ESO Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

Easy Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build for ESO! This Pure Class Beginner Build is designed for 160 Champion Points and beyond in order to help you level up but also learn your favorite Class better. When you start getting better gear, you can check dedicated Solo or DPS Sorcerer Builds that will help you clear the content you are after. Some more Sorcerer Guides and Builds you can check are:

• Sorcerer Beginner Guide
• Sorcerer Builds
• Stamina Sorcerer Beginner Build
• Subclassing Builds

Skills for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

This Beginner Build is using the following Skills:

• Crystal Fragments(Crystal Shard): Spammable with insane burst damage that also helps with sustain.
• Endless Fury(Mages’ Fury): Execute Ability. Use it when the enemy is below 20% Health.
• Hardened Ward(Conjured Ward): Shield ability that protects.
• Summon Volatile Familiar(Summon Unstable Familiar): Pet that can DPS and stun enemies with its ability.
• Barbed Trap(Trap Beast): Additional DOT damage that also boosts Critical Damage.
• Flawless Dawnbreaker(Dawnbreaker): Buffs weapon damage and deals great direct and DOT damage.
• Lightning Flood(Lightning Splash): Shock AOE damage skill.
• Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements): Great AOE damage skill.
• Elemental Drain(Weakness to Elements): Debuffs enemies and helps with sustain.
• Critical Surge(Surge): Passive healing and boost to damage.
• Summon Charged Atronach(Summon Storm Atronach): Main Ultimate.

Rotation

Buff yourself with Critical Surge, apply Elemental Drain and set your Barbed Trap. Attack with Lightning Flood, Unstable Wall of Elements, Volatile Familiar’s ability, Crystal Fragments as your Spammable. Keep attacking with Crystal Fragments and re cast the other abilities when necessary. When the enemy’s Health drops to 20%, replace Crystal Fragments with Endless Fury as your Spammable but keep casting Crystal Fragments when it procs! Protect yourself with Hardened Ward, use your Ultimates when ready and always Light Attack before skills to boost damage!

ESO Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build Setup

The Build is using Crafted Sets that you can get easily when you hit c160!

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Armor of the Seducer/Ilambris	Light/Heavy	Divines	Max. Magicka
Shoulders	Armor of the Seducer/Ilambris	Light/Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka
Hands	Order's Wrath	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Legs	Order's Wrath	Light	Divines	Max.Magicka
Chest	Order's Wrath	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Waist	Order's Wrath	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Feet	Order's Wrath	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Necklace	Willpower/Armor of the Seducer	Jewel	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Willpower/Armor of the Seducer	Jewel	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Armor of the Seducer	Jewel	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Staff	Armor of the Seducer	Lightning	Precise or Charged	Absorb Magicka
Staff	Armor of the Seducer	Lightning	Infused	Weapon Damage

Armor Sets for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

These are the Best Sets for the Build and where you can find them:

• Order’s Wrath: High Isle, Crafted
• Armor of the Seducer: Grahtwood, Stormhaven, Deshaan – Crafted
• Willpower: Random Daily Dungeon Reward, Imperial City(Imperial City DLC required)
• Ilambris(Use as Head-Shoulders when you farm it): Veteran Crypt of Hearts 1, Glirion the Redbeard

Passive Skills for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

Passive skills are always important for every character and can help you maximize the potential of your Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build. Try to unlock them as fast as possible, so you can become stronger and tackle harder content faster. These are the Passive Skills you should unlock for the Build.

• All Passive Skills from your Class’ Lines
• All Passive Skills from Weapon Lines you are using
• Passive Skills from Armor Lines you are using
• Passive Abilities from Guild lines(Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/Build
• Fighters Guild Passives: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Mages Guild Passives: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Undaunted Passives
• Your Racial Passives
• Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions

Champion Points for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

Below you will find the best Champion Points setup(c160) for the Build. When allocating Champion points to Slottable and Passive Stars your primary goal is to create paths! Allocate the minimum required points to stars along your path in order to reach your desired Slottable Stars faster.

Once you have unlocked all Stars, start allocating more Champion Points to them to fill them out. Focus on Slottable Stars first, then Passive Stars. If you would like to learn more about Champion Points and how they work, you can read my ESO Champion Points Guide.

Warfare

• Eldritch Insight: 10
• Quick Recovery: 10
• Tireless Discipline: 10
• Piercing: 10
• Presicion: 14

Craft

• Gilded Fingers: 18
• Fortune’s Favor: 10
• Wanderer: 15
• Steadfast Enchantment: 10

Fitness

• Sprinter: 10
• Hasty: 8
• Hero’s Vigor: 10
• Siphoning Spells(Slottable): 10
• Rejuvenation(Slottable): 15

Food and Potions for Magsorc Beginner Build

Witchmother’s Potent Brew is the Best Food for the Build while Essence of Magicka is the best option as Potions.

Info for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build

Several important info for the Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build. What Mundus to use, the best race for the build and how to assign your attribute points.

Attribute Points

All points to Magicka.

Mundus Stone

The Thief to boost Critical Chance.

Race

The Best Race for the Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build in ESO is High Elf. Dark Elf, Khajiit and Breton are nice alternative Races you can use for a DPS focused Build. Any Race with Magicka bonuses can work well though. You can find more about the playable races in my ESO Race Guide!

Vampire or Werewolf

Neither is necessary.

Best Companion for Magicka Sorcerer Beginner Build ESO

If you need help to clear content alone you can bring along a mighty Companion! Companions in ESO are helpful allies that can assist you in combat. Every Companion can fulfill every role in the game and help you enjoy ESO more by clearing content faster or by simply interacting with them and their charming personality! There are various Builds you can use for every available ESO Companion!

As a Beginner my recommendation is to bring along a Tank or Healer Companion! To find out which ESO Companion is the Best in every role you can take a look at my ESO Best Companion Guide! To further maximize the potential of your chosen Companion, you can wear the Telvanni Efficiency Set! A Crafted Set that reduces the cooldown of your Companions abilities, improving their damage and overall effects and assisting you further in combat.