In Diablo 4, when you use Sorcerer Class, you can use your elemental skills and spells to resist the demon army to get the precious loot you want. Although some of Sorcerer builds use Lightning as the main elemental damage type, there are many times when choosing a build that focuses on Fire will give you a novel experience.
Then for Fireball Sorcerers, the best Unique is Gloves of the Illuminator Unique, because it ensures that every Fireball you throw will cause explosive damage to the enemy. Fortunately, in Season 5, the way to obtain this Unique item is not so difficult anymore. This guide will introduce you to two common methods to farm Gloves of the Illuminator, as well as its effects. So that you can get it step by step according to the steps of this guide when you need it.
The Easy Way
Before you start farming Gloves of the Illuminator, you need to make sure your Sorcerer has reached World Tier 3 or World Tier 4 for the season. Once you have reached that, you can complete World Events.
You can get some treasure chests in events such as Gathering Legions or beating World Bosses, which may contain this Unique item and some Diablo 4 Gold. But don’t expect too much from it, as the drop rate is relatively low.
In addition, you can also find Gloves of the Illuminator in treasure chests after running Nightmare Dungeons, but don’t forget that you need to use Sigil Powder to craft Nightmare Sigils before entering.
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The Best Way
If you want to focus on farming Gloves of the Illuminator, you can actively face the two Uber Bosses in Diablo 4 Season 5 - Galvanic Saint Grigoire and Beast in the Ice, as well as their Tormented variants.
Both bosses have Gloves of the Illuminator in their loot pools, but you need to be aware that you need to prepare enough summoning materials - Living Steel, Distilled Fear and Stygian Stone. You can get these in the endgame activities in Helltide Event or Nightmare Dungeons.
Next, let’s take a closer look at these bosses. You can summon Grigoire (World Tier 3) and Tormented Grigoire in Hall of Penitent in Dry Steppes. The normal version of Grigoire only requires you to use 2 Living Steels after reaching World Tier 3 to summon it. After defeating it, you will be rewarded with this Unique item and a small amount of Diablo 4 Gold.
For Tormented Grigoire, besides providing 15 Living Steels, you also need a Stygian Stone that will be rewarded after completing The Pit run task within a limited time. Although Tormented Grigoire will cost you more summoning materials, it will also double your rewards.
In addition to the two variants of Grigoire, you can also get Gloves of the Illuminator by playing both variants of Glacial Fissure’s Beast in the Ice in Fractured Peaks. The first is the normal version of Beast in the Ice, which requires 9 Distilled Fear to summon.
Distilled Fear is a reward you get for completing Nightmare Dungeons above Tier 30 or completing endgame activities. The two variants of Beast in the Ice require a lot of materials for these summons, so you can run it several times before the battle to get enough summon materials.
For Tormented Beast in the Ice, you need 27 Distilled Fear and a Stygian Stone to summon it. Similarly, Tormented version of Uber Bosses can give you 5x the loot rewards. So when you use Diablo 4 Gold to make your build strong enough, you can challenge the Tormented version directly.
Not only that, but getting Stygian Stone requires completing The Pit, which is a particularly difficult endgame activity in itself. If you can’t level up your characters to max level, bring some friends along to summon these powerful bosses, and you can all get Gloves of the Illuminator at the end of the battle.
Gloves Of The Illuminator Unique Effect
As mentioned at the beginning of this guide, when your Sorcerer uses Gloves of the Illuminator, Fireball skill will bounce and explode each time it hits the ground. The damage to these explosions will be increased by about 30%.
In addition, your Critical Strike Chance will be increased by 9%-11%, which is very useful for ending encounters quickly in the later stages of a fight. Not only will Fireball damage increase, but Fireball Attack Speed will also increase by 10.5%-15%, which will greatly shorten the length of your fight.
The most important mana for Sorcerer is also increased: you will gain 1-2 points of mana when Fireball explodes. This way you don’t have to worry about mana endurance issues.
That’s an overview of Sorcerer’s Gloves of the Illuminator. Hopefully, you can use this powerful Unique to make boss encounters as a Sorcerer a little easier. Have fun!
