Stamina DK vMA

drumbendrum_ESO

Please assist!

I have made it to the last boss in vMA and am having so much difficulty. I have run this over 200+ times and am not able to find a tactic to kill the final boss.

It seems that the hardest thing I have is the deadroth, this guy melts my face so hard and I have made it up a couple of times but the dot up there is also too much.

I watch all these YouTube videos and everyone is just running through it so easily but it makes no sense to me cause I am just getting melted so hard. I don't understand how people can stay on that deadroth and keep up dps while not getting there skull kicked in.

Any help with this round and boss fight I would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

Fong

boldscot

Corrosive armour when dealing with the Deadroth, keep vigour up when up top at the crystals and If the dot becomes to much drop down and use corrosive armour on the guard again.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

I havent run it on a stam DK, but have done it on magic. As you are suggesting, finding a way to deal with the Daedra is the most important thing in this fight. If your DPS is high, this might not apply, but on a DK the easy way to do it is with ultimate. Use Magma armor (and after next patch, the new undaunted shield). It caps your incoming damage and you can just burst them down. If a daedra kills you with Magma shell, you need DPS work. Ideally you learn to kill these guys without an ultimate, but this is the best solution to get you a clear.

There are 3 times you potentially encounter a daedra.

Stage 1: You are likely going to have to deal with one downstairs unless your DPS is unusually high. Pop Magma armor when the daedra spawns and go back to killing the boss. Fossilize is nice here for locking down the healer as well (and the summoner in stage 3).

Stage 2: If you can clear all the crystals in one go, awesome. Most people dont at first. My advice is to try to take out 2 of them, then drop down on purpose. You should have another ultimate by this time. Drop magma and take out the guard, and go back up and finish off the crystals.

Stage 3: Once you go back downstairs, I would save your ulti for emergencies. You will get 3 gold ghosts for every daedra, so you should always be able to stun these. I suggest grabbing every sigil that is still available at this time if you are after your fist clear. If the boss steals a ghost, you will need your ultimate. If you get more than 2 daedra downstairs, you need need to re-think you DPS.

Inklings

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Please assist!

I have made it to the last boss in vMA and am having so much difficulty. I have run this over 200+ times and am not able to find a tactic to kill the final boss.

It seems that the hardest thing I have is the deadroth, this guy melts my face so hard and I have made it up a couple of times but the dot up there is also too much.

I watch all these YouTube videos and everyone is just running through it so easily but it makes no sense to me cause I am just getting melted so hard. I don't understand how people can stay on that deadroth and keep up dps while not getting there skull kicked in.

Any help with this round and boss fight I would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

Fong

It took me 16 hours on just the end boss to beat it my first time. Keep plugging away. I promise you once you understand the fight you will look back on all this trouble and laugh about how easy it is for you now compared to your first completion.

MaxwellC

Corrosive armor is a savior ability that all DKs should utilize when fighting the daedroth or low on health.

Smolt

Yep. Corrosive, standard works too with vigor up. The angry dinosaurs only take 3 or 4 wb's with a poison arrow dot. When you kill crystals and go back down, interrupt boss, get the ghost, grab a sigil or two, kill summoner, grab another ghost and go ham on the boss. There are some great videos on YouTube, from Alcast and others.

Now get out there and win one for the Gipper.

boldscot

boldscot wrote: »

Corrosive armour when dealing with the Deadroth, keep vigour up when up top at the crystals and If the dot becomes to much drop down and use corrosive armour on the guard again.

Just adding that this is what I do and I'm a stam dk. This definitely works, once you get down after the crystals, stay calm and make sure to collect the ghosts. I messed up so many times there by not staying calm.

Inklings

boldscot wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Corrosive armour when dealing with the Deadroth, keep vigour up when up top at the crystals and If the dot becomes to much drop down and use corrosive armour on the guard again.

Just adding that this is what I do and I'm a stam dk. This definitely works, once you get down after the crystals, stay calm and make sure to collect the ghosts. I messed up so many times there by not staying calm.

So much easier said then done! OMG the first time i made it past that part i was in such shock that i actually took out all 3 crystals i panicked, froze and died. lol

boldscot

Inklings wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Corrosive armour when dealing with the Deadroth, keep vigour up when up top at the crystals and If the dot becomes to much drop down and use corrosive armour on the guard again.

