New v16 Stamina Sorc

UnstableZech · September 2015

Most of this is still in Theory. However, with practice and testing with my Stamina Sorc I can hit 14k Wrecking Blows without a crit, 7k in Cyrodiil.

My main question is; when building a PvP based Character would max stats be better for the burst damage I do, or would a high regen be nice?

Entirely unbuffed I am at 15,601 Health (in Cyrodiil) and 23,018 Stamina.

With food I can up those values and bound armaments etc.

Shpuld I use max stam/health food or health/stam regen food?

blur · September 2015

If your health and stamina are that low at v16 fully geared stat food is what you want.
Not sure what race you went with but I had better stats than that in 1.6.
You don't need Bound Armaments and with blue food (health/stam) you would be over 20k Health (which is fine) and around 28k Stamina.

I am assuming you don't have v16 gear or the Agility set (Robust). I am also assuming you don't have over 200 CP. Ideally you would want your Stam over 30k. Though properly geared with 300 CP or less and a race that doesn't have a passive Stamina boost, you could get around 28k Stamina (without Bound Arm) using drinks. Unfortunately your health will be around 17-18k.

You really need to figure out how much regen you need and how much you can get by on. This will determine a lot of things including the direction in which you will take your character. Of course you might play different than some of us, I personally am a mobile skirmisher. I do hit and runs and I am always on the move. We are meant to be mobile. That said, make sure you use Boundless over Thundering.

UnstableZech · September 2015

I can hit over 32k stamina with armaments active, and yes I'm still wearing v14 Hundings Rage and I'm trying to get other v16 sets and 3pc Agility with Robust (currently I have 1 with robust and two with arcane). My health though is a big problem, I'm at a natural 16,000 in Cyrodill, maybe 21k with max stat food.

blur · September 2015

You will get over 20k with the new blue Health/Stam food.

Bound Armaments is junk, there are better things to use.
When you get more CP you will naturally increase your attributes, albeit in a tiny way. When you get those 2 extra Robust pieces you will have close to 2k more Stamina and when you upgrade to v16 armor you will have more stamina as well.

If you are playing this as an offensive skirmisher (imo the way a stam sorc should) you don't need to worry about health once you are over 20k. Focus on getting your weapon damage up. As a 2h/DW build (the one @Xael runs at least on his stream) your Best In Slot will be 5pc Venom 2pc Molag 3 Agil or 5pc Venom 1 Molag 3 Agil 2pc whatever is max stam or recovery (v16 max stam will 967, so better than 2pc v14 morag tong 126 weap dmg ).

As stated before, once over 20k, health isn't a concern, Stamina recovery is. Being able to pump out damage and stay mobile is really important.
I am pretty sure his build is bar 1 - Crit Rush, Wrecking, Execute, Streak, Rally Atronach ult bar 2 - Boundless Storm, Steel Tornado, Caltrops, Crit Surge, Shuffle, Shooting Star ultimate. Pretty sure he swaps out Caltrops for other stuff here and there. But that's his standard PvP build he uses on his stream. He is pretty good but his streaming is very random, so it's hard to catch him. If you can't catch Xael I recommend you check out Fengrush, just as good imo.