Conjure up a firestorm with the best Diablo Immortal Wizard build
Looking for the best Wizard build in Diablo Immortal?The Wizard is a bit of a glass cannon but packs the highest AoE damage inDiablo Immortal. If you want to blast through monster packs as fast as possible, the Wizard is thebest classfor you. That damage helps the Wizard fit into dungeon-delving groups across all difficulties.
The class can be a little tricky to play, but we’ll help you get started with this guide to the attributes, skills, gear, and gems needed for the best Diablo Immortal Wizard build. We’ll also explain how to spend your Paragon points when you reach max level.
Best Diablo Immortal Wizard build
The best Wizard build in Diablo Immortal is the Arcane AoE Wizard build.
In group play, most Wizards go all-in on AoE burst damage. The class has a few crowd control options that work well in solo play and PvP, but otherwise goes all damage, all the time. Our Arcane AoE Wizard build is intended for group content and will focus on damage, but works well in a variety of content. Some of these abilities also change mechanically based on Legendary gear choices, which we will detail further down.
Below, you will find the best attributes, skills, gear, gems, and how to spend your Paragon points for the best Diablo Immortal Wizard build.
There are 5 attributes in Diablo Immortal:Intelligence, Strength, Willpower, Vitality, and Fortitude. Each attribute point raises your Combat Rating by 1. Combat Rating is a background stat you can view in the “more attributes” section of your inventory, and increases or decreases your damage based on how it compares to the Combat Rating of monsters you hit. This becomes critical as you raise thedifficultyafter level 60.
Wizard’s main attribute isIntelligence, which means that Intelligence grants additional damage per point. Wizard’s attribute priorities are:
Fortitudegrants Armor and Armor Penetration, making it a great secondary stat for added damage and survivability.Vitalityadds to your life total and can help your Wizard feel slightly less squishy.Willpowergrants Potency and Resistance, increasing the duration and debuffs you inflict and reducing the duration of debuffs on you.Strengthhas no effect on the Wizard beyond the inherent +1 Combat Rating, making it your lowest priority.
Generally, you should try to equip gear with the highest attribute total to raise your Combat Rating as much as possible, while prioritizing stats in the order above. You can useEssence Transferto get the best attribute rolls you find onto the Legendary gear types that fit the build.
Each class in Diablo Immortal has a variety of skills and can equip four skills plus one main skill at a time. Your main skill functions as both an auto-attack and an ultimate ability, and will help you maintain DPS while your other skills are on cooldown.
The best skills for our Wizard build are:
Magic Missileis the best Wizard main skill for single-target damage. You’re going to get plenty of AoE coverage from your other skills, so take Magic Missile to help in boss fights. The ultimate version of Magic Missile isIce Missile,which deals more damage and slows enemies on hit.
Meteorhas a huge AoE, great upfront damage, a stun effect, and a lingering damage-over-time field. It’s everything you want out of a Wizard skill in one package. Meteor is a huge source of damage on its own, and the burning effect combos perfectly into Arcane Wind.
Arcane Windis a charged ability that deals damage in a cone. Charging longer increases the range and damage of Arcane Wind. If Arcane Wind hits burning enemies, it deals 50% increased damage. Drop a Meteor on your foes then follow up with Arcane Wind for one of the most potent one-two combos in Diablo Immortal.
Disintegrateis a channeled beam that deals damage and applies a debuff to enemies. That debuff causes them to take 2% increased damage, and can stack up to five times. As a channeled ability with a meter instead of a cooldown, Disintegrate is great for dealing damage while Meteor and Arcane Wind are on cooldown. Plus, the debuff will boost your next combo and any incoming damage from your teammates.
Teleportis a simple blink with three charges. Cast to instantly teleport to a targeted location. Teleport is fantastic for mobility and will help you dodge deadly attacks in boss fights.
Legendary gear in Diablo Immortal can alter skills in powerful ways. You will eventually equip a full set of Legendary items in your main slots, and should always look for gear that impacts the skills you use. The best Legendary items for our Diablo Immortal Wizard build are:
Half of this loadout is dedicated to buffing up Arcane Wind to maximize your combo damage.Galebringer’s Leggingsincrease Arcane Wind’s damage by 10% andUnrepentant Galegives the skill an extra charge, allowing you to cast it far more often. TheWindshaperstaff ties it all together, turning the cone into a tornado that will follow enemies and deal repeated damage. Let an Arcane Wind tornado rip through your Meteor’s burning field and watch enemies melt.
