Need magicka dk build advice

RyuHyabusa427

OK, so I want to roll a magicka dk for PvP but I'm unsure about the gear selection as I want sustain and damage. So far I'm leaning towards dual s&b 5pc sun set (3x jewelry, sword and shield) 5pc heavy seducers 2pc skoria. I think this will balance out the sustain and damage and also I'm only cp 240. Do you guys suggest better options as far as gear selection and also would a destro resto dk work?

Sharee

If you are using a crafted set as part of your setup consider making one of the pieces a weapon - will save you the farming for the perfect weapon trait. (so suns is jewelry/shield/belt, seducer is weapon/rest armor pieces). It means you will wear one light piece, but you probably want to anyway to take advantage of the undaunted passive.

Other than that your setup sounds pretty good. Im using kagrenac instead of seducer (more damage/faster rez but less sustain) but seducer should be fine.

RyuHyabusa427

Luckily I bought a green sharpened sun sword for cheap

AverageJo3Gam3r

Black rose is good too. A middle ground between kags and seducer. Less magical and damage, but more sustain. And the extra stamina really comes in handy.

I've seen a lot of mDKs hyped about rattlecage. I'm farming shalk to try that out. Tavas favor is another popular choice.

RyuHyabusa427

I'll give black rose a shot

FloppyTouch

Silks of the sun rings and neck sword and shield body shalk monster pieces skoria been working well for me but I been not pvping as much the Stam builds are out of control im waiting for update 13 to jump back in

AverageJo3Gam3r

Shalk is on my list of things to try, but still farming it in impen.

Ghostbane

Shalk is excellent, really, really excellent. But it is bugged at the moment, of where you are stuck in immortal combat until you die. Which is very frustrating for mounting/porting/mail/logging out etc

imo,

Grothdarr is amazing in open world pvp, Skoria is better suited for duels.

If you where using 5pc Tavas or Shalk, I'd have Grothdarr equipped, otherwise Blood Spawn.

For smallman stuff, ( Sustain acknowledgement )

( Black Rose / Desert Rose / Seducers ) + ( Sun / Spinners )

For large group stuff, ( Damage acknowledgement )

( Rattlecage / Kags / Black Rose ) + ( Sun / Spinners )

If using Grothdarr, I'd favor Sun over spinners

If you'd be using the destro ulti, I'd consider having a look at Spider Cultist too.

As someone mentioned above, if you are having a crafted set into the mix, aim to get the weapons in on that set, as it'll be cheaper for you ( and you can make Nirn shields )

There is many more things you can utilise into the mix, but there is no cookie mould here. You have plenty of options to mix with, depending on your playstyle and group premise.

Ishammael

I also want to suggest a strong consideration of Trainee. DK benefits heavily from stacked stats: dragon Blood and battle roar and stam for blocking. 2.4k mana is more than 3.6k when CPs and other bonuses are included. That is close to the dmg Sun gives you on its 5pc. The health and mana bonus is a wash, leaving a single spell dmg bonus against stam+2.4k stam+2.4k HP. Seems like a solid competitor.

AverageJo3Gam3r

@Ishammael trainee only comes in training tho. You'll get blown up without any traits in either impen or sturdy.

Ishammael

AverageJo3Gam3r wrote: »

@Ishammael trainee only comes in training tho. You'll get blown up without any traits in either impen or sturdy.

Go check an adjacent thread.
You can get jewelry in all traits and a scattering of non training pieces.

If, however, you have to use 2pc of training on your armor, it's not too bad. The amount of stats is really, really high.

AverageJo3Gam3r

@Ishammael that's a lot of chest farming for arcane jewelry tho...

CMurder435

Tbh you have a ton of build options and playstyle choices for one Tamriel patch. Try new things and see what works for you and your playstyle. Good luck bro

Astanphaeus

Amberplasm is particularly amazing on mDKs imho.

Lokey0024

Reroll stam. No execute and no way to regen mana effectivly close quarters make mdk a chore to play.

Rainingblood

Lokey0024 wrote: »

Reroll stam. No execute and no way to regen mana effectivly close quarters make mdk a chore to play.

Not a chore. Just not easy-mode stam cheese.