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Magicka Dragonknight CP/NoCP build suggestions

daemonor
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I haven't found any recent threads discussing MagDK builds, but from what I've read I got the idea that at the moment they're bottom tier for pvp being a little above magnecro and magnb. However a few days ago I met this guy in cyro running grothdar and man he seemed to be performing better than a stam dk. Zooming around with race against time, self healing crazy and bursting aswell.
This encounter sparked my interest in trying MagDK myself, but I'm not sure how to approach the build. I saw people complaining about grothdar+elfbane, so I'd be going with these 2 as a base set with the build. The other sets I was interested in is obviously new moon acolyte or spinners, but how do you approach sustain correctly (mundus+food+jewel glyphs) without sacrificing too much damage? Or is it better of going the other way around for example using Bright Throat's Boast and going full damage on mundus+food+glyphs?
I was also interested in trying pariahs+vampire for tankyness, but I'm not sure if you could cover enough damage/sustain with the remaining 2 set options and mundus+food+glyphs.

I'd very much like to hear opinions of people playing MagDK currently or people who have better knowledge of numbers to put all the pieces in the puzzle.
  • Sneakers
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    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.
  • daemonor
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    One thing i forgot to mention that burning does a lot of damage, I wonder whats the best combo for maximum burning procs? Infused or charged with fire glyph?
  • Kadoin
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.

    I don't know about that, but I do know I have farmed many stamcros on NA with my mag DK so there is truth here...
  • Sneakers
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    Kadoin wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.

    I don't know about that, but I do know I have farmed many stamcros on NA with my mag DK so there is truth here...

    Its OP AF mate :)

    Try adding in that staff that gives pulsar a dot tick as well. Now we talking gsme breaking easymode aoe dps.

    So:
    elfbane
    Grothar
    Asylum staff
    That other staff which grants pulsar extra dot (can be used in conjunction with the mangle morph for top lolz)

    I give magdk 1 patch then its nerfed.
  • Kadoin
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Kadoin wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.

    I don't know about that, but I do know I have farmed many stamcros on NA with my mag DK so there is truth here...

    Its OP AF mate :)

    Try adding in that staff that gives pulsar a dot tick as well. Now we talking gsme breaking easymode aoe dps.

    So:
    elfbane
    Grothar
    Asylum staff
    That other staff which grants pulsar extra dot (can be used in conjunction with the mangle morph for top lolz)

    I give magdk 1 patch then its nerfed.


    Shh man, you can't be talking about BRP destro like that! The forums are still sleep AF man!
  • daemonor
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Kadoin wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.

    I don't know about that, but I do know I have farmed many stamcros on NA with my mag DK so there is truth here...

    Its OP AF mate :)

    Try adding in that staff that gives pulsar a dot tick as well. Now we talking gsme breaking easymode aoe dps.

    So:
    elfbane
    Grothar
    Asylum staff
    That other staff which grants pulsar extra dot (can be used in conjunction with the mangle morph for top lolz)

    I give magdk 1 patch then its nerfed.

    I had my suspicion that it would probably be better dps spamming that burning effect instead of building up x3 whip and whippin it so gotta have to try it for sure :)
    Edited by daemonor on 18 March 2020 13:15
  • Sneakers
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    Ill post a build that breaks the game then when i return in U26 It will be nerfed and gone^^
  • Sneakers
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    daemonor wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Kadoin wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    People telling u magdk is bad are trolls. Its op AF atm.

    Grothar that fire staff and elfbane.

    They melt people with very little skill and effort from AoE proc sets that dot while spamming fossilize and powerlash.

    RedonkulOus damage output. If there was a class/race respec id change my 27k BB tootltip stamcro to Magdk.

    I don't know about that, but I do know I have farmed many stamcros on NA with my mag DK so there is truth here...

    Its OP AF mate :)

    Try adding in that staff that gives pulsar a dot tick as well. Now we talking gsme breaking easymode aoe dps.

    So:
    elfbane
    Grothar
    Asylum staff
    That other staff which grants pulsar extra dot (can be used in conjunction with the mangle morph for top lolz)

    I give magdk 1 patch then its nerfed.

