Azurewrath & Frostburn Chain Lightning Build Guide | Diablo 4 | Season 6

[@tatapcka9i_mopda871]

Handsome! I started to build this build, but a friend dissuaded me and I put together the Mekuna build on the Lightning Spear. I was disappointed when I met with the bosses) And in general, your build is stronger. As a result, I had to redo everything again to your version and I'm very happy!

[@Joe93187]

Was waiting for this. Thanks my guy

[@riderdiver1]

Thanks mate this build is a lot of fun, i actually feel comfortable in T4 content now. Lighting spear was a hard habit to break but well worth it

[@Lurkin17]

For pit specifically I still reccomend dropping azure for a sword/wand with splinter. It just makes it faster

[@riderdiver1]

@@Lurkin17 noted, will give it a crack. Thanks!

[@rossmonasweebro]

Automatic upvote for the build concept itself :D Looks fun

[@katboyt]

@lurkin do you think this is more powerful then lighten spear? Even if you have a 3 ga winter glass? Also do you think this will over take fireball?

[@Sersimik]

I'm pumping the magician this season after the barbarian, I see that the mechanics have changed since season 5, I'll have to figure it out :) Thanks for the build.

[@joshuaavery8443]

The mid season update just said great things for ice shards and incinerate. Please make a build reflecting the updates for these skills. Please

[@Lurkin17]

I am going to do a video once everything is live. There were inconsistencies with their verbal wording and what we saw on the notes. I have shards built currently

[@Frostfire524]

Absolutely love this build! One question I had though, Roxy and few other builds use the 3/3 Precision Magic passive for additional lucky hit. Is it needed?

[@Lurkin17]

probably is. I made this a long time ago, and sometimes I miss things or can't afford them based on the DR or cooldowns I want. Roxy probably has 1 point in ice armor, I probably have 4 to ensure it breaks less often

[@lemlem35]

I forgot how much I loved chain lightning sorc, I really wanna build this

[@Lurkin17]

CL is so satisfying

[@VertPlaysGames]

I just got a 4GA Frostburn! I will need to try this build after I play Frozen Orb for a while longer!

[@michaelmzd3]

Hey Lurkin, what’s your thoughts on using Doombringer in this build vs Azurewrath? The all stats for Paragon, max life and DR to help survivability

[@xue_ming]

@@michaelmzd3 but you lose ton of damage which is what we need the most if you want to survive use tyrael might there is simply no better defense in this game and make sure you have 85% resistance it's the most important stat, other would say it's damage reduction but they are dumb because damage reduction is applied after the resistance so you can have 10000 damage réduction if you don't have enough resistance it's useless.

[@Lurkin17]

You could definitely run doombringer 100%

[@cryptonorris2214]

I agree with you, if you want to push pit then go SP and max out everything. If you just want to have fun and still pwnd in T4 then this is great. Personally going for Fireball, but this is a good second option build for me.

[@Lurkin17]

yeah i swap between fireball and this right now. its fun

[@VertPlaysGames]

Happy to report that I decided to switch to this build even though I've got subpar legendaries (boots, focus, amulet) and completed a Pit 81 relatively easily. Took about 6-7 minutes but it wasn't particularly a challenge. I also used Doombringer. So far this seems to be more capable than the Frozen Orb build for me. I like it.

[@atecirrog4820]

Hey man do you use any mythics to get yours going?

[@VertPlaysGames]

@@atecirrog4820 Yes. I use Ring of Starless Skies, Shroud of False Death, and either Heir of Perdition or Harlequin Crest depending on what I'm doing. In my experience I would say that you could probably run this chain lightning build without the mythic chest and helm but not sure about the ring. This build drains mana like mad.

[@Lurkin17]

doombringer is definitely a solid option

[@VertPlaysGames]

11:25 I feel the same way. I don't really care about pushing really high pits or anything. As long as I can clear T4 content and have fun with the build, that's good enough for me.