Starcaller’s Draperymakes Meteor’s burning area larger, smoothing out the combo a bit.Arcane Intensifiersadd a delay to Disintegrate but increase the power of its debuff for improved team damage. If you don’t have Arcane Intensifiers or are playing solo, you can also use Shoulders of the Cataclysm for improved Meteor damage.
Finally, use theLyan’s Resonant Wisdomhelmet, which causes Teleport to create a lightning field that deals damage over time. If you’re struggling to evade enemies, you can also try the Mask of Illusions, which grants invisibility after teleporting.
You can substitute other Legendary gear that improves these skills in slots where you don’t have the best item. To gather the best gear faster, check out ourLegendary gear farming guide.That guide will also help you track down Set items for your secondary slots.
For Wizard, we recommend usingfour pieces from the Issatar Imbued Setcombined withtwo pieces from the Windloft Perfection Set.That will grant you the following bonus.
Combining these two Sets grants loads of movement speed to help you evade damage and mitigate Wizard’s low health and defenses. You will also gain tons of damage from the Issatar Imbued 4/6 bonus, especially when Thousand Winds activates.
All of your primary gear will have one socket forLegendary Gems,which are a further layer of customization. These Gems provide powerful bonuses but can take some serious time to acquire. Gems are divided into 1, 2, and 5-star rarities, with 5-star gems being extremely difficult to acquire, especially for free players. Below we’ll list off the best Legendary Gems for the Wizard, with several 1 and 2-star options you can substitute for any missing 5-stars. Players should not expect to have more than one 5-star gem available to them (if any) for at least the first several months.
To farm up Runes and craft the affordable options here, check out our guide toDiablo Immortal’s Elder Rifts and Legendary Crests. As mentioned above, some of those gems will prove incredibly hard to find. 5-star Legendary Gems, such as the Blood-Soaked Jade, will be rarer than rare for those who want to play Diablo Immortal without spending extra money. If you want to know how much it might cost to get those gems, Rebecca has created a comprehensive guide onhow much it really costs to play Diablo Immortal.
Your secondary equipment will have sockets for normal gems, which grant flat stat bonuses. Each socket has a color that dictates what type of gems it can take. We recommend usingTourmaline in red slotsfor increased damage,Sapphire in blue slotsfor increased armor penetration, andTopaz in yellow slotsfor improved resistances. If you’re feeling squishy, swap some Tourmaline for Ruby to gain some life.
When you reach max level, which is currently level 60 in Diablo Immortal, you will start to earnParagon levels. Paragon levels reward you with Paragon points, a new form of skill point that you can invest into various upgrades across six Paragon trees. Some of those upgrades will permanently boost various stats and stack between trees, while others are specialisation skills that will only take effect if you activate their specific Paragon tree. You can only have one Paragon tree active at a time, so you’ll want to know thebest Paragon tree for a Wizard in Diablo Immortalif you want to excel in endgame activities.
Below, you can find the six Paragon trees in Diablo Immortal and when they unlock:
The best Paragon tree to activate for the Wizard is the Mastermind tree, but that remains locked until you reach Paragon level 150. Until that point, we recommend focusing on unlocking any permanent nodes across all of the other trees. Since it might take a while to reach Paragon level 150, we also suggest activating theVanquishertree and unlocking all of its specialisation skills in the meantime. If you really want to boost your XP gain to earn Paragon points faster, you could also activate theTreasure HunterParagon tree, but be aware that this does not improve your combat effectiveness and is not a good long-term pick.
When investing your Paragon points into other trees, focus on unlocking permanent nodes that offer increases to damage, life, and armor. These are all essential stats for a Wizard and will ensure that your AoE abilities deal the most possible damage while helping you survive the hordes of hell.
That wraps up our guide on the best Diablo Immortal Wizard build. If you want to team up with pals in hell, make sure to check out our guide onhow to play Diablo Immortal with friendsandhow to make a clan in Diablo Immortal. To make sure everything is running smoothly as you wade through the demon hordes, take a look at James’Diablo Immortal PC performance guide.
