ONE BAR HEAVY ATTACK SUBCLASS SORCERER PVE DPS BUILD

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One Bar Heavy Attack Subclass Sorcerer PvE DPS


Last updated: Update 46 - 5th June 2025

This build focuses on amplifying Heavy Attacks with the Sergeant’s Mail item set, Rakkhat’s Voidmantle Mythic and the Empower buff sourced from the Might of the Guild passive, procced by constantly using Ulfsild's Contingency. It utilizes Subclassing to replace a mostly redundant Dark Magic skill line with much more powerful Assassination. The rotation is based around making the best use of Power Overload ultimate during short periods when enemies' are affected with the Off Balance debuff, which increases their damage taken from Heavy Attacks by 70%.


SUBCLASSING


Combination

Sorcerer - Storm Calling

Sorcerer - Daedric Summoning

Nightblade - Assassination

Base Class

This build uses 2 Sorcerer skill lines so the base class has to be Sorcerer.


SKILL SETUPS


Base Setup

A base setup that will work for most situations and which should be your starting point when making situational setups

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Ulfsild's Contingency Slot 1: Bound Aegis
Slot 2: Concealed Weapon Slot 2: Relentless Focus
Slot 3: Summon Volatile Familiar Slot 3: Concealed Weapon
Slot 4: Summon Twilight Matriarch
Slot 5: Banner Bearer
Ultimate: Power Overload
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Final Setups

A few examples of final setups you could end up with after applying the situational skills to the base setup

A setup for 4-man dungeons

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Ulfsild's Contingency Slot 1: Bound Aegis
Slot 2: Concealed Weapon Slot 2: Relentless Focus
Slot 3: Summon Volatile Familiar Slot 3: Concealed Weapon
Slot 4: Summon Twilight Matriarch
Slot 5: Banner Bearer
Ultimate: Power Overload

EXPLANATION:

  • Nothing changes from the Regular setup, but if you have a competent healer you don't need to proc Off Balance yourself with Concealed Weapon and can use Killer’s Blade in that slot instead

PASSIVES

There are no passives you need to skip with this build

  • Class
  • Weapon
  • Armor
  • Guild
  • Alliance War
  • Racial
  • Craft

Class - Daedric Summoning

Rebate - Low Priority

Power Stone - High Priority

Daedric Protection - Low Priority

Expert Summoner - Medium Priority


GEAR

Default setup

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

Slimecraw Light Divines Magicka

Shoulders

Rakkhat's Voidmantle Medium Divines Magicka

Chest

Ansuul's Torment Medium Divines Magicka

Hands

Ansuul's Torment Medium Divines Magicka

Belt

Ansuul's Torment Medium Divines Magicka

Legs

Ansuul's Torment Medium Divines Magicka

Boots

Ansuul's Torment Medium Divines Magicka

Necklace

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

Sergeant's Mail Lightning Staff Precise Flame

When choosing different situational sets you can only replace Ansuul's Torment. Sergeant’s Mail and Rakkhat’s Voidmantle are too strong and too crucial for this build to ever be replaced. Ideally you want your 2nd 5-piece set to be Medium weight, but choosing a Light set is also an option if none of your group members are providing any penetration

For example, a default setup for trash packs would replace Ansuul's Torment with Sul-Xan’s Torment

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CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Fitness


RACE

The difference between best and worst race is about 5% of DPS and there is no content in the entire game that you'd be blocked from completing because of choosing a bad race.

Best race for 12-man content - High Elf, Dark Elf

Best race for 4-man content - Khajiit

Other decent options: Orc, Breton


MUNDUS

Most of the time you should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance

The Lover is an option if your group isn't providing any penetration and you don't own any of the penetration sets, but you'll always do more damage with a penetration set (like Roar of Alkosh or Noble Duelist) combined with The Thief than with a damage set (like Ansuul’s Torment or Deadly Strike) combined with The Lover.


ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

0

STAMINA

0

MAGICKA

64

You should always put all 64 attribute points into Magicka


FOOD


POTIONS

Use the Spell Power potions (Increase Spell Power, Spell Critical, Restore Magicka). They'll provide Major Sorcery and Major Prophecy which are crucial buffs. You can craft them by combining Lady's Smock, Namira's Rot and Corn Flower.


PARSE

Combat Metrics screenshot of the 138k parse

Recording of the 138k parse

OTHER PARSES

Ansuul instead of Highland - 132k DPS


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