Here’s an unorthodox build for Diablo 4’s early endgame that focuses on Arc Lash, one of the Sorcerer class’ most basic of skills.
The Sorcerer class in Diablo 4 might just have the most powerful Basic Skill build in the game. This category of abilities is often overlooked by other classes and sometimes, players outright ignore these skills in favor of other more powerful options. Sorcerers, on the other hand, can build around one specific Basic Skill that can absolutely tear monsters up in the endgame.
Arc Lash is a melee skill that’s as strong as it is risky. While Sorcerers typically want to avoid getting close to enemies, this playstyle will force players to be a bit more aggressive than usual. The following is an Arc Lash build that works great on the early stretches of Diablo 4’s endgame. Nothing here is final, and players have plenty of room to reiterate this setup based on their own preferences. Diablo 4: Arc Lash Sorcerer Build Main Skills
Skills
Total Points
Glinting Arc Lash
7
Shimmering Flame Shield
3
Shimmering Teleport
3
Ice Armor
1
Mystical Frost Nova
7
Wizard’s Ball Lightning
7
Supreme Unstable Current
3
Enchantments
Arc Lash
Ball Lightning
Arc Lash deals decent damage on its own, but its true value is in its ability to lower the cooldowns of abilities while spawning static Ball Lightning orbs on top of enemies with Lucky Critical Hits. Teleport into the middle of a monster pack, freeze them with Frost Nova, and slap them around with Arc Lash until veritable balls of lightning spawn out of thin air.
Pop Unstable Current in every fight; its cooldown will be reduced to about 15–20 seconds if players manage to trigger all of their cooldown reduction effects, so there’s no need to worry about being conservative with it.
As with almost every Sorcerer build, all four Defensive skills are needed here to keep players from getting killed in one hit.
