ONE SHOT NIGHTBLADE GANKING

KingYogi415

People like to QQ about proc sets, but honestly this game is all about skill.

Take a look at Zergbad, Ganking all the top players, pushing for emp. He had less then 400CP and no viper/veli.

No matter what the META is these same people are gonna whine.

MaximillianDiE

Xinthisis wrote: »

@Lord_Hev The other half is that they're scared of dying alone. ;p

It's also that gameplaying is a social activity for most of us and by this late stage is more about sitting in TS shooting the breeze with your mates than the game itself these days. Probably why you choose to duo gank with Sribes instead of the purist solo ganker [SNIP]

It was interesting watching you two work yesterday against our K-Hole group when we rezzed up at the AD/EP town. Its actually quite hard to catch you - even with radiant and detect pots as one mistake by a group member means a dead person and the ganker disappearing off in the distance and in your case to come back to do it all over again. You're both so skillful at not only the one-shot kill but also the escape. We got you both eventually, but there were a lot of props being given in TS as we had to stop and neutralize you instead of being able to thwart the gank and kill the ganker immediately or simply ignoring them and move on like we do to pretty much anyone else.

Sribes (and Smiff and Miat) have forced me to run radiant which I didn't used to do as otherwise the first thing I find out about them being around is dropping off my horse dead. Luckily it also has the secondary use of empowering my leap, although I wouldn't actually run it just for that if there weren't one-shot builds that abound particularly in off-peak time when I play a lot.

[Edited for insult]

Lava_Croft

KingYogi415 wrote: »

People like to QQ about proc sets, but honestly this game is all about skill.

A game with randomly occurring bursts of high damage is diametrically opposed to a game that's 'all about skill'.

Xinthisis

@MaximillianDiE True, I agree that its very fun to play with friends. Maybe its just my personality, but I never really enjoyed the big group gameplay. Also, thanks for the kind words. Take care, and keep radiant on your bar. haha

Xinthisis

@Lava_Croft Diametrically. Very nice usage of the word. I r8 8/8. I agree that this proc meta is screwed, and I quit the game multiple times since 1.6 release because of many bad mechanics implemented. Maybe once I get bored of ganking I'll take another hiatus. The skill cap just gets lowered more and more with each patch, and battle of the cheese continues. *sigh*

AzuraKin

Xinthisis wrote: »

I bask in the darkness and enjoy the pitch black of the shadows. The less fortunate will know my name, and the perished will serve as reason to never forget it. These are my tales. This, is Cyrodiil Diaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySje442oS7E

noticed you only targeted pve'rs for your gank targets. a pvp'r would have high enough impen you wouldnt do more then 6k tops with your hardest hitting channeled abilities.

Xinthisis

@AzuraKin lol, sure buddy.

Master_Kas

Always enjoy these videos. Even tough it involved proc sets this time, atleast you run with bow on mainbar which most people don't.

Xinthisis

@Master_Kas Thanks man. Currently working on a stam gank build without proc sets.

UrbanMonk

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

_Chaos

AzuraKin wrote: »

Xinthisis wrote: »

I bask in the darkness and enjoy the pitch black of the shadows. The less fortunate will know my name, and the perished will serve as reason to never forget it. These are my tales. This, is Cyrodiil Diaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySje442oS7E

noticed you only targeted pve'rs for your gank targets. a pvp'r would have high enough impen you wouldnt do more then 6k tops with your hardest hitting channeled abilities.

Wrong. 30k Resistances, 3k Impen --> these guys still nuke you.
Don't think for a second they can't take out a weathered PVP player in the bat of an eye.

Lava_Croft

_Chaos wrote: »

AzuraKin wrote: »

Xinthisis wrote: »

I bask in the darkness and enjoy the pitch black of the shadows. The less fortunate will know my name, and the perished will serve as reason to never forget it. These are my tales. This, is Cyrodiil Diaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySje442oS7E

noticed you only targeted pve'rs for your gank targets. a pvp'r would have high enough impen you wouldnt do more then 6k tops with your hardest hitting channeled abilities.

Wrong. 30k Resistances, 3k Impen --> these guys still nuke you.
Don't think for a second they can't take out a weathered PVP player in the bat of an eye.

To be fair, having two glass cannon StamNB's jump a single guy is not exactly something that blows anyone's mind. The best parts of these videos are not really the gankers but more the way the people they try to gank react to their presence. So much potato behaviour

GreenSoup2HoT

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

You can proc clever on back bar and have a clever 2hand with only 4 body.

AzuraKin

_Chaos wrote: »

AzuraKin wrote: »

Xinthisis wrote: »

I bask in the darkness and enjoy the pitch black of the shadows. The less fortunate will know my name, and the perished will serve as reason to never forget it. These are my tales. This, is Cyrodiil Diaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySje442oS7E

noticed you only targeted pve'rs for your gank targets. a pvp'r would have high enough impen you wouldnt do more then 6k tops with your hardest hitting channeled abilities.

Wrong. 30k Resistances, 3k Impen --> these guys still nuke you.
Don't think for a second they can't take out a weathered PVP player in the bat of an eye.

all my pvp geared characters take a lot more then that to kill including lightly armored toons. and my tank, it takes 5x+ longer for them 5+ to take down 35k health without holding block.

