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 can have good damage through some of its own skills, weapon skills and sometimes proc sets. Its recent buff to Hardened Ward made the Magicka Sorcerer spec playable again. Still, 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

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

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

Buffs

Mundus: The Mage
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Bewitched Sugar Skulls
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	Spell Damage
Ring	Crafty Alfiq	–	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Wretched Vitality	Frost Staff	Defending	Escapist’s Poison
Weapon 2	Crafty Alfiq	Lightning Staff	Charged	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

Crafty Alfiq is a placeholder for alternative stronger sets. Those include Draugrkin (for maximum pressure with Bound Armaments), Shattered Fate (for burst damage) and Rallying Cry (for a mix of damage and survivability). Crafty Alfiq is decent while not as good as those sets, but it’s satisfying to have a high magicka stack and it’s worth it if you’re missing out on other important magicka bonuses mentioned in this build.
This build is explained further in this YouTube video from a previous patch. Some of the information there (such as using an Inferno Staff) is outdated by this information mentioned above.

Build 2: Magsorc: Max Health

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

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

Buffs

Mundus: The Atronach
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

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

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	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	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Legs	Daedric Trickery	Heavy	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Feet	Daedric Trickery	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Necklace	Draugrkin	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Ring	Death Dealer’s Fete	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Ring	Draugrkin	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Weapon 1	Daedric Trickery	Ice Staff	Infused	Berserker
Weapon 2	Draugrkin	Lightning Staff	Charged	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

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.

Build 3: Melee Hybrid

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

Updated for Update 39

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: Orc
- Alternatives: Imperial, Wood Elf, Nord, High Elf
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 14 Health, 50 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Warrior
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Immovability+Magicka+Spell 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	Magma Incarnate	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Shoulders	Baron Thirsk	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Way of Fire	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Trainee	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Waist	Trainee	Light	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Legs	Way of Fire	Heavy	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Feet	Way of Fire	Heavy	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Necklace	Way of Fire	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Markyn Majesty	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Way of Fire	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	(Perfected) Master’s	Dual Wield Maces	Nirnhoned & Charged	Poison & Absorb Stamina
Weapon 2	(Perfected) Vateshran	Ice 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 Master-at-Arms Deadly Aim Focused Mending 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 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 Sustaining Shadows Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

There are no specific notes for this build.

Build 4: 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

Sorcerer

Build 1: Magsorc: Max Magicka

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 2: Magsorc: Max Health

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 3: Melee Hybrid

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Active Stars

Passive Stars

Build 4: NoCP

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Buffed)

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