DK PVE DPS question

KILLu4aCORONA

I'm probably way behind on this, but as a magicka DK, after applying dots, I charge Igneous weapons and start the Inferno staff heavy attack whip combo on bosses until time to reapply dots. I've been hearing from some other DKs that you only need to charge a medium staff attack with Igneous weapons up and it's still counted as a fully charged heavy attack. Just wanted to get a final answer so I can be sure on how to get the most DPS out of my character. Thanks in advance.

tangy.citrus

This is Machinates guide for what DK's have been doing for dps for awhile.

Here is the build in action.
The video is a little outdated from using TBS and no maelstrom weapons, so the dps he gets now is 34-35k single target.

It needs some testing, but i think only on Serpent and maybe the warrior molten armaments with maelstrom staff will be better dps.

Cuyler

KILLu4aCORONA wrote: »

I'm probably way behind on this, but as a magicka DK, after applying dots, I charge Igneous weapons and start the Inferno staff heavy attack whip combo on bosses until time to reapply dots. I've been hearing from some other DKs that you only need to charge a medium staff attack with Igneous weapons up and it's still counted as a fully charged heavy attack. Just wanted to get a final answer so I can be sure on how to get the most DPS out of my character. Thanks in advance.

Pretty sure molten arm/IW is only working off fully charged heavies meow. Most of us are doing a more complicated light attack weave to proc kena into a medium weave while kena is active to give a little more sustain when necessary. There are a few full heavy attack scenarios still as @tangy.citrus pointed out.

willymchilybily

KILLu4aCORONA wrote: »

I'm probably way behind on this, but as a magicka DK, after applying dots, I charge Igneous weapons and start the Inferno staff heavy attack whip combo on bosses until time to reapply dots. I've been hearing from some other DKs that you only need to charge a medium staff attack with Igneous weapons up and it's still counted as a fully charged heavy attack. Just wanted to get a final answer so I can be sure on how to get the most DPS out of my character. Thanks in advance.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/212035/pc-mac-patch-notes-v2-1-4#latest

• Molten Armaments: This ability now only grants its bonus to fully-charged heavy attacks, and now displays a fire-impact graphical effect when you hit a target at less than 50% health with a fully-charged heavy attack.
• Molten Weapons: This ability will now only grant a bonus for fully-charged heavy attacks instead of partially-charged attacks.