Sorc dominating BGs

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  • Strider_Roshin
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    CavalryPK wrote: »

    In would say to remove the 4 second timer on it.

    Reducing it to 2 seconds would be a solid. And it wouldn't affect 1v1 scenarios

    The order will still be curse -> Wrath -> Frag
    Edited by Strider_Roshin on June 10, 2017 11:26AM
  • UppGRAYxDD
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    NB proc builds single targeting are the scourge of BGs. Sorcs are the best kill stealers. And magplars and magdks are assist machines. Funny thing though, I typically finish in the top 3 for points earned on magplar with 5 kills 1 death and 18 assists...
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  • Vizier
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    Is anyone surprised? ZoS love affair with Sorc continues
  • Waffennacht
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    Vizier wrote: »
    Is anyone surprised? ZoS love affair with Sorc continues

    I really doubt they knew this would happen in development, an I'm sure will eventually be addressed. Again it has nothing to do with the sorcerer, but rather the scoring system. If damage counted for more than kills, or incentives for non death play, you'd see a greater number of other classes in BGs.

    Also the modes are kinda ... Too straight forward, giving incentives for mobility over anything else. Again minor adjustments can accommodate other classes.

    This is more like a rough draft, once we get the final version it'll be better I'm sure
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  • HoloYoitsu
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    So is this the RP thread where everyone comes to pretend that big bad gangs of mag sorcs rule BGs with an iron fist and roam around quashing the helpless masses?

    Am I in the twilight zone where proctato sets have all become magicka? Or does this thread give a whole new meaning to hyperbole?

    Magplar in BGs... :^ Unless it's for full potato healbot-scrub, you ain't getting far in there! In theory it should be "easy" to steal kills with Radiant but... nop. Sorc execute > Beam.
    Magplar is among the strongest builds in deathmatch BG, their strength comes when you stack multiple ones. Jabs spam with Valkyn and purifying light provides dps, built in purge and heals, mist/spell wall for defense - not to mention Eclipse which is unbreakable and shuts down any ranged mag class. Beam becomes superfluous, you'd only have one Templar at most running it in that setup. But to suggest magplar is only good for healbotting makes it impossible to take you seriously.
    I went into BGs with my Sorc once. It's got BSW + Moondancer gear(Since i was too lazy to switch) -I just wanted to test the power of Mage's Wrath + RNG Implosion. Racking up kills by tagging everything with an execute... And as soon as I got close to combat.. Streak - Streak - LoS - Streak - Streak. Back to execute spam. :^
    You sound like just about every mediocre sorc I see that ends up being mostly ignored in team fights and dealt with later.
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    This is me doing nearly everything wrong on my first outing.

    https://youtu.be/wtwSDDzKnHY

    That was a pretty successful outing. Which was completely disheartening to me. Basically confirmed my worst nightmare. ProcBlade takes no skill what so ever. Just farm the gear, put it on, and let it kill for you. GGWP

    This level of honesty is refreshing lol
  • Morgul667
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    Does anyone have a good stamina sorcerer build for BG to share ? :-)
  • Waffennacht
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    @Holoyoitsu you have to admit that even though the classes can be very good, the scoring system incentives kills far too much or do you think otherwise?
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  • Lucky28
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    Hardly anyone thought this ability was strong before BGs came out with it's questionable scoring mechanic. And those that did were mocked.

    nah. sorcs sitting in the back of zergs just spamming endless fury and nothing else, was a thing well before BG's. i just think skills that allow that are pretty stupid in general. executes should be more about timed burst after have creating an opening, imo. i'm not down with this undodgeable executes bs.
    Edited by Lucky28 on June 12, 2017 5:48AM
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  • DemonDruaga
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    The only problem is how the kills get countet.
    Sorc execute is ok everywhere else.
    It can't be that i fight 1v1, do like 200k dmg on the target and bring it finaly low, just to get the kill stolen from someone just hitting execute or some set proccs.

    I am all about dmg done and not "last hit wins"
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  • Magıc
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    Man I'm laughing so hard at all these people who don't know how to fight sorcs lmfao
  • Derra
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    Magplar in BGs... :^ Unless it's for full potato healbot-scrub, you ain't getting far in there! In theory it should be "easy" to steal kills with Radiant but... nop. Sorc execute > Beam.

    I went into BGs with my Sorc once. It's got BSW + Moondancer gear(Since i was too lazy to switch) -I just wanted to test the power of Mage's Wrath + RNG Implosion. Racking up kills by tagging everything with an execute... And as soon as I got close to combat.. Streak - Streak - LoS - Streak - Streak. Back to execute spam. :^

    Feels great doesn't it. Mage's Wrath / Implosion needs a re-work. The strongest execute in the game + another RNg-based execute is silly.

