Templar or sorc right now?

Mr.Turtlesworth

I want to make a mage character. I'll probaby use heavy armor in pvp using magicka, and light armor in pve doing dps. they both have great magicka abilities

Kalfis

At least while leveling, Templars are gods.

You will never die, you will do ridiculous damage.

All you ever need to use is puncturing strike.



Also ritual of rebirth heals you to full.

technohic

^ Yeah, have fun with that puncturing strike in PvP. lol

Only thing Templars have on Sorcs is heals but I gotta tell you; not by as much as people would lead you to believe. Resto heals are where most of my healing comes from.

LameoveR

technohic wrote: »

^ Yeah, have fun with that puncturing strike in PvP. lol

Only thing Templars have on Sorcs is heals but I gotta tell you; not by as much as people would lead you to believe. Resto heals are where most of my healing comes from.

But.... but... templars has javelin and focused charge! And Jesus Beam! And.....and.... and something else i think.

AngryNord

LameoveR wrote: »

technohic wrote: »

^ Yeah, have fun with that puncturing strike in PvP. lol

Only thing Templars have on Sorcs is heals but I gotta tell you; not by as much as people would lead you to believe. Resto heals are where most of my healing comes from.

But.... but... templars has javelin and focused charge! And Jesus Beam! And.....and.... and something else i think.

Nova ultimate. That's our "I win" button... As long as the boss stands still in a limited area and doesn't start moving around, of course :P

cazlonb16_ESO

Templars are probably the easiest class to level ( not that any of the four has any difficulties there, mind you ), but don't expect to be taken along by any dungeon or trial group as a dd using magicka. In the pre execute phase the damage is abyssmal and looking only at dps Jesus Beam isn't that great either ( it has other advantages ). You wanna be a dd in PvE , you go stamina, that's the deal in 1.6 and it goes for Templar even more than the other classes.

In PvP you seem to have the right idea in using heavy armor. Crank up the regen rates and you've got yourself a very survivable build. Don't expect to kill anything but pure glass cannons in a reasonable time frame though...This is only really useful in group/raid settings.

Samadhi

Sorcerer has more interesting abilities to me, but also rolled up a Templar alt to play as a fire mage with Inferno staff + Reflective Light/Vampire's Bane.
Sorcerer feels more at home as a mage, but Templars get to shoot fireballs out of their hands.

eliisra

If you're set on playing a magic damage dealer only, than go sorcerer.

If you feel like branching out later on, do other stuff to, than pick templar.

Sorcerer is better at dealing magicka based dps. Doesn't really matter if you PvP or PvE, you will outshine a templar with similar build.

But templar is a better tank, better stamina dps and the best healer in the game. Magicka dps can be acceptable for endgame content, but slightly behind top 2 classes. However, if you use light armor and staff on a templar, people will expect you to heal.

technohic

eliisra wrote: »

If you're set on playing a magic damage dealer only, than go sorcerer.

If you feel like branching out later on, do other stuff to, than pick templar.

Sorcerer is better at dealing magicka based dps. Doesn't really matter if you PvP or PvE, you will outshine a templar with similar build.

But templar is a better tank, better stamina dps and the best healer in the game. Magicka dps can be acceptable for endgame content, but slightly behind top 2 classes. However, if you use light armor and staff on a templar, people will expect you to heal.

Just curious. What makes a Templar a better tank? Shield is more expensive, weaver as far as hit points, and shorter duration than sorc version. Blinding flashes is gone . Just curious on what templar tanks use to make them tank now.

Snit

Sorcs are better at pure magicka DPS.

Templars are better at Healing, Tanking and Melee DPS.

Pick your preference.

Tabbycat

Is Bowplar relevant again? I was considering leveling a stamina based Templar using the bow.

Ommamar

technohic wrote: »

eliisra wrote: »

If you're set on playing a magic damage dealer only, than go sorcerer.

If you feel like branching out later on, do other stuff to, than pick templar.

Sorcerer is better at dealing magicka based dps. Doesn't really matter if you PvP or PvE, you will outshine a templar with similar build.

But templar is a better tank, better stamina dps and the best healer in the game. Magicka dps can be acceptable for endgame content, but slightly behind top 2 classes. However, if you use light armor and staff on a templar, people will expect you to heal.

Just curious. What makes a Templar a better tank? Shield is more expensive, weaver as far as hit points, and shorter duration than sorc version. Blinding flashes is gone . Just curious on what templar tanks use to make them tank now.

One of the main components of a "tank" is the ability to draw aggro so the two option are Puncture and Inner Fire. Sometimes I will put both generally only have one taunt up. I am guessing weaver=weaker, are you speaking of the 30% of the health for its duration? Easy to fix if it is a concern get more health. Do you mean the fact that the Sorc shield is a dot? That would be nice but one gives burst damage the other gives sustained dps. One of the things I use a lot is the Aedric spear ultimate it is cheap does some damage but more important lowers the damage a lot particularly in an AE situation.

As to which one I think they both have their merits, I think Sorcs may hit harder but Templars have better survivability. I guess my advice is to try both on test then decide what you like from there.

TheMightyGreycat

i recommend templars

Mr.Turtlesworth

Thanks guys. Looks like I'll go sorc because I won't play stam on my alt because my main character is a stam DK

Leon119

Templar is the best stamina dps atm and magicka isnt that high so if u want to go magicka i recommend sorc