BECOME A ONE BAR GOD! 95k DPS The Best Magicka Sorcerer Build for ESO 

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Honestly hope one bar builds are left alone. While they're not my usual flavor, I think it's a great way to get more people involved in mid/end game and that is something this game desperately needs.

I built this for my disabled friend. She has low reaction time and physical fatigue so she’s never going to get the light attack weave down. The rotation is too easy so it’s perfect. She’s already logged a 100k DPS parse

Thank you so much for making this. It's a great 'entry level' DPS so that I can confidently do more content to get the armor I need to do make the builds I want to make hah.

Dude I'm very impressed. New Subscriber here bud. Thanks for helping us older dads who don't have the time others do to having to work. Thanks again for this build.

Loving the fact one bar is viable again. Zos finally getting it right on raising the floor w/o lowering the ceiling

I love this build - been running it for a few weeks now - I just need a lazy run every so often

Don’t manually weave the heavy attacks. That’s why you only get 95k. Hold the heavy attack button down the whole time and just queue up your abilities at the beginning of your HA animation. It will auto weave. If you lifting your finger off the left mouse button you’re losing DPS.

Deltia, this is so overpowered. I went from getting 1 shot from the storm lord boss to soloing her and laughing in her face. I am using a variation of your build with Hardened ward. This skill is one of the most broken skills in the game hands down.. and I am solo farming the rest of my storm master set (using order's wrath untill i get it) I can only imagine how nice it is going to be to have both the seargent and storm master sets... amazing. Thank you so much for showing us this build it is hands down the most fun I have had in this game thus far :) love your videos keep up the good work my friend. have followed you for years!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I've never gotten more than 30k DPS and on my first try of this build, I hit 77k! This si a huge win for me and will hopefully allow me to get into some more advanced content.

I gotta try this. Thank you!

For anyone wanting to use noble duelist instead of storm set, be aware that there is a bug to how noble duelist procs. That is by melee range it does not mean hit box range but a specific contact point vs player distant that can vary from target to target. All small to medium size targets has this point close to their hit box size with the exception of very very large targets like dragons and trial bosses that has this contact point close to their head or center torso that is impossible to reach without taking massive damage from boss ground aoe. This in turn means lost of dps from nobles proc not happening on nearly most trial bosses since they are very big and has a contact point unreachable by the player.

Hope they don't nerf this. I only have one hand and swapping bars is a nightmare for me. One bar builds like this have helped me enjoy my time in this game.

very similar to the setup im using which i really enjoy, iv never been a fan of the monkey so i use structured entropy for the dot and the extra hot, iv tried using crystal frags and while its nice getting those big spikes of damage iv found the proc chance to be very hit and miss but i may revisit it by trying the way u parse cos i find myself sometimes doing 2 or even 3 skills b4 going back to my heavy attack without realising im doing it, cheers for the tips and hopefully they will help me out too

Great Sorc build. Thanks for sharing!

Heya Deltia, so for a returning player working on this build, what overland/crafted sets would you recommend for those that dont have what you recommend here ?

I’ve only ever been a tank since eso was launched and now I can run a dps character that isn’t so complicated it’s not worth bothering to try. This just became a fun new game again. Thank you for the build man.

Hey man love the build! would it be a good idea to use crystal weapons on this build? since it buffs heavy attacks and drops the enemy's armor?

Nice build Deltia. I've been thinking about making this build now for a few weeks and a day or so ago, I got to see it in action. It absolutely crushed the 4-man rnd I was in. All the trash mobs were dead before anyone could get 2 or 3 click into their rotation. The bosses dropped in seconds. Anyway, that really helped me make up my mind about this build. I do, however, have a question. In your written build you state, "make sure to use a two bar build for Veteran Cloud Rest where bar swapping is required" however, you don't give any 2 bar options (gear & skills) in the written guide or in the video (unless I just completely missed it). How would the 2 bar be setup?

Thanks for this video. The first that actually makes sense to me since I started playing few months ago. I was struggling with my dps and could not understand where I was wrong, now I have a precise example. I will try to get the stuff. Not sure about bloodthirsty yet by with time…. 😁

Apologies if I'm just not seeing it, but what's the rotation for the solo (non-parse) set up? On the text guide I see a rotation for parse but I assume that isn't the same. Thank you!