    I had my suspicion that it would probably be better dps spamming that burning effect instead of building up x3 whip and whippin it so gotta have to try it for sure :)

    Yah magdk with a few certain items can be played by a 4th grade "electric lemon slice" science box. Even a water dip duck (same as homer simpson uses in springfield nuclear plant) can toplol mad deepz 1%ers and carry in Cyro.
  • daemonor
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Ill post a build that breaks the game then when i return in U26 It will be nerfed and gone^^

    im 140% sure the grothgar elfbane asylum will be nerfed bcause liko already posted a video of it in pve, but im curious what do you have in store for pvp?
  • Sneakers
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    daemonor wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Ill post a build that breaks the game then when i return in U26 It will be nerfed and gone^^

    im 140% sure the grothgar elfbane asylum will be nerfed bcause liko already posted a video of it in pve, but im curious what do you have in store for pvp?

    Really straight forward tbh.

    You either [Snip] using:

    Grothtar
    Asylum staff fire destro (main)
    BRP destro (back)
    Elfbane
    Grace
    Dmg enchants/reduc (bg vs cyro)
    Prismatic/magicka (bg vs cyro)

    Bar 1:
    Powerlash
    Fossilise
    Engulf
    Embers
    Force shock (aoe burn dmg and synergy asylum)
    Ulti: Ferocious leap

    Bar 2:
    Ele
    Pulsar (BRP dot proc AoE)
    Coag
    Molten arma
    Harden armor/spiked armor (doesnt matter which)
    Ulti: Shooting star

    If u want more defence u go with potentates resto on backbar and use rapid regen as a HoT but I recommend [Snip].

    Ideal situation is to have quite a bit of ulti banked. Fight ppl near structures.
    Bomb with Shooting star vs plebs to set up massive ulti income from shooting.
    Fossilize.
    Leap almost insta after (shooting replenishes ur ulti while plebs struggle in fossilise).
    Power lash survivors.

    All ur burning dots none stop. Ur grothar ticks for 1200-1600 on 35k resis. Pulsar dot another 1200-1500. Embers ticks, engulf ticks, plus your LA weaving.

    Sustain via molten armaments synergy with HA, ele drain and leap. While HAing destro you do like 11500 tooltip plus sustain ~4k magicka.

    Nord race
    Max stat food
    Magicka mundos
    Tri pot is what id use to have stamina always ready

    You could go with resis phys pot that has health and power/stamina as well.



    Enjoy U25 ;)


    [Edited for baiting]

    Edited by ZOS_Volpe on 19 March 2020 13:05
  • Qbiken
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    daemonor wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Ill post a build that breaks the game then when i return in U26 It will be nerfed and gone^^

    im 140% sure the grothgar elfbane asylum will be nerfed bcause liko already posted a video of it in pve, but im curious what do you have in store for pvp?

    Really straight forward tbh.

    You either {Snip] using:

    Grothtar
    Asylum staff fire destro (main)
    BRP destro (back)
    Elfbane
    Grace
    Dmg enchants/reduc (bg vs cyro)
    Prismatic/magicka (bg vs cyro)

    Bar 1:
    Powerlash
    Fossilise
    Engulf
    Embers
    Force shock (aoe burn dmg and synergy asylum)
    Ulti: Ferocious leap

    Bar 2:
    Ele
    Pulsar (BRP dot proc AoE)
    Coag
    Molten arma
    Harden armor/spiked armor (doesnt matter which)
    Ulti: Shooting star

    If u want more defence u go with potentates resto on backbar and use rapid regen as a HoT but I recommend [Snip].

    Ideal situation is to have quite a bit of ulti banked. Fight ppl near structures.
    Bomb with Shooting star vs plebs to set up massive ulti income from shooting.
    Fossilize.
    Leap almost insta after (shooting replenishes ur ulti while plebs struggle in fossilise).
    Power lash survivors.

    All ur burning dots none stop. Ur grothar ticks for 1200-1600 on 35k resis. Pulsar dot another 1200-1500. Embers ticks, engulf ticks, plus your LA weaving.

