Shatterer Sorcerer BUILD for Diablo IV [S Tier Grade]

(Freeze then Shatter your foes, along with their hopes, into an Elemental Explosion of Fire & Ice)

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Diablo IV launched on June 6th, 2023 for PC (Battle.Net), XBOX, & PlayStation) and I’ve had my fair share of playing and testing done. I’m now ready to start making full Builds/Theorycrafts that work for both ‘fresh-into-endgame’ characters as well as late endgame. I’ll evolve & keep them updated when we get major rebalance updates. This is one such build for the Sorcerer Class called Shatterer.

I’ve also made spreadsheets for my builds (see the links below) that have shortlisted the active and passive skills + legendary aspect + unique item + gems & sockets + suggested stat rolls + paragon boards that work well with the build which you can use to tinker. Alternatively, I’ve added build calculator links (mostly needed for the paragons)

This build will be updated when needed.

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Skill Trees

Below you’ll see ONLY the Active & Passive skills that were selected for this build. For additional skills that can be taken + alternative skill options, you can check my RDY-4-Launch Builds spreadsheet on this link. This build (Shatterer) is one of the builds on that spreadsheet.

Minor Destruction / Basic Skill (Resource Generator/Builder) (Required Points: 0 )

Major Destruction / Core Skill(s) (Resource Spender) (Required Points: 2 )

Defensive Skills (Required Points: 6 )

Conjuration Skills (Required Points: 11 ) Not Taking any Active summons

Mastery Skills (Required Points: 16 ) Not taking an Active Mastery skill

Ultimate Skills (Required Points: 23 )

Key Passive (Required Points: 33 )

Enchantment (Class Mechanic):

I’d recommend mix-and matching two of the following Enchantments (you’ll need at least 1 point invested or from gear in the skills):

• My MUST HAVE Picks
  • Fireball – When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage. (my ideal 1st pick @ lvl 15) NOTE that you’ll need to invest 2 points into it and its first Upgrade to get the most out of this. Ideally getting some extra ranks from gear will help too but is not as important. The skill points allocation has accounted for this so no need to worry about downgrading anything.
  • Ice Shards – Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly toward Frozen enemies. (my ideal 2nd pick @ lvl 30)
• Good to use For Bosses:
  • Flame Shield – Flame Shield automatically activates when you take fatal damage, Can only happen once every 120 Seconds.
  • Frozen Orb – Whenever you cast a non-basic skill, you have a 20% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at a nearby enemy.
  • Frost Bolt – Direct Damage from Skills applies up to an additional 15% Chill.

Unique Items

In Diablo IV apparently (I have multiple sources that confirmed this) we can equip more than one unique item at the same time (not so ‘unique’ if we can get decked out in full uniques I guess). It seems that the one unique per build idea that Unique inherited from the Mythical gear they supposedly replaced was scrapped even before the closed beta tests. My top pick will be the following two but check the notes under the Aspects list for more picks:

Iceheart Brais (Pants)

While Injured, Your Potion Also Restores [30%] Resource Enemies that die while Frozen have a [11 – 20]% chance to unleash a Frost Nova.

[28 – 42] Intelligence
+[7 – 14]% Damage to Frozen Enemies
+[21 – 35]% Damage to Injured Enemies
+[7 – 14]% Freeze Duration

The mad artisan saw his fingers turn black from frostbite as he worked the cloth, but refused to stay the needle and thread for even a moment.

Frostburn (Gloves)

Lucky Hit: Up to a [15 – 25]% chance to Freeze enemies for 2 seconds.

+[3 – 8]% Critical Strike Chance
+[0.07 – 0.14] Cold Damage
+[7 – 14]% Freeze Duration
Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore +[14 – 28]% Primary Resource

A touch so frigid it stops the heart and chills the very soul.

Sockets & Gems

There are various possible good/viable choices for the gem slots. I’ve shortlisted what works by slot. I’d recommend picking one of those:

Weps: Emerald, Saphire, Ruby, Diamond, or Skull.
Armor: Ruby, Diamond, or Skull.
Jewelry: Diamond unless you need specific resistance more than all.

Legendary Aspects / Powers

I will only list the Legendary Aspects that have been selected for the build and the slots in which I advise putting those. For in-depth information you can check my RDY-4-Launch Builds spreadsheet on this link. This build (Shatterer) is one of the builds on that spreadsheet.

