Dragonknight - Magicka vs. Stamina DPS

Mricci1988

Hi all,

between Stamina and Magicka on a Dragonknight for DPS which is the better overall stat?

I want high damage, mid defense.

5 Light 2 Heavy?
5 Medium 2 Heavy?

Searing Strike with stamina does more damage same with burning breath...

Yet when I look at other skills like Sea of Embers, Molten Whip, Dark Talons etc...it really makes things better as magicka.

What is everyones thoughts?

Kloud

Different strokes for different folks is all I can say magika dks are stronger imo I play a stam dk and stam dks hit hard and have decent survivability and sustain but lack a decent heal rally is good but with vigor I'd say they be more up to par with magika dks because magika dks have a ton of heals and a ton of cc and a very steady cheap dps and can hold block while they cast said dps that being said my dk is a redguard and I run 6 med 1 heavy keeping a steady balance between regens and wep damage is key my build has 1800 stam regen and 2900 wep damage that's decent with more cp as I only have 200 it will be better most magika dks wear 5 heavy 2 light or 5 light 2 heavy the ladder being the squishy version you would have to have better resources management on a magika dk then stam

halfbadger

You need to say if you are looking for a endgame pve dps build, small group pvp build, solo pvp build, zerg pvp build or solo questing build.

Nestor

I put my DK Into Stamina after the 1.6 change. Got tired of running out of my main resource just getting around the battle. Yes, I meant for all the puns in that sentence.

I put them back into Magic and I am much happier now with things the way they are.

OrphanHelgen

atm I think magicka is better, but if you want stamina, I suggest 7 medium or 6+1.

leepalmer95

Bad thing about a stamina is that stamina becomes you dps pool.

Meaning you have to be careful about sprinting when you break out of cc you lose a good chunk of that.

While any magicka build don't have that weakness.

Durham

It depends ... Stam dragon knights are good... Magicka DKS are good also ....depends on the player... I'm a imperial dk that run stamina build in pvp and pve dps... However most of the time in pve I'm a tank in all heavy... So I have 2 sets of equipment on me at all times.....

Rohaus

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Bad thing about a stamina is that stamina becomes you dps pool.

Meaning you have to be careful about sprinting when you break out of cc you lose a good chunk of that.

While any magicka build don't have that weakness.

Unless you are a vamp magicka DK, you will be a turtle that just stands there and will eventually die... and if you get feared, you are dead that much quicker.

Stamina DK = huge burst, significantly higher dps, and the key to PvP Mobility!!!

If you build your Stam DK right... gear, CP etc... you won't have to worry about having enough stam to finish the job and or get out of dodge.

Magicka DK's = slow moving turtles
Stamina DK's = Ninja F'ing Turtles!!

Igneous Shield + Vigor + Rally = WIN!

Cuyler

Rohaus wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Bad thing about a stamina is that stamina becomes you dps pool.

Meaning you have to be careful about sprinting when you break out of cc you lose a good chunk of that.

While any magicka build don't have that weakness.

Unless you are a vamp magicka DK, you will be a turtle that just stands there and will eventually die... and if you get feared, you are dead that much quicker.

Stamina DK = huge burst, significantly higher dps, and the key to PvP Mobility!!!

If you build your Stam DK right... gear, CP etc... you won't have to worry about having enough stam to finish the job and or get out of dodge.

Magicka DK's = slow moving turtles
Stamina DK's = Ninja F'ing Turtles!!

Igneous Shield + Vigor + Rally = WIN!

That's great and all for PvP. This "significantly higher dps" you speak of is for how long of a fight? You even reiterate the stam build is burst damage, which you are correct there....again great for quickly pawning noobs in PvP.

In PvE however, magicka sustained dps is the way to go in a 300s fight.

Mricci1988

How about for leveling 1-50?

Cuyler

Mricci1988 wrote: »

How about for leveling 1-50?

Well it depends on what you want to be when you grow up It's much harder leveling skills at endgame so you'll want to level them so they are ready for you when you reach vet ranks.

HERE is a good guide for leveling a magicka DK