    Sustain via molten armaments synergy with HA, ele drain and leap. While HAing destro you do like 11500 tooltip plus sustain ~4k magicka.

    Nord race
    Max stat food
    Magicka mundos
    Tri pot is what id use to have stamina always ready

    You could go with resis phys pot that has health and power/stamina as well.



    Enjoy U25 ;)




    [Edited for baiting]

    Can´t tell if this build is a meme or used for zergsurfing.......
    Edited by ZOS_Volpe on 19 March 2020 13:06
  • Sneakers
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    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    daemonor wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Ill post a build that breaks the game then when i return in U26 It will be nerfed and gone^^

    im 140% sure the grothgar elfbane asylum will be nerfed bcause liko already posted a video of it in pve, but im curious what do you have in store for pvp?

    Really straight forward tbh.

    You either [Snip] using:

    Grothtar
    Asylum staff fire destro (main)
    BRP destro (back)
    Elfbane
    Grace
    Dmg enchants/reduc (bg vs cyro)
    Prismatic/magicka (bg vs cyro)

    Bar 1:
    Powerlash
    Fossilise
    Engulf
    Embers
    Force shock (aoe burn dmg and synergy asylum)
    Ulti: Ferocious leap

    Bar 2:
    Ele
    Pulsar (BRP dot proc AoE)
    Coag
    Molten arma
    Harden armor/spiked armor (doesnt matter which)
    Ulti: Shooting star

    If u want more defence u go with potentates resto on backbar and use rapid regen as a HoT but I recommend [Snip].

    Ideal situation is to have quite a bit of ulti banked. Fight ppl near structures.
    Bomb with Shooting star vs plebs to set up massive ulti income from shooting.
    Fossilize.
    Leap almost insta after (shooting replenishes ur ulti while plebs struggle in fossilise).
    Power lash survivors.

    All ur burning dots none stop. Ur grothar ticks for 1200-1600 on 35k resis. Pulsar dot another 1200-1500. Embers ticks, engulf ticks, plus your LA weaving.

    Sustain via molten armaments synergy with HA, ele drain and leap. While HAing destro you do like 11500 tooltip plus sustain ~4k magicka.

    Nord race
    Max stat food
    Magicka mundos
    Tri pot is what id use to have stamina always ready

    You could go with resis phys pot that has health and power/stamina as well.



    Enjoy U25 ;)




    [Edited for baiting]

    Can´t tell if this build is a meme or used for zergsurfing.......

    Edited by ZOS_Volpe on 19 March 2020 13:07
  • Asardes
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    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558
    Beta tester since February 2014, played ESO-TU October 2015 - August 2022, currently on an extended break
    vMA (The Flawless Conqueror) | vVH (Spirit Slayer & of the Undying Song) | vDSA | vAA HM | vHRC HM | vSO HM | vMoL | vAS+1 | Emperor

    PC-EU CP 3000+
    41,000+ Achievement Points before High Isle
    Member of:
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    Valinor Overflow: Trader
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    Characters:
    Asardes | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 50 | Master Crafter: all traits & recipes, all styles released before High Isle
    Alxaril Nelcarion | 50 High Elf Sorcerer | AD AR 20 |
    Dro'Bear Three-paws | 50 Khajiit Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
    Veronique Nicole | 50 Breton Templar | DC AR 20 |
    Sabina Flavia Cosades | 50 Imperial Warden | EP AR 20 |
    Ervesa Neloren | 50 Dark Elf Dragonknight | EP AR 20 |
    Fendar Khodwin | 50 Redguard Sorcerer | DC AR 20 |
    Surilanwe of Lillandril | 50 High Elf Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
    Joleen the Swift | 50 Redguard Templar | DC AR 20 |
    Draynor Telvanni | 50 Dark Elf Warden | EP AR 20 |
    Claudius Tharn | 50 Necromancer | DC AR 20 |
    Nazura-la the Bonedancer | 50 Necromancer | AD AR 20 |

