Category: Best ESO Builds, Best Sorcerer Builds, Solo Builds, Best Subclassing Builds, Best Heavy Attack Builds
This Subclassing Sorcerer Build combines Nightblade and Necromancer skills for an insanely powerful Heavy Attack focus! Get Ready to MELT enemies with powerful shock damage!
Primary Sets
Our primary damage set on this build is the classic Sergeant’s Mail set. This provides some of the highest bonus Heavy Attack damage in the game, as long as you can maintain its stacks.
I also recommend using the Grave Inevitability set while playing solo, as this can boost your Critical Damage through the roof.
The Rakkhat’s Voidmantle mythic is a powerful option that will be available for Heavy Attack focused builds, increasing Heavy Attack damage by a whopping 50%!
Armor Of The Trainee can be used as a heavy armor chest piece for extra armor and health which is perfect for soloing.
Finally, one piece of Slimecraw can be used for even more Critical Chance.
Sergeant’s Mail
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Heavy Attack, you gain a stack of Sergeant’s Focus for 5 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks by 645 per stack. This effect can occur once every second and stacks up to 4 times.
Grave Inevitability
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 damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Remorseless for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks, up to once every 0.5 seconds. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of focus, granting you Major Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 20%. While you have an aura of focus, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Force, increasing their Critical Damage by 10%.
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%
Rakkhat’s Voidmantle
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Reduce the damage of your Light Attacks by 50%. Dealing damage with a Light Attack restores 431 Magicka or Stamina, depending on your equipped weapon type. Gain additional resources when damaging an Off Balanced enemy and less resources when damaging a blocking enemy. Increase the damage of your Heavy Attacks by 50%. Heavy Attacks no longer restore resources.
All is ruin. All is sorrow. The Moons have forsaken you, and doom is upon you. You will drown in shadow and blood!
Rakkhat’s Voidmantle Lead Locations
Rakkhat’s Voidmantle is a powerful Mythic for Heavy Attack Builds in ESO! Check out our full Rakkhat’s Mantle Guide for ALL Lead Locations!
Alternative Sets
Rather than use a Grave Inevitability set, you can also use a crafted sets such as Order’s Wrath which will have less overall damage but is easier to obtain. The Noble Duelist set is another useful Heavy Attack set that can be used here as well.
Order’s Wrath
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) Adds 943 Critical Chance, Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing by 8%.
Noble Duelist
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack in melee range, you cause your Light and Heavy Attacks to deal an additional 2111 damage for 15 seconds. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds.
Heavy Attack Sorcerer Loadout
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Sergeant’s Mail Lightning Staff | Precise | NA | Shock |
| Backup | Maestrom Arena Lightning Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Rakkhat’s Voidmantle | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Chest | Sergeant’s Mail | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Waist | Grave Inevitability | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Grave Inevitability | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Grave Inevitability | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Grave Inevitability | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Grave Inevitability | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
Race, Mundus, and Consumables
Khajiit is my favorite race for this build because of their higher Critical Damage and Healing, though any magic-based races like Breton, Dark Elf, and even High Elf will work great for this build. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Clockwork Citrus Filet
Increase Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406, Max Magicka by 3080 and Magicka Recovery by 338 for 2 hours.
Ingredients: Red Meat, Lemon, Frost Mirriam, Perfect Roe
Basic Magicka Potions
Heavy Attack Sorcerer Subclassing
This build uses Subclassing for maximum effectiveness. The recommended skill lines for this build are:
Heavy Attack Sorcerer Skills
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Impale
- Gravelord’s Sacrifice
- Wield Soul or Dampen Magic
- Ulfsild’s Contigency or Structured Entropy
- Inner Light
- ULT: Soul Harvest
Backup Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Main Rotation
Start by buffing Gravelord’s Sacrifice, then switch to the backbar and cast Elemental Blockade, Elemental Drain, Boundless Storm, and Critical Surge.
On the frontbar cast Ulfsild’s Contigency followed by a Heavy Attack. Repeat this until your other skills begin to fade, then rebuff those.
Notes:
- Cast Glacial Colossus when ready, but save it for times when you need a stun.
- Use Soul Harvest when a fight is too short to build up to Glacial Colossus.
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Capacitor
- Energized
- Amplitude
- Expert Mage
- Master Assassin
- Executioner
- Pressure Points
- Hemorrhage
- Reusable Parts
- Death Knell
- Dismember
- Rapid Rot
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
- Grace
- Evocation
- Spell Warding
- Prodigy
- Concentration
- Dexterity
- Wind Walker
- Agility
- Athletics
- Resolve
- Constitution
- Juggernaut
- Revitalize
- Rapid Mending
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)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
– 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 Weapons Expert (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Tireless Discipline
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
– 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 Weapons Expert (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 20 Hardy
- 40 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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