This guide gives gear, skills, champion points, and consumables for an ESO Sorcerer PvP Healer Build!

This build has been updated for the Update 40 patch of the Elder Scrolls Online.
Why Should You Play ESO Sorcerer PvP Healer Build?
Welcome to the guide for the ESO Sorcerer PvP Healer Build. Sorcerers have a huge boost in ease of play thanks to the double-slotted Twilight Matriarch, a Daedric summon which provides on-demand heals. The high mobility of Streak means there is nearly always a chance for a successful retreat topped off with fantastic healing, making them a welcome addition to any group.
Below is a general PvP Guide that can help anyone understand and developer their PvP knowledge and skill. This video is applicable for every build and should be viewed if you want general ESO PvP knowledge that applies to all aspects, Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil and Imperial City.
Pros | Cons |
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Insane burst healing | Limited buffs |
High mobility | High skill Cap |
Easy to play |
ESO Sorcerer PvP Healer Build Playstyle
The healing in PvP is different from PvE. Your purpose is to provide support, buffs and healing to you and your group and to be the tankiest player on the battlefield. If you want to survive in ESO PvP, you must keep your buffs and healing over time at all times rolling. As a result, the build provides tools within the gear and skills to help you achieve all your tasks as a healer.
Use the environment to your advantage. Never stay in an open field, exposing yourself to damage makes you easy to target and kill. Hide behind objects to lower the pressure. If they can’t see you, they can’t hit you!
The class has a strong burst heal that requires aiming at a target. Use it and your defensive ultimate as a “panic button”. Hold block and heal! However, remember to hide as soon as possible and refresh the buffs. Burst healing will not keep you or your teammates alive forever. The skill will quickly burn through your magic, leaving you vulnerable.
Try to use both resource pools (stamina and magicka) to sustain. If you run out of resources, do a heavy attack – if done on an off-balance target, it’ll refill twice as many resources.
Lastly, always use suggested food and potions. They will improve your survivability and provide more healing per second to your group. Switch the Mundus Stone and skills in and out until you achieve what works best for you!
Skills
Bar One: Restoration Staff for Healing
Radiating Regeneration (Morph of Regeneration | Skill Line : Restoration Staff) – Great heal over time that procs various gear sets. Consider this a must to keep at all times.
Streak (Morph of Bolt Escape | Skill Line : Storm Calling) – This ability is obviously an on-demand mobility tool. It’s used offensively to drop block by streaking through targets. You can also use it as a get away tool when in trouble. I try to dodge, streak together to use both resource pools for escaping.
Combat Prayer (Morph of Blessing of Protection | Skill Line : Restoration Staff) – Great healing buff for all classes
Energy Orb (Morph of Necrotic Orb | Skill Line : Undaunted) – Main resource sustain synergy for your allies, also provides a strong AoE heal over time. Keep orb active and in proximity of your allies as much as possible.
Summon Twilight Matriarch (Morph of Summon Winged Twilight | Skill Line : Daedric Summoning) – Use the Matriarch’s special ability to heal herself, as well as 2 other allies.
Life Giver (Morph of Panacea | Skill Line : Restoration Staff) – Insane survivability for you or the group with mobility and low cost.
Bar Two: Sword and Shield for Defensive and burst healing
Weapon Choices
- Restoration Staff
- Ice Staff
- Sword and Shield
Boundless Storm (Morph of Lightning Form | Skill Line : Storm Calling) – Casts and AoE surrounding yourself, causing Shock damage every second. While in this form you also gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance. Activating this grants Major Expedition for a brief period, increasing your Movement Speed 30% for 4 seconds.
Blinding Flare (Morph of Revealing Flare | Skill Line : Support) – This gives us 10% damage reduction and is great counter gank.
Hardened Ward (Morph of Conjured Ward | Skill Line : Daedric Summoning) – A massive damage shield that be replaced by another DoT or Bound Aegis if you’re playing in coordinated group. Also consider taking Empowering Ward morph as a newer player because generally your sustain will be an issue
Daedric Minefield (Morph of Daedric Mines | Skill Line : Dark Magic) – Places 5 volatile Daedric mines around you, which take 3 seconds to arm and last for 15 seconds. When a mine is triggered it explodes, dealing 2700 Magic Damage and immobilizing the enemy for 2 seconds.
Summon Twilight Matriarch (Morph of Summon Winged Twilight | Skill Line : Daedric Summoning) – Use the Matriarch’s special ability to heal herself, as well as 2 other allies.
