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Silver Slash – A Sorcerer Tank Build / TankSorc

The ESO Sorcerer Tank build has access to damage mitigation and utility abilities that come in handy in knit situations like dealing with hard-hitting projectiles from trial bosses.

1. Overview
   • Race
   • Mundus
   • Attributes
   • Consumables
2. Gear
3. Skills
4. Rotation
5. Passives
6. Champion Points

OVERVIEW

• Race: Imperial or Nord
  • For other great alternatives see our race guide here.
• Mundus: Atronach
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 0
  • Health: 64
  • Stamina: 0
• Consumables
  • Food: Bewitched Sugar Skulls
  • Potion: Essence of Health (Tri-Stat)
    

GEAR

In this section, we will cover both the starter gear and veteran gear for the Sorcerer Tank build.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Shoulder	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Chest	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic Defence
Belt	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Shoes	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Hands	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Pants	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Infused	Prismatic Defence
Necklace	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduce potion cooldown
Ring 1	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduced Block Cost
Ring 2	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduced Block Cost
S+B (Sword + Board)	Powerful Assault	Sword + Shield	S – Decisive / B – Infused	S – Reduce Target Weapon Damage B – Multi-Effect
Back Bar	Powerful Assault	Ice Staff	Infused	Crusher

• Engine Guardian drops in Darkshade Caverns II
• Encratis’ Behemoth drops in Black Drake Villa
• Yolnahkriin drops in Sunspire (Trial)
• Powerful Assault can be purchased from Guild Traders (frost staff is EXPENSIVE feel free to use fire or lightning staff until you can afford it)
  • Cast vigor once every 10 seconds to proc PA
• And of course, once you get to Vet Trials grab the Monster sets requested by your raid lead!

STARTER TANK GEAR

NOTE: Starter does not mean it is bad, it just means that it is obtainable earlier in the game!

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Shoulder	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Chest	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Belt	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Shoes	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Hands	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Pants	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Infused	Maximum Health Enchantment
Necklace	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
Ring 1	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
Ring 2	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
S+B (Sword + Board)	Torug’s	Sword + Shield	S – Infused / B – Infused	S – Hardening B – Multi-Effect
Back Bar	Torug’s	Ice Staff	Infused	Crusher Enchant

• Engine Guardian drops in Darkshade Caverns II
• Crest of Cyrodiil can be purchased from Vlastarus, Elite Gear Vendor in Cyrodiil (or guild traders anywhere)
• Torug’s is a crafted set

SKILLS

Dark Deal	Boundless Storm	Pierce Armor	Bound Aegis	Summon Unstable Clannfear	Reviving Barrier
Elemental Blockade	Echoing Vigor	Inner Rage	Silver Leash	Summon Unstable Clannfear	Aggressive Horn

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Dark Deal	Dark Exchange	Sorcerer > Dark Magic
Boundless Storm	Lightning Form	Sorcerer > Storm Calling
Pierce Armor	Puncture	Weapon > One Hand and Shield
Bound Aegis	Bound Armor	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Summon Unstable Clannfear	Summon Unstable Familiar	Sorcerer > Daedric Summoning
Reviving Barrier	Barrier	Alliance > Support
Elemental Blockade	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction Staff
Echoing Vigor	Equilibrium	Alliance War > Assault
Inner Rage	Inner Fire	Guild > Undaunted
Silver Leash	Silver Bolts	Guild > Fighters Guild
Aggressive Horn	War Horn	Alliance War > Assault

SITUATION + STRATEGY

1. Noteworthy Abilities:
   1. Echoing Vigor once every 10 seconds to proc your PA
      
   2. Shield Discipline works great when you need a “free” block for 7 seconds that you can rez or heavy attack during
      

PASSIVES

• CLASS
  • All passives
• WEAPON
  • One Hand + Shield: All Passives
  • Staff: All Passives
• ARMOR
  • Light Armor: None
  • Medium Armor: All
  • Heavy Armor: All
• GUILDS
  • Mages Guild: All Passives except Might of the Guild
  • Fighters Guild: Banish the wicked
  • Psijic Order: Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

CHAMPION POINTS

In this section, we will go over the Sorcerer Tank champion point setup 2.0.

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