The Frostblade: No CP, smallscale pvp.

Sylphie

Turned my stamblade into a magblade almost 2 weeks ago and I've been having a blast learning how to play it. Thought I'd share a clip of my ice staff based magblade doing some smallscale pvp in sotha sil. Probably not the most optimal build but I had a lot of fun making and testing it.

https://youtu.be/vanF4d-0X_I

Still trying to figure out the best recording/export settings for shadowplay and my video editor to avoid these blurry videos.

OdinForge

Very good video, I especially appreciate the ending.

Sylphie

OdinForge wrote: »

Very good video, I especially appreciate the ending.

Thanks! Playing with Strife always results in those amusing situations.

Subversus

Nice video, interesting to see roots used on magblades!

NightbladeMechanics

LOL I love it. Argonian masterrace!

Minno

NightbladeMechanics wrote: »

LOL I love it. Argonian masterbags!

Fixed .

Sylphie

Here's some clips from my time in Sotha Sil. Haven't had time to play my NB much since I've been busy with work and leveling my stamina warden.

https://youtu.be/GFk28CSIkQs

Ended up ditching the frostblade playstyle since I preferred the amazing, single target burst potential of the typical magblade setup. Still having trouble in staying alive when outnumbered and finding my niche in small-medium sized groups but I'd like to think I'm getting there.

Edit: Reuploaded in 60fps.

gabriebe

Thanks for the inspration, I've been playing with a frost staff on a lot of toons since it used to be (and still is, even after Morrowind) a neglected weapon, with varying degrees of success. What is the equipment setup? Taking notes!

Sylphie

gabriebe wrote: »

Thanks for the inspration, I've been playing with a frost staff on a lot of toons since it used to be (and still is, even after Morrowind) a neglected weapon, with varying degrees of success. What is the equipment setup? Taking notes!

I'm happy to see someone else playing frost staff! My setup was 2x skoria, 5x torugs pact infused on the front bar, 5x transmutation defending on the back bar. I used shock enchant on my front bar in hopes of applying concussion.

gabriebe

Nice, I'll have to try it out!

NightbladeMechanics

Sylphie wrote: »

Ended up ditching the frostblade playstyle since I preferred the amazing, single target burst potential of the typical magblade setup. Still having trouble in staying alive when outnumbered and finding my niche in small-medium sized groups but I'd like to think I'm getting there.

Your niche is applying a bunch of hots to your allies and then dropping timely Flame Reach ccs and fat Assassin's Will > Impales on priority targets as your allies go to combo them. Use my old bar setup:

FR, funnel, impale, Merciless, fear, Tether/meteor
Siphoning/Leeching, mist form, path, ward, flex, resto ult

The flex spot can be anything...Mark, orbs, mutagen, mirage, proxy...or anything else you think will be useful for your group.

Remember that you are primarily filling an off-healing and utility role with very high single target burst for taking out priority targets, and you'll do well. If it's any consolation, this archetype of mageblade -- the slightly tankier sap healy destro mageblade -- is probably the strongest class for that niche. I created and began refining it early in IC patch, and it's only gotten stronger since. Also consider slotting utility sets like Transmutation, Riposte, Draugr's Rest, Meritorious Service + Cleanse, etc. They are very powerful and synergize well with your kit. You'll still throw 15k Assassin's Wills downrange even in utility sets with the Ritual -- just use damage glyphs.

Sylphie

NightbladeMechanics wrote: »

Sylphie wrote: »

Ended up ditching the frostblade playstyle since I preferred the amazing, single target burst potential of the typical magblade setup. Still having trouble in staying alive when outnumbered and finding my niche in small-medium sized groups but I'd like to think I'm getting there.

Your niche is applying a bunch of hots to your allies and then dropping timely Flame Reach ccs and fat Assassin's Will > Impales on priority targets as your allies go to combo them. Use my old bar setup:

FR, funnel, impale, Merciless, fear, Tether/meteor
Siphoning/Leeching, mist form, path, ward, flex, resto ult

The flex spot can be anything...Mark, orbs, mutagen, mirage, proxy...or anything else you think will be useful for your group.

Remember that you are primarily filling an off-healing and utility role with very high single target burst for taking out priority targets, and you'll do well. If it's any consolation, this archetype of mageblade -- the slightly tankier sap healy destro mageblade -- is probably the strongest class for that niche. I created and began refining it early in IC patch, and it's only gotten stronger since. Also consider slotting utility sets like Transmutation, Riposte, Draugr's Rest, Meritorious Service + Cleanse, etc. They are very powerful and synergize well with your kit. You'll still throw 15k Assassin's Wills downrange even in utility sets with the Ritual -- just use damage glyphs.

I'm currently running a similar setup and have been performing that role in my group as shown in my last video but I feel like other classes can perform one part of my role much better, like having a magplar cover the heals and a magsorc for the single target lockdowns + negate. Although it's most likely a l2p issue since I'm fairly new to the class.