Magicka Sorcerer Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Mystic”

• 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
• 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 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

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 if you wish to do so. Also always make sure to use potions on cooldown, this will give you back magicka and also apply the Major Sorcery and Prophecy buff to increase your 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 Blue Food

• Unbuffed: Out of Combat, no pets active
• Buffed: Raid Dummy buffs, Weapon Damage Enchantment, Pets 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

Gear Setup 1

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
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

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.

Optional NON PET Setup

Championpoints

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!

Championpoints [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

Championpoints [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

Championpoints [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

Breton (Recommended, best sustain)
Altmer
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
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Magicka

Rotation

In case you don’t know what weaving light attacks is, make sure to check out the “Weaving Beginner Guide” which explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.

Pet Rotation

For the rotation, you want to activate your Unstable Wall of Elements and Volatile Familiar every 10 seconds. Apart from that keep Daedric Prey up and Channeled Acceleration.

Between that you want to spam Elemental Weapon and when Crystal Fragments proc, use that instead of Elemental weapon.

The Twilight can just be ignored, it will do damage without us having to activate the skill.

Non Pet Rotation

If you choose the NON PET setup, then instead of activating the pet you simply activate Degeneration every rotation. Instead of Daedric Prey we use Haunting Curse, that means you have to activate it less and can spam more Elemental Weapon.

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