Just adding that this is what I do and I'm a stam dk. This definitely works, once you get down after the crystals, stay calm and make sure to collect the ghosts. I messed up so many times there by not staying calm.

So much easier said then done! OMG the first time i made it past that part i was in such shock that i actually took out all 3 crystals i panicked, froze and died. lol

Ha, I've been there.

One more tip I would add is to leave the crystal that is on your right when you teleport up until last, when you get blown off the side the sigil of haste will right in front of you. Grab it, it's extremely useful for getting to the ghosts fast.

drumbendrum_ESO

Yes I have tried corrosive and standard and my DPS is high enough however, I don't have the ability to DPS when there is so much stuff going on Boss seems to red circle everything when I pop ultimate and even with corrosive armor up I am taking lots of DMG. I can burst the first deadroth easy if I pop the first defense sigil. My only fear is that I will need that.

Again I feel like my dps is fine but as a stamina user I find it very hard to get the positioning to allow me to just plug away some hits on the mobs.

Very frustrating fight but will get it!

boldscot

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Yes I have tried corrosive and standard and my DPS is high enough however, I don't have the ability to DPS when there is so much stuff going on Boss seems to red circle everything when I pop ultimate and even with corrosive armor up I am taking lots of DMG. I can burst the first deadroth easy if I pop the first defense sigil. My only fear is that I will need that.

Again I feel like my dps is fine but as a stamina user I find it very hard to get the positioning to allow me to just plug away some hits on the mobs.

Very frustrating fight but will get it!

You should probably keep the defence sigil for when you go back down, you can DPS the boss when he is using his channel attack. If I don't have corrosive armour ready for the first deadroth I use the healing sigil.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

boldscot wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Corrosive armour when dealing with the Deadroth, keep vigour up when up top at the crystals and If the dot becomes to much drop down and use corrosive armour on the guard again.

Just adding that this is what I do and I'm a stam dk. This definitely works, once you get down after the crystals, stay calm and make sure to collect the ghosts. I messed up so many times there by not staying calm.

That is the best advice in this thread. The first few times you clear the crystals and get back downstairs, it's like everything you knew flies out the window. Haha.

Downstairs the second time is a little chaotic. Once you get the hang of it, you really can just burn the boss. As I said earlier, I really like a stun here. Fossilize on a DK will stun the summoner with one press of a button from pretty much anywhere in the room. By the time the fossilize wears off and he actually gets through his summoning, the boss should be dead. Then it really comes down to staying mobile and interrupting the boss. The channel has to either be interupted or reflected. Blocking/healing through it is NOT an option. The speed sigil helps with the ghosts, but certainly isnt required. Flappy wings and the defense sigil help with the channel. It also really helps to finish off the healer before going upstairs the first time. Otherwise, you have to deal with him as well.

If I am playing it safe, when I get downstairs, the first thing I do is take a breath and quickly get my bearings. The boss will start a channel very quickly. If I am near the shield sigil, I grab that right away. If not, I go straight to the boss to interrupt him. Once he is interrupted (or I have the shield) I can be a little more deliberate in my actions. I then either stun or kill the summoner, and start grabbing other sigils, the whole time keeping an eye out for gold ghosts. Then just focus the boss. Assuming you get all the gold ghosts, you will have a stun when the first guard spawns. Use your stun. If the boss is about dead, you can just finish him off, or more likely, take out the guard and repeat.

On a sorc or NB, I am a little more direct. Because I can interupt at range, I usually dont bother with the shield sigil, unless it is directly in my path. I ignore the summoner, and just DPS the boss. I do like the weapon sigil here. This last part is a bit of a DPS race. I dont think there is actually an enrage mechanic (other than the summoner), but you will eventually get overwhelmed. I can usually kill him by the time the guard spawns, assuming he doesnt get any ghosts (pretty sure these either heal him or boost his defense for a bit).

susmitds

Wait for Dark Brotherhood to release. You should be able to roll over vMA after that. Especially as a Stamina DK.

strikeback1247

The most important and hardest part after the crystals is awereness. You HAVE to keep track of the ghosts, the summoner, the boss and his several attacks and the daedroth spawning. Priority is getting the ghosts and dodging/refelecting the boss attacks. Focus the summoner when he spawns and when the daedroth comes pop the explosion. When everything is no longer stunned, pop your ulti and finish off the boss.

drumbendrum_ESO

Do you guys think it's better to go bloodspawn set or Kena for this fight?

