MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »I mean you can just look at the patch notes. no significant buffs to Mag Sorc, and two major nerfs to Stam Sorc.
then there's Warden with the 10% damage nerf.
What about numbers wise? I only run a Stam Sorc and a Stamden, so I can't give you numbers on magicka variants, but here were my previous two builds.
On Live: My sorc is a casual build. It does 90k DPS and runs the Oakensoul Ring. After the patch, it deals 50k DPS. This is also a slight byproduct of the ring being nerfed, but that's still a 45% decrease in damage. The ring contributes to ~15% of the loss.
My Stamden was a build I used for end game content. It dealt 130k DPS. After the nerf, it deals 90k DPS. That's a 30% damage decrease.
So the nerfs, without changing your builds, will drop your damage by 30%, approximately. Assuming your play stam. I was able to prop my Stamden up to 100k dps after some rotation and skill changes, btw, which is a 23% damage decrease. I wasn't able to prop up Stam Sorc, though that's again a byproduct of the ring and the fact that Stam Sorc really doesn't have many skills in their class toolkit.
As a note, this does take into account the Trial Dummy changes.