My first piece of advice, since you're level 29: stop using repetitive attacks. Every boss has a specific attack pattern, and knowing when and how to defend against them is important. Half of those spells are negated by immune or non-moving bosses.I'm a lvl 29 magika sorc.
While questing and pulling mobs this is usually my cycle.
Dmg morph of encase, surge, liquid lightning, lightning blockade, voletile familiar pulse, spam heavy.
I have like 4 of them now. Say I'm in a solo boss fight. How do I keep them all up and maintain a somewhat decent cycle?
The fastest way to level up spells at an early level is to stick to playing one-bar, then putting the other spells on the back bar. BEFORE you turn in a quest, swap bars so all the exp goes to the spells you want to level. Just don't forget to swap back. This works for weapons, too, so if you're looking to use a bow as an alt, you can put the bow on the backbar and this will level it quickly as well.Also any trick to morphing conjured ward into hardened ward? Like to speed it up? I know some abilities require certain game play to morph.
My first piece of advice, since you're level 29: stop using repetitive attacks. Every boss has a specific attack pattern, and knowing when and how to defend against them is important. Half of those spells are negated by immune or non-moving bosses.
You should only spam heavy if you're low on magicka, because heavies take about 4 seconds to render. Lightning is unique in that it procs its heavy instantly, but doesn't allow you to break for 4 seconds. Use light attacks instead, and this allows you to cast more spells between shots (weaving).
My second piece of advice is to bar Destructive Touch/Clench, either on lightning (stun) or inferno (knock back). I put mine on inferno because that extra space can be very helpful. Then, cast any AoE slightly before them, as they get up, they'll run right through it, taking damage.
My third piece of advice is don't use any wards in PvE, because they take precious magicka and do little in return when dealing with PvE mobs. Most wards only deflect a portion of damage over time, which won't help you squat if you're being pummeled by mobs (as I'm sure you've already figured out).
Use Annulment against spell casters (though some are immune) and Entropy if you're having issues maintaining health.
But call it a hunch once you stop mashing the same spell attacks over and over, things will get better.
I don't consider Surge a protection spell, but no, I don't use any protection spells in PvE. I do considerable damage I don't have time to cast a protection spell. I need that magicka.So, your saying don't use any protection based spells? Not even surge?
Mashing buttons is throwing out anything that hits, rather than using your combos effectively.What do you mean mashing buttons? I feel like I do a somewhat standard rotation. Keep aoe down and throw in light attacks and single target spells on others.
Maybe I'm not getting what your saying.
Thank you for the info! Great stuff.
I don't need inner light on both bars do i? I read they fixed a bug concerning that.
@Magdalina posted here some rly good advices. I can add just few things. Mag sorc in current state can solo most of version I of vet dungs, so aming in just casual PvE will gimp you. Shields are not necesarry when fighting trash mobs, surge and dots will keep you at 100% hp most of the time, but when fighting bosses these are a must. 25k shield casted before boss winds up his blow makes sure you will survive this blow, yes you can streak out of it but there is a lot of unavoidable dmg in dungs, youll need shields.
Note that my dung and in general pve setup is mostly focused on being able to solo anything, its not a trial dps setup.
Gear:
Infernal guardian/Valkyn Skoria.
Necropotence.
Lich - For sustain.
Main bar: Sharpen Necropotence lightning staff.
Back bar resto lich staff (you need fifth set effect only when below 33% of your max magica, this way you can have 2+5+5 setup with staves)
Skills. Main bar: Liquid lightning, Elemental blockade, Volatile Familiar, Hardened ward, Inner light, Overload.
Backbar. Power surge, Thundering presence, Volatile Famiar, Healing ward / Dark deal (yes this morph, you wont need more magica, but sometimes you will have to roll or break free a lot and more stamina is always handy - with dark deal on bar, you can use even sword and board or other destro staff instead of resto staff), Streak.
Spell wall/Destro ult/Shooting star/Greater storm attronach.
Trust me, for PvE its real beast mode.
I don't have any end game sets like your mentioning. I've chose not to lvl resto, for now. I run dual destro.
I swear I watched a alcast vid, that said inner light didn't have to be double barred anymore.
What is thundering presence?
I can't answer this question for you because you'll have to determine what type of magSorc you're building.Thank you for the info! Great stuff.
I don't need inner light on both bars do i? I read they fixed a bug concerning that.