Bow Sorcerer Atributes

DarkWombat · February 2015

Level 35 Dark Elf Bow Sorcerer here. I use a bow and staff. Not the easiest combo to pull off. After putting most of my point in health and Magicka, last night I visited good old Mournhold and came up with this:

Numbers in parenthesis are my totals with gear. Alos, I odnt just use Magicka for Surge, etc, I also use damaging spells.

Magicka: 13 (1106)
Health: 5 (1007)
Stamina: 16 (1187)
Armor: 1198 (mix of some cloth and plate)

I seem to be doing a lot more damage all around, especially with bow and staff skills.

I dont plan on doing too much pvp mostly pve.
So my question is this: Am I on the right track? Where should my next points go into? Should Stamina and Magicka be even?
What would be a good final ratio?
40%. 20%, 40%?

Thanks

Tankqull · February 2015

for pve no magica, health at 20-40points depending on your ability to avoid voids, everything left into stamina. (until patch 1.6 hits live)

DarkWombat · February 2015

Even using Crystal Blast and Endless Fury in the rotation I don't need to put points into Magicka? So do I grab all the passive mana regen abilities and get heavy armor with + Magicka?

DarkWombat · February 2015

When 1.6 hits live, do i need to put more back into Magicka? I am hearing this anti Stamina Sorcerer talk but to honest I only see it effecting a couple abilities.

Samadhi · February 2015

For my Bow Sorcerer I went Magicka + Spell Power build which raised the damage bonus provided by Surge, which in turn increased my Bow damage without investing heavily into Stamina or Weapon Damage.

Open with a Sneak Attack Snipe, followed by Poison Injection then start using Mage's Wrath, Daedric Curse and Crystal Frags proc.

It worked nicely.

It will no longer be as much of a valid build when 1.6 lands though.

Snit · February 2015

DarkWombat wrote: »

When 1.6 hits live, do i need to put more back into Magicka? I am hearing this anti Stamina Sorcerer talk but to honest I only see it effecting a couple abilities.

If you just want to play and have fun, you can continue to split things as you like. If you want to be competitive at DPS for Veteran Dungeons, Trials or organized PvP, you will probably want to move away from hybrid builds. Pick either Stamina or Magicka for all your damage-causing skills. You can use the other resource pool for utility skills, etc.