Hi, everybody!

In this guide I'd like to show you my "Thievish Legionnaire" - a pve pet sorcerer with really high dps for any type of (end) content. This build will probably not be the ultimate for all time (nor even for now) - it's suppose is to show ONE way to play the pet sorc in a pretty easy but effective way! I try to keep it up to date as well as I can, but I don't give any promisses - only this one: It will never be daily! :-)

But now, take your seat and enjoy!


Content:
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1: Race
2: Mundus
3: Champion Points
4: Consumables
5: Sets
6: Skills
7: Rotation
8: Miscellaneous



Race:
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I've chosen a HIGHELF cause it's passives are pretty nice for a sorc. DARKELF is an absolute option and maybe even better. But it's sustain is not as well as a HIGHELF's.


Mundus:
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With a NO-RANDOM party, in your fix raid-party for example, choose "The Thief" for higher crit chance!
Some groups are not raid buffed very well, so you could run "The Lover" instead to got more penetration - BUT: If you run with Lover mundus the distribution of your CP will be another as if you run with Thief! Also the traits of the three big pieces of armor will be different!


Champion points:
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(just the blue ones, red and green should be on your own needs, goods and behaviour ;-) )


Star: "The Thief" / "The Lover"

Erosion: 48 / 10
Elemental Expert: 49 / 64
Elfborn: 48 / 56

Staff Expert: 2 / 19
Master at Arms: 28 / 26

Thaimaturge: 75/ 75


Consumables:
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Blue max health/ max magicka buff food and "Essence of Spell Power" potions (Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)


Sets:
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Slot: First choice / [alternative; possibly] (style, trait, enchantment)

Head: Zaan / Ilambris (heavy, infused, max magicka)
Shoulder: Zaan / Ilambris (medium, divines, max magicka)
Chest: Necropotence (light, infused, max magicka)
Hands: Siroria / Mother's Sorrow (/ Mechanical Acuity*) (light, divines, max magicka)
Belt: Siroria / Mother's Sorrow (/ Mechanical Acuity*) (light, divines, max magicka)
Legs: Necropotence (light, infused, max magicka)
Feet: Siroria / Mother's Sorrow (/ Mechanical Acuity*) (light, divines, max magicka)

Necklace: Necropotence (bloodthirsty or arcane, spell damage)
Ring(s): 2 x Necropotence (bloodthirsty and/or arcane, spell damage)

Frontbar (FB): Lightning Staff of Siroria / Mother's Sorrow (/ Mechanical Acuity*) (infused, flame damage)
Backbar (BB): Maelstrom's Lightning Staff / Lightning Staff of Siroria / Mother's Sorrow (/ Mechanical Acuity*) (infused, weapon/ spell damage)

NOTE: If you are running with the "Lover" mundus the traits of "head", "chest" and "legs" are divines(!) - (NOT INFUSED)!!!


Skills:
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FB: 1- Shock Clench (clench), 2- Daedric Prey (curse), 3- Volatile Familiar (pet), 4- Mage's Wrath (finisher), 5- Twilight Matriarch, Ultimate- Shooting Star
BB: 1- Liquid Lightning (LL), 2- Blockade of Storms (bos), 3- Empowered Ward, 4- Twilight Matriarch, 5- Volatile Familiar, Ultimate- Greater Storm Atronach (atro)

NOTE: I like the Twilight Matriarch, cause in some situations (if you are going down under in CR for example) the heal helps a lot to survive - not only for you but also for your mates. If you want to max your dps slightly more, choose the Tormentor!


Rotation:
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(LA= light attack, HA= heavy attack, BS= bar swap)

opening:

Pot - pet - atro - LA - bos - BS - LA - curse - BS - LA - LL - BS - HA - clench - BS

fight:

LA - bos - BS - LA - pet - BS - LA - LL - BS - LA - curse - HA - clench - BS (repeat 'till finishing)

finishing:

- keep up your bos, LL ! (curse and pet also, if you can sustain it)
- weave your finisher (LA-finisher-LA-finsher- ...)

NOTE: In case of single targets drop your Atro all the time if it's ready! In AoE situations take the shooting star or change the Atro with destro-ulti!


Miscellaneous:
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With that build I got some pretty nice dps (completely selfbuffed) on both 3 mio (46k) and 6 mio dummy (43,5k).

Last but not least here is a link to my youtube chanel where you can find more or less actual videos of some tests on the 3 mio and 6 mio dummies. Raghor (youtube)

I hope you enjoyed this little guide. For critics, questions, etc. just leave a comment below!

So far ...

Raghor