Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide for Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred (Season 6)
Last updated on 06/10/2024
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General Notes
General Notes for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide in Vessel of Hatred
Note: This leveling guide is optimized for Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred (Season 6).
Incinerate is a very powerful channeling ability for the leveling phase, which requires you to stand still and shoot one or later three fire beams. This guide is the fastest leveling build for your Sorceress. With it, you will have no mana problems very early on in the game, and you will be extremely effective against both large groups of monsters and bosses.
Until when is this leveling build playable? You can play this and all my other leveling guides on Vitablo.com for as long as you like. Some of them still perform well at Torment difficulty 4, others have their limit at Torment difficulty 3. As soon as your build no longer feels strong enough, you can switch to one of my endgame builds.
Playstyle
Playstyle for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
- Use Teleport to move around.
- Use Incinerate against small groups of enemies, they should die very quickly.
- For elite monsters and bosses, you should also use Hydra, Familiar and Lightning Spear. With your Familiar, you should make sure that you only ever use it after a fire ability so that it increases your fire damage.
- You can save Ice Armor for emergencies to create a Barrier.
- Mana problems are solved by killing burning enemies and using Ice Armor or Summoning ability.
Skills
Skills for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Note: Level up all your active skills first and work your way down to your Key Passive as quickly as possible. If you are missing skill points to progress on your way through the skill tree, you can invest them in some passive skills. As soon as you have leveled up all active abilities and your Key Passive Ability, continue with the missing passive skills.
Skill tree notes:
- Firebolt and Fireball are only required for the enchantment slots and are not used as active abilities.
Specialization
Specialization for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Fire Bolt Enchantment
Direct damage from Skills applies up to an additional X% Burning damage over X seconds.
Fireball Enchantment
Hurl an exploding ball of fire, dealing X% damage to surrounding enemies.
Aspects
Aspects for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Flamethrower's Aspect
Incinerate splits into X beams, each dealing X% of normal damage.
Very important!
Snowveiled Aspect
Casting Ice Armor makes you Unstoppable and grants X% Damage Reduction for X seconds.
Aspect of Concentration
Casting a Conjuration Skill grants you X% Damage Reduction for X seconds.
Aspect of Engulfing Flames
You deal X% increased Burning damage to enemies for each second they remain Burning, up to X% after X seconds. Additionally, you deal X% increased Burning damage to enemies below 50% Life.
Aspect of Disobedience
You gain X% increased Armor for X seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to X%.
Aspect of the Bounding Conduit
Teleport's Cooldown is reduced by X seconds. After Teleporting, Crackling Energy hits X additional enemies for X seconds.
Aspect of Conflagration
While channeling Incinerate, your Burning damage is increased by X%. Enemies damaged by Incinerate explode, Burning all surrounding enemies for X over X seconds. Can only occur once every X seconds.
Aspect of Overheating
After channeling Incinerate for X seconds it deals X% Critical Fire damage per second for X seconds. Casting Incinerate refreshes and maintains this bonus.
Edgemaster's Aspect
Skills deal up to X% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Aspect of Elemental Constellation
Casting Pyromancy, Shock, and Frost Skills conjures a matching Elemental Dagger around you that pierces through enemies dealing X% damage after X seconds. The damage increases by X% per matching elemental skill you cast.
OPTIONAL: If you still have mana problems, you can use this aspect instead of Edgemaster's Aspect.
Items & Affixes
Items & Affixes for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
General tips about your Gear
- Armor: You need a maximum of 1,000 armor. Anything above that is useless and has no effect. If you haven't reached your armor cap yet, adjust your equipment, gems and paragon talents accordingly.
- Resistances: You need at least 70% to all resistances. If you have not yet reached these values, adjust your equipment, gems and paragon talents accordingly.