Wouldnt the armor of truth set be anygood in this setup? Since you do alot of offbalanced damage en that will boost your spelldamage? A serious question cause i dont have to resource to test it myself on maxed gear

Another Great Video! Thank you. One request. A smaller Twilight Matriarch. The size of a canary would work.

WAUW!! I love seeing this build.

Hey Deltia. Would it change anything to have light shoulder, medium head? Shock enchant instead of flame?

How do we apply Off Balance if we are not using Elemental Blockade or Unstable Wall of Elements? You said the Hurricane does this, but I don't see how.

Love this build. I’m on console and I hit 103k with this on Sorc and 102k on Warden.

I Hope this won’t be nerved. Playing this build for 3 weeks and it makes the solo content doable for me. I can finally keep up. Even I wear blue jewerlys

Just got all the gear for this build and have been parsing to see if I can hit those same numbers. So far the only thing I can't seem to replicate is his penetration and crit damage numbers. Any advice?

Thoughts on knight slayer? Or would that be more better for pvp?

I have a question, does lightning heavy attacks proc off balance itself to use exploiter cp passive? or do I need to use blockade for flex spot to proc off balance so i can use exploiter?

Have been using this build for a while now..i love it. Makes the game quite easy though.

Sorry if this is a dumb comment. So is the parse skill setup the one you would actually use in trials?

In solo play and with unoptimized groups noble duelist will do more damage than storm surge if you can proc it, infallible aether is slightly less damage but it applies minor vuln on the target and can be used on any encounter

Thanks for the guide, I'm a new player and choosing this as my first character in ESO. Sorry for dumb question, i only see 4 pcs of the Sergeant's set...do 2-handers count as two pieces or is there another Sergeant staff in 2nd weapon slot or how does this work? Thanks in advance.

Thank you again!

Thanks for this Delta, my hands and coordination aren't like how they were and now I can at least be effective in the game, I'm probably coming back now

The HA 1-Bar Sorc is a great build and much stronger than many believe and certainly a good choice for most veteran trials and even for most Hardmodes. Only in highly optimized groups it won't shine and you might end up towards the lower end of a DPS Comparancy. I did vDSR, vSS, vCraglorn HMs, vAS+2, vCR+1 and vRG on my Sorc and always ended up in the mid to top DPS list. The build is flexible as you can easily swap out some skills to also provide some buffs/healing to the group. Use for example the Matriarch instead of the Tormentor. You can even use Vigor, Mystic Orbs etc. but comes at a slight DPS cost. After all you are playing in a group and not alone. There are however some situations where a 1-Bar Sorc doesn't shine, but you can work around these situations as well. One example would be the Tombs in vSS where your huge Health-Pool puts extra strain on the the Tomb Healer. He needs to heal you up to 29k Health. To work around it use a Parse Food for this fight that only increases your Max Magicka and your Health Pool will be around 23k only. And yes, the 1-Bar Sorc also works in Cloudrest. Just make sure you have nothing slotted on your backbar to count as a real 1-bar setup. You still get the Barswap mechanic, but it only does damage to you and the group for 2 ticks max, which is easily outhealed even by a newish Healer. The build is very flexible. You can easily swap to a 2-Bar setup and do more damage, but at the cost of more complexity and LA Weaving. If you run HMs (not trifectas obviously) you can even use the Sorc as a Rez machine. He doesn't die easily and can take a few hits while rez'ing. Cast a healing skill on yourself before the rez and you have enough time to get your mates up. In most cases it is even enough to re-cast your tormentor, so no direct need to slot something like Vigor. And contrary to the popular elitist view you still have to work to get good at the game. 95k DPS on a parse does not come automatically. But the build certainly opens up the game for many players and enables them to run harder content, which they couldn't do before. So don't be a dick and allow some HA 1Bar Sorcs in your groups. You might be surprised what they can do. Only in highly optimized Scorepushing groups and some Trifecta groups the 1-Bar Sorc is not an option and here more DPS is equal to a much easier run. But still, don't knock it, there are many situations where the 1bar Sorc still shines and sails easily through most Trifecta Dungeons and some Trifecta Trials. The Sorc does good flat damage, but lacks big DPS bursts and DOTs, but quite honestly, they are not required in many cases. The high flat damage equals this out very quickly. And in the end we all know that high DPS is not everything in the game. If a player stands constantly in stupid and doesn't watch or know mechanics it does not help if he can parse 120k+. In this case i rather prefer somebody who can parse "only" 95k, but knows how to play mechanic and doesn't play carpet all the time. And you also need to be able to translate a high parse to actual DPS in content. I know enough players that can parse very high, but in content they fail miserably as they run around like headless chicken and need to constantly interrupt their rotation. Then their stacks fall of, they need to catch them up and again an interrupt in rotation, more stacks fall off and so on.

