Help with leveling Stamblade PVP build.

DephlaterMouse

Level 30 nightblade. I'm using 4 medium 3 heavy armor, dual wield/bow for weapons. My play style is that I tend to use the bow in large scale PVP, and dual wield in small-scale fights.

This is my 1st NB, so I'm looking for build and armor set ideas. Thank you in advance for your advice.

Mojmir

would be quicker to level him outside pvp, althought the daily quests in cyro give good xp, your missing out on skill points from certain quests

DephlaterMouse

I want to stay in Blackwater for a while. I do shyshard hunting and main area/story quests once I'm about 4 or 5 levels past the area. I'm looking for build help not leveling help. Thanks though.

DephlaterMouse

I came back to the game 2 months back and recently started the stamblade. Just looking for some advice for PVP.

Sunburnt_Penguin

Large scale and 1v1s I use Bow & 2H:
Bow - relentless focus, mass hysteria, immovable (1v1s)/siphoning attacks (large scale), piercing mark (1v1s)/poison injection (large scale), vigor, soul tether
2H - rally, wrecking blow, reverse slice, cloak, ambush, flawless dawnbreaker

Arena (reds and blues are always 20v20) I use DW and 2H:
DW: cloak, steel tornado, flying blade, immovable, Vigor, flawless dawnbreaker
2H: rally, relentless focus, mass hysteria, shuffle, caltrops, soul tether

For stamina builds, not using 2H and rally on either bar puts you at a real disadvantage so I suggest using that.

Armour: goal is for 5 Hunding's and 3 NMGaze but nights silence and ashen grip are decent substitutes if your research is lacking.

Weapons: I have a precise maul as my 2h and it's working but I'll be creating a precise sword to see how that compares. I also have a precise bow for added crit heals from Vigor.

Also, I recommend using all medium armour at the moment for increasing your Stam and recovery. If you need added resistance just put immovable on your bar as this should offer more than 3 heavy pieces.

kadar

@DephlaterMouse , hey amigo. Start with going 7/7 Medium armor. It's only worth it to use a couple Heavy or Light if you've got the Undaunted skill line passives.
5 Hundings Rage is a really good starting place for any Stamina build.
A morph of Shadow Cloak slotted is a real good idea. That skill combined with Vigor (when you get it) will be your best chance at survivability.

milesrodneymcneely2_ESO

The_Outsider wrote: »

@DephlaterMouse , hey amigo. Start with going 7/7 Medium armor. It's only worth it to use a couple Heavy or Light if you've got the Undaunted skill line passives.
5 Hundings Rage is a really good starting place for any Stamina build.
A morph of Shadow Cloak slotted is a real good idea. That skill combined with Vigor (when you get it) will be your best chance at survivability.

Great advice. Do you feel that the Undaunted passives merit going 5/1/1 in the current meta?

And how do you feel Stamblades are performing 1v1 against the current Magblade Proxy-Det build?

Thanks in advance!

kadar

milesrodneymcneely2_ESO wrote: »

The_Outsider wrote: »

@DephlaterMouse , hey amigo. Start with going 7/7 Medium armor. It's only worth it to use a couple Heavy or Light if you've got the Undaunted skill line passives.
5 Hundings Rage is a really good starting place for any Stamina build.
A morph of Shadow Cloak slotted is a real good idea. That skill combined with Vigor (when you get it) will be your best chance at survivability.

Great advice. Do you feel that the Undaunted passives merit going 5/1/1 in the current meta?

And how do you feel Stamblades are performing 1v1 against the current Magblade Proxy-Det build?

Thanks in advance!

Concerning Undaunted passives, I'd say it's a matter of preference. Keeping 7/7 medium provides only slightly higher recovery/sustain, while 5/1/1 will give you more damage. Both are viable, imo.

The FOTM Mageblade is really strong right now. However it seems that 1v1 situations Stamblades are still (at least) matching mNBs in damage. Not everyone will have 100 CPs into Hardy (thank God). In general, it seems there's a lot of inexperienced mNBs out there atm. For every highlight video, there's a hundred failed bomb attempts.
The path to victory against that particular build remains the same as pre-TG: Survive burst, apply pressure, wait for Cloak, apply counter (I prefer detect pot), get kill.