What build type do you use?

Shunravi

Other

Shadowknight.

Warhealer

Other

Templar, Light armor. Resto Staff and 2h Sword
Vamps bane, reflective light, Blazing Spear, Volcanic rune, Honor the dead
2h-Aedric spear charge, Reverse strike, Blazing Spear, blinding, Blazing shield
Sometimes replace blinding with vamp drain or cleansing aura.

thorntk421

Unconventional

I guess my Ranger build is unconventional. Full med armor, Bow/DW, Templar stamina build.

Eivar

Other

Dw/bow nb in 5/2 med/light with warlock jewelry and mostly class skills.
I also run a s&s/bow 5/2 heavy/light tanky build for group play.

Wifeaggro13

Light armor Resto/Destro Staff

DK heavy / melee totaly unviable end game medicore tank.
Sorc light armor Resto destro Excellent AOE excellent heals Excellent tank. Its god dmn ridiculous how im balanced and un fun all the end game is due to this fact. When the game is actually balanced and has proper end game it will be release ready i paid 90 dollars to Beta test ESO yaye!

Animus0724

Traditional

SFBryan18 wrote: »

Traditional? As far as I see it, light armor is made for magic so it would be traditional on a Sorcerer. What tradition are you speaking of? This is TES, not WoW.

As in traditional MMORPG/Fantasy settings as well as typical build archetype seen in many MMOs. It's pretty self explanatory if you ever played other MMOs besides this one and WoW as these builds are seen in many other MMOs besides WoW

Also yes mages wear light armor thats why mages that wear light armor are under traditional ...

you proof read anything you post?

Heinzy

I used to be a leather wearing 2h sorc. because it was cool and it was the way I wanted to play come to find out it would never be viable in end game content.
I now play a NB - DW - Leather armor....

Kyubi_3002b16_ESO

Other

Regardless of what i run im always using something focused on health generation

1. Nightblade vampire bloodmage
2. Critical surge sorc vampire
3. Nightblade vampire blademaster

Must vampirise moooooore

DeLindsay

Other

RedTalon wrote: »

Shadowknight NB build of sorts.

This seems to be the most reasonable answer to what I use now. However I did use to play straight up traditional NB, with 7pc Medium Armor and Bow, DW as my alt bar. I ran that until 1.1.2 came out and totally hosed VR zones and I could no longer solo even 2 mobs. Changed it up to a siphon/DoT/HoT/odd build that works and never looked back.

Gern_Verkheart

Traditional

NB medium armor DW/Bow stamina build. Because I refuse to change the way I play just because the devs have broken it.

My sorc is unconventional though, he is medium armor half magicka, half stamina build, with DW and class abilities, and a resto staff as an off weapon. He is very hard to play in vet content.

Kyubi_3002b16_ESO

Other

lol i run stamina bow/dw sorc critical surge... gota love the healing and immobilize.

yelloweyedemon

Traditional

SFBryan18 wrote: »

Traditional? As far as I see it, light armor is made for magic so it would be traditional on a Sorcerer. What tradition are you speaking of? This is TES, not WoW.

Yes because the only other MMO or fantasy game existing is WoW..

WoW created the MMO classes, and only in WoW mages were in light armour, fighters in heavy and rogues in medium/stealth.

WoWoWoWoWoW..

IrishGirlGamer

Traditional

Nightblade, DW.

I'm not feeling any pain yet, but I'm still in the first zone. I'm finding my build pretty deadly but I have died a couple of times, mostly due to UE.

Eivar

Other

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

Nightblade, DW.

I'm not feeling any pain yet, but I'm still in the first zone. I'm finding my build pretty deadly but I have died a couple of times, mostly due to UE.

I loved the traditional Nb med dw/bow til i hit vet zones, then it's effectiveness dropped off a cliff and was run over by a truck. I still love it, it's just not nearly as effective as a staff build, which i refuse to do. lol

CaffeinatedMayhem

Unconventional

What, no option for DK with Medium Armor and 1H&S/Bow? What else would you play with DK? /joke

Or not, that's my VR3 main...

Alts: NB, Medium, DW/Bow (duh); Sorcerer, Light Armor, Staves (duh); Templar, Heavy, 2H only

Edit: Oops, guess I hit the wrong poll button...

