Illyana Darkchilde

Armor Types

Gear and Item Set Info

• Single Target Fight: Use the new Spell Strategist set that can be obtained in Rewards of the Worthy or bought via Guildstore.
• AoE Fight: Keep using Mother's Sorrow. Spell Strategist is purely Single Target so it is not of much use in AoE fights.
• Monster Set choices: Zaan, 2 Crit Monster Sets, Illambris, Iceheart, Slimecraw, Valkyn
• Siroria: Siroria has the highest damage output, but is difficult to keep track off. If you use it make sure you actually get to 20 stacks.

Mid:
Zaan: Scalecaller Peak
Burning Spellweave: City of Ash 1 & 2
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan, Guildtrader

Low:
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Willpower: Guildstore
Magnus' Gift: Craftable

General Info

Buff-food

Breton: Bloody Mara (Max Health and Max Magicka)

Altmer: Witchmother’s Potent Brew

Mundus Stone

If you have below 47% crit chance (without thief equipped), then choose the Thief Mundus, if you are above then choose the Shadow Mundus. If you want an exact calculation on what you should use check out the Shadow vs Thief Article.

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)
or
Thief Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Chance)

Potions

Spell-Power Potions
(Spell-crit, Spell Damage, Magicka)
(Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)

Passives

• Dark Magic: Unholy Knowledge, Blood Magic, Persistence, Exploitation
• Daedric Summoning: Power Stone, Daedric Protection
• Storm Calling: Capacitor, Energized, Amplitude, Expert Mage
• Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Vampire (optional): Supernatural Recovery, Undeath, Dark Stalker
• Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Rotation

Lightning Flood > LA > Blockade of Fire > LA > Pet > Weapon Swap >
LA > 5x Elemental Weapon/Crystal Fragment Proc (With LA)   > Weapon Swap >
Restart

• Reapply Daedric Prey on cooldown to keep the buff up.
• After 50% stop using the Pet Skill because it will do lower damage and just use one more Spammable attack.

Champion Point Tips

The Ritual
48 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
61 Master-at-Arms, 21 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 66 Elfborn, 10 Spell Erosion

The Shadow
52 Tumbling, 52 Shadow Ward
The Lover
100 Arcanist, 23 Tenacity
The Tower
43 Warlord

The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
81 Ironclad, 43 Spell Shield

Build Rating