Is it even possible to play a no magic character in pvp?

Jade1986 · September 2015

Title says it all. I was really excited to come back to the game after a long hiatus when I found out they were fixing stamina builds and were making it possible to be a pure warrior build based on stamina. Now I finally go into pvp at lvl 45 and I am just getting the floor wiped with me. I mean damage is abysmal, survivability is non existent, I even started to use a bow for those long range situations as to add a little more versatility, yet even those attacks might as well be me just blowing glitter at the enemy.

So are there any builds that DO NOT use class skills? Or am I damned to play a magic class?

Spliffo · September 2015

What's your class and what skills are you trying to run? Need a bit more info to help out

Jade1986 · September 2015

Spliffo wrote: »

What's your class and what skills are you trying to run? Need a bit more info to help out

Well the whole premise for my character, which is what I have done in all ES games since forever, and was hoping could do in this game, was to play a pure stamina build that doesn't use any magic, save for the ultimate until I get the fighters guild ulti.

Using Corrosive Armor ultimate
2Handed tree - all abilities
Bow-all abilities
Heavy armor
Fighters Guild Tree
smithing, provisioning, woodworking

Was going for a 1 health 1 stamina stat build. Is it just my level that is causing me grief or what? I mean am I damned to use magic ? I try my absolute best and it just seems I am blowing pixie dust at the enemy and the damage absorb you get from the one ability for 2 handed is honestly pitiful in comparison to the damage shields you get in earthen heart or the other DK class skill lines. Then I drop in 3 seconds like I was some sort of pasta dish facing off against a belt sander.

ToRelax · September 2015

Yes, stamina build doesn't mean you don't use any spells here.
You have magicka, if you do nothing with it, you are gimping yourself.
It's not like a magicka build wouldn't perform actions that consume stamina either.
But those skills that scale with either magicka or stamina are naturally more effective on a build focusing on the respective resource.

Most_Awesome · September 2015

DK Stam build for you, with what ever ultimates you want

2hander

1 Stampede/crit rush
2 Wrecking blow
3 Executioner
4 Fossilise (Magica)
5 Rally

Bow

1 Poison Injection/ Venom Arrow
2 Bombard/ Acid Spray
3 Lethal Arrow/ Focused Aim
4 Dragon Fire Scale (Magica)
5 Vigor

RoamingRiverElk · September 2015

I hear damage is really difficult to do in Blackwater Blade now that there's the damage reduction in Cyrodiil, combined with battle leveling. v14/v16 PvP is a completely different beast (and vigor is kind of necessary for many stamina builds I think).

Cathexis · September 2015

Love my stam sorc running in groups.

1vX? Terribad.