Magicka Sorcerer Heavy Attack Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online)

Skills explanation:

• Structured Entropy: Great Single Target damage and also heals. Also activates the passive Might of the Guild, giving you Empower buff, increasing Heavy Attack damage.
• Deadric Prey: This ability deals damage on its own and it boosts our summoned monsters damage by 45%, must be up at all times.
• Crystal Fragments: Deals a lot of damage and also gives us access to the Exploitation passive to increase our Spell Crit.
• Volatile Familiar: This pet can tank enemies and if you active its ability it activates a strong AoE damage pulse that hits everything in a 5 meter range. And because those pets scale of max magicka and spell damage, it will deal an insane amount of damage.
• Twilight Tormentor: Strong single target damage pet. Activate the skill till 50% of health, then stop using it. You can also use the other morph if you need heals Twilight Matriach.
• Shooting Star: Can be used for AoE damage on trash packs, gives also ultimate back depending on how many enemies you hit.
• Unstable Wall of Elements: This ability is an AoE damage effect that covers a huge area in a shock field and also explodes at the end.
• Lightning Flood: Small shock AoE damage effect that deals a good amount of damage. Friendly group members also can active a synergy that deals good damage.
• Regenerative Ward: This ability is one of the most important ones for your build. It gives you an insanely huge shield that protects you from any incoming damage. That is the reason why Sorcerers usually survive longer than other classes, because they have a huge shield available. Also gives Minor Intellect to you and group members, increasing Magicka Recovery. (Useful Guides: How do Shields Work?, How do Shields Scale?)
• Storm Atronach: Strongest Single Target Ultimate for the Sorc, make sure to keep Daedric Prey on the enemy to benefit from the damage boost.

What about:

• Critical Surge: If you play alone you can also use Critical Surge instead of Crystal Fragments, it will help you stay alive because it heals you.

Champion Points

Important Info for Magicka Sorcerer Pet Build PvE

Buff-food

The Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup gives you the highest max stats. If you have sustain issues then I do recommend using Clockwork Citrus Filet or the way cheaper version Witchmother’s Potent Brew. You can also use the Ghastly Eye Bowl if you want the highest max magicka and magicka recovery boost, keep in mind your health will be a lot lower though. For more detailed info and price data of each of the consumables below and click on the link of the consumable. All buff foods and drinks can also be found on the Buff Food and Drink Overview Page.

Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup
(Max Health, Max Magicka)

Mundus Stone

The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Spell Critical Rating which boosts our damage. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.

Thief Mundus (Increased Spell Critical)

Race

All Magicka based races work with this setup. More about each race can be found on the racial overview page.

High Elf
Breton
Dark Elf
Argonian
Khajiit
Orc

Potions

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

Passives

Rotation Heavy Attack Build for ESO Sorcerer

In case you don’t know what 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.

Make sure to drop your Ultimate ability on cooldown. The Atronach should be used as a Single Target Ultimate whereas the other Ultimate is used for AoE damage on trash packs.

• You can activate Crystal Fragments whenever it procs so you can instant cast it.

With One Pet

Lightning Flood > Light Attack > Unstable Wall of Elements > Weapon Swap
Light Attack > Pet > Light Attack > Daedric Prey > Heavy Attack > Structured Entropy > Weapon Swap
Restart

With Two Pets

Only use the Twilight Tormentor Ability when the enemy is above 50%, otherwise just let the mob Light Attack by itself so you can focus on other stuff, it will still do a lot of damage.

Lightning Flood > Light Attack > Unstable Wall of Elements > Weapon Swap
Light Attack > Pet1 > Light Attack > Pet2 > Light Attack > Daedric Prey > Heavy Attack > Structured Entropy > Weapon Swap
Restart

ESO Sorcerer Subclassing Build Options

ESO’s Subclassing offers a lot of variety, allowing you to swap, mix, and match different skill lines of various classes all on one character. Read our How does Subclassing work in ESO guide to get an understanding of how the subclass system works. We also have plenty of ESO Builds optimized for Subclassing.

Take a look at our ESO Sorcerer Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Sorcerer build!