    Tharkul gro-Shug | 50 Orc Dragonknight | DC AR 4 |
    Ushruka gra-Lhurgash | 50 Orc Sorcerer | AD AR 4 |
    Cienwen ferch Llywelyn | 50 Breton Nightblade | DC AR 4 |
    Plays-with-Sunray | 50 Argonian Templar | EP AR 4 |
    Milariel | 50 Wood Elf Warden | AD AR 4 |
    Scheei-Jul | 50 Necromancer | EP AR 4 |

    PC-NA CP 1800+
    30,000+ Achievement Points before High Isle
    Member of:
    Savage Blade: Majestic Machette


    Characters:
    Asardes the Exile | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 30 |
  • Sneakers
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    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl are abusing (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) lets you login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    Pulsar + grothar + burning effect alone is high dps. Add to that burning embers and engulf.

    Its no fun playing vs 2-3 magdks doing this. Passivly a gang like this can run in a ball and do 7-8k dps just by beeing near you.
    Edited by Sneakers on 19 March 2020 11:27
  • Qbiken
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.
    Edited by Qbiken on 19 March 2020 11:35
  • KBKB
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    Chudans,BSW, shacklebreaker 5 light 1/1 impen, sturdy shield, pen staff 4x tri enchants rest Mana
    Fire staff-embers, whip, engulfing, fossil, magelight/flex - leap ulti
    SnB-mists,blood,wings, cauterize, armaments - spell reflect ulti
    Dark elf
    Vamp
    Spell damage mundus
    Potent brew

    Works well for BG's and cyro cp/non easy sets to pick up too.

    @Asardes didn't see you pretty much posted that gear set up sorry brah, great minds tho.
    Edited by KBKB on 19 March 2020 12:06
  • Asardes
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl are abusing (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) lets you login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    The only situations where people are that static & packed together to have them eat Grothdarr damage, use Shooting Star and get it refunded quickly are maybe flag games, chaos ball and some tower fights or sieges in Cyrodiil. In most BGs or spaces that are more widely open they'll just line up their burst (ex. stamina Warden & Necro), come in melee, dump it, then retreat, if they're not ranged in the first place, ex. magicka Sorcerer or have very good mobility like stamina Sorcerer. If a Magicka Warden comes in melee range, he has Northern Storm ready and all your procs won't make much damage against Major Protection, Mag Necro will dump Colossus & pop Avid Boneyard on you. So that kind of build will work for some fights, but not for others.

    Personally I don't like niche builds, but rather a more generalist, well rounded build that gives me high stats, sustain and mitigation and works well in most scenarios. Then I change my play style according to the scenario, often even down to the classes and play styles I notice in enemies. And I've had no issues killing people in BGs and Cyrodiil as well with the build linked above. I'm reasonably experienced I'd say, rotating 12 characters trough PvP, especially BGs, with ~50m AP between them. BGs are much less forgiving than Cyrodiil, especially CP Cyrodiil, where there are fights where hardly anyone dies, no matter how much damage you build because that's how CP works, favoring defense; even really bad players can be hard to kill if the group heals them. I mean if you run into a PuG group you can devastate them if they're all unskilled and don't have good AoE heals but if even a healer is present and puts some Radiating Regeneration on them, stuff changes radically.
    Beta tester since February 2014, played ESO-TU October 2015 - August 2022, currently on an extended break
    vMA (The Flawless Conqueror) | vVH (Spirit Slayer & of the Undying Song) | vDSA | vAA HM | vHRC HM | vSO HM | vMoL | vAS+1 | Emperor

    PC-EU CP 3000+
    41,000+ Achievement Points before High Isle
    Member of:
    Pact Veteran Trade: Exemplary
    Traders of the Covenant: God of Sales
    Tamriels Emporium: God of Sales
    Valinor Overflow: Trader
    The Traveling Merchant: Silver


    Characters:
    Asardes | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 50 | Master Crafter: all traits & recipes, all styles released before High Isle
    Alxaril Nelcarion | 50 High Elf Sorcerer | AD AR 20 |
    Dro'Bear Three-paws | 50 Khajiit Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
    Veronique Nicole | 50 Breton Templar | DC AR 20 |
    Sabina Flavia Cosades | 50 Imperial Warden | EP AR 20 |
    Ervesa Neloren | 50 Dark Elf Dragonknight | EP AR 20 |
    Fendar Khodwin | 50 Redguard Sorcerer | DC AR 20 |
    Surilanwe of Lillandril | 50 High Elf Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
    Joleen the Swift | 50 Redguard Templar | DC AR 20 |
    Draynor Telvanni | 50 Dark Elf Warden | EP AR 20 |
    Claudius Tharn | 50 Necromancer | DC AR 20 |
    Nazura-la the Bonedancer | 50 Necromancer | AD AR 20 |

