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Stamina Sorcerers- all fancy animations and no bite?

somersaultsamsomersaultsam Member UncommonPosts: 230
in Elder Scrolls Online
So I rolled a stamina sorcerer. The AOE is magnificent, you can cut through trash mobs like nothing else... but the single target damage seems to be lacking. Even if you get dots up with bow and then dw, the single target damage is poor. 

Unfortunately aoe is generally reserved for trash that offer little threat, and when you see a significant fall-off of dps for single-target mobs (generally bosses) then all your eggs are in the wrong basket. 

Thoughts? 

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  • SaunZSaunZ Member UncommonPosts: 472
    this hurts my head

    I thought everybody loved stam sorc... but I haven't done one yet


    Sz  :)
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    They're best for solo and Maelstrom Arena, that's why they've become so popular. But yeah, their ST is sort of underwhelming and the rotation is busy as hell.

    But don't discount all those dots ticking away while you use ST abilities on a boss - they add-up. You get Endless Hail, Poison Injection, Hurricane, Rearming Trap and Rending Slashes going then basically you weave light attacks and spam Rapid Strikes, rinse and repeat.

    Until you unlock Meteor from the Mage's Guild, for group play you'll be using the Greater Storm Atronach and/or Ballista for your ultimates.

    And of course a good monster mask/shoulder combo and set gear like Viper that procs extra damage often off any type of damage also helps quite a bit.

    I play magicka templar and sorc as well and they are much more laid back with big ST abilities. But my magicka DK and NB both feel very similar to the stamsorc in being very busy with lots of small damage ticking.

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Elidien said:
    Iselin,

    Do you mind linking your builds especially your DK and NB? Or if its a unique build, and you do not want to show it exact, something similar?
    They're very similar to Deltia's and he also has videos on why he makes the choices he makes and how to get there from level 1. I plug his site every chance I get because he's been doing and updating this for two and half years. I don't always agree 100% with his choices and morphs but you can't go wrong following his builds until you know the class well enough to make your own different choices.

    He calls his magicka DK DPS build Laceration and his magicka NB DPS is called the Umbra
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