[@tatapcka9i_mopda871]

Does it make sense to look for the maximum aspects in the axial conductor and azure fury? Exactly the aspects? The rest is clear from the planner

[@Lurkin17]

axial conduit yes, azure its mainly GA affix on cold

[@tatapcka9i_mopda871]

@@Lurkin17 thank you

[@scc5920]

Keep up the good content Lurkin 😊

[@Lurkin17]

Thanks for the support! 😊

[@tatapcka9i_mopda871]

I've just been able to close 90 pit on this build, 10 minutes. Cool!

[@davidkoczarski3229]

Awesome build as always Lurk, you are the go to sorcerer hands down. I have been playing rogue myself which has an extremely high lucky hit chance but would these lucky hit procs not be great since you need generic damage multipliers to scale them? I can scale dance of knives high but I don’t think the multipliers would effect the frost burn proc?

[@Lurkin17]

Multis affect them. Their cold and fire damage from YOU

[@XATLdirtybirdX]

Yo my fav sorc creator always w the fire builds, which sorc build is the overall best this season?

[@Lurkin17]

Probably fireball. Best bosser. It just gets online fast. Chain lightning is giga strong too, but the gear reqs are… a touch higher looool

[@JP-hh3mt]

So, this isn't about this build at all - but I'd be curious to see what you can do with an Incinerate build after the patch. I know, I know: Incinerate is trash. But the reworked Comubustion key passive is impactful. At least it looks that way.

[@Lurkin17]

I am going to do a video once the mid season patch is live and I see them in action. There were inconsistencies with some of what they said vs what we saw in the patch notes. Specifically on combustion, looking for gear with damage to burning, and with how avalanche scales. Incinerate was the biggest winner of the patch tbh. Should be much better now I updated dracarys

[@ErikByrwa]

Looks pretty fun!

[@breikio]

Do you think there will be any build thats strong enough for 110+ this season or is the class just too capped? Excluding Shatter builds of course as Shatter is degenerate.

[@Lurkin17]

class is just too capped. I ahree shatter is degenerate and I refuse to make builds abusing the shatter bug. it's bad gameplay

[@SevenPalmTrees]

@@Lurkin17 What is the bug with shatter?

[@PMRealWealth]

For your first Mythic choice, HoP, SoFD, or RoSS for this build? I took your advice and picked up a 4GA Frostburn and Azurewrath. Was only able to come up with a 3GA Axial. Hope to hear your recommendation soon because I believe I can get the 2nd RSpark today or tomorrow. Sucks killing Lilith on T1 and T2 didn't yield me one. Probably a good thing since I don't know which mythic to select first.

[@Lurkin17]

for this build.. hgmhmhmh probably starless for the mana concerns. if you have damage issues then perdition. you can always use elemental acuity on a ring with resource cost reduction affix and temper

[@gediminasalekna1652]

Have you tried replacing swords? In to doombringer? Do you loose lots of dmg?

[@Lurkin17]

Not too much. Doom is fine. I mentioned sword options in the guide. Azurewrath is not mandatory

[@SinnfullDuck]

This is a great idea my man! I wonder if it would work with charged bolts as well or if CB just isn't good enough for it?

[@Lurkin17]

Not sure. CB is fucken tight for aspects. You need piercing static on amulet. Not sure if frostys will make up 53% damage from shredding

[@Rocknlikeahurricane]

Hey Lurkin, all your builds are really cool and this is another good one. I'm having a lot of difficulty with sorcerer this season because I absolutely *hate* using teleport enchant. I'm weird and I like having teleport in my skill bar and normal evade in conjunction, it's just how I feel comfortable playing. Is there any path to me finding success as a sorc this season (I'm not talking about deep pit pushing, just comfortably clearing everything and contributing to group clears on torm 4) where I don't have to use teleport enchant and I can still keep it in the bar?

