DK melee DPS build (1h&d + heavy armor) / allocation of attribute points

Malotrus

Hello all,

I am sorry to start another thread dedicated to building advice, but this one is really hard to determine by myself. I have read lots of literature on the web and in particular on this forums, and obviously, not many have tried to achieve what I am contemplating or the advice given is out of date (pre 1.6).

I am trying to build a DK, who would be a melee fighter, wearing heavy armor and using 1h&s combo.

I am playing most often solo for now, and will anyway focus on PVE (and I hear end game PVE may be challenging and demanding in terms of strategy when it comes to building one's character). I do not totally rule out playing PVP at some point, but I'll have another toon dedicated to it in that case.

I would like that one to focus on DPS (even though I know that with his weapon and shield, he won't out damage a 2 weapons wielder or a 2 handed weapon wielder). I would like that one be good at tanking enough to be able to be on the front line and fight in melee, but I don't want to make it a pure tank. I have another DK dedicated to becoming a full tank.

My question is: how should I allocate my attribute points ? My first feeling would have been to distribute them between several pools, but I hear this is not a viable option anymore.

Obviously, most of my profession skills eat Magicka, but I need to dodge and block from time to time and my 1h&s skills eat stamina.

I guess that my heavy armor, my shield and my ancillary equipment (glyphs, food, etc.) should allow me to dedicate enough bonus to health, but I am not sure enough, really.

Should I put all my points into Stamina (making it, what I assume is called a "stamina build") or should I distribute them equally between stamina and magicka?

Many many thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice, which I'll be looking forward to reading (have like 15 points stocked to allocate and can't wait :P )