- Affixes: Each item type has different properties (affixes) that are useful for this build. Some of these are mandatory, others are optional. Please pay attention to the following symbols:
Helmet
- Cooldown Reduction
- Maximum Life
- Intelligence
- Mana per Second
- Armor as required
- Snowveiled Aspect
Worldly Endurance
- Maximum Life
- Total Armor
- Dodge Chance
Until Torment 1 Life, after that Armor.
Worldly Fortune
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Slow
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Stun
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze
to stagger bosses
Chest Armor
- Maximum Life
- Intelligence
- Mana per Second
- Armor as required
- Resistances as required
- Aspect of Concentration
Worldly Endurance
- Maximum Life
- Total Armor
- Dodge Chance
Until Torment 1 Life, after that Armor.
Worldly Fortune
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Slow
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Stun
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze
to stagger bosses
Gloves
- Ranks to Incinerate
- Ranks to Core Skills
- Intelligence
- Damage over Time
- Maximum Life
- Aspect of Engulfing Flames
Pyromancy Finesse
- Fire Damage
- Pyromancy Attack Speed
- Pyromancy Critical Strike Damage
- Mastery Damage
Worldly Fortune
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Slow
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Stun
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze
to stagger bosses
Pants
- Maximum Life
- Intelligence
- Armor as required
- Resistances as required
- Aspect of Disobedience
Worldly Endurance
- Maximum Life
- Total Armor
- Dodge Chance
Until Torment 1 Life, after that Armor.
Worldly Fortune
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Slow
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Stun
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze
to stagger bosses
Boots
- Movement Speed
- Maximum Life
- Intelligence
- Armor as required
- Resistances as required
- Aspect of the Bounding Conduit
Sorcerer Motion
- Movement Speed
- Movement Speed for X Seconds After Killing an Elite
- Teleport Cooldown Reduction
- Ranks to Conduction
Worldly Fortune
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Slow
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Stun
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze
to stagger bosses
Amulet
- Intelligence
- Ranks to Soulfire
- Ranks to Inner Flames
- Cooldown Reduction
- Ranks to Glass Cannon
- Ranks to Elemental Dominance
- Maximum Life
- Aspect of Conflagration
Pyromancy Finesse
- Fire Damage
- Pyromancy Attack Speed
- Pyromancy Critical Strike Damage
- Mastery Damage
Sorcerer Motion
- Movement Speed
- Movement Speed for X Seconds After Killing an Elite
- Teleport Cooldown Reduction
- Ranks to Conduction
Rings
- Intelligence
- Maximum Life
- Damage over Time
- Resource Cost Reduction
- Aspect of Overheating
- Edgemaster's Aspect
Pyromancy Finesse
- Fire Damage
- Pyromancy Attack Speed
- Pyromancy Critical Strike Damage
- Mastery Damage
Worldly Stability
- Resource Generation
- Resource Cost Reduction
- Lucky Hit: Chance to Restore X% Primary Resource
2H Staff
- Intelligence
- Maximum Life
- Damage over Time
- Resource Cost Reduction
- Flamethrower's Aspect
Pyromancy Augments – Fiery
- Chance for Incinerate to do Double Damage
- Chance for Firewall to do Double Damage
- Chance for Meteorites to do Double Damage
- Chance for Inferno to do Double Damage
Pyromancy Finesse
- Fire Damage
- Pyromancy Attack Speed
- Pyromancy Critical Strike Damage
- Mastery Damage
Note: For this build, you should play with a two-handed weapon so that the Flamethrower's Aspect gets a 100% bonus.
Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop
Resistance to All Elements
Lucky Hit Chance
Non-Physical Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Ranks to Potent Warding
Casting a Pyromancy, Shock, or Frost Skill increases your damage by X% for X seconds, stacking once per element. Casting again refreshes all bonuses if the previous skill was a different Element.
Varshan
Sorcerer
Harlequin Crest
Maximum Life
Maximum Resource
Armor
Cooldown Reduction
Gain X% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +X Ranks to all Skills.
