max magicka vs spell power

Caipiroska · September 2016

Hello guys,
I have a argonian templar magicka and I want to increase my damage. I always thought that spell power was the stat i should focus but recently i noticed that the damage in my skills is higher with more max magicka and less spell power..

So i thought that max magicka was the stat to increase but...then why people put spell power to the rings for example?

i'm confused

Asmael · September 2016

10.46 magicka is roughly equivalent to 1 spell power.

The reason for putting spell power on rings is that jewelry comes with a trait that cannot be changed and increases either stamina, health or magicka (Robust, Health or Arcane), and that the best enchant you can put on jewelry for damage are spell power glyphs.

So to get the maximum damage possible, you'll need jewelry with the Arcane trait and gold Spell power glyphs.

Waffennacht · September 2016

So both max magicka and spell damage add to your abilities damage etc...

It's roughly 10.1 magicka = the same as 1 spell damage. Some abilities scale a bit more with magicka and some a bit more with spell damage. To get the most of your abilities you want to get both max magicka and spell damage as high as possible