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[OUTDATED] The Unholy Herdsman - Thelon's Pet Build
Thelon
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OBJECTIVE
The objective is to create a Sorcerer Pet Build that excels at solo play while remaining viable and dependable for group action.
MEDIA
CHARACTER STATS
VIDEOS
ESO Skills
Skills and Passives Used
RACE
Altmer or Breton are your best choices. Altmers will deal more damage while Bretons will enjoy extra cost reduction and spell resistance.
MUNDUS STONE
The Thief - Increasing critical chance is the best way for this build to increase our offence from damage skills.
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
Magicka - 64 - Magicka provides both offense and defense, as your pet’s damage, your Hardened Ward and your own damage scale from this stat.
Health - 0 - You can achieve an acceptable health pool without putting any attribute points here.
Stamina - 0 - Not a priority for this build.
CHAMPION POINTS - TOTAL: 501
THE MAGE
The Apprentice - 100 x Elemental Expert, 18 x Elfborn, 44 x Spell Erosion
The Ritual - 5 x Thaumaturge
THE WARRIOR
The Lady - 42 x Hardy, 41 x Elemental Defender
The Lord - 84 x Bastion
THE THIEF
The Tower - 83 x Magician
The Lover - 83 x Arcanist
The Shadow - 1 x Tumbling
GEAR
With Maelstrom Staff
Chest – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Belt – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Boots – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Gloves – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Legs – Torug’s Pact – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Helm – Torug’s Pact – Heavy Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Shoulders – Molag Kena – Medium Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Neck – Necklace of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Healthy – Spell Damage Enchant
1st Weapon – Maelstrom’s Inferno Staff – Sharpened or Precise – Do Not Re-Enchant
2nd Weapon – 1 x Magnus’ Restoration Staff – Defending or Sharpened – Absorb Magicka Enchant
Without Maelstrom Staff
Chest – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Belt – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Boots – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Gloves – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Legs – Torug’s Pact – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Neck – Necklace of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Healthy – Spell Damage Enchant
1st Weapon – Inferno Staff of Torug’s Pact – Sharpened – Fire Damage Enchant
2nd Weapon – 2 x Sword of Torug’s Pact – Sharpened – Shock Damage Enchant
or
2nd Weapon – Restoration Staff of the Magnus – Defending – Absorb Magicka Enchant
Engine Guardian – Use this set for encounters that require excellent resource management.
Nerien ‘Eth – Use the set for encounters that do not require excellent resource management.
UNDAUNTED METTLE
When crafting your gear set, it is important to take advantage of the Undaunted Passive Undaunted Mettle. This means that you need to have 5 light armor, 1 medium armor and 1 heavy armor. Start by determining the armor types of your Undaunted Sets and craft the remaining pieces accordingly.
SIDEBOARD
A sideboard is additional gear you should carry with you at all times while soloing. It will augment the build's flexibility, allowing you to take on different challenges and to adjust strategies on the fly.
Ring of Willpower - Healthy - Magicka Cost Reduction Enchant
Use this for encounters where resource management is a higher priority than DPS.
SKILLS
BAR 1
Force Pulse
Hardened Ward
Blockade of Fire
Unstable Clannfear
Twilight Tormentor
Ultimate – Suppression Field
BAR 2
Power Surge
Harness Magicka
Liquid Lightning
Unstable Clannfear
Twilight Tormentor
Ultimate – Energy Overload
OVERLOAD BAR
Liquid Lightning
Hardened Ward
Inner Light
Twilight Tormentor
Unstable Clannfearr
SKILL REPLACEMENT
Blockade of Fire – Replace with Elemental Ring when higher AoE DPS is required.
Liquid Lightning (Overload Bar) – Replace with Ball of Lightning where high mobility is required.
Unstable Clannfear – Replace with Bound Armor when grouped with a competent tank and healer
Twilight Tormentor – Replace with Bound Armor for encounters where it dies too easily.
CONSUMABLES
This build performs best when you "chain-chug" Spell Power Potions to maintain your Major Sorcery and Major Prophecy buffs. Due to the toggled abilities this build requires, we won't have room for the skills that provide these buffs.
Always use blue food with + max health and + max magicka.
HELPFUL HINTS FOR SOLO PLAY
Since there are several detailed builds describing how to competently play a sorcerer in PvE groups, I'll use this section to explain some helpful hints on how to maximize this build's potential in solo play.
