Sorcerer Magicka DPS Build - Suggestions

Pale_sorc

Sorcerer-High Elf

I am trying to build a Magicka based Sorcerer. Looking for some suggestions on passive as well as active skills. Please let me know any other skills good to have and passive skills

Main Hand- Destruction Staff
Skill 1-Crystal Shard + Morph on Crystal Fragments (Massive Damage)
Skill 2 -Mages Fury + Morph on Endless Fury (Finisher)
Skill 3-Lightning Splash + Morph on Liquid Lightning (First Hit)
Skill 4-Weakness to Elements +Morph on Elemental Drain (Enemy Buff)
Skill 5-Magelight + Morph on Inner Light (Increase the chance of Critical Hit)
Ultimate-Overload + Morph on Energy Overload
Backup Hand- Restoration Staff
Skill 1-Crystal Shard + Morph on Crystal Fragments (Massive Damage)
Skill 2 -Mages Fury + Morph on Endless Fury (Finisher)
Skill 3-Lightning Splash + Morph on Liquid Lightning (First Hit)
Skill 4- Grand Healing + Morph on Healing Springs (Healing)
Skill 5- Unstable Familiar + Morph on Unstable Clannfear(Summon)
Ultimate- Summon Storm Atronach +Morph on Greater Storm Atronach

Septimus_Magna

Personally I prefer double destro for dungeons, here's my setup:

1st bar: fire destro staff
Liquid lightning, force pulse, crystal frags, inner light, bound aegis > overload

Overload bar:
Liquid lightning, endless fury, entropy, inner light, bound aegis

2nd bar: lightning destro staff
Hardened ward, storm ring, power surge, inner light, bound aegis > barrier (if you have magicka regen passive) or shooting star

Inner light and bound aegis boost max magicka by 15% and with 34k max magicka hardened ward is enough to keep me alive. Personally I prefer power surge over entropy because it means I have to switch bars less often, the heals are pretty bad but the duration is worth it. The duration of power surge will be increased to 30 sec with the next update btw. On my overload bar I do use entropy because it greatly boosts the damage of the overload light attacks. The disadvantage of endless fury on the overload bar isnt so big because it does around the same dps as the normal rotation but it works well with overload light attacks to execute. You also need one of the pulsar morphs to aoe down trash as a sorc, without it trash just takes up too much time.

Note, liquid lightning actually gives you a 20% damage buff, its important to keep this and power surge up all the time. I use Srendar buff add-on, this makes it a lot easier to keep track of the buffs.

Pale_sorc

I am having issues with passive .. I am presently using these

Unholy Knowledge and Blood Magic Dark Magic skill line
Power Stone Daedric Summoning skill line
Capacitor and Disintegrate Storm Calling skill line
Evocation and Recovery Light Armor skill line
Supernatual Recovery and Undeath World Vampire skill line
Gift of Magnus and Magicka Mastery Racial

bbritton8883525_ESO

1. Change the resto staff for destro staff on your 2nd bar.

2. Change destro staff for duel wield swords on your 1st bar.


Using a resto staff for just 1 healing skill is a waste of dps. You should make your 2nd bar your buff bar instead of using the same skills as your 1st bar. Hardened ward is your friend when it comes to staying alive.

Using duel wield will increase your spell power by quite a bit over a destro staff. You are currently only using 1 destro skill anyways which you can change out when you actually need it. Most people don't use it as it is not really good considering the amount of magicka that it takes to cast. If you want to make your 1st bar skill hit harder; then go duel wield.

Power surge is also a great skill. Heals you for 40% of the damage that you do in 20 seconds.

Defilted

First bar Destruction staff
Critical Surge
Crushing shock
Crystal Shard
Mages Fury
Dark conversion or Equilibrium
Overload

Second bar Destruction staff
Critical Surge
Elemental blockade or replace with lighting flood
Elemental ring
Boundless storm
Shattering prison
Overload

Third bar(Because I used overload twice)
Critical surge
Bound armaments
Inner light
Bolt escape
Annulment

Only Resto staff on the second bar for leveling Resto staff and if you have to fill in for a healer.

Thelon

You don't need Mages Fury and Liquid Lightning on both bars. Replace Mages Wrath on your main bar with V. Curse. Replace Liquid Lightning on your main bar with Force Pulse. Keep Magelight active on both bars.

Pale_sorc

Any Major passives that I should unlock ?

Thelon

For passives, get everything for your race and for Light Armor. Almost all of the Sorcerer class skill passives are useful as well. Eventually, you'll have so many skill points that you'll be able to get everything, assuming you're not MA ing 5 different crafting skills on your main.

Pale_sorc

I am trying to get crafting for clothes and woodwork. That costs 20-22 points. It's really hard to get high end gear. And it never drops

Pale_sorc

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

Personally I prefer double destro for dungeons, here's my setup:

1st bar: fire destro staff
Liquid lightning, force pulse, crystal frags, inner light, bound aegis > overload

Overload bar:
Liquid lightning, endless fury, entropy, inner light, bound aegis

2nd bar: lightning destro staff
Hardened ward, storm ring, power surge, inner light, bound aegis > barrier (if you have magicka regen passive) or shooting star

Inner light and bound aegis boost max magicka by 15% and with 34k max magicka hardened ward is enough to keep me alive. Personally I prefer power surge over entropy because it means I have to switch bars less often, the heals are pretty bad but the duration is worth it. The duration of power surge will be increased to 30 sec with the next update btw. On my overload bar I do use entropy because it greatly boosts the damage of the overload light attacks. The disadvantage of endless fury on the overload bar isnt so big because it does around the same dps as the normal rotation but it works well with overload light attacks to execute. You also need one of the pulsar morphs to aoe down trash as a sorc, without it trash just takes up too much time.

Note, liquid lightning actually gives you a 20% damage buff, its important to keep this and power surge up all the time. I use Srendar buff add-on, this makes it a lot easier to keep track of the buffs.

I have used all 49 points to Magic. Shall i distribute like 40 to magic and 10 to health ?

Defilted

I have put all my points in Magika. I am all PVE so I am not worried about the damage mitigation in PVP. With Food buff I am not seeing a survive ability issue.

You could also use gear to upgrade health. At least experiment with it.