@brylars check out @MalcolM24

https://eso-pvp-builds.com/magsorc/

His builds/gameplay will help you get started and some insight. I’m pretty sure he’s a magsorc main, and a very good at it, but has other classes as well. There’s other people with good sites too, but his info helped the most for me on starting pvp on my magsorc way back when, mainly cause he has a lot gameplay footage on YouTube.

Just remember the gear alone won’t always give you the best results, there’s a lot of other factors like teamwork and positioning, resource management, burst combo, etc that are better to work on instead of constantly changing builds when starting out. When I first started PVPing I wore spinners and fortified brass on magblade for nearly a year until I understood my class in pvp - then I began theorycrafting my own builds. Hope this helps and best of luck

Edit: also duel a lot and make some pvp friends

@brylars At the moment gank blades are doing insane damage, and even with 30k hp and high resistances I am getting cut down. Don’t sweat it if it happens, only thing to really do is try and be proactive with detect pots - it’ll eventually get nerfed. Ravenwatch you won’t have to worry so much about gank blades, but the server has a prime time usually 6pm-11pm eastern.

@brylars if you can break free ASAP, roll dodge once to avoid caluuarion (has a 1 second cast time) and streak away. If it’s one these juiced up oakensoul gankers though it’s really hard to survive without lots of HP, like 33k or more because they can kill you in less than a second, and everything hits you while your stunned for that half second.

Also learn the sound and ques of skills like merciless bow and incap because they can be dodged. Dragon flight can be blocked, etc, run away from someone with corrosive armor up.

Another thing to note is that your strategy for skill loadout and use is very different. As mentioned before, in PvE you are loading up on lots of skills to use in rotation to keep sustained damage going. In PvP most of your bar will be filled with utilities, defenses, and buffs/debuffs, some of which will be situational.

-Heals are an absolute necessity. Personally I always liked to have at least one HoT and one burst heal but strategies can vary and if you can stack additional sources of HoTs then it can be worth it.

-Mobility can be your biggest defensive and offensive tool. Snare removals are vital in most cases as getting slowed to a crawl is usually a death sentence. Other sources of speed increases are very valuable too.

-Stuns are important for wearing down enemies, granting openings for heavy hitters, and getting people off your back for just a second while you regroup

-Armor buffs, weapon/spell damage buffs, and enemy debuffs are vital.

Burst damage usually comes from a combo (as opposed to a rotation) where you setup a series of buffs and debuffs followed by many damaging effects that can go off in a short time. Sets can be a part of this combo too but it can be tricky to keep track of those extra timers when you are just starting. It may be tempting to throw loads of attacks on your bar but in reality you can often get away with just a few. In some cases just two or three is all you need or want. Something that hits hard with a delay, a spammable main source of pressure damage, and maybe some kind of execute if your class and build allows for it along with an offensive ultimate.