UrbanMonk

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

You can proc clever on back bar and have a clever 2hand with only 4 body.

so the health is only from CA...no health food but regen food only

GreenSoup2HoT

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

You can proc clever on back bar and have a clever 2hand with only 4 body.

so the health is only from CA...no health food but regen food only

Yeah. On my Imperial i use CA. I have a healthy 21k health without food (23k'ish with emp). CA is very nice for gankers. Without Imperial your looking at 18-19k like in the video from op.

Chuga_Rei

Good video. I have no problem with gankers. As someone who is constantly switching gear depending on mood, situation or group set up sometimes im in 7 light and a super soft target, sometimes jumping me is the definition of "play stupid games win stupid prizes". It goes both ways and its what makes PvP fun.

As for the proc set meta, and my opinon(which i should state matters no more than anyone elses) I think its a crappy meta, not because of folks like you and sribes, good players who would be very successful regardless using it. It gets annoying fighting and having the bads be able to just crush you under the weight of damage they literally can accidentally cause. The brest comparison I can draw is the patch snipe got over buffed. When all of a sudden random people with no clue or care could mash 1 button and kill you without fail.

anyway keep it up, good vid and when this meta shifts, im sure you will be able to pull of something just as fun to watch.

edit:

I really wanted to add I really liked your almost "face to face" conversation with the viewer, and your thoughts on ganking, the meta, etc. As someone who crunched the numbers and ended up being laughed at when people found out I was wearing heavy, I really appreciate what you are saying. Dont be afraid to try a build that sounds neat or appeals to you, chances are you are on to something.

Xinthisis

@_Chaos to be fair, you are still pretty hard to insta gib. It definitely takes both of us to make it clean. Thanks for clarifying however to @AzuraKin. Just because no one's ganked you yet, doesn't mean it can't happen. Trust me on that.

Xinthisis

@Chuga_Rei Thank you for the kind words. I started this series after continually bugging many of the big pvp streamers and youtubers about doing commentary over their 1vx clips. I saw an opportunity for people to be able to learn as they watch with audio explanations. When no one would do it, I decided to do it myself. I would highlight certain duels, and 1vx situations to discuss mistakes and good choices made on both sides. I'm glad you enjoyed. Take care.

Manoekin

How does Sribes know to jump me when I'm taking a bite of my dinner? Can he actually see me?

LeifErickson

@Xinthisis So are you going to be doing the top 5 plays?

Xinthisis

@Manoekin If you think thats scary... Wait until SRIBES next video. Shoot even check out my first ganking video. Gank zergbad so hard his game gave him an error and he straight up quit game and ended stream. Ganking requires skill. and being psychic. ;p lol

Xinthisis

@LeifErickson I was gonna talk to lefty about it, but got caught up. Now that I just finished this online college class I should have more time to edit videos. I'll text him later today after work.

rfennell_ESO

It's funny to see someone so into SRIBES.

Anyways... 100% likely if I speak my mind here I will get forum banned.

It's certainly all about skill!

Xinthisis

@rfennell_ESO I give props where props are due. Something foreign to many of the egotistical people of this gaming community. If I knew you and you had something to be given props for I would give you props. It's just good manners mate. Which leads me into my question.

Who are you?

UrbanMonk

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

You can proc clever on back bar and have a clever 2hand with only 4 body.

so the health is only from CA...no health food but regen food only

Yeah. On my Imperial i use CA. I have a healthy 21k health without food (23k'ish with emp). CA is very nice for gankers. Without Imperial your looking at 18-19k like in the video from op.

Also you'd need a bow of viper otherwise u cant have 5 viper- main/ 5 alc back bar....

yell0wdart

Yep. That Viper bow is the key. I've had no luck in getting that thing to drop after countless FG runs. I haven't given up yet, but I've been testing with a Flanking setup and have been getting decent numbers. The damage with Viper is much more consistent, though, due to Flanking's buggy nature.

pcar944

ganking takes skill, and I don't see anything wrong with proc sets

that said I switched to Magblade because its way more fun

watching Zergbad do his thing, really impressive, watching other players using "cheats" to do the same thing ... meh

if you think ganking is easy, give it a shot - with proper gear and pots and everything that goes with it

and also whoever said that "I wear this" or "I wear that" - wait until you come across a proper ganker, it doesn't matte what you are wearing

Ghostbane

AzuraKin wrote: »

Xinthisis wrote: »

I bask in the darkness and enjoy the pitch black of the shadows. The less fortunate will know my name, and the perished will serve as reason to never forget it. These are my tales. This, is Cyrodiil Diaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySje442oS7E

noticed you only targeted pve'rs for your gank targets. a pvp'r would have high enough impen you wouldnt do more then 6k tops with your hardest hitting channeled abilities.

My magplar has 2900 crit resist, 28k resists elsewhere, alongside 31k health. Sribes farted in my direction and I crumbled instantly.

A particular source of damage shocked me, I was impressed at the line of thought.

GreenSoup2HoT

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

ToxicPAWS wrote: »

I can see viper and veli... but what is the other set? is it Alchemist? cause after 5 viper main and 2 veli only 4 slots are left on main bar....

You can proc clever on back bar and have a clever 2hand with only 4 body.

so the health is only from CA...no health food but regen food only

Yeah. On my Imperial i use CA. I have a healthy 21k health without food (23k'ish with emp). CA is very nice for gankers. Without Imperial your looking at 18-19k like in the video from op.

Also you'd need a bow of viper otherwise u cant have 5 viper- main/ 5 alc back bar....

That is correct. I use 2 Viper Daggers though. The bow gank is so slow and not my style.