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== Sorcerer Fundamentals==

* Resource: [[Mana]] - Refills automatically
* Weapon Slots: - 2 x 1 handed weapons. 1 x 2 handed weapon.
* Dismount Skill: [[Freezing Wake]]
* [[Sorcerer Skill Tree]]s:
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Basic|Basic]] - Elemental damage skills that don't cost mana so always available to use. No Cooldowns.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Core|Core]] - Elemental damage at the cost of mana. No Cooldowns.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Defensive|Defensive]] - These mitigate damage received and increase survivability. They don't cost mana but do have Cooldowns.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Conjuration|Conjuration]] - Summon elemental entities. They don't cost mana.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Mastery|Mastery]] - Heavy-duty damage. Cost mana but don't have Cooldowns.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Ultimate|Ultimate]] - Offensive and defensive. They don't cost mana but have long Cooldowns.
**[[Sorcerer_Skill_Tree#Key Passives|Key Passives]]
* Sorcerer Specialization:
**[[#Sorcerer Enchantment System - Class Mechanic|Enchantment System]]

=== Starting and Levelling Up===
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! !!Strength !!Intelligence!!Dexterity!!Willpower
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|Start With ||7||10 || 7|| 8
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|1 Point in adds||+ 1 Armor
| + 0.05% All Resistances<br>x 0.01% Skill Damage
| + 0.025% Dodge Chance<br>x 0.2% [[Critical Strike]] Chance
| + 0.1% Healing received<br>+ 0.25% [[Overpower]] damage<br>x 0.1% [[Mana]] Regeneration
|}


== Strengths and Weaknesses ==
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! style="width:50%; text-align:center;" |Strengths
! style="width:50%; text-align:center;" |Weaknesses
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| style="background: #002f07;" |Plenty of AOE skills
| style="background: #2f0000;" |Heavy on mana usage.
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| style="background: #002f07;" |Defensive skills such as [[Flame Shield]], [[Frost Nova]], and [[Ice Armor]]. 
| style="background: #2f0000;" |Most suited to ranged combat only.
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| style="background: #002f07;" |[[Teleport]] to get out of sticky situations.
| style="background: #2f0000;" |A more limited arsenal to pick from. Daggers, Wands, [[Staves]], and Focuses
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| style="background: #002f07;" | Conjuration skills such as [[Hydra]], [[Ice Blades]], and [[Lightning Spear]] luring enemies to their death.
| style="background: #2f0000;" |
|}


==Diablo 4 Sorcerer Skills==


===Sorcerer Skill Notes===
A new mechanic added to the Sorceress cold skills is [[chill]]. When a cold spell is used, it has a [[chilling]] effect which makes their movement speed slower and slower until they are [[frozen]].

==Sorcerer Passives==
Certain Passives can affect an entire category of skills, for example, points in [[Align the Elements]] passive reduces the cost of all Mastery spells.
===Skill Trees=== 

*[[Sorcerer Skill Tree|View the Sorcerer Skill Tree]]

==Sorcerer Enchantment System - Class Mechanic==

Part of the Sorceresses class mechanic the ''Enchantement System''' allows you to add a selected skill to the skills Enchantment slot (Press S key to bring it up) and gain a bonus passive power from that skill. The Skill can still be used as an active skill.

Each skill offers something quite different whether it's dropping a random [[Meteor]] or increasing the chances of [[chilling]] a target.  These Enchantment effects are passive so they happen automatically.


[[File:Sorcerer-enchantments.jpg|alt=Sorcerer Enchantments|none|thumb|899x899px|Enchantment Slot]]


* First Enchantment slot unlocks at level 15 with the completion of the Sorcerer class quest. The second slot automatically unlocks at level 30.
* You must have assigned at least one point to the skill. It won't be available to use as an Enchantment if the only points in it are from items.
* The Enchantments cost '''zero mana''' when they activate.
* Skills in the Enchantment slot can be swapped out at any time, on the fly at no cost. Simply drag and drop your new choice into the slot.
* All active skills from the Basic, Core, Defensive, Conjuration and Mastery trees come with an Enchantment possibility and you can '''view all of those below''' in the expandable table.


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
!+ Expand drop-down for all <nowiki>Enchantment</nowiki> Statistics.
!
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| colspan="2" |{{Template:Sorcerer Enchantments}}
|}


===How to unlock the Enchantment System ===
The system is unlocked via a quest called [[Legacy of the Magi]] which becomes available to you at level 15.  You will need to battle through the [[Lost Archives]] dungeon and collect missing pages from the forgotten Codex for the NPC [[Mordarin]] who is located Southwest of [[Nevesk]] ([https://diablo4.purediablo.com/map/#id=306bdacf-267d-4940-933f-20380d4da8a3 Map]). 

When the pages are returned to [[Mordarin]] you will take part in a ritual which goes wrong. [[Mordarin]] will then give you the Codex and the Enchantment system will unlock.

==Items and Weapons==

The Sorcerer can equip the following weapons:

* Dagger or Wand leaving the off-hand free to equip a Focus
* Two-handed staff


===Item Affixes===

Each item type can come with certain item affixes.  These are all detailed below including [[affixes]] that improve the Sorcerer's skills and appear on weapons that he is able to use.

Click the column headings to sort by item type.  Refresh the page to reset.

