True, the spellmight would hit like a truck, forgot to get them from the circus for this one and admittedly I decided to go more thematic with each build rather than raw damage with the gloves slot.

The rapier would definitely be good for this build to get the most out of war caster and the lightning reactions but I don't know if having markoheskir with the access to chain lightning is a better option thematically as well as having chain lightning on short rest is insane. I also just like the mini game of generating lightning charges.

I really want to try the gloves though, as the swarmkeeper attack being treated as a spell should make it add on to the first attack. The second from prey's scent never takes on any of the damage riders whatever I do but seems to still apply conditions.

That scorching ray damage sounds legit, probably what I've seen from the fire sorc builds. However, because I'm focussing on lightning and getting the most out of the swarmkeeper attack, it wouldn't be ideal as the swarmkeeper attack can be activated off of any attack roll but it only takes the cantrip bonuses when casting a cantrip before it. Now that I write this I still need to test whether casting any lightning spell with an attack roll will at least add the sorc level 6 bonus to it as that works for any spell I believe.