Firewall – Sorcerer Build for Diablo 4 (Season 9)

Build Introduction

The Firewall Sorceress is an endgame build designed for those who enjoy harnessing the burning power of fire. This build offers high Mana Generation and deals significant Burning Damage Over Time. By incorporating multiple unique sources of Burning damage, Combustion adds a significant separate damage multiplier.

If your character has not reached Level 60, follow the Sorcerer Leveling Guide.

Check the build tier lists to see how this build compares to others on Icy Veins.

Strengths and Weaknesses

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Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Skill Bar Setup for the Firewall Sorcerer (order does not matter)

FirewallFlame ShieldInfernoTeleportIce ArmorFrost Nova

The Skill Tree above shows the full allocation of 71 Skill Points for the Firewall Sorceress build. Make sure you obtain the 12 Skill Points available from Renown.

Fire Bolt is only allocated as a prerequisite to unlock the next Skill cluster. Do not equip it on the Skill Bar.

Wondering what comes after Level 60? Head to the Paragon Board section to power up the build even further. If you want to see how everything plays out in combat, check out the Rotation and Playstyle section for a quick breakdown.

Sorcerer Class Mechanic – Enchantments

Non-Ultimate Skills can be equipped in two available Enchantment Slots. A skill must have at least one skill point allocated to it in order to be used in the Enchantment Slot. Skill points that have been granted through gear work as well.

Slot Firewall in the first Enchantment Slot, as it will have a chance to trigger two additional Firewalls underneath enemies when they take burning damage. 

Slot Fireball in the second Enchantment Slot for explosions to help against groups of enemies. Alternatively slot Teleport for the Telestomp build variant.

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Gear, Stats, Gems, and Runes

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

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects for the Firewall 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	Aspect Name	Legendary Aspect Power
Amulet (+50% bonus effect)	Aspect of Engulfing Flames	You deal x6% increased Burning damage to enemies for each second they remain Burning, up to x30% after 5 seconds. Additionally, you deal x [10 – 30%] increased Burning damage to enemies that are not Healthy.
Ring Slot #1 (replaced by Ring of Starless Skies	Conceited Aspect	Deal [15 – 25%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Ring Slot #2 (replaced by Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop)	Aspect of Inner Calm	Deal x [5 – 13%] increased damage. Triple this bonus after standing still for 3 seconds.
One-Handed Weapon or Focus	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. Note: Ice Blades are not required to gain the Vulnerable Damage.
One-Handed Weapon or Focus	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.
Gloves (replaced by Fists of Fate)	Edgemaster’s Aspect	Skills deal up to x [5 – 25%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Chest (replaced by Raiment of the Infinite)	Aspect of Disobedience	You gain [0.4 – 0.7%] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [25 – 40%].
Helm (replaced by Heir of Perdition)	Snowveiled Aspect	Ice armor makes you unstoppable and grants you 25% Damage Reduction for [3.5 – 5.5] seconds.
Pants (optional replacement with Tibault’s Will)	Everliving Aspect	You take [20 – 25%] less damage from Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.
Boots (replaced byFlickerstep)	Flamewalker’s Aspect	Coming in contact with your Firewall grants you [15 – 25%] Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Firewall 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.

When comparing weapons of similar item levels, One-Handed Weapons are preferred over Two-Handed Weapons, as a Focus provides more beneficial utility affixes. A Wand or a Dagger is selected for the useful implicit stats.

Critical Strike Damage is beneficial due to it increasing the bonus multiplier on Burning Instinct.

The priority order of Resistances is Lightning > Poison > Fire > Cold > Shadow. Maximum Resistance is 70% by default for each element and can be increased to 85% by various sources.

Armor is only needed until capped at 1,000.

If you are using a speed setup with Teleport Enchantment, temper the Evade Cooldown Reduction affix from the Natural Motion Manual onto your Boots and Amulet. Otherwise, temper the Movement Speed or Teleport Cooldown Reduction affixes.

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Slot	Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
One-Handed Weapon	1. Maximum Life, Intelligence, Damage Over Time	Pyromancy Augments —  Fiery (Weapon): Chance for Firewall to do Double Damage up to 100% cap Pyromancy Finesse (Offensive): Mastery Damage
Focus	1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Resource Cost Reduction 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Pyromancy Augments —  Fiery (Weapon): Chance for Firewall to do Double Damage up to 100% cap Pyromancy Finesse (Offensive): Mastery Damage
Helm	1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Lucky Hit Chance, 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. Attack Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Resource Cost Reduction, Maximum Life, Intelligence	Pyromancy Finesse (Offensive): Mastery Damage Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation
Pants	1. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 2. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Frost Cage: Ice Armor Duration Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation
Boots	Implicit Stat: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown 1. Ranks to Firewall, Movement Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Intelligence	Natural Motion (Mobility): Evade Cooldown Reduction Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation
Amulet	1. Ranks to Hoarfrost and Inner Flames 2. Intelligence, Cooldown Reduction, Attack Speed	Natural Motion (Mobility): Evade Cooldown Reduction Pyromancy Finesse (Offensive): Mastery Damage
Rings	1. Attack Speed 2. Lucky Hit Chance, Maximum Life, Intelligence 3. Resource Cost Reduction, Damage Over Time	Worldly Stability (Resource): Resource Generation or Resource Cost Reduction Pyromancy Finesse (Offensive): Mastery Damage

