Current Stamina DK build?

rophez_ESO

I've been gone since right before 2.0. I'm planning to come back this weekend, and I'd like to play my DK. I have access to most of the monster head sets and ravager set, and pretty much anything crafted. I'd LIKE to play a 2H stamina build, but have no idea if it's viable these days. I'm really out of the loop.

Mostly interested in PVP, and some light solo PVE.

Any suggested builds? I didn't find any on the first few pages of this forum...

TheSunAlsoRises

2h wrecking blow seems to be the thing these days.

rophez_ESO

So, something like ravager set + hunding's rage?

If I'm stacking stamina, what is a reasonable amount to have before I switch to health? I'm an Imperial.

Any suggestion on skills that work well for a stamina DK? Should I use Rally or just stick with good old GDB? Is evil hunter required? Does it stack with any DK buffs?

Is magma armor still lame for PVP?

Valymer

Spam critical rush

Spam Wrecking Blow

Spam Executioner when target is low on health

This is 90% of stamina DKs I come across lately

rophez_ESO

Valymer wrote: »

Spam critical rush

Spam Wrecking Blow

Spam Executioner when target is low on health

This is 90% of stamina DKs I come across lately

huh - so no one uses the new stamina morphs of DK skills?

Tankqull

rophez_ESO wrote: »

Valymer wrote: »

Spam critical rush

Spam Wrecking Blow

Spam Executioner when target is low on health

This is 90% of stamina DKs I come across lately

huh - so no one uses the new stamina morphs of DK skills?

nope as they only provide DPS and not burst dmg wich is essential in pvp - kill fast or don´t kill at all. (atleast when you are stamina user)

Gargragrond

rophez_ESO wrote: »

huh - so no one uses the new stamina morphs of DK skills?

They are dots so most of the time they are not very good as they get purged by nb cloak, templar heals and only benefit sorcs running harness magicka while permablocking dk-tanks don't catch them. Basically everyone gets rid of them as part of their standard rotation and the rest is mitigated by the nirnhoned armor. The flame is very cheap though, so you can try to use it as a spammable skill if want to be economical with the resources.

Rally with igneous shield will heal you much more effectively than gdb. (and gdb stam regen doesn't stack with potions, so it's not good if you are using them)

The only dk skills I currently use with stam dk are igneous shield, fossilize and dragon leap ultimate. Sometimes scales as it's fun to reflect meteors, but it's not very reliable and most of the time you just want to dodge things.

rophez_ESO

Gargragrond wrote: »

rophez_ESO wrote: »

huh - so no one uses the new stamina morphs of DK skills?

They are dots so most of the time they are not very good as they get purged by nb cloak, templar heals and only benefit sorcs running harness magicka while permablocking dk-tanks don't catch them. Basically everyone gets rid of them as part of their standard rotation and the rest is mitigated by the nirnhoned armor. The flame is very cheap though, so you can try to use it as a spammable skill if want to be economical with the resources.

Rally with igneous shield will heal you much more effectively than gdb. (and gdb stam regen doesn't stack with potions, so it's not good if you are using them)

The only dk skills I currently use with stam dk are igneous shield, fossilize and dragon leap ultimate. Sometimes scales as it's fun to reflect meteors, but it's not very reliable and most of the time you just want to dodge things.

Thanks for the up to date info. What about the DK buffs? Molten weapons, razor armor, etc.?

Gargragrond

rophez_ESO wrote: »

Thanks for the up to date info. What about the DK buffs? Molten weapons, razor armor, etc.?

The armor may help a bit if you can squeeze it in, but not very much. I personally prefer evasion from the medium armor line as it's benefit is not lost if you have the shield up. Imo molten weapons is too cumbersome with 2h, it's just too slow to go buff+heavy attack, and it's probably better just to use the wrecking blow. One way you can try it on a stamina build is with bow - you can weave in half charged heavy attacks with e.g. poison arrow.

Warraxx

If you're a ganker, then stack weapon damage; however, if you like keep battles and large group fights, i'd mix in some stam regen.

I'm a stam DK and have tried going to the extreme both ways. I find a mix of both much better for my play style.