Category:Best Sorcerer Builds, Solo Builds, One Bar Builds, DPS Builds
The SHOCK MASTER Build is an extremely easy AND powerful Magicka Sorcerer Build for The Elder Scrolls Online! Massive Heavy Attack damage as well as great survivability and self-healing make this set up great for solo and group PVE content.
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Primary Sets
This build is all about easy, Heavy Attack damage. Because of this, every set we use buffs our Heavy Attack damage through the roof!
First, the Sergeant’s Mail set is undoubtedly the strongest Heavy Attack set in the game in terms of raw damage output. Keep in mind though that this effect has a stacking mechanic and you must maintain all 4 stacks in order to receive the highest damage.
Next, the Noble Duelist set provides yet another heavy attack damage boost and all we need to do is be in melee range of the enemy we are fighting! This will be easy enough to maintain in most situations, especially on this solo build, because most enemies will rush out to meet you anyway.
The Oakensoul Ring is the new go-to Mythic Item that packs a punch for one bar builds. delivering many powerful Major and Minor buffs, and in this case the Heavy Attack buff “Empower.”
Finally, a one-piece Monster Set is perfect for adding some extra stats to this build. A great option is Slimecraw for the additional 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.
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.
The Oakensoul Ring
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Aegis, Minor Slayer and Empower.
Volcanic stone for Firesong. Gems for Eldertide. With Stonelore craftsmanship to bind them together. This ring is the Draoife Incarnate. The might of the druids, in the palm of your hand.
Slimecraw
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 771 Critical Chance
(2 items) Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 5%
Alternate Sets
For alternatives, the Spider Cultist Cowl set actually does very well on this build due to the fact that most of our damage comes from using the Destruction Staff. Undaunted Infiltrator is a great Heavy Attack set as well that will line up perfectly with casting a 10-second magicka skill like Unstable Wall Of Elements.
Spider Cultist Cowl
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 600 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Destruction Staff abilities.
Undaunted Infiltrator
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you use an ability that costs Magicka while in combat, you increase the damage of your Light and Heavy Attacks against monsters by 1645 for 10 seconds.
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One Bar Build Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Sergeant’s Mail Lightning Staff | Precise | NA | Damage Shield Enchant |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Sergeant’s Mail | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Waist | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Oakensoul Ring | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
Two Bar Build Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Sergeant’s Mail Lightning Staff | Precise | NA | Damage Shield Enchant |
| Backup | Noble Duelist Lightning Staff | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
| Head | Iceheart | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Iceheart | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Sergeant’s Mail | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Waist | Armor Of The Trainee | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Noble Duelist | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Sea-Serpent’s Coil | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
Race, Mundus, and Consumables
My favorite race for this build is High Elf thanks to the extra spell damage, max magicka and Spell Recharge passive. Khajiit and Dark Elf are also strong choices. Breton is fine, though the extra cost reduction is often wasted on a Heavy Attack build like this one. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
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Mundus Stone
The Thief
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Food/Drink Buff
Mistal Banana-Bunny Hash
Increase MaxHealthby 5395 and MaxMagickaby 4936 for 1 hour.
Scales from level cp150 to cp160.
Potions
Tri-Stat Potions
One Bar Skills
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Critical Surge
- Unstable Wall Of Elements
- Hardened Ward
- Elemental Susceptibility
- Bound Aegis
- ULT: Elemental Rage
Two Bar Skills
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Inner Light
- Bound Aegis
- Hardened Ward
- Structured Entropy
- Elemental Susceptibility
- ULT: Temporal Guard
Backup Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Barbed Trap
- Elemental Blockade
- Liquid Lightning
- Boundless Storm
- Critical Surge
- ULT: Elemental Rage
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Buffs
For the one bar build simply maintain your Critical Surge for the extra healing at all times and be sure to apply Elemental Susceptibility to bosses.
Rotation
This one is easy! Just use Unstable Wall followed by Heavy Attacks. Refresh your wall, Critical Surge and Elemental Susceptibility as needed. Drop your ultimate when ready!
Notes
Use Hardened Ward in between Heavy Attacks if you are taking too much damage.
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Unholy Knowledge
- Blood Magic
- Persistence
- Exploitation
- Power Stone
- Capacitor
- Energized
- Amplitude
- Expert Mage
Weapon Passives
- Tri Focus
- Penetrating Magic
- Elemental Force
- Ancient Knowledge
- Destruction Expert
Armor Passives
- Grace
- Evocation
- Spell Warding
- Prodigy
- Concentration
Guild Passives
- Mage Adept
- Everlasting Magic
- Magicka Controller
- Undaunted Mettle
- Concentrated Barrier
Racial
- All Racial Passives
Other
- Medicinal Use
Companions
If you like playing Solo, this build can benefit greatly from using Companions! This Solo build will benefit the most from the additional healing and defensive options a tank-focused Companion can offer, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a full tank build for them. I recommend Bastian Hallix for Companion on this build with the setup below. More information on Companions Builds and Skills can be found in our detailed Companion Guides section.
Recommended Gear
- All Heavy Armor – Mixed Vigorous and Quickened Traits
- One Handed Weapon and Shield
Recommended Skills
1. Provoke
2. Searing Weapons
3. Drake’s Blood
4. Kindle
5. On Guard
6 ULT. Unleashed Rage
Additional Skills
The skills below may also be helpful in other situations such as trash pulls.
- Bashing Bulwark
- Crushing Claws
- Blazing Grasp
Full Companion Build
Bastian Hallix Companion Tank Build – GUARDIAN DRAKE
The Guardian Drake is a strong option for Bastian Hallix as a Tank focused around Self-Healing and Survival, allowing Bastian to keep himself alive against many tough opponents and even bosses.
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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
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness
The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
– 300 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Weapons Expert (Slot)
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
– 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
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Weapons Expert (Slot)
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (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 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 10 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
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
– 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 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 20 Hardy
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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