Help me make a Magicka Dk!! PvE

LiquidSchwartz

Help me figure some stuff out since I'm feeling like my dk is really weak right now... (For pve)

So, I've been testing many things lately with my dk and so far I've had decent success with
Dark elf dk
-5kags 4magnus 3willpower
-s+b/dual and resto
Recently I switched to
5julianos 2valkyn 2torug/regular staff. I feel underpowered with this but my magicka and damage are a bit higher at 38k mag and 2.5k spell dmg and 52% crit where as with the previous I was at 31k mag and 2.4k spell with 31% crit.
Using harness magicka, healing ward, igneous, draw essence, inner light with might/dawnbreaker. This is my resto

On my dual/s+b I run
Burning embers, engulfing flames, molten whip, inner light, structured entropy, and shooting star.



Anything I should switch? I don't have a kena or else I'd use it and should I consider rerolling to a high elf? My recov is at 1.04k and I really feel it with my low dmg.

Johngo0036

Hey,

I think most of your issues stem from your low spell power,
What jewelry are you wearing?

Willpower with spell dmg on all?
All light armour?

I use a destro staff and sword and board on my magicka DK,
i am not really focussed on my spell damage as i am only vr7.

I do ok in wrothgar with all the world bosses etc..
i am not a high end top of the range DPS yet..

I would probably go with 3pce will power jewelry all spell dmg,
5 pc kragenac's for sustain and damage,
Magnus/torugs for the remaining..

5 pce light armour, 1 heavy and 1 med.
If i had kena i would use 2 pces of that..

DON'T waste gold changing all this now, wait for thieves guild and then see what it brings.

Lord-Otto

PvE magicka DK is aaall about DoT. Your build is rather bursty, good for PvP, but your sustained dps in PvE suffers.

Recommendations:

- Eruption: It is sometimes difficult to keep enemies in the cloud, but with a tank or talons, this skill adds lots of dps!
- Burning Talons: AoE, DoT, Root. Triggers Burning Heart passive . Excellent when you can apply it, otherwise go Draw Essence.
- Scalding rune: More AoE DoT, triggers Might of the Guild.

You could occasionally switch Draw Essence for Burning Talons, if you know there's no flying or un-rootable enemies around. Structured Entropy could be subbed for Scalding Rune, you can get your Major Sorcery buff from potions. Igneous Shield is only good for the Major Mending and the Earthen Heart passives. Try switching it out for Eruption and see if you can survive. If you can't, kick Burning Embers if you engage mainly mobs, and put it back in when you're in a boss battle. You could also kick Harness Magicka instead against mainly physical opponents. Play a bit around, see what works best for you. But definitely add more DoT to your rotation!

Magicka recovery isn't exactly a DK's strong suit. Mine has ~1300, as a vampire. You get your resources back with your ultimates. Shooting Star is already one of the best for that, only surpassed by stage four Bat Swarm under the right conditions. The key are DoTs here, again. They are pretty cheap for their damage output. Try to utilize them more, and rely less on whip spam.

If you get a solid rotation, your sustained dps is impressive! It's not about bursting a peasant enemy down fast, but rather incinerating a whole mob around you and watching all of them slowly burn down to ashes.
>=)

Septimus_Magna

Use destro staff for fire staff attacks or DW for the increased spell dmg bonus.

Enchant all your jewelry with spell dmg enchtants.
Take the Thief mundus for extra spell crit.

Put many CPs into Elemental Expert, this increases spell crit by 12% for 30+ CPs into the Apprentice.

Blue v15 health/magicka buff food.

BurtFreeman

i also use resto and destro (precise) staff on my dk, with damage magicka and restore magicka enchantment: i go with crushing shock with my staff, resto heavy attack do a great job when magicka is low, the rest is done by my armor sets: 5 warlock (3 armour + 2 jewl; it v12, but still do a nice job) and i also use julianos for the crit
my spell crit is 67%, weapon crit is 51%: coming from julianos, thif mundus, cp and of course fames of oblivion.
i also use entropy, but with the degeneration morph.
i agree 100% with the use of eruption, meteor do the rest.

but at the end, dk is not my class, i never felt fine play with it. my favorite are sorc, then templar