Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Mystic”

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Vampire
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• AoE Setup
• Maelstrom Arena
• Build Video
• 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 other Magicka Sorcerer content on the website such as:

• Magicka Sorcerer Beginners Guide
• Magicka Sorcerer Beginner 160CP Build
• Solo Magicka Sorcerer Build

The Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE “Mystic” is made for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas. 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 way 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 to the previous Version

• Updated the Gear Setup 2, removed Burning Spellweave and replaced it with Julianos to make the setup easier to get.
• Added note about Vampire in the skill section.
• Updated the character screenshots.

Resource Management

Dark Conversion is an optional skill that you can use to increase your sustain.

Energy Orb will always be present in a good group. When you get close to the Orb you can activate its synergy to regain resources.

Potions should always be used on cooldown to gain the maximum benefit from them.

Heavy Attacks help you restore Magicka, if you drop low on resources do a few Heavy Attacks between skills to refill your Magicka.

• Undead Confederate
• Mystic Siphon
• Orb Synergy
• Potions
• Heavy Attack

Trials & Dungeons Setup

Gear used: 5x Perfect False God’s Devotion, 5x Mother’s Sorrow, 2x Zaan on a High Elf with Artaeum Picked Fish Bowl

• Unbuffed: Out of combat
• Buffed: All raidbuffs from the Target dummy, Spell Power Potion, Pets and Weapon Damage Enchantment 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

Gear Setup 1

Arcane vs Bloodthirsty: Both traits are viable on a pet build.

Gear Setup 2

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

Where can I get the gear?

False God's Devotion: Sunpsire vet
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan, Guildtrader
Maelstrom Inferno Staff: Maelstrom Arena
Zaan: Scalecaller Peak
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Ilambris: Crypts of Hearts 1
Valkyn Skoria: City of Ash 2
Willpower: Guildstore
Magnus' Gift: Craftable

Skills

One or two Pets: You can choose to run one or two pets, both setups are good. If you choose run 1 pet only I recommend removing the Summon Volatile Familiar  and slotting Degeneration on bar 1 and Mystic Orb on bar 2.

Vampire

Should you be using Vampire with this setup? Most Magicka builds use Blood for Blood as a spammable because it outpeforms pretty much every other spammable. With Sorcerer that is a bit a problem, because when you use Blood for Blood it won’t proc Crystal Fragments anymore. Because Blood for Blood cots Health and Crystal Fragments requires a Magicka ability as a proc condition.

Therefore using Vampire with the Blood for Blood spammable is not really going to give you more damage in a dungeon/trial. It is still a viable option though.

Optional NON PET Setup

Gear used: 5x Perfect False God’s Devotion, 5x Mother’s Sorrow, 2x Zaan on a High Elf with Artaeum Picked Fish Bowl

• Unbuffed: Out of combat
• Buffed: All raidbuffs from the Target dummy, Spell Power Potion and Weapon Damage Enchantment were active

Champion Points

If you need optimized defensive Champion Points for a specific trial I recommend checking out my Maximize Damage Mitigation in Trials Article.

• In case you need help distributing your Champion Points, make sure to check out the Champion Points Calculator!

Champion Points [810]

The Ritual
34 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
73 Master-at-Arms, 23 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 66 Elfborn, 10 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
61 Tumbling, 61 Shadow Ward
The Lover
100 Arcanist
The Tower
37 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
81 Ironclad, 43 Spell Shield

Champion Points [600]

The Ritual
34 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
34 Master at Arms, 23 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 37 Elfborn, 8 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
29 Tumbling, 29 Shadow Ward
The Lover
100 Arcanist
The Tower
31 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 37 Thick Skinned
The Steed
37 Ironclad, 28 Spell Shield

Champion Points [300]

The Ritual
18 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
16 Master at Arms, 11 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
32 Elemental Expert, 16 Elfborn, 7 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
17 Tumbling, 17 Shadow Ward
The Lover
37 Arcanist
The Tower
18 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
27 Hardy, 27 Elemental Defender, 18 Thick Skinned
The Steed
16 Ironclad, 12 Spell Shield

Important Info for Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE

Buff-food

Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
(Max Health, Max Magicka)
(Fish, Rice, Clam Gall, Honey)

In case you still have sustain issues or you don’t have access to False God’s Devotion or you are not a Breton, I recommend using the Witchmother’s Potent Brew Drink (or Clockwork Citrus Filet)

Mundus Stone

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)

Race

Altmer (Best Damage)
Breton (Best Sustain)
Darkelf
Khajiit

Potions

Spell-Power Potions
(Spell-crit, Spell Damage, Magicka)
(Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)

Passives

• Dark Magic: Unholy Knowledge, Blood Magic, Persistence, Exploitation
• Daedric Summoning: Power Stone, Daedric Protection
• Storm Calling: Capacitor, Energized, Amplitude, Expert Mage
• Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Vampire (optional): Stage 1
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Magicka

Rotation

In this section we are going to take a look at both the pet and non pet rotation of this build. The rotations are static and therefore simplified. Once you get the hang of the rotation including how to weave light attacks you can swap to a dynamic rotation to increase your damage numbers further.

Pet Rotation

The rotation lasts for 10 second if you weave it perfectly. On the front bar it is important to activate Crystal Fragments once you get the proc condition on it. As long as you don’t have the proc condition you want to keep using Elemental Weapon.

Non Pet Rotation

The non pet setup has two changes, instead of Daedric Prey we are using Haunting Curse. And instead of the Summon Volatile Familiar we are using Mystic Orb. The rotation is based around 10 seconds, we only activate Haunting Curse every second rotation to benefit from both the damage ticks, if you don’t have to activate Haunting Curse, just use another Elemental Weapon ability.

Area of Effect Setup

Here you can find an optimized AoE setup for your build. This will help increase your damage on trash packs during dungeons & trials. You can choose any magicka based Monster Set, I prefer Iceheart because it provides so much damage mitigation.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Iceheart	Heavy	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Iceheart	Medium	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother's Sorrow	Fire	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan Overland
Iceheart: Direfrost Keep, Glirion Chest

Skills

Maelstrom Arena

I highly recommend reading the full in depth Maelstrom Arena Guide.

Gear

Skills

Build Video

Update Log