Category: Best ESO Builds, Best Sorcerer Builds, DPS Builds
Unlock INSANE DPS with this powerful Stamina Sorcerer PVE DPS build!
Primary Sets
Our primary damage set on this build Perfected Arms Of Relequen. This is a Trials set that can be obtained from Cloudrest and provides plenty of extra damage as long as you can maintain your light attacks consistently.
The second set, Pillar Of Nirn is an amazing proc set that offers very high damage with an easy-to-maintain proc condition and fairly long duration.
The Harpooner’s Wading Kilt is recommended to maximize Critical Chance and Critical damage.
Our backbar will be open for another powerful option, Perfected Spectral Cloak. This set buffs the Blade Cloak skill and its morphs, giving you bonus protection and damage done.
Finally, with one slot left over a single piece of Slimecraw can be used to maximize Critical Chance.
Perfected Arms Of Relequen
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina, Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Pillar Of Nirn
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage, you create a fissure underneath the enemy after 1 second, dealing 623 Bleed Damage to all enemies within 2.5 meters and causing them to bleed for an additional 3132 Bleed Damage over 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Dealing direct damage grants you a stack of Hunter’s Focus for 20 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. You can only gain 1 stack of Hunter’s Focus per second. Each stack of Hunter’s Focus increases your Critical Chance by 110 and your Critical Damage by 1%. Taking direct damage removes 5 stacks of Hunter’s Focus, up to once per second. Removing Harpooner’s Wading Kilt removes all stacks of Hunter’s Focus.
Perfected Spectral Cloak
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 103 Stamina Recovery, Dealing damage with Blade Cloak grants you Spectral Cloak for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.
Slimecraw
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(2 items) Adds 113 Critical Chance, Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 5%
DPS Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Pillar Of Nirn Greatsword | Precise | NA | Flame Damage |
| Backup | Perfected Blackrose Daggers | Infused / Infused | NA | Poison Damage / Weapon Damage |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Light | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Trash Build
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Perfected Asylum Daggers | Nirnhoned / Precise | NA | Fire Damage / Poison Damage |
| Backup | Burning Spellweave Inferno Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon / Spell Damage |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Light | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
The optimal DPS race for this build will be Dark Elf due to their bonus Weapon and Spell Damage, Max Stamina and Max Magicka. 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
Food/Drink Buff
Green Max Stamina Food
Potions
Weapon Power Potions
Skills
Main Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Crystal Fragments
- Daedric Prey
- Wrecking Blow
- Summon Volatile Familiar
- Summon Twilight Tormentor
- ULT: Power Overload
Backup Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Deadly Cloak
- Hurricane
- Barbed Trap
- Summon Volatile Familiar
- Summon Twilight Tormentor
- ULT: Greater Storm Atronach
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Pre-Buffs
Activate Overload. Summon + cast both Pets. Prebuff with Hurricane and Deadly Cloak.
Rotation
Barbed Trap – Deadric Prey – Wrecking Blow Spam. Use Crystal Fragment as soon as it procs. Place the Greater Storm Atronarch shortly before 170 Ulti Points otherwise you will be stuck in Overload! Keep up every DOT in Combination with Wrecking Blow Spams + Crystal Fragment Procs. At around 10% drop Hurricane. Simple and effective Rotation!
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Unholy Knowledge
- Blood Magic
- Persistence
- Exploitation
- Rebate
- Power Stone
- Daedric Protection
- Expert Summoner
- Capacitor
- Energized
- Amplitude
- Expert Mage
Weapon Passives
- Slaughter
- Dual Wield Expert
- Controlled Fury
- Ruffian
- Twin Blade And Blunt
- Forceful
- Heavy Weapons
- Balanced Blade
- Follow Up
- Battle Rush
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
Champion Points
Below you will find the recommended Active and Passive Champion Point Stars for this build, broken down into 300, 600, 900, and 1200 CP ranges.
For more information on Champion Points click on a Star name below or browse our detailed Champion Points Guides.
Constellation Descriptions:
Craft TREE
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare TREE
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness TREE
The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
– 300 Champion Points –
GREEN
BLUE
RED
– 600 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
BLUE
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
– 900 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
– 1200 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 30 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
- 75 Liquid Efficiency (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Hardy
- 20 Elemental Aegis
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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