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Blizzard Fire Ball Sorceress Guide

Season 8B

Last Updated:August 10, 2024|Change Log

The Blizzard Fire Ball Sorceress, also referred to as the "Blizzball" Sorc is a special late game speed farming build. With a decent Faster Cast Rate Breakpoint and use of the Teleport Skill, this build can easily arrive at specific locations quickly for target farming. FireBall itself has a great damage output, great for quickly popping Players 1 Elite packs. Blizzard is used as a secondary Skill, but is great for quickly taking out Fire Immunes.
Stack a lot of x% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (MF) and focus on going quickly from pack to pack. This build specializes in Ancient Tunnels farming but because we are a Cold and Fire Damage hybrid this can open up many areas of farming.
Static Field and your Mercenary with Infinity Giant Thresher helps against resistant mobs.

Ideal Standard Setup
Ideal Standard Setup

FireBall

Blizzard

Teleport

Static Field

This build guide assumes you have a Character at Level 75 before transitioning to it. Check out our Sorceress Leveling Guide and our General Leveling Strategies to reach Level 75.

High Skill Cap
Fast Paced Playstyle ✔

Fire And Cold Hybrid Damage
Lots Of Endgame Gear Options ✔
One Of The Best Magic Finders ✔

❌ Very Squishy
❌ Uses Expensive Charms
❌ Takes Some Getting Used To

Specific Breakpoints Are Crucial
Damage Drops Off With More Players

Sunder Charm Setup

This build is a hybrid and does not use the new Sunder Charm, which are designed for more single damage type builds. Try Blizzard Sorceress or Meteor Sorceress instead to utilize these new items!

Terror Zones

The new Terror Zone mechanic combined with Sunder Charms open up a wide range of farmable areas. The following list highlights the best and worst Terror Zones for this build on the Starter or Budget setup. Since this build deals Hybrid Damage, if farms virtually every Terror Zone efficiently on the Standard setup. Learn more about Terror Zones here and see how they stack up in our Terror Zone Tier List.

Best

Chaos Sanctuary - High Density, Many Elite Groups, Diablo
Tal Rasha's Tombs - High Density, Many Elite Groups, Super Chests, Skip Fire Immune Tombs
Tristram Easy Mobility, Many Elite Groups, Quick Access
Stony Tomb ONLY - High Density, Many Elite Groups, No Immunities

Worst

Blood Moor + Den of Evil - Low Density, Few Elite Groups
River of Flame + City of the Damned - Immunities, High Physical Damage, High Elemental Damage, Tanky enemies
Icy Cellar - High Physical Damage, High Elemental Damage
Arreat Plateau - Low Density, Few Elite Groups

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Frozen Armor
2. Warmth
3. Static Field
4. Telekinesis
5. Teleport
6. Cold Mastery

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. FireBall
2. Meteor
3. FireBolt
4. Fire Mastery
5. Blizzard

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Damage

Utility

Attributes

Note: This section provides you with the standard Stat Point allocation. Build Variants can require a different allocation!

Strength

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength to equip all of your gear. Take into account how much Strength your gear provides when equipped.

Dexterity

Allocate enough Stat Points into Dexterity to equip all of your gear. Take into account how much Dexterity your gear provides when equipped.

Vitality

Allocate any remaining Stat Points into Vitality after meeting Strength, Dexterity and Energy requirements.

Energy

Don't allocate any Stat Points into Energy. This build gets enough Mana from gear, buffs, Charms, and Mana Potions.

Essentials

Gear Options

Farming Spots

Mercenary

Playstyle

Breakpoints

Hardcore

Build Variants

Budget
Standard
Hardcore

Setup

The starter to the Blizzard Fire Ball Sorceress is more of a budget build, this build is primarily for Endgame. We cannot spec into blizzard yet. Things that we are looking for on this build are Faster Cast Rate, + to Skills for our Sorceress as well as MF. Focus on just getting more stats such as Life, Mana, Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, and Faster Run/Walk, are all good things to have - Be on the look-out for them!

