I've been playing Battlegrounds for the last couple of months (I'm not that good, Zerg at its finest, really suck at 1-1).
I specifically leveled a Nightblade and have just leveled a MagSorc (as I was tired of getting belted with Mages Wrath).
I also have a StamSorc, a MagPlar and a Dragon Knight Tank.
Too be honest, it doesn't matter which character I use, I struggle with sustain in some way of another, or I lose too much damage and then suffer from not being able to finish anyone. The StamSorc is probably the best trade off with sustain and damage.
However, it's my MagSorce I want to talk about.
I was originally wearing Twice-Born-Star and Impenetrable with Magika and Spell Damage Mundus. But my Stamina is only just over 10k. I can't run anywhere, and if I roll dodge once and then get cc'd, I'm under 5,000 stamina and can't break free = dead. (most of the gear for this character is purple right now, so I'm losing a bit from that).
I changed to Shaklebreaker and Impen and it only went up to 10,900. (Which also confuses me a bit, I have 13,900 outside of Battlegrounds, and no points in anything related to Stamina, so I'm not 100% sure why I lose 3000 in battlegrounds - would be nice if someone could clear that confusion up for me).
Problem with Shaklebreaker is it lowered my damage too much, and the time to kill got uncomfortably longer, so I've got back to twice born star and just walk everywhere (which means I'm last to the party and the Zerg gets stronger).
Is this just the trade of for being a magika character?
I've seen a build with Shaklebreaker and Shroud of the Lich which is meant to be optimized for Battegrounds with the appropriate buffs, which I'm going to try out when the final parts of Lich drop (but the Stamina still looks low).
Any tips advice on getting the right balance would be appreciated.
All I'm doing at the moment, it sacrificing one thing for another (which I guess is how it's meant to work). I'm just not finding the balance in the force at the moment :-)