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Stam DK advice

KennyAr
KennyAr
What race is the best for pvp stam DK?
  • MrMazurski
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    Orc for more dps.

    Nord for sustain and survivable,

    Redguard still should be too pretty nice,

    Imperial if you have.

    Every stamina focus race working good with DK

    - Where "Update on Cyrodiil Performance & Upcoming AOE Tests"? I wish ZOS would stop kicking players' balls, especially those on Cyro
    - - PC-EU / Ravenwatch
  • KennyAr
    KennyAr
    MrMazurski wrote: »
    Orc for more dps.

    Nord for sustain and survivable,

    Redguard still should be too pretty nice,

    Imperial if you have.

    Every stamina focus race working good with DK

    I'd pick Nord. I don't have the gold food for the orcs. lol. Thanks.
  • Sluggy
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    I'd say every race has a good reason to be used. StamDK's notoriously rely on a lot of mag skills so even a Breton can get good mileage. High-Elves have a bit hybrid-sustain which is useful on a DK. Dark Elves technically have the highest raw damage at the time and if you wanted to go with a crit-focused build even a Khajit would be good. Of all the choices I'd say Khajit would be the only one I wouldn't pick since it has little value outside of a crit-oriented build. All of the other races would function well regardless of what you focused on.

    My personal preference is Nord but that's largely due to the fact that I just thought their backstory and culture cool and I've been playing one since I started. After Nord I like Imperial as well.
  • KennyAr
    KennyAr
    Sluggy wrote: »
    I'd say every race has a good reason to be used. StamDK's notoriously rely on a lot of mag skills so even a Breton can get good mileage. High-Elves have a bit hybrid-sustain which is useful on a DK. Dark Elves technically have the highest raw damage at the time and if you wanted to go with a crit-focused build even a Khajit would be good. Of all the choices I'd say Khajit would be the only one I wouldn't pick since it has little value outside of a crit-oriented build. All of the other races would function well regardless of what you focused on.

    My personal preference is Nord but that's largely due to the fact that I just thought their backstory and culture cool and I've been playing one since I started. After Nord I like Imperial as well.

    Thanks. I have an Imperial stam DK now. Awesome, can kill anyone perhaps except for a fellow DK who plays better, or perhaps he's with a better set of gears and at a higher level. lol.

    Breath to reduce resistence, Talons, momentum then spam executioner. It's done. lol.
  • KennyAr
    KennyAr
    I tried to roll a Nord DK in Europe server as I am running out of slots in NA. And I queued for an hour for battleground and nothing happened.

    No one does Pvp in Europe server? What the.....,
  • Alucardo
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    KennyAr wrote: »
    I tried to roll a Nord DK in Europe server as I am running out of slots in NA. And I queued for an hour for battleground and nothing happened.

    No one does Pvp in Europe server? What the.....,

    Considering you wrote this post at 4am, I'd say that most of us were asleep.

    As for race, I personally like Imperial. Reduced cost on blocking, magicka skills (which you generally use a lot of on DK and they aren't cheap), ultimates, stamina skills. Most health in the game, lots of stamina. Obviously Nord is a good choice for the ult gen and extra resistances too.
  • Stx
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    Imperial is always a solid pvp race because that 6% global cost reduction gets you so much value. I am Imp on my stamplar and my stam sorc.

    For my dk I like nord, because of the ultimate generation being good for battle roar and the extra resists let me focus less on defensive gear sets.
  • fred4
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    Sluggy wrote: »
    StamDK's notoriously rely on a lot of mag skills
    This is just wrong. You may want to use mag skills, but you don't need to rely on them. Fossilize. Fragmented Shield. In the olden days, 5 years ago, I used (then reflecting) wings. Now that required mag sustain. These days I know better. You can build for near zero mag-sustain by limiting yourself to Volatile / Hardened Armor and either Fragmented Shield or Cauterize. Especially with CP 2.0 where Rejuvenation bumps up your base mag regen. Your character tends to be stronger for it, e.g. have better offensive / defensive stats, because you're not getting side-tracked by having to satisfy magicka requirements. You may like to use some DK signature skills. Fossilize, especially, is an awfully good / fun skill that I find synergizes with dual wield playstyles. What I don't agree with is that stam DKs notoriously rely on that. If I had to pick a stamina class that thrives on mixed sustain, I'd say stamsorc (Streak / Dark Deal).
    Edited by fred4 on 11 July 2021 03:46
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