This build uses various Fire spells such as Fireball, Firewall, Hydra, and Inferno to turn everything in your path to ashes. If you're looking for a build with massive AoE and lots of fire everywhere, you've come to the right place.
The build performs well at all stages of the game with Arc Lash and Hydra carrying the early game and Firewall dealing huge damage later on.
The downside of this build is that your every skill takes some time to deal damage, so you will often find yourself placing down Hydra and a couple of Firewalls and then just running in circles waiting for the enemies to die.
Overall this build is quite strong, very flavorful, and it lets you use some of the coolest-looking spells in Sorcerer's arsenal.
Skills
The firewall is our main Mana Spender. This spell covers a large area and deals very high damage. Unfortunately, it deals damage over 8 seconds so in short fights its power is significantly diminished.
Getting Started (Levels 2-3, 2 Skill Points)
To start we have to put 2 points into Basic Skills to unlock the other sections. We use Arc Lash because it deals very high AoE damage and later on gives some Movement Speed with Flickering Arc Lash. The only downside is its melee range but that doesn't matter at early levels.
Level 2: Arc Lash
Level 3: Enhanced Arc Lash
Unlocking Fireball (Levels 4-7, 4 Skill Points)
At level 4 we unlock Core skills and pick up Fireball so that we have something to do with our Mana. Fireball's upgrades don't do anything at this point but they will become useful later when we add Burning damage to the build.
Level 4: Fireball
Level 5: Flickering Arc Lash
Level 6: Enhanced Fireball
Level 7: Greater Fireball
Adding Defensive Skills (Levels 8-12, 5 Skill Points)
After investing 6 skill points we gain access to the Defensive skill cluster. Here we instantly pick up Teleport, Ice Armor, and Frost Nova. These are our main utility spells and they will stay with us the whole game long. We also fully upgrade Frost Nova to get access to the Vulnerable debuff.
Level 8: Teleport
Level 9: Ice Armor
Level 10: Frost Nova
Level 11: Enhanced Frost Nova
Level 12: Mystical Frost Nova
Unlocking Hydra and Firewall (Levels 13-24, 12 Skill Points)
Next, we get to our main damage skills - Hydra and Firewall. Generally, you start every encounter by placing down Hydra, then cast Firewall 2-3 times, and then just move around it to keep the mobs inside Firewalls while casting Arc Lash and Defensive skills as needed. At level 15 after you unlock your first Enchantment Slot - Fireball. It will make your fights go a lot faster, especially when mobs refuse to sit in your Firewalls.
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