Dragon Knights to weak?

Tonnopesce

I was in the same situation as the op once hit the vr 1
As a dk healer i was in big trouble but i've learned how to use all my skills in the best way possible i came up with a standard skill rotation and overkilled evryting.
now that i'm at vr 12 with the silve and gold compleated i have a pool of 240 skill points to use i do only blacksmithing as proffession so i've spended all the skill points in wepon and class pasives and active skils so i have the flexibility to change to any weapon and armor except medium .
i dont have the legendary 1.5k dps but i can go aroun 800 with all the weapons and for me is fun this way.
My personal advice as a dk... you have great class skills learn how to use them and do your personal rotation.....dont listen to all the people that tells you to do the infinitank or the dps build at end game you can do wat you want except if you have grinded the vr levels and go around only with 90-100skill points in that case focus only in one build

kitsinni

I don't really see how it could be hard unless you have a very strange build honestly. You can kill pretty much everything in PvE with one setup.

Get all light armor with everything in Magicka. Use a sword and shield for solo PvE. If fighting more than one use Burning Talons. Put Searing Strike (either morph) on each of them. Usa Lava Whip (Either morhp) until dead. You can actually back up far enough they can't hit you with melee attacks but lava whip still kills them. If you know they are going to hit you with projectiles use Dragon Fire Scales. If you are close to death use Green Dragon Blood. Drop a standard of might every time you are in a group of more than two. Hold block the entire time you are doing this Same strategy pretty much works for PvP also. If you are in a dungeon it is even easier just switch to Destro staff and Molten Weapons + Impulse all groups then switch back to your other skill bar.

So Hold Block > Burning Talons > Searing Strike > Lava Whip = 90% of fights won. If getting pelted with projectiles use scales and dragon blood to heal. It is hard to even die with this setup.

purple-magicb16_ESO

I play VR2 DK. I refuse to conform to stick and skirt. He used to wear all heavy with 2H axe /greatsword. Got sick of constantly losing stam so now I wear a mix of heavy & medium with stam perks. He's definitely not Conan on 'roids, but I find he's sufficient. I use dark talons and carve a lot as my choice for aoe are pretty much limited to those two. But I mostly enjoy one-on-one with enemy bosses. I do use a resto staff on the occasion that I'm with a group with no healer but otherwise never use it. He's mainly a blacksmith (lvl maxed out & legendary with almost all traits) so I'm not concerned about how far he gets. I have rolled another DK to resemble a berkserker. Still not going to stick & skirt tho, still 2H axe. But this time I focus more on stam with mix of medium and light armor. Not a very big change between the two but I still notice quite a difference in stam recovery. And I use a lot of block& dodge roll in my fight style. Yeah, this guy's definitely a better warrior. Subtle changes can make a big difference. It works for me. Take it for what its worth to you.