Fireball Sorcerer Guide
The Fireball Sorcerer can unleash a deadly barrage of enemy-seeking Fire Spells to incinerate your enemies! The cascade of Fireballs travels through the battlefield looking for their next target while the Meteors empower them and cause havoc. This Fireball seeks, pierces and destroys its foes... Only their ashes remain.
The Sorcerer stays away from threats while in combat but has plenty of tools to protect himself in case enemies get too close. Flame Ward is an incredible Defensive Skill with tons of Damage Reduction that can save him even from the most dangerous attacks. Cast Frost Wall whenever you need extra firepower. The build also has decent mobility thanks to Teleport: a Movement Skill that grants great defensive buffs on use.
This setup doesn't require any Unique to function. However Items like Wrongwarp, Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros, Red Ring of Atlaria, Scales of Eterra, Omnis, Boneclamor Barbute, Immolator's Oblation and Grasp of the Blood Mage have the potential to enhance the build's power tremendously.
Overall the Fireball Sorcerer is a great build suited for the Endgame. If you are looking for a super fun caster with a kite based playstyle, this classic build is perfect for you!
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Mage Leveling Guide.
Check our Tier Lists to know how this build performs in the current patch.
If you are looking for a different playstyle, check all our Build Guides!
Skills
Fireball
Fireball is your main Damage Skill. The combination between Embers, Seeker's Ash and Piercing Heat completely transforms how this Spell behaves. It has the Fire Resistance Shred Ailment built in thanks to the Flammability Node. The Flame Burst is huge for DPS. Invest extra points in Mana Sphere or Immolated Core.
- Adapt your Fireball's Skill Tree based on your gear. Exalted Level of Fireball opens up a top of options. Spec additional Points in Orb of Destruction if you need it to cap your Critical Strike Chance. The points needed for Piercing Heat to reach the desired 100% pierce chance depends on how high the tier of your Fireball Pierce Chance is on your Helmet.
- Convert all your Skills to Fire in order to use Scales of Eterra with Cold and Lightning Infusions without any downside to your Fire DPS.
Get 100% combining T5 Fireball Pierce Chance and 2 Points in Piercing Heat.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- Calculated Destruction is crucial to raise your Spell Critical Strike Chance.
- Get Reactive Ward and Silver Rune for Ward generation. Proc it with Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros.
- Rune of Dilation and Essence of Celerity are great for their Movement Speed.
- Sphere of Protection is a great Defensive Passive.
- Lavamancer is important to leech Health.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Buff yourself and proc Wrongwarp by casting Teleport.
- Cast Meteor only once after each Teleport's to sustain Mana, refresh buffs and trigger Wrongwarp.
- Kite while spamming Fireball at your enemies.
- Use Flame Ward defensively before you take Damage.
- Refresh your Teleport defensive buffs by casting it before they expire.
- Use Frost Wall whenever you need extra firepower or at big packs.
Bossing
- Take advantage of all your defensive buffs and keep them active.
- Flame Ward can save you from incoming Damage. Time it against dangerous telegraphed Boss attacks.
- This Fireball setup has 100% pierce chance. Line up enemy packs!
- Teleport is a blink and can be used to go over incoming attacks or terrain.
- Use Teleport to leave dangerous enemies behind and traverse terrain gaps.
- You can use Flame Ward preventively before you engage dangerous enemies.
- Hold one charge of Flame Ward for emergency situations.
Only cast Meteor once after Teleport's to sustain Mana and to refresh buffs.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Wrongwarp has tons of amazing stats and allows you to gain a Haste buff that you can extend thanks to Teleport's Comet Rush Node maxed out. It also provides Damage based on your Movement Speed.
- Get a Legendary Scales of Eterra with Cold and Lightning Infusions. That way you can benefit from the amazing Implicit stats on this Unique without any downside to your Fire DPS.
- Grasp of the Blood Mage provides another layer of survivability for hard encounters. The Strands of Souls Unique Belt provides even more Ward scaling.
- Get a well rolled Omnis. Alternatively, you can also go for Orian's Eye, as it greatly synergizes with the Elemental Damage Reduction from Flame Ward, but it can be hard to get. Slam them with Exalted Chance to Shred Armor on Hit when you find them with Legendary Potential.
- Reach the 180 Attribute requirement from Red Ring of Atlaria for the Damage Reduction they provide. This amazing Item is crucial for pushing Corruption. Combine it with Omnis to easily cap all your Resistances.
- Immolator's Oblation grants you Flat Fire Spell Damage, Cleanse on Potion and the Frenzy buff, making it an amazing option for the build.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Intelligence
- Cast Speed
- % Increased Spell Damage
- % Increased Fire Damage
- % Increased Spell Critical Strike Chance
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Fire Penetration
- Fire Resistance Shred Chance
- Armor Shred Chance
Defensive Stats
- Health
- Ward
- Armor
Scaling Tips
- Intelligence provides % Increased Spell Critical Chance thanks to Calculated Destruction.
- Wrongwarp provides tons valuable stats and grants Damage based on your Movement Speed.
- Convert all your Skills to Fire in order to use Scales of Eterra with Cold and Lightning Infusions. That way you can benefit from the amazing Implicit stats on this Unique without any downside to your Fire DPS.
- Throne of Ambition: Provides an extra Damage Multiplier for the build.
- Frost Wall: Grants a Damage Multiplier thanks to Chilled Touch.
- Flame Ward: The Damage Reduction is insane. While this Skill is active you are almost immortal!
- Ward: Get Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros for insane Ward generation. Proc Reactive Ward and Silver Rune thanks to this Unique Relic.
- Grasp of the Blood Mage provides another layer of survivability for hard encounters.
- Red Rings of Atlaria: Reach the 180 Attribute requirement for the Damage Reduction they provide.
- Sphere of Protection: This is a good source of Damage Reduction.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is necessary to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
FAQ & Mechanics
Once a guide is released, many players have questions on why and how we are approaching certain choices. In this section you can find the answers to the questions that have been asked the most.
It used to be amazing for the build as you could Teleport while channeling it. This is no longer the case as it automatically stops channeling when using any Movement Skill, significantly hurting its uptime. You can spec Arcane Ascendance over.Frost Wall if you don't want to kite all the time. Keep and eye on your Mana while channelling it for a long duration.
Video Guide
Summary
Overall the Fireball Sorcerer is a very fun build that performs well in endgame. It has insane Range, a very active playstyle and has great survivability thanks to its multiple defensive layers and powerful Unique Items.
- Cast Meteor for the Craterborn buff.
- Kite while spamming Fireball at your enemies.
- While they are not mandatory, Wrongwarp, Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros, Red Ring of Atlaria, Scales of Eterra, Omnis, Boneclamor Barbute, Immolator's Oblation and Grasp of the Blood Mage have the potential to enhance the build's power tremendously.
- Convert all your Skills to Fire in order to use Scales of Eterra with Cold and Lightning Infusions. That way you can benefit from the amazing Implicit stats on this Unique without any downside to your Fire DPS.
- Teleport is a great Movement Skill that grants great defensive buffs on use.
- Flame Ward is an incredible Defensive Skill with tons of Damage Reduction that can save you from incoming Damage. Time it against dangerous telegraphed Boss attacks.
Credits
Written by Lizard_IRL.
Content Reviewed by Volca.