Vet Maelstrom Arena- When your magika build fails you...

Zach2322

...Stamina will take over with stunning results. For the about 2 months I've been trying to complete vMA on a Magika NB Argonian (Console) with now results, I could rarely get the final boss to go up to his crystals. I gave up and converted it over to a tank for some time after that. Then a guildmate asked me about the final boss and I told him what I was doing, prioritizing the Crem Guard over everything else when it spawns. He took my advice, added on some parts of his own, and beat the boss in 25 deaths for his first ever clear on a Stamina Nightblade and got a maelstrom dagger.

About a week after he beat it I decided to mimic what he did and made my nightblade back into a dps but on as a stamina NB. As soon as I got to the boss round, I noticed I was killing things much quicker and in no time had the boss up on crystals. However, you never get something that is difficult on the first go around. About 20 deaths later and 2 near KO's on the boss, I got extremely lucky. I had a Crem Guard, the Bone Colossus, what ever add that spawns it, and the boss sitting at 10% heath when it happened. Just when I thought it was over, the last gold ghost appears behind me and flies into me. I use the synergy, everything gets stunned, and I panic spam my execute into the boss's face. My first ever clear for Vet maelstrom arena that was that I started just after the Thieves guild dlc drops came not from the super easy Magic Nightblade with its constant self heals, BUT from a Stamina NB that I have spent a day and a half on getting used to. The reward for my trouble I was granted a Maelstrom weapon.


A Charged Resto Staff..... why does charged even still exist.... I can still use it because I have multiple character so any weapon I got was something of use. Anyway, I never really thought I would beat vMA on a stamina nightblade so easily compared to a magic nightblade. Thought I'd share this story.

Toc de Malsvi

If you were having problems with vMA on a magicka NB it was user error. Mag NB are beast for vMA.

FailSaucePro

Toc de Malsvi wrote: »

If you were having problems with vMA on a magicka NB it was user error. Mag NB are beast for vMA.

Probably the easiest setup I have used as well, better than sorc imo.

Edit: Oh, but grats on the clear dude.

ragingruby1991

I will run vMA on my stam classes as soon as I get a sharpened bow/sharpened 2H. But until then vMA is so much easier on my magblade.

Shadesofkin

I'm really glad you cleared, but I love my magicka build.

kadar

Awesome, glad you cleared it!

But yeh, it's probably your play style or build that made is so hard on your mageblade. I"m constantly fighting magicka NBs to get on the Leaderboard each week with my Stamina NB.

Zach2322

Toc de Malsvi wrote: »

If you were having problems with vMA on a magicka NB it was user error. Mag NB are beast for vMA.

The_Outsider wrote: »

Awesome, glad you cleared it!

But yeh, it's probably your play style or build that made is so hard on your mageblade. I"m constantly fighting magicka NBs to get on the Leaderboard each week with my Stamina NB.

The thing is though, I was playing like I've seen others play it as a video of their run. Each video I watched was mostly similar with some differences between person to person and attempted to incorporate it into what I was doing with no success.