Firewall Sorcerer Leveling Guide

In Season 3, you obtain the Seneschal Construct through the Season Questline, then collect Governing Stones or Tuning Stones to add attacks and augment them to support your build. Only certain Tuning Stones work with a particular Governing Stone. Look at the bottom of any Tuning Stone tooltip to see if it is compatible with your Construct's currently equipped Stones. Lastly, they can be leveled up by getting duplicates to max out their power. Check out our full Season 3 guide for more information.

Next we get to our main damage skill Firewall (which replaces Fireball on the skill bar). Generally you start every encounter by placing down 2-3 Firewalls and then you just move around them to keep the mobs inside, while casting Arc Lash and Defensive skills as needed. At level 15 after you unlock your first Enchantment Slot - Fireball. It will make your fights go a lot faster, especially when mobs refuse to sit in your Firewalls.

After that we unlock Inferno but we have to bench Flame Shield to use it. Two levels later we get Supreme Inferno and now Flame Shield can come back and instead we lose Arc Lash.

Now our damage rotation becomes: Frost Nova -> Firewall until no Mana -> Inferno -> Firewall until they die. In most fights just the first 3 steps will be enough but when multiple fights happen back to back, or when fighting Bosses you will run out of Mana.

Ultimately, running out of Mana is not that big of an issue but there is a way to fix that problem if you are willing to go on an adventure. Head over to Hawezar to acquire Prodigy’s Resource Aspect. The Codex of Power will tell you that you need to progress campaign to access the dungeon but that is a lie. Just teleport to Margrave, set your pin on the right spot and follow the line. The dungeon itself is level 35, but if you turn down the difficulty to World Tier 1 and take it slow you should clear it without any problems. With Prodigy’s Aspect imprinted on your Ring you should always have enough Mana as long as you keep using your abilities.

Finally we reach the end of our skill tree and pick up Combustion, which increases Firewall's damage by 22%. On the way to the Key Passive we pick up Warmth and max out Inner Flames.

At this point our build is more or less complete so we just pick up all the damage and defensive passives that work with our build and put ranks in Defensive skills.

Enchantments are extremely important to any Sorcerer build. In fact, the moment you hit level 15, you should drop whatever you were doing and go unlock your Enchantment Slots! You must have at least one rank in a skill to put it into Enchantment Slot but it doesn't have to be on your skillbar.

Slot 1 - Enchant Fireball. This effect lets us quickly destroy huge hordes of small monsters via chain reaction of on-kill explosions.

Slot 2 - Enchant Firewall. This enchant directly buffs our main damaging skill by letting us get more Firewalls out. Firewall itself, Flame Shield upgrade, and Inferno all count as Burning damage and can proc this effect.

Once you hit level 15, you automatically start the "Legacy of the Magi" Priority Quest. Complete it to unlock your first Enchantment Slot. The second Slot unlocks on it's own when you reach level 30.

Generally you want to have 1H Weapon + Focus instead of 2H Weapon, mostly because Focus can roll Cooldown Reduction and Mana Cost Reduction which are both very desirable stats. However, during leveling you won't lose that much CDR, so if you find a high DPS staff feel free to go for it. Always go for higher DPS over weapon's stats during leveling. The useful stats to look out for are:

Hint: Press SHIFT over an item to compare it to what you're wearing!

If you have sockets on your items, fill them with the following:

The Codex of Power is a collection of Legendary Aspects you can imprint onto Rare or Legendary items at the Occultist. They unlock after completing specific Dungeons located around Sanctuary. For leveling there are a few aspects that can significantly help us if we have the funds to imprint them:

There are more helpful Legendary Aspects for the Firewall Sorcerer that can either be found in the Codex of Power or Extracted from an item drop. Note that all Legendary Aspects can be found from item drops, and dropped Aspects can have higher rolls frequently making them significantly better than ones sourced from the Codex of Power.

You level in Diablo 4 by completing the Campaign, collecting Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, grinding Dungeons, or interacting with Seasonal mechanics. While there are many ways to level up in Diablo 4, not all of them are made equal.

Let's look at some tips and tricks to remember when leveling up!

Written by Northwar
Reviewed by Chewingnom