Or the mix between the 2?

Oreyn_Bearclaw

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Do you guys think it's better to go bloodspawn set or Kena for this fight?

Or the mix between the 2?

I personally love the combo, but like I said, I am not a stam expert in VMA. In PVP, i run agility, hundings, the combo, and maelstrom weapons and I love it. If you arent going to run the combo, ask yourself, what is your bigger issue. If you struggle to DPS, then add a monster set. Although I am not sure I would go 2 piece kena on a stam DK in here. I bet skoria or nerienth is better. If you are really struggling to stay a live, bloodspawn is good for both sustain and defense, but I am guessing a lack of resistance is not the issue. Medium armor is plenty tanky for VMA.

I know a lot of Stam characters run engine guardian in there. I am not a huge fan of EG, because I generally think it means you cant manage your resources very well. That being said, if there is any place I endorse EG, it's in this place. Haha

Am I correct that you are running 5 hundings, 3 agility and 2H/bow? The only thing left to really consider would be your head shoulders and weapons (3 slots). You could certainly craft a set like Morkuldin or Nightmother, but at best you either get Stam/stam recovery or Crit/weapon damage. The Combo gives you Stam regen/weapon damage, which I think is better, and it will allow you to add in Maelstrom weapons once you start farming this place without having to shuffle your gear.

strikeback1247

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Do you guys think it's better to go bloodspawn set or Kena for this fight?

Or the mix between the 2?

I personally love the combo, but like I said, I am not a stam expert in VMA. In PVP, i run agility, hundings, the combo, and maelstrom weapons and I love it. If you arent going to run the combo, ask yourself, what is your bigger issue. If you struggle to DPS, then add a monster set. Although I am not sure I would go 2 piece kena on a stam DK in here. I bet skoria or nerienth is better. If you are really struggling to stay a live, bloodspawn is good for both sustain and defense, but I am guessing a lack of resistance is not the issue. Medium armor is plenty tanky for VMA.

I know a lot of Stam characters run engine guardian in there. I am not a huge fan of EG, because I generally think it means you cant manage your resources very well. That being said, if there is any place I endorse EG, it's in this place. Haha

Am I correct that you are running 5 hundings, 3 agility and 2H/bow? The only thing left to really consider would be your head shoulders and weapons (3 slots). You could certainly craft a set like Morkuldin or Nightmother, but at best you either get Stam/stam recovery or Crit/weapon damage. The Combo gives you Stam regen/weapon damage, which I think is better, and it will allow you to add in Maelstrom weapons once you start farming this place without having to shuffle your gear.

I love EG. It doesn't matter which beam you get, they're all great. Green beam is obviously good because you can spam everything for a while. Blue beam means you can spam your shield to get defenses and get stam back. Red beam means you don't have to spam vigor for a while so you can save stam and dps more!

drumbendrum_ESO

Yeah 5 hundings 3 agility and either Kena/Bloodspawn or the sets themselves I have tried a lot of variations.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

strikeback1247 wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Do you guys think it's better to go bloodspawn set or Kena for this fight?

Or the mix between the 2?

I personally love the combo, but like I said, I am not a stam expert in VMA. In PVP, i run agility, hundings, the combo, and maelstrom weapons and I love it. If you arent going to run the combo, ask yourself, what is your bigger issue. If you struggle to DPS, then add a monster set. Although I am not sure I would go 2 piece kena on a stam DK in here. I bet skoria or nerienth is better. If you are really struggling to stay a live, bloodspawn is good for both sustain and defense, but I am guessing a lack of resistance is not the issue. Medium armor is plenty tanky for VMA.

I know a lot of Stam characters run engine guardian in there. I am not a huge fan of EG, because I generally think it means you cant manage your resources very well. That being said, if there is any place I endorse EG, it's in this place. Haha

Am I correct that you are running 5 hundings, 3 agility and 2H/bow? The only thing left to really consider would be your head shoulders and weapons (3 slots). You could certainly craft a set like Morkuldin or Nightmother, but at best you either get Stam/stam recovery or Crit/weapon damage. The Combo gives you Stam regen/weapon damage, which I think is better, and it will allow you to add in Maelstrom weapons once you start farming this place without having to shuffle your gear.

