Usage: this is a PvP focused ultimate and one of the strongest in the game.  It removes effects from a massive area and prevents them from being cast.  Combine this with a necro bomb, and you can wipe groups of 10 or 20.  Watch my Magcrow PvP Build video if you don’t believe me.

Usage: This is the go to morph because it does damage during that big huge bomb combo.  Not used in PvE at all due to other ultimates being much stronger.

Usage: This morph is okay if you start a sorc and need an oh crap heal.  But outside of that I don’t see much usage in the healing morph.

Usage:  Crystal Shard is you base morph of two super powerful abilities.  You can use this as a main spammable but the fun comes when you get to morph.

Usage: First morph choice is Crystal Weapon which allows you to light or heavy attack doing massive damage instantly.  This is your combo skill as a mag or stam sorc with Overload or another ability to one shot players.  It does work on magicka builds too so don’t sleep on it.  Cast then charge in with streak, bang it hits like a hammer and can be used as a main spammable in PvP.  Outside of that I don’t use in PvE.

Usage:  The common PvE morph is Crystal Fragments which is one of the most fun combat play loops in ESO.  While you’re casting magicka abilities, you get a 35% to cause next frag cheaper, harder hitting and cost less magicka.  The non pet loadout uses a skill like Crushing Shock from the Destruction Staff to “proc” this effect.  Your hands glow, the ability changes appearance on the bar and you frag out which is so dang fun.  The double pet loadout uses this as a main spammable even though it has a cast time.  And casting it, can well proc an insta cast.  I prefer the one Pet loadout in PvE and use the Crushing Shock/C-Frag gameplay loop.

Usage: this is a good AoE immobilization still that has a spot in some PvE and PvP builds.  Unlike the Dragonknight, this is in front of you whereas the DK is AoE all around you.  Still a decent skill with some utility.

Usage: This morph deals damage which really isn’t needed as a tank or PvP utility skill.

Usage: this morph grants major vitality and increases immobilization duration which is fantastic for PvE Tanks.

Usage: this is another skill that the sorcs have to stun lock a player.  It cannot be blocked so it’s very useful in PvP.  Downside is, you already have a much more powerful unblockable stun which is Streak.  Thus I typically shy away from this skill.

Usage: this morph simply deals damage and doesn’t have much usage.

Usage: I love this skill in PvP only.  You put a rune on yourself thus if someone tries to attack you, they are auto stunned.  This is the perfect counter to Nightblade gankers in Imperial City.  Put it on and it’ll allow you time to counter when they open up on you.

Usage: here’s the S Tier recovery ability base morph.  Both morphs provide insane benefit.  This skill is mainly a PvP skill as in PvE you can use heavy attacks to sustain.  However, when leveling this can come in very handy.

Usage:  This morph is for stamina users, exchanging magicka for stamina and health.  Allowing the Stam Sorc to run zero recovery and relay solely on this skill for sustain.  The downside is, the gameplay loop can be very boring.  Constantly casting this in between fights over and over.  But it’s insane good and the fact that it heals you too puts it over the top.  This skill can be interrupted, so it’s great to counter sorcs by bashing when they are channeling.

Usage: this is the magicka version and why I run a massive max stamina pool on my sorcerer.  You go the max stat route vs per recovery due to this reason, you have infinite sustain channeling this repeatedly to get back magicka up front and over time.  Thus you should be constantly casting this.

Usage: mines is another primary PvP skills for peeling and getting away.  Set mines, the arm, boom.

Usage: this morph is the PvE morph allowing you to throw a bunch of mines.  I don’t use this skill because there are much better damage over time or burst skills the Sorcs have.  It looks cool, but Mystic Orb or Volcanic Rune will out parse this drastically.

Usage: this morph is fantastic for PvP.  Place mines and after they are, if people chase you it’ll do big time damage.  This is my go to skill if I’m constantly getting dog piled by the opposing team in Battlegrounds.

Notes: this means your C=frag heals you, and for a lot making you very survivable.

Notes: this is your unique class buff adding a bunch of spell critical.

Usage: this is the base morph of an ultra powerful damage ultimate.  Consider one of the strongest single target in the game with great group utility this is a must have skill in PvE.