    Tharkul gro-Shug | 50 Orc Dragonknight | DC AR 4 |
    Ushruka gra-Lhurgash | 50 Orc Sorcerer | AD AR 4 |
    Cienwen ferch Llywelyn | 50 Breton Nightblade | DC AR 4 |
    Plays-with-Sunray | 50 Argonian Templar | EP AR 4 |
    Milariel | 50 Wood Elf Warden | AD AR 4 |
    Scheei-Jul | 50 Necromancer | EP AR 4 |

    PC-NA CP 1800+
    30,000+ Achievement Points before High Isle
    Member of:
    Savage Blade: Majestic Machette


    Characters:
    Asardes the Exile | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 30 |
  • Lughlongarm
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    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.

    Grothar+ Elf is definitely viable for PvP(and not as a meme build), but I 'don't understand the reasoning for the Asylum staff+Pulsar. I don't think you can afford running 2 spammables nor sustaining pulsar spam without much consideration to mgicka sustain outside of applying the burning status effect. The lack of healing/movement skills is also problematic.

    I think it will be better to go with something like this:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=213977 (this is without CP nor buffs).

    Overwhelming Surge is the perfect set to combo with Elf in my opinion. More passive damage, magicka sustain + AOE 100% minor vulnerability uptime(on this setup with charged staff).

    With Elf you can abuse ultis like Magma Shell(18 sec duration on this setup), this is basically better than "Ravenous Goliath" as you can regen ulti during the duration, sustain magicka from the passive burning, it is more tanky and offers a support utility to allies. 35 sec "Shifting Standard" is also great with this setup if you want to go offensive.

    "Burning talons" is amazing on this setup. The damage is x2 bursty compared to Engulfing flames, synergy damage + great combo flame lash, making it a very reliable healing source.

    Quick cloack+BRP DW - You get the movement, all the defensive boons of BRP+quick cloack + the the glyph procs for the damage + the double sustain.

    Tun Evil+ Obsidian shard are an experimental replacement for Fossilize+Coagulating Blood. You can take either. The concept is to use "Obsidian shard " to also support allies in BG while restoring enough stamina(from the passives) to sustain the use of Tun Evil which works great with burning talons combo. With the poison glyph back bar+ double poison front bar+potion+DK passives, you should have enough stamina to sustain both Tun Evil&Quick cloack, which gives your magicka pool much more breathing room. This also the reasoning behind "Igneous Weapons"(re-cast once every 54 sec).

    Front front bar you can use either frost or lighting staff(defense or offence, no inferno). If you use frost, I think you should also pick the "Tri Focus " passive as most of your magicka sustain arriving from burning+ overwhelming surge effects. This a very good way to distribute the usage of both your magicak and stamina in a very efficient way.

    Only tried in on PTS as I dont have a max level DK on live.
  • daemonor
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    Some interesting stuff right there, the idea of using asylum inferno with force pulse instead of whip cause it's ranged and the burning effect does a lot of damage and gives a lot of resources back. But some quick maths are needed to determine which one is actually better.
  • Asardes
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    daemonor wrote: »
    Some interesting stuff right there, the idea of using asylum inferno with force pulse instead of whip cause it's ranged and the burning effect does a lot of damage and gives a lot of resources back. But some quick maths are needed to determine which one is actually better.

    If you have perfected it can be an option, but the normal version is not really worth it, so you're better off with a full 5p set and whip instead.
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  • daemonor
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    Asardes wrote: »
    daemonor wrote: »
    Some interesting stuff right there, the idea of using asylum inferno with force pulse instead of whip cause it's ranged and the burning effect does a lot of damage and gives a lot of resources back. But some quick maths are needed to determine which one is actually better.

