This beginner build for the Stamina Sorcerer class in The Elder Scrolls Online is a great place to get started. This build focuses on Dual Wield and Two-Handed skills and includes lots of Damage Over Time!
Primary Sets
Our main 5 piece set on this build is Hexos Ward, a medium armor set from the Deadlands zone which provides a lot of great survivability, especially if you want to play solo. Wretched Vitality is also especially good on the Stamina Sorcerer as it allows us to EASILY maintain both Stamina and Magicka skills by providing plenty of sustain. Armor Of The Trainee can also be used in any remaining two slots for some nice stat bonuses.
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Dealing direct Critical Damage grants you a damage shield that absorbs up to 12305 damage for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 7 seconds.
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) While in combat, applying a Major Buff or Debuff to a target grants you 260 Magicka and Stamina Recovery for 15 seconds. While in combat, applying a Minor Buff or Debuff to a target grants you 130 Magicka and Stamina Recovery for 15 seconds.
Armor Of The Trainee
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 1454 Maximum Health
(2 items) Adds 1454 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 1454 Maximum Stamina
Alternative Sets
For alternatives players can also take advantage of basic damage sets like Spriggan’s Thorns or Briarheart as well basic sustain sets like Eternal Vigor. I recommend using the Level Up Rewards weapons (Prophet’s Bow, Prohpet’s Dagger, etc.) to make up the remaining 2 open gear slots.
Eternal Vigor
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(5 items) Adds 337 Stamina and Magicka Recovery while your Health is above 50%. Adds 1011 Health Recovery while your Health is 50% or less.
Spriggan’s Thorns
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 3460 Offensive Penetration
Briarheart
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina.
Sample Gear Loadout
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Armor Of The Trainee Daggers | Precise / Sharpened | NA | Damage Poisons |
| Backup | Armor Of The Trainee Two Hander | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Wretched Vitality | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Wretched Vitality | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Wretched Vitality | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Wretched Vitality | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Wretched Vitality | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Hexos Ward | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Hexos Ward | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Hexos Ward | Robust | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Hexos Ward | Robust | NA | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring 2 | Hexos Ward | Robust | NA | Stamina Recovery |
Attributes
Most of our skills cost Stamina to cast, so putting all Attribute Points into Stamina will be the most effective.
0 Magicka
0 Health
64 Stamina
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
Orc or Dark Elf will be a strong choice for this set up if you want as much damage as possible. If you are considering doing some PVP I also recommend Nord for the extra resistances and ultimate generation. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Thief
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
The Lover
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 2744
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 4489
Food/Drink Buff
Bewitched Sugar Skulls
Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours.
These effects are scaled based on your level.
Dubious Camoran Throne
Increase Stamina Recovery by 315, Max Stamina by 2856 and Max Health by 3094 for 2 hours.
These effects are scaled based on your level.
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Potions
Basic Stamina Potions
Sample Skill Loadout
Main Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Summon Unstable Clannfear
- Daedric Curse or Deadly Cloak
- Crystal Fragments or Steel Tornado
- Bloodthirst
- Camouflaged Hunter
- ULT: Summon Greater Storm Atronach
Backup Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Important Passives
- Unholy Knowledge
- Daedric Protection
- Expert Summoner
- Exploitation
- Power Stone
- Capacitor
- Energized
- Amplitude
- Expert Mage
- Controlled Fury
- Balanced Blade
- Dexterity
- Wind Walker
- Agility
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