meta for battlegrounds?

MrDenimChicken

hey all,

I currently have a stam NB and I love it, but I wanted to roll an alt. I want to make sure I choose a class that is great at battlegrounds. I know mag sorc and stamplar are really strong. I wanted to play a stam warden or mag DK, but from what I hear a stam warden isn't the best (good burst combo but survivability isnt the best), and mag DK is more of a tank and doesnt do that great of dmg.

Can you guys/gals write down some of the top tier classes for BG's?

leepalmer95

Mag dk is great for bgs.

Pepper8Jack

Mag DKs have great sustained pressure, survivability, and (in the right hands) strong timed burst. It does have a pretty high learning curve though.

That said, the only class I haven't seen effectively played in bgs is Mag warden. Not to say they don't exist, just that I haven't personally encountered them.

So you really can't go wrong with the class choice. It ultimately comes down to whether or not your willing to comMIT the time, energy, and research to learn your class and learn to play it effectively.

MurderMostFoul

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Mag dk is great for bgs.

I'm no Mag DK guru, but I am always shocked by how much damage they can shrug off, then turn around and deal. A strong BG class indeed.

UppGRAYxDD

Just to ease the MDK hype train, a well built Magplar hard counters any magDK...Honestly for BGs I think Sorc is supreme due the the raw kill stealing power, followed closely by stam proc builds. As for me, I just cant get away from magplar. I almost always am 1st or 2nd in scoring on all domination and deathmatches and 1st or 2nd in Dmg done. Just one thing though, most of my points are derived from assists...especially if there is a sorc on my team or multiples on the other opposing teams.

Waffennacht

UppGRAYxDD wrote: »

Just to ease the MDK hype train, a well built Magplar hard counters any magDK...Honestly for BGs I think Sorc is supreme due the the raw kill stealing power, followed closely by stam proc builds. As for me, I just cant get away from magplar. I almost always am 1st or 2nd in scoring on all domination and deathmatches and 1st or 2nd in Dmg done. Just one thing though, most of my points are derived from assists...especially if there is a sorc on my team or multiples on the other opposing teams.

This.

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Anti Stam NB builds. As most are glass cannons, a heavy armor build with some mitigation can take their burst and then mow em down

Imo warden is a pretty great counter to Sorcs (can't wait for Betty to be fixed)

DeHei

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

murdomac101

DeHei wrote: »

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

How would this set up compare if applied to both an nb and a dk?

Waffennacht

murdomac101 wrote: »

DeHei wrote: »

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

How would this set up compare if applied to both an nb and a dk?

Both very strong, DeHei listed some great combos.

DeHei

murdomac101 wrote: »

DeHei wrote: »

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

How would this set up compare if applied to both an nb and a dk?

I really think this combo works for every Staminaclass

Dread_Guy

I've been running red mountain and way of fire on my stamina templar and it's been working great. I don't think the changes in the next patch will even effect it that much either since way of fire isn't being changed and the small delay to red mountain doesn't matter to me since it will still hit within my power of light window

IxskullzxI

Dread_Knight_N7 wrote: »

I've been running red mountain and way of fire on my stamina templar and it's been working great. I don't think the changes in the next patch will even effect it that much either since way of fire isn't being changed and the small delay to red mountain doesn't matter to me since it will still hit within my power of light window

Sick build.

Metemsycosis

Meta for bgs? Team work

TimeDazzler

In my opinion...

God Tier: Magicka Templar, Magicka Sorcerer

Strong Tier: Stamina Templar, Stamina Nightblade, Stamina Sorcerer

Average Tier: Stamina Warden, Magicka Dragonknight, Stamina Dragonknight

Weak Tier: Magicka Warden, Magicka Nightblade

*Note: I would place Dragonknights (both stam/magic) a bit higher because there are some good builds out there, but generally you can usually ignore them as they are just tanky cc machines and not so much damage based or specifically burst damage based.

murdomac101

Waffennacht wrote: »

murdomac101 wrote: »

DeHei wrote: »

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

How would this set up compare if applied to both an nb and a dk?

Both very strong, DeHei listed some great combos.

DeHei wrote: »

murdomac101 wrote: »

DeHei wrote: »

Just play your stamina nightblade. You can choose between a glascannon and a real warrior with seventh legion, warriors fury and bloodspawn for example. 2H+Dual wield is very strong.

How would this set up compare if applied to both an nb and a dk?

I really think this combo works for every Staminaclass

Thx guys. Will try this on both my nb and dk. Got the armour just need blood spawn. I really like to play as a brawler, so mainly use my dk. I've never set my nb up for that but I've come across some very tanky yet bursts nbs and always been in awe of them!