Duriel, Andariel, Tormented Bosses
All Classes
Heir of Perdition
Damage to Angels and Demons
Critical Strike Chance
Lucky Hit Chance
Movement Speed
Ranks to Core Skills
Succumb to hatred and earn Mother’s Favor, increasing your damage dealt by X%. Briefly steal Mother’s Favor from Nearby allies by slaughtering enemies.
Duriel, Andariel, Tormented Bosses
All Classes
Tyrael's Might
Ignore Durability Loss
Movement Speed
Maximum Resistance to All Elements
Resistance to All Elements
Damage Reduction
While at full Life, your Skills unleash a divine barrage dealing X damage.
Duriel, Andariel, Tormented Bosses
All Classes
Ring of Starless Skies
Resistance to All Elements
Attack Speed
Critical Strike Chance
Lucky Hit Chance
Ranks to Core Skills
Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by X% for X seconds, up to X%.
Duriel, Andariel, Tormented Bosses
All Classes
Runewords
Runewords for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Note: If you are missing the required Runes, you can use Gemstones in the meantime.
1st Runeword: Lith + Wat (Chest Armor)
Lith
Gain: 25 Offering
Stand still for X seconds.
Wat
Required: 100 Offering
Cooldown: 1 Second
Evoke the Necromancer's Horrid Decrepify, Slowing enemies, reducing their damage, and letting you Execute them.
2nd Runeword: Xol + Ohm (2H Weapon)
Xol
Gain: 150 Offering
Evoke power from another Class.
Ohm
Required: 600 Offering
Cooldown: 2 Seconds
Evoke the Barbarian's War Cry, increasing your damage dealt. (Overflow: Increased Duration)
Gemstones
Gemstones for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
WeaponsAmethyst
Weapons: Damage Over Time
Armor: Strength
Jewelry: Shadow Resistance
ArmorTopaz
Weapons: Basic Damage
Armor: Intelligence
Jewelry: Lightning Resistance
JewelrySkull
Weapons: Life On Kill
Armor: Healing Received
Jewelry: Armor
Paragon Board
Paragon Board for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
General tips about the Paragon-Board
- Glyph Radius: To increase the radius of your Glyphs, you have to level them in the Pit. The starting radius is 3 boxes. At level 15, it increases to 4 boxes and its Additional Bonus is unlocked. At level 45, the radius is 5 boxes and the Glyph receives its Legendary Bonus.
- Skill Order: The Essential Layout shows you the most important Glyphs and Nodes that you should skill first. As soon as you're finished, you can switch to the Final Layout and fill in any missing Paragon Nodes or adjust the board layout and Glyphs as required.
Tactician
Rare Glyph "Tactician"
Grants X% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
Additional Bonus: You deal X% increased damage for X seconds after casting a Defensive Skill. This duration is increased by X seconds for each Defensive Skill not on your Action Bar.
Legendary Bonus: You deal X% increased damage to Close enemies.
Legendary Node "Burning Instinct"
Your Burning damage is increased by X% of your Critical Strike Damage Bonus, plus X% for every X Intelligence you have, up to X%.
Rare Glyph "Flamefeeder"
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal X% increased damage to Burning targets.
Additional Bonus: You deal X% increased direct damage to Burning enemies.
Legendary Bonus: You deal X% increased damage to Healthy enemies.
Legendary Node "Fundamental Release"
Each time you apply Vulnerable, Burning, or Critically Strike an enemy, they take X% increased damage from you, up to X%.
Rare Glyph "Torch"
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal X% increased Burning damage.
Additional Bonus: You deal X% increased damage per Nearby Burning enemy, up to X%.
Legendary Bonus: You deal X% increased damage to Healthy enemies.
Legendary Node "Enchantment Master"
Your Enchantments are X% stronger.
Rare Glyph "Pyromaniac"
Paragon nodes within range gain X% bonus to their Fire damage and damage reduction modifiers.