    If you have perfected it can be an option, but the normal version is not really worth it, so you're better off with a full 5p set and whip instead.

    I guess ur right every 3rd instead of 2nd would add up fast especially in pvp where stuff is always random.
    What about traits tho? Sharp charged infused or nirn? I tried playing destro+snb, but i dont find blocking does that much for me compared to resto regen skill. Last time i played charged frost staff was tha *** and I was running frost+resto to get both blocking and healing and it felt really good. Feels like you can't tho anymore.
  • daemonor
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    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.

    Grothar+ Elf is definitely viable for PvP(and not as a meme build), but I 'don't understand the reasoning for the Asylum staff+Pulsar. I don't think you can afford running 2 spammables nor sustaining pulsar spam without much consideration to mgicka sustain outside of applying the burning status effect. The lack of healing/movement skills is also problematic.

    I think it will be better to go with something like this:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=213977 (this is without CP nor buffs).

    Overwhelming Surge is the perfect set to combo with Elf in my opinion. More passive damage, magicka sustain + AOE 100% minor vulnerability uptime(on this setup with charged staff).

    With Elf you can abuse ultis like Magma Shell(18 sec duration on this setup), this is basically better than "Ravenous Goliath" as you can regen ulti during the duration, sustain magicka from the passive burning, it is more tanky and offers a support utility to allies. 35 sec "Shifting Standard" is also great with this setup if you want to go offensive.

    "Burning talons" is amazing on this setup. The damage is x2 bursty compared to Engulfing flames, synergy damage + great combo flame lash, making it a very reliable healing source.

    Quick cloack+BRP DW - You get the movement, all the defensive boons of BRP+quick cloack + the the glyph procs for the damage + the double sustain.

    Tun Evil+ Obsidian shard are an experimental replacement for Fossilize+Coagulating Blood. You can take either. The concept is to use "Obsidian shard " to also support allies in BG while restoring enough stamina(from the passives) to sustain the use of Tun Evil which works great with burning talons combo. With the poison glyph back bar+ double poison front bar+potion+DK passives, you should have enough stamina to sustain both Tun Evil&Quick cloack, which gives your magicka pool much more breathing room. This also the reasoning behind "Igneous Weapons"(re-cast once every 54 sec).

    Front front bar you can use either frost or lighting staff(defense or offence, no inferno). If you use frost, I think you should also pick the "Tri Focus " passive as most of your magicka sustain arriving from burning+ overwhelming surge effects. This a very good way to distribute the usage of both your magicak and stamina in a very efficient way.

    Only tried in on PTS as I dont have a max level DK on live.

    I can actually test that out because i have gold overwhelming surge jewels and frost/lighting staff that I used on my magplar for bgs. Looks very interesting, I will have to give it a go for sure.
  • Iskiab
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    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.

    Grothar+ Elf is definitely viable for PvP(and not as a meme build), but I 'don't understand the reasoning for the Asylum staff+Pulsar. I don't think you can afford running 2 spammables nor sustaining pulsar spam without much consideration to mgicka sustain outside of applying the burning status effect. The lack of healing/movement skills is also problematic.

    I think it will be better to go with something like this:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=213977 (this is without CP nor buffs).

    Overwhelming Surge is the perfect set to combo with Elf in my opinion. More passive damage, magicka sustain + AOE 100% minor vulnerability uptime(on this setup with charged staff).

    With Elf you can abuse ultis like Magma Shell(18 sec duration on this setup), this is basically better than "Ravenous Goliath" as you can regen ulti during the duration, sustain magicka from the passive burning, it is more tanky and offers a support utility to allies. 35 sec "Shifting Standard" is also great with this setup if you want to go offensive.

    "Burning talons" is amazing on this setup. The damage is x2 bursty compared to Engulfing flames, synergy damage + great combo flame lash, making it a very reliable healing source.

    Quick cloack+BRP DW - You get the movement, all the defensive boons of BRP+quick cloack + the the glyph procs for the damage + the double sustain.

