Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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EDIT 26th May: Not much has changed, so although this was recorded in Dragonhold, it is still good for Greymoor.

This is a Stamina Sorcerer PVE build and Iron Atronach Parse for the Greymoor/Harrowstorm/Dragonhold patch.

Stamina Sorcerer has probably been the biggest victim of lack of class identity in recent times. This is certainly addressed in some capacity, with the new Bound Armaments being a strong addition to the ‘active’ toolkit, and the Clannfear able to provide some nice passive damage, with a useful heal upon activation.

Thanks to @SkinnyCheeks for providing this parse. Definitely go and check out his content over at his YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC9DsGeMufUbCTYQT0dPFZhA

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We are using the Max Stamina/Stamina Regen food, with 64 points into Stamina for all Stamina Setups in these rotations.

Gear used here:
5x Lokkestiiz, 5x Relequen, 2x Selene. (See build screenshot for full details).

The above is used simply for purposes of comparison against other classes, in this test environment.

Race used: Orc
Alternatives (none quite as good): Dunmer, Woodelf, Redguard, Khajiit

In real raid situations, consider Artaeum Takeaway Broth or Max HP Max Stam as food alternatives.

Other gear that is perfectly suitable for different situations/builds include:
Deadly Strikes, Leviathan, Tzogvin, Advancing Yokeda, Velidreth, Maarselok

CMX Parse, Build (Gear, Skills, CPs), Superstar from Video — imgur.com/a/csGQ6KC

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Rotation

This is a dynamic rotation, but probably the most simple one you can get. To summarise, you'll want to cast Bound Armaments every 4th Light/Heavy attack weave, to activate the 4 daggers. (Similar to how Nightblades Bow Proc works). Beyond that, you'll want to try and cast Barbed Trap on cooldown, so roughly every 18 seconds. Otherwise, Refresh Endless Hail and Hurricane, roughly every 14/15 seconds. This defines your rotation length here. The rest of the time, you'll want to weave Wrecking Blow up until around 32% boss HP. At this point, you can replace Wrecking Blow with Executioner (or replace at 25% if you are using the Reverse Slice morph instead).

Proposed Static Rotation (BA = Bound Armaments, WB = Wrecking Blow)

Pre-Execute:
Hail - Hurricane
Barbed Trap - WB - BA - WB x3 - BA - WB x3 - BA

Reactivate BA every 3 rotations, and replace a WB with your Ultimate whenever ready.

Execute
Hail - Hurricane
Barbed Trap - Executioner x 12


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About alternative skills that were not used in this video:

Consuming Trap - costs Magicka, so using this can be a boost to Stamina Sustain. If this is applied to an enemy who dies, you will also get a very generous resource return too. Nice for trash fights or boss fights with smaller mobs.

Vigor / Ring of Preservation (back-barred) - for extra self-heals if needed. I would recommend replacing one of the back bar Fighter's Guild abilities.

Carve - a decent AOE skill, which also applies a bleed. The other morph, Brawler, is great too for defensive reasons since it gives a generous shield.

Reverse Slice - this is the other morph of Executioner. Good for cleave damage. Supposedly not as strong as it was in the last patches since the splash damage isn't supposed to double dip with certain buffs anymore.

Camouflaged Hunter (front-barred) - gives weapon damage passives, and Minor Berserk for 5seconds when you attack from behind. Can be very nice in situations where you know you won't get Minor Berserk consistently.

Poison Injection - feels super weird having to putting this skill here in this section on a Stamina PVE Build. Might be useful to have on the back bar instead of one of the Fighter's Guild skills, if you need some added range on certain fights. Still a pretty strong ability in execute.

Ballista - a better ultimate if you want some burst. Possibly more effective than the Atronach in these types of situations, such as in vAS.

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