Sorcerer

Sorcerer is one of the fastest specs available, regardless of the way it’s built. This is a good trait to have for solo PvP, and it has good damage through some of its own skills, weapon skills and sometimes proc sets. Next to that, proper movement and kiting is important for this class. This page features Magicka Sorcerer builds and hybrid/Stamina Sorcerer builds.

Build 1: Magsorc: Max Magicka with Scribing

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Gold Road

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: High Elf
- Alternatives: Breton, Dark Elf
Attributes: 64 Magicka, 0 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Arteum Pickled Fish Bowl
Potions: Tri-stat (Health, Magicka, Stamina)

Stats (Unbuffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Impenetrable	Magicka
Shoulders	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Impenetrable	Magicka
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Magicka
Hands	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Magicka
Waist	Crafty Alfiq	Light	Impenetrable	Magicka
Legs	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Magicka
Feet	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Magicka
Necklace	Crafty Alfiq	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Death Dealer’s Fete	–	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Crafty Alfiq	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Crafty Alfiq	Lightning Staff	Sharpened	Shock
Weapon 2	Wretched Vitality	Ice Staff	Infused	Berserker

Skills

Champion Points

The CP stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough CP to get all stars yet.

Warfare
Active Stars Ironclad Master-at-Arms Deadly Aim Fighting Finesse Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Bastion Sustained by Suffering Survival Instincts Pain’s Refuge Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Mystic Tenacity Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Savage Defense Bashing Brutality

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

The scripts for Wield Soul are: Shock Damage, Class Script, Major Sorcery/Brutality.
The scripts for Ulfsild’s Contingency are: Healing/Damage Shield, 8% Damage Reduction, Minor Force or Minor Intellect/Endurance.
In case Ulfsild’s Contingency is difficult to use, it can be replaced by Vibrant Shroud or Vigor. Similarly, if you lack healing Bound Aegis can be replaced by Resolving Vigor.
Crafty Alfiq may be replaced by Shattered Fate.

Build 2: Magsorc: Saints & Seducer with Scribing

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Gold Road

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: High Elf
- Alternatives: Dark Elf, Breton
Attributes: 64 Magicka, 0 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
Potions: Tri-stat (Health, Magicka, Stamina)

Stats (Buffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Shoulders	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Waist	Rallying Cry	Light	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Legs	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Feet	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Necklace	Rallying Cry	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Saint & Seducer	–	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Rallying Cry	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Rallying Cry	Lightning Staff	Sharpened	Shock
Weapon 2	Wretched Vitality	Frost Staff	Infused	Berserker

Skills

Champion Points

The CP stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough CP to get all stars yet.

Warfare
Active Stars Ironclad Master-at-Arms Deadly Aim Fighting Finesse Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Bastion Sustained by Suffering Survival Instincts Pain’s Refuge Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Mystic Tenacity Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Savage Defense Bashing Brutality

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

The scripts for Wield Soul are: Shock Damage, Class Script, Major Sorcery/Brutality.
The scripts for Ulfsild’s Contingency are: Healing/Damage Shield, 8% Damage Reduction, Minor Force or Minor Intellect/Endurance.
In case Ulfsild’s Contingency is difficult to use, it can be replaced by Vibrant Shroud or Vigor. Similarly, if you lack healing Bound Aegis can be replaced by Resolving Vigor.
With only Healing Contingency and Hardened Ward to heal, it is possible that Rallying Cry will have a lower than desired uptime of about 60-70%. If you want a higher uptime, it is worth trying to change the Affix script on Wield Soul (Major Sorcery & Brutality) to Major Breach and changing Elemental Susceptibility to Critical Surge.

Build 3: Magsorc: Max Magicka without Scribing

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Gold Road

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: High Elf
- Alternatives: Breton, Dark Elf
Attributes: 64 Magicka, 0 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
Potions: Tri-stat (Health, Magicka, Stamina)

Stats (Buffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Shoulders	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Magicka
Hands	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Waist	Rallying Cry	Light	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Legs	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Feet	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Magicka
Necklace	Rallying Cry	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Death Dealer’s Fete	–	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Rallying Cry	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Rallying Cry	Lightning Staff	Charged	Poison
Weapon 2	Wretched Vitality	Frost Staff	Defending	Escapist’s Poison

Skills

Champion Points

The CP stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough CP to get all stars yet.

