Ezareth - V12 Sorcerer 1vX PvP Video

Ezareth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJu1KLm-VR0

My first ESO PvP Video, apologies for the length but it takes a little time as a Sorc to take down multiple people without dying and that often involves the need to kite people around. I try to speed up the footage where it isn't interesting.

No Vampire garbage or impulse spam here, just more lightning bolts than a LARPers wet dream.

Enjoy!

Minsc

I really enjoyed that. Where is the music from?

Braidas

Nice! Very good at escaping and resetting quickly. Those overload light attacks look so satisfying to use. One thing I'd say is you might want to consider efficient purge for all those marks/snipes/venom arrows, and keep inner light on both bars in the same spot if you're gonna use it.

And lol @ Tiss

Draxys

i thought next to last clip would never end =P

JLB

Can I have your magicka sustain? A Templar.
Good video.

Ezareth

Minsc wrote: »

I really enjoyed that. Where is the music from?

Thanks. The Music is all Audiomachine, probably my favorite "Artist".

Brandeospeedwagon wrote: »

Nice! Very good at escaping and resetting quickly. Those overload light attacks look so satisfying to use. One thing I'd say is you might want to consider efficient purge for all those marks/snipes/venom arrows, and keep inner light on both bars in the same spot if you're gonna use it.

I don't find venom arrow or mark to be too big of an annoyance, especially since most of the damage done to me is to my shields which don't benefit from armor anyways. If I had room on my bar for another ability it would probably be immovable as knockdowns (even while blocking) and unbreakable cc are usually what gets me killed.

I thought about moving the inner light before but I never hit the wrong one by mistake and retraining myself would cause more pain the help.

Thanks for the feedback!

Warz

there is a difference between kiting and what you do. That being said nice video but it is a video of you running away spamming instants that hit people for like 900-1k+ as your sorc build. Most people will have the balls to fight but you are known for ditching squads and fights and blinking miles away hence the not a kite, even if your crits if you didn't run may have been the deciding factor for that fight. But keep running Ez it makes it more enjoyable when you are caught in a corner and unable to run a mile away from me.

Ezareth

Warz wrote: »

there is a difference between kiting and what you do. That being said nice video but it is a video of you running away spamming instants that hit people for like 900-1k+ as your sorc build. Most people will have the balls to fight but you are known for ditching squads and fights and blinking miles away hence the not a kite, even if your crits if you didn't run may have been the deciding factor for that fight. But keep running Ez it makes it more enjoyable when you are caught in a corner and unable to run a mile away from me.

I think the theme of the video went over your head Warz but that's ok all things considered.

mjspnrb18_ESO

Nice video Ez, but i do have to agree with Warz about the running, you could probably win the upcoming horse racing, on foot. Also nice work wiping the WCFC scum

Renuo

Lol first fight....

Couldn't get LoS 90% of the time! Nerf the environment!!

Awesome video, at least I can get you sometimes hehe.

Ezareth

mjspnrb18_ESO wrote: »

Nice video Ez, but i do have to agree with Warz about the running, you could probably win the upcoming horse racing, on foot. Also nice work wiping the WCFC scum

Haha I still remember the time you and 6 or 7 others ambushed me to break my 153 kill streak at the time.....the only reason I told asneakybanana about it was because I was listening to him and you and warz on TS through pinkflames twitch and I knew he'd tell you. It took you guys a few times but you pulled it off

I don't run. I tried to explain my strategy but some people just like pretty pictures. If you notice I always wait for those who are chasing me and I never stealth. If people want to kill me I give those with the patience the opportunity to do so. What usually kills me when being chased is trying to pick off the lead pursuer.... If I really wanted to run there isn't a player in the game who could keep up. Horses are fast but they lack the manueverabiliy of bolt escape

Renuo wrote: »

Lol first fight....

Couldn't get LoS 90% of the time! Nerf the environment!!

Awesome video, at least I can get you sometimes hehe.

You've got me more times than most people....Those bow NBs are why I run a double inner light build

Utilizing LoS is a must for me both offensively and defensively.

Tintinabula

must be nice not having to commit to a fight.

Braidas

ezareth_ESO wrote: »

Minsc wrote: »

I really enjoyed that. Where is the music from?

Thanks. The Music is all Audiomachine, probably my favorite "Artist".

