Best current race for stam gankblade?

Chronicburn

If you were creating a new one today, considering recent changes and current trends?
Also if you could throw in a comment about the pro's and con's of your selection I would really appreciate it!

Thanks

AtraisMachina

Why gank? Why not go do something valuable with you time?

DocFrost72

Bosmer

AtraisMachina wrote: »

Why gank? Why not go do something valuable with you time?

Why play video games instead of doing something valuable with your...Oh wait, entertainment.



OP, I personally like bosmer. Stam regen, can't get defiled from the disease secondary effect (note you can be from all other sources), and extra sneak dmg/smaller radius.

Enslaved

Kahjiit

Khajiit or Bosmer, but if u ever plan on PvE Id go with Khajiit.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Bosmer

For pure ganking, you are going to want the sneak bonus from either khajitt or Bosmer. A Bosmer will have more base damage with the extra 6% stamina. A Khajiit will crit more, but since everyone runs Impen, I prefer the extra flat damage. If you use shadowy disguise a lot (guarantees crit strike on next attack), khajiits bonus becomes even less powerful.

Arguments for Redguard or Imperial become much stronger if you want to factor in the part where you gank someone, fail, and actually have to fight them. Haha

Autumnhart

Bosmer

Khajiit and Bosmer have the best passives for a stamblade. I prefer the high stam regen of Bosmer.

bebynnag

Kahjiit

not everybody is running inpen especially during events like this #JustSayin

deepseamk20b14_ESO

Bosmer

Even with everyone running impen a little extra damage from a mitigated crit is still better than damage from a non crit. I choose bosmer. It's great outside of ganking too which to me is more fun, but to each his own. With the extra stamina and damage from sneak is great for a ganker.

TelvanniWizard

Other?

Goblins, they are as low and filthy as the act of ganking is.

Danksta

Other?

Breton

Morbash

Bosmer

Either Bosmer or Khajiit.

I prefer Bosmer for the stam regen and max stam. It offers the most damage for a pure gank build. You'll be attacking from stealth with Shadowy Disguise, so the Khajiit's crit chance isn't all that beneficial.

With that being said, if you can manage your resources, Khajiit is best for PvE.

Orjix

Other?

Dunmer, dunmer for everything

Kram8ion

Bosmer

pvp wood elf
Pve kajiit
I think this is still relevant

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Bosmer

Morbash wrote: »

Either Bosmer or Khajiit.

I prefer Bosmer for the stam regen and max stam. It offers the most damage for a pure gank build. You'll be attacking from stealth with Shadowy Disguise, so the Khajiit's crit chance isn't all that beneficial.

With that being said, if you can manage your resources, Khajiit is best for PvE.

@Morbash
I honestly dont believe that to be true any longer. It was for a time in a near perfect raid enviorment. I just switched my stam DK from khajiit to redguard, and I am pulling a touch more damage. Its not a lot, but its more. Sustain is not that much of an issue on a stam DK, but it is certainly better on redguard.

Redguard is far and away the best all around stam class in the game if you plan to do a bit of everything. Assuming you are getting a guaranteed crit from stealth, they have more base damage than either Bosmer or Khajiit. Their resource management is second only to Bosmers, and they do the most base damage (tied with imperial). If you are still stacking proc sets, again, Redguard will give more damage as they dont crit. I really want Khajiit to be best at something, but they just arent anymore (other than they look super awesome).

Morbash

Bosmer

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Morbash wrote: »

Either Bosmer or Khajiit.

I prefer Bosmer for the stam regen and max stam. It offers the most damage for a pure gank build. You'll be attacking from stealth with Shadowy Disguise, so the Khajiit's crit chance isn't all that beneficial.

With that being said, if you can manage your resources, Khajiit is best for PvE.

@Morbash
I honestly dont believe that to be true any longer. It was for a time in a near perfect raid enviorment. I just switched my stam DK from khajiit to redguard, and I am pulling a touch more damage. Its not a lot, but its more. Sustain is not that much of an issue on a stam DK, but it is certainly better on redguard.

Redguard is far and away the best all around stam class in the game if you plan to do a bit of everything. Assuming you are getting a guaranteed crit from stealth, they have more base damage than either Bosmer or Khajiit. Their resource management is second only to Bosmers, and they do the most base damage (tied with imperial). If you are still stacking proc sets, again, Redguard will give more damage as they dont crit. I really want Khajiit to be best at something, but they just arent anymore (other than they look super awesome).

Comparing apples to oranges.

Nightblades benefit more from crit due to their passives.

I'm fairly certain Khajiit is still best in slot for Nightblades in PvE.

As for PvP, Bosmer is best for the OP's playstyle (ganking). They offer the most damage. Even with proc sets factored in, the 4% extra max stam from redguard passives doesn't outperform the 10% stealth damage bonus. Sustain is largely irrelevant as a ganker.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Bosmer

Morbash wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Morbash wrote: »

Either Bosmer or Khajiit.

I prefer Bosmer for the stam regen and max stam. It offers the most damage for a pure gank build. You'll be attacking from stealth with Shadowy Disguise, so the Khajiit's crit chance isn't all that beneficial.

With that being said, if you can manage your resources, Khajiit is best for PvE.

@Morbash
I honestly dont believe that to be true any longer. It was for a time in a near perfect raid enviorment. I just switched my stam DK from khajiit to redguard, and I am pulling a touch more damage. Its not a lot, but its more. Sustain is not that much of an issue on a stam DK, but it is certainly better on redguard.

Redguard is far and away the best all around stam class in the game if you plan to do a bit of everything. Assuming you are getting a guaranteed crit from stealth, they have more base damage than either Bosmer or Khajiit. Their resource management is second only to Bosmers, and they do the most base damage (tied with imperial). If you are still stacking proc sets, again, Redguard will give more damage as they dont crit. I really want Khajiit to be best at