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

Listed below are the recommended and optional Unique and Mythic Unique Items for the Firewall Meteor 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.

• Raiment of the Infinite (highly recommended) enables the Telestomp playstyle to group and Stun enemies.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks of the Glass Cannon Passive
• Flickerstep (recommended) synergies well with the Telestomp setup, as the unique effect works with the Evade Teleport to provide more casts of Inferno. The Evade Cooldown reduction in the implicit effect has a higher 2.5 second value than the 1.5 second value available on Legendary Boots.
  • Masterworking Priority: Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
• Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop (recommended) provides up to a 75% damage multiplier with 3 elemental stacks.
  • Masterworking Priority: Cooldown Reduction
• Ring of Starless Skies (recommended) is the best Mythic Unique Item for the Firewall Sorcerer. The unique effect provides a 1.5x damage multiplier and solves any Mana issues.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Core Skills
• Heir of Perdition (highly recommended) grants the highest damage increase for the slot.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Core Skills
• Harlequin Crest (optional) is helpful for additional Ranks to Firewall, 20% Damage Reduction, and a boosted Cooldown Reduction affix.
  • Masterworking Priority: Cooldown Reduction
• Tibault’s Will (optional) can be utilized if additional Mana generation is needed. Alternate activations of the unique effect with Teleport, Flame Shield, and Ice Armor (with Snowveiled Aspect).
  • Masterworking Priority: Maximum Life, Maximum Resource, or Damage Reduction while Unstoppable
• Fists of Fate (recommended) increases overall damage by 50% with a perfect 300% value on the unique effect.
  • Masterworking Priority: Attack Speed

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Gems and Runewords

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

Gems

Equip the corresponding Gems into your Weapon, Armor, and Jewelry slots. If you are playing in Season 9, replace the Jewelry Gems with Horadric Jewels.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Amethyst for increased Damage Over Time.	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. Check the Runewords Guide for more details.

Runewords	Effects
Cir Ohm	Gain: 300 Offering — Cast 5 Skills then become exhausted for 3 seconds. Requires: 600 Offering, Cooldown: 2 Seconds — Invoke the Barbarian’s War Cry, increasing your damage dealt by x15% for 6 seconds.
Igni Zec	Gain: 25 Offering — Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering. Requires: 100 Offering, Cooldown: 1 Second — Reduce your active Ultimate Cooldown by 1 second.

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Paragon Board

Use the following Paragon Boards, Legendary Nodes, and Glyphs for the Firewall Sorcerer.

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Horadric Spell and Jewels (Season 9)

Season 9: Sins of the Horadrim offers seasonal powers that can be utilized to enhance this build. Access Horadic Spells from the Powers tab in the character sheet, and place Horadic Jewels into Jewelry slots.

Horadric Spell

The Horadric Catalyst is the base power of your spell, attached to a Skill slot on the Skill bar and triggered when the Skill is cast. The Catalyst is combined with one Infusion that modifies the damage type, and three Arcana that enhance the baseline power of the spell.

Type	Power	Effect
Catalyst	Cosmic Anomaly (equipped on Inferno)	Spawn Rate: Every 5 seconds Lucky Hit: 20% Passive: Manifest up to 5 Anomalies that emit particles which deal 866% damage over 4 seconds. Active: Command your Anomalies to converge and implode, dealing 3465% damage per detonation. Rank 10: While at 5 Anomalies, you are Unstoppable and the next implosion will deal double damage.
Infusion	Smoldering Ember	Your Catalyst now deals Fire and or Burning damage. It destroys enemy structures and has a 10% chance to ignite the ground beneath enemies, dealing 1215% Burning damage over 5 seconds. While equipped, your Fire Damage Bonus is equal to that of your highest Damage Type Bonus. Rank 5: Deactivates monster Chilling Winds effects for 8 seconds.
Arcana	Bloody Charm	Your Catalyst gains a specialized Execute effect for non-Boss enemies with 20% or less Life. Astral Pillar: Will launch additional waves towards Executable non-Boss enemies to Execute them.
Arcana	Tranquil Stone	Invoking your Catalyst grants Unstoppable for 5 seconds whenever it activates.
Arcana	Fractured Core	Your Catalyst deactivates monster Damage Resistance Aura effects for 5 seconds, but you take 10% more stacking damage for the same time.

