Help with Destructive Staff Morphs Please...

BuzzZaw60

Hello Fellow ESO travelers...

My primary character is a Sorc > Breton and I've been using a Destructive & Healing Staff combo from the start. I've looked around at several player tips and guides for a little help here and there but have come to a point in the crossroads on the morphs for my Destructive staff.....I'm at Level 35 by the way...

Some of the guides I've looked at...including Deltia's....and others have morphs from both sides giving a good reason and points to which I'm a bit confused as to which one to go with.

I use Wall of Elements a lot but here I've seen Unstable and Blockade used almost evenly...to me Blockade seems to have a edge but I'm not sure

Destructive Touch...I don't use this one a lot but I do have the choice to morph it as well. Clench seems to be the obvious but reach gives a early zapper with range. Again seen both ways

Impulse....Ring is set at another location...I assume something like a targeting circle like Liquid Lighting. But does it deal additional damage or just to target somewhere else? Pulsar on the other hand seems to be a good choice as a defensive skill reducing health for enemies who gets close (6 meters radius) and at 30 seconds. Again a bit fuzzy on this

And Elemental Storm I have not unlocked yet and like the others seen it go both ways

Thank you for any tips and suggestions as usual.

Kenny J - PS4 - BuzzZaw82

darthsithis

Use force pulse! Crushing shock if you don't feel confident bashing haha. They are morphs of force shock.

Use it to prof frags and spam while aoe or dot are up.

darthsithis

So wall of elements, liquid, curse + scamp then pulse pulse pulse (frag when you can) swap, reapply lightning and wall, repeat

darthsithis

Clench is a dot that knocks back, not really spammable stuff. Pulse will proc ilambris and lightning wall will cause concussed status which gives you a damage buff (8%?) as well as off balance which if u have 75 in thaumaturge will do even more to them. 75 thaum, 1 staff expert, ~100 elemental expert and rest in elfborn.

This got me many flawless vma runs on my sorc lmk if that helps a little!

Waffennacht

darthsithis wrote: »

Clench is a dot that knocks back, not really spammable stuff. Pulse will proc ilambris and lightning wall will cause concussed status which gives you a damage buff (8%?) as well as off balance which if u have 75 in thaumaturge will do even more to them. 75 thaum, 1 staff expert, ~100 elemental expert and rest in elfborn.

This got me many flawless vma runs on my sorc lmk if that helps a little!

It's knock back with fire only. Stun with Lightning and roots with Frost.

I'm clench for fire, reach for Lightning or Frost.

darthsithis

^correct, my mistake.

point is get pulse lol. i could see mag dk using the dot or pvp players enjoying some of the extra effects, but for pve good ol pulse and wall of elements let your healer run ele drain honestly

dpencil1

@BuzzZaw60
Blockade is better than Unstable in most cases, and should always be on a bar in PvE.

Destructive Clench is better than Reach in most cases, but is a bad skill overall except for PvP greifing. Do not use it as a Sorc in PvE. You don't have the bar space for it.

Pulsar is better than Elemental Ring in most cases because you'll be able to cast it faster, generally. Really though, you should be using Lightning Heavy attacks instead.

Both morphs of Elemental Storm are worth leveling. Stationary for PvE and mobile for PvP.

You didn't mention Force Pulse, but that is an important skill. It counts as 3 attacks, so is great for procing armor set effects and crystal frags. Crushing Shock is actually not much weaker and does let you interrupt from range, so I usually prefer that morph.

Also, Elemental Drain is a very powerful skill, lowering target spell resistance and giving you magicka back. If you are not playing with a healer who is running this, you should try to find space on your bar for it, if possible.

Waffennacht

@dpencil there's​ something to be said about frost immobilize from a keep top down under oils

dpencil1

@Waffennacht I did say "expect PvP griefing"