Looking for Builds pt. 1- Nord Blacksmith

Ashmolean

I’m planning some alts (largely for crafting, but to level and play some as well) soon and am looking for updated builds. My primary goal is roleplay-ish flavor and fun, but I’d still like to be viable and effective in content.

Playstyle goals:
I mostly solo and explore, but I’d like to be able to jump in and help with dungeons and groups when the opportunity arises. I’ve never tried pvp in ESO, but would like to if my system can handle it. I've tended to play healers in previous games, but with as many alts as ESO allows, I’m open to variety with this one.

Concept:
Race: Nord. This will be my blacksmithing alt, so heavy armor would be nice. Templar mostly fits the paladin-esque, Joan of Arc crossed with Valkyries flavor she has in my head but I’m willing to consider other options if they’re just WAY TOO AWESOME to ignore. I’m not even sure what role I’d want to fill with this one. Are off-heals useful in ESO? I’ve never tried tanking ever, but I suppose if I were ever going to attempt it, this would be the guinea pig.

Note:
I currently already have a Breton magicka healing templar and a low level Altmer with Deltia’s magicka DK build, so some variety in playstyle would be welcome. No staff wielding milk drinker in skirts here!

ryanborror

Magic nb sap tank or dk Stam tank. templars in heavy armor are really only good as magic tanks but you already have a magic Templar. But if you just want to have fun then do whatever. You could do Stam Templar in heavy armor using nord and heavy armor health Passives and using skills like blazing shield and bone shield and be indestructible.

Acsvf

I would not suggest you to make several alts for crafting. I'd say it's much better if you either make every character you have a crafter of everything, or only 1 or 2 for all of the crafts. Having one character for each craft makes it very time consuming- I already spend 20-40 minutes each time I get my equipment up to level without even having to change my character.

As a heavy armor user, you probably should just go for a tank. A magicka templar tank would probably fit best since you are apparently a fan of healing- you don't need a staff, even.

When playing solo there really aren't any major considerations for build, with Maelstrom Arena being the exception. Building for group play would probably be best.

Ashmolean

@Acsvf I'm also something of an alto-holic. The crafting is sort of just an excuse, really. Aside from the blacksmith here, the other crafts are already spread over just 2 characters.

Also, my current main is a magicka healer templar (light armor and staves, however). I'm also shopping for builds for a Bosmer (because Bosmer are cool) future alt at the same time, because THAT one might end up being a stamplar too and variations of biting jabs on three different characters would probably make me lose my mind.. Posted a similar question for the Bosmer here:

forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/256455/looking-for-builds-bosmer

Xvorg

Maybe you can help me.

I'm planning to make a DW stamplar focus on throwing... things. Basically it is build around 3 stamina ranged skills: Binding javelin, hidden blade and silver shards. The idea is to know if you can get more dmg with that build than with a bow, despite you cannot weave

Since Binding Jav knocks down, DW skill benefit from attacking knocked down enemies (15% exra dmg) and hidden blade has a 20% dmg buff, I see some kind of synergy there.

I was planning to do it with 2 daggers or 2 swords, but I can try it with 2 hammers or 2 axes if you wish.

The idea is that, after some time we could compare our builds. Since you are plannig to go for a Nord, I could do the same with an Argonian because they are the 2 worst races in terms of passives, having none of them a direct benefit on stamina. So, if it works with tghem, can work with everyone else.

You can slot whatever other 9 skills you want in your bars. The only requirement is that thgose 3 skills are in... and you can use whatever set you want.