What's the absolute worst class/weapon/armor combo in the game?

elblobbob14_ESO

Thought I would make a toon and see just how hard this game can be.

alexj4596b14_ESO

elblobbob14_ESO wrote: »

Thought I would make a toon and see just how hard this game can be.

Bow, DK, heavy amour.

reften

it's more like a spec than a class. I play a bow, NB and kick ass. But, you could put 5 skills in your bar that are very situational and don't do any damage...relying only on light and heavy attacks...and suck. If you pick the best skills/abilities from any combo, you're still going to be good.

Mehsive

NB, light armor 2hander, not using any siphoning abilities, can just about take a VR mob out when it's alone

Tankqull

heavy armor templar using dawns wrath as primary dmg source with DW as weapon choice

Natjur

Any stamina only based build. (NB builds are mix of both, so they are only 50% bad)

catpower

See how far you can get with nothing but soul magic skills on your bar...

elblobbob14_ESO

catpower wrote: »

See how far you can get with nothing but soul magic skills on your bar...

Actually, looks like a stamina base, heavy armor, bow wielding, NB with nothing but soul magic skills on the bar.

Rylana

naked, weaponless, sorcerer

huntgod_ESO

Need to DW maces too...

RivenCsky

Templar, 2 handed sword, Heavy Armor

traigusb14_ESO2

RivenCsky wrote: »

Templar, 2 handed sword, Heavy Armor

Actually soloing that at VR6 (plus a axe and shield version)

Both work just fine.

Sleepydan

Easy. Attribute points into magicka. Heavy armor. 5 stamina using abilities from the fighters guild/your stamina using weapon of choice.

You could also flip it. Attribute points into stamina. Heavy armor, 5 slots full of your class abilities of choice. Might be easier to make this version of "worst build ever" since you can get more class abilities early than fighters guild + weapon.

Either way your boosting the abilities not on your bar and getting no regen bonus. Overcome that .

dracobains_ESO

I am assuming you mean a legitimate build here not lets stroll naked through the Daisies. Stam builds are the most challenging for any class. I would concur a bow build stam pts without using either staff as an off weapon. Class doesn't matter a great deal but DK or NB I would think. Can't speak to Templar but anything which self heals would increase survivability and make content easier. Med or Heavy for armor. Med makes stam management easier but squishier and heavy a bit more survivability but a little harder on stam. Each has their pitfalls.

Ninnghizhidda

Maybe there is even worse, but here is an example which is actually one of my own toons. Templar, tank, 1-h / shield, Heavy Armour, using weapon skills / stamina and a bit of healing.

leandro.800ub17_ESO

Templar heavy armor bow

Erock25

All these people saying bow? Bow was awesome pre vet levels. You could solo world bosses with ease. If you want worst build for solo pve without going over board to gimp yourself, it would be temp, heavy, dual wield.

dracobains_ESO

Bow does just fine for single target that magnum shot works on. If they are immune to CC bow is crap. It is not the ideal weapon for dealing with magic users ranged dps either as it is more difficult to block and dodge roll consumes a large pool of your resources. Anything can be done with the right players skill level, but this is a difficult weapon to level with if you are doing all the content.

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Anything not light armor and staff.

demonlkojipub19_ESO

Ragnar_Lodbrok wrote: »

Anything not light armor and staff.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

SBR_QuorTek

The absolute worst class is the player itself playing the game with no sense or direction.. no will to do things... not getting engaged in doing things... that is enough said really... exploiting from vr1 to 12 without learning how to actually play against more difficult content and then ending up on this forum screaming... my nightblade... templar or whatever class can not take on a group of 3 without getting served..... YES YOU CAN play smart and watch and learn what the NPCs do.

My own NB which is bow and dual wield with some siphoning/assassination abilities... get away with soloing 12 mobs or more at a time playing smart.... and yes that is the worst 'build' that people think of out there that actually work very well if you know how to master it (and yes the mobs die quick and it is a balance of mag/stam class/weapon skills).

Worst Class/build out there... is people seeking the current 'best' stuff out there.. going re/de staffs or whatever thinking they are oooooh so awesome... and not having found out what their class is actually about... then when certain stuff is fixed they come to the forums and Cry about it all.

There is work arounds for all the classes I believe and tonnes of skill points to say it would be the players inability to play his or her character whenever it get to it.

traigusb14_ESO2

SBR_QuorTek wrote: »

The absolute worst class is the player itself playing the game with no sense or direction.. no will to do things... not getting engaged in doing things... that is enough said really... exploiting from vr1 to 12 without learning how to actually play against more difficult content and then ending up on this forum screaming... my nightblade... templar or whatever class can not take on a group of 3 without getting served..... YES YOU CAN play smart and watch and learn what the NPCs do.

My own NB which is bow and dual wield with some siphoning/assassination abilities... get away with soloing 12 mobs or more at a time playing smart.... and yes that is the worst 'build' that people think of out there that actually work very well if you know how to master it (and yes the mobs die quick and it is a balance of mag/stam class/weapon skills).

Worst Class/build out there... is people seeking the current 'best' stuff out there.. going re/de staffs or whatever thinking they are oooooh so awesome... and not having found out what their class is actually about... then when certain stuff is fixed they come to the forums and Cry about it all.

There is work arounds for all the classes I believe and tonnes of skill points to say it would be the players inability to play his or her character whenever it get to it.

I'd also put a vote in for lazy.

Most of the time I die because I keep whatever setup I'm using, and hit a weird set of 3 baddies (say 3 mages, or a group with 2 healers). Instead of swapping in a skill or 2 and smacking them down, I try and hammer them with what I have already set up. Sometimes it works (as a really hard fight), sometimes not. If I die 2x without killing any of them, I'll swap the skills. If I kill at least 1, I'll win on the second try, so I won't bother.