{| class="tableexpand mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
!+ Expand drop-down for all <nowiki>Sorcerer Item Affixes by Slot</nowiki>.
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| colspan="2" |{{:Template:Sorcerer_Items}}
|}


=== Sorcerer Legendary Aspects===

The Sorcerer has lots of [[Legendary Aspects]] that are tailored to his unique [[skills]].  As well as those he can also make use of the general [[aspects]] useful to [[All Classes Aspects|all classes]].  

Use the drop-down [[below]] to see the full details of the Sorcerer [[Aspects]].


{| class="tableexpand mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
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| colspan="2" |{{Template:Sorcerer Aspects}}
|}


=== Sorcerer Unique Items ===

There are also Unique items that are specifically tailored to the Sorcerer.

{| class="tableexpand mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
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| colspan="2" |{{Template:Sorcerer Uniques}}
|}


=== Sorcerer Paragon Board Glyphs ===

These Glyphs are only usable by the Sorcerer class in the [[Paragon Boards]].

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==Sorcerer / Sorceress History==
The female mage clan of [[Zann Esu]] is one of the oldest of the ancient [[clans]], although little is actually known about them. Centuries ago, the fourteen powerful covens of Esu witches convened for the first time in generations. What they discussed is not known, but the witches [[Left Behind|left behind]] their former lives and, as a group, disappeared into the Eastern Jungles.

The exact location of their community is a mystery. Until recently, their only contact with the outside world occurred during the recruitment missions. Once every seven years, the [[Zann Esu]] visited certain families across [[Sanctuary]]. These families had one thing in common — they each had a seven-year-old daughter. Always good-natured and polite, the [[Zann Esu]] visitors would meet the girls, ask a few questions, and then leave. A select few of the girls were visited a second time and offered apprenticeships. The families of those chosen enjoyed good fortune for many years after.

The [[Zann Esu]], or Sorceresses as they are generally known, are on a quest for purity, the pursuit of the perfect magic. They feel the other disciplines of magic are haphazard and have instead chosen to focus strictly upon elemental magic. They mold the base elements into whatever magical forms they need — threatening all other magic disciplines with obsolescence. In order to achieve perfection in these elemental transmutations, they choose only those daughters of [[Sanctuary]] with the highest level of attunement to the magical elements.

The Sorceresses believe that it is through the search for perfection that they will attain ultimate purity and ascend to their destined role as the most powerful mages in [[Sanctuary]]. For centuries they have studied in secret, perfecting their art and bidding their time until the Emergence of Evil. Then, they will face their greatest challenge, either proving the purity of their magic or fading from existence.

The [[Zann Esu]] oracles have decreed that the time of the Emergence is at hand. The destruction of the Prime Evils is to be the great test of their clan. Recently, Sorceresses have appeared mysteriously throughout [[Sanctuary]] to do battle with the minions of evil wherever they are found. – ''Compiled by Flux''


==Changes Archive==
''Archive updated 29 September 2020''

=== Sorcerer Skill-driven Deaths ===
This system allows you to decapitate, bisect, [[freeze]], [[shatter]], eviscerate, and burn your enemies depending on [[skills]] used. The Sorceress' are as follows:

*[[Freeze]]/Shatter - Break [[frozen]] [[monsters]] into pieces
*Char - Singe the corpse of a monster with lightning
*Burn – Scorch the monster’s flesh, leaving the remains of a charred skeleton

[[File:Sorceress-Enchanment-System-3.gif|alt=Sorceress Enchanment System|none|thumb|[[File:Sorceress-Enchanment-System-4.gif|alt=Sorceress Enchantment System|none|thumb]]]]

=== Skill Trees===

Prior to the September 29 2020 developer update, the Diablo 4 Sorceress [[skills]] and passive trees were presented to the player in a typical Diablo style. When looking at the tree further, [[Blizzard]] decided to change the tree to include both [[skills]] and passives in a single tree (see above). [[Blizzard]] did not discuss the [[skills]] themselves or [[skills]] that would be removed or added at that time. [[Below]] is the original tree designs prior to that developer update.

[[File:Skill-tree-September-2020-680x754.jpg|alt=Skill Tree 2020|none|thumb|Skill Tree - Sept 2020]]

===Diablo 4 Sorcerer Skill Tree===
On 29 December 2020, [[Blizzard]] revealed a major change to the way in which [[skills]] and passives would be presented to the player. [[Blizzard]] showed a revamped Sorceress skill and passives tree which can be seen [[below]].

*The square [[skills]] are where players add skill points.
* The round nodes can be activated to augment the [[skills]] players have unlocked
*Along the branches are also passive nodes which can be activated.
*At the bottom of the tree in the root system, there are nodes that can be activated to provide “powerful effects”.
*[[Blizzard]] has stated that players will not be able to acquire every Skill Tree node. By end-game, only 30-40% will be filled.
[[File:Sorceress-talent-tree-1-350x455.jpg|alt=Old Talent System|none|thumb|Old Talent System]]

===Old Enchantment System===
[[Below]] are shots of the old Enchantment system interface revealed on 29 September 2020.

Previously, if you placed a skill in the Enchantment slot, you could o longer use it as an active skill, but your character instead gaines a secondary bonus power.

This was changed slightly where the skill could be used and the an extra power was attached to each skill.[[File:Sorceress-Enchanment-System-2.jpg|alt=Sorceress Enchanment System|thumb|none]][[File:Sorceress-Enchanment-System-1.jpg|alt=Sorceress  Enchantment System|none|thumb|Note the empty round slot above the main skill slots.]]


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