• Helm: Exploiter’s Aspect / Harlequin Crest (see notes below)
• Amulet: Unwavering Aspect
• Chest: Frostblitz Aspect
• Pants: Aspect of the Protector Until the Iceheart Brais Unique goes here (see notes below)
• Gloves: Conceited Aspect / Frostburn (see notes below)
• Boots: Aspect of Fortune
• Ring 1: Aspect of Control / Ring of Starless Skies (see notes below)
• Ring 2: Prodigy’s Aspect (not a must have but surely will help with spamming/bursting)
• 1H Weapon: Aspect of Piercing Cold
• Off-hand: Shattered Aspect
• 2-H Weapon (if you decide to use one): I don’t recommend using a 2h weapon as the final setup with all 3 uniques as you’ll have to loose 1 more aspect slot + the CRUCIAL cooldown reduction an off-hand Focus gives and the little bit of extra dps + 100% efficiency of the aspect you put there won’t make up for it.

NOTES: How to re-arrange if using any of the Uniques:

- Aspect of the Protector stays in the Pants slot ONLY until you get the Iceheart Brais Unique Pants.  For after that just discard it from the build. 
- For Frostburn (Gloves): Conceited Aspect gets removed from the Gloves slot to make room for the Unique Gloves
- For Harlequin Crest (Helm): Exploiter’s Aspect gets removed from the Helm slot to make room for the Unique Helm.
- For Ring of Starless Skies (Ring): Aspect of Control gets removed from the Ring 1 slot to make room for the Unique Ring. ALTERNATIVE: Prodigy's Aspect from the Ring 2 slot could be the one getting replaced and you could keep Aspect of Control + Ring of Starless Skies.

Paragon Boards:

Use the links below to check the paragon boards selected and the nodes I’ve taken. One link is for what the boards will look like at lvl 92 with 184 paragon points (so more paragon points will be obtained on the way to 100). The other link is what the boards will look like when fully maxed out on paragon points but i did leave the last 12 up to you to spend on MAYBE the Icefall Legendary Node.

• LVL 92 Paragons (184/223 points): Click THIS LINK
• MAX LEVEL Paragons (last 12 points unspent): Click THIS LINK

Suggested Gear Rolls to look out for (NOT in order of priority):

I’ve shortlisted 42 different affixes that work well with the build of almost 300 total. I’ll highlight in Orange the ones I think should get higher priority

Bonus to All Damage

Critical Strike Chance / Critical Damage Bonus

Critical Chance / Critical Damage with Frost/Cold Skills

Critical Chance / Critical Damage with Core/Ultimate/Basic/Defensive Skills

Damage with Core/Ultimate/Basic/Defensive Skills

Lucky Hit Chance

+ Ranks to Core/Ultimate/Basic/Defensive Skills

+ Ranks to Ice Shards/Frost Nova/Flame Shield/Teleport Skills

Lucky Hit Chance with Frost/Cold Damage

Frost/Cold Damage Bonus

+ % Critical Chance / Critical Damage with Frost/Cold Damage

Resistance to All Elements

+ % Chill Application

+ % Frost/Cold Damage to Elites

+ % Critical Strike Chance with Frost/Cold Damage Against Elites

+ % Damage for X Seconds After Killing an Elite

Damage Reduction for X Seconds After Killing an Elite

Damage Reduction from Elites

Damage to Close Enemies

Critical Chance / Damage Against Close Enemies

Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies

Critical Chance / Damage Against Crowd Controlled Enemies

Damage to Vulnerable Enemies

Critical Chance / Damage Against Vulnerable Enemies

Vulnerable Damage

Damage while Healthy

Barrier Generation

Chance When Struck to Gain N Life as Barrier for X Seconds

Lucky Hit Chance while You Have a Barrier

Damage Reduction while You Have a Barrier

Life as Barrier On Kill

Critical Strike Chance Against Chilled/Frozen Enemies

Damage to Chilled/Frozen Enemies

+ All Stats

Damage vs Injured Enemies

Damage vs Healthy Enemies

Weapon Damage (not sure if there are any bonuses to that as rolls)

Mana Generation / Regeneration/ On Kill

Movement Speed

Attack Speed

Intelligence

Resource Cost Reduction

Useful Links (Spreadsheets & more):

For all of my Diablo IV RDY-4-Launch Theorycrafts/Builds: This Spreadsheet

For my Diablo IV Pre-Launch Class Skill Trees (can be used as mini-calculator): This Spreadsheet

For all of my Diablo IV Pre-Launch Theorycrafts/Builds: This Spreadsheet

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This concludes the Shatterer Sorcerer Build for Diablo IV. If you’re interested in the game below are links to the various platforms where one can buy it (you can just click the links to open a new tab):

PC (Battle.Net)

XBOX

PlayStation

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