Diablo IV: Eternal & Seasonal Realm: Sorcerer Level 1 to Level 60 Ancestral Guide

Check out the Video-Guide on Youtube and/or continue with the written guide. Both have the same content, the website is a little bit more detailed, while the video is more compact.

We don't want to waste our time farming too many Legendary Aspects later. So we will start farming the Legendary Aspects right at level 1.

Content to Run

First, we make our way towards the Dead Man's Dredge to unlock our first Legendary Aspect - Aspect of Piercing Cold. On our way we will do one or 2 of the Events marked on the map as well as pick up the Waypoint.

We should finish the Dead Man's Dredge around Level 8-10. While leveling, we pick the following skills in the order below:

Items & Stats

We always look for the highest damage Two-Handed Staff we can find. For all other gear you can just equip the piece with highest armor.

Skill Point Order

• Teleport 1 Points
• Flame Shield 1 Points
• Frost Nova 1 Points
• Enhanced Frost Nova 1 Points
• Mystical Frost Nova 1 Points
• Elemental Attunement 1 Points
• Blizzard 1 Points

Make sure to use Flame Shield on Cooldown. It does a lot of damage in the early game!

Now it's time to finish our class quest and get our first enchantment slot.

Content to Run

Teleport to Kyovashad and head towards your class quest. Finishing the class quest will require us to enter the Dungeon Lost Archives.

Even though the class quest does not require us to complete the dungeon, we still want to complete it to obtain the Aspect of the Protector.

Items & Stats

• Highest Damage Two-Handed Staff
• Boots with Movement Speed
• For all other gear you can just equip the piece with highest armor.

Respec to new Build

After finishing our class quest, we will respect to a new build: Arc Lash & Fireball.

We just move the points from Blizzard into Fireball, chose Fireball as our first Enchantment and replace Blizzard with Ice Armor.

Skill Point Order

• Fireball +1 Points
• Mage's Blizzard -1 Points
• Enhanced Fireball +1 Points
• Enhanced Blizzard -1 Points
• Destructive Fireball +1 Points
• Blizzard -1 Points
• Fireball +1 Points
• Blizzard -1 Points
• Fireball +1 Points
• Blizzard -1 Points
• Fireball +1 Points
• Blizzard -1 Points
• Fireball +1 Points
• Blizzard -1 Points
• Ice Armor +1 Points

If we already have an Amulet, we can spend 4 Veiled Crystals now to imprint the Rapid Aspect on our Amulet. If we don't have a rare Amulet yet, we will do it as soon as we have one.

You can also find the full Level 17 Build in the Maxroll-Planner: https://maxroll.gg/d4/planner/u24qr0j1

Now we get ready for a bit more than 1 hour of grinding. So grab your favorite drink and some snacks before we get going.

Content to Run

We will now port to Cerrigar and grind the Domhaine Tunnels until we hit Level 37.

Due to the Domhaine Tunnels very high monster density, it is currently the fastest way to level in the Eternal Realm without using any kind of exploit or bug.

When resetting the dungeon, always teleport to town, then press "J", click Reset Dungeons and enter the Town Portal for a fresh dungeon!

The damage of the monsters will increase over time. So as soon as we hit Level 30 make sure to grab the Ice Armor Enchantment. Due to the high density of ranged monsters in Domhaine Tunnels it will give you a permanent Ice Armor.

Items & Stats

• Highest Damage Two-Handed Staff
• Boots with Movement Speed
• Any Rare Amulet (preferable with Movement Speed)
• For all other gear you can just equip the piece with highest armor.

Skill Point Order

• Coursing Currents 1 Point
• Conduction 3 Points
• Electrocution 3 Points
• Vyr's Mastery 1 Points
• Enhanced Ice Armor 1 Points
• Shimmering Ice Armor 1 Points
• Static Discharge 1 Points
• Shocking Impact 3 Points
• Align the Elements 1 Points
• Convulsions 3 Points

You can also find the full Level 17 to 37 Build in the Maxroll-Planner: https://maxroll.gg/d4/planner/4m55s0t8

To complete our Ice Shards build, we still need some additional legendary aspects.

Content to Run

First we are going to teleport to Zarbinzet and move over to the Witchwater to obtain a very important aspect: Prodigy's Aspect.

Right after we got the Prodigy's Aspect, we teleport to town and imprint it on our second ring.

Next stop on our List is the Eriman's Pyre, we complete the Stronghold so we can unlock and complete the Oblivion for the Aspect of Shared Misery.

We're almost done here, I promise. Next, we are going to port to Gea Kul and then move to the Sunken Library Dungeon to obtain the Aspect of Control. If you already have a good amulet, after the dungeon go ahead and imprint the Aspect of Control on your amulet.

To get our last Legendary Aspect, we port to the Hidden Overlook Waypoint and move to the The Ruins of Qara Yisu Stronghold required to finish the Pallid Delve Dungeon for the Elementalist's Aspect.

After finishing the Dungeon, we finally got all pieces together to fuel our final Ice Shards build which will carry us for the rest of the game without any problems.

Items & Stats

• Highest Damage Two-Handed Staff
• Lucky Hit Chance, Lucky Hit Chance with Barrier
• Mana Cost Reduction
• Vulnerable Damage
• Cold Damage
• Damage to Frozen / Chilled / Distant

Skill Point Order

• Protection 3 Points

You can also find the full Level 37 to 40 Build including Item-Stat priorities in the Maxroll-Planner: https://maxroll.gg/d4/planner/vh5020ju

Now we can finally unlock World Tier 3: Nightmare. So, let's get right into the Cathedral of Light in Kyovashad.

The dungeon itself is not very challenging. Here's just some short hints to get you through as easy as possible:

• During the first Boss Fight, the High Council Court make sure to take out the Sacred Physician first. Then just watch out for random projectiles flying around.
• During the final Boss Fight you are facing The Curator. Try to save your Deep Freeze for the Minion Phases.
• When fighting The Curator, make sure to enter the Stagger Phases with full mana and all Cooldowns up if possible. Then use your Cooldowns to regenerate resources with Prodigy's Aspect to pump out as much damage as possible!
• If you don't feel like you have enough damage to kill The Curator, you can switch our your Frozen Orb Enchantment for Hydra Enchantment. You can then also put Hydra on your bar instead of Ice Armor

After you have taken out The Curator, grab your hard earned loot and teleport to town. Now you can move to the World Tier Statue and switch to World Tier 3: Nightmare.

We are ready to advance to World Tier 4: Torment. To do this we teleport to the Hidden Overlook Waypoint and move over to the Fallen Temple Capstone Dungeon.

With this build you should not have any trouble clearing the dungeon. The final boss Elias, Hatred's Remnant does high damage, but also dies very fast.

Here's some useful hints on how to combat Elias:

• Use Ice Armor and Flame Shield to continue standing still and not lose your Aspect of Inner Calm damage buff.
• Try to save your Deep Freeze for the second Minion Phases (That's when Elias paints the fiery triangle).
• Make sure to enter the Stagger Phases with full mana and all Cooldowns up if possible. Then use your Cooldowns to regenerate resources with Prodigy's Aspect to pump out as much damage as possible!

After you have taken out Elias, Hatred's Remnant, grab your loot and teleport to town. Now you can move to the World Tier Statue and switch to World Tier 4: Torment.

That's it. Thank you so much for staying with us for the Grind ;)

You are not ready to do any World Tier 4: Torment Activity with ease. You can play this build for a long time, or transition into a different build once you feel you have enough paragon points, gear and Legendary Aspects.