ESO Setup – Custom Magicka Sorcerer DPS vs Alcast

Hi. been playing ESO since day one, and the skills have always been somewhat of a difficult thing for me, before I joined a guild I was a total mess and they helped me get my armor, jewelry, weapons as well as they directed me to the alcast website (link to the setup they directed me too: https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-sorcerer-build-pve/)

When the sub classes came out, I wanted to try some of the other sub classes, and I swapped out Daedric Summoning with Grave Lord and Dark Magic with Herald of the Tome

The only difference between these stats are my skills, everything else is the same

The results are interesting, at least to me

Alcast, lower DPS, target dies faster

My Custom, higher DPS, target stays alive longer

I just want to share this, and I wanna see how badly I’m doing.

Both tests done without temporary bonuses.

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Gear & Armor

•	Head: Maw of the Infernal | Divines | Max Health | Legendary

•	Shoulders: Maw of the Infernal | Sturdy | Max Stamina | Epic

•	Chest: Mother’s Sorrow | Divines | Max Magicka | Epic

•	Waist: Maw of the Infernal | Sturdy | Max Stamina | Epic

•	Hands: Law of Julianos | Divines | Max Magicka | Epic

•	Legs: Mother’s Sorrow | Divines | Max Health | Epic

•	Feet: Law of Julianos | Divines | Max Magicka | Epic

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Jewelry

•	Necklace: Mother’s Sorrow | Weapon & Spell Damage + Magicka Recovery | Epic

•	Ring 1: Mother’s Sorrow | Weapon & Spell Damage + Magicka Recovery | Epic

•	Ring 2: Mother’s Sorrow | Magicka Recovery | Epic

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Weapons

•	Main Hand: Mother’s Sorrow Inferno Staff | Fire Damage 2661 | Precise | Legendary

•	Off-Hand: Mother’s Sorrow Shock Staff | Weapon + Spell Damage 452  | Infused | Legendary

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Champion Points

Warfare Tree

•	Precision: 20

•	Wrathful Strikes: 50

•	Piercing: 20

•	Deadly Aim: 50 

•	Master-at-Arms: 50 

•	Backstabber: 50 

•	Eldritch Insight: 20

•	Quick Recovery: 10

•	Preparation: 20

Fitness Tree

•	Boundless Vitality: 50

•	Tumbling: 30

•	Mystic Tenacity: 10

•	Hero’s Vigor: 20

•	Shield Master: 10

•	Bastion: 50 

•	Siphoning Spells: 50 

•	Fortified: 50 

•	Defiance: 20

•	Hasty: 16

Craft Tree

•	Steed’s Blessing: 50 

•	Breakfall: 50

•	Wanderer: 45

•	Steadfast Enchantment: 50

•	Rationer: 30

•	Liquid Efficiency: 75

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DPS Test Data (Custom Build)

•	DPS: 17,012.4

•	Fight Duration: 2:57

•	Target: Skeleton Dummy (3 million HP)

•	Mundus: The Shadow

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Primary Bar

•	X: Unstable Wall of Fire 

•	Y: Liquid Lightning 

•	B: Fulminating Rune

•	LB: Critical Surge 

•	RB: Pragmatic Fatecarver

•	Ultimate: Shooting Star

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Backup Bar

•	X: Ricochet Skull

•	Y: Escalating Rune Blades

•	B: Recuperative Treatise

•	LB: Detonating Siphon

•	RB: Cephaliarch’s Flail

•	Ultimate: Werewolf Pack Leader

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Alcast Recommended Setup (Reference)

DPS Test Data:

•	DPS: 11,267.6

•	Fight Duration: 2:01

•	Target: Skeleton Dummy (3 million HP)

Primary Bar:

•	X: Unstable Wall of Elements

•	Y: Hurricane

•	B: Bound Aegis

•	LB: Volatile Familiar

•	RB: Twilight Tormentor

•	Ultimate: Greater Storm Atronach

Backup Bar:

•	X: Crystal Fragments

•	Y: Daedric Prey

•	B: Mage’s Wrath (not accessible in my setup)

•	LB: Volatile Familiar

•	RB: Twilight Tormentor

•	Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker