Ring of Fire Sorcerer

Overview

Firewall's Ring of Fire upgrade draws a circle of flame around you. While you stand inside it, every direct hit from your Pyromancy skills also sets enemies Burning. Charged Bolts with Burn Through becomes a fire skill, so it refills your Mana and spreads the burn at the same time. Hydra and Unstable Currents add big extra damage on top.

The Tal Rasha's Threefold Way charm set is what makes the ring fire on its own, and you need at least five pieces. Plain Firewall still carries you through levelling and early Torment. Once the set is done, we think this is the strongest Sorcerer build of the season.

Strengths

• Huge Burning damage while you stay in the ring
• Simple rotation once it's set up
• Raiment of the Infinite keeps you safe
• Strong against bosses as well as packs

Weaknesses

• Damage drops a lot if you step out of the ring
• Needs five Threefold charms before it really works
• Wants plenty of Cooldown Reduction to keep Ice Armor up

Gear for Endgame

• Helm: Vision of the Firestorm. Affixes: Cooldown Reduction (greater affix), Maximum Life, Intelligence, Armor. Sockets: Ruby.
• Chest: Raiment of the Infinite. Affixes: Intelligence, Maximum Life (greater affix), Armor, Resource Generation. Sockets: Igni, Vex.
• Gloves: Aspect of Combustion. Affixes: Critical Strike Damage Multiplier (greater affix), Critical Strike Chance, Ranks to Firewall, Intelligence.
• Pants: Tibault's Will. Affixes: Intelligence, Maximum Life (greater affix), Armor, Resource Generation. Sockets: Poc, Gar.
• Boots: Aspect of Warmth. Affixes: Movement Speed (greater affix), Intelligence, Maximum Life, Resistance to All Elements.
• Amulet: Aspect of Elemental Constellation. Affixes: Ranks to Pyromancy Skills (greater affix), Critical Strike Damage Multiplier, Cooldown Reduction, Intelligence. Sockets: Abyssal Splinter of Anguish.
• Ring 1: Drognan's Anguish. Affixes: Critical Strike Chance (greater affix), Critical Strike Damage Multiplier, Maximum Life, Resource Cost Reduction. Sockets: Abyssal Splinter of Sin.
• Ring 2: Aspect of Elemental Acuity. Affixes: Critical Strike Chance (greater affix), Critical Strike Damage Multiplier, Maximum Life, Resource Cost Reduction. Sockets: Abyssal Splinter of Pain.
• Main hand: Flash Fire Aspect. Affixes: Intelligence (greater affix), Critical Strike Damage Multiplier, Weapon Damage, Maximum Life. Sockets: Ruby.
• Off hand: Aspect of the Untarnished Blaze. Affixes: Cooldown Reduction (greater affix), Intelligence, Maximum Life, Critical Strike Chance. Sockets: Ruby.

Paragon boards

1. Start - Tactician
2. Burning Instinct - Flamefeeder
3. Searing Heat - Pyromaniac
4. Fundamental Release - Adept
5. Elemental Summoner - Torch

How to play

Rotation

• Cast Firewall to place the ring, then fight from inside it.
• Use Charged Bolts as your main attack. With Burn Through it's a fire skill and refills your Mana.
• Keep Ice Armor up for its Barrier.
• Cast Hydra whenever it's ready.
• Use Unstable Currents for big bursts on elites and bosses.
• If you get pushed out of the ring, Teleport straight back in.

Getting started

• Plain Firewall with Aspect of Elemental Constellation is enough to reach level 70 and early Torment.
• Raiment of the Infinite is your first big unique, and it makes the build far safer.
• After that, go for Vision of the Firestorm, Drognan's Anguish and Tibault's Will.
• Against tough bosses, Aspect of Ancient Flame is a good swap for your ring aspect.

Stats to look for

• Get at least one Mana regeneration roll on the chest or pants.
• Keep enough Cooldown Reduction to keep Ice Armor up.
• We'd aim for at least 40,000 Maximum Life before pushing high Pit tiers.
• After that, look for Intelligence, Critical Strike Damage and Fire damage.

Paragon

• Start with Tactician, then go to Burning Instinct, which adds a lot of Burning damage.
• Searing Heat adds Pyromancy critical damage, and Fundamental Release rewards casting fire skills.
• Finish on Elemental Summoner for Hydra.
• Raise Tactician, Flamefeeder and Adept to 25 one at a time. Then take all three to 50, and then all the way to 150.

Talisman

• Use a Legendary Horadric Seal with +1 Charm Slot and all five pieces of Tal Rasha's Threefold Way. The ring only fires on its own once five are equipped.
• Use the last slot for a charm with Ranks to Pyromancy Skills or Mastery Skills.

Season 15

• We bind the Splinter of Terror. Its lines of fire suit a Burning build.
• Splinters go in your jewellery. Anguish in the amulet adds speed and critical chance, Sin adds Life and Pain adds damage reduction.
• For runes, Igni with Vex in the chest gives you extra skill ranks while you keep casting, and Poc with Gar in the pants turns spent Mana into Critical Strike Chance.
• Hire Subo for Molotov, and bring Raheir to cast Bastion when you're low on Life.

War Plans

• In the Pit, start with Choron's Haste and Choron's Blessing for extra glyph upgrades, then work down to Choron's Soul. Heart of Stone is worth it here, because this build clears at a steady pace without dropping it.
• In Helltide, we like Hellmouth into Writhe and Rot and Bursting Brood for Lair Keys and Boss Trophies. Fall of the Fell doubles your Cinders.
• For Lair Bosses, Two by Two into Greater and Ultimate Nemesis is the best line for mythics in our view. Lair of Plenty adds a hoard chest to every kill, and Children of Zir lets Lord Zir's uniques drop in the Pit.
• In the Undercity, Jade Epiphany and Endless Swarm give the most experience. Add Finely Tuned for extra Tuning Prisms.
• In Nightmare Dungeons, Branching Pathways keeps your runs chaining and Waking Spoils adds a chest at the end.
• In the Infernal Hordes, Infernal Hoard and Forged in Flame bring gear and Obducite. Take Flawless Find instead if you need gems.
• In the Tree of Whispers, take Corrupted Roots first, then Wisdom of Whispers for experience and Resplendent Favor for Sparks.