    Tun Evil+ Obsidian shard are an experimental replacement for Fossilize+Coagulating Blood. You can take either. The concept is to use "Obsidian shard " to also support allies in BG while restoring enough stamina(from the passives) to sustain the use of Tun Evil which works great with burning talons combo. With the poison glyph back bar+ double poison front bar+potion+DK passives, you should have enough stamina to sustain both Tun Evil&Quick cloack, which gives your magicka pool much more breathing room. This also the reasoning behind "Igneous Weapons"(re-cast once every 54 sec).

    Front front bar you can use either frost or lighting staff(defense or offence, no inferno). If you use frost, I think you should also pick the "Tri Focus " passive as most of your magicka sustain arriving from burning+ overwhelming surge effects. This a very good way to distribute the usage of both your magicak and stamina in a very efficient way.

    Only tried in on PTS as I dont have a max level DK on live.

    I have no idea how good these combos are on a DK, but I’ve used BRP destro a lot as a magblade.

    Pulsar must be just for the BRP dot, if you spam pulsar you’ll never get full use of the dot it applies. I imagine people who use BRP fire staff with pulsar are just using it once to setup burst (reduce the targets health) and put on the dot.

    I used to use the BRP staff with elemental ring, it’s a great way to pop NBs out of stealth. Pretty much easy kills unless they have shade up.
    Edited by Iskiab on 19 March 2020 20:34
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  • Lughlongarm
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    daemonor wrote: »
    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.

    Grothar+ Elf is definitely viable for PvP(and not as a meme build), but I 'don't understand the reasoning for the Asylum staff+Pulsar. I don't think you can afford running 2 spammables nor sustaining pulsar spam without much consideration to mgicka sustain outside of applying the burning status effect. The lack of healing/movement skills is also problematic.

    I think it will be better to go with something like this:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=213977 (this is without CP nor buffs).

    Overwhelming Surge is the perfect set to combo with Elf in my opinion. More passive damage, magicka sustain + AOE 100% minor vulnerability uptime(on this setup with charged staff).

    With Elf you can abuse ultis like Magma Shell(18 sec duration on this setup), this is basically better than "Ravenous Goliath" as you can regen ulti during the duration, sustain magicka from the passive burning, it is more tanky and offers a support utility to allies. 35 sec "Shifting Standard" is also great with this setup if you want to go offensive.

    "Burning talons" is amazing on this setup. The damage is x2 bursty compared to Engulfing flames, synergy damage + great combo flame lash, making it a very reliable healing source.

    Quick cloack+BRP DW - You get the movement, all the defensive boons of BRP+quick cloack + the the glyph procs for the damage + the double sustain.

    Tun Evil+ Obsidian shard are an experimental replacement for Fossilize+Coagulating Blood. You can take either. The concept is to use "Obsidian shard " to also support allies in BG while restoring enough stamina(from the passives) to sustain the use of Tun Evil which works great with burning talons combo. With the poison glyph back bar+ double poison front bar+potion+DK passives, you should have enough stamina to sustain both Tun Evil&Quick cloack, which gives your magicka pool much more breathing room. This also the reasoning behind "Igneous Weapons"(re-cast once every 54 sec).

    Front front bar you can use either frost or lighting staff(defense or offence, no inferno). If you use frost, I think you should also pick the "Tri Focus " passive as most of your magicka sustain arriving from burning+ overwhelming surge effects. This a very good way to distribute the usage of both your magicak and stamina in a very efficient way.

    Only tried in on PTS as I dont have a max level DK on live.

    I can actually test that out because i have gold overwhelming surge jewels and frost/lighting staff that I used on my magplar for bgs. Looks very interesting, I will have to give it a go for sure.

    That will be great. ^^ :)
  • Lughlongarm
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    Iskiab wrote: »
    Qbiken wrote: »
    Sneakers wrote: »
    Asardes wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer non-cheese builds:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=217558

    Well noone is gonna die from that build unless you outplay them.

    The build ppl (similar build using grothar, elf, passive aoe dot preassure) is that they login and do 3-4k passive dps just by standing there.
    Once they start fossilising, power lashing, LA ing , proccing shock glyphs a d dropping meteor quickly followed by leap people explode.