Brandeospeedwagon wrote: »

Nice! Very good at escaping and resetting quickly. Those overload light attacks look so satisfying to use. One thing I'd say is you might want to consider efficient purge for all those marks/snipes/venom arrows, and keep inner light on both bars in the same spot if you're gonna use it.

I don't find venom arrow or mark to be too big of an annoyance, especially since most of the damage done to me is to my shields which don't benefit from armor anyways. If I had room on my bar for another ability it would probably be immovable as knockdowns (even while blocking) and unbreakable cc are usually what gets me killed.

I thought about moving the inner light before but I never hit the wrong one by mistake and retraining myself would cause more pain the help.

Thanks for the feedback!

Yeah, I just hate seeing all those effects on my char lol. I was gonna suggest immovable too but the way you play I think it'd just be a waste of stam. Anyway, you obv know you're build better than I do.

Ezareth

Tintinabula wrote: »

must be nice not having to commit to a fight.

I always fight on the edges and typically leave myself an avenue for retreat unless my death buys something useful. As the last man standing im usually the guy placing camps when everyone else is down. In all fairness I'm built 100% for survivability and maneuverability and I sacrifice much for that choice. You rarely see sorcs using ball lightning over the much more offensive streak morph and I've left a lot of spell power and magicka on the table in favor of other characteristics.

Mobile classes like Nightblades and then sorcs are 90% of my deaths. I can't sit in the middle of 5 players beating on me for more than a few seconds like you or a dk....there is a tradeoff and balance in that. I had to throw out 90% of my footage of me killing 6-10 players because doing so usually takes 10-15 minutes and no small amount of pots and is a total bore to watch

Erock25

Hey nice video. I was wondering how you reached 3500hp and 2400 magicka? Are they set bonuses to achieve that? What sets do you use?

Arowe_eso

great video. its nice knowing im not the only one you do this to.

any insight into the variations on your second bar?

ferzalrwb17_ESO

Arowe_eso wrote: »

great video. its nice knowing im not the only one you do this to.

any insight into the variations on your second bar?

Half the sorcs on the server are doing it. It's not unique. It is very annoying and one of the reasons I remain unsubbed but it's not rare any more. Like all cheese it's been copied as the FOTM build. It's not just sorcs with the bubblespam but the boltspam makes it so that it's just not worth starting a fight with one out in the open when they can just boltspam away should you get on top. I'm sure it's fun to play with but it's just too annoying to fight against generally.

Throw in the trending mistform exploit and there's no chance I'll resub.

Honfold

I don't get why people hate Bolt Escape so much. I remember being angry about it about two weeks into the game but then my thoughts were "Well they're out of the fight now." It is funny that people know Ezareth for Bolt Escape in the current campaigns. I remember learning to never follow him back in Volendrung in the first couple weeks.

Ezareth

Erock25 wrote: »

Hey nice video. I was wondering how you reached 3500hp and 2400 magicka? Are they set bonuses to achieve that? What sets do you use?

Sorry I couldn't answer you on YouTube. I refuse to create a G+ account so I can't comment on my own videos.

I can't talk about my set bonuses unfortunately as they are pretty unique and I'd rather not see them copied. Everything with health and magicka is maximized and I'm using the mage mundus stone as an altmer so getting 2400 + magicka is easy. The health is almost all from legendary enchants and 47 or so points into health. I also have the emperor bonus and health enchant on my shield which takes me to 3500+ health. I use the fortified sweet roll as my food, stamina actually hurts my build.

Arowe_eso wrote: »

great video. its nice knowing im not the only one you do this to.

any insight into the variations on your second bar?

I'm not quite certain what you're asking but I listed the morphed abilities on each of my bars on my YouTube description if that is it.

ferzalrwb17_ESO wrote: »

Half the sorcs on the server are doing it. It's not unique. It is very annoying and one of the reasons I remain unsubbed but it's not rare any more. Like all cheese it's been copied as the FOTM build. It's not just sorcs with the bubblespam but the boltspam makes it so that it's just not worth starting a fight with one out in the open when they can just boltspam away should you get on top. I'm sure it's fun to play with but it's just too annoying to fight against generally.

Throw in the trending mistform exploit and there's no chance I'll resub.

