Shroud of the lich set questions (dolman drop)

stairwaytwoheavenb16_ESO

So for us on ps4 we might be behind in curve on some things. Once of which is the elusive shroud of the lich set. I saw someone on xbox offering to pay hundreds of thousands for armor and staff. So I get they are rare but how rare are they? Is it something that you have to beat a hundreds of dolmans even thousands to get a piece?

also, are the traits for them set (divines, infused etc) or can it be random.

and finally, there are not many posts via google about this set but the few I found basically made it seem like a God set for healers. Combination of lich and warlock would give you over 4k magicka regen and both offer a flood so apparently you can spam anything with no issues. Is this true, is the set not only a collectors item but also a viable set and very strong?

Sharmony

stairwaytwoheavenb16_ESO wrote: »

So for us on ps4 we might be behind in curve on some things. Once of which is the elusive shroud of the lich set. I saw someone on xbox offering to pay hundreds of thousands for armor and staff. So I get they are rare but how rare are they? Is it something that you have to beat a hundreds of dolmans even thousands to get a piece?

also, are the traits for them set (divines, infused etc) or can it be random.

and finally, there are not many posts via google about this set but the few I found basically made it seem like a God set for healers. Combination of lich and warlock would give you over 4k magicka regen and both offer a flood so apparently you can spam anything with no issues. Is this true, is the set not only a collectors item but also a viable set and very strong?

Hey,
As an owner of full V16 Lich I can give you some guidance I feel. Let's begin at the beginning, you can get the set from Cyrodiil dolmens and I believe the new Wrothgar ones? The chance of getting a dolmen boss is slim, I would estimate 10% per dolmen having gone up to 3 hours (21 dolmens an hour) without seeing a world boss at times. Moreover, the set is incredibly rare, you have a 1/8 chance of getting the boss you need and a 1/16 as the farming goes on and you have received all boss drops from a single boss (usually the Lich). The two bosses in question are the Seductive Sisters AND The Lich of Mournhold. Each boss has a roughly 25% chance of dropping the set item from the dolmen completion chest, so after farming for hours, when one spawns you need to rally all your friends to come help just be there, receive the loot and willing to trade it to you. In order to do this I made the agreement with my friends if there were duplicates of pieces I had they could keep them and sell them (they earn 500k-1million gold for giving me 5mins of their time). I completed the kill all dolmen bosses achievement on 5 different characters and still only got around 5 set pieces (but duplicates, 3 heads, 2 chests) and then bought the rest.
The traits are all set, Head Divines, Shoulders Infused, Gloves Infused, Chest Infused, Staff Charged (I believe from memory?).
It's by no means a god set for healers, far from it, spell power cure is far superior, however for maelstrom and PvP I have found this set incredibly OP, I'm not going to disclose my setup here, but as for how the pieces fall on the armor slots you can do some pretty broken set combinations In short, it is both a collectors item and a good set, but when considered as a good set it has niche uses and users due to it's rarity and design.

EDIT: Oh and as a side note, I ran over 1300 dolmens, gained 50 CP, it was a fun two weeks. My friends didn't think I was going to come out alive... Also the set is all unique style including the most notable parts, the chest and the staff which are awesome (the staff is huge!)

MrDerrikk

It is an awesome set, and the rarity is very, very extreme. I have run probably 2-3 hundred veteran dolmens and only gotten one helm. The price is that high for a good reason.

The best thing about the set is you can get it at VR16 from Cyrodiil, so that's worth looking for.

Jbugz97

Sharmony wrote: »

stairwaytwoheavenb16_ESO wrote: »

So for us on ps4 we might be behind in curve on some things. Once of which is the elusive shroud of the lich set. I saw someone on xbox offering to pay hundreds of thousands for armor and staff. So I get they are rare but how rare are they? Is it something that you have to beat a hundreds of dolmans even thousands to get a piece?

also, are the traits for them set (divines, infused etc) or can it be random.

and finally, there are not many posts via google about this set but the few I found basically made it seem like a God set for healers. Combination of lich and warlock would give you over 4k magicka regen and both offer a flood so apparently you can spam anything with no issues. Is this true, is the set not only a collectors item but also a viable set and very strong?

Hey,
As an owner of full V16 Lich I can give you some guidance I feel. Let's begin at the beginning, you can get the set from Cyrodiil dolmens and I believe the new Wrothgar ones? The chance of getting a dolmen boss is slim, I would estimate 10% per dolmen having gone up to 3 hours (21 dolmens an hour) without seeing a world boss at times. Moreover, the set is incredibly rare, you have a 1/8 chance of getting the boss you need and a 1/16 as the farming goes on and you have received all boss drops from a single boss (usually the Lich). The two bosses in question are the Seductive Sisters AND The Lich of Mournhold. Each boss has a roughly 25% chance of dropping the set item from the dolmen completion chest, so after farming for hours, when one spawns you need to rally all your friends to come help just be there, receive the loot and willing to trade it to you. In order to do this I made the agreement with my friends if there were duplicates of pieces I had they could keep them and sell them (they earn 500k-1million gold for giving me 5mins of their time). I completed the kill all dolmen bosses achievement on 5 different characters and still only got around 5 set pieces (but duplicates, 3 heads, 2 chests) and then bought the rest.
The traits are all set, Head Divines, Shoulders Infused, Gloves Infused, Chest Infused, Staff Charged (I believe from memory?).
It's by no means a god set for healers, far from it, spell power cure is far superior, however for maelstrom and PvP I have found this set incredibly OP, I'm not going to disclose my setup here, but as for how the pieces fall on the armor slots you can do some pretty broken set combinations In short, it is both a collectors item and a good set, but when considered as a good set it has niche uses and users due to it's rarity and design.

