What Mundus is better for mage? I got 2 options that i'm going through.

[DeadlyKitten]

Either Critical hit Chance or Critical hit Damage.
Meaning Thief or Shadow.
Currently sitting at 33% critical chance...

[Brownstone]

Thief is better currently, also next patch crit damage cap will be introduced so shadow will be mostly useless. Also 33% pretty low so more crit chance would benefit you much more

[Bladez]

thief

[DeadlyKitten]

Thank you for the replies!
Will go thief.

[Elendir Blue]

If you build on critical damage, then Shadow mundus is better.
In your case, however, it does not pay off and Thief mundus is better.

But you lack in the chance of a critical hit somewhere. Do you have "Inner Light" sloted on your front bar for example? Have your front bar weapons "Precise" trait?. If you increse your chance for critical hit in future, then you can change mundus as well.

In the next update, they plan to put a cap on critical damage, but that doesn't mean Shadow will lose its effectiveness. Especially in cases where there are not many other resources to increase critical injury. We need to wait for how harsh cap will be.

[DeadlyKitten]

So currently i got Mother sorrow, julianos an ilambris on.
https://i.imgur.com/oaOeJDe.png

[DeadlyKitten]

Originally posted by Elendir Blue:

If you build on critical damage, then Shadow mundus is better.
In your case, however, it does not pay off and Thief mundus is better.

But you lack in the chance of a critical hit somewhere. Do you have "Inner Light" sloted on your front bar for example? Have your front bar weapons "Precise" trait?. If you increse your chance for critical hit in future, then you can change mundus as well.

In the next update, they plan to put a cap on critical damage, but that doesn't mean Shadow will lose its effectiveness. Especially in cases where there are not many other resources to increase critical injury. We need to wait for how harsh cap will be.

And nope, i didn't have it slotted.... i didn't even read what it did ...
And you know what... it boosted my rating to 45%...
I'm happy and angry at the same time XD.

[Hylie Pistof]

champion points work too, not sure if you added that already and how much.

Ilambris has no crit chance like other monstersets, like Iceheart. there are more, just an example from my solos.

i got 36% on 2 mag, one a sorc, so when i then use my spell critical potion in fight, another 10%. templar uses sun fire - no magelight, wasts a slot for more usefull skills

i run that with mothers sorrow for crit and spell strategist for spell dmg. some more spell dmg from the destro staff - nirnhoned and the weapon dmg enchant (need to weave^^).

good enough for a solo build. and works in dungeons too.

looking at your stats i notice an extremly low magica regeneration ^^ is you gear (jewelry) enchanted right? do you have buff food (witchmothers brew) active on that pic? my breton has 2k without the 30% from the potion

why do you have sword and shield on the back? PvP? then all i said is useless for you XD

[Elendir Blue]

The last time I looked at the border between Shadow and Thief mundus, it was 43%.
45% would then mean = Shadow. But it is relatively tight.
Your class can help your decision. The sorcerer has a minor prophecy associated with dark magick, so if you shoot a fragment of crystals when they proc, then you have another extra percentage and go for Shadow. Otherwise, there is not a big difference.

Mother sorrow, julianos an ilambris is a decent pre-trial outfit.
With trials, Julianos will be replaced by trial sets such as Siroria, Fals god or Bahia.
I still use ilambris for vCR because I don't have ESO+ and Maw of the Infernal blow up orbs there. But someone chooses one pice from monster sets instead, such as Iceheart + Slimecraw as Anar Kay wrote. The both support criticality at first bonus.
Mother sorrow is then replaced by Medusa which is associated with annoying farming of staffs in Arx Cornium and diference is small and if you use Accelerate you can stay with mother sorrow.

[The Tear Collector]

What's the crit damage cap going to be?
and what value should you try to get urself, without buffs?

[pepoma6inata]

125% pts 7.2.0
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7395543/#Comment_7395543

[DeadlyKitten]

Are there any foods that increase spell critical rate or critical damage?

[Brownstone]

No only potions. You don't have to slot inner light if you use crafted crit potions with full uptime but they're expensive so unless im doing the hardest content i always slot inner light for the crit buff and use looted potions.

[DeadlyKitten]

Thank you, guess i'l stick to boons and gear for now.

[Brownstone]

But you should always have food active tho

[DeadlyKitten]

Yea i got Longfin Pasty With Melon Sauce.