I've only come across one other sorc with my build. The majority of sorcs are vampires with streak batswarm and soul assault on their bars as well as destro/resto or dual resto. My build hasn't changed in ages with the exception of switching healing ward out for grand healing during solo and placing inner light on my bar in place of a second dark conversion now that weapon swapping is more reliable.

I chase down and kill streak sorcs all the time as they are incredibly vulnerable to other sorcs.

Honfold wrote: »

I don't get why people hate Bolt Escape so much. I remember being angry about it about two weeks into the game but then my thoughts were "Well they're out of the fight now." It is funny that people know Ezareth for Bolt Escape in the current campaigns. I remember learning to never follow him back in Volendrung in the first couple weeks.

It's the ones who don't learn whom I prey upon. Evade when outnumbered. Irritate them. Appear weak when strong. Separate them. Attack when it is unexpected. It is amazing that such ancient military strategy is still true and useful today in a video game. Most of my detractors are the same people who never change their strategy and expect me to meet them on terms most favorable to them instead.

Makkir

Nice Eza... I am always a fan of versatility and showing off effective builds that aren't FOTM

semp3rfi

I seen you for the first time the other night. My poor v3 templar didnt have the resource to catch let alone attack you. Lol. So everytime i saw you after that i would just not chase and los until enough players came and i just spam my resource support skills so they could catch you. Took about 5 minutes of chasing you till we got you. I find your build really annoying and unfun BUT to your credit you didnt stealth off, even though you had all the time in the world. Good tactics my friend, just hate that a sorc can do that

Avidus

I find when I fight you, I used to BE after you, since my build is very, very similar to yours.

But you never attempt to fight me.. Maybe one day..

Ezareth

semp3rfi wrote: »

I seen you for the first time the other night. My poor v3 templar didnt have the resource to catch let alone attack you. Lol. So everytime i saw you after that i would just not chase and los until enough players came and i just spam my resource support skills so they could catch you. Took about 5 minutes of chasing you till we got you. I find your build really annoying and unfun BUT to your credit you didnt stealth off, even though you had all the time in the world. Good tactics my friend, just hate that a sorc can do that

Yeah I'm not going to die just because to quote an earlier poster "I don't have balls" but I don't bolt escape away for the sake of hiding, I do it when faced with overwhelming numbers until they either separate or thin out enough that I can kill the rest. I've a pretty old school way of thinking about things and honor comes foremost among my principles. It is annoying when you get someone who just spams heals on everyone while they follow you but hey it is effective ( =

Avidus wrote: »

I find when I fight you, I used to BE after you, since my build is very, very similar to yours.

But you never attempt to fight me.. Maybe one day..

Well if you're a sorc and at the head of a large group of people then no I wont turn and fight you, especially if you have ball lightning. Overzealous streak sorcs who chase me are usually the ones who die first, they usually try beaming me which fills my mana bar while I kill them as they're unprotected. I'll fight 2 streak sorcs typically but I wont fight 2 sorcs or more if one of them has ball lightning or is shield stacking or spamming heals.

I'll never run from a single person either unless there is strategic importance that I be somewhere else and dont have the time to fight them. I can't recall the last time that has happened, usually after fighting a sorc with a similar build to mine for about 5 minutes we both just go our separate ways as we can't kill each other.

Honfold

Since this is a sorcerer thread I have a question about streak.

Does CC break and immunity not work right now with streak?

aksyong

Me no like fight you but me respect your fighting style although I win some and I lose some, we have our own agenda and strong/weak points. Salute

Ezareth

Honfold wrote: »

Since this is a sorcerer thread I have a question about streak.

Does CC break and immunity not work right now with streak?

CC break works on streak unless someone couples it with a snare creating the unbreakable CC exploit. Sometimes break free just bugs period though as well.

aksyong wrote: »

Me no like fight you but me respect your fighting style although I win some and I lose some, we have our own agenda and strong/weak points. Salute

/salute as well. You went pretty hard for me for a couple days, got me a couple times I think but usually not ( =

I don't relish fighting you either :P~

Mojomonkeyman

Hey mate, you seem to have a pretty good attitude, so I`ll explain why I didn`t like your playstyle and therefore, the vid:

- I think you are indeed running away from most of your fights and prey for opponents not only to overextend but to follow you almost back to your spawn.

I am a sorc myself but I refuse to use BE more than 2-3 times in a row, since it really isn`t necessary and cuts into your ability to actually fight.