Lalai

Light armor Resto/Destro Staff

Light Armor/Resto staff Templar. Worth noting that my build is mostly healing and crafting. So I didn't do that combination for dps purposes. I would have thought it a traditional build for a healing Templar.

UsedKittens

I always make a big amazon lady.

Wifeaggro13

Light armor Resto/Destro Staff

yelloweyedemon wrote: »

SFBryan18 wrote: »

Traditional? As far as I see it, light armor is made for magic so it would be traditional on a Sorcerer. What tradition are you speaking of? This is TES, not WoW.

Yes because the only other MMO or fantasy game existing is WoW..

WoW created the MMO classes, and only in WoW mages were in light armour, fighters in heavy and rogues in medium/stealth.

WoWoWoWoWoW..

im pretty sure your joking. anyhow DND created it. it works and too many developers have decieded its a bad thing even though we like it.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

Unconventional

Templar DW 5/2 med/light.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

infraction2008b16_ESO

Traditional

Spec I levelled through the game was DK with heavy+2H, although I've recently just levelled my destro and put two light armor pieces on which now enables me to pretty much solo public dungeons in high vet areas where as with a 2H I would of had trouble taking a three pack effectively.

SFBryan18

Animus0724 wrote: »

SFBryan18 wrote: »

Traditional? As far as I see it, light armor is made for magic so it would be traditional on a Sorcerer. What tradition are you speaking of? This is TES, not WoW.

As in traditional MMORPG/Fantasy settings as well as typical build archetype seen in many MMOs. It's pretty self explanatory if you ever played other MMOs besides this one and WoW as these builds are seen in many other MMOs besides WoW

Also yes mages wear light armor thats why mages that wear light armor are under traditional ...

you proof read anything you post?

Weird, I read the traditional, and then somehow skipped to the Sorcerer description in unconventional. Too early in the morning. I apologize for nothing. I don't care what traditions you think exist, this is TES before anything else. Tradition is that you play however you want. In TES, a Battlemage is as traditional as a Spellsword.

phtony06b14_ESO

Light armor Resto/Destro Staff

I use light armor, resto staff on my ST bar (DW on my aoe bar; not destro) on my VR5 NB. IT really is that much better than DW/Bow.

Zen please don't nerf the resto staff; we all know the stam builds need some love (make a separate resource for block/dodge/sprint).

Whisper292

Other

I have three that I play on a regular basis, all with medium armor, and all relying heavily on Silver Bolts:

NB, Bow, Assassin and Siphoning Skills
NB, Dual Wield, Shadow and Siphoning Skills
DK, Dual Wield, Ardent Flame, Draconic Power, and Vampire Skills

reggielee

Other

Im keeping my options open to future nerfs and/or class buffs by leveling as many diff kinds of weapons and armor types, even tho as a healer templar my main weapon choice are restor/destro staffs. I did go full on heavy armor till my magicka needs forced me into 5 light, with one heavy and one medium to keep the leveling process going

MasterSpatula

Other

I have chronic alt-itis. I have a traditional Sorc and a traditional DK. I have a robe-and-staff Templar (which is the only really viable build, but not exactly what I would consider traditional).

But I also have a Heavy Armor Sorc. Right now he's nothing more than a bank alt. If ZOS ever fixes things so he's viable, though, I'd love to give playing him a shot.

Talemire

Other

Shadowknight (when subbed lol).

poodlemasterb16_ESO

My Battlemage is working out well. A tip if you build something like this. Use only the weapon, the sorc spells rule and you need your stamina for Silver Bolts. Using both can work very well.

Cody

Traditional

medium armored NB archer, heavily armored DK 2 hander. I refuse to use the dang staffs until something is done to balance them out with everything else

someuser

Well, I can't really vote since I play both traditional (nightblade in leather w/ dual daggers) and unconventional (Templar in light w/ healing staff and bow and a battlemage orc w/ heavy chest,legs,boots and light on the rest wielding a destructive staff and two-handed sword).

I'm not sure how I would fare in veteran lvls as my highest toon is lvl 27, but I'm not one of those CoD gamers who doesn't grasp how to balance offensive skills like AoE attacks with defensive ones like CCs / ultimates... I also know how to dodge, roll, and not stand in the red circle

Blackhorne

Traditional

So far.
Currently leveling a DK, a NB, and a Sorc with traditional builds.
Once I've done those, I'll try a Templar and maybe some non-traditional builds.