One Bar Heavy Attack Subclass Sorcerer DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Ulfsild's Contingency (Shock, Lingering Torment, Force) - your source of crucial Empower buff, which increases damage done by Heavy Attacks by 70%. Since Ulfsild's Contingency is a Mages Guild skill, it will trigger the Might of the Guild passive, which grants you Empower for 10 seconds. It also deals decent damage in an AoE and grants you Minor Force buff, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Ulfsild's Contingency is delayed until the next skill cast but whenever it's needed you can activate it early by bashing your enemy. If you cast this ability as you're finishing your Heavy Attack, the Empower you gain from it will start working just in time to boost the final tick of that Heavy Attack you just finished
• Daedric Prey - increases damage done by your pets by 50% and deals AoE damage at the end
• Summon Volatile Familiar - an ability that summons a pet, which can be reactivated to deal damage in an AoE around this pet over 20 seconds
• Summon Twilight Matriarch - an ability that summons a pet, which can be reactivated to heal 2 friendly targets
• Banner Bearer (Magic, Cavalier's Charge, Berserk) - increases your Magical damage done by 6%, grants Weapon Damage based on your movement speed and grants Minor Berserk, increasing your damage done by 5%. You can change the Berserk script to Heroism if Minor Berserk is being provided by your supports
• Soul Harvest - a cheap ultimate that increases target's damage taken from you by 20%. You need it on your frontbar to trigger passives of the Assassination skill line. Having it slotted will also cause you to regain 10 Ultimate whenever you deal a final blow against an enemy
• Bound Aegis - an ability that will passively grant us Minor Resolve and Minor Protection, increasing our survivability
• Merciless Resolve - an ability that will passively grant us Major Savagery and Prophecy
• Concealed Weapon - an ability that will passively grant us 15% movement speed, which will grant us 90 Weapon and Spell Damage thanks to the Cavalier's Charge script on Banner Bearer

Whenever you need to slot situational skills, replace Daedric Prey

• Elemental Blockade - your source of Off Balance if supports aren't providing it. It requires enemies to be Concussed, so you'll have to use Shock enchant to proc it or rely on your teammates for that.
• Elemental Susceptibility - use it as your source of Major Breach whenever you're assigned to mechanics that separate you from your group, like for example portal in the Nahviintaas fight, Reef Hearts in the Reef Guardian fight, bridge in the Taleria fight, etc.
• Summon Twilight Tormentor - this morph deals a bit more damage than the Summon Twilight Matriarch morph but you lose the access to the heal. It is an option depending on what you're trying to achieve, use it if you don't mind sacrificing a backup heal for a bit more damage

Priority List

This is just a list of priorities. Simply recast abilities when they run out and follow this list of priorities when there are multiple things to refresh.

• 1. Ulfsild's Contingency if your Empower is out or if it's going to run out by the end of the Heavy Attack you're channeling
• 2. Front-bar Ultimate (either Soul Harvest or Summon Charged Atronach) whenever it's ready
• 3. Daedric Prey
• 4. Summon Volatile Familiar
• 5. Merciless Resolve if you have it slotted on frontbar and if you have at least 5 stacks
• 6. If enemy is above 50% HP, Summon Twilight Tormentor (only if you're using the Tormentor morph)
• 7. Ulfsild's Contingency as a filler

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Ulfsild's Contingency
• Summon Volatile Familiar
• Summon Twilight Tormentor