Batavië

[Kongyawen]

Playstyle

Keep moving while holding your cast button-lightning pulses constantly.
Perfect for Diablo 4 Items Infernal Hordes, Helltides, and dungeon farming.
Enemies are pulled into your storm and shredded instantly.

This is arguably the smoothest Sorcerer build in Diablo 4-perfect for players who love speedfarming and fluid gameplay.

Build 3: Charged Bolts + Crackling Energy Shotgun

Not a fan of Ball of Lightning? The third lightning build revolves around Charged Bolts and Crackling Energy shotgunning, delivering sustained boss damage and high single-target DPS.

Core Setup

Charged Bolt Travel Scaling - Longer distances = higher damage.
Mana Shield - Same unkillable defense as the other builds.
Crackling Energy Burst - At max stacks, unleashes shotgun-like explosions.

Key Items

Staff of Lam Ein (boots slot) - Extends bolt travel and boosts scaling.
Charged Flash Aspect - Adds AoE waves to bolts.
Galvanic Azerite Ring - Increases lightning multipliers.
Acidor's Overflowing Cameo - Core scaling piece for Shock damage.

Playstyle

Position yourself at range to maximize bolt travel damage.
Stack Crackling Energy, then release devastating shotgun bursts.
Especially effective for boss fights and extended encounters.

This build is less mobile than the Ball of Buy Diablo 4 materials Lightning setups but compensates with consistent single-target dominance.