inferno staves

DRXHarbinger

Just a quickie.

Why are infernos bis?

Other than being a dunmer and Fully charged heavy attacks I cannot find any reason as to why they are superior to ice staves. Surely it can't be the extra 10% on woe. That's nothing.

X3ina

mDKs in your group debuff targets with that fiery breath (so the aim takes extra flame damage)

edit: haven't played on my dk for a long time now

altemriel

I like to use inferno staff especially for this skill:

Destructive touch:
Flame Touch knocks back the enemy.

http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Destruction+Staff+Skills

DPShiro

FHA, Engulfing Flames, Dunmer, WoE, Burning effect, Burning Spellweave, Desto Ulti (although I think lightning does more damage?).

I prefer lightning on my front bar as a Sorc though.

covenant_merchant

Elemental Blockade : with an inferno staff it does more damage with burning. With a lightning staff, it merely sets concussed enemies off-balance, which while can be exploited to proc 100% power lashes by a mana dk friend, is still tedious and overall useless if you lack mana dk friends.

Also, most people tend to prefer fire for weaving. I remember back when I was using Kena on my sorc, I kept procc'ing it with a lightning staff, whereas with fire, I had no such issues.

runagate

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Just a quickie.

Why are infernos bis?

Other than being a dunmer and Fully charged heavy attacks I cannot find any reason as to why they are superior to ice staves. Surely it can't be the extra 10% on woe. That's nothing.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/111840/status-effects-and-you

Flame DoT most DPS of the magicka-based status effects. Ice obviously has snare. Shock's off-balance status can get damage bonuses from a number of sources, from Armor of Truth to DK and Templar passives to a CP passive no one has.

Junipus

Medium weaving is easiest with a flame staff.
Most enemies in game are of some variety of undead which take increased flame damage.
For a period after release most players in PvP were vampire so fire staff bonuses were beneficial.
Other reasons regarding elemental blockade and magicka DKs above.

Asardes

DPShiro wrote: »

FHA, Engulfing Flames, Dunmer, WoE, Burning effect, Burning Spellweave, Desto Ulti (although I think lightning does more damage?).

I prefer lightning on my front bar as a Sorc though.

Actually sorcerers are one of the classes who will benefit most from a flame staff back bar setup if they are running Ilambris monster set, since their class skills are primarily lightning damage.

xblackroxe

There are many buffs to fire damage.

-) Dunmer
-) Engulfing Flame of the DK
-) Blockade of Fire deals 10% (or 20% not sure cant check now) more damage and is usually the highest dps ability in a fight.
-) Destro Ulti gets a 10% damage boost when its fire
-) More chances to proc Burning Spellweave which is BiS for most Magicka DD´s in PvE

I think there is more but atm I can´t think of anything.

Iselin

Because they do more damage. Although lightning staves are now also competitive for solo or dungeon trash because they do AOE damage unlike the other ones.

Ghost-Shot

WoE on any fights with adds is going to be #1 or #2 on your top dps skills, so the 10% is a big deal. Also DK's provide a unique debuff that makes the target take 10% more flame damage so anything fire related you use will be boosted by that.

Iselin

Ghost-Shot wrote: »

WoE on any fights with adds is going to be #1 or #2 on your top dps skills, so the 10% is a big deal. Also DK's provide a unique debuff that makes the target take 10% more flame damage so anything fire related you use will be boosted by that.

It's funny how many people underestimate WoE... maybe they don't use damage parser addons?

It's also a godsend when leveling in the early levels for magicka classes without a lot of early AOE skills of their own.

idk

@DRXHarbinger that extra damage from WoE adds up. Blockade has been one of the strongest dots in the game.

Tryxus

- Easier to weave
- Applies burn
- Many Fire Destro Skill do more Damage: Ulti, WoE, Clench,...

Comes down to that

AnviOfVai

I prefer electric staffs purely for the heavy attack which is a constant stream, I am not a fan for winding up the heavy attack and the light attack hits. But yes Flame Staffs do more damage and have greater buffs. In general though I really like using the Ice staffs with the destruction skill line, as you can freeze enemies in place and slow them down. Electric can knock people down and concuss them, fire knocks them back and burns them ect they are all good, I think it is also a matter of personal taste.

cpuScientist

The ultimate does more dps but less damage overall as the lightning staff lasts 2 seconds longer.

But for the reasons mentioned above. I person weave a lot better on lightning on my sorc. And sorc dps relies heavily on weave do I stick with that, along with the aoe capabilities. Seeing as most bosses have adds...