Powerful 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online)

Table of Contents

• Group Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Scribing Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Resource Management
• Rotation
• AoE Setup
• Sorcerer Subclassing

Welcome to the 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). This build is optimized for group content such as dungeons, trials & arenas and has a very glass-cannon approach. The 2H Stamina Sorcerer build is optimized for maximum damage. The build works best in a group but with some minor adjustments can also be played as a solo setup if necessary.

Stamina Sorcerers are very powerful two-hander users which benefit a lot from Sorcerer passives. The passive Energized alone increases your overall damage by quite a bit and the passive Amplitude gives you another powerful damage boost early in combat. You also benefit from less expensive ultimate cost due to the Power Stone passive.

• Two Hander & Bow setup
• Great single target (ST) damage
• Great area of effect (AoE) damage
• Crazy splash damage
• Dungeon, Trial & Arena Build

It is also recommended to read the Stamina Sorcerer Beginner Guide if you are a new player. You can find more Sorcerer Builds & Guides in the Sorcerer category of the website.

Group Setup – 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build

Let’s take a look at the overall setup for the 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build in ESO.

5x Relequen, 5x Pillar of Nirn, 1x Slimecraw, 1x Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet, on a Dark Elf with Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice food.

• Unbuffed: Out of combat, pet active, buff food active
• Buffed: In Combat, buff food, Raid Target Dummy buffs, Weapon damage enchantment, Pet active, Weapon Power Potion 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

There are a lot of good Stamina Sets available, you can find more viable stamina dps sets in this Stamina DPS Sets Article. I also elaborate on specific sets that are often used in this article to give you a bit more insight as to why they are used.

Gear Setup 1

Perfected vs Imperfect Gear: Both perfected and imperfect gear is viable for the build. The perfected versions are a lot harder to obtain though. So if you don’t have any aim for the normal version first.

Gear Setup 2

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

This setup is for new players. You want to craft or ask someone to craft 5x Hunding’s Rage and 4x Night Mother’s Gaze. 3x Agility jewelry can be bought in the guildstores for little money.

Where can I get the gear?

Perfected Arms of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Spectral Cloak (Maelstrom 2H): vBlackrose Prison Arena
Spectral Cloak: nBlackrose Prison Arena
Slimecraw: vWayrest Sewers 1, Undaunted Enclave
Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet (Mythic): Antiquities
Perf. Ansuul’s Torment: vSanity’s Edge Trial

Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Leviathan. Crypts of Hearts 1 & 2
Perfected Titanic Cleave (Master’s Two Hander): vDragonstar Arena
Titanic Cleave (Master’s Two Hander): Dragonstar Arena
Mechanical Acuity: Craftable

Skills

Scribing Skills

The ESO Scribing System allows us to add modified new skills to our build. We have one good option for our two hander build called Bloody Smash. Bloody Smash deals good direct and damage over time damage. However it isn’t stronger than any of the other skills, therefore you can slot it but don’t have to.

Important: Please read here how to get Grimoires, Focus Scripts, Signature Scripts and Affix Scripts for the ESO Scribing System.

Base Scribing Skill:

• Two Handed: Smash

Bloody Smash

Smash turns into Bloody Smash with our Scribing scripts.

• Focus Script
  • Bleed Damage
• Signature Script
  • Lingering Torment (Damage over time)
• Affix Script
  • Berserk (5% more damage)

You can You can also test more combinations out with the ESO Scribing Simulator.

Champion Points – 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build

Click the tab below to open the allocation.

Important Info – 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build

Buff-food

Any of the three foods below works well with the build. For a list of all buff food and drink consumables please visit the Buff Food and Drinks Overview Page.

Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Saltrice, Flour, Potato, Scrib Jelly)

Artaeum Takeaway Broth
(Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery+Health Recovery)

Dubious Camoran Throne
(2nd option if Artaeum is too expensive)

Mundus Stone

The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Weapon Critical Rating which boosts our damage. For more information on Mundus Stones please visit the Mundus Stone Overview Page.

The Thief Mundus Stone (Increased Weapon Critical)

Race

Any race with stamina based perks works for this setup. If you want a complete overview of all races and racial passives, then I recommend checking out the ESO Races Overview page.

Orc
Khajiit
Dark Elf
Nord
Redguard
Wood Elf
Imperial
High Elf

Potions

Potions are an important part of the 2H Stamina Sorcerer build, they apply very powerful buffs and extra resources to your character. Potions benefit from the Alchemy passive Medicinal Use, make sure to always have that passive active.

Weapon Power Potions 
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)

Passives

• Dark Magic: Unholy Knowledge, Persistence
• Daedric Summoning: Power Stone, Daedric Protection, Expert Summoner
• Storm Calling: Energized, Amplitude, Expert Mage
• Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
• Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
• Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
• Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Psijic Order (AoE Setup): Clairvoyance, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Stamina

Resource Management

Using the Lava-Foot-Soup and Saltrice buff food already gives us a lot of extra stamina recovery that we need. During the fight healers or tanks will throw Energy Orb that you can synergize to get back resources, these are very important!

Other than that you have to use potions on cooldown to give you a huge amount of stamina back and you can always perform some heavy attacks throughout the fight to restore stamina. If you have all these things you should be fine with sustain, just don’t forget to do heavy attacks when you drop low on stamina.

• Lava-Foot-Soup and Saltrice buff food
• Orbs or Spears from Healers
• Heavy Attacks resource return (optional)
• Potions

Rotation

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

• Your main spammable is Crystal Weapon.
• Activate Bound Armaments whenever you have max amount of daggers above your head.
• Keep up your damage over time effects: Stampede, Carve, Hurricane, Endless Hail, Barbed Trap.
• The Twilight Tormentor pet will attack on its own.

Make sure to activate Ability Bar Tracking ingame via Settings > Combat > Ability Bar. More info in the Ability bar Timers Guide.

AoE Setup

The AoE setup of the 2H Stamina Sorcerer Build is more straightforward.

Skills

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!

Related Content

More Stamina Sorcerer Builds & Guides:

• Stamina Sorcerer Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
• Stamina Sorcerer Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
• Stamina Sorcerer Dual Wield Build
• Solo Stamina Sorcerer Build
• More viable Stamina DPS Sets Article for Endgame

Other 2H Stamina Builds:

• 2H Stamina Arcanist DPS Build
• 2H Stamina Templar DPS Build
• 2H Stamina Warden DPS Build
• 2H Stamina Dragonknight DPS Build
• 2H Stamina Necromancer DPS Build

Update Log for the 2H Sorcerer Build

11.08.2019 Updated the Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC. Stamina Sorcerer 2H Build PvE.
19.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
17.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
20.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
03.09.2020 Updated the Champion Points 810, 600, 300.
26.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
25.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
12.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Points link and added tooltips to the buff food links, WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
21.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
20.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
10.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
26.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
13.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter.
31.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
08.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter.
31.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
28.10.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
27.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.

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