just started the game

whyyounolose

and i'm in love with it too bad today there is maintenence so i think i'll ask you guys some help

i'm going with a high elf sorcerer i'm level 20 now


first bar - dps - destro staff or blade

endless fury
Crystal fragments
velocious curse
Greater atronach

second bar - i want to use this as a backup, healing more for myself than my team of friends, we have a templar healer so i'll focus more on dps and this bar to help myself just in case i need

steadfast ward (will replace with healing ward)
boundless form (will replace with bolt escape)
encase/runeprison

i really like encase, rune prison, daedric mines, surge, daedric Exchange (only have the first two unlocked tho)
what i usually do is damage until i need to backup, switch to the secondary bar and put the ward and maybe encase the enemies, switch again to the first bar and go with the combo curse/frag/fury. rinse and repeat

i can't really speak about passives because i unlocked the ones that i think are more appropriate and i have some skill points to use when i know a passive is good to have or not ahah
i think they are
spell carge
gift of magnus
cycle of life
soul summon
soul shatter
capacitor
and something else i can't remember now

i don't know what second ultimate i should use in the secondary bar, the ultimate from soul magic skill line seems cool tho but i think i need one more defensive style

i'm going with magicka and health while assign attributes but if i'll use daedric Exchange shoul di go for full stamina?

LiquidSchwartz

Don't go full stamina lol

Sandshark95

Personally, I wouldn't recommend putting any points into stamina, let alone putting all of them there. Not saying stamina sorcerers aren't viable, but it's a difficult build to play and you wouldn't be able to really utilize any of your class abilities. Drop most, if not all, of your points into magicka. If necessary, a few (10-15, at most) points in health is a sound investment for survivability. Wear at least 5 pieces of light armor, if you're not already doing so.

For your main ultimate, the Atronach is a good choice and commonly used by Sorcs. The other two class ultimate options are great; you can't truly go wrong with either one. I must say that, for group content, Negate Magic (Dark Magic skill tree ultimate) is amazing and can be a real life-saver. You definitely want to start lorebook hunting to grind your Mages Guild skill tree to max level; the ultimate you unlock at rank 10, Meteor, is an exceptionally popular choice amongst magicka builds of any class. In addition, the non-ultimate abilities in the Mages Guild tree are excellent.

Some other abilities I'd suggest picking up and trying out are Inner Light (morph of Magelight, Mages Guild tree), Structured Entropy (morph of Entropy, Mages Guild tree), Fire Rune (either morph, Mages Guild tree), Impulse (either morph, Destro Staff tree), and Force Shock (either morph, Destro Staff tree).

Overall, just keeping leveling up and progressing through the game. You're only lvl 20 right now, so I wouldn't worry about committing to a solid build for quite some time. It's good to know what you're going for with regards to endgame, but while leveling, be sure to stay flexible and remember that you can always respec your skills at any time.

Hope that helps