In one of the first fights versus only two opponents you used BE 5x, then short break, again 2x. You couldve turned around far earlier imo and killed that two followers who burned all their stam to chase you.

Especially the lightning bolt´s anti projectile capabilities can be (ab)used a lot more, I think you should take your time after BEing once, to check your surrounding and fight back since you will be safe from most range attacks for the duration of your manareg reduction.

- I think your setup is very ... boring. Watching you play, you limit your offensive actions very often to just LB-LB-LB until one of your opponents is dead. This is suiting your playstyle of using BE as much as possible very well since you dont "waste" your mana for offensive purposes. But the resulting playstyle and versatility of the build is very limited.

This of course is just my personal opinion, but I wouldn`t want to play like that, just using mostly LB for offense and I think you waste a lot of the offensive potential a sorc has.

In summary, you don`t seem to be a bad player, but I think neither your setup nor your playstyle are using the classes potential optimally.

No offense intended, just my 2cent. Making vids is appreciated, tho. Thanks for that.

Best regards

Ezareth

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

Hey mate, you seem to have a pretty good attitude, so I`ll explain why I didn`t like your playstyle and therefore, the vid:

- I think you are indeed running away from most of your fights and prey for opponents not only to overextend but to follow you almost back to your spawn.

I am a sorc myself but I refuse to use BE more than 2-3 times in a row, since it really isn`t necessary and cuts into your ability to actually fight.

In one of the first fights versus only two opponents you used BE 5x, then short break, again 2x. You couldve turned around far earlier imo and killed that two followers who burned all their stam to chase you.

Especially the lightning bolt´s anti projectile capabilities can be (ab)used a lot more, I think you should take your time after BEing once, to check your surrounding and fight back since you will be safe from most range attacks for the duration of your manareg reduction.

- I think your setup is very ... boring. Watching you play, you limit your offensive actions very often to just LB-LB-LB until one of your opponents is dead. This is suiting your playstyle of using BE as much as possible very well since you dont "waste" your mana for offensive purposes. But the resulting playstyle and versatility of the build is very limited.

This of course is just my personal opinion, but I wouldn`t want to play like that, just using mostly LB for offense and I think you waste a lot of the offensive potential a sorc has.

In summary, you don`t seem to be a bad player, but I think neither your setup nor your playstyle are using the classes potential optimally.

No offense intended, just my 2cent. Making vids is appreciated, tho. Thanks for that.

Best regards

Thanks for the feedback, no offense taken.

Yeah mage's wrath spam is a key to my build. I'm not particularly worried about the cost of ball of lightning, the trick is constantly casting for frag procs.

If I'm blinking too far in a situation it is because I need to put a little extra distance to use Dark Conversion without threat of interruption or I'm in an exposed position and I see riders coming which means I need them to spread out further to isolate targets.

I think calling the build limited is a bit shortsighted as I'm pretty damn effective at what I do and any time more than 1 person is chasing me is a win for our side. Either way it was a 1 v X video and I tried to limit footage where I was fighting in/against zergs and show some encounters where I had to rely on my own skill to kill the enemies.

All that said as a solo player I've gained more AP while playing than any other player in any campaign I've been but I still learn new things every day.

ferzalrwb17_ESO

Well it is boring but nearly all builds are boring in the sense that we spam one attack more than any other as our bread and butter attack. It's very hard to have a bar full of different attacks and use them all.

I just find it annoying mostly. But people find my build annoying. I've been playing with an annoying build for the past couple of weeks that gets me nasty messages all the time. The difference between me and this build, though, is that I'm extremely easy to kill if caught. I feel the tradeoff is appropriate and makes it more fun. I used to be much more survivable and found it very boring. Too cheesy. Like batspam which I've also played with a bit and found to be a ridiculous joke.

Panda244

Warz has a point, but he's just butt hurt. Per usual. It isn't kiting, and it isn't running away, it's like a mixture of both. Anywho, nice video. Come across someone with a shield and Absorb Magicka and it'd be kind of funny though since everything you do would heal them

Especcially the execute, I've gotten healed for 1k-1.5k when a sorc uses that on me and Absorb Magic is up, it's beautiful... They stop spamming spells and mutter to themselves.

tengri

I really like that 870 units potion stack!
Always good to be prepared for a long winter...