Type: Solo Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
Buildname: Creeve
Table of Contents:
Welcome to the ESO Stamina Sorcerer Build PvP “Creeve” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. This build is made for Cyrodiil and Battlegrounds.
The ESO Stamina Sorcerer PvP Build is a heavy armor build that can take quite a few punches. We have high mobility, insane burst damage, and good resource management on this Stamina Sorcerer build. Having Hurricane, Quick Cloak and being an Orc gives us an additional 55% speed boost which will make you the fastest player on the battlefield.
Burst damage comes from a combination of skills like Dizzying Swing, Dawnbreaker of Smiting Ultimate, Executioner and sets such as Clever Alchemist, New Moon Acolyte, and Balorgh. Damage mitigation comes from heavy armor, Hurricane and Quick Cloak.
Sustain is mostly tied to Potions, Heavy Attacks and Dark Deal, that is also the reason why we have quite a lot of Max Magicka compared to other ESO PVP Builds.
- Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
- Heavy Armor 2H + Dual Wield
- High Mobility
- Strong Healing
- Crazy High Mitigation
- Good Sustain
- High Burst Damage
Cyrodiil Setup ESO Stamina Sorcerer PVP Build
Here I am going to explain the whole ESO Stamina Sorcerer PVP Build. Try to stick to the setup as much as possible. If you change too many things the Stam Sorc PVP Build might not function perfectly anymore.
5x Alchemist, 5x New Moon Acolyte, 2x Balorgh on an Orc with Lava Foot Soup and Slatrice buff food.
- Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
- Buffed: In combat, Hurricane, Weapon Damage Glyph, Tri-Stat Potion, and Critical Surge were active.
Gear
- 5-2 Setup: We are using a 5-2 setup, 5 pieces heavy and 2 medium.
- If you don’t have the Blackrose Spectral Cloak weapons, you can also use Blessing of Potentas instead.
- Monster Set: I recommend Balorgh if you want maximum burst damage, otherwise you can also use Bloodspawn.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Belt | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
| Shoes | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
| Pants | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Hands | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
| Head | Balorgh | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Shoulder | Balorgh | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
| Necklace | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery |
| Weapon 1 front bar | New Moon Acolyte | 2H Sword | Nirnhoned | Weapon Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 back bar | Spectral Cloak | Sword | Defensive | Escapist’s Poison IX |
| Weapon 2 back bar | Spectral Cloak | Sword | Defensive | Escapist’s Poison IX |
Where can I get the gear:
Clever Alchemist: Craftable
New Moon Acolyte: Craftable
Balorgh: vMarch of Sacrifices, Undaunted Enclave
Spectral Cloak: Blackrose Prison Arena
Perfected Spectral Cloak: vBlackrose Prison Arena
Skills Stamina Sorcerer PvP Build
| 2H Mainbar | Dual Wield bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Streak | Slot 1: Quick Cloak |
| Slot 2: Critical Rush | Slot 2: Dark Deal |
| Slot 3: Executioner | Slot 3: Hurricane |
| Slot 4: Dizzying Swing | Slot 4: Critical Surge |
| Slot 5: Camouflaged Hunter | Slot 5: Resolving Vigor |
| Ultimate: Dawnbreaker of Smiting | Ultimate: Temporal Guard |
Skills explanation:
- Streak: Use this to stun enemies and you can also use this to increase mobility, a very powerful ability.
- Critical Rush: Your gap closer that also deals good damage because it always crits.
- Executioner: Your execute ability, use this when the enemy is below 30%. (If you want more splash damage, use the other morph Reverse Slice)
- Dizzying Swing: Your main spammable, can also set enemies off balance, and can follow up with a heavy attack to regain a lot of resources and stun the enemy.
- Camouflaged Hunter: Applies Major Savagery and Minor Berserk buff, this is only passively slotted.
- Dawnbreaker of Smiting: This is your go-to Ultimate, deals AoE cone damage and applies a damage over time effect on the enemy.
- Quick Cloak: Activate this to get insane AoE damage reduction and speed buff.
- Dark Deal: Spam this to regain a lot of stamina and health. This is your main resource management tool!
- Hurricane: Strong AoE damage and also gives us extra resistance (Major Resolve) on top of a powerful speed boost (Minor Expedition).
- Critical Surge: Applies Major Brutality, increasing Weapon Damage, and also heals us every time we crit.
- Resolving Vigor: Your main heal, if you drop low activate this and follow up with a dodge roll.
- Temporal Guard: Passively slotted to gain the Minor Protection buff, increasing your damage mitigation. Can also be used defensively to get out of tricky situations.
The “Weaving Beginner Guide” explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.
Scribing Skills
The ESO Scribing System offers plenty of adjustable skills to add to our build. You can test out the skills below and see if they work for you. They are mostly here to annoy the enemy by stunning or immobilizing them.
Important: Please read here how to get Grimoires, Focus Scripts, Signature Scripts and Affix Scripts for the ESO Scribing system.
Base Scribing Skill useful to our build:
- Two Handed: Smash (Repelling Smash)
- World: Soul Burst (Leashing Burst)
If you want to test one of these Scribing skills swap it out with Critical Rush or Camouflaged Hunter.
Repelling Smash
Smash turns into Repelling Smash scribing skill, knocks enemies back and stuns them. Additionally, it also immobilizes them and interrupts their casting. Especially the stun and immobilization combo is super annoying to deal with. You get stunned, then you have to break free and you are still stuck in place.
