Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Mystic”

Elsweyr Chapter

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation & Skeleton Parse
• Blackrose Prison Arena
• Maelstrom Arena
• Build Video and Gameplay
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE “Mystic” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. You can also find a traditional Magicka Sorcerer 2 Pet Build with a heavy attack rotation on my website! If you are new to Magicka Sorcerers, then I recommend reading my in depth Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Guide and also check out the CP 160 Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Guide first.

The Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE “Mystic” is made for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas. You can also play this for all the Solo content with some minor adjustments. In this guide I will show you a full setup with three different gear options, a trial setup where we combine the best possible gear, an gear setup 2 where we combine sets that are obtained outside of trials and a beginner setup, so you can build your wait up.

• Good single target (ST) damage
• Insane ranged & melee damage
• High area of effect (AoE) Damage
• Good sustain
• Easy survivability due to magicka shield
• Trials, Dungeons & Arenas

Changes from the previous version

• Daedric Prey
  • Added a pet taunt functionality to this ability that is similar to the one built into Heavy Attacks. Your active pets will now prioritize targets with Daedric Prey on them.
  • Reduced the damage bonus for pets from this ability to 40% from 55%.
• Lightning Splash: Increased the duration of this ability and its morphs to 8 seconds from 6 seconds.
  • Liquid Lightning (morph): This morph now lasts 12 seconds to retain the extra 4 seconds of duration increase.

Resource Management

Sorcerers have a tough life with sustain. Make sure to use Clockwork Citrus Filet to gain a lot of overall resources and recovery, this Food is used by most endgame PvE setups to help with sustain. You can also use an Absorb Magic Enchantment on the back bar weapon, to help with sustain. Also always make sure to use potions on cooldown, this will give you back magicka and also apply the Major Sorcerery and Prophecy buff to increase overall damage. If you still fall low on magicka, you can always use one two heavy attacks to regain resources. Healers also have to constantly use Energy Orb so you can activate the synergy and regain resources, this has a cooldown of 20 seconds.

• Clockwork Citrus Filet
• Absorb Magicka Enchantment
• Potions
• Heavy Attacks
• Energy Orb Synergy

Trials & Dungeons Setup

5x Perfect False God’s Devotion, 5x Mother’s Sorrow, 2x Zaan, Breton with Bloody Mara Food

• Unbuffed: Out of Combat, Potion was active
• Buffed: Raid Dummy buffs, Weapon Damage Enchantment and Potions were active

Gear

You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. For people that do not have all the gear yet can use the Setup 2 which is easier to obtain and beginners can use Setup 3.

• Setup 1 is with Trial Gear
• Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
• Setup 3 is for Beginners

Single Target vs AoE

• Single Target Fight: Use the new Spell Strategist set that can be obtained in Rewards of the Worthy or bought via Guildstore.
• AoE Fight: Keep using Mother's Sorrow. Spell Strategist is purely Single Target so it is not of much use in AoE fights.

Gear Setup 1

• Monster Set choices: Zaan, 2 Crit Monster Sets, Illambris, Iceheart, Slimecraw, Valkyn,
• Siroria: Siroria has the highest damage output, but is difficult to keep track off. If you use it make sure you actually get to 20 stacks.

Gear Setup 2

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

Where can I get the gear?

False God's Devotion: Sunpsire vet
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan, Guildtrader
Perfect Mantle of Siroria: Cloudrest
Mantle of Siroria: Cloudrest
Spell Strategist: Rewards of the Worthy, Guildstore
Maelstrom Inferno Staff: Maelstrom Arena
Zaan: Scalecaller Peak
Burning Spellweave: City of Ash 1 & 2
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Ilambris: Crypts of Hearts 1
Valkyn Skoria: City of Ash 2
Willpower: Guildstore
Magnus' Gift: Craftable

Skills

• No Psijic Abilities? Replace Elemental Weapon with Force Pulse and Channeled Acceleration with Rearming Trap
• Hardened Ward vs Empowered Ward: You can run either, if you want a bit bigger shield then go for Hardened Ward, if you want more Magicka Recovery, go for Empowered Ward.
• Twilight: You can also use the Matriach morph if you want, to get some insane burst heals and still good damage.
• No Pets? You can replace the pet with Bound Aegis if you want.
• Destruction Staff Ultimate: For maximum AoE damage you can replace Shooting Star with Elemental Rage

Skills

Maelstrom Arena

Gear

Skills

• The only change needed here is that you have to slot Power Surge to get healing. Remember, make sure to keep Harness Magicka up at all times!

Build Video & Gameplay

Build Video

Gameplay

Update Log