[@Lurkin17]

All the starter variants of my builds typically have esus boots and don’t have TP enchant. So use whatever was on those

[@dylanmonahan5909]

I'm mostly playing on console and use right stick as interact, so no precise targeting - so I mostly use teleport for 30%DR and general mobility. A lot of the non-Rainment or pre-Mythic build variants Lurkin has up don't use Tele Enchant and they're fantastic and very controller friendly.

[@Infernadragogaming]

Hello I don’t play sorcerer much but when I do I like charge bolt, is charge bolts build any good this season? And could you make a guide on it?

[@Lurkin17]

Already did check my videos

[@VertPlaysGames]

I've always wondered if the pit progress bar was based on the health of the enemies killed or just the number of enemies killed. In other words, does killing an enemy with more health fill more of the progress bar than one with less health? To me that makes sense. Otherwise if it's simply number of enemies then ignoring the elite sponges and focusing on the lower health enemies would be advantageous.

[@Lurkin17]

elites progress it more. regular mobs do as well, but not a ton

[@sebk2669]

Wow , struggling to be comfort in tier IV with hybrid FO, despite having mythics and good stuffs , that is already cool to see , since sorc was like babies even with great stuffs since the launch of S6

[@HawkNocturnal]

Do u still use the spiritborn pull and with what? I find raimnet so good ;/

[@Lurkin17]

sometimes. I usually use war cry, and i flex my second rune between war cry pull, dark shroud dr, and lum for resource gen. You can use shroud or raiment, it really just depends on your comfort level and what you want out of the build. There is no "Best Way" to spec a build. there is always options. people dont like options.

[@Irridium2]

Returning to D4 after a long break. Is there a better trade discord than the D4 official discord? Thanks for the build guide!

[@Lurkin17]

There is a site endorsed by the official discord.Should be able to find it on the discord

[@francoscala5569]

hi!! What mythical item do I prioritize having first or crafting?

[@Lurkin17]

starless IMO, then perdition, then shroud

[@WatchThatFast]

Lurkin what iis the strongest build to push pits with sorc this season?

[@Lurkin17]

Pushing pits check out Roxy, she has a fireball shatter build

[@oniadrian]

I got all the gear and 4 GA frostburn but the dmg is so low. I can’t figure out why. Fireball does hundreds of millions for me and this does tens to hundred of thtousnds and it shares some of the same gear. Not sure what is wrong. Is it that much weaker than fireball?

[@laceylately406]

Because currently fireball is bugged, especially if you’re using bouncing so enjoy it till they patch it

[@Lurkin17]

Fireball is bugged so it does more damage overall and sooner. This is just something different. It’s mainly for speed farming

[@HawkNocturnal]

Yeah this is the build I’m going for now… Anyways @Lurkin u know the unique familiar gloves, don’t remember the name, but I feel like they could make a very fun build. I don’t have the time sadly to try and make my own builds completely. But have u tried making a build with those gloves. I actually really like the new familiar spell we got. And I got the gloves while I was leveling and I really liked using them. And the spell.

[@Lurkin17]

familiars just dont scale well into the endgame. like most conj skills they are just tools to stack conj mastery or apply an effect

[@HawkNocturnal]

@ Yeah I hope they buff this spell and unique gloves cause it’s fun to use imo. But if u have the time. I’m currently playing the palpatine build, but I’m unsure when to change to endgame etc. I haven’t gotten any mythics yet and I’m only level 200paragon. But still using the starter paragon board u have. I got the rainment and tal rasha though. I’m going for the frostwrath build. And currently using the azurewrath without the gloves lol.

[@MosCraciun777]

The GA on azure is a must, what about it's implicit ? Does it's damage matter ?

[@Lurkin17]

You can just use a sword with conceited or splintering it’s just as strong. I just wanted to use both

[@____GoMeZ____]

Aside from the pants for obvious reasons, could I just copy and paste this loadout for Charged bolt? I ran CL last season but wanna try Charged bolt. I feel like azure and frost burn put in work for any sorc build, or is Leem Neeson too important for CB?

