DW vs 2H for Nightblade. Maxing DMG!

Tillalarrien

I know this topic has been debated few times in the past, but every time it turned into chat about single target vs aoe capabilities or extra set slot advantage
As I am a NB I wont be using active skills from weapon skill lines.
What I am looking for is a number comparison between DW and 2H of the same lvl and with all passives, unbuffed & without criting.

DW vs 2H:
-Weapon Damage stat in character UI
-Damage dealt with 1 light attack + 1 suprise attack
-Damage dealt with 1 heavy attack + 1 suprise attack

I know some of u are playing nightblades with these 2 weapon types on your bars. I am just starting new character so I would really appreciate if you could share your numbers with me, so I know which path to take to be most effective at end game

Strider_Roshin

DW/Bow with Power Extraction on your bar will grant you the best DPS. You can also use a weapon damage potion in place of Power Extraction.

Without a means of Major Brutality 2H/Bow is stronger IF you incorporate the bow into your loadout.

DW/2H is only stronger than 2H/Bow if you don't like utilizing the Bow's DoTs (poison injection/Volley). I'd recommend throwing Blood Craze on your loadout though for a strong DoT. I like to use Poison Injection because it's crazy good on low health targets though (I average around 5k tics on low health targets).

rolandlu7prb18_ESO

dw/2h is the best.

for damage, use dw to damge enemy down to 30% hp and use 2h executioner to finisher it. it's neat and efficient.

for healing, rally for bust healing and vigor for hot, the combination works very well if you use them at the right moment.

Ni7eWa7ch

DW is best if you don't use any abillity but only its passives if it comes to dps , also you have an extra slot for crafted set

Steel_Brightblade

Just to throw this in for thought, guildy nightblade got a 68.5K wrecking blow (first hit so not empowered).

Lynx7386

Yea, only go 2h if you want to use weapon abilities. 3/5 slots on my bar are 2h skills, with the other two being ambush and shadowy disguise.

Strider_Roshin

Steel_Brightblade wrote: »

Just to throw this in for thought, guildy nightblade got a 68.5K wrecking blow (first hit so not empowered).

Let me guess, WB scales off of thaumaturge now?

Steel_Brightblade

Nah he's = parts in mighty and precise hits for cp. Not entirely sure what his gear is but know he uses 3PC agility and 5PC twice born, 1PC Kena, not sure what the rest is but I know he said his weapon isn't part of a set and he's hoping to get a maelstrom 2 hander.