mihran.akopyan_ESO wrote: »I main a magicka nightblade and I can feel your pain. Dont go melee. Its pure masochism.
I am in no way a "pro", only reached captain and 350cp yet. So feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.
There are two ways for you to go: Either you go full gank with a clever alchemist set or you go ranged with balanced gear and destro/resto.
You will get rekt by stamsorcs and dks, so dont bother going 1vX. Better stick to your group and try to stay out of focus.
I personally think the combo seducer with transmutation is quite good, if you go full siphoning. No concealed/lotus fan stuff, no cloak.
But if you want to go allround DD, its difficult in PvP.
I link you a build from Sinnful Duck here, it is a really good starting point and worked well for me:
I myself have developed my own build, i call it the "PewPewBlade".
I wear destro (infused) /resto (infused or defending) 5 light/2 heavy (5 impen, 2 infused) 5 elegant, 5 torugs and 1 skoria (because i dont have 1 kena) and animation cancel light/medium/heavy attacks with funnel weave/flame reach until assasins will is up while keeping pressure with entropy and crippling grasp. My flame damage enchant procs at least every second attack and hits for +50% damage. Thats like a magicka viper set without cooldown.
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Dont use Healing Ward, it is broken for pvp and was a reason why i often couldn't go offensive. Use the combo of Dampen Magicka and Blessing of Restoration instead. Use Radiant Magelight on your main bar. It will increase the crit chance (especially of your HoTs) and protect you from stamblade burst. It will also empower your ulti and reveal cloaking nightblades.
I actually started my pvp career with sinful ducks build. But that build has little inpen. So I go down pretty fast.
I will give the blessing of restoration a try. Never considered it.
Usually you go down as a magicka user due to high proc damage and high penetration. You can go 7 impen with any build, wont help you very much though as the base damage is way to high. Are you vamp? Helps a lot with survivability.
I main a magicka nightblade and I can feel your pain. Dont go melee. Its pure masochism.
I am in no way a "pro", only reached captain and 350cp yet. So feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.
There are two ways for you to go: Either you go full gank with a clever alchemist set or you go ranged with balanced gear and destro/resto.
You will get rekt by stamsorcs and dks, so dont bother going 1vX. Better stick to your group and try to stay out of focus.
I personally think the combo seducer with transmutation is quite good, if you go full siphoning. No concealed/lotus fan stuff, no cloak.
But if you want to go allround DD, its difficult in PvP.
I link you a build from Sinnful Duck here, it is a really good starting point and worked well for me:
I myself have developed my own build, i call it the "PewPewBlade".
I wear destro (infused) /resto (infused or defending) 5 light/2 heavy (5 impen, 2 infused) 5 elegant, 5 torugs and 1 skoria (because i dont have 1 kena) and animation cancel light/medium/heavy attacks with funnel weave/flame reach until assasins will is up while keeping pressure with entropy and crippling grasp. My flame damage enchant procs at least every second attack and hits for +50% damage. Thats like a magicka viper set without cooldown.
Edit:
Dont use Healing Ward, it is broken for pvp and was a reason why i often couldn't go offensive. Use the combo of Dampen Magicka and Blessing of Restoration instead. Use Radiant Magelight on your main bar. It will increase the crit chance (especially of your HoTs) and protect you from stamblade burst. It will also empower your ulti and reveal cloaking nightblades.
mihran.akopyan_ESO wrote: »I main a magicka nightblade and I can feel your pain. Dont go melee. Its pure masochism.
I am in no way a "pro", only reached captain and 350cp yet. So feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.
There are two ways for you to go: Either you go full gank with a clever alchemist set or you go ranged with balanced gear and destro/resto.
You will get rekt by stamsorcs and dks, so dont bother going 1vX. Better stick to your group and try to stay out of focus.
I personally think the combo seducer with transmutation is quite good, if you go full siphoning. No concealed/lotus fan stuff, no cloak.
But if you want to go allround DD, its difficult in PvP.
I link you a build from Sinnful Duck here, it is a really good starting point and worked well for me:
I myself have developed my own build, i call it the "PewPewBlade".
I wear destro (infused) /resto (infused or defending) 5 light/2 heavy (5 impen, 2 infused) 5 elegant, 5 torugs and 1 skoria (because i dont have 1 kena) and animation cancel light/medium/heavy attacks with funnel weave/flame reach until assasins will is up while keeping pressure with entropy and crippling grasp. My flame damage enchant procs at least every second attack and hits for +50% damage. Thats like a magicka viper set without cooldown.
Edit:
Dont use Healing Ward, it is broken for pvp and was a reason why i often couldn't go offensive. Use the combo of Dampen Magicka and Blessing of Restoration instead. Use Radiant Magelight on your main bar. It will increase the crit chance (especially of your HoTs) and protect you from stamblade burst. It will also empower your ulti and reveal cloaking nightblades.
I actually started my pvp career with sinful ducks build. But that build has little inpen. So I go down pretty fast.
I will give the blessing of restoration a try. Never considered it.
Pretty much agree to a T with the melee build. I've been running Lich Julianos willpower for months and it's great sustain, you do need to be conscious of your shields though as one well timed cc / proc and you can get bursted very quick. It is getting harder and harder every day to fight against these heavy armor builds though.thankyourat wrote: »Melee and and destro are both viable. Destro has better resource management but melee you hit harder. I usually switch up between the two with more time playing destro. You can switch the transmutation for julianos to up your damage some. I'm also finding crit resist to be useless on a magblade because I use dampen magicka in my rotation. It's almost better to stack into magicka and use your abilities to keep you alive. I found crit resist to only be useful in gank situations. I use 5 julianos, 5 lich, 3 willpower and the shadow mundus. I been running this set up for my melee magblade for about 6 months now. It's getting a little harder to play magblade though with the rise of heavy armor. But with the lich proc and your restro staff you should be fine
Since some time ago I've been working on a ghost build (like starcraft ghosts) with my Mageblade (only ranged). Some things I've learned:
1- Flame staff all the way. Cloak + full heavy + strife/force pulse/destro reach. Ideally strife since most of the magicka goes on cloak
2- Shadowy disguise over dark cloak. If you are going to rely on heavy attacks, you will need that granted crit (and the extra spell dmg passive)
3- There are 2 ways to play the ghost: the burst one and the DoT one.
The burst one set up is somethig like this: radiant magelight - double take - strife/force pulse - disguise - agony/merc resolve U shooting star.
The DoT one is similar: radiant ML - double take - destro reach - disguise - crippling grasp U soul assault (I'm waiting for the changes to see if they are worth)
4- Avoid mDKs and stamsorcs. Your mobility will help you with temps
5- If you want more mobility, slot concealed weapon instead of radiant. In some fights you will be able to use it, but don't rely on it.
The flame staff heavy attack could seem a disadvantage at the begining, but you must work your playing style so you learn how to make it work. Since no player can block or dodge roll all the time, at some point he needs to down his guard. And from the rear, you will hit him easily.
Saddly, resto staff doesn't help you much, because each of its heals take you out of stealth. You need to slot strife/tripots or rely on healers to regain health.
ScruffyWhiskers wrote: »