ESO Solo Magicka Sorcerer Build - ESO | Just Loot It by Lucky Ghost (2024)

SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD – MAGSORC

1. Overview
   • Race
   • Mundus
   • Attributes
   • Consumables
   • Vampire
2. Gear
3. Skills
4. Rotation
5. Passives
6. Champion Points
7. Parse Time

OVERVIEW

• Race: High Elf, Dark Elf or Breton
  • Dark Elf, High Elf are great for burst damage. Breton is a fantastic alternative for solo content however as it brings some nice spell resistance and improved sustain. For other great alternatives visit our race guide here!
• Mundus: Lover
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 64
  • Health: 0
  • Stamina: 0
• Consumables
  • Food:
    • Ghastly Eye Bowl (preferred if you have enough health)
    • Witchmother’s Potent Brew (or Clockwork Citrus Filet if you are struggling with something)
  • Potion: Essence of Critical
    • we dont need to splurge on the expensive potions if running Critical Surge, we get those buffs from our skills instead

TRIAL GEAR – SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD

In this section, we will go over all the gear for those that want to, or are willing to do trials for the Solo Magicka Sorcerer DPS build. This gear is not required for the build. The other gear options perform nearly as well and can do all content!

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Stormfist / Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Pillar of Nirn	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Pillar of Nirn	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Pillar of Nirn	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Pillar of Nirn Pillar of Nirn	Dagger Dagger	Nirnhoned Charged	Fire Enchant Poison Enchant
Weapon 2	Maelstrom Staff	Fire Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Zaan’s drops in Scalecaller Peak (dungeon)
• Stormfist drops in Vet Tempest Island
• Whorl of the Depths drops in Dreadsail Reef (Trial)
• Pillar of Nirn Drops in Falkreath Hold (Dungeon)
• Ring of the Pale Order
  **Feel Free to Mix and Match DLC / Non DLC loadouts

DUNGEON GEAR – SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD

This is the best gear you can collect from dungeons for the solo magicka sorcerer build.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Iceheart	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Iceheart (Pillar of Nirn if Wearing ROPO)	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Auroran’s Thunder	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Auroran’s Thunder	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Auroran’s Thunder	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Auroran’s Thunder	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Auroran’s Thunder	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Pillar of Nirn	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Pillar of Nirn	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale Order (Or Pillar of Nirn if you don’t have ROPO)	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Pillar of Nirn Pillar of Nirn	Dagger Dagger	Nirnhoned Charged	Fire Enchant Poison Enchant
Weapon 2	Maelstrom Staff	Fire Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Iceheart drops in Direfrost Keep (dungeon)
• Auroran’s Thunder drops in Depths of Malatar (dungeon)
• Pillar of Nirn drops in Falkreath Hold (dungeon)
  
• ——NON-DLC LOADOUT OPTIONS————
• Order’s Wrath is Crafted (replaces Auroran’s Thunder)
• Burning Spellweave Drops in City of Ash (Dungeon) (replaces Pillar of Nirn)
  
• Ring of the Pale Order

SKILLS – SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD

Solo Magicka Sorcerer Skills

Daedric Prey	Crystal Fragments	Barbed Trap	Deadly Cloak	Summon Volatile Familiar	Flawless Dawnbreaker
Unstable Wall of Elements	Boundless Storm	Regenerative Ward	Critical Surge	Summon Volatile Familiar	Greater Storm Atronach

SKILL LINEAGE – SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD

The solo magicka sorcerer skills listed above are the preferred skills. Here is where you can find those recommended skills, as well as a few honorable mentions.

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Regenerative Ward	Conjured Ward	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Crystal Fragments	Crystal Shard	Sorcerer > Dark Magic
Daedric Prey	Daedric Curse	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Summon Volatile Familiar	Summon Unstable Familiar	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Barbed Trap	Trap Beast	Guild > Fighters
Greater Storm Atronach	Summon Storm Atronach	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Unstable Wall of Elements	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction staff
Boundless Storm	Lightning Form	Sorcerer > Storm Calling
Deadly Cloak	Blade Cloak	Weapon > Dual Wield
Critical Surge	Surge	Sorcerer > Storm Calling
Flawless Dawnbreaker	Dawnbreaker	Guild > Fighters

PASSIVES – SOLO MAGICKA SORCERER BUILD

• CLASS
  • All passives
• WEAPON
  • Staff: All Passives for the weapons used
• ARMOR
  • Light Armor: All Passives
    Medium Armor: All Passives
• WORLD
  • None
• GUILDS
  • Fighters Guild: First 4 Passives
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
  • Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Credits

Skill descriptions are based off of ESO Skillbook, an amazing resource for all things ESO!

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