Balance is Key - To solo difficult content, you'll need a balance between the damage you deal, your survivability and your resource management. For a Sorcerer Pet Build, this means you'll need spell damage, max magicka, magicka recovery and magicka cost reduction. Any gear combination that achieves this balance will function effectively in solo situations.
Flexibility is Key - Being able to change strategies on the fly is very important when tackling difficult solo content. Bringing gear with different enchantments on it (i.e. an extra Ring of Willpower with Magicka Cost Reduction) and leveling situational skills (i.e. Ball of Lightning) will allow you to adjust the build based on your situation.
Kiting is Key - Many of the hardest solo encounters will require high mobility. You should practice kiting bosses and groups of mobs alike - the skill to handle both will be required to solo some of the game's group content.
Sara the Tri-Sara-Tops is Key - Your Clannfear is both your tank and your pocket healer, and needs to be kept alive as consistently as possible. Her activated skill is a significant and affordable heal that affects both you and the Clannfear and does not suffer from the range limitations that the Twilight's heal does. Further, being the tank pet, the Clannfear is alive more consistently to provide you with a crucial heal when needed. Remember to refresh Hardened Ward regularly to increase your Pets' chances of survival.
Edited by Thelon on November 15, 2016 11:05PM The objective is to create a Sorcerer Pet Build that excels at solo play while remaining viable and dependable for group action.
MEDIA
CHARACTER STATS
VIDEOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWQVherCOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgu6GYWcQuAESO Skills
Skills and Passives Used
RACE
Altmer or Breton are your best choices. Altmers will deal more damage while Bretons will enjoy extra cost reduction and spell resistance.
MUNDUS STONE
The Thief - Increasing critical chance is the best way for this build to increase our offence from damage skills.
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
Magicka - 64 - Magicka provides both offense and defense, as your pet’s damage, your Hardened Ward and your own damage scale from this stat.
Health - 0 - You can achieve an acceptable health pool without putting any attribute points here.
Stamina - 0 - Not a priority for this build.
CHAMPION POINTS - TOTAL: 501
THE MAGE
The Apprentice - 100 x Elemental Expert, 18 x Elfborn, 44 x Spell Erosion
The Ritual - 5 x Thaumaturge
THE WARRIOR
The Lady - 42 x Hardy, 41 x Elemental Defender
The Lord - 84 x Bastion
THE THIEF
The Tower - 83 x Magician
The Lover - 83 x Arcanist
The Shadow - 1 x Tumbling
GEAR
With Maelstrom Staff
Chest – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Belt – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Boots – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Gloves – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Legs – Torug’s Pact – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Helm – Torug’s Pact – Heavy Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Shoulders – Molag Kena – Medium Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Neck – Necklace of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Healthy – Spell Damage Enchant
1st Weapon – Maelstrom’s Inferno Staff – Sharpened or Precise – Do Not Re-Enchant
2nd Weapon – 1 x Magnus’ Restoration Staff – Defending or Sharpened – Absorb Magicka Enchant
Without Maelstrom Staff
Chest – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Belt – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Boots – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Gloves – Magnus’ Gift – Light Armor – Divines – Max Magicka Enchantment
Legs – Torug’s Pact – Light Armor – Infused – Max Magicka Enchantment
Neck – Necklace of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Arcane – Spell Damage Enchant
Ring – Ring of Willpower – Healthy – Spell Damage Enchant
1st Weapon – Inferno Staff of Torug’s Pact – Sharpened – Fire Damage Enchant
2nd Weapon – 2 x Sword of Torug’s Pact – Sharpened – Shock Damage Enchant
or
2nd Weapon – Restoration Staff of the Magnus – Defending – Absorb Magicka Enchant
Engine Guardian – Use this set for encounters that require excellent resource management.
Nerien ‘Eth – Use the set for encounters that do not require excellent resource management.
UNDAUNTED METTLE
When crafting your gear set, it is important to take advantage of the Undaunted Passive Undaunted Mettle. This means that you need to have 5 light armor, 1 medium armor and 1 heavy armor. Start by determining the armor types of your Undaunted Sets and craft the remaining pieces accordingly.
SIDEBOARD
A sideboard is additional gear you should carry with you at all times while soloing. It will augment the build's flexibility, allowing you to take on different challenges and to adjust strategies on the fly.