Reviving Barrier (Morph of Barrier | Skill Line : Support) – Casting grants a shield which protects yourself and nearby group members with wards that each absorb up to 11620 damage for 30 seconds. The wards also heal you and your group members for 5370 Health over 15 seconds.
Gear 1
Small Group Content
This setup priorities self-survivability over burst healing.
Slot | Type | Set | Trait | Glyph |
Head | heavy | Ozezan the Inferno | Divines | Prismatic |
Shoulders | light | Ozezan the Inferno | Divines | Magicka |
Chest | heavy | Mara’s Balm | Reinforced | Prismatic |
Legs | medium | Phoenix Moth Theurge | Reinforced | Prismatic |
Gloves | medium | Phoenix Moth Theurge | Divines | Magicka |
Boots | medium | Phoenix Moth Theurge | Divines | Magicka |
Belt | light | Armor of the Trainee | Divines | Magicka |
Weapon One | Restoration Staff | Phoenix Moth Theurge | Powered | Weapon Damage |
Weapon Two | Sword | Mara’s Balm | Powered | Stamina Recovery |
Secondary | Shield | Mara’s Balm | Sturdy | Health |
Necklace | Pearls of Ehlnofey | Swift | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 1 | Mara’s Balm | Swift | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 2 | Mara’s Balm | Swift | Magicka Recovery |
Ozezan the Inferno = monster helm from update 37, Scribes of Fate in Scriverner’s Hall dungeon. This provides exceptional defensive capabilities if you run multiple heals over time.
Mara’s Balm = one of the strongest defensive sets in the game even post-nerf in update 37. Additionally, this provides a free cleanse every 15 seconds making you extremely tanky. Swap if you prefer something else in heavy armor.
Phoenix Moth Theurge = this set comes from overland Firesong DLC Galen and Y’ffelon zone or bought from the traders. This set provides incredible group utility and helps sustain stamina.
Pearls of Ehlnofey = this mythic requires DLC and Scrying. It provides an unbelievable ultimate generation. Another good mythic is Torc for resource sustain.
Trainee = Comes from base game starter island overland zones or sold at guild traders. This set simply gives you extra stats and is easy to obtain.
Zerg
This setup sacrifices survivability and assumes you have a larger group.
Slot | Type | Set | Trait | Glyph |
Head | medium | Earthgore | Well-fitted | Prismatic |
Shoulders | light | Earthgore | Well-fitted | Magicka |
Chest | heavy | Trainee | Reinforced | Prismatic |
Legs | light | Spell Power Cure | Sturdy | Prismatic |
Gloves | light | Spell Power Cure | Sturdy | Magicka |
Boots | medium | Snow Treaders | Sturdy | Magicka |
Belt | medium | Trainee | Well-fitted | Magicka |
Weapon One | Restoration Staff | Phoenix Moth Theurge | Powered | Weapon Damage |
Weapon Two | Sword | Blessing of the Potentates | Powered | Stamina Recovery |
Secondary | Shield | Blessing of the Potentates | Sturdy | Health |
Necklace | Spell Power Cure | Swift | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 1 | Spell Power Cure | Swift | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 2 | Spell Power Cure | Swift | Magicka Recovery |
Earthgore: obtained in Bloodroot Forge
- Why? gives a burst heal, mini negate and cleanse.
FLEX OPTIONS
- Engine Guardian: = good resource sustain
- Magma Incarnate = great group utility
- Chokethorn = single target burst heal
- Nightflame = AoE heal
Phoenix Moth Theurge = this set comes from overland Firesong DLC Galen and Y’ffelon zone or bought from the traders. This set provides incredible group utility and helps sustain stamina.
Spell Power Cure: obtained in white gold tower dungeon.
- WHY? Major courage adds tons of damage and this set is mobile.
FLEX OPTIONS BUFF SET
- Rallying Cry = great group utility setup
- Gossamer = great buff set major evasion to group
- Sanctuary = ideal when you want raw healing
- Almalexia’s Mercy = incredible HPS if you have high magicka
- Hiti’s Hearth = reduce block and dodge plus a heal
- Buffer of the Swift = awesome damage reduction
Mara’s Balm = PvP Rewards of the worthy boxes
- WHY? one of the strongest defensive sets in the game even post-nerf in update 37. Additionally, this provides a free cleanse every 15 seconds making you extremely tanky. Swap if you prefer something else in heavy armor.
