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ESO Best Stamina Sorcerer Build

Looking to get the most out of your Stamina-focused Sorcerer? Here's our best Stamina Sorcerer build in ESO.
By Shreyansh Katsura | 
First Published November 9, 2023, 09:54
ESO Best Stamina Sorcerer Build
Shreyansh / Zenimax Online

Sorcerer is a fan-favorite class in Elder Scrolls Online, with a lot of potential for unique and powerful builds that can clear even the most challenging activities in the game, like Dungeons and Trials, with ease.

Our Stamina Sorcerer build is for PvE activities and favors solo play. It boasts excellent mobility, has high sustainability, and deals crippling amounts of damage. It's also very simple to put together as long as you spend the time to farm the right gear pieces and unlock those champion points.

Below, you will find everything you need to know to put together the best Stamina Sorcerer build in ESO, including the best active and passive abilities, champion skills, gear set, and Mundus Stones.

Table of Contents

Best Active Abilities For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

Front Bar Skills

Skill Description
Crystal Fragments  Conjure dark crystals to bombard an enemy, dealing 7532 Magic Damage. Your next non-ultimate ability cast within 3 seconds costs 10% less. While slotted casting a non-Ultimate ability has a 33% chance of causing your next Crystal Fragments to be instant, deal 66% more damage, and cost half as much.
Hardened Ward Conjure globes of Daedric energy for protection, granting a damage shield for you and your pets that absorbs 14850 damage for 6 seconds. This ability scales off the higher of your Max Health or Magicka and is capped at 72% of your Max Health.
Silver Shards Fire an augmented Dawnguard Vampire Hunter's crossbow bolt to strike an enemy, dealing 6975 Physical Damage. Fires additional bolts at other enemies near the initial target for 22% less damage.
Wrecking Blow Slam an enemy with an upward swing, dealing 8369 Physical Damage. Grants you Empower and Major Berserk for 3 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% and your damage done by 10%
Barbed Trap Set a sharpened blade trap at your location, which takes 1.5 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the trap deals 4002 Bleed Damage, an additional 11990 Bleed Damage over 20 seconds, and grants you Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10% for the duration. The damage has a higher chance to apply the Hemorrhaging status effect. Enemies who activate the trap are immobilized for 2 seconds.
Flawless Dawnbreaker Arm yourself with Meridia's sacred sword and dispense her retribution, dealing 9688 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you and an additional 11622 Physical Damage over 6 seconds. After activating, your Weapon and Spell Damage is increased by 300 for 20 seconds.

Back Bar Skills

Skill Description
Stampede Arm yourself with Meridia's sacred sword and dispense her retribution, dealing 9688 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you and an additional 11622 Physical Damage over 6 seconds. After activating, your Weapon and Spell Damage is increased by 300 for 20 seconds.
Razer Caltrops Hurl a ball of caltrops that scatter over the target area, dealing 854 Physical Damage every 1 second to enemies inside, and reducing their Movement Speed by 50%. Enemies who take damage from the caltrops have Major Breach applied to them, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 4.1 seconds.
Carve  Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing 5285 Bleed Damage to enemies in front of you, and causing them to bleed for an additional 8724 Bleed Damage over 12 seconds. Hitting a target that is already bleeding from this ability extends the duration by 10 seconds, up to a maximum of 32. You also gain a damage shield that absorbs 5974 damage for 6 seconds.
Hurricane Manifest yourself as pure air, buffeting nearby enemies with wind dealing 1454 Physical Damage every 2 seconds for 20 seconds. The winds grow in damage and size, increasing up to 120% more damage and up to 9 meters in size. While in this form you gain Major Resolve and Minor Expedition, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 and your Movement Speed by 15%.
Critical Surge Invoke Meridia's name to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 33 seconds. While active, dealing Critical Damage heals you for 3366 Health. This effect can occur once every 1 second.
Greater Storm Atronach Summon an immobile storm atronach at the target location. Its arrival deals 6820 Shock Damage and stuns enemies for 3 seconds. The atronach zaps the closest enemy, dealing 4579 Shock Damage every 1 second. An ally near the atronach can activate the Charged Lightning synergy, granting nearby allies Major Berserk for 10 seconds, increasing their damage done by 10%.

You start by casting Critical Surge, which buffs your weapon and spell damage. Also, dealing critical damage will now heal you. Next up is Stampede, which further buffs your weapon and spell damage while also dealing devastating single-target Physical damage and DOT damage over 6 seconds. Carve is another DOT skill that you can run alongside Stampede.