Warfare
Active Stars Ironclad Master-at-Arms Deadly Aim Weapons Expert Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Bastion Sustained by Suffering Survival Instincts Pain’s Refuge Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Mystic Tenacity Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Savage Defense Bashing Brutality

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

Rallying Cry can be changed out to Draugrkin for maximum damage. Another alternative damage “5-piece” is the Perfected Asylum lightning staff with two pieces of Willpower on the jewelry and a second piece of Trainee on the armor.
When not running Draugrkin, Crushing Shock can be changed to Crushing Weapon. In that case, both Elemental Susceptibility and the Ice Staff can be changed out as well. For example to a Restoration Staff with Healing Ward and Life Giver to add cross-healing to the build, or to Hurricane in order to change out the monster set.
Resolving Vigor can be changed out to Bound Aegis
This build is explained further in this YouTube video

Build 4: Melee Stamsorc

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City, Duels & Battlegrounds

Updated for Scions of Ithelia

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: Orc
- Alternatives: Imperial, Wood Elf, Nord, High Elf
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 30 Health, 34 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Immovability+Stamina+Weapon Crit

Stats (Unbuffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Balorgh	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	Balorgh	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Waist	Rallying Cry	Light	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Legs	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Feet	Wretched Vitality	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Necklace	Rallying Cry	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Markyn Majesty	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Rallying Cry	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Wretched Vitality	Maul	Sharpened	Shock
Weapon 2	Rallying Cry	Bow	Defending	Berserker

Skills

Champion Points

The CP stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough CP to get all stars yet.

Warfare
Active Stars Master-at-Arms Deadly Aim Focused Mending Duelist’s Rebuff Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Sustained by Suffering Pain’s Refuge Survival Instincts Celerity Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Savage Defense Bashing Brutality Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Mystic Tenacity

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

If moving away from a stamina themed build is no issue, it is worth using Elemental Susceptibility instead of Caltrops with an Ice Staff instead of a Bow.

Build 5: NoCP

This build is provided by: Herbikin. You can see his YouTube channel here

Applicable for: NoCP Cyrodiil, NoCP Imperial City

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: High Elf, Breton, Dark Elf
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 30 Health, 34 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Lover
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzoga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Tri-stat

Stats (Buffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Magma Incarnate	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	Heartland Conqueror	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Heartland Conqueror	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Heartland Conqueror	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Waist	Shattered Fate	Light	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Legs	Shattered Fate	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Feet	Shattered Fate	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Necklace	Heartland Conqueror	–	Swift	Physical Harm
Ring	Markyn Ring of Majesty	–	Swift	Physical Harm
Ring	Heartland Conqueror	–	Swift	Physical Harm
Weapon 1	Shattered Fate	Dual Wield Maces	Nirn + Sharp	Double DoT Poison
Weapon 2	Blessing of the Potentates	Ice Staff	Defending	Berserker

Skills

Important Notes

Build 4: Magsorc: Max Health

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Scions of Ithelia

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: High Elf
- Alternatives: Breton, Dark Elf
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 64 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Apprentice
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Essence of Immovability (Magicka + Spell Crit + Immovability)

Stats (Buffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Roksa the Warped	Heavy	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Shoulders	Roksa the Warped	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Daedric Trickery	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Waist	Draugrkin	Light	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Legs	Daedric Trickery	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Feet	Daedric Trickery	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Necklace	Draugrkin	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring	Death Dealer’s Fete	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring	Draugrkin	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Draugrkin	Lightning Staff	Charged	Poison
Weapon 2	Daedric Trickery	Ice Staff	Infused	Berserker

Skills

Champion Points

The CP stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough CP to get all stars yet.

Warfare
Active Stars Ironclad Focused Mending Deadly Aim Weapons Expert Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Bastion Sustained by Suffering Survival Instincts Pain’s Refuge Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Mystic Tenacity Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Savage Defense Bashing Brutality

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

This build is a more forgiving playstyle, but has a lower performance ceiling so it’s only as an alternative to the max mag build if that one doesn’t work out.

Sorcerer

Build 1: Magsorc: Max Magicka with Scribing

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 2: Magsorc: Saints & Seducer with Scribing

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Buffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 3: Magsorc: Max Magicka without Scribing

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Buffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 4: Melee Stamsorc

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 5: NoCP

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Buffed)

Build 4: Magsorc: Max Health

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Buffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

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