What do you guys think of my sorcerer build?

namelessperson

First off, hi, I'm new to the forums. I'm a VR16 sorcerer (and I recently hit VR16 too). I can't post a pic unfortunately, but here's the rundown of my stats basically (completely unbuffed). Also, I'm a vampire:
Race: Breton
CP lvl: 233
Mundus stone: Thief
Magicka: 22643*
HP: 11193*
Stamina: 12682*
Attribute investments: Magicka 44, Health 0, Stamina 20
Spell damage(destruction staff): 1385*
Spell damage (healing staff): 1550*
Spell damage (daggers): 1647*
Weapon damage (daggers): 2037*
Weapon critical with daggers equipped: 62.7%*
Spell critical: 41%* (across the board I believe
Spell resistance: about 14k
Physical resistance: OVER 9000! (no seriously, its like 9815)
Magicka recovey: 905-975, depending on weapon used
Health recovery: 388*
Stamina recovery: 636*
*values are approximate, as exact as possible due to now slightly dated character screenshots, i.e. some equipment has changed.

Equipment sets: I recently switched over from Song of Lamae (idk what I was thinking using that set for so long). The sets I primarily use now are Magnus' Gift and Night Mother's gaze. I also have just two pieces of Torug's Pact for additional spell damage. My destruction staff(1), head(2), body(3), shoulders(4), and pants(5) are Magnus' Gift. My daggers(2), shoes(3) and belt(4) are Night Mother's gaze, for added weapon critical. My gloves and healing staff are Torug's Pact.

Explanations: I envisioned a very specific character, both build-wise and aesthetically (looks-wise). My first bar abilities change depending on which staff I'm using. If destruction, my abilities go: Mage's Wrath (fun to spam on low-health enemies and watch eveything get caught in the AoE), Summon Twilight Matriarch(for quick healing, plus of course pet DPS), Streak(obvious uses), Daedric Tomb/Unstable Wall of Elements (depends if I want DoT at the moment or CC) and Elemental Ring (AoE AND DoT? Yes please!). Ult: Devouring Bat Swarm

If restoration: Crystal Blast (appealing to me as a healer to keep enemies away via CC and help deal some damage), Twilight Matriarch (the bulk of my healing build), Unstable Clanfear(basically just additional DPS. This one might be replaceable), Healing ward, Blessing of Restoration. Ult: Devouring Bat Swarm
This bar is what (thanks to the recent patch) allows me to FINALLY cue as a healer AND DPS and not get roasted for it.

Daggers: Boundless Storm(playing to my magicka strength), Blood Craze, Critical Surge (this is what all that weapon critical is for), Hardened Ward, Rapid Strikes. Ult: Charged Atronach.

The reason I chose this build is because, in every Elder Scrolls game, and in many other RPGs, I like to be a bit of a stealth/magic hybrid. Some at this point may ask "Then why not be a nightblade?". Well, in the context of Elder Scrolls, I always leveled up my Sneak, used bladed weapons, and my favorite three schools of magic were Conjuration, Restoration, and Destruction, in that order. I also understand that in this MMO setting, not everything can be replicated perfectly, but, Sorcerer would obviously be the appropriate class if I were to replicate these things in this game's settings and parameters. Also, part of my build, especially the staffs, is influenced from my time on FFXIV, on which I played as a Scholar and White mage, for those of you who might know what that is. Anyway, sorry for the incredibly long post, tried to be concise. What do you guys think?

Nestor

namelessperson wrote: »

Oh! Also forgot to mention: I don't really do PvP. Ever, lol. This build is geared toward PvE content like dungeons and such. And you're right, I have been successful with this build for solo content and normal dungeons, but, I have yet to try it on every vet dungeon. If it does indeed end up seeming disastrous, I'll probably just spec everything back into magicka.

You could even do this with Gear and save the Respec Costs. Well, one respec to put everything into Magic. Then, have a gear set that has some Stamina Bonuses and Glyphs on it (maybe a mix of stamina and magic glyphs) and then one set that is focused on magic. Then all you have to do is swap gear, move some skills around and your ready to face to big bosses with a Magic Focus and everything else the way you want to.

I myself could never get into using DW on my Sorcerer to gain spell power, I had nothing to weave attacks with, so I felt my overall DPS was lower not having something to weave. Weaving is how I maintain my magic pool for longer. But, one of the good things about this game, is other than some Vet Dungeons and Trials, all PvE content can be handled with just about any build. I will pause for a moment while the Min/Maxers hyperventilate over this statement.

Nestor

Since all of your attacks are magic based, why do you have points into Stamina?

Also, Julianos/Torugs/Willpower or Syrbane would be a better gear set if you go Magic.

Now, if your killing mobs they way you want to, then there is no reason to change your build. But if you find your wanting to up your game for Vet Dungeon Bosses, Trials and to dip your toes into PvP, you may want to focus on Magic Attributes and Bonuses.

namelessperson

Oh, also, I didn't really go into the areas I'm speccing into for champion points, because I don't remember all of that off the top of my head. And I forgot to mention my jewelry! Which is all Willpower, and two pieces of which are magicka. To answer your question, I mostly leaned toward magicka, but put those 20 pts in Stamina because, on my daggers bar, I do have two dual wield abilities, and I wanted to at least slightly improve their dmg capability. But yes, I am mostly a magicka user lol.

namelessperson

Should I just continue to use champion points to improve weapon damage for those abilities, and spec those 20 pts back into magicka?

wayfarerx

namelessperson wrote: »

Should I just continue to use champion points to improve weapon damage for those abilities, and spec those 20 pts back into magicka?

Sorry to say, but running both magicka weapon skills and stamina weapon skills at the same time is going to end in tears. You can probably work through the solo leveling content with a hybrid build just fine, but in vet dungeons, trials or PvP you're going to have a bad time.

Dual wield does have a passive that improves your spell damage, but that's all it really brings to the magicka party.

namelessperson

wayfarerx wrote: »

namelessperson wrote: »

Sorry to say, but running both magicka weapon skills and stamina weapon skills at the same time is going to end in tears. You can probably work through the solo leveling content with a hybrid build just fine, but in vet dungeons, trials or PvP you're going to have a bad time.

@wayfarerx Oh! Also forgot to mention: I don't really do PvP. Ever, lol. This build is geared toward PvE content like dungeons and such. And you're right, I have been successful with this build for solo content and normal dungeons, but, I have yet to try it on every vet dungeon. If it does indeed end up seeming disastrous, I'll probably just spec everything back into magicka.

namelessperson

@Nestor Right! I do that actually: my glyphs are as close to a half and half stamina/magicka mix as I can get... Separate stamina gear set might also be a good idea, yeah... thanks for that suggestion.

namelessperson

Yes.... I have an idea what I can do now ... Thanks everyone!