You got the answer you're looking for, but I wanted to just drop in to let you know the the shoulder piece of Velidreth comes from the undaunted chests. It drops in Urgalarg's chest (the DLC pledge-giver).
If you're looking to get the perfect (divines) pieces, it's usually better to try for the shoulder piece first. The head piece is a guaranteed drop (but not a guaranteed trait), but the chest could drop a variety of different should pieces. So if your five primary pieces are medium (chest/legs/waist/hands/feet), then you need your head & shoulder to be light and heavy. Ideally your head piece is heavy because it gives better resistances than a light head. But, if that heavy divines shoulder piece drops from the chest, it's a lot easier to get a light helm from Velidreth than to try for another divines shoulder piece in light.
It's not optimal to go 5-1-1 on stamina builds if you're trying to maximize damage because you lose crit. You only lose out on sustain going 5-1-1 on magicka builds so it makes sense to do so if you're trying to maximize damage.
The_Outsider wrote: »
Based on testing done after Homestead that is no longer the case. CHD got nerfed, so crit's effectiveness is reduced. 5/1/1 will outshine 7 medium mathematically and you benefit from the larger health/magicka pool.
@Danksta ^ This is the case, currently, with the most recent changes to CHD calculations. Looking forward to the the intended CP sustain changes, however, full 7 medium might be the way to go again simply for the improved sustain. For today, though, I'm backing a 5/1/1 setup for stam dps, at least in most cases. The difference in dps potential between a 5/1/1 setup and full 7 was already a very narrow spread. Imho the extra health is worth the marginal dps loss.