[@xue_ming]

without unique staff you have to be very very close to enemy to deal damage because if not close you will lose ton of damage because CB will not hit anything...

[@____GoMeZ____]

@@xue_ming Thats what I was thinking too

[@Lurkin17]

CB is so tight on aspects it has 2 free slots gloves and amulet. Its a tough angle

[@myth-f5p]

Hey, with the Shroud, arent you alot more Squishy?

[@sharozeJ]

No, he has 7k health, so his barrier would be 7k as well. Basically he wont die in 1 hit and can run away from danger.

[@Lurkin17]

Nah shroud has a bajillion max life

[@stevenbitecofer6831]

Another great build.

[@ta3938]

Love the vids but whens the meteor build coming out

[@Lurkin17]

sheesh. its next

[@ta3938]

@Lurkin17 lol let's see what you cook up

[@thorstenbuchwald8328]

Hmm its a nice build. But i habe 80% same gear on ga not on the gloves there is at speed only, but the Oher stuff is same. And my run in pit 85 is 11 minutes, i dont understand where you make the dmg. I change on the Amulette the apsect for lightningspeer and the dmg is a lot better, hav a nice weekend and ty for the video

[@Lurkin17]

Max glyphs. Perfect gear. It all adds up

[@VertPlaysGames]

After a lot of playing I think Raiment with +7 to Glass Cannon feels noticeably stronger than the Shroud of False Death. 😉

[@Lurkin17]

it probably is for Shock builds, also the clumping. shroud is mainly stronger on pure frost/fire builds because they have more multipliers shroud can buff with its +1 to all passives

[@LeonardoSantos-hg1ls]

I'm having a lot of mana issue with chain lightning, I'm doing a slightly different version, it got a lot better with the recharging aspect but still didn't completely solve the problem, can anyone help me with that?

[@Lurkin17]

use elemental acuity over recharging.

[@nickitaabitov1265]

What about pit push ??? Lvl 90 max with GG gear ?))))

[@Lurkin17]

if you use splintering sword instead of azure can do around 100

[@joshuaavery8443]

For your build called "Incinerate build for that dudes stubborn wife", what is the highest Pit clear on torment 4?

[@Lurkin17]

No clue man. Probably T80 lol

[@joshuaavery8443]

@@Lurkin17 last question. What about the Ice shard build you made in mobalytics? What’s the highest pit for that build?

[@aleefmohammed244]

Why no poison temper on your offhand? You get get more damage from Tal Rasha's ring

[@Lurkin17]

rasha doesnt work like that anymore

[@michaelmzd3]

Not anymore, only scales based on fire, frost and shock now

[@aleefmohammed244]

Thanks for clearing it up

[@Lucid54]

Had to make sure i was reading azurewrath correctly lol

[@crookedlid9653]

What is the d4 trade site?

[@Lurkin17]

Diablo 4 trade something. You can find it on the discord

[@Sheeniq]

will this work if I dont have any mythics yet ?

[@Lurkin17]

Yeah but mana will be tight. Elemental acuity and GA resource Gen on axialnwould help

[@Sheeniq]

@@Lurkin17 What do You suggest to put on head,chest,ring then ?

[@잘하자-f7v]

이 영상만을 기다려왔다우

[@nujxad]

AOE damage is good for chain lighttning but the boss damage is kinda lacking

[@Lurkin17]

classic sorc! it be like that, i noticed it as well. its why i still play fireball

[@nujxad]

@@Lurkin17 lightning aesthetics are so much better though!

[@occultnerg5878]

My fireball 230 paragon. T4 duriel even faster. Still 0 ga gloves, ring and pants

[@Lurkin17]

Yes fireball is bugged and it’s just better

[@TheGothsta]

Once a sorc, always a sorc.

[@Lurkin17]

I'm not leaving

[@nokkprime]

5B for frost burn? I literally bought a max GA one max affix for 800M lol.

