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https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/668861
is sorcerer great to solo?
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I understand they can summon so will they tank for me well?
I'm mostly a solo player and like to do most things alone. Will I be ok in late levels soloing alone? Will my damage and survival be ok? Should I trait in health and magic only? Doing only solo is light armor still the best? Wanted some onions before I made one. I'm worried about dying a lot because the low health and light armor which I really don't want. Was just curious how good I would compare to other classes
I'm mostly a solo player and like to do most things alone. Will I be ok in late levels soloing alone? Will my damage and survival be ok? Should I trait in health and magic only? Doing only solo is light armor still the best? Wanted some onions before I made one. I'm worried about dying a lot because the low health and light armor which I really don't want. Was just curious how good I would compare to other classes
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Robbmrp✭✭✭✭✭
✭Oh yeah. Pets work much better for tanking than they used to. You should be able to solo easily with them. Your also not stuck with light armor, you can use all armor available in the game. Why not try out a Stamina Sorc with all Med to heavy armor with a 2H weapon and pets. There's really no limit to the things you can use/try out.NA Server - Kildair1 -
TheVindelator✭✭✭Yeah, all the classes solo well. Lot's of builds work. I'd grab a restoration staff at 15 so you can heal yourself but you don't have to.0 -
Cuyler✭✭✭✭✭
✭You can solo with any class with DK and Templar being the easiest due to self heals. Sorc with pets (the clanfear desummon is a self heal too), and NB being the hardest (Only life on hit heals).Guild: STACK n BURN (gm) PC - NA
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cote-bmsb16_ESO✭✭✭The sorcs have a shield called Conjure Ward that is based on your max magicka. It sponges all damage then you just gota recast it and you'll take no dmg. If you use entropy from the mages guild, you can self heal & get a buff that increases your damage at the same time. I hardly use my resto staff anymore, I switched to double destro staff, using ward (morphed to Harden Ward) & entropy (morphed to degeneration) instead to keep myself alive.1
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Thelon✭✭✭✭✭
✭If you like soloing on your sorc, you should definitely give the pet build a try. I've been developing one on TF that is very promising so far. You can find the link in my signature.0 -
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@cote-bmsb16_ESO What's your bar set up and rotation? Been experimenting with something like this, but have not got it yet.cote-bmsb16_ESO wrote: »The sorcs have a shield called Conjure Ward that is based on your max magicka. It sponges all damage then you just gota recast it and you'll take no dmg. If you use entropy from the mages guild, you can self heal & get a buff that increases your damage at the same time. I hardly use my resto staff anymore, I switched to double destro staff, using ward (morphed to Harden Ward) & entropy (morphed to degeneration) instead to keep myself alive.PC/NA/DCBreton Sorcerer Maester.White - BB meets GoT >Master Crafter< { 9 Traits completed 4/23/15 }
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✭✭✭✭✭Sorc is great to solo all the way up to level VR10.
After that... things get dicey. Clannfear pet may have good resistance to AOE, but he's just as vulnerable to single target damage as you are. That means that he's going to be taken out in 3 seconds by any archer in Craglorn with the "Taking Aim" skill. Twilights die even faster.
The heals from the Surge heal are OK against bosses and small (2-4) groups of mobs, but larger groups (6-8) of tough VR11-14 mobs are going to chew you up because of the internal cooldown that was added to Surge in 1.6. You will NOT be able to Surge heal your way through a mob group that includes Scaled Court Illusionists lobbing their horrible "Fright Force" spell at you every second.
Don't even get me started on "Ward" spells. Most the people on forums talking about OP Wards are NOT Sorcs, they are PvP whiners who got killed by a Sorc in Cyrodiil. Wards are OK in very short battles, but they are horrible in long engagements because they cost so much, and they don't actually HEAL you.
TL;DR: Sorcs are OK until the endgame, when healing becomes a problem.Edited by Emma_Overload on March 19, 2015 4:39PM#CAREBEARMASTERRACE0 -
Thelon✭✭✭✭✭
✭Emma_Eunjung wrote: »Sorc is great to solo all the way up to level VR10.
After that... things get dicey. Clannfear pet may have good resistance to AOE, but he's just as vulnerable to single target damage as you are. That means that he's going to be taken out in 3 seconds by any archer in Craglorn with the "Taking Aim" skill. Twilights die even faster.
The heals from the Surge heal are OK against bosses and small (2-4) groups of mobs, but larger groups (6-8) of tough VR11-14 mobs are going to chew you up because of the internal cooldown that was added to Surge in 1.6. You will NOT be able to Surge heal your way through a mob group that includes Scaled Court Illusionists lobbing their horrible "Fright Force" spell at you every second.
Don't even get me started on "Ward" spells. Most the people on forums talking about OP Wards are NOT Sorcs, they are PvP whiners who got killed by a Sorc in Cyrodiil. Wards are OK in very short battles, but they are horrible in long engagements because they cost so much, and they don't actually HEAL you.
TL;DR: Sorcs are OK until the endgame, when healing becomes a problem.
If you're having problems keeping ur pets alive, you need to make sure your Conjured Ward is active constantly. Also, the more magicka you stack, the better the Ward will perform. Once you approach 35 - 40k magicka, your pets will rarely die and recasting the ward becomes a non-issue due to the incredibly large magicka pool and awesome sustainability that my pet build offers.
With an awesome Ward and decent stats, end game is no problem, with no need for self heals of any kind, be it from Surge or a Restoration staff.
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cote-bmsb16_ESO✭✭✭Ourorboros wrote: »
@cote-bmsb16_ESO What's your bar set up and rotation? Been experimenting with something like this, but have not got it yet.cote-bmsb16_ESO wrote: »The sorcs have a shield called Conjure Ward that is based on your max magicka. It sponges all damage then you just gota recast it and you'll take no dmg. If you use entropy from the mages guild, you can self heal & get a buff that increases your damage at the same time. I hardly use my resto staff anymore, I switched to double destro staff, using ward (morphed to Harden Ward) & entropy (morphed to degeneration) instead to keep myself alive.
Ward, crystal frag, degen, force pulse. Mages fury.
My second bar changes a lot but usually has more aoe skills.0
