Play a Sorcerer in Elder Scrolls Online
There are lots of choices to make in terms of creating your character in the Elder Scrolls Online. If you want to play a Sorcerer efficiently and take advantage of the most bonuses, read the article below to get some tips on character creation and leveling, as well as helpful information for how to play and fight effectively in this class.
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Choosing Your Race
- Play as a Altmer. Altmer are the best choice for a Sorcerer, having natural bonuses that are almost entirely devoted to creating an impressive magicka pool. They also get a bonus to the Destruction Staff, which makes them doubly dangerous as a Sorcerer. Altmer are available to those in the Aldmeri Dominion.
- Play as a Breton. Bretons are the other race with a natural gift for magic, boasting a healthy mix of magicka and defense bonuses. These defense bonuses can be handy, as Sorcerers will have few points to spend on increasing health. Bretons are available to those in the Daggerfall Covenant.
- Play as an Dunmer. The Ebonheart Pact lacks good options for Sorcerers, but the Dunmer would be your best bet. They boast a slightly higher than normal magicka score, as well as a bonus to fire spells. As implied, Dunmer are available to those in the Ebonheart Pact.
Choosing Your Abilities
- Try the Dark Magic tree. This skill tree provides skills that are mainly useful for playing in a support role. Sorcerers focusing on these skills will provide crowd control, by immobilizing enemy forces and allowing their group members to come in and safely deal damage. There are some spells centered around dealing damage, but these are minimal.
- Try the Daedric Summoning tree. These skills are focused around, obviously, summoning various creatures and armor to deal damage and protect you from harm. They are useful basic skills for any play style for Sorcerers.
- Try the Storm Calling tree. Storm Calling is all about dealing massive amounts of damage. There is little room for interpretation with this skill tree: you just deal the hurt with the power of lighting! Cool!
Strategizing Your Gameplay
- Focus on raising your magicka. Your magicka is going to be your main focus in terms of how you distribute points. Your use of weapons should be minimal, meaning that you won't need stamina, and you should have a group healer to keep your health up (though you should also be staying out of the thick of battles, reducing the hits you take to begin with).
- Favor light armor. Light armor is the best choice for Sorcerers, as the armor skills boost magicka regeneration and absorption, as well as reducing spell cost. Light armor usually comes in the form of robes or clothing, at least early in the game. Enchanted equipment can also be your friend.
- Use a staff. Specifically, the Destruction staff. This should be your main weapon while you play, although you can also have a normal weapon available, should you find yourself in a sticky situation. You will mainly be making use of spells anyway, so the weapon is really just secondary.
- Make use of a summon. If you've chosen this skill set, you'll definitely want to make use of your summon. This creature should be drawing the attention of enemies away from you, so that you can focus on dealing damage. This is especially useful when you are on your own or your guild mates cannot come to your rescue.
Tips
- This role differs little from traditional mage roles, so if you are familiar with that type of class, you should easily adjust to the tactics in this one.
Warnings
- Stay out of the the thick of most battles. You health will probably be relatively low, due to your high magicka.
