Please help with my magblade build.

Jitterbug

I decided to make something along the lines of WoW's Warlock / Shadowpriest utilizing NB's siphon abilities.
I'll quickly post my build:

Ranged bar: Resto
1. Reaper's Mark (Major Breach, Major Berserk)
2. Structured Entropy (Major Sorcery, Empower)
3. Mass Hysteria (CC)
4. Funnel Health (main nuke / heal)
5. Crippling Grasp (main DoT)
6. Ulti: maybe Soul Assault / maybe Soul Harvest ??

AoE bar: Resto
1. Lotus Fan (gap closer)
2. Refreshing Path (HoT / DoT)
3. Sap Essence (main nuke / heal)
4. Dark Cloak (escape)
5. Healing Ward (main heal)
6. Soul Tether (awesome ulti, love it)

I wear 2 spell damage bonus gear and 3 warlock jewelry.

My question is actually:

My DPS is really low. It's averaging 5k in PvP (I'm VR5) and I'm a little worried that it's too low.

How can I make it higher? Is it high enough for my level?

Thank you?

13igTyme

Resto staff and destro staff hit for the same damage. You could use rest staff on both bars and have a different rest staff skill on each bar for a smoother rotation.

Johngo0036

Hi,
I would change from resto on your 2nd bar to dual swords,
More damage in AOE will help alot and by changing to 2 swords you will increase your spell dmg by at least 250.

Exchange mass hysteria for healing ward..

lolo_01b16_ESO

Are you using battle leveling? If so, you should keep in mind that max stat, regen and spell / weapon damage as 2-4 piece bonus on your armour don't work, so you won't reach high damage numbers.

For your skills I'd definitly take proximity detonation instead of refreshing path.

Johngo0036

you may also change skills depending on what your focus is,

For PVP your skills will change,
you may want to include syphoning strikes and merciless resolve in there somewhere as well,

Septimus_Magna

Johngo0036 wrote: »

Hi,
I would change from resto on your 2nd bar to dual swords,
More damage in AOE will help alot and by changing to 2 swords you will increase your spell dmg by at least 250.

Exchange mass hysteria for healing ward..

2-Handed actually gives higher damage output than DW swords.

I dont quite understand why you would use a resto staff on you main bar if you dont use any resto staff skills. If you want to weave attacks a destro staff would be much better and if you dont weave 2-handed would cause more damage.

Jitterbug

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

Johngo0036 wrote: »

Hi,
I would change from resto on your 2nd bar to dual swords,
More damage in AOE will help alot and by changing to 2 swords you will increase your spell dmg by at least 250.

Exchange mass hysteria for healing ward..

2-Handed actually gives higher damage output than DW swords.

I dont quite understand why you would use a resto staff on you main bar if you dont use any resto staff skills. If you want to weave attacks a destro staff would be much better and if you dont weave 2-handed would cause more damage.

I weave, that's why I chose a staff. I just used a resto staff cause that's the one I had leveled. I'll switch it up with a destro in stead. So, the destro staffs give more damage from basic attacks?

Johngo0036 wrote: »

you may also change skills depending on what your focus is,

For PVP your skills will change,
you may want to include syphoning strikes and merciless resolve in there somewhere as well,

I like Siphoning Strikes, but never really got the hang of Merciless Resolve.

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

Are you using battle leveling? If so, you should keep in mind that max stat, regen and spell / weapon damage as 2-4 piece bonus on your armour don't work, so you won't reach high damage numbers.

For your skills I'd definitly take proximity detonation instead of refreshing path.

I battle level, yes.
I don't have proxi unlocked yet, but can't wait to play with it.

Johngo0036 wrote: »

Hi,
I would change from resto on your 2nd bar to dual swords,
More damage in AOE will help alot and by changing to 2 swords you will increase your spell dmg by at least 250.

Exchange mass hysteria for healing ward..

I know it's probably better to dw or 2H on a magicka build but tbh it's really weird. I mean, those are melee weapons, and how they can make magic better is beyond me. I think I'll stick with staffs for now.

Thank you all for your awesome replies, please keep them coming

J011Y_R063R

Does no-one advise shade play? I really like the way the shade ability thing looks but I have never used it.

Acsvf

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

2-Handed actually gives higher damage output than DW swords.
.

That, depends on your calculated magicka damage. With particularly high stats 2 handed is superior in terms of damage, yes, but only in that case.

brandonv516

If you don't like merciless resolve but want the buff from it, use combat prayer. It lasts for a less time but also applies to allies too and heals.

Septimus_Magna

Acsvf wrote: »

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

2-Handed actually gives higher damage output than DW swords.
.

That, depends on your calculated magicka damage. With particularly high stats 2 handed is superior in terms of damage, yes, but only in that case.

This was a statement from October 2015, things have changed..

Acsvf

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

Acsvf wrote: »

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

2-Handed actually gives higher damage output than DW swords.
.

That, depends on your calculated magicka damage. With particularly high stats 2 handed is superior in terms of damage, yes, but only in that case.

This was a statement from October 2015, things have changed..

Really? That I was not aware of, thank you. I stand corrected.