Horadric Jewels

Insert the following Horadric Jewels into Jewelry slots to enhance the Horadric Spell.

Jewel	Effect
Idol From Below	You gain x6% primary stat, x6% Maximum Life and you are always Unhindered. However, you will be hunted in Sanctuary’s darkest places by Jewel Guardians who were entombed to protect this relic.
Scornful Light	You deal x20% and take x10% more Elemental damage.
Myriad Stone	After you cast you Catalytic Skill, if it is an Ultimate, gain +30% Attack Speed for 10 seconds.

Mercenaries

Once the Den is unlocked during the main questline in the Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo 4, complete Mercenary key quests to acquire them. Hire a Mercenary and enlist a Reinforcement in the following setup.

• Hired Mercenary: Varyana
  • Skills: Cleave, Hysteria, Bloodthirst, Bloodlust
• Reinforcement: Raheir
  • Skill: Bastion
  • Opportunity: Cast when the player becomes Injured

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Build Mechanics

This Fire build is focused around powerful Damage Over Time (DoT) from Firewall. Its damage is enhanced with Combustion by applying other Burning sources from Flame Shield and Inferno.

Critical Strike Damage is applied to Burning Damage with Burning Instinct from Paragon. This allows us to benefit from Critical Strike Damage on gear.

Rotation and Playstyle

Optimize DPS with the following rotation.

1. If you have Raiment of the Infinite, teleport on enemies to group and stun them.
2. Cast Firewall under enemies.
3. Cast Frost Nova to Freeze enemies and apply Vulnerable.
4. If needed, use Inferno to group enemies up and freely spam Firewall.
5. Cast Flame Shield or Ice Armor for protection and Unstoppable when needed.

Elixirs

Visit the Alchemist in any main town to craft helpful Elixirs, or find Elixirs by killing enemies or opening chests during various activities in Diablo 4. Listed below are the best Elixirs to consume for the Firewall Sorcerer, ranked by importance.

1. Elixir of Advantage increases damage output, if not already capped at 100% Attack Speed bonus from gear and Paragon.
2. Elixir of Resource helps with Mana issues, if you do not already have the appropriate Mana gear. This elixir is highly recommended for starting characters to maintain constant casts of Firewall.
3. Elixir of Fortitude is the best general-purpose option for survivability.

Telestomp with Raiment of the Infinite

Raiment of the Infinite allows the Firewall Sorcerer to use 2 sources of Teleport offensively. Teleporting on top of enemies to Stun and group them up is called “Telestomping”. This playstyle can quickly clear groups of enemies and keep them Crowd Controlled (CC) for safety, perfect for speed-farming Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons, and The Pit!

Use the following setup for the Telestomp Sorcerer.

• Equip Raiment of the Infinite to enable Telestomps. Target-farm Raiment of the Infinite from Varshan or Lord Zir for the best chances of it dropping.
• Slot Teleport into an Enchantment Slot.
• Remove 3 Skill Points invested into Fireball Level 1, Enhanced Fireball and Greater Fireball and put them into Frost Nova and/or Teleport.
• Equip Boots with the implicit effect, Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown, which work with the Evade Teleport.

Season 9 Updates

A brief summary of the seasonal changes is provided below. For a complete overview of Season 9, take a look at the comprehensive season guide.

• Firewall: Base damage increased from 230% to 300%.
• Inferno: Damage increased from 354% to 425%.
• Combustion
  • Previously: Your Burning effects deal 60%[x] increased damage, and an additional 25%[x] of your Burning Damage and Damage to Burning target bonuses.
  • Now: Your Burning effects deal 50%[x] increased damage, and an additional 20%[x] of your Burning Damage and Damage to Burning target bonuses, up to 100%[x].

Changelog

• June 27, 2025: Guide updated for Season 9 (Patch 2.3.0)
• April 26, 2025: Guide updated for Season 8 (Patch 2.2.0)
• January 21, 2025: Guide updated for Season 7 (Patch 2.1.0).
• October 4, 2024: Guide updated for Season 6 (Patch 2.0.2).
• August 6, 2024: Guide updated for Season 5 (Patch 1.5.0).
• May 14, 2024: Guide updated for Season 4 (Patch 1.4.0)
• January 22, 2024: Guide updated for Season 3 (Patch 1.3.0).
• October 17, 2023: Guide updated for Season 2 (Patch 1.2.0).
• July 18, 2023: Guide updated for Season 1.