Diablo IV Sorcerer Enchantment System

Many of you may remember the Barbarians' special Arsenal System, which allowed them to swap between a variety of weapons, greatly enhancing their power. For the Sorcerer, it's the Enchantment Slots. Today, we'll discuss the Enchantment Slots, a special Class mechanic for Sorcerers. This is one of the best mechanics exclusive to the class.

How the Enchantment Slots System Works?

You can significantly alter your spells using Enchantment Slots to increase their potency or add new effects. Players in Diablo 4 will automatically initiate the Priority Quest "Legend of the Magi," which is required to unlock the Enchanting Slots, once they reach level 15.

Sorceress skills can be placed into two locations: an active skill slot (that every other class also has access to), and an Enchantment slot. In Diablo 4, Enchantment slot can significantly improve a player's build. Sorcerer skills can be placed into either of the six active skill spaces (which every other class has access to as well) or the three Enchantment slot, which can hold a total of nine different skills. Although skills can be used in any slot, when in the Enchantment Slot, they cease to be active skills and instead become passive buffs. 

For instance, using Ball Lightning as an active skill is rather simple: you summon a ball of lightning that advances slowly toward your enemies. Nevertheless, when used in the Enchantment Slot, it transforms into a passive ability that generates Ball Lightning at random. In essence, it changes from being a spell you cast to a proc ability. Ball Lightning will therefore trigger automatically while you play rather than being summoned when the spell is performed, making it something you cannot control when it occurs but don't need to do anything to trigger. Another illustration is the spell Meteor. You can summon meteors to fall on your foes using this active talent. It becomes a nice bonus when used in the Enchantment Slot passively.

Enchantment Slots are small but powerful additions to your build. You can slot certain skills for their offensive, defensive, resource or utility effects. They can enhance your build or expand its functionality.

The power you gain from Enchantments is very important and you can currently base your build on your Enchantments, your active skill or a mix of both.

Now that you know how the Sorcerer's Enchantment Slot system works, let's take a look at the Enchantment Slot effects for each skill to help you decide which builds you want to consider.

Basic Skill Enchantment Slots Effects

• Frost Bolt: Lucky Hit: Your direct damage has up to a 100% chance to Chill for 30%.
• Fire Bolt: Lucky Hit: Your direct damage has up to a 100% chance to Burn enemies for 23% over 8 seconds.
• Arc Lash: Whenever you are hit, there's a 20% chance the attacker is Stunned for 1 second.
• Spark: Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to form a Crackling Energy.

Core Skill Enchantment Slots Effects

• Frozen Orb: Whenever you cast a non-Basic Skill, you have a 20% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at a nearby enemy.
• Ice Shards: Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly toward Frozen enemies.
• Fireball: When you kill an enemy, they explode in a Fireball for 50% of its damage.
• Incinerate: Lucky Hit: Direct damage has up to an 8% chance to spawn a rotating Incinerate beam.
• Charged Bolts: Whenever you are hit, there's a 40% chance to release 5 Charged Bolts.
• Chain Lightning: Chain Lightning forms automatically, after spending 100 Mana.

Defensive Skill Enchantment Slots Effects

• Flame Shield: Flame Shield automatically activates when you take fatal damage. It takes 120 seconds to recharge.
• Teleport: Evade is replaced with Teleport on a 17.0-second cooldown.
• Ice Armor: Upon getting hit, you have a 5% chance to apply Ice Armor.
• Frost Nova: Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a 30% chance to make your active Conjuration Skills unleash a Frost Nova.

Conjuration Skill Enchantment Slots Effects

• Ice Blades: Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to conjure Ice Blades.20 seconds to recharge.
• Hydra: When a Burning enemy is killed a Hydra head spawns from its corpse for 3 seconds.
• Lightning Spear: Absorbing Crackling Energy has a 10% chance to conjure a Lightning Spear.

Mastery Skill Enchantment Slots Effects

• Blizzard: Every 15 seconds, a Blizzard forms over you and follows you for 4 seconds.
• Meteor: Every time an enemy takes Burning damage, there's a 3% chance a Meteor falls on them.
• Firewall: Lucky Hit: Direct damage has up to a 15% chance to spawn a Firewall for 3 seconds.
• Ball Lightning: When Crackling Energy would form, there's a 10% chance Ball Lightning is formed instead.

These effects of these skills will only take effect when the skill is slotted into your Enchantment Slot. So be sure to play with them and see which one is the best for your Diablo 4 Sorcerer.