | Leoric’s Crown | You gain 25% Damage Reduction, but you lose 30% Movement Speed. |
 Abyssal Splinter of the Black Soulstone | Leoric’s Crown | Killing enemies absorbs a soul for 15 seconds. Each soul increases your damage by x2.5% but increases your damage taken by 0.5%. This effect stacks, but does not refresh. |
| Abyssal Splinter of Anguish | Jewelry | You gain +20% Attack Speed and Critical Strike Chance, but your Primary Resource Costs are increased by 30%. |
Paragon Board
Below you’ll find the entire end-game paragon board set-up for this build in detail!
It is imperative to level up all Glyphs to level 50 first to increase activation radius and then to level 51 to unlock secondary damage multiplier. More about paragon glyphs and how to level them, here.
Some paragon points are locked behind the Season Rank System.
Season Mechanics
Splinters of Evil
In Season of Hell’s Legacy, one of seasonal powers will consist of the three 
Splinters of Prime Evil, acquired by completing seasonal questline and defeating echoes of Diablo beneath Tristram Cathedral, Baal at Arreat Summit, and Mephisto within the Durance of Hate. Splinter of Evil trigger iconic Prime Evil area of effect damage abilities and alter actitivies associated with the Prime Evil.
Main consideration for first Splinter of Evil choice is expected to be in activity modifiers. Only one Splinter of Prime Evil can be used at a time, but there is a mechanism to change. Due to Helltide being the most common early progression activity, it is recommended to use Splinter of Terror first.
Duplicitous Soul Splinters
The second layer of seasonal powers consists of Duplicitous Soul Splinters gems, like 
Abyssal Splinter of Hellfire, to be slotted into jewelry and the newly introduced Leoric’s Crown helm. You can equip up to three Soul Splinters among available Jewelry slots.
Duplicitous Soul Splinters gems provide sizeable buffs to some stats at the price of heavy penalties to others. One should be careful at making choices to either ignore the penalty – Damage over Time builds do not care about losing Critical Strike Chance, for example, or compensate it.
Recommended Duplicitous Soul Splinters setup to can be looked up in Gems and Runewords.
Diablo II Runewords Gear
In Season 15 some Diablo II runes, like 
Ral or 
Ith were reintroduced for the season, as the cherry on top. While being not impressive on their own – they can be used to craft new Unique gear piece by combining certain runewords and Normal “white” item base inside Horadric Cube. There are few the most impressive outcomes, like 
Enigma (Jah Ith Ber), 
Spirit (Tal Thul Ort Amn), 
Grief (Eth Tir Lo Mal Ral) or 
Infinity (Ber Mal Ber Ist). Ancestral version of item base will produce the Ancestral version of Unique.
For a complete overview of the current Season, its mechanics and theme, new leveling activities, and other changes, please take a look at our comprehensive season hub here.
Talismans
The Lord of Hatred expansion introduces Talismans as a new character progression system. You get to equip a Seal and place Charms into its slots for a massive power boost. The recommended setup for the Infinistep Blazing Abyss Warlock build is listed below:
- Seal – A 6 charm slot seal with Critical Strike Multiplier or any damage multiplier is the best here. The best set to use here would be “Chains of Horazon” (5 pieces)
- Charm – Abyss or Demonology Ranks, maximum resource, all stats or any defensive or utility affixes is preferred. Make sure you get 5 of them to be of the same set as your Seal and the last charm should be
Night Terror for optimal Talismans.
Mercenaries
During the Vessel of Hatred campaign, you will unlock Mercenaries to assist you. While you can choose freely early on, we recommend Raheir as your main merc:
For the reinforcement, stick with Varyana, utilizing her 
Bloodlust to trigger when any Skill is cast in combat.
Rotation and Build Mechanics
Build operates by sending out our damage sources that are based on skill-duration to allow us to sit close to permanently in Nether Step being rendered immortal only to hop out for about 0.5 seconds to reapply Nether Step. The rotation below will cover how we do this in more details.
Rotation and Playstyle
- Command Laalish – Provides a good amount of Shadowform stacks and deals some damage. This also activates our Talisman set.
- Metamorphosis – Puts us in Demonform gives a massive amount of Shadowform stacks. It also applies a huge damage boost via our Paragon board. Ultimately it allows us to cast Abyss Skills without breaking Stealth.
- Dark Prison – Passive Damage Reduction, Weakens enemies and generates Fortify for us.
- Blazing Scream – One of our main damage sources by dealing damage around it and is based on its duration allowing us to stay hidden whilst delivering all our damage. This is also our first skill we want to recast when we are inbetween Nether Step immortality.
- Profane Sentinel – Our second biggest damage skill with massive AoE and can be recast to re-target itself. This is our 2nd ability we would want to cast when we are inbetween Nether Step immortality. Generally speaking you’ll want to re-target his against tougher enemies such as rares or bosses.
- Nether Step – Once the above rotation is in effect you’ll want sit in the comfy shadows of immortality with this skill.
Season Updates
Below you’ll find the most noteworthy changes for Season 15 Hell’s Legacy:
- Leoric’s Crown, Diablo II runes like Ur and Abyssal Splinter of Anguish kind of gems were added.
For a complete overview of the current Season, its mechanics and theme, new leveling activities, and other changes, please take a look at our comprehensive season hub here.
Changelog
September 16th, 2026: Guide updated for Season 15.
June 26th, 2026: Guide updated for Season 14.
May 9th, 2026: Minor gear adjustments for better performance.
May 5th, 2026: Guide updated to be played utilizing a more permanant Nether Step. Video guide added.
April 27th, 2026: Guide Added.