Usage: this is one of the top single target DPS ultimate in the game and great as a starting player or later on in end game.  Major Berserk means great group utility and the duration being so long that it’s nearly constantly up with the low cost of this.  I swap in and out destruction staff ultimate depending on boss fights or situation.   Keep in mind in PvP this is insane for dueling and hard to counter in a 1 on 1.

Usage: this morph doesn’t really make sense to me and I honestly never select it.

Usage: the skills base morph is awesome damage and distraction for running a pet.  I’d suggest using this right away as stamina or magicka user because the morph choices are strong right from the start as a sorc.  In ESO make sure to double bar the pet so it doesn’t turn on and off and keep in mind they do die and you’ll need to recast them.

Usage: this thing not only does damage but heals you! Consider this the stamina based morph but it’s great starting the game when you have limited healing.  Just recast and boom burst heal.  As a stamina sorc running this and critical surge you’ll be as sturdy as a tank.

Usage: this is your typical magicka morph.  If you have good healing, you can use this out the gate for good damage, distraction and a stun!

Usage: this is your hard hitting damage over time that explodes.

Usage: this morph is for the double pet loadout in PvE or PvP.  It strengthens your pets damage by 20% but you have to recast more frequently every 6 seconds.  Most folks drop a main spammable, slot two pets and use crystal fragments as a main spammable and keep this up most of the time.  It works well, but I consider it a dull playstyle and avoid it.

Usage: This is the 1 pet or no pet DoT in PvE and PvP.  This does great damage and explodes twice.  It’s much easier to maintain and in PvP you can center your burst around the time this blows up for huge damage in a small window.

Usage: here’s the second pet which does a lot of damage just having it slotted.  The base morph is insane strong because  you can recast for magicka and heal your or a target.  It scales off highest offensive stats thus even as a damage dealer you can get massive burst healing with it in PvE or PvP.

Usage:  this morph is the damage dealing morph.  It’s great in PvE because even just double baring this will give you massive amounts of damage.  Cast above 50% health for even more damage so consider this another DoT or something to keep in your rotation until bosses near 50% HP.

Usage: I prefer this morph in PvE outside of a trial and PvP due to the utility.  You can literally carry you team EVEN as a DPS using this ability.  Healer goes down, no worries bird spam.  Tank goes down, no worries I got it, dodge roll bird spam.  Everyone near death in PvP, no worries bird spam.  One of the most powerful abilities in the game for utility because it scales so well even as an offensive build.

Usage: this is your survival tool as a mag sorc.  These shield scale in effectiveness off max magicka.  Thus maintaining high max magicka pool is your survivability mechanism in PvP primarily.  This is why most mag sorcs get 45,000 to 50,000 shields and if you constantly cast them, you’ll never touch their health.  However, it takes a high amount of skill to constantly keep up a 6 second shield so if it doesn’t come natural, that’s the case with everyone.

Usage: this morph is the tankier of the two giving you 10% more shield strength.  If you’re good at bar swapping and maintaining shields, this is it!

Usage: this is the group utility morph and one I select in solo or group PvE outside of trials.  Because your group with get 15% magicka recovery and that extra 10% doesn’t matter than much in PvE.

Usage: this base morph is a bit odd, but consider this skill a good set and forget skill. It increases magicka so starting its great and doesn’t require mages guild.  You can cast it for block mitigation but with 3 second window, I never use it in PvE tanking.

Usage: this is the stamina based morph that builds up stacks for a massive attack.  At 4 stacks your icon will change color similar to C Frags and you’ll fire it off for big time damage.  Slotting gives you massive benefit increasing stamina and light attack damage. Thus you can see how powerful slotting this along with Crystal Fragment is for a light attack nuke. You can even use the psijic order skill elemental weapons too and get similar results.

Usage: consider this the magicka users choice and with a whooping 8% magicka it’s the go to front bar slot for PvE and PvP.  It also increases mitigation for slotting making a great all around skill.

Note: Sorcs don’t have an ulty generation passive, this is what you get.  Dirt cheap ultimates instead.

Note: this is important to note and why there’s a big benefit in double baring a pet or summoning skill.