    I'd play asardes setup over yours 7 days a week. Heavy armor on any magicka that isn't a pure healbot is useless (unless you zerg). Losing almost 5k spell penetration, mag recovery, and cost reduction outperforms heavy in all situations for magicka (stamina is a different story)

    The build you posted can work in the presence of a friendly zerg backing you up. In a 1v1 or 1vX situation, asardes setup is better in every aspect.

    Edit: The setup looks interesting and potentially fun, but i don't see it working outside of a group scenario without a healer.

    Grothar+ Elf is definitely viable for PvP(and not as a meme build), but I 'don't understand the reasoning for the Asylum staff+Pulsar. I don't think you can afford running 2 spammables nor sustaining pulsar spam without much consideration to mgicka sustain outside of applying the burning status effect. The lack of healing/movement skills is also problematic.

    I think it will be better to go with something like this:
    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=213977 (this is without CP nor buffs).

    Overwhelming Surge is the perfect set to combo with Elf in my opinion. More passive damage, magicka sustain + AOE 100% minor vulnerability uptime(on this setup with charged staff).

    With Elf you can abuse ultis like Magma Shell(18 sec duration on this setup), this is basically better than "Ravenous Goliath" as you can regen ulti during the duration, sustain magicka from the passive burning, it is more tanky and offers a support utility to allies. 35 sec "Shifting Standard" is also great with this setup if you want to go offensive.

    "Burning talons" is amazing on this setup. The damage is x2 bursty compared to Engulfing flames, synergy damage + great combo flame lash, making it a very reliable healing source.

    Quick cloack+BRP DW - You get the movement, all the defensive boons of BRP+quick cloack + the the glyph procs for the damage + the double sustain.

    Tun Evil+ Obsidian shard are an experimental replacement for Fossilize+Coagulating Blood. You can take either. The concept is to use "Obsidian shard " to also support allies in BG while restoring enough stamina(from the passives) to sustain the use of Tun Evil which works great with burning talons combo. With the poison glyph back bar+ double poison front bar+potion+DK passives, you should have enough stamina to sustain both Tun Evil&Quick cloack, which gives your magicka pool much more breathing room. This also the reasoning behind "Igneous Weapons"(re-cast once every 54 sec).

    Front front bar you can use either frost or lighting staff(defense or offence, no inferno). If you use frost, I think you should also pick the "Tri Focus " passive as most of your magicka sustain arriving from burning+ overwhelming surge effects. This a very good way to distribute the usage of both your magicak and stamina in a very efficient way.

    Only tried in on PTS as I dont have a max level DK on live.

    I have no idea how good these combos are on a DK, but I’ve used BRP destro a lot as a magblade.

    Pulsar must be just for the BRP dot, if you spam pulsar you’ll never get full use of the dot it applies. I imagine people who use BRP fire staff with pulsar are just using it once to setup burst (reduce the targets health) and put on the dot.

    I used to use the BRP staff with elemental ring, it’s a great way to pop NBs out of stealth. Pretty much easy kills unless they have shade up.

    Ya sorry, I meant "Asylum staff+ Force Shock" spam. Regarding the idea to have BRP destro on back bar just for the aoe Dot. I don't think it gives enough value, especially when you want the pen bonus on your front bar. I think BRP DW for back bar with "quick cloak" is much more value.
  • Sneakers
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    Its not a theoretical build. Ppl are running around right now T bagging ppl in this.
  • Derra
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    Sneakers wrote: »
    Its not a theoretical build. Ppl are running around right now T bagging ppl in this.

    They do indeed :joy:
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  • daemonor
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    Well I still couldn't test the overwhelming/elf bane build cause i noticed you have to have 3 light body pieces of that set. Currently still need belt and boots and I'm working on it.
  • Sneakers
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    You also need perfected staves at least asylum has to be perfected. Your not supposed to spam force shock. Your spammy is power lash, heals you and dps window after fossilise.

    You could skip the brp staff but then u have to replace that dot preassure with something else.
  • daemonor
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    Sadd reacts then, not running in any trial guilds currenctly so got no chance of obtaining perfect inferno staff from asylum.
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