[@Lurkin17]

Just bought the first one I saw. Price was irrelevant

[@edsayswhoa4365]

Wait how do you get 3 incense active

[@mindfreaktsa7680]

There are three tiers, you'll see it in the info when you mouse over it labelled as I, II, III

[@edsayswhoa4365]

@@mindfreaktsa7680 ah ok

[@ashlynnsmith7842]

So basically chain lighting with a little ice lol

[@Lurkin17]

Yes hence frosty chain lightning lol

[@amiraizad85]

I have everything EXCEPT for Heir Of Perdition. what can i replace my headgear with brudda?

[@Lurkin17]

Godslayer or concussive strike helmet

[@itsflavin4835]

whooooops i deleted a GA azurath cause i was looking at the wroung guide :(

[@Lurkin17]

good news is azure isn't really even mandatory. frostburns do the bulk. just use regular sword

[@apollo5756]

Its hard to take the season serious with how many bugs exist - absolute mess for Spiritborn and everyone stacking Resolve/Resilient

[@Lurkin17]

seasons a mess. I'm done. very sad

[@ommazx]

Meanwhile spiritborns deliver trillons damage

[@Lurkin17]

It will fall from grace in time. Sorc is eternal

[@mostnamesaretaken959]

i just sold my 4 GA azurath for 1.5b xD

[@Lurkin17]

Gg. Tbh azure isn’t necessary.

[@carabooG]

I awlso like to wuse owange hewald

[@Lurkin17]

Oowooo

[@WatchThatFast]

hahahah

[@nephram1702]

Spiritborne is broken to sell expansions. Blizzard will humble them in season 7.

[@RadialNoah]

I don’t think they intentionally broke it. At this point, blizzard just didn’t want to nullify 90% of the builds centered around the broken Vicious shield legendary paragon node. Most people are playing SB, and a lot of people would just stop playing if their build was nerfed into the ground.

[@zonn6469]

It's probably more like season 8 or 9. Got to sell those expansions.

[@jujuyago]

I hope they don't nerf it to the ground .

[@nephram1702]

I'm apologize, I know I sound bitter but once you play with a spiritborne, you will understand that they are playing a different game. I can do tier 76 on my ls frozen orb sorc. I'm probably going to switch to lurking Jon snow build. My friend uses that build and he pushed to 85

[@henryhastings9244]

@@RadialNoahyeah the fact that It takes a broken ass class and builds to do trillions damage and still pits 150 are difficult says how out of touch they are with class balance

[@AeSkone]

It’s a little sad, no matter if this or lightning spear there is a wall with 80-85. Yes, with billions of gold and handling it like a trading game you can overcome some pit levels but you don’t really get much out of it. Even Fireball just shines when you really spend time to farm gold and to buy items. Because you almost never get what you need. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely fun to play. Still. But it sucks to feel no progress and to at least get to 300 you need to run 90-105 pits in 2-4 minutes. If you don’t want to waste all your lifetime in a season. And spiritborns with crap gear can run it easily. I got a spiritborn. I am covered. But Sorc will always be my main. And despite it is strong it feels weak. I wish they would bump up all Sorc damage across the board. I don’t want to trade or to have to do it. Its almost mandatory for any progress. That sucks. I like to play a lot and feel my progress. But thank you for all your work. Love your builds.

[@Lurkin17]

Perhaps in the future we get love. Until then I’ll keep doing what I can

[@SimplyScrapyard]

4GA 58% booooo . Didn't farm enough. Run azurewrath if it's 4GA or run frostburn if it's 4GA

[@Lurkin17]

lol didn’t farm Frostburn for shit. Bought that ish for 5B

[@SimplyScrapyard]

@@Lurkin17 I'm just kidding bro and I don't blame you lol

[@govoru_pravdu]

85 pit xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@Lurkin17]

welcome to sorc. This build can do a 100 without azurewrath using a splintering sword, but I don't like to showcase a 14 minute slog of a run. Nobody sits through 14 minutes of that