I'm betting Fire Rune is next on the nerf-o-meter.

SBR_QuorTek

traigusb14_ESO2 wrote: »

SBR_QuorTek wrote: »

The absolute worst class is the player itself playing the game with no sense or direction.. no will to do things... not getting engaged in doing things... that is enough said really... exploiting from vr1 to 12 without learning how to actually play against more difficult content and then ending up on this forum screaming... my nightblade... templar or whatever class can not take on a group of 3 without getting served..... YES YOU CAN play smart and watch and learn what the NPCs do.

My own NB which is bow and dual wield with some siphoning/assassination abilities... get away with soloing 12 mobs or more at a time playing smart.... and yes that is the worst 'build' that people think of out there that actually work very well if you know how to master it (and yes the mobs die quick and it is a balance of mag/stam class/weapon skills).

Worst Class/build out there... is people seeking the current 'best' stuff out there.. going re/de staffs or whatever thinking they are oooooh so awesome... and not having found out what their class is actually about... then when certain stuff is fixed they come to the forums and Cry about it all.

There is work arounds for all the classes I believe and tonnes of skill points to say it would be the players inability to play his or her character whenever it get to it.

I'd also put a vote in for lazy.

Most of the time I die because I keep whatever setup I'm using, and hit a weird set of 3 baddies (say 3 mages, or a group with 2 healers). Instead of swapping in a skill or 2 and smacking them down, I try and hammer them with what I have already set up. Sometimes it works (as a really hard fight), sometimes not. If I die 2x without killing any of them, I'll swap the skills. If I kill at least 1, I'll win on the second try, so I won't bother.

I'm betting Fire Rune is next on the nerf-o-meter.

Not sure then I am lazy as well... I have same keys on my NB for pretty much everything and second set a bow setup, if approaching correct any group is a win win.... fun stuff though I only use stuff from assassin and siphoning three magic wise and dual wield/bow skills for stamina stuff.. ultimate is soul tether..

But it works.... you learn how to encounter as you play... stayed the same way like this throughut the entire vr1 to end, completing all the content..... still need to finish off craglorn though... only did it scarce this far and yet am vr11

SootyTX

dracobains_ESO wrote: »

I am assuming you mean a legitimate build here not lets stroll naked through the Daisies. Stam builds are the most challenging for any class. I would concur a bow build stam pts without using either staff as an off weapon. Class doesn't matter a great deal but DK or NB I would think. Can't speak to Templar but anything which self heals would increase survivability and make content easier. Med or Heavy for armor. Med makes stam management easier but squishier and heavy a bit more survivability but a little harder on stam. Each has their pitfalls.

Actually, I would suggest a medium armour S&B over a bow (DK). I have a bow as well, and things are significantly easier if I use the bow instead of getting into melee range.

Edit: Full stamina build. yes, I know its crazy, but I really hate the flashy light show crap.

CaffeinatedMayhem

SootyTX wrote: »

Actually, I would suggest a medium armour S&B over a bow (DK). I have a bow as well, and things are significantly easier if I use the bow instead of getting into melee range.

Same here. It's always more difficult to be up close and personal. Except when 1H&S has an ability that will work on a specific enemy that can't be used with bow.

PBpsy

3 Heavy 4Medium NB
1 Single handed weapon no shield

First tab
1.Shadow image(Shade)- Does this skill even exist never bother to verify
2.Mirage (Blur)
3.Incapacitate(Haste)
4.Prolonged suffering.(Agony)
5.Spell Symmetry(Equilibrium MG) . Anybody tried to kill themselves with it?

Ultimate:Aggressive Horn (Assault AW)
Second Tab
- Weapons swaps are for sissies

Have Fun

traigusb14_ESO2

SBR_QuorTek wrote: »

traigusb14_ESO2 wrote: »

I'd also put a vote in for lazy.

Most of the time I die because I keep whatever setup I'm using, and hit a weird set of 3 baddies (say 3 mages, or a group with 2 healers). Instead of swapping in a skill or 2 and smacking them down, I try and hammer them with what I have already set up. Sometimes it works (as a really hard fight), sometimes not. If I die 2x without killing any of them, I'll swap the skills. If I kill at least 1, I'll win on the second try, so I won't bother.

I'm betting Fire Rune is next on the nerf-o-meter.

Not sure then I am lazy as well... I have same keys on my NB for pretty much everything and second set a bow setup, if approaching correct any group is a win win.... fun stuff though I only use stuff from assassin and siphoning three magic wise and dual wield/bow skills for stamina stuff.. ultimate is soul tether..

But it works.... you learn how to encounter as you play... stayed the same way like this throughut the entire vr1 to end, completing all the content..... still need to finish off craglorn though... only did it scarce this far and yet am vr11

My basic build can do pretty much anything... AI / location permitting. If I hit a 3 caster mob set. 2 fire and 1cold set for example, that spread out to cast in a triangle (sometiems happens outdoors, or in big rooms).... my life is not happy. If they Spread out clumpy, or are in a thin hallway the fight is easy.

If I bothered to put in my 1 hand and shield morph that heals me for blocking spells... well it is a cake walk... no matter what they do... but I almost never bother.

Phazzle

How about Dragon Knight, light armor, staff...Wait, that's good? Really?

Cody

Be completely naked, use only your fists, no sneaking, no healing (ok you can use potions but that's it)

Gordon906

Bosmer Sorcerer with sword and shield.

Chronicburn

I'd go bow , medium armor, magplar on a nord