Note: same thing here, maintaining ability = huge health pool.

Usage: this is a burst ultimate that you can combine with crystal weapons to one shot players in PvP. This use to be the strongest single target ability in ESO for VMA back in 2016 but not that effective in PvE due to nerfs.  Mainly consider this a good PvP 1 v 1 skill.  When you activate it, your hands will glow and it’ll seem a bit odd.  But you can skill use abilities and no longer do you have a third bar.

Usage: this morph further amplifies the effect and can absolutely nuke players. I’ve been on the receiving end of this many times.  Typically people will cast crystal weapons or elemental weapons first, light attack with this active and boom.

Usage: consider this a good resource sustaining tool as a new player.  I don’t use this ability in PvE or PvP because the other ultimate choices are so strong and I can get resources else where.

Usage: this is the sorc’s execute.   The downside is, it starts at 20% health whereas other ultimates start becoming effective at higher health pools.  The update is, the explosion will proc if it’s reached under 4 seconds.  Thus, in PvP you can front load curse and this and if a player drops below 20%, they instantly take a massive amount of damage and most likely not be able to counter it.  Great skill in PvE and PvP.

Usage: this is the morph I typically chose because sustain is very easy on a magicka sorc. It’ll do AoE damage as shock around nearby enemies just allowing you to clear trash or more damage to other players quickly.

Usage: this is a good morph if you struggle with sustain or playing something like a solo arena and you want tons of sustain.  I find Mag Sorc very easy sustain so I go with damage.

Usage: this is your armor buff mainly used on tanks in PvE and PvP both magicka and stamina builds.  It has a very long duration so it’ll be easy to obtain and it does damage around you too.

Usage: this morph is unique in that it grants minor expedition giving you even more speed.  Moreover it grows in size and damage and hits very hard.  You’ll want to consider this one of your top priorities as a stam sorc in PvE or PvP.

Usage: this is the more magicka based morph giving a brief boost in speed and converting to shock damage.  I use this primarily in PvP and don’t use in PvE DPS.

Usage: this is a decent damage over time effect that you can place at range.  The benefit is allies can activate a synergy with it.  End game, synergies are sought after in group play due to the undaunted command passive.  The morph you have, the better sustain.  The better your groups sustain, the more damage you can spec into.  I typically use Mystic Orb over this because it’s single target and AoE damage but it’s a great option.

Usage: first morph and this is the long duration morph.  It’s okay but I think there’s better choices for higher DPS.

Usage: this is my preferred morph because it increases radius and damage.  You can use this effectively in arenas with heavy spawn mechanics, because unlike Curse, it doesn’t require a target.  Combine this with Mystic Orb for insane AoE DoT damage with two synergies.

Usage: one of the best survivable skills in all of eso, surge will allow you to get healed for critical damage you deal.  Thus, allowing the sorc to play super aggressive as long as you maintain this buff.  It also grants important spell and weapon damage buff and frees up potion options for you.

Usage:  this morph is more for group utility healing others around you. I personally don’t use this morph and find it very niche.

Usage: this is the S Tier survival morph giving you massive healing and it can happen every one second! Thus, PvP, PvE, stam, magicka it doesn’t matter, the sorc can throttle damage on aggression and survive!

Usage: another one of ESO’s most powerful abilities, and the #1 in mobility in the entire game.  Cast it, dash forward.  If you cast again within a short 4 second window it cost much morph.  Not only this, but you stun enemies in front of you in an AoE and they cannot block it. This does so many things for you I could write a novel.  Stuns so you can kill enemies in PvP.  Get away tool allowing you to cover massive distances.  And it looks incredibly cool!   I don’t use this in PvE but PvP it makes the sorc worth playing just to spam this.

Usage: now with this morph you’ll even add damage to the ability!  And it’s a lot of damage.  How I use the skill in PvP is load up a crystal weapons and charge thru someone turn light attack and ability.  It’s so much burst damage it’s hard to counter.  Light someone up with a Mages Fury before you charge in and boom!

Usage: I’m not a big fan of this ability but it’s great if you want to use this primarily for escaping only.

Notes: this is unique to the Sorc and a good reason to load up the bar with skills from Storm Calling.