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Extra skill line for Necromancer (WW or Vamp)

itslenh
itslenh
Heroes of Tamriel!

Title says everything, which one of the skill lines would be the better for my Necromancer (Tank/DPS)?

Thanks in advice!

PS: Please tell me, every pros and cons about each lines!
If you have questions, contact me via discord or ingame (PC-EU).
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  • Necrotech_Master
    Necrotech_Master
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    this is my opinion, without knowing any other information about what your trying to do:

    vampire:
    pros:
    • dont lose access to current skills
    • more skill and build options
    • undeath
    • ulti gen from vamp drain
    cons:
    • regen penalty, resist penalty (fire), and making non vamp skills cost more
    • most passives and skills are not that useful for a tank outside of undeath, especially making things cost more

    WW
    pros:
    • stamina regen while transform slotted
    • transformed WW has more tank options (taunting with heavy attacks with specific morph of the roar)
    cons:
    • need specific build for when transformed as you lose access to all of your normal skills and limited to options within WW skill line
    • negative resistance to poison (only while transformed)
    • gains no extra block mitigations (i dont remember if WW inherit weapon passives while transformed, i dont believe they do though)

    off the top of my head at least

    to be honest as a tl;dr i would say that neither vamp or WW is great for PVE in general unless your going for a specific theme build
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  • itslenh
    itslenh
    @Necrotech_Master thank you!
    So, in terms of your view:
    - As a necromancer Tank / DPS, if I pick a Vampire, is a pretty bad choice? (Too much handicaps and downgrade benefits in PVE). I don't care about PVP just yet, and I mainly try to focus on IA, Trials and Vet dungs.

    PS: If I manage the Vamp stage of myself, to don't loose too much of healing effects, it may work?
    If you have questions, contact me via discord or ingame (PC-EU).
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  • Necrotech_Master
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    for vamp its mostly the -recovery of higher stages and increased cost of other abilities

    there are some niche cases for being a vampire to access the vamp drain as a tank as the ult gen is good, mainly can work as an off tank in some trials, and in some cases in archive (like a perma magma shell DK setup), its hard to use as a main tank because of the channel you have to be ready to cancel it for blocking

    if you want to be vamp i would probably suggest staying at stage 1 so you dont get penalized much but still have access to the skills
    plays PC/NA
    handle @Necrotech_Master
    active player since april 2014

    i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (in progress being filled out), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them

    feel free to stop by and use the facilities
  • H_E
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    for meta builds on necro tank you become a Tier 1 vamp for access to Exhilarating Drain and Elusive Mist
    and I leave my dps a T1 vamp for access to vamp mist in niche situation its needed as the loss of sustain on a cro who has the best sustain in the game does not matter
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