End game MagSorc bar/rotation advice

NinthPrince64 · February 2017

I am hoping to keep this discussion focused on bar setup/skill rotation. For the sake of argument, assume I am wearing 5 TBS, 4 IA, and 2 Ilambris. (5/1/1). Lightning on front, inferno on back. This is for group Trials, NOT vMA.

I am wondering what my front and back bars should look like? Also, what should my rotatation look like given those bars?

I have run vet Trials a few times. Last time, in particular, I fealt like I wasn't holding up my end of the bargain (struggled killing Nerienths quickly in boss vAA fight). One thing I would note, is that I run, and keep up, Hardened Ward. I am starting to think that might be a mistake, but running without a ward seems impossible to me.

CoachPower · February 2017

Hello

Front bar would be: Inner light, bound armor, crystal frag, force pulse, velocious curse and meteor.

Back bar: shield (either hardened or harness), bound armor, mages wrath, blockade of fire, liquid lightning and Destro ulti.

Rotation: Blockade > liquid lightning > bar swap > curse > weave force pulse and use frag whenever it procs, never hard cast it.

You have to make sure you always keep up blockade and liquid lightning, as well as velocious curse.

Hope this helps.

NinthPrince64 · February 2017

@CoachPower, thank you very much for your response. Well, the good news for me is that, in terms of skills, I don't seem too far off. There is 80% overlap between what I am running and what you suggest. The only two skills that you suggest that I don't have on a bar are curse and mages wrath. I have power surge and boundless storm. I assume you run spell power/crit potions on cool down. Is that correct?

Now the hard part will start, getting good at the rotation.

Thanks again!

CoachPower · February 2017

NinthPrince64 wrote: »

@CoachPower, thank you very much for your response. Well, the good news for me is that, in terms of skills, I don't seem too far off. There is 80% overlap between what I am running and what you suggest. The only two skills that you suggest that I don't have on a bar are curse and mages wrath. I have power surge and boundless storm. I assume you run spell power/crit potions on cool down. Is that correct?

Now the hard part will start, getting good at the rotation.

Thanks again!

Yep, I use spell power/crit potions but based on what you're doing you can swap out power surge for mages wrath. Boundless storm isn't really optimal in trials since it forces you have to be in melee range for it to be effective. Being at range is one of the benefits of magicka sorc.

The rotation is quite easy once you get the hang of it and with proper animation cancelling etc.

Tempah · February 2017

CoachPower wrote: »

Hello

Front bar would be: Inner light, bound armor, crystal frag, force pulse, velocious curse and meteor.

Back bar: shield (either hardened or harness), bound armor, mages wrath, blockade of fire, liquid lightning and Destro ulti.

Rotation: Blockade > liquid lightning > bar swap > curse > weave force pulse and use frag whenever it procs, never hard cast it.

You have to make sure you always keep up blockade and liquid lightning, as well as velocious curse.

Hope this helps.

Use LL first