I love EG. It doesn't matter which beam you get, they're all great. Green beam is obviously good because you can spam everything for a while. Blue beam means you can spam your shield to get defenses and get stam back. Red beam means you don't have to spam vigor for a while so you can save stam and dps more!

Dont get me wrong, if I was going for my first clear on a stam Charcter, I would probably start with EG. I think the guy leading the boards on a stam DK was running it for a while as well. The point I was making is that, EG is often a tool of people that have bad resource management. I see pug DPS running it all the time, which is usually a bad sign. Even as a tank, I think you are better with Bloodspawn or perhaps Lord Warden these days. End of the day, EG does nothing for DPS, and this place boils down to a DPS race. The best players go straight glass cannon. The faster you kill things, the less resources you need.

drumbendrum_ESO

Does immovable pots work in here specifically with the boss knock down?

damtotb16_ESO

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Please assist!

I have made it to the last boss in vMA and am having so much difficulty. I have run this over 200+ times and am not able to find a tactic to kill the final boss.

It seems that the hardest thing I have is the deadroth, this guy melts my face so hard and I have made it up a couple of times but the dot up there is also too much.

I watch all these YouTube videos and everyone is just running through it so easily but it makes no sense to me cause I am just getting melted so hard. I don't understand how people can stay on that deadroth and keep up dps while not getting there skull kicked in.

Any help with this round and boss fight I would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

Fong

Hey m8, flawless here
how much cp you have and what is your your build?

This is the armor setup I use and i steamroll vma:

6 medium + 1ha small pieces divines 2 big pieces infused with prismatic enchantment(can be stamina as well), all the rest stamina enchantment

Weapon I use is maelstrom 2hander and bow, but as you probable don't have that yet use any v16 golden 2 hander and bow, precise trait is the best imo with this setup

Food I recommend 3 stat v15 most of the time, except the last boss fight you can swap to v15 stamina+ hp

Armor: bloodspawn + hundings, jewelry endurance all robust with 2 wd enchantment and 1 stamina recovery

Mundus: stamina recovery if you struggle with resources, else take thief (recommended)

Race: i do it on imperial and orc, but any that has some stamina buffs are ok

Simple advice about killing deadrooth, if deadrooth spawns with adds fossilize one and then kill the deadrooth.
You must have vigor and rally for vma, hope you do

Pop igneous shield when deadrooth spawn and cast vigor (rally should be running on you as well), igneous shield will give you 25% incresed healing from vigor(will heal you for 18k not counting crits) and also will initially shield you for 5-6k. You can sip tea and kill him without dropping under 70% hp


If you need advice with any particular stage of the fight let me know?

Oreyn_Bearclaw

damtotb16_ESO wrote: »

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Please assist!

I have made it to the last boss in vMA and am having so much difficulty. I have run this over 200+ times and am not able to find a tactic to kill the final boss.

It seems that the hardest thing I have is the deadroth, this guy melts my face so hard and I have made it up a couple of times but the dot up there is also too much.

I watch all these YouTube videos and everyone is just running through it so easily but it makes no sense to me cause I am just getting melted so hard. I don't understand how people can stay on that deadroth and keep up dps while not getting there skull kicked in.

Any help with this round and boss fight I would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

Fong

Simple advice about killing deadrooth, if deadrooth spawns with adds fossilize one and then kill the deadrooth.
You must have vigor and rally for vma, hope you do

Yep, already said it, but a stun is so good in certain spots of the arena. I have stopped running it everywhere but stage 9 at this point, but I still slot it here. Most of stage 9 essentially boils down to 3 relatively powerful adds spawning at once. It might not be the absolute fastest way, but I usually stun the highest threat add and take out the other two. It simplifies stage 9 tremendously. It is also useful any time you have a daedra and an add at the same time as he said. Also works on summoners and believe it or not, the Ogrims. Finally, I love it on the last fight. I stun the first add that spawns and then kill it right before I go upstairs so its not hanging around when I go back down. I then stun the summoner when I first go back down, which is much faster than killing it.

AverageJo3Gam3r

damtotb16_ESO wrote: »

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Please assist!

I have made it to the last boss in vMA and am having so much difficulty. I have run this over 200+ times and am not able to find a tactic to kill the final boss.

It seems that the hardest thing I have is the deadroth, this guy melts my face so hard and I have made it up a couple of times but the dot up there is also too much.

