Is there an ability to swap magicka for stamina or use magicka for break-free/sprint?

EngineeringElf · May 2019

So I gave in and made a magsorc this week and after playing a few times I found myself thinking, wow, that gimp pool of stamina that magic users have actually has a huge bonus when needed. (break-free, sprint, roll-dodge, etc...) So I was wondering, is there a way to reverse that role for stamina users, say like use magicka to do gimp battle basics? If there isn't, then why not? I know, it's like duh, it takes physical exertion (stamina) to perform actions like this in real life but I'm just wondering about game-play as a fictional RPG.

VaranisArano · May 2019

Aside from using Frost Staff passives to allow you to use magicka to block, there is no a way to use magicka for roll dodge, sprint, etc. That's why having a viable stam pool is essential for magicka players in PVP, in particular.

This is by design, and one of the ways we see ZOS balance for this is that stamina skills cost less than their magicka counterparts because Stam characters have to use their fighting resource to roll dodge, break free, and sprint.

EngineeringElf · May 2019

VaranisArano wrote: »

Aside from using Frost Staff passives to allow you to use magicka to block, there is no a way to use magicka for roll dodge, sprint, etc. That's why having a viable stam pool is essential for magicka players in PVP, in particular.

This is by design, and one of the ways we see ZOS balance for this is that stamina skills cost less than their magicka counterparts because Stam characters have to use their fighting resource to roll dodge, break free, and sprint.

I see... that makes sense. TY

Drako_Ei · May 2019

There is, sorcs and DK's can swap magicka por stamina

Sanctum74 · May 2019

That's why I use shacklebreaker on all my magic toons. Having stamina to break free and dodge roll is much more usefull than an extra 500 tooltip damage from wearing a full damage set.