    So the execute that nobody complained about before score based on killing blows is the problem - not the scoring system?

    Ok.
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  • Asmael
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    Change points to be distributed based on damage done (pretty much like AP in Cyro actually).

    Boom, done, magicka sorcs balanced again without changing the class. Crazy, isn't it?

    Now let's get back to complaining about proc sets / Oblivion enchants / shield stacking and getting Xv1'd again.
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  • Magıc
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    Magplar in BGs... :^ Unless it's for full potato healbot-scrub, you ain't getting far in there! In theory it should be "easy" to steal kills with Radiant but... nop. Sorc execute > Beam.

    I went into BGs with my Sorc once. It's got BSW + Moondancer gear(Since i was too lazy to switch) -I just wanted to test the power of Mage's Wrath + RNG Implosion. Racking up kills by tagging everything with an execute... And as soon as I got close to combat.. Streak - Streak - LoS - Streak - Streak. Back to execute spam. :^

    Feels great doesn't it. Mage's Wrath / Implosion needs a re-work. The strongest execute in the game + another RNg-based execute is silly.

    I'm so disappointed in this *** post Lieb...

    e: Btw, you just have to look at how Magplas in NA are doing to see how strong Magplars are in BGs. If you're struggling at all on a Magplar in BGs you're doing something wrong lmao.
    Edited by Magıc on June 12, 2017 9:51AM
  • Kilandros
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    HoloYoitsu wrote: »
    So is this the RP thread where everyone comes to pretend that big bad gangs of mag sorcs rule BGs with an iron fist and roam around quashing the helpless masses?

    Am I in the twilight zone where proctato sets have all become magicka? Or does this thread give a whole new meaning to hyperbole? Magplar is among the strongest builds in deathmatch BG, their strength comes when you stack multiple ones. Jabs spam with Valkyn and purifying light provides dps, built in purge and heals, mist/spell wall for defense - not to mention Eclipse which is unbreakable and shuts down any ranged mag class. Beam becomes superfluous, you'd only have one Templar at most running it in that setup. But to suggest magplar is only good for healbotting makes it impossible to take you seriously. You sound like just about every mediocre sorc I see that ends up being mostly ignored in team fights and dealt with later.

    Didn't you post a video where you just spammed Endless Fury the whole time though? If the point of that video was to show that Endless in overperforming in racking up kills, I apologize. But I took it as just a gameplay video.
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    Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.

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    Derra wrote: »

    So the execute that nobody complained about before score based on killing blows is the problem - not the scoring system?

    Ok.

    Pretty much. ZoS has successfully conditioned its player base such that its first response to a perceived problem is to ask for a nerf.
  • SorataArisugawa
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    Kilandros wrote: »

    Endless Fury was the top performing execute months before Morrowind. Did people dispute that?

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  • Reverb
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    Of course the high-damage, high-defense, high-mobility, high-resource management class is dominating small man pvp. Anyone who expected differently has thier head in the sand.

    Except at melee range, where 2H Viper Selene [insert class here] stam builds are king.
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    In which game? "LOWDPS the journey"

    The game: "I'm able to stay relatively unbiased because I play all classes and not just sorc"
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    Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.

    DK IS NOT JUST A TANK CLASS. #PLAYTHEWAYYOUWANT
  • Minalan
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    Reverb wrote: »
    Of course the high-damage, high-defense, high-mobility, high-resource management class is dominating small man pvp. Anyone who expected differently has thier head in the sand.

    Except at melee range, where 2H Viper Selene [insert class here] stam builds are king.

    Nerf sorc was so last patch, learn how to *** play already.

    Highest damage is any stamina with a poison and a proc set.

    Highest mobility is stamina again, a sorc can streak three times before tapping out. Stamina can keep sprinting much farther and longer, plus gap closers.

    Highest defense is anyone with heavy armor, sword and board, and block. A sorc triple shield stack costs 10K now FFS, blocking is so much cheaper and effective it's ridiculous.

    Sorry crybabies, but we're back in the BG stamina meta. All they need to do is adjust scoring to stop the cheap kill-stealing Sorcs.
  • Juhasow
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    Looks like people dont see how strong mag DK becamed this patch. Sorc in most cases just stealing the kills but it's mag dk who allows him to do that very often.
    Edited by Juhasow on June 12, 2017 3:00PM
  • Irylia
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    Ishammael wrote: »

    The strength of fury is that you can pre-cast it.

