Both are solid. The overall results you get however depend upon practice and skill.

MagSorcs

PROS IN PVP

1. have more survivability than a tank but can still dish out horrendous amounts of ranged damage very quickly. Also their wards cannot be critted so yeah its a real sh*tshow.

2. can do instant cast high damage range attacks that stun/knockdown

3. have alot of mobility which includes a built in stun

4. Have one of the most powerful ultimates (Energy Overload) that can do alot a damage in very little time.

CONS IN PVP

1. requires keen sense of timing and practice

2. learning how to manage a low stamina pool


MagBlades


PROS IN PVP

1. can control the fight using all sorts of tricks like Mass Hysteria (arguably the best cc in the game), Shadow Image and are the masters of misdirection and hit and run tactics

2. can heal themselves while doing damage

3. have alot of mobility in stealth and retain the element of surprise

4. alot of Synergy with the Vampire skill line which provides a reliable high damage ultimate and innate combos of the class, ie; devouring swarm + sap essence

5. very deadly and effective execution ability: impale, more effective than a sorcs.

CONS IN PVP

1. lacks the built in burst of a sorc and may require 8000 hours plus of pvp grinding to get proxy det

2. very squishy so will require more investment toward survivability at the expense of offensive skills.

These classes can go toe to toe with stam builds and wreck them its just a matter of skill. Stamina classes do more damage but magika can generally outlast them by putting pressure on them to expend their resources. I personally prefer magblades but a good sorc is always a tough nut to crack.

Magicka sorc is absurdly tanky with Healing Ward + Conjured Ward and the constant passive heals from Dark Magic and Power Surge. With that said, it's also pretty boring to play because all you do is put up Conjured Ward and Power Surge, then spam cheap magicka abilities (I prefer Crushing Shock) until Crystal Frags procs.

With magicka nightblade, you have a bunch of good utility abilities - Summon Shade, Cripple, Mass Hysteria, Piercing Mark, ect. It's a lot more fun to play in PvP because you can use different skills to counter your opponent rather than constantly spamming the same abilities.

Cloak is pretty much the best PvP ability there is, and provides a lot more mobility than Bolt Escape. BE is still a fun skill to use, but the increasing cast cost makes it a pretty bad 'escape.' With Mag NB, you can escape 99% of the time through clever use of Dark Cloak, and it lets you dodge incoming attacks. (Using Cloak lets you negate Meteors and Radiant Destruction.)

Both classes suffer from a tiny Stamina pool, which makes crowd control abilities a pain in the butt to deal with. I think Nightblade wins here too, because Cloak lets you keep your distance from stamina builds and Bolt Escape doesn't. If you try to Bolt Escape away from a stamina build, they'll just spam gap-closers until one connects. With Cloak, you can run behind a tree and wait for the right opportunity to attack.

AzureButterfly wrote: »

Magicka sorc is absurdly tanky with Healing Ward + Conjured Ward and the constant passive heals from Dark Magic and Power Surge. With that said, it's also pretty boring to play because all you do is put up Conjured Ward and Power Surge, then spam cheap magicka abilities (I prefer Crushing Shock) until Crystal Frags procs.

With magicka nightblade, you have a bunch of good utility abilities - Summon Shade, Cripple, Mass Hysteria, Piercing Mark, ect. It's a lot more fun to play in PvP because you can use different skills to counter your opponent rather than constantly spamming the same abilities.

Cloak is pretty much the best PvP ability there is, and provides a lot more mobility than Bolt Escape. BE is still a fun skill to use, but the increasing cast cost makes it a pretty bad 'escape.' With Mag NB, you can escape 99% of the time through clever use of Dark Cloak, and it lets you dodge incoming attacks. (Using Cloak lets you negate Meteors and Radiant Destruction.)

Both classes suffer from a tiny Stamina pool, which makes crowd control abilities a pain in the butt to deal with. I think Nightblade wins here too, because Cloak lets you keep your distance from stamina builds and Bolt Escape doesn't. If you try to Bolt Escape away from a stamina build, they'll just spam gap-closers until one connects. With Cloak, you can run behind a tree and wait for the right opportunity to attack.

If that's all you, to spam cheap abilities until Crystal Frag proc, than in my opinion you are playing the class wrong.

What sorcerer excels is burst damage.
It takes a great amount of practice to successfully time everything. (and it's always a blast to do!)

One of the mistake I see too many sorcerer do is not casting Crystal Frag enough. (Hard cast that thing!!!)

About utility abilities? How about:
Daedric Mines -> My mines hit for 8k each... It makes melee attacker think twice (or die!). When used efficiently, this is one of the best skill in the game.
Defensive Rune -> The #1 bait tool... Best used to find gankers
Restraining Prison -> Perhaps my favorite CC tool, after Mass Hysteria
Dark Exchange -> Great utility to restore Stamina when you need to GTFO (very useful on a third bar, if you want to use it as a Getaway bar).. I also love to use it when running scrolls.
Boundless storm -> Mobility!
Streak -> It stuns. It can be used as a gap closer. It can be used as a GTFO card. With only 5 skills per bar... multi-uses skills are the best.
Overload -> Very powerful, but the best thing about this ultimate, it gives a third bar. I use mine to slot a few abilities (such as defensive rune, restraining prison, Boundless Storm, etc.)


You are definitely biased towards the NB, just like I am towards the Sorc...