I watch all these YouTube videos and everyone is just running through it so easily but it makes no sense to me cause I am just getting melted so hard. I don't understand how people can stay on that deadroth and keep up dps while not getting there skull kicked in.

Any help with this round and boss fight I would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

Fong

Hey m8, flawless here
how much cp you have and what is your your build?

This is the armor setup I use and i steamroll vma:

6 medium + 1ha small pieces divines 2 big pieces infused with prismatic enchantment(can be stamina as well), all the rest stamina enchantment

Weapon I use is maelstrom 2hander and bow, but as you probable don't have that yet use any v16 golden 2 hander and bow, precise trait is the best imo with this setup

Food I recommend 3 stat v15 most of the time, except the last boss fight you can swap to v15 stamina+ hp

Armor: bloodspawn + hundings, jewelry endurance all robust with 2 wd enchantment and 1 stamina recovery

Mundus: stamina recovery if you struggle with resources, else take thief (recommended)

Race: i do it on imperial and orc, but any that has some stamina buffs are ok

Simple advice about killing deadrooth, if deadrooth spawns with adds fossilize one and then kill the deadrooth.
You must have vigor and rally for vma, hope you do

Pop igneous shield when deadrooth spawn and cast vigor (rally should be running on you as well), igneous shield will give you 25% incresed healing from vigor(will heal you for 18k not counting crits) and also will initially shield you for 5-6k. You can sip tea and kill him without dropping under 70% hp


If you need advice with any particular stage of the fight let me know?

Do you think vMA can be realistically cleared by a heavy armor DK? Note I'm an average skill player without much time to play, so am trying to have a single setup to avoid another month of grinding for new gear.

My current setup is 5pc black rose, 2pc bloodspawn, 3 agility (1 robust, 2 heathy) with 1 WD enchant and 2 recovery enchants. Khajit w/ serpent mundus. Prismatic enchants on chest and legs, stam everywhere else. All v16 but helm is v10 well fitted (stupid RNG). Impen traits though (I mostly PvP these days).

Running this setup with a 2H and bow...is vMA possible to clear? Or wait for DB for the heavy armor buffs (especially constitution)?

drumbendrum_ESO

Hello Flawless @damtotb16_ESO


Thanks for the reply and I took everything into consideration, what I discovered is my Rally morph was wrong...I had been doing some testing in PvP and decided to try the other morph to allow for me to take away my slows.....I just forgot to swap it back...

So yeah I can heal through the deadroth now and I am making it up top now a lot more. I even got the boss to 10% on the one time I cleared all crystals.

Sadly today my power just went out and I don't think I'm going to have another crack at it till later so I will just get some rest and take sometime to think it through.

Appreciate the help just need to have a bit of luck and a solid round of mechanics!

Gear I have used to fight this fight:

5xTwice Born or 5xHundings

2x Blood Spawn or 2x Kena or one of each.
2x Engine Guardian but I don't really like using the EG simply does not help with my DPS.

I am just a necklace piece away from using 5x briar heart 5x hundings/Twice Born
This is the set up I want to use for here as the Kena drain on resources would be beneficial I feel and I have divines on all my briar heart which my monster helm traits are not the best.
Also the heal from briarheart is nice I just like using the set for PvE it's really nice!

CP is around 430
For CP I have tried 100 in Might or 100 Precise since I am so crit savy atm I am liking it in Precise with the rest in mighty

My food usually is Stamina + HP although for this fight since I am dodge rolling around so much I have been using the HP stamina regent as I am dodge rolling like crazy to avoid the red circle doom that is this last fight...

I am also running tripots for this last fight but I managed to get all the way here simply by using single attribute potions.

I will complete this fight that is a promise!

Thanks for all the help



@AverageJo3Gam3r I don't feel personally that a tank set up would work would be cool to see if it could but the fights usually need to be cleared within a certain time frame otherwise you just get overwhelmed or boss's go berserk, I just feel it would be too much trouble to be worth it!

damtotb16_ESO

Do you think vMA can be realistically cleared by a heavy armor DK? Note I'm an average skill player without much time to play, so am trying to have a single setup to avoid another month of grinding for new gear.

