Build Setup

Below you can find different Setups for harder but also easier group content. The Setups will help you tank Trials or Dungeons and allow you to assist Stamina or Magicka(Encratis’s Behemoth) based Groups! A few good alternative Sets you can use include Nazaray and Turning Tide.

Trials Build : This is a Tank setup for harder Group content.

Easier Group Content Build

Armor Sets Locations

• Tremorscale: Veteran Volenfell, Glirion the Redbeard
• Encratis’s Behemoth: Veteran Black Drake Villa, Urgarlag Chief-Bane
• Lord Warden: Veteran Imperial City Prison, Urgarlag Chief-bane
• (Perfected)Claw of Yolnahkriin: (Veteran)Sunspire Trial
• Powerful Assault: Imperial City, Tel Var Vendor
• Drake’s Rush: Black Drake Villa Dungeon
• Leeching Plate: Imperial City Prison, Normal and Veteran
• Crimson Oath’s Rive: Dread Cellar Dungeon, Normal and Veteran
• Nazaray: Veteran Shipwright’s Regret, Urgarlag Chief-Bane
• Turning Tide: Shipwright’s Regret Dungeon

Skills

The following Skills will allow you to hold aggro and Tank effectively almost every PVE content.

Skills Explanations

• • Pierce Armor(Puncture): Our main Taunt attack that also debuffs enemies.
  • Inner Rage(Inner Fire): Our Taunt for enemies far away.
  • Heroic Slash(Low Slash): Debuffs our target with Minor Maim but also helps us generate Ultimate faster.
  • Bound Aegis(Bound Armor): Use this skill to get a boost to Magicka and resistances. No need to activate it when fighting.
  • Defensive Stance(Defensive Posture): Essential skill for tanking. It gives us a shield, increases the amount of damage we can block and reduces the cost of blocking.
  • Aggressive Horn(War Horn): Our main Ultimate. We use this mostly against strong enemies, Bosses, to buff our team.
  • Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements): We use this ability to deal damage and apply the Crusher debuff to our targets.
  • Silver Leash(Silver Bolts): Use it to pull enemies to you.
  • Hurricane(Lightning Form): Increases your defenses and is constantly hurting your targets with its AOE-DOT damage.
  • Critical Surge(Surge): Activate to boost your Weapon/Spell Damage and get heals for every critical hit.
  • Razor Caltrops(Caltrops): Debuffs enemies and triggers Powerful Assault.
  • Absorption Field(Negate Magic): Secondary Ultimate for extra CC and group heals.

Passive Skills

Very important passive skills that can help you maximize the potential of your Sorcerer Tank Build.

• All Passive Skills from your Class’ Lines
• All Passive Skills from Weapon Lines you are using
• Passive Skills from Armor Lines you are using
• Passive Abilities from Guild lines(Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/Build
• Fighters Guild Passives: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Undaunted Passives
• Your Racial Passives
• Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions

Champion Points

Below you will find the best Champion Points setup for the Build. 

Warfare

• Slottable Stars: Unassailable, Bulwark, Reinforced, Last Stand
• Passive: Eldritch Insight, Tireless Discipline, Piercing, Flawless Ritual, War Mage, Battle Mastery, Mighty, Quick Recovery, Hardy, Elemental Aegis, Preparation, Precision, Blessed

Craft

• Slottable Stars: Rationer, Liquid Efficiency, Master Gatherer, Steed’s Blessing
• Passive: Gilded Fingers, Fortune’s Favor, Wanderer, Steadfast Enchantment, Treasure Hunter(slottable, required for path)

Fitness

• Slottable Stars: Fortified, Strategic Reserve, Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality
• Passive: Sprinter, Hasty, Tireless Guardian, Fortification, Hero’s Vigor, Mystic Tenacity, Tumbling, Defiance, Nimble Protector, Savage Defense, Bashing Brutality

Consumables

We are using Longfin Pasty with Melon Sauce or Bewitched Sugar Skulls and crafted Tri-Stat Essence of Health.