In Diablo 4, wizards use the powers of the elements to fight enemies. MeinMMO introduces you to the currently best build for the Ice Shard Sorceress for the endgame with specs, Legendarys and Paragon distribution in German.
What build is this? Ice Shard casters use what’s known as a “machinegun build,” firing their spells in rapid succession and dismantling enemies in rows. They trigger chain reactions and literally explode the whole screen.
Unlike the Blizzard build for casters, however, your focus is more on single target damage and works quite well even without special legendary effects that you have to find first.
This makes the build special: In the tier list of the best builds in Diablo 4, Ice Shard Wizards are currently in the A tier, making them one of the top 3 builds for wizards in the endgame.
Like almost all wizard builds, you play best in close combat. Although you have the opportunity to go at a distance, you only unfold your full potential directly on the opponents.
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Sorcerer Build with Ice Shards – Skilling and Legendarys
You need these skills:
Alternatively, instead of Ice Blades, you can also skill Meteor with Improved Meteor and Magician’s Meteor and Shatter instead of Avalanche. With the control effect of the meteor, you increase the passive effect of Devouring Conflagration even further, but you have less vulnerability time on opponents. However, this will consume significantly more mana. Generally, Frostblades are better against bosses, Meteor is better against groups.
Firebolt and Ice Shards are used in the enchantment slots. Firebolt causes enemies to burn, allowing you to use the Devouring Conflagration effect. Your actual damage comes from Ice Shards.
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You need these legendaries and items:
You need these uniques:
You get all other aspects for the build from the Code of Power:
You can find access to all dungeons on our interactive map for Diablo 4.
As a weapon you use a wand, in the off-hand a focus. If you prefer to use a staff, you should apply the Aspect of Control to it to benefit from the enhanced effect. The Elemental Aspect goes on the Amulet to get +50% Potency.
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Ice Shard Build for Endgame – Stats, Gems and Paragon
These values are important:
Additional ranks for Devouring Conflagration and defensive stats on chest, helmet, and pants are also helpful. Your weapon should have the highest possible DPS value.
You socket the following gems:
You will need these Paragon Tablets and Glyphs:
You may have to switch glyphs several times while leveling. Make sure you activate them with the surrounding nodes. Otherwise, nodes with damage against vulnerable and burning opponents are particularly attractive to you. You can read more about the system in our guide to Paragon and Glyphs.
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Ice Shard Build – Gameplay and Tips
How to play the build: You try to freeze opponents and apply control effects to activate as many multipliers as possible. Then fire shards of ice at enemies to set off chain reactions. The gameplay is accordingly quite straightforward:
Since the build is quite mana-hungry, you should try to catch as many enemies as possible with as few uses of your spells. The Robe of the Infinite helps tremendously in preventing enemies from escaping you.
If you’re having trouble with resources, keep an eye out for lucky strike chances that give you back mana or increase resource regeneration. Ice Shards are ideal for this. Your ice armor can also help with this.
If you’d rather watch it all burn, here’s a wall of fire build:
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