I tried few early stages in black rose gear and it did not look to bad, but it felt harder then wearing MA particulary the resource menagment did not feel in place for me.
So I think that experienced player perhaps can beat it in HA if they get the setup right, but it is a lot harder and I would not recommend it for novice

damtotb16_ESO

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Hello Flawless @damtotb16_ESO


Thanks for the reply and I took everything into consideration, what I discovered is my Rally morph was wrong...I had been doing some testing in PvP and decided to try the other morph to allow for me to take away my slows.....I just forgot to swap it back...

So yeah I can heal through the deadroth now and I am making it up top now a lot more. I even got the boss to 10% on the one time I cleared all crystals.

Sadly today my power just went out and I don't think I'm going to have another crack at it till later so I will just get some rest and take sometime to think it through.

Appreciate the help just need to have a bit of luck and a solid round of mechanics!

Gear I have used to fight this fight:

5xTwice Born or 5xHundings

2x Blood Spawn or 2x Kena or one of each.
2x Engine Guardian but I don't really like using the EG simply does not help with my DPS.

I am just a necklace piece away from using 5x briar heart 5x hundings/Twice Born
This is the set up I want to use for here as the Kena drain on resources would be beneficial I feel and I have divines on all my briar heart which my monster helm traits are not the best.
Also the heal from briarheart is nice I just like using the set for PvE it's really nice!

CP is around 430
For CP I have tried 100 in Might or 100 Precise since I am so crit savy atm I am liking it in Precise with the rest in mighty

My food usually is Stamina + HP although for this fight since I am dodge rolling around so much I have been using the HP stamina regent as I am dodge rolling like crazy to avoid the red circle doom that is this last fight...

I am also running tripots for this last fight but I managed to get all the way here simply by using single attribute potions.

I will complete this fight that is a promise!

Thanks for all the help



@AverageJo3Gam3r I don't feel personally that a tank set up would work would be cool to see if it could but the fights usually need to be cleared within a certain time frame otherwise you just get overwhelmed or boss's go berserk, I just feel it would be too much trouble to be worth it!

Glad to hear for your progress, I think you will finish it soon
Your gear is fine if you feel comfortable, no need blueprinting someone
Good luck with the loot

drumbendrum_ESO

VMA defeated and my reward was a divine helm of permafrost.....but oh well job is done and I have achieved what I set out to do!

I ended up using the 5xbriarheart 5xhundings this dropped my health to 17.5k but the sustain with the briarsheart was noticed.

Everything felt smooth my clears were fast and responsive it just felt right.

The Kena is nice but I do feel as a stamina user your resources are more important to manage since you depend on them to mitigate, escape, and dps. Going to be running this through now and try and get my weapons!!!

Thanks for the help all really appreciate it!

Fong

Vaoh

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

VMA defeated and my reward was a divine helm of permafrost.....but oh well job is done and I have achieved what I set out to do!

I ended up using the 5xbriarheart 5xhundings this dropped my health to 17.5k but the sustain with the briarsheart was noticed.

Everything felt smooth my clears were fast and responsive it just felt right.

The Kena is nice but I do feel as a stamina user your resources are more important to manage since you depend on them to mitigate, escape, and dps. Going to be running this through now and try and get my weapons!!!

Thanks for the help all really appreciate it!

Fong

Congrats! It's truly difficult content. You'll find that it gets easier overtime (with experience) just like Vet dungeons do. Now that you beat it once, it's time to hunt for those Maelstrom Weapons!

drumbendrum_ESO

Yeah I'm curious though do you think its optimal to do it as dual wield / bow combo instead of 2hand?

That set up to me seems to have more room for utility and allow for my dps to spike harder with the right set up.

Vaoh

@drumbendrum_ESO Use whatever works best/more comfortably for your playstyle. I'd say Bow is almost a must-have for the high DPS output from Volley and Poison injection. If dual wield works better than 2H for you, feel free to use it but remember you no longer have Rally to help you!

boldscot

drumbendrum_ESO wrote: »

Yeah I'm curious though do you think its optimal to do it as dual wield / bow combo instead of 2hand?

That set up to me seems to have more room for utility and allow for my dps to spike harder with the right set up.

You will have to consider things like do I need a stun or cc skill and a gap closer. I have been duel wielding since I started playing but I couldn't make it work in the arena. I simply don't have enough magicka to use on things like fiery grip, fozzilize and the much needed reflective scales. Wrecking blow and critical rush are both excellent abilities in the arena, you also have executioner for low health targets.