Need help with my wood elf mage sorc

ama8o8

So Im currently level 16 and enjoying playing as a mage. However I know bosmer isnt the best at being one and not having the passives of the more magically inclined races would gimp me...so I wanted to know as im starting out what skills and passives should I focus on? (Im not interested in stamina btw Im not feeling like using a bow or blades)

dpencil1

You are still very early in the leveling process. Do yourself a favor and reroll as a high elf. No need to waste crowns on a race change token. It will matter come end-game.

In terms of skills:
Power Surge
Liquid Lightning
Blockade of Elements
Empowered Ward
Daedric Prey or Haunting Curse depending whether you decide to run pets or not
Volatile Familiar
Twilight Matriarch
Bound Aegis if no pet, or just 1 pet maybe
Endless Fury

I have listed these as their morph names.

Crystal Fragments and Force Pulse are also good, but can be draining on your resources. I prefer just heavy attacking between activating all my damage over time skills.

In PvP, some of the skill choices will be different.

ama8o8

dpencil1 wrote: »

You are still very early in the leveling process. Do yourself a favor and reroll as a high elf. No need to waste crowns on a race change token. It will matter come end-game.

In terms of skills:
Power Surge
Liquid Lightning
Blockade of Elements
Empowered Ward
Daedric Prey or Haunting Curse depending on pet usage
Volatile Familiar
Twilight Matriarch
Endless Fury

I have listed these as their morph names.
Crystal Fragments and Force Pulse are also good, but can be draining on your resources. I prefer just heavy attacking between activating all my damage over time skills.

I already spent crowns to change my character's appearance so Im kind of not willing to reroll.

ama8o8

ama8o8 wrote: »

dpencil1 wrote: »

You are still very early in the leveling process. Do yourself a favor and reroll as a high elf. No need to waste crowns on a race change token. It will matter come end-game.

In terms of skills:
Power Surge
Liquid Lightning
Blockade of Elements
Empowered Ward
Daedric Prey or Haunting Curse depending on pet usage
Volatile Familiar
Twilight Matriarch
Endless Fury

I have listed these as their morph names.
Crystal Fragments and Force Pulse are also good, but can be draining on your resources. I prefer just heavy attacking between activating all my damage over time skills.

I already spent crowns to change my character's appearance so Im kind of not willing to reroll.

But Ill use your advice on those skills.

imulsi0n

I think he means your only level 16. Make a new character. Thats what i would do. Level 16 can be achieved in a few hours.

ama8o8

imulsi0n wrote: »

I think he means your only level 16. Make a new character. Thats what i would do. Level 16 can be achieved in a few hours.

Problem is I really dont want to play a dunmer or an altmer. Im more of abosmer fan.

Keep_Door

Switch to stamina.

Jkjk.

You dont need to min/max to enjoy this game. Will you have less magicka and do yes damage ... yes but is a wood elf magsorc unplayable no not at all. It will be like a 10% difference noticable but not detrimental.

Enjoy the game and play how you want. I would however suggest to level duel weild and bow as a back up just incase a time comes when you want to be a min/maxer and play endgame content.

Jitterbug

Good for you. Fight the Meta!

They builds will be the same across races and the difference will only be noticable in a competitive setting.

Asardes

1) Go to Elden Root
2) Reset skills and attributes
3) Put everything into stamina and morphs
4) Train skills and morphs
5) Enjoy

ama8o8

Asardes wrote: »

1) Go to Elden Root
2) Reset skills and attributes
3) Put everything into stamina and morphs
4) Train skills and morphs
5) Enjoy

I already said I dont wanna be a dagger or bow user.

TheNuminous1

#FightTheMeta

I'm on a magicka bosmer warden healer
You can be a magic wood elf!!!!

eso_nya

Nothing wrong with bosmer sorcerer. It only matters slightly if u plan to become leaderboards next topmonkey, for everything else, u'll do fine and u wouldnt notice a difference to arrogantmer- or dumbmer-passives. by numbers, that wont be more than 9% of your dps, means if u pull 50k, with an optimised race you would pull 54,5k)

Passives to focus on first:
Light Armor ones (except spell warding, doesnt matter in early game), and destro ones (tri focus, elemental force and ancient knowledge)
Surge, Annulment and Conjured Ward is what keeps u alive.
Unstable/Volatile familiar is what kills stuff for u. While its on it, keep Wall of elements and Lightning Splash up. And boost the little bugger with Deadric curse.
Inner Light from Mages guild is nice to have.
Firestick is for placing wall of elements, stormstick is for heavy attacks.

Beardimus

I'm unsure why no one is listening to you @ama808 you made it pretty clear in your first post you know what you are getting yourself into with a stamina focused race so we'll leave that aside.

As above unless you end up chasing the final few % it wont make a huge difference to play the way you want to. Enjoy it.

The skill list above covers you, you will prob use the Pets to level, great heals and can tank for you a bit.

Then you want to overlap aoe for pve so liquid lightning, and Ele Bloackade. Power surge for major sorcery. Use wards as full light armour. Then either heavy attack or weave force pulse is pretty standard setup. Crystal frag when it procs lob it.

AcadianPaladin

My magsorc does very well. So does my magplar healer. Both are Bosmer. Until I can create a tiny Altmer and pretend she's a wood elf, my magic characters will remain Bosmer. My race selection takes priority over the stats.

phileunderx2

I have a khajiit magica sorc and I can solo most of the normal dungeons with her. She was my first character and I didn't know any better. With necropotence, a pet out and bound armor she has over 40 k magica with food. So go ahead a play your bosmer sorc.

AcadianPaladin

phileunderx2 wrote: »

I have a khajiit magica sorc and I can solo most of the normal dungeons with her. She was my first character and I didn't know any better. With necropotence, a pet out and bound armor she has over 40 k magica with food. So go ahead a play your bosmer sorc.

That sounds just about right. My Bosmer magsorc with food & necropotty runs 39K magicka - she doesn't use bound armor and has not yet gotten the passive stat boosts from the top Undaunted skill line. +40 is very very achievable for a Bosmer. In addition to 39K blue, mine has 19K red and 11K green.

ccfeeling

There is no role play spirit in the game , race passives are too important.
Delete this char , roll a new one , HELF or DELF are both fine.