ICE SHARDS [5/5]

Fires five Ice Shards which deal x25% increased damage to Frozen enemies. Use its enchantment too - Ice Shards will automatically conjure and target Frozen enemies. It's a Core Skill.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Ice Shards [1/1] - Ice Shards will ricochet off of Frozen enemies and have a 40% chance to do so if the enemy isn't Frozen.
2. Greater Ice Shards [1/1] - While you have a Barrier, the Ice Shards you've cast will treat all enemies as if they're Frozen.

FROST BOLT [1/5]

Frost Bolts will be used to apply Chill and make enemies Vulnerable. It's a single projectile that deals relatively high damage.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Frost Bolt [1/1] - Frost Bolt has a 15% chance to explode on contact with a Chilled enemy, and 100% against Frozen ones.
2. Flickering Frost Bolt [1/1] - It makes Frozen enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds on hit.

FROST NOVA [3/5]

It won't be used manually, but due to the enchantment, it will have a 30% chance of unleashing on Lucky Hit with Conjuration Skills (Ice Blades). It Freezes and makes enemies Vulnerable.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Frost Nova [1/1] - Killing enemies Frozen by the Nova will reduce its Cooldown by up to 4 seconds if you can kill 4 enemies.
2. Mystical Frost Nova [1/1] - Makes enemies Vulnerable on hit, this effect will last 6 seconds.

TELEPORT [1/5]

It's the utility Skill used only to move faster and dodge attacks. It won't deal a lot of damage, its purpose it strictly to improve mobility.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Teleport [1/1] - Decreases Cooldown by half a second for each nearby enemy, stacking up to 6.
2. Shimmering Teleport [1/1] - The 30% Damage Reduction after Teleporting lasts for 3 seconds.

ICE BLADES [1/5]

Summons a pair of Blades for 6 seconds which will hit enemies, and each hit has a 30% chance of making them Vulnerable. Try to have them up constantly by reducing their Cooldown.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Ice Blades [1/1] - Each time the Blades hit a Vulnerable enemy, their Cooldown gets reduced by 0.5 seconds.
2. Shimmering Teleport [1/1] - 20% of the Cooldown Reduction of this Skill is applied to all the other Skills.

ICE ARMOR [5/5]

A Barrier Skill with a 20-second Cooldown. For the next 6 seconds, it will absorb 30% of your Base Life in Damage. 5% of Damage dealt is added to the Barrier. Having a Barrier is a big advantage in this build.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Ice Armor [1/1] - While Ice Armor is active your Mana Regeneration is increased by 25%.
2. Mystical Ice Armor [1/1] - Hits against Vulnerable enemies contribute 50% more to the Armor's Barrier.

DEEP FREEZE [1/1]

The ultimate Skill that makes you immune for 4 seconds. During this time it deals damage to surrounding targets and Chills them. When it expires it deals an additional burst of damage.

Modifiers:

1. Prime Deep Freeze [1/1] - After Deep Freeze ends, you gain 10% of your Life as a Barrier for the next 6 seconds per each enemy you've Frozen when it was active.
2. Supreme Deep Freeze [1/1] - After Deep Freeze ends, all your other Non-Ultimate Cooldowns are reduced by 50%.

PRECISION MAGIC [3/3]

ALIGN THE ELEMENTS [1/3]

ELEMENTAL ATTUNEMENT [3/3]

PROTECTION [3/3]

ICY VEIL [3/3]

COLD FRONT [3/3]

PERMAFROST [1/2]

HOARFROST [3/3]

ICY TOUCH [3/3]

FRIGID BREEZE [3/3]

AVALANCHE

Here's the stat priority list. The build benefits from modifiers such as Mana or Resource Generation, Crit Chance and Damage, CDR, Lucky Hits, Intelligence, and Vulnerability-adjacent additions as the enemies are Vulnerable nearly permanently. They'll also be Frozen or Chilled most of the time. You should be looking for these on your gear:

1. Main Hand - % Vuln DMG → % Crit DMG → Lucky Hit Chance → Int
2. Off-Hand - % CDR → % DMG Reduction from Burning → % Mana Reduction → Int
3. 2-Hand - % Vuln DMG → Core Skill Damage → DMG to Frozen → % Crit DMG
4. Helm - % CDR → Lucky Hit Chance with Barrier → % Max Life → Int
5. Chest Armor - % Max Life → % Barrier Gen → % Element DMG → % DMG Reduction
6. Gloves - % Crit Chance → % Crit DMG → Lucky Hit Chance → Int
7. Pants - % DMG Reduction → % Max Life
8. Boots -% Move Speed → % Resource Cost → % Move Speed
9. Amulet - % CDR → % DMG → % Max Life → % Resource Cost Reduction
10. Rings - % Vuln DMG → Damage to Frozen → % Lucky Hit Chance → Int

In the Sockets use Emerald Gem in a Weapon slot for Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies. Use Diamond in your Armor for a better Barrier Generation. For the Jewelry, choose a Diamond too for extra Resistance of all kinds.

