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Dual Wield Magicka Sorc PvP Build [Murkmire]
LeifErickson
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Hey guys! I wanted to share my mag sorc pvp build I have been having a lot of fun on. I have only played it in cp so I'm not sure how it would fare in bgs and no cp, but with a few adjustments (or none?) I'm sure it would be strong.
Build video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5bl7EHrLg&feature=youtu.be
Written guide:
Build
High elf Sorcerer
5 light 1 medium 1 heavy
5 spinners
5 shacklebreaker
2 mighty chudan
All magicka glyphs with impen trait
2 spell damage and one mag regen on jewlery
Spinners or black rose resto or a random crafted resto with one line of preferred stat (such as mag regen, physical resist etc.)
Main sword nirnhoned with shock glyph and offhand sharpened with oblivion glyph
Infused resto with weapon damage glyph
All attributes in magicka
Mage mundus
Clockwork citrus filet food
Skills
DW bar: endless fury, dark conversion, crystal fragments, inner light, streak, summon charged atronach
Resto bar: haunting curse, healing ward, harness magicka, hardened ward, power surge, energy overload
Stats
Everything is unbuffed in Cyrodiil with mighty chudan on and inner light on. These are the front bar stats so magicka and crit will be lower on back bar. Add 6% crit for sorc passives as well as all other normal combat buffs such as major sorcery and glyphs.
Offensive Rotation
While fully buffed: (commas separate global cooldowns) light attack curse, light attack enter overload barswap, overload light endless fury, overload light mixup
Mixup can be a frag if it procs, it can be another endless fury, or it can be a streak. It just depends on the situation and what would be most effective at the time.
How to Play
On the defensive you will pretty much just be stacking shields over and over. You want to keep dark conversion up every 20 seconds since it gives you magicka back over time now. Use it also when you need a big chunk of magicka back. Streak through your enemies to stun them. This works especially well when shield stacking and turning around and streaking through all of your attackers. Entering overload costs one global cooldown but existing it does not! Try to stay with line of sight to help mitigate damage when outnumbered. Use roll dodge and block to help secure kills when going offensive when your shields are taking a lot of damage or are down and use roll dodge and block on defense when needed. Harness magicka gives insane sustain when fighting even one magicka player. Sustain should be easy in those kinds of fights. When fighting only stam you must be more careful. For more in depth info on how to play, please watch the build video and/or gameplay videos.
CP
48 warlord
8 sprinter
75 arcanist
49 mooncalf
37 tenacity
48 tumbling
5 shadow ward
81 elfborn
75 elemental expert
33 spell erosion
81 master at arms
56 ironclad
68 resistant
72 thick skinned
37 hardy
37 elemental defender
I have not tested physical weapon expert and staff expert to see if they buff overload yet.
Substitutions
You can literally trade any gear set for another if you prefer another. Spell strategist, julianos, and elegance come to mind. Slimecraw, blood spawn, and pirate skeleton are also good monster mask substitutions. Entropy is a great choice over power surge. If you can fit boundless storm, you can swap mighty chudan for something else. Mines is also a great choice. Running a staff is a viable option on this build, but you would have to make more adjustments based on what you need and prefer. The other morph of skills such as atro and overload are good choices as well. Any gear or skill substitutions are definitely recommended if they fit your playstyle better! If you have an idea and want to know what I think, let me know! I will answer all questions posted in this thread and will try to help clear up any confusions or will gladly accept alteration ideas to make the build better.
Videos of build in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FnedAAZ10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7GRmLltoo
Build video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5bl7EHrLg&feature=youtu.beWritten guide:
Build
High elf Sorcerer
5 light 1 medium 1 heavy
5 spinners
5 shacklebreaker
2 mighty chudan
All magicka glyphs with impen trait
2 spell damage and one mag regen on jewlery
Spinners or black rose resto or a random crafted resto with one line of preferred stat (such as mag regen, physical resist etc.)
Main sword nirnhoned with shock glyph and offhand sharpened with oblivion glyph
Infused resto with weapon damage glyph
All attributes in magicka
Mage mundus
Clockwork citrus filet food
Skills
DW bar: endless fury, dark conversion, crystal fragments, inner light, streak, summon charged atronach
Resto bar: haunting curse, healing ward, harness magicka, hardened ward, power surge, energy overload
Stats
Everything is unbuffed in Cyrodiil with mighty chudan on and inner light on. These are the front bar stats so magicka and crit will be lower on back bar. Add 6% crit for sorc passives as well as all other normal combat buffs such as major sorcery and glyphs.
Offensive Rotation
While fully buffed: (commas separate global cooldowns) light attack curse, light attack enter overload barswap, overload light endless fury, overload light mixup
Mixup can be a frag if it procs, it can be another endless fury, or it can be a streak. It just depends on the situation and what would be most effective at the time.
How to Play
On the defensive you will pretty much just be stacking shields over and over. You want to keep dark conversion up every 20 seconds since it gives you magicka back over time now. Use it also when you need a big chunk of magicka back. Streak through your enemies to stun them. This works especially well when shield stacking and turning around and streaking through all of your attackers. Entering overload costs one global cooldown but existing it does not! Try to stay with line of sight to help mitigate damage when outnumbered. Use roll dodge and block to help secure kills when going offensive when your shields are taking a lot of damage or are down and use roll dodge and block on defense when needed. Harness magicka gives insane sustain when fighting even one magicka player. Sustain should be easy in those kinds of fights. When fighting only stam you must be more careful. For more in depth info on how to play, please watch the build video and/or gameplay videos.
CP
48 warlord
8 sprinter
75 arcanist
49 mooncalf
37 tenacity
48 tumbling
5 shadow ward
81 elfborn
75 elemental expert
33 spell erosion
81 master at arms
56 ironclad
68 resistant
72 thick skinned
37 hardy
37 elemental defender
I have not tested physical weapon expert and staff expert to see if they buff overload yet.
Substitutions
You can literally trade any gear set for another if you prefer another. Spell strategist, julianos, and elegance come to mind. Slimecraw, blood spawn, and pirate skeleton are also good monster mask substitutions. Entropy is a great choice over power surge. If you can fit boundless storm, you can swap mighty chudan for something else. Mines is also a great choice. Running a staff is a viable option on this build, but you would have to make more adjustments based on what you need and prefer. The other morph of skills such as atro and overload are good choices as well. Any gear or skill substitutions are definitely recommended if they fit your playstyle better! If you have an idea and want to know what I think, let me know! I will answer all questions posted in this thread and will try to help clear up any confusions or will gladly accept alteration ideas to make the build better.
Videos of build in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FnedAAZ10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7GRmLltoo 3