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How much magicka does your sorc have? What is the ideal amount to have in your opinion?

Micah_Bayer
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Edited by ZOS_Icy on November 26, 2024 6:18PM
  • Siohwenoeht
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    Well mine has around 13k...


    It's a Stamsorc ;)

    My other Magicka toons sit around 35-40k depending on pve or pvp. Seems to be plenty for what I do.
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  • r34lian
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    My sorc has either 45k or 41 k depending on gear I run in her for illambris gives 1k max magika.
    For mag anything in 40s is enough and average in almost every build except if you're running pet then you need more magika cause pet damage scale of max stats or spell damage.
    Edited by r34lian on March 7, 2019 5:17AM
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  • bongtokin420insd16
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    45-50k. Depending on what i do its not enough lol.
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  • LordGavus
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    I sit around 38-40k on my dunmer magsorc. Depends if I'm running witchmothers or bistat food.
  • Bergzorn
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    29k in no CP.

    This is with breton, tri-stat food, 3 x arcane jewellery, a mix of tri-stat and arcane armor enchants, 511 undaunted, and one max magica set bonus.

    While more would be nice, this is a point where the real tradeoffs start and you need to decide about your playstyle.
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  • Beardimus
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    Context? PvE / PvP. 40k feels like a bare minimum, but 50k feels sweet. You losing bar slots to get there though
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  • mocap
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    54k. Lazy pet sorc with heavy attack rotation. 43k dps parse.
  • Tonnopesce
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    42k in pvp with pirate skeletron lich shakelbreaker and a willpower lightning staff (i cannot do the vma).
    The good part is the 18k stamina a musthave in this cc/root days
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  • Ni3tnagel
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    Take a highelf..slot aegis(bound i think) at rank 4 ...+10% magicka.. inner light.. stormblocade..the lightning aoe from stormcall..or/and shield/pet..
    Grind mageguild by collecting books till 10..have meteor or morph as ultimate (together with inner light 4 % magicka) (any mageguild skill slotted 2%)
    Undaunted till 9 and wearing 3 different types of armor give you 6 or 7% magicka
    + class passivas idk... alot % :smiley:

    Wear...i havent played magsorc for a long while but...
    With pet necropotence and what u like...julianos for dmg and crit rate or shacklebreaker.... destruction mastery i liked i remember with necro...give both max magicka dmg and crit
    Without pet just combine what u like...shackle or julianos with destr mastery or idk...endless options

    Backbar also inner light but with destro ulti...force pulse aegis..pet or not..
    Ele weapon from psyjiik is also nice with la bevore force pulse and maybe frag proc...ahh forgot surge is important..also slot here

    ...its nothing new there are newer better sets out there meanwhile...but with these you should do nothing wrong and your sorc should have more then 50k/60k..
    Do dmg and with a bit training also sustain works fine..the sorc needs high magicka...just try..you will see

    Just lay aoes on ground and meanwhile use force pulse activate pet and if frags procc these to...destro ulti if available..and fine...

    Had make all more sence bevore murkmire...damm...still hurts^^
    max mag had boost everything on sorc...but shields up surge on and aoe on ground and u can face most content i think..

    I know it was just max magicka meant...(mine is 65k max but play with 57/58k..if..)...but wanted write very raw and short
    A bit more in case someone find it usefull...skill passivas of undaunted mageguild and so on....a lot is missing think most sorc player can help if needed

    Sry for bad engl and the mistakes.to tired meanwhile to read again nd change anything^^ :blush:

  • WrathOfInnos
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    For PVE, it is best to have around 37k Magicka before Warhorns. Any more than that and you would be sacrificing something more important (like Crit or Spell Damage).

    Edit: This will put you right around 40k with Warhorn.
    Edited by WrathOfInnos on March 7, 2019 7:28AM
  • Ni3tnagel
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    Mine was very raw and fast written...as said..but 37k...thats nearly impossible i thought ... with aldmer undaunted and mage guild passives ...but will give a try why not...how much crit .dmg and resistance u have if u go that low on magicka...or how m regeneration is needed these days ?..still play hA lightn staff ...so to me not that important as for others

    I felt always fine with very very high magicka...of course just if the other stats are good to...crit i got mostly 46% abit more or less sometimes..2,8 till 3,7k dmg ... 8k pennetration..also more less sometimes..and something between 12 till 15k res...if neede lightning form and also ok

    But after murkmire a lot changed it seems...did pve sorcs also wear heavy meanwhile ?

    Ilambris of course i forgot
  • KhajiitFelix
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    42k for maximum damage.
  • XxCaLxX
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    I sometimes run 61k mag with my petsorc but when seriously playing I have 52k. Dropping 9k mag for 24% crit change raises dps by 2-3k. I ran 30k conjured Ward before murkmire is why I Then had a 62k mag build but it’s almost nonsense now.

    Edit: I’m on Xbox na so I haven’t gotten to test new update yet so I imagine the higher crit chance will add even more dps over higher mag than it does now.
    Edited by XxCaLxX on March 7, 2019 8:07AM
  • Kikke
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    No reasons to have more then 40k mag with how light/heavy attacks, shields and pet scaling have changed over time.

    Before a max mag build made sense as all mentioned above scaled on mag and mag only. Now thats not the case anymore, as:

    LA/HA now scale from your max magicka and spell damage

    Shields are now capped at 40-50% of max health, no matter how big your mag pool is.

    Pets now scale of all your stats instead of only your max mag.

    So, in this day and age you get alot more with a well rounded build than all in mag.
    Edited by Kikke on March 7, 2019 8:16AM
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  • WuffyCerulei
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    For pve, 38-41k, depending on bar setup and gear.
    For pve, 37-40k, again, depending. I do use inner light on my front bar for extra mag, crit, and seeking out bloody NBs.
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  • Maotti
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    My Nord magsorc has 38,507 mag atm.
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  • Ni3tnagel
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    Realy this hard meanwhile ?...thought to drop maybe 3-4k more somewhere or second shield could fix it a bit..

    How much mx dmg do a pet sorc meanwhile ?..as i had 25k till 30k nearly always i got a bit lazy and lost interest in this a bit..
  • Ni3tnagel
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    Kikke wrote: »
    No reasons to have more then 40k mag with how light/heavy attacks, shields and pet scaling have changed over time.

    Before a max mag build made sense as all mentioned above scaled on mag and mag only. Now thats not the case anymore, as:

    LA/HA now scale from your max magicka and spell damage

    Shields are now capped at 40-50% of max health, no matter how big your mag pool is.

    Pets now scale of all your stats instead of only your max mag.

    So, in this day and age you get alot more with a well rounded build than all in mag.

    Thank you... that explained it quiet good to me :smile:
  • Renoir888
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    What about now, in 2024?
    In PvP

    How much magicka? And why?

    Thanks!
  • ZOS_Icy
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    Greetings,

    We have closed this topic as it was originally created in March 2019. In many cases, it's better to create a new thread on a topic that you want to discuss as opposed to bumping one that is rather old.

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