- Focus Script
- Signature Script
- Affix Script
Leashing Burst
Wield Soul turns into Leashing Burst. After 2 seconds, this pulls enemies to you within 8 meters. Also applies Oblivion damage to any enemy hit and interrupts their casting. You can change Interrupt to something else if you want. The main appeal of the skill is to pull enemies in after 2 seconds and then hit them and attack them with our combo.
- Focus Script
- Signature Script
- Affix Script
Champion Points Stam Sorc PVP Build
Below you can find the recommended slottable Champion Points setup for this Sorcerer PVP Build. Prioritize the slottable perks and get as many passive perks as possible.
Warfare Tree Points Allocation
- Deadly Aim (50) (Slottable)
- Master-at-Arms (50) (Slottable)
- Wrathful Strikes (50) (Slottable)
- Duelist’s Rebuff (50) (Slottable)
Fitness Tree Points Allocation
- Boundless Vitality (50) (Slottable)
- Sustained by Suffering (50) (Slottable)
- Pain’s Refuge (50) (Slottable)
- Slippery (50) (Slottable)
Craft Tree Points Allocation
- Steed’s Blessing (50) (Slottable)
- Rationer (30)
- Liquid Efficiency (75)
- Treasure Hunter (50)
Important Info for Stamina Sorcerer Build PvP
Buff-food
For this setup, we are using the Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice buff food. This will boost our max Stamina and Stamina Recovery by a lot for this setup. You can buy this food for a cheap price in the guildstores, if you click on the link of the buff food you can also see price data.
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Max Stamina, Stamina Recovery)
Mundus Stone
We use the Warrior Mundus Stone to get extra weapon damage which boosts our overall damage. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.
The Warrior Mundus Stone (Increased Weapon Damage)
Race
All stamina-based races work. More about each race can be found on the racial overview page.
Orc
Redguard
Imperial
Wood Elf
Khajiit
Nord
Argonian
High Elf
Potions
Tri-Stat Potions are by far the best option you have for this setup to boost all your primary resources. You can use the crafted or the crown store version.
Tri-Stat Potion
(Health, Stamina, Magicka)
(Bugloss, Columbine, Mountain Flower)
Poisons
I highly recommend running Poisons on the Dual Wield bar, those poisons help root the enemy and also drain stamina.
Escapist Poison
(Immobilize, Speed reduction, Drain Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Columbine, Namiras Rot)
Passives
- Dark Magic: Unholy Knowledge, Persistence
- Daedric Summoning: Power Stone, Daedric Protection (Only if you use Bound Armaments or Storm Atronach)
- Storm Calling: Energized, Amplitude, Expert Mage, Capacitor
- Two-Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
- Dual Wield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
- Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut, Revitalize, Rapid Mending
- Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Athletics, Agility, Improved Sneak
- Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker, Slayer, Intimidating Presence
- Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
- Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
- Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
- Racial: All
Attributes
10 Health, 54 Stamina, 0 Magicka
Resource Management
Resource management is fairly easy on this setup once you get used to it. Your main resource tool is Dark Deal which both gives Stamina and Health in exchange for Magicka, we got plenty of Magicka so we will always have resources to trade.
On top of that, you can also do Heavy Attacks and use Potions at the right moments to boost your resources.
- Dark Deal
- Heavy Attacks
- Potions
Battlegrounds Stamina Sorcerer PvP Build
The only thing we are changing is our jewelry. To make up for the sustain we are going all in on Stamina Recovery glyphs on jewelry.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Belt | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
| Shoes | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
| Pants | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Hands | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
| Head | Balorgh | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Stat |
| Shoulder | Balorgh | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
| Necklace | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery |
| Weapon 1 front bar | New Moon Acolyte | 2H Sword | Nirnhoned | Weapon Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 back bar | Spectral Cloak | Sword | Defensive | Escapist’s Poison IX |
| Weapon 2 back bar | Spectral Cloak | Sword | Defensive | Escapist’s Poison IX |
Mundus Stone
In Battlegrounds, you can run The Serpent Mundus Stone, that way you will have some more Stamina Recovery.
The Serpent Mundus Stone (Increased Stamina Recovery)
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!
Outfit Style Showcase of the Creeve Stam Sorcerer PvP Build for ESO
Let’s take a look at the outfit style of the Melee Brawler Sorcerer PvP Build for ESO. You can find a close-up shot, an image from the back and an image of the outfit editor dye station below.
- New Moon Priest Style: Guards, Cuirass, Belt, Boots, Greatsword
- Annihilarch’s Chosen Style: Arm Cops
- Psijic Order Style: Bracers
- Skyterror Dragonslayer Mask: Mask
- Dyes: Blackreach Blue, Void Pitch
| Slot | Name |
|---|---|
| Head | Skyterror Dragonslayer Mask |
| Shoulder | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Chest | Psijic Order Motif |
| Hands | New Moon Priest Motif |
| Waist | New Moon Priest Motif |
| Legs | New Moon Priest Motif |
| Feet | New Moon Priest Motif |
| Weapon | New Moon Priest Motif |
| Dyes | Blackreach Blue, Void Pitch |
Update Log for ESO Stamina Sorcerer PVP Build
09.08.2019 ADDED the Build for the Scalebreaker DLC. Stamina Sorcerer Build PvP.
19.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
23.02.2020 Redesigned and updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
15.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
18.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
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.
31.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
18.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
27.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
09.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
14.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
09.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
28.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
08.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter
25.05.2023 Updated the Build for the NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for Necrom Update 40.
27.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
04.11.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
30.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.
Tags: Stamina Sorcerer PvP Build, Stamina Sorc PvP Build, Stam Sorc PvP Build, StamSorc PvP
