Light Armor Stamsorc?

OBJnoob

First things first, you should know that this is a ravenwatch cyrodiil build, so no procs or champion points. And secondly, the reason I call this a “stamsorc” is because I’m using crystal weapon as a spammable and running bows on both bars. Yes I use a lot of magic skills but I’m also rolling and sprinting a lot so the light armor recovery passives are really just helping me dark deal more.

But so this isn’t a build write-up this is just more me asking you all if you think it’s a good idea. Now, at first, I was using amber plasm on the body and the sustain was pretty amazing obviously but I was squishy too (obviously.) I got a couple of kinda impressive x clips but it was during mid year mayhem so not sure that counts lol. Then I started using buffer of the swift on the body and I think that works better. Buffer of the swift, hundings rage, and slimecraw actually.

Basically… my stamsorc has struggled since they took crit chance away from medium armor. So it took a while… I guess I was scared to try… but light armor actually seems to work pretty well. The passive crit and penetration are very helpful, where even though I’m wearing a defensive set I can feel it augmenting my offense.

The only problem is my armor weight situation isn’t good and, thus, my max health situation isn’t good. Because I’m not wearing crafted sets. So I’m wondering… I’m asking… is the light armor stamsorc a good idea? And if so, what CRAFTED set would function best on the body for a light armor bow sorc? So that I could make a heavy or medium in more ideal spots.

Faulgor

From my personal experience, light armor feels incredibly squishy no matter what you do. I tried running light with Aetherial Ascension on my Magplar and felt like 30k resistances didn't make a difference. There is just so much pen out there ...

On the other hand, Sorc's mobility might be exactly what can counter-act the inherent drawbacks of light armor. Not getting hit in the first place seems preferable. If you've found it working so far, I say go for it.

As for crafted sets, you said you are already wearing Hundings. Why can't you use that for better armor weights? Move Buffer of the Swift to jewelry + weapon and craft Hundings for body any way you like.
If you want a craftable defensive armor set for the body, you could try Fortified Brass, although I think the percent reduction from Buffer of the Swift is better for light armor than penetratable resistances.

You could of course also change your monster set if you are looking for more survivability, although I'm not sure what would work best in no-proc conditions. It's not like you need Major Resolve from Chudan.

OBJnoob

Hmm, that’s a pretty good idea, to just craft some hundings body pieces. I do have a set of gold buffer of the swift jewelry but I think I’ll need to buy a bow or two.

And yes it is definitely stamsorcs mobility that makes me want to try… I wouldn’t think this is even slightly a good idea for anything else… well, maybe a couple variations of nightblade but for the same reasons…

I’d like to keep slimecraw as my monster set I think it synergizes well with the crit build and there are limited options in no proc. If I were to change it I’d just wear 1 piece of whatever and use a mythic instead.

Which leads me to another point/question… which mythic to use? I have frequently enjoyed wild hunt on stamsorc for obvious reasons but would like to try something else. I have the markyn ring which has served me well in the past, I have the pale order ring which sounds interesting but locks me into playing solo, and uh… well I feel like the gaze of sithis helmet might be the best fit but unfortunately I don’t have it and have never done the dark brotherhood skill line before. Not really looking forward to the grind… antiquities are fun for me grinding guild lines is not.

How long would it take to grind dark brotherhood? And does anyone agree that sithis is probably the best choice?

Amerises

I’ve ran Gaze of Sithis, and for your play style it might be good, but I found what @Faulgor did, and that’s needing a ton of resistances is needed to even feel a difference. With it, I had about 28k and after it, I didn’t feel much of a difference.

geonsocal

Lefthanders Aegis belt...

been thinking of trying it with one of my stam bow toons...

using mobility seems to be the way to go for my sorcerers...I've made a couple of builds over the years where I put my mag sorc in heavy, but mostly my magsorc wears light and my stam sorc wears medium...

it makes you pretty vulnerable to ganks, but in most conditions you just have to stay moving as much as possible...

OBJnoob

Aegis belt is the one where you roll dodge and make a damage shield instead right? I have some questions… does it still consume stamina? Does well fitted still reduce the cost? Is it a light armor piece? Is the damage shield really any different from just a standard roll dodge? It only lasts a second I don’t really see the difference. I feel like 100% avoiding all single target damage might be more important than absorbing slightly less than 100% single target but also absorbing some AoE.

If you say it works good I’ll be happy to go get it… always nice to have another mythic. I have concerns though… and I’ll probably go ahead and get sithis too. I think sithis might be the way to go. I pretty much survive by kiting anyway and trying to keep high offensive pressure. Am not particularly bothered when a talented magdk manages to lock me down and whip me to death. It happens. I don’t need to be meta just competitive and fun.

DrNukenstein

I found 5/1/1 works great with trainee cuirass and guards. Better for a build that stacks MAG though. Atleast as tanky as medium armor and you get the light armor skill.

OBJnoob

@DrNukenstein its funny because my stamsorc is barely hanging on to his stam identity these days... But I hear stacking max mag is kinda weak these days, so whatever happens I don't think I'll be trying that. The light armor ability isn't at all why I'm trying this... I'm trying this in order to make crit surge worthwhile.

At the moment, running gaze of sithis heavy helmet, some kinda medium monster shoulder, and buffer of the swift body, my dudes got between 50 and 60% crit rating.

I have always preferred a mobile, squishy stamsorc... And I am pleased to say this feels no more squishy than anything else I've tried. Less so, really.

The extra crit and penetration are very noticeable... Sometimes it feels like my defensive set is an offensive set.

Sustain really doesn't lack... But then again I do use a lot of magic skills.