ESO: Sorcerer as the Healer/Support - Sorcerer class, tips, skills ESO guide, tips
Sorcerer as the Healer / Support: General information, Recommended build, Recommended item types
Last update: 07 July 2020
This page of The Elder Scrolls Online guide has a recommended Sorcerer build. Its idea is to make a Sorcerer become a Healer/Support focused on aiding other team members. We have prepared general information about this character build and listed the most useful skills.
General information
In the first build with the second weapon, it has been specified how to combine, effectively, the inflicted damage with healing of the self and the allies. This build is centered around keeping the allies alive and helping them control the groups of opponents, whether in dungeons or on PvP. To use this healer build to the utmost, you need the 50th level on the Restoration Staff tree. Then, you receive the ability that is ideal against strong opponents (bosses). Your task, as a healer, is to stay away from opponents, monitor the health bars of the party members and position yourself in the battlefield, in the way that allows your abilities to reach the allies.
Recommended build
Sorcerer as a healer focuses, first of all, on healing abilities, magic defense and casting debuffs on opponents (if there is enough Magicka).
- Restoration Staff - Your main ability tree. It is here that you find the most useful healing abilities, A good idea is to use the healing staff at all times, in order max out on this tree, as quickly as possible.
- Dark Magic - Optional tree but, helpful for supporting allies in battles
- Daedric Summoning - the tree that you need, if you want to use the excellent ultimate ability, which is summoning of the Storm Atronach.
IN the set with the first weapon, you first focus on healing. These abilities are indispensable for keeping the allies alive, in plight. With this build, you are capable of ensuring constant protection to your allies, whether in a dungeon, in PvP or in battlefield.
Before you start the fight, you cast the Rapid regeneration buff on each ally. The second ability is getting at the back of your party, so as to have all of them in front of you, and cast a spell that heals the allies and raises their defenses Blessing of Restoration. Once the fights start, stay away from the enemy and monitor the health bar of the allies, on a regular basis. If the battle is too demanding to win it, basing on buffs only, help yourself with Healing Springs and Blessing of Restoration, which restore the health of the allies immediately.
What is useful against bosses, or the more demanding opponents, is the abovementioned 50th level of the Restoration Staff tree and the Force Siphon ability, used against the opponent. This ability results in regeneration of health, whenever you deal damage to the opponent under that effect. While fighting groups of monsters, you can summon the Storm Atronach, which will stun them and focuses their attention on itself, while dragging them away from you and your allies.
If, in the course of the battle, you run out of magicka, and there is still some cooldown time left before you can use the restoration potion, use Dark Conversion to regenerate Magicka.
 | Ability name | Ability description |
 | 1. Grand Healing + Morph on Healing Springs | Healing ability, on both you and your allies, within reach. Morph on Magicka regeneration, if the ability touches to any of the allies. |
 | 2. Regeneration + Morph on Rapid Regeneration | Buffing ability, which remains in effect over some time. Heals two of the most wounded allies. Morph on the increased frequency of healing. |
 | 3. Blessing of Protection + Morph on Blessing of Restoration | The ability cast on self and on the allies in front of you. Immediately regenerates health and raises defense. Morph on the increased reach of the ability and on regeneration of health. |
 | 4. Force Siphon + Morph on Siphon Spirit | The ability cast onto the opponent (debuff). replenishes the health of the allies that deal damage to that opponent. Morph on Magicka regeneration, while damage is being dealt. |
 | 5. Dark Exchange + Morph on Dark Conversion | The ability that trades stamina for health and magicka. Morph on lowering Stamina consumption . |
 | R. Summon Storm Atronach + Morph on Greater Storm Atronach | The ultimate ability. Summons the Storm Atronach that stuns the opponents within the reach of the ability and shocks with electricity, whenever they stay within its reach. Morph on increased health and duration. |
In the set with the second weapon, we focus on the situation in which it is not critical to heal allies. While dealing damage to the opponent, it is a good idea to have healing abilities at hand. Your role here is not to deal damage, which attracts the attention of the opponents, but rather to finish off the ones that are low on health. A good idea is to cast AoE abilities, for which using synergy is a perfect tactic (Liquid Lightning), thanks to which the fights with the more demanding creatures is faster and more effective. While fighting, you can still heal allies and cast the ultimate ability.
 | Ability name | Ability description |
 | 1. Mages Fury + Morph on Endless Fury | This ability deals damage from lightning and explodes, whenever the opponent's health drops below 20%. Morph - regenerates Magicka when you kill an opponent with this ability. |
 | 2. Lightning Splash + Morph on Liquid Lightning | AoE ability. Deals damage from lightning. Morph on higher damage from the first strike. |
 | 3. Grand Healing + Morph on Healing Springs | The ability that heals both you and the allies within the reach of the ability. Morph on regeneration of Magicka, if the ability touches to any of the allies. |
 | 4. Regeneration + Morph on Rapid Regeneration | Buffing ability that remains in effect for some time. Heals two of the most severely wounded allies. Morph on the increased frequency of healing. |
 | 5. Dark Exchange + Morph on Dark Conversion | The ability that trades stamina for health and magicka. Morph on decreased Stamina consumption. |
 | R. Summon Storm Atronach + Morph on Greater Storm Atronach | Ultimate ability that summons the Storm Atronach, which stuns opponents within reach and shocks them with electricity, within its reach. Morph on increased health and the duration of the ability. |
Recommended item types
Sorcerer, as a healer, requires you to use the Restoration Staff. This build is entirely centered around healing yourself and your allies, with the possibility of dealing damage and helping your allies.
- Restoration Staff - Your main weapon. thanks to it, you are capable of using your healing abilities. A good idea is to cast the staff's spell, which restores Magicka. The trait that you can use with the weapon is Defending, which raises the factor of magic and physical defense.
- Light Armor - the light armor is useful for using the tree of passive abilities, which considerably influence your levels of Magicka and defense against magic. It is a good idea to use the Impenetrable trait, which increases your resistance to critical damage.
- Accessories - the accessories that increase the amount of available Magicka or decrease the mana cost of spells.
- Mundus Stone - use the Ritual effect, which increases your healing abilities, or the Mage, which increases the amount of available Magicka.