Trying to make some sort of "Death-Knight" character, what dps set would work best.

Valykc

So for fun I decided to turn my Magicka Nightblade into a stamina Nightblade and wanted to try to make a "Death-Knight" or something like that. A warrior who uses dark magic, poisons, runes, heavy armor, sword and shield and so forth. So I went StamBlade and the first set I used was Heavy Eternal Hunt which can make for some fun combos but I'm looking for another set to use with it and was looking for suggestions. I was looking into Spriggans, Ravager, Fasalla's, Fury, Viper so on. I mainly want to do some PVP but this is more of a roleplay character so it doesn't have to been 100% efficient.

Thanks for the help!

Tryxus

Fasalla + Durok's Bane is a lot of fun

skiptomyluau

I tried death knight once but I felt guilty so now I have a knight that hands out sweetrolls and hugs

Ahzek

While probably not the best set from a min-max perspective, it sounds like the "Bahara's Curse" item set from the TG DLC ( it is not bound so you can also just buy it) would be just what you're looking for.
It has a 25% chance on damage to curse the ground for a life leech effect.

srfrogg23

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think rattlecage is in the base game if you don't have the thieves guild dlc. That's a heavy set that uses a magicka based set bonus.

You could also try for Twice Born star, allowing 2 mundus stones. Hybrid builds can be a pain to balance, but two mundus bonuses might help to even out the build a bit.

Ghost-Shot

Well which death knight spec appeals to you the most? For example, leaving your NB on a magicka spec but running heavy would give a similar play style to a blood DK.

Valykc

Tryxus wrote: »

Fasalla + Durok's Bane is a lot of fun

Interesting combo! How's the weapon damage though?

Valykc

skiptomyluau wrote: »

I tried death knight once but I felt guilty so now I have a knight that hands out sweetrolls and hugs

I lol' so hard. You need to hand some sweetrolls out to the guards so they stop crushing so many skulls haha.

Valykc

Ahzek wrote: »

While probably not the best set from a min-max perspective, it sounds like the "Bahara's Curse" item set from the TG DLC ( it is not bound so you can also just buy it) would be just what you're looking for.
It has a 25% chance on damage to curse the ground for a life leech effect.

I was thinking about that set! It's a shame there's not really a Stam version of it. I'll give it a go for questing and stuff. Not for general PVP play though haha!

Valykc

srfrogg23 wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think rattlecage is in the base game if you don't have the thieves guild dlc. That's a heavy set that uses a magicka based set bonus.

You could also try for Twice Born star, allowing 2 mundus stones. Hybrid builds can be a pain to balance, but two mundus bonuses might help to even out the build a bit.

I was looking for more of a Stam based set and TBS doesn't feel as unique and fit into the whole feel I wanted.

Valykc

Ghost-Shot wrote: »

Well which death knight spec appeals to you the most? For example, leaving your NB on a magicka spec but running heavy would give a similar play style to a blood DK.

I like the blood and unholy specs. I would have stayed as a MagBlade Vampire but I felt like the damage would be too low. I always felt like Stam hits harder and I wanted try a build I have never played before. I played MagBlade for awhile and they are fun but incap hits so hard and a lot of the Stam blade kit is disease damage and I think that fits in just about as well. I know the WoW version is more magic oriented with specs and skills, I'm trying to think of this as like a spin-off, unique version of a Death-Knight inspired class. The problem will be getting the stats up high enough to be viable in PVP. I deleted most of my toons except my crafter to main this Nightblade so I hope it turns out well!

bebynnag

Valykc wrote: »

Ahzek wrote: »

While probably not the best set from a min-max perspective, it sounds like the "Bahara's Curse" item set from the TG DLC ( it is not bound so you can also just buy it) would be just what you're looking for.
It has a 25% chance on damage to curse the ground for a life leech effect.

I was thinking about that set! It's a shame there's not really a Stam version of it. I'll give it a go for questing and stuff. Not for general PVP play though haha!

the stam version is Syvarra's Scales it doesnt have a health stal but 5th trait is:-
When you deal damage, you have a 5% chance to cause a burst of lamia poison that deals 967 Poison Damage in a 5 meter radius and an additional 5802 Poison Damage over 6 seconds to all enemies hit. This effect can occur once every 6.5 seconds.

paired with eternal hunt this could make for some nasty aoe's

mb10

Whatever you do, have a full set of viper and velidrith on lmao

Everyone who isnt a nightblade will recommend all the things in the world except those two...for a reason.

Enslaved

Death Knight with sNB... Its beyond me, nothing comes to mind.

Just roll mDK like 1 000 000 of us and dye his armor coldharbour black.
Breathing fire, whipping the S out of people, casting talons... Spamming wings and chains... That is closest to what you seek.

runagate

Tryxus wrote: »

Fasalla + Durok's Bane is a lot of fun

Cyrodiil's Crest you mean? It affects all within range.

Brrrofski

Well wear 5 heavy and 2 medium.

You can fit monster set and two 5 pieces.

Black rose, seventh legion, fury, ravager etc are all heavy. You could get rings and sword/shield in a medium armor set though remember. Sprigans, senche, hulking draugr etc

Then you get crafted sets like hundings or morkuldin.

So many options to be honest.

Valykc

puffytheslayer wrote: »

Valykc wrote: »

Ahzek wrote: »

While probably not the best set from a min-max perspective, it sounds like the "Bahara's Curse" item set from the TG DLC ( it is not bound so you can also just buy it) would be just what you're looking for.
It has a 25% chance on damage to curse the ground for a life leech effect.

I was thinking about that set! It's a shame there's not really a Stam version of it. I'll give it a go for questing and stuff. Not for general PVP play though haha!

the stam version is Syvarra's Scales it doesnt have a health stal but 5th trait is:-
When you deal damage, you have a 5% chance to cause a burst of lamia poison that deals 967 Poison Damage in a 5 meter radius and an additional 5802 Poison Damage over 6 seconds to all enemies hit. This effect can occur once every 6.5 seconds.

paired with eternal hunt this could make for some nasty aoe's

Awesome idea!