Sorcerer mainly takes its stronger toolkit from the stamina side of things. Usually classes have some decent healing in their skillines, but Sorcerer does not, so it has to rely a lot on mobility and the limited healing from Vigor, Dark Conversion and Surge. A pure Magicka Sorcerer commonly uses shields, but those too have become weak reflections of what they once were. In a nutshell, they cost more than regular heals, cannot crit and provide no secondary effects like other burst heals.

Its damage can be decent, but is again very reliant on stamina non-class skills and sometimes proc sets. The damage skills from the class itself are simple, without auxiliary buff or debuff effects that are strong enough to make a difference. Pets are good for pressure over time in duels, but die quickly in open world or even Battlegrounds, which robs the Sorcerer of reliable healing and damage. In conclusion, the class mostly provides good utility skills rather than basic combat skills like a good burst heal or shield or a good spammable. Sorcerers mostly run hybrid builds.