EDIT: Oh and as a side note, I ran over 1300 dolmens, gained 50 CP, it was a fun two weeks. My friends didn't think I was going to come out alive... Also the set is all unique style including the most notable parts, the chest and the staff which are awesome (the staff is huge!)

just like @Sharmony said i have v16 all gold set as well on xbox except hand only got it v9 basically all i can say is your goin to do about 1300+ dolmen and probably get 2 pieces. the rest would have to farm guild vendors and get lucky.

i started farming on September the day IC patch came out never enter IC went straight to farming this set and thier was times i went 3 days straight with never even seeing a general. at this point im close to 1600+ dolmens done and still have not gotten all drops i had to search guild vendors to get the rest of pieces.

Septimus_Magna

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It is an awesome set, and the rarity is very, very extreme. I have run probably 2-3 hundred veteran dolmens and only gotten one helm. The price is that high for a good reason.

The best thing about the set is you can get it at VR16 from Cyrodiil, so that's worth looking for.

Does it really drop at v16?

The main problem with this set is the charged trait on the staff, this trait is completely useless and your damage will suffer greatly compared to staff with nirnhoned or sharpened trait.

The 5pc bonus is possibly the best 5pc bonus in the game for magicka pvp builds, for pve you dont need so much regen in my experience.

Sharmony

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It is an awesome set, and the rarity is very, very extreme. I have run probably 2-3 hundred veteran dolmens and only gotten one helm. The price is that high for a good reason.

The best thing about the set is you can get it at VR16 from Cyrodiil, so that's worth looking for.

Does it really drop at v16?

The main problem with this set is the charged trait on the staff, this trait is completely useless and your damage will suffer greatly compared to staff with nirnhoned or sharpened trait.

The 5pc bonus is possibly the best 5pc bonus in the game for magicka pvp builds, for pve you dont need so much regen in my experience.

There's ways that the trait on the staff doesn't even matter, you just have to have the right setup Consider it more of a buff bar similar to stamina builds and rally / vigor.

Septimus_Magna

Sharmony wrote: »

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It is an awesome set, and the rarity is very, very extreme. I have run probably 2-3 hundred veteran dolmens and only gotten one helm. The price is that high for a good reason.

The best thing about the set is you can get it at VR16 from Cyrodiil, so that's worth looking for.

Does it really drop at v16?

The main problem with this set is the charged trait on the staff, this trait is completely useless and your damage will suffer greatly compared to staff with nirnhoned or sharpened trait.

The 5pc bonus is possibly the best 5pc bonus in the game for magicka pvp builds, for pve you dont need so much regen in my experience.

There's ways that the trait on the staff doesn't even matter, you just have to have the right setup Consider it more of a buff bar similar to stamina builds and rally / vigor.

That would reduce the problem indeed, I still prefer precise on my resto bar to get to crit Healing Wards^^

Sharmony

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

Sharmony wrote: »

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It is an awesome set, and the rarity is very, very extreme. I have run probably 2-3 hundred veteran dolmens and only gotten one helm. The price is that high for a good reason.

The best thing about the set is you can get it at VR16 from Cyrodiil, so that's worth looking for.

Does it really drop at v16?

The main problem with this set is the charged trait on the staff, this trait is completely useless and your damage will suffer greatly compared to staff with nirnhoned or sharpened trait.

The 5pc bonus is possibly the best 5pc bonus in the game for magicka pvp builds, for pve you dont need so much regen in my experience.

There's ways that the trait on the staff doesn't even matter, you just have to have the right setup Consider it more of a buff bar similar to stamina builds and rally / vigor.

That would reduce the problem indeed, I still prefer precise on my resto bar to get to crit Healing Wards^^

Ah these will only crit if the proc whilst on your off bar, if you main bar has precise, there is no issue, hence the support bar ;D

UltimaJoe777

Sharmony wrote: »

you can get the set from Cyrodiil dolmens and I believe the new Wrothgar ones?

Far as I know Wrothgar has no Dolmens.

Sharmony

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Sharmony wrote: »

you can get the set from Cyrodiil dolmens and I believe the new Wrothgar ones?

Far as I know Wrothgar has no Dolmens.

Awesome, ty for clarifying that, I haven't done a great deal of exploration yet and someone was talking about Wrothgar and dolmen bosses in the same sentence so I assumed this was the case, thanks for clarifying