FLEX OPTIONS DEFNESIVES
- Ironblood = most mitigation possible
- Grace of Gloom = God tier survivability but from healing which scales off max health and major evasion proc
- Mark of the Pariah = good for armor keep on body all times
- Buffer of the Swift = awesome damage reduction
- Wretched Vitality = great resource sustain
- Daedric Trickery = craftable defensive set
Blessing of the Potentates: Cyrodiil, Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor
- WHY? great cost reduction after casting combat pray
FLEX OPTION
- Blessing of the Potentates: = great damage reduction set
- Perfected Timeless Blessing = great cost reduction after casting combat pray
- Perfected Grand Rejuvenation = great if using healing springs
- Perfected Precise Regeneration = easy to obtain and boost sustain
No-Proc PvP
Meant for no proc no CP PvP campaigns in Cyrodiil
Slot | Type | Set | Trait | Glyph |
Head | heavy | Domihaus | Well-fitted | Prismatic |
Shoulders | medium | Swarm Mothers | Well-fitted | Magicka |
Chest | heavy | Mark of the Pariah | Reinforced | Prismatic |
Legs | heavy | Mark of the Pariah | Well-fitted | Prismatic |
Gloves | light | Amber Plasm | Sturdy | Magicka |
Boots | light | Amber Plasm | Sturdy | Magicka |
Belt | light | Amber Plasm | Sturdy | Magicka |
Weapon One | Restoration Staff | Amber Plasm | Powered | Spell damage |
Weapon Two | Frost Staff | Amber Plasm | Powered | Escapist’s Poison IX |
Necklace | Mark of the Pariah | Swift | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 1 | Mark of the Pariah | Triune | Magicka Recovery | |
Ring 2 | Mark of the Pariah | Swift | Magicka Recovery |
Domihaus: obtained in Falkreath Hold & Swarm Mother
- Why? massive 1pc bonuses give you huge stat pools.
FLEX OPTION
- Magma Incarnate = for extra recovery
- Earthgore = for increase healing %
Mark of the Pariah: obtained in overland Orsinium or bought from traders.
- Why? great mitigation set on at all times that’s very easy to obtain.
Amber Plasm: obtained in Ruins of Mazzatun dungeon Shadows of the Hist DLC.
- Why? Carries your resource sustain in no CP.
Race
Best Choice
Argonian
God tier tanky making it a perfect fit for being that annoying healer that just won’t die.
Secondary Choice
Breton
The best burst magicka sustain race in the game.
Attributes
Health | Stamina | Magicka |
32 | 0 | 32 |
Mundus Stone
Ritual – Increases healing effectiveness by 8%
Champion Points
Consumables
Bewitched Sugar Skulls
Type: Foods
OVERALL BEST: Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours. Ingredients to make Scrib Jelly (2), Flour (5), Columbine (2), Bervez Juice (2), Honey (5)
Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Type: Foods
BEST FOR SUSTAIN: Increase Max Health by 4312, Health Recovery by 406 and Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 369 for 2 hours. Ingredients: Frost Mirriam (1), Perfect Roe (1), Red Meat (1), Tomato (1), White Cap (1)
Jewels of Misrule
Type: Foods
CHEAP SUSTAIN OPTION: Increase Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 357 and Max Health by 3927 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level. Ingredients: Bervez Juice (1), Lotus (1), Mint (1), Rose (1), Columbine (1)
Tri-Restoration Potion or Essence of Health (tri-stat)
Type: Potions
Restore 7329 Health, 6618 Magicka, and 6618 Stamina immediately. Grants Major Fortitude, Major Intellect, and Major Endurance which increase your Health Recovery, Magicka Recovery, and Stamina Recovery by 20% for 31.7 seconds. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Bugloss, Columbine, Mountain Flower
Escapist’s Poison IX
Type: Poisons
Immobilizes your target and grants you unstoppable, rendering you immune to control effects for 1.6 seconds. This poison will also break you free of ongoing control effects. Inflects hindrance to your target and grants you major expedition, reducing their movement speed by 40% and increasing your movement speed by 30% for 2.3 seconds. Drains stamina from your target, increasing the cost of their stamina abilities by 10% and restores 238 stamina per second to you for 2.3 seconds. (10s cooldown). Ingredients: Columbine, Namira’s Rot, Wormwood
Passives
- Class Passives
- Weapon Passives
- Restoration Staff
- Destruction Staff
- Armor Passives
- Light
- Medium
- Heavy
- Guild Passives
- Fighters Guild
- Undaunted
- Mages Guild
- Psijic Order
- Alliance Passives
- Assault
- Support
- World Passives
- Soul Magic
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