Ring of Willpower - Healthy - Magicka Cost Reduction Enchant
Use this for encounters where resource management is a higher priority than DPS.
SKILLS
BAR 1
Force Pulse
Hardened Ward
Blockade of Fire
Unstable Clannfear
Twilight Tormentor
Ultimate – Suppression Field
BAR 2
Power Surge
Harness Magicka
Liquid Lightning
Unstable Clannfear
Twilight Tormentor
Ultimate – Energy Overload
OVERLOAD BAR
Liquid Lightning
Hardened Ward
Inner Light
Twilight Tormentor
Unstable Clannfearr
SKILL REPLACEMENT
Blockade of Fire – Replace with Elemental Ring when higher AoE DPS is required.
Liquid Lightning (Overload Bar) – Replace with Ball of Lightning where high mobility is required.
Unstable Clannfear – Replace with Bound Armor when grouped with a competent tank and healer
Twilight Tormentor – Replace with Bound Armor for encounters where it dies too easily.
CONSUMABLES
This build performs best when you "chain-chug" Spell Power Potions to maintain your Major Sorcery and Major Prophecy buffs. Due to the toggled abilities this build requires, we won't have room for the skills that provide these buffs.
Always use blue food with + max health and + max magicka.
HELPFUL HINTS FOR SOLO PLAY
Since there are several detailed builds describing how to competently play a sorcerer in PvE groups, I'll use this section to explain some helpful hints on how to maximize this build's potential in solo play.
Balance is Key - To solo difficult content, you'll need a balance between the damage you deal, your survivability and your resource management. For a Sorcerer Pet Build, this means you'll need spell damage, max magicka, magicka recovery and magicka cost reduction. Any gear combination that achieves this balance will function effectively in solo situations.
Flexibility is Key - Being able to change strategies on the fly is very important when tackling difficult solo content. Bringing gear with different enchantments on it (i.e. an extra Ring of Willpower with Magicka Cost Reduction) and leveling situational skills (i.e. Ball of Lightning) will allow you to adjust the build based on your situation.
Kiting is Key - Many of the hardest solo encounters will require high mobility. You should practice kiting bosses and groups of mobs alike - the skill to handle both will be required to solo some of the game's group content.
Sara the Tri-Sara-Tops is Key - Your Clannfear is both your tank and your pocket healer, and needs to be kept alive as consistently as possible. Her activated skill is a significant and affordable heal that affects both you and the Clannfear and does not suffer from the range limitations that the Twilight's heal does. Further, being the tank pet, the Clannfear is alive more consistently to provide you with a crucial heal when needed. Remember to refresh Hardened Ward regularly to increase your Pets' chances of survival.
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Swindy✭✭✭
Nice video.Hope this gets some solo players excited - full build coming soon!
I've been individually slaughtered by almost everything in that video too...ahhh, nostalgia.
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✭I’ve completed a major update for the build. It is now current to patch 2.2.8.
Changes include:
– Updated Character Stats
– Changed the Mundus Stone section to recommend The Thief for all situations.
– Updated the Champion Points section to reflect my current allocations.
– Removed less useful options from the Undaunted Sets section.
– Removed less useful options from the Skills section.
– Changed the Sideboard section to recommend Dual Wield Swords instead of Two Handed Sword.
– Updated the Skill Replacement section to indicate that replacing Bound Aegis for more flex slots is an option.
– Updated the Helpful Hints section to be consistent with other listed changes.
– Linked additional videos in the Media section, including:
World First - Thelon Solos Ra Kotu (HR Trial Boss)
Thelon vs Voriak Solkyn (vMA Final Boss)
Thelon vs The Ringmaster
Thelon vs Nunatak
Thelon vs Immolator Charr
[Trailer] The Unholy Herdsman - Thelon's Pet BuildEdited by Thelon on December 18, 2015 12:19AM2 -
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✭Hey everyone!
After spending a bit of time on the PTS, I just wanted to post a few impressions about the upcoming changes:
- The new active abilities are fantastic. They make pets feel much more commandable, and afford players more build options
- The pets still "feel" like toggles. They must be active on all bars or they die on weapon swap.