    For all the other examples you

    Irylia

    Uh what? No it's not
    Have to set up curse then try to proc a frag before curse blows toss a frag so they hit simultaneously and if curse blew up before frag proc then you need to cook the frag and replace curse. Toss that frag now with the curse and OH SHUCKS shuffle dodged your frag. Okay well now reset curse get a proc and try again. Shucks he rolled because Stam blade. Set it up again. Drats he cloaked my frag. Okay one more time. Naw shuffle got him. Alright one last time. Sweet our frag and curse connected but only did 10-13k total and tk kicks in.

    This entire time we were warding/streaking/cshocking for procs/dark deal for more mag because we run out fast spending
    3k per hard ward
    4k pet harness or healing
    3.3k boundless
    3k scaling streak
    2.5k curse
    1.7k frag
    2k shock
    And the majority of our resources were burned just to miss on someone who can roll cloak and shuffle rng us.

    But wait
    That nb comes up to us and heavy incaps
    No worries our 7k ward and 15k resistances (back bar defending) will hold against that.
    Nope. Viper. Selene if not tk (which would remove the tk line of play yes)
    Adds another 7-10k on top of the 4-5k surprise attack and the 6-7k incap stun
    Assuming none crit or got past ward to crit.
    Now they get a damage increase on us and all their next procs will hit harder and the skills hurt more while we try to spam our 3k cost 7k ward
    30-33k average mag in no cp that's 10 wards no regen not counting other skills tossed in. Such as a much needed healing ward that may be removed and need to be replaced. A streak that might need to be scaled since one wasnt enough with the delay front and back.

    Even with 38k mag I was getting an 8.3k ward
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    It's alright though, we have a better burst combo so let's just kill the nb

    Potatoes sure
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    Edited by Irylia on June 12, 2017 3:57PM
  • Kilandros
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    Irylia wrote: »

    You should try mDK in BGs. I spent yesterday on my MagSorc and lol dude, don't even act like Sorc has anything but advantages over every other class.
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    Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.

    DK IS NOT JUST A TANK CLASS. #PLAYTHEWAYYOUWANT
  • grim_tactics
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    CyrusArya wrote: »
    Sorcs are dominant at range, but there's several classes I'd take over it in close quarters.

    Agree 100%.

    I'm going to work on my NonCP Sorc this weekend as I feel I'm only useful with a coordinated team. Fro
    akray21 wrote: »

    1v1... No you can't, unless they have like 16k health. Everyone is running 21k +...

    Yes I can and it's insane with all the procs hitting insanely hard. StamBlade in BGs melts.
    It's funny, I've been playing bg and I've seen maybe 4 mag sorcs. It's hands down a stam proc meta for bg.

    MagSorcs aren't dominating anything in BGs but stealing kills.

    Anyone who thinks MagSorc is OP in BGs is insane. Stam > Magic for NonCP.
  • Xvorg
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    Simple solution IMHO, execute don't count as kill unless you did extra dmg with other skills before the execute. Sorcs can still use the execute to kill, but the score will go to the previous user who dmg before the execute. That includes DoTs
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    Agree 100%.

    I'm going to work on my NonCP Sorc this weekend as I feel I'm only useful with a coordinated team. Fro
    Yes I can and it's insane with all the procs hitting insanely hard. StamBlade in BGs melts.

    MagSorcs aren't dominating anything in BGs but stealing kills.

    Anyone who thinks MagSorc is OP in BGs is insane. Stam > Magic for NonCP.

    Delusional much? Yeah the execute isn't the only reason why they're dominating. It's mainly because they can spam hardened ward indefinitely since it once consumes 2k out of their 50k magicka pool.

    Once again sorcs are dominating not just BGs, but also PvP.
  • Gothren
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    Delusional much? Yeah the execute isn't the only reason why they're dominating. It's mainly because they can spam hardened ward indefinitely since it once consumes 2k out of their 50k magicka pool.

    Once again sorcs are dominating not just BGs, but also PvP.

    with 50k magicka I assure you then your damage is not high enough. 50k magicka is a good amount for shield defense. However, it can still be penetrated with the right setup, gear, roation, timing and using unstoppable potions. As a sorc I can assure you that one second of shield going down is pretty much game over for a sorc.
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    Delusional much? Yeah the execute isn't the only reason why they're dominating. It's mainly because they can spam hardened ward indefinitely since it once consumes 2k out of their 50k magicka pool.

    Once again sorcs are dominating not just BGs, but also PvP.

    You're not getting 50K in no-CP...
  • Strider_Roshin
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    Minalan wrote: »

    You're not getting 50K in no-CP...

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    Necro, destruction mastery, master weapons. Bound aegis, pet up, and inner light front bar.

    Wow you created a setup with no regeneration at all aswell as 3 toggles on frontbar two on backbar.
    Along with that hardened ward costs about 60% more than what you claim it would.
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