Mercenary

To keep your Mercenary alive, equip him with a Body Armor and Helmet which provide Resistances and Life. Insight is a pretty easy Runeword to find that gives a great amount of damage and Quality of Life with Meditation. Hire the Might Aura Mercenary, to gain increase his Physical Damage.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Warmth
2. Static Field
3. Telekinesis
4. Teleport
5. Frozen Armor

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Fire Ball
2. Meteor
3. Fire Bolt
4. Fire Mastery

Attributes

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength and Dexterity to equip your gear. Put the remaining Stat Points into Vitality.

Setup

With the Blizzard Fire Ball Sorceress stack x% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (MF). The build's main focus is killing as many Elite Groups as possible on a lower player count. Important Breakpoints: 63% or 105% FCR and at least 60% FHR.
Note: If you need to get back to town, we use the Scroll of Town Portal on the Belt.

Mercenary

The Mercenary is also setup to have as much +x% Chance of Getting Magic Items (MF) as possible while still being helpful on the battlefield. When your Mercenary kills something, his MF + your MF stack together. The Might Aura with the Mercenary helps boost his Physical Damage to help take down enemies faster. Stealskull, Skullder's Ire, and Infinity Giant Thresher all provide enough on lower player counts to get by and add a large amount of MF.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Frozen Armor
2. Warmth
3. Static Field
4. Telekinesis
5. Teleport
6. Cold Mastery

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. FireBall
2. Meteor
3. FireBolt
4. Fire Mastery
5. Blizzard

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Attributes

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength to equip your gear. Put the remaining Stat Points into Vitality.

Setup

The Hardcore Blizzard Fire Ball Sorceress focuses on having a good amount of Damage Reduction (50%) while stacking Life. Important Breakpoints: Reach 60% FHR and at least 63% FCR. Add extra Dexterity to aim for 50% Chance to Block. The most impactful items for a build like this are Stormshield, Crown of Ages, and Burning Grand Charm of Balance.

Mercenary

The Mercenary is also setup to have as much +x% Chance of Getting Magic Items (MF) as possible while still being helpful on the battlefield. Remember that when your Mercenary kills something his MF + your MF stack together. The Might Aura with the Mercenary helps boost his Physical Damage to help take down enemies faster. Stealskull, Skullder's Ire, and Infinity Giant Thresher all provide enough on lower player counts to get by and add a large amount of MF.

Skills

Optional: Spec into Energy Shield to boost survivability, or use an item with +x to Energy Shield [Sorceress Only] such as Memory Battle Staff. Otherwise, we use the Standard Skill Tree.

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Frozen Armor
2. Warmth
3. Static Field
4. Telekinesis
5. Teleport
6. Cold Mastery
7. Energy Shield

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. FireBall
2. Meteor
3. FireBolt
4. Fire Mastery
5. Blizzard

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Attributes

Put enough Stat Points into Strength to wear your gear, Dexterity to reach 50% Chance to Block, and the remaining Stat Points into Vitality.

Mechanics

Teleport

Blizzard

Summary

  • 105% FCR Breakpoint is crucial for Standard play!
  • Put enough Stat Points into Strength to wear gear, and all the rest goes into Vitality.
  • Use Telekinesis any time you can to save time.
  • Teleport quickly from place to place killing Elite Packs as you go quickly with FireBall.
  • Use Blizzard against Fire Immunes.
  • Insight Mercenary solves your Mana problems in early stages.
  • Keep your Battle Command, Battle Orders, and Frozen Armor buffs up at all times. If Hardcore, keep up Energy Shield.
  • Have fun!

We hope you enjoy this build! It can be very fun and very rewarding, especially once you get practiced with it. Decimating the enemies with FireBall in Ancient Tunnels or Stoney Tomb can be quite fun.

Good luck!

Credits

Updated and Maintained by Jymnasium
Originally Written by BTNeandertha1
Reviewed by Lexyu, MacroBioBoi

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