- For DPS builds, the Twilight buff is great while you're sitting in Overload
- For Healer builds, the Twilight has a fantastic "Breath of Life" that is reliable as long as the pet is alive and in range
- For Tank and Solo builds, the Clannfear's heal is affordable and no longer requires you to unsummon her
- I remain disappointed with Daedric Prey, but will test further on the live server
- The addition of Pet health regen increases their durability across the board
- The addition of refreshable shields on pets increases their durability across the board
- The addition of Pet stealth in PvP increases their viability in Cyrodiil (though they lack burst damage options)
- The Storm Atronach's break free is a welcome addition to improve PvP viability, but should have been applied to all pets
- The Maw of the Infernal set remains questionable in both PvE and PvP due to competing sets (Kena and E. Guardian)Edited by Thelon on February 24, 2016 11:23PM9 -
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✭Waffennacht wrote: »Any changes based on the PTS to your build?
I'm going to do more testing when the Thieves Guild patch goes live. I'll update the build after I've had enough time working through all the changes.0 -
SmalltalkJava✭✭✭PCheuk38b14_ESO wrote: »Isn't the Thieves guild DLC only allowing 1 pet summoned at a time?
No, you can still use both.0 -
PCheuk38b14_ESO✭✭✭SmalltalkJava wrote: »PCheuk38b14_ESO wrote: »Isn't the Thieves guild DLC only allowing 1 pet summoned at a time?
No, you can still use both.
Man i just want a better pet command system/control.0 -
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✭PCheuk38b14_ESO wrote: »SmalltalkJava wrote: »PCheuk38b14_ESO wrote: »Isn't the Thieves guild DLC only allowing 1 pet summoned at a time?
No, you can still use both.
Man i just want a better pet command system/control.
I agree I would be great to have more commands than "attack" and "return" but the new activatable abilities help with this somewhat.
Personally, I've always wanted to be able to command my pets individually. I want to be able to tell Sara the TriSaratops to tank one mob while telling the Twilight to DPS another.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I also wouldn't mind stay or stick by me. I'd have twilight stay by me and clan go do his own thing.0 -
Thelon✭✭✭✭✭
✭Waffennacht wrote: »I also wouldn't mind stay or stick by me.
I'd prefer stand by me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE 3 -
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✭PCheuk38b14_ESO wrote: »Isn't the Thieves guild DLC only allowing 1 pet summoned at a time?
That would be an awful nerf. And no, its not planned
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mrkurokishi✭✭✭How do you think, Infernal Maw will do with this setup in the upcoming patch?PS4 : mrkurokishiBancha: AD Khajiit magCro (main)
Koicha: AD Khajiit stamPlar
Usucha: AD Khajiit stamDen
Teishu: DC Khajiit magDK
Shincha: AD Khajiit madSorcPC : mrkurokishiMalacath's Side Piece: DC Orc stamPlar0 -
Arkvoril✭✭✭Can't wait to try this build out. Thanks.NA/PC
Arkvoril
Level 50 Altmer Sorcerer
A Vampire with a Werewolf Companion.
Master Alchemist and Enchanter;0 -
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✭mrkurokishi wrote: »How do you think, Infernal Maw will do with this setup in the upcoming patch?
@mrkurokishi
Its getting buffed, and may be most useful in helping pull aggro away from you during tough trash pulls. It will still struggle to compete against Nerien'Eth and Engine Guardian in most situations.
I think it will still be best suited for the shock and awe factor, and for making people look silly in PvP:
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✭Waffennacht wrote: »Why don't you sport kena?
Its a very "bursty" set that's better suited for groups, where you have a competent Healer to help you with resource management. For soloing, ive found it less useful than Nerien'Eth / Engine Guardian in most situations.1 -
Toast_STS✭✭✭✭I love my Maw in PvP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3bHeGaiamc VR14 DK Leaps-in-keeps1 -
Caff32✭✭✭✭Why Clannfear over Familiar? I would think the pulse from the Familiar would be more DPS than the Clannfear's attacks.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Why Clannfear over Familiar? I would think the pulse from the Familiar would be more DPS than the Clannfear's attacks.
I gotta agree here, with the passive healing, hardened ward refreshing itself on pets, I don't see the same kind of necessity for clannfear as before. The big deterrent was that he had to die and be recast, as that's no longer the case he is better.
@Thelon I can see clannfear being more useful for your build because you don't spam ward like I do, what's your thinking on this?
Edit: btw @$!#ing awesome videoEdited by Waffennacht on March 21, 2016 6:07PM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5G2WRabEhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRWYKHTy_rA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTsRRGHQEBk