Magicka NB

Mhylton44142

Looking to start a new Magicka NB. Better to go Breton for increased magicka, spell resistance, and reduced cost or to go Altmer for increased magicka and regen? Also, looking to go with either Atronach mundus stone for magicka regen or the apprentice for increased spell power. Thoughts anyone?

Nikkiy

Dunmer is great for the increased fire damage (buffs the only elemental damage you do would do: Shooting Star and Inferno Staff weaves) and max magicka pool.
Also not the worst class for stam if you ever get tired of playing as a magicka build.
Go with Thief for PVE

leepalmer95

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Though it's useful for pve

Tryxus

You can't go wrong with Breton though

As a MagBlade you'll be relying a lot on buffs/debuffs as well as Cloak, so the Reduced cost def comes in handy then. And the Spell Resist is pretty nice too

Atronach all the way

Mojmir

i have 2 NB's, i want to convert one to magicka for awhile while i level a breton.
which would be better
khajiit or bosmer?

PriorityBalle

Argonian for swim speed

Mojmir

PriorityBalle wrote: »

Argonian for swim speed

no matter what they do to improve them, i will never play a slaved out lizard

leepalmer95

Mojmir wrote: »

i have 2 NB's, i want to convert one to magicka for awhile while i level a breton.
which would be better
khajiit or bosmer?

E/ Nevermind.

I'd say bosmer, khajiit is weapon dmg passive right?

Edziu

Mojmir wrote: »

i have 2 NB's, i want to convert one to magicka for awhile while i level a breton.
which would be better
khajiit or bosmer?

erm for magica???
bosmer, more stam regen and some max stamina bonus and poison with disease some resist when on khajiit uou have 2x less stam reg and only weapon cit.
on bosmer you have some little more bonuses to no only stam build than on khajiit

Prabooo

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

leepalmer95

Prabooo wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

Mean't to say isn't useful.

Mojmir

Prabooo wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

dunmer get a bonus on dual wield leveling,they also get the bonus to fire damage,plus if you ever decide to go vamp you get the fire resist.

FleetwoodSmack

Mojmir wrote: »

Prabooo wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

dunmer get a bonus on dual wield leveling,they also get the bonus to fire damage,plus if you ever decide to go vamp you get the fire resist.

Yeah. I have to say I agree with this. While one of my Dunmer NB's isn't a vampire anymore, I still love playing on her.

Prabooo

Mojmir wrote: »

Prabooo wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

dunmer get a bonus on dual wield leveling,they also get the bonus to fire damage,plus if you ever decide to go vamp you get the fire resist.

they get a passive for experience gain in dual wield skill line only, and mag nb's can't do much dmg with dual wield and there is no possibility for weaving... I highly recommend you use staff as a mag

Autolycus

Prabooo wrote: »

Mojmir wrote: »

Prabooo wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

I think high elf is just better, regen > reduction.

4% fire dmg is useful if your going dual wield nb though.

Can you please explain further?

dunmer get a bonus on dual wield leveling,they also get the bonus to fire damage,plus if you ever decide to go vamp you get the fire resist.

they get a passive for experience gain in dual wield skill line only, and mag nb's can't do much dmg with dual wield and there is no possibility for weaving... I highly recommend you use staff as a mag

Agreed.

If the question is between Altmer and Breton, you really can't go wrong either way. Someone stated above that regen > reduced cost, a concept with which I completely disagree. My magblade is a hybrid build meaning I have a fully dedicated tank spec and a fully dedicated dps spec, with CP & attributes to benefit both builds, not optimize one or the other, and he's a Breton. I have always favored reduced cost over recovery, and would take it over the regen still today.

The real question here is not about recovery vs. reduced cost; it's actually spell resist vs. elemental damage. If you use Kena, there's a strong likelihood you may not go DW on your off-bar. Taking that into consideration, your best bet is to either take a vMA destro (or nirnhoned destro) and use Elemental Blockade. However, if you choose to use something else, like Nerieneth for example, DW becomes much more attractive. In this case, putting blockade on your main bar, and relying on your back bar for aoes, buffs, and executes, allows for a noticeably higher spell damage boost.

Assuming your build is identical to mine (which is unlikely of course), and your primary concern is maximum damage potential, you can afford to go Altmer and forego the reduced cost and spell resist. Another noteworthy concept is light attack damage. For my magblade, my light attacks are my second-highest damaging ability (behind strife), beating out cripple, wall of elements, twisting path, impale, merciless resolve, etc. Being an Altmer increases the damage of your fire, frost, and shock staves' light attacks. Just something to keep in mind.

Samphaa

The regen vs reduce cost debate is laughable, it's a few CP on either one to make up for it.

Dunmer/high elf for pve. Shooting star, staff attacks, elemental Blockade, all get boosted by dunmer passives