Combat strategies?

eternalsnows · March 2015

Hi all! I'm getting back into ESO after taking a few months off. It's just as great as I remember and I'm really loving the addition of pickpocketing. In fact, I started up a new Breton Nightblade character. She's got a red mohawk, wears all black and is systematically separating the citizens of Glenumbra from their candelabras and souvenir commemorative mugs.

In addition to my Nightblade I've also got a Templar and a Dragonknight. With all three characters I find combat in ESO to be a methodical process that usually involves isolating and taking down enemies one by one. Is this the way it's supposed to be, or am I missing something?

I'm coming from an extended period with Guild Wars 2, where combat is extremely fast, fluid and reliant on area of effect attacks. In GW2 you can often pull a few enemies, set up a bunch of AoE spells and kite around until everything dies. In ESO that strategy seems like a recipe for a rapid demise.

I guess I just find ESO's combat sort of flat compared to GW2. I can live with it because ESO does storytelling so incredibly well, but if I'm playing "wrong" and could make fights a little more fluid and action-packed then I'd be glad to do so. Any thoughts?

Khivas_Carrick · March 2015

AoE is definitely a very common and constantly used thing in both leveling, solo grinding, and group play. The combat will get to that point, I promise

eternalsnows · March 2015

Khivas_Carrick wrote: »

AoE is definitely a very common and constantly used thing in both leveling, solo grinding, and group play. The combat will get to that point, I promise

Any tips about which skills to look at for AoE as I level up? I'm going to be spending most of my time with the Nightblade for now.

Zsymon · March 2015

With my Templar I just spam Biting jabs and whole groups of monsters go down at once, I never had to focus on one enemy at a time. It's the only skill in the game that combines high single target dps and high aoe dps.

With a Nightblade there isn't such an easy low level option, magicka Nightblades use Sap Essence and Impulse, while stamina Nightblades probably use Brawler from the 2handed line, or the aoe Bow abilities are good too.

eternalsnows · March 2015

Zsymon wrote: »

With my Templar I just spam Biting jabs and whole groups of monsters go down at once, I never had to focus on one enemy at a time. It's the only skill in the game that combines high single target dps and high aoe dps.

With a Nightblade there isn't such an easy low level option, magicka Nightblades use Sap Essence and Impulse, while stamina Nightblades probably use Brawler from the 2handed line, or the aoe Bow abilities are good too.

Thanks! I fired up my Templar to check out Biting Jabs. It works really well and I like it a lot more than what I was using before. It will be fun to see what I can put together for my Nightblade.

Tankqull · March 2015

best strategie - whine in the forums to get your opponent nerfed.

Dekkameron · March 2015

Spamming brawler as a twohanded stam user is a good start.

eternalsnows · March 2015

This morning I started playing around with a lightning staff for my Nightblade. Really liking it so far! I'm only at level 8 but I've already unlocked an AoE skill that is pretty much melting through enemies.