Once you have two DOTs on the ground alongside getting constant damage buff, it's time to cast Razer Caltrops and Hurricane. The former will hinder the enemy's mobility and deal AOE damage over time while also reducing their Physical and Spell resistances. Meanwhile, the latter will do the opposite, allowing you to deal massive DOT damage while increasing your mobility and improving your Physical and Spell resistances. Lastly, it's time to recast Carve and stack it up to deal additional Bleed damage over time to enemies. Now, it's time to switch to the front bar.  

You begin by casting Wrecking Blow, which buffs your damage and deals a devastating single-target Physical damage. Next on the line is Barbed Trap, which, in addition to dealing DOT, buffs your critical damage. With two front-bar buffs active, it's time to spam your primary DPS skill, which is Silver Shards. Keep spamming Silver Shards until Wrecking Blow resets, then cast it again to get the buffs up and running. Don't forget to cast either of your Ultimates whenever they are available. 

Best Passive Abilities For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

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Skill Description
Amplitude
Increases your damage done against enemies by 1% for every 10% current Health they have.
Agility
Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 2% for each piece of Medium Armor worn
Athletics
Increases the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint by 3% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the cost of Roll Dodge by 4% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped
Banished the Wicked
You generate 3 Ultimate whenever you kill an enemy.
Battle Rush Increases your Stamina Recovery by 30% for 10 seconds after killing a target.
Balanced Blade Reduces the Stamina cost of your Two-Handed abilities by 15%.
Blood Magic When you hit an enemy with a directly applied Dark Magic ability, you heal for 2877. This effect can occur once every half second and scales off your Max Health.
Capacitor Increases your Magicka Recovery by 10%.
Daedric Protection Increases your Health and Stamina Recovery by 20% while you have a Daedric Summoning ability slotted.
Dexterity Increases your Critical Damage and Healing done rating by 2% for every piece of Medium Armor equipped.
Exploitation When you cast a Dark Magic ability you grant Minor Prophecy to you and your group, increasing your Spell Critical rating by 1314 for 20 seconds.
Expert Mage Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 2% for each Sorcerer ability slotted
Expert Summoner Increases your Max Health by 8% while you have a Daedric Summoning ability active on yourself.
Forceful Your Light and Heavy Attacks damage up to 3 other nearby enemies for 100% of the damage inflicted to the primary target.
Follow Up When you complete a fully-charged Heavy Attack, your damage done with Two Handed attacks increases by 10% for 4 seconds.
Energized Increases your Physical and Shock Damage by 5%.
Heavy Weapons Grants a bonus based on the type of weapon equipped: Swords increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 258. Axes increase your Critical Damage done by 12%. Maces increase your Armor Penetration by 2974.
Intimidating Presence Allows you to Intimidate NPCs in conversation. Reduces the Stamina cost of your Fighters Guild abilities by 15%.
Persistence After blocking an attack, your next Health, Magicka, or Stamina ability costs 15% less.
Power Stone Reduces the cost of your Ultimate abilities by 15%.
Rebate You restore 300 Magicka or Stamina when one of your non-Ultimate Daedric Summoning abilities end. The resource returned is dictated by the ability's cost.
Skilled Tracker Your Fighters Guild abilities deal an additional 10% damage. This bonus doubles against player Vampires and Werewolves.
Undaunted Mettle Increases your Max Health, Stamina, and Magicka by 2% per type of Armor (Heavy, Medium, Light) that you have equipped.
Unholy Knowledge Reduces the Health, Magicka, and Stamina costs of your non Core Combat abilities by 6%
Wind Walker Increases your Stamina Recovery by 4% per piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the Stamina cost of your abilities by 2% per piece of Medium Armor equipped.

For passives, our primary focus is to invest in skills that reduce the cost of Stamina abilities, improve Stamina Recovery, and increase your movement speed. All these elements are crucial to this build, and as you can see from the list above, most of the passives are just about that. In addition to this, it's always best to invest in abilities that increase your weapon and spell damage, your max health, and grant armor buffs. 

