I believe implosion damage scales on health. It seems that may be an advantage. This is coming from a mostly pvper who has a pve dps setup to get all gear including trials if needed but i mostly do dungeons and vdsa

Yeah, missing out on Engulfing Flames is one of the things I'm worried about. I guess I just have to hope for a MagDK in the group, haha.

Clanfear is a great health based skill, mind the cost though. Having it slotted also increases health and stam recovery, and having it active gives max health.

Unless you need hurricane for pve take boundless for the uptime and magicka utility skill. Speed can also be nice.

Empowered ward will make your mag dps and healers love you (only if you don't have a magwarden with shrooms).

Encase means you don't have to run an ice staff for root, which can be nice. Also heals you based on the blood magic passive.

Liquid lightning (or flood) means you don't have to run a lightning staff back bar to contribute to off balance uptime.

Helpful hint: ult cost doesn't work like it does on dk because you already have lowering passives. Things like dragon or potentate work with the already lowered cost percentage, making them less impactful investments as they are percent based. Conversely, you see a theoretical increase in bloodspawn efficacy as it is a flat number.

Surge + hurricane/boundless = laugh at trash packs. It also means you can use clanfear for the really big moments and not all healing.

If you're on PC, holding "Y" and right clicking will return the clanfear to your side as a passive pet. It can still be damaged, but will not attack anything. Similarly, heavy attacks will focus its aggression to your target.

As one person noted, implosion proc damage is based on health. It's possible to get wild numbers like 40-60k dmg.

Happy hunting!

I'm thinking of running the following sets and skills:

Race: Imperial

2 Lord Warden
5 Ebon
5 Alkosh

All heavy, sword and shield on front bar, lightning staff on back bar.

Front Bar: Sword and Shield

-Dark Deal
-Absorb Magicka
-Boundless Storm
-Pierce Armor
-Heroic Slash
-Ult-Barrier (for magicka regen. (More Dark Deal's) Sword and shield Ult for situations like axes in vAA.)

Back Bar: Lightning Staff

-Restraining Prison
-Wall of Elements
-Crit Surge
-Inner Fire
-Silver Leash
-Ult-Aggressive Warhorn

Yeah, I noticed that and was in the process of editing my comment when you replied, haha. I was going to switch around Surge and Dark Deal.

I love my magsorc tank

Not the best but encase dark deal hardened ward bound arnament matriarch arr nice skills

I enjoy playing it as tank heal for dungeons and so on

Vet trials never tried, could be possible as pure tank but sure needs practice

GimpyPorcupine wrote: »

Storm Atronach synergy gives 8 seconds of Major Berserk. This is huge, possibly better that Aggressive Horn.

If you're in a raid and the healers have it, perhaps a good idea. Better source would still be a nightblade or warden with war machine or architect I feel like.

I did a Derp, you are correct. They are slayer.

Also, wouldn't Absorb Magicka be preferable to Bound Aegis during something like Rakkhat's machine gun attack?

Yeah, imperial should definitely work. My sorc tank is a redguard and I did vAS hm with him. I think that argonian will perform the best, but other races should be perfectly viable as well.

Edit to add: and yeah I think absorb magicka will be good to have for certain situations, but I’m just thinking for most cases you can probably get better use out of a different skill. I’d consider it a flex spot, that you can pop whichever skill the current situation demands in there. Absorb magicka, bound aegis, overflowing altar, shield charge... you name it.

xGhost91x wrote: »

Oh, one more question. Do the Minor Ward and Minor Resolve from Bound Aegis stack with the Lord Warden proc?

They absolutely do. Lord warden proc is a unique buff and will stack with everything but other lord warden procs.

Awesome! Yeah, I was considering the Absorb Magicka spot as a flex spot. I think I'll keep it as Bound Aegis most of the time unless I need Absorb Magicka for certain situations. The change to Bound Aegis seems pretty nice. Glad I don't have to double bar it anymore.

xGhost91x wrote: »

So, say I'm tanking The Warrior (or any boss where I need to hold block for an extended period of time on certain mechanics) and the healer isn't the best at giving Shards for me to get my stamina back. What would be the best way for me to regain stamina safely in that situation? As a DK you can just hold block and spam Igneous Shield, but what would you do as a Sorc? Bound Aegis and Dark Deal?

Onky thing you need to block is the Thousand Cuts. You should also block Starfall but that's optional. Everything else is just a matter of awareness as you should block the CC from adds as well. You can sustain better than DK in any fight as long as you know when to block. Dark Deal gives 4k stamina for 3k magicka cost while Igneous Shield costs 4k magicka but gives 1k stamina. On a DK, you can be braindead and spam Igneous without dropping block but on Sorcerer, it rewards the player for smart gameplay, knowing when to block and being aware of your surroundings.

Thank you guys! The Thousand Cuts was exactly what I was worried about. I trust my healers but mistakes can happen.