RECOMMENDED UNIQUE ITEMS

Harlequin Crest (Helm) - One of the most popular helmets in the game. You can choose it for extra Armor, Maximum Life, CDR, Resource Generation, +20 to All Stats, Damage Reduction, and +4 Ranks to all Skills. All of these qualities have a positive impact on the build.

+Maximum Life

+Cooldown Reduction

+Crafting Material Find

+All Stats

+Gain [10.0 - 20.0%] Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills.

Iceheart Brais (Pants) - Use these Pants for extra damage to Frozen Enemies and Freeze Duration. It also grants Intelligence, Damage to Injured Enemies, and better Potions. You will Freeze enemies very frequently.

+Your Potion also restores X% Resource

+Intelligence

+Damage to Frozen Enemies

+Damage to Injured Enemies

+Freeze Duration

+Enemies that die while Frozen have a [11 - 20%] chance to unleash a Frost Nova.

CODEX OF POWER
Legendary Aspects

Mandatory/Heavily recommended Aspects

1. Frostblitz Aspect provides an additional Charge of Frost Nova, but it also increases its Cooldown by 30 to 40%.
2. Aspect of Frozen Memories upgrades your Key Passive. The Avalanche applies to one additional cast.

Optional Aspects

1. Aspect of Control makes you deal up to 40% more Damage to Frozen, Stunned, or Immoblized enemies. It's easy to do so in this build.
2. Aspect of Piercing Cold upgrades your Ice Shards. They'll pierce 3 to 4 more enemies, dealing less damage per each pierced foe.
3. Prodigy's Aspect restores up to 25 Mana upon using a Cooldown.
4. Aspect of Fortune increases your Lucky Hit Chance by up to 20% while you have Barrier active, so most of the time.
5. Aspect of the Frozen Tundra upgrades your Ultimate Skill. While Deep Freeze is active it creates Ice Spikes which explode dealing Cold damage.
6. Aspect of Protector will get you an additional Barrier lasting 10 seconds when you Hit an Elite enemy. It can be triggered only once every 30 seconds.
7. Everliving Aspect makes you take up to 25% less damage from CC'd or Vulnerable enemies.
8. Conceited Aspect increases your damage by up to 25% while you have a Barrier on.

1st Board - Starting Board

Nodes - Gather Dexterity from around the Glyph.

Glyphs - Use Control Glyph to deal increased damage to CC'd targets, especially Chilled or better yet, Frozen ones.

2nd Board - Frigid Fate Board

Nodes - Pick Dexterity around the Glyph and the Legendary node for a higher chance of landing a Lucky Hit.

Glyphs - Exploit Glyph makes you deal increased damage to Vulnerable targets. It increases your damage by 1% for 6 seconds each time you hit a Vulnerable enemy, it stacks up to 6%.

3rd Board - Icefall Board

Nodes - Pick up nodes near the Glyph and the Legendary node for a Barrier on killing a Frozen enemy.

Glyphs - With Winter Glyph you'll deal 3% increased Cold Damage for 10 seconds each time you Chill an enemy, stacking up to 15%.

4th Board - Enchantment Master Board

Nodes - Get the Legendary node for stronger Enhancements and Dexterity from around the Glyph.

Glyphs - Destruction makes your Ice Shards deal increased Critical Damage, and overall damage the enemies take from you after dealing Critical Strikes.

5th Board - Elemental Summoner Board

Nodes - Purchase Intelligence in the area around the Glyph.

Glyphs - Enchanter Glyph is the best option - it increases your damage and grants a lot of various Resistances.

END NOTE

This is the beta version of our Ice Shards Sorcerer Build for Diablo 4. The game has just launched so we expect all of the Guides will require constant updates when we get to test all the builds properly. Make sure to check out the Guides regularly to keep track of all the changes!

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