Best Gear Set For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

Weapon / Armor Trait Set Bonus How To Get
Maul Of The Order's Wrath Precise - Increase weapon and Spell Critical by 7.2% (2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance. Craftable in High Isle.
Greatsword Of The Wretched Vitality Infused - Increases weapon enchantment effect by 30% and reduces enchantment cooldown by 50%. (2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery.  
Stormfist's Mask (Head) Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (1 item) Adds 120 Stamina Recovery. Obtained from the Tempest Island Dungeon.
Stormfirst's Arm Cops (Shoulders) Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (2 items) When you deal damage, you have a 10% chance to create a thunderfist to crush the enemy, dealing 1054 Shock damage every 1 second for 3 seconds to all enemies within 4 meters and a final 12686 Physical damage when the fist closes. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Obtained from the Tempest Island Dungeon.
Cuirass of the Trainee Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (1 item) Adds 1454 Maximum Health. Random drop in  Bal Foyen, Betnikh, Bleakrock Isle, Khenarthi's Roost, and Stros M'Kai
Bracers Of The Order's Wrath Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (3 item) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage. Craftable in High Isle.
Guards Of The Order's Wrath Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance. Craftable in High Isle.
Boots Of The Order's Wrath Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (5 items) Adds 943 Critical Chance. Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing by 8%. Craftable in High Isle.
Sash Of The Wretched Vitality (Waist) Divines - Increase Mundane Stone effects by 9.1%. (3 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery Craftable in Deadlands.
Amulet Of The Wretched Vitality  Robust - Increases Maximum Stamina by 877. (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage. Craftable in Deadlands.
Ring Of The Wretched Vitality Robust - Increases Maximum Stamina by 877. (5 items) While in combat, applying a Major Buff or Debuff to a target grants you 260 Magicka and Stamina Recovery for 15 seconds.
While in combat, applying a Minor Buff or Debuff to a target grants you 130 Magicka and Stamina Recovery for 15 seconds.		 Craftable in Deadlands.
Ring of the Pale Order (Mythic Ring)  Bloodthirsty - Increases your Weapon and Spell damage against enemies under 90% Health by up to 350. (1 item)  Restore 20% of the damage you deal as Health. This value is decreased by 4% per ally you are grouped with. You cannot be healed by anyone but yourself, your pets, or your Companions. Obtain its five leads.

In terms of gear, our primary goal with set bonuses is to maximize critical chance, critical damage, and stamina recovery. The Wretched Vitality set and the Order's Wrath provides just that. 

Since we are using Magicka-based abilities, it's also best to improve your Magicka Recovery, and you can get this by equipping two pieces of gear from the Wretched Vitality set. 

In this solo build, there's no better choice than to use the Mythic Ring of the Pale Order, which restores 20% of the damage you deal as health. You can get most of the gear sets we have mentioned above from the Blackwood and the High Isle chapters. 

Best Champion Skills For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

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Constellation Type Skill Description
Warfare Master At Arms Increase your damage done with direct damage attacks by 3% per stage.
Warfare Fighting Finesse Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 4% per stage.
Warfare Biting Aura Increase your damage done with area of effect attacks by 3% per stage.
Warfare Thaumaturge Increase your damage done with damage over time attacks by 3% per stage.
Fitness Boundless Vitality Grants 28 Max Health per stage. 
Fitness Fortified Grants 34.6 Armor per stage. 
Fitness Bloody Renewal Restore 300 Stamina per stage, whenever you kill an enemy. 
Fitness Bastion Increases the effectiveness of your damage shields and damage against shielded enemies by 3% per stage.
Craft Steed's Blessing Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by .4% per stage.
Craft Liquid Efficiency Whenever you use a potion or a poison you have a 10% 
Craft Treasure Hunter Increase the quality of items you find in treasure chests.
Craft Rationer Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any food or drink that increases your character's stats per stage. 

Similar to passives, the goal with Champion Skills is to further increase your critical chance, critical damage, and stamina recovery. Since we are using a couple of DOT skills, you may also want to invest in Warfare skills like Master At Arms, Biting Aura, and Thaumaturge to get major DOT and AOE buffs. 

All the Fitness and Craft skills are self-explanatory, but you may notice that we have emphasized on increasing movement speed and stamina recovery. 

Best Races For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

Race Bonus
Orc Increased Max Stamina, Movement Speed, Weapon Damage, and Spell Damage.

Orc is the best class for the Stamina Sorcerer build because it buffs up everything we require for this build. This includes max stamina, movement speed, and weapon and spell damage. 

Best Mundus Stones For The Stamina Sorcerer Build In ESO

Mundus Stone Effect
Lover  Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 2744.
Thief Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333.

You can choose between Lover or Thief, as both provide bonuses that are beneficial for this build. As such, it's more a matter of personal preference.