Additional Bonus: Every Pyromancy Skill you cast or every second you channel Incinerate increases your Fire damage by X% for X seconds, up to X%.
Legendary Bonus: Increase Cold damage by X%.
Legendary Node "Frigid Fate"
You deal bonus damage to Vulnerable enemies equal to X% of the total amount of your Bonus Damage with Cold, up to a maximum of X%.
Rare Glyph "Eliminator"
Grants X% bonus to all Normal nodes within range.
Additional Bonus: You deal X% increased damage to Elites.
Legendary Bonus: You deal X% increased damage to Elites.
Noch in Arbeit.
Mercenaries
Mercenaries for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Primary Mercenary: Raheir
Valiance
When you would be damaged for at least X of your current Life at once, Raheir comes to your aid to negate the damage, Knock Down Close enemies for X seconds, and grant you Unstoppable for X seconds.
Shield Charge
Raheir rushes forward aggressively, dealing X% Physical damage and Taunting nearby enemies for X seconds. Selecting a Mercenary Core Skill alters their wielded Weapon and Basic Attack.
Weapon: Tower Shield
Basic Attack: Shield Bash
Raheir bashes enemies with a tower shield, dealing X% Physical damage and Fortifying you for X% of your Maximum Life.
Raheir's Guard
Raheir grants you X% Armor.
Vanguard
Raheir Slows surrounding enemies by X%.
Ground Slam
Raheir brutalizes the ground, dealing X% Physical damage and Slowing enemies by X% for X seconds. Targets in the center of the slam are Slowed by X% instead.
Raheir's Aegis
Raheir grants you X% Resistance to All Elements.
Draw Fire
When you use a Healing Potion, Raheir Taunts enemies around him for X seconds. Can only occur once every X seconds.
Provoke
Raheir Taunts enemies around you for X seconds. You gain X% Damage Reduction for each target, up to X%.
Mocking Lure
You deal X% increased damage to enemies Taunted by Raheir.
Iron Wolf's Ward
When Raheir's Valiance is triggered, he Knocks Back Close enemies and Taunts Distant enemies for X seconds. Raheir's Valiance Cooldown is reduced by X%.
Crater
Raheir strikes the ground 3 times, each burst dealing X% Physical damage and Pulling In enemies. The final burst additionally deals X Physical damage and Stuns enemies for X seconds.
Iron Wolf's Call
When Raheir's Valiance is triggered, your next X Core Skills within X seconds deal X% increased damage and cost no Resource. Raheir's Valiance Cooldown is reduced by X%.
Sundering Shield
Raheir's final Crater burst inflicts Vulnerable on enemies for X seconds.
Bastion
Raheir takes a protective position for X seconds, redirecting X% of the damage that would be dealt to surrounding allies to himself for X seconds. Bastion's initial cast also grants surrounding allies Unstoppable for X second.
Inspiration
Enemies affected by Raheir's Ground Slam take X% increased damage. Allies affected by Raheir's Bastion deal X% increased damage.
Iron Wolf's Virtue
When Raheir's Valiance is triggered, he Heals you for X% of your Maximum Life. Raheir's Valiance Cooldown is reduced by X%.
Shield Throw
Raheir throws his shield, dealing X% Physical damage and Taunting enemies for X seconds. The shield bounces up to X times and cannot bounce to the same target twice.
Iron Wolf's Arrival
When Raheir's Valiance is triggered, he also casts Ground Slam and Shield Throw. Raheir's Valiance's Cooldown is reduced by X%.
Consecrated Shield
Raheir's Shield Throw Consecrates enemies for X seconds. Directly damaging a Consecrated enemy Heals you for X% of your Maximum Life, once per target.
Reinforcement: Aldkin
Supports you with:
Storm of Fire
Is triggered by:
Incinerate
Video Showcase
Video Showcase for the Incinerate Sorceress Leveling Guide
Changelog
- 09/29/24 – Optimized for Vessel of Hatred (Season 6)