Stamina or Magicka DK - vMA?

yotanut

I know there have been multiple debates in regards to which one is better in PVE/PVP lately, but I am curious about vMA specifically. I have the following to work with right now without grinding something:

1. 5 x VO - All Gold with exception of rings which are Purple
2. 5 x NMG w/ Daggers Sharp - All Gold
3. Velidreth - 1H 1L Divines
4. Grothdarr - 1H 1L Divines
5. Ilambris - 1H 1L Divnes/Infused
6. 5 x Burning Spell Weave Armor Divines - All Gold
7. 5 x Necropentce Armor Divines
8. Maelstrom Lightning Sharp - Gold
9. Maelstrom Bow Precise - Gold

Currently, I have been farming vMA on my stam sorc, and have not been able to get any Inferno of any trait for my magicka builds or any daggger/axe for my stam build. Hell, I am still running a Precise Bow as I haven't seen a Sharp after getting 10+ bows either. Just wondering which one is easier to farm with, or if i should just stick to my stam sorc. Mostly need to run DK to get on leader boards to up my chances of more drops.

Side Note on Drops in vMA: I have run it close to 30+ times with my Stam Sorc (I know small sample size), but I have not seen any dual wield or inferno drop in any traits. I completed with my mNB and sDK recently for the first time and mNB got dual wield daggers (decisive/nirn). Just wondering if other alts have different drop tables. Hence, why I am looking at doing this on other alts too.

I know there is a heavy attack build that @Masel92 published, and I am still working on grinding Arx for some of the gear on mDK, but I tried the build with my mSorc, and is brutal hard in stage 6 and stage 9 without the ability to move quickly with all the red on the ground.

Also, is it worth running maelstrom non-sharp DW setup or is NMG w/ sharp better?

Here is a breakdown of all my drops since completing vMA on all my alts (not in order of drop):

Stam Sorc:
1. Bow - Defending
2. Ice Staff - Nirnhoned
3. Ice Staff - Charged
4. Restoration Staff - Decisive
5. Restoration Staff - Charged
6. Lightning Staff - Sharpened
7. Bow - Nirnhoned
8. Bow - Charged
9. Bow - Decisive
10. Bow Decisive
11. Bow - Precise
12. Bow - Decisive
13. Restoration Staff - Defending
14. Lightning Staff - Nirnhoned
15. Lightning Staff - Infused
16. 2H Greatsword - Charged
17. 2H Mace - Defending
18. 2H Mace - Decisive
19. 2H Mace - Infused
20. 2H BattleAxe - Sharpened
21. 1H/Shield - Sharpened/Reinforced
22. 1H/Shield - Powered/Divines
23. 1H/Shield - Precise/Divines
24. Bow - Powered
25. Bow - Charged
26. Bow - Decisive
27. Bow - Defending
28. Restoration Staff - Charged
29. Bow - Charged
30. 1H/Shield - Decisive/Reinforced

Mag NB:
1. Dagger/Dagger - Decisive/Nirnhoned

Stam DK:
1. Restoration Staff - Sharpened
2. 1H/Shield - Infused/Divines
3. Bow - Defending
4. Restoration Staff - Defending (Weekly Reward)

Mag Sorc:
1. Bow - Decisive

Masel

yotanut wrote: »

I know there have been multiple debates in regards to which one is better in PVE/PVP lately, but I am curious about vMA specifically. I have the following to work with right now without grinding something:

1. 5 x VO - All Gold with exception of rings which are Purple
2. 5 x NMG w/ Daggers Sharp - All Gold
3. Velidreth - 1H 1L Divines
4. Grothdarr - 1H 1L Divines
5. Ilambris - 1H 1L Divnes/Infused
6. 5 x Burning Spell Weave Armor Divines - All Gold
7. 5 x Necropentce Armor Divines
8. Maelstrom Lightning Sharp - Gold
9. Maelstrom Bow Precise - Gold

Currently, I have been farming vMA on my stam sorc, and have not been able to get any Inferno of any trait for my magicka builds or any daggger/axe for my stam build. Hell, I am still running a Precise Bow as I haven't seen a Sharp after getting 10+ bows either. Just wondering which one is easier to farm with, or if i should just stick to my stam sorc. Mostly need to run DK to get on leader boards to up my chances of more drops.

Side Note on Drops in vMA: I have run it close to 30+ times with my Stam Sorc (I know small sample size), but I have not seen any dual wield or inferno drop in any traits. I completed with my mNB and sDK recently for the first time and mNB got dual wield daggers (decisive/nirn). Just wondering if other alts have different drop tables. Hence, why I am looking at doing this on other alts too.

I know there is a heavy attack build that @Masel92 published, and I am still working on grinding Arx for some of the gear on mDK, but I tried the build with my mSorc, and is brutal hard in stage 6 and stage 9 without the ability to move quickly with all the red on the ground.

Also, is it worth running maelstrom non-sharp DW setup or is NMG w/ sharp better?

Here is a breakdown of all my drops since completing vMA on all my alts (not in order of drop):

Stam Sorc:
1. Bow - Defending
2. Ice Staff - Nirnhoned
3. Ice Staff - Charged
4. Restoration Staff - Decisive
5. Restoration Staff - Charged
6. Lightning Staff - Sharpened
7. Bow - Nirnhoned
8. Bow - Charged
9. Bow - Decisive
10. Bow Decisive
11. Bow - Precise
12. Bow - Decisive
13. Restoration Staff - Defending
14. Lightning Staff - Nirnhoned
15. Lightning Staff - Infused
16. 2H Greatsword - Charged
17. 2H Mace - Defending
18. 2H Mace - Decisive
19. 2H Mace - Infused
20. 2H BattleAxe - Sharpened
21. 1H/Shield - Sharpened/Reinforced
22. 1H/Shield - Powered/Divines
23. 1H/Shield - Precise/Divines
24. Bow - Powered
25. Bow - Charged
26. Bow - Decisive
27. Bow - Defending
28. Restoration Staff - Charged
29. Bow - Charged
30. 1H/Shield - Decisive/Reinforced

Mag NB:
1. Dagger/Dagger - Decisive/Nirnhoned

Stam DK:
1. Restoration Staff - Sharpened
2. 1H/Shield - Infused/Divines
3. Bow - Defending
4. Restoration Staff - Defending (Weekly Reward)

Mag Sorc:
1. Bow - Decisive

For me the movement on the mag dk has never been an issue once you know where to stand and how to handle things.
I have completed it on both DKs and have to say that I find magicka DK with the heavy attack build a pot easier. That doesn't mean it's easier for everyone. If you run it more on your stam dk you might get faster runs overall, but magicka chars are usually a lot more forgiving