Doesn’t penetration drop significantly when dropping a light armor for stormmaster?

Wondering if this build is still viable and decent for all solo/grp content in update 40? Thanks

How did you get your crit damage so high? Mine is only at 28% with the exact gear and champion points as you.

I got to the last boss in vet Vateshran in like 15mins… then died for a straight hour lol 😂 great build and video you explained everything 💪

Very similar to the build I'm already using. I was actually thinking about swapping one of my sets for Storm Master so I just might do that now. Also, "chutney" is pronounced just as it looks lol. Chut-nee (chut rhymes with hut). It's also really delicious. You should try it sometime.

I don't get it. How are you getting the 5 piece bonus from both sets? You talk about the Sergeants focus stacks but are only wearing 4 pieces.

how does hurricane set off balance? i didt read it in the skill

If you swap for shock weapon enchantment. That also concusses. Paired with wall of elements that will get off balance. And then you have room on your bar to potentially pick other skills that are better for flat damage, instead of focussed on concussion effects

Hi Deltia, could I use sergeants mail + whorl of depths? Or is it outperformed by the one you mentioned.

Question... Why are we using a flame enchant on the staff? why not shock? Sorry im kinda new.

I’ve been talking about seargents mail and storm Master for awhile now finally someone recognizes it regardless who It is

Is the oak ring still viable or has it been nerfed to oblivion?

what should i do if some dots run out before heavy attack is done? shall i use dots even if heavy attack is not done? my english sucks. i hope you understand what i mean?

Love the channel bro and all the advice u give out helped alot

Can we expect a video on the one bar Warden? Loving the content at the moment!!

So which setup should u use in group content?

i have the exact same setup and my penetration is on 1639... I'm using the thief stone but I switch to lover stone then I lose critical. Anyone know how he has high penetration?

I also run Power Overload on my sorcerer heavy attack build. I'll build up my stacks on, for example, the final boss, pop power Overload then let the lightning melt everything.

Why are u using spell enchants on jewerly when physican enchants buff weapon damage? and "precise" trait on weapon instead of "nirnhorned"? does not weapon damage incease heavy attack damage?

Did empower on oakensoul get nerfed with patch 37? It only shows 40% bonus for me and my damage is only hitting 40-50k. What am I missing?

i think its completely viable, ive seen the hardest dungeon trifectas done with x3 heavy sorc

Use this exact build on my main character. I get an average of 90k DPS on the parse with 102k DPS spikes. Just love how easy this build makes things you always wanted to do but never could. This build opens up many doors for new and experienced players.

Is lightning staff heavy attack dodgeable? I often see "dodged" when I use it against players.

I have been doing this heavy attack weaving for years and I was laughed at from several guilds. 😂 well know the egg is on their face now!!!

Brilliant stuff now just have to farm transmuter crystals to change traits but it melts everything like butter

Curious about performance without pets on this build. I am testing subbing Dark Conversion (selfish heals) or Echoing Vigor (group heals) instead of Matriarch. I wonder if Overflowing Alter would be better? Also, replacing Volatile Familiar with Crushing Shock. Thoughts?

Thanks for your amazing videos and website. I have a question about your builds on website, why do you recommend things such as Mothers Sorrow for beginner when you can’t even use it until lvl 50? Just looking for a better understanding, thanks

Keep up twilight tormentor until 50%. Adds about 2k. Also, try switching hurricane for elemental susceptibility. Enables you to use poison enchant on the staff for an extra enchantment. These two changes will get you to 100k+

Wouldn't deadly aim work better than maa?

I am currently working on getting all the pieaces and the ring... But, i have one question.. In video and written guide you are reffering to sergants set bonus, but you are using only 4 pieces and not 5. Does the ring "doubles" set bonus for the staff, since you can have only one? Or is it something else?

I came here looking to see how to change my build and if it could get ridiculous somehow. I’m new to the game, only started last week but those are the exact moves I’m using. Even one of the sets, so I guess I built it right by simply picking the skills I like. O: I did have splash until I thought I’d get more variety of rebuffs in, so bleed it was My friend rushed me through dungeons to level me quick, then I started looking for that maw of inferno armour. Hoping to get a third pet. But I’ll look into this medium armour.

what about wrathful strikes slottable instead of backstab for actual content without the off balance slottable?

I'm new i would like either a mage or a ranger build. What race for mage and what race for ranger? I see you are going over gear but i didnt hear anything about race.

Thank you for great video! Just one question-why should we use flame glyph in staff instead of shock?

Why not use perfected rele with the lightning staff?

DG went rogue, love it! I wish you played console (ps5). Thanks for the info dude. Definitely gonna test it.

Please tell me why flame enchant on the lightning staff?

If you wanted to make this build easier, you can try put a rubber band around the right trigger!

If youre only using 4 pieces of the Sergeant's Mail set arent you losing the 5 set bonus? Whats the point of using the set if you dont get the 5 piece? I'm still fairly new so I could be missing something.

Hello, in the third place in the build a skill is used that looks like a fireball..what a skill this is..i can not recognize it exactly.Great video 👍

YOO I've just thought about infallible aether for this build, with the 3 peice granting minor slayer by 5% increasing your damage done by 5% and the 5th granting increased heavy attack damage (900) and inflicting minor vulnerability increasing their damage taken by 5%. Could pairing this set with something give even more heavy attack damage or not do you think you've already got the most out of this type of build? Might be worth testing

This is super good info for players who just wanna go one bar. Myself been playing this set up for some time now and its really good. Yesterday i got 105k dps but i guess that was a super lucky parse, but now i know 105k is possible. Im on console PS4 EU. Guild the Oakensoulers 👌

I hate to lose a bonus from light passives by using a piece of heavy, but that sergeants mail is too good.

The thing I have noticed that anything that boosts heavy attacks also boosts Energy Overload. Even though I still use Juliana's and Orders Wrath, (5 light, 1med, 1hvy) plus other things Spell Damage over 5800 I can get close to 11000/tick for front 120 degree heavy attack. I am curious what would it do with your choice of sets. I do get the feeling of being ESO version of a Sith

EDIT: Entaro already said this. Skip down to the numbers and ALL CAPS sections, then go to Entaro's comment. I have truncated this comment to only include the most important instructions. 1) Hold attack key down 2) Wait till your staff begins the windup animation and raises slightly 3) Press GDC key while continuing to hold attack key 4) Your HA will fire and your character will immediately use the GCD you queued. Note: make sure you wait for that animation, otherwise you will use two GCD's in a row and cancel your HA entirely. As explained below by Entaro, you can only queue one ability per HA channel, and whatever ability input was last hit will be the one fired, giving you room for error and correction before your HA bolt fires.

7:30 Barbed Trap gives you Minor Force not Minor Berserk. Camouflaged hunter or a healer with Combat Prayer gives you Minor Berserk.

Where does all the pen and crit damage come from? I'm running full seargents, storm master, 1pc slime. I've got less than 2k pen and 48% crit damage. I'm getting 74k parses.

Could you use sergeants and deadly?

Doesn’t get as much as my stamsorc build, but it’s INCREDIBLE for prog runs or just for when I’m sleepy 😂❤

Is this build for a magicka high elf sorcerer still relevant? I’m relatively new to the game only at CP 109. I wanna know before I start prioritizing this build. Thanks.

How are you getting the five piece bonus for sergeants mail if you only have 4 equipped?

How do you have cap crit Dmg? I’m only at 28% (98%) with exact setup and I’m CP 900

So how does hurricane set off balance tho?

Another question is. you suggested Sergeant's Mail. And all five pieces are on health Base. What do you suggest if my sorcerer is Magicka built

All the attribute points go to magick?

Any updates on this with the lightning staff change?

Why flame enchant not shock ? Dose it matter

Parsed 103k sorc on my channel solid build

My critical damage stays at 74 percent according to cmx. Can you tell me why?

Which add on makes the numbers pop up on screen? Thats what I really want

Hi , how is this build with oakensoul compare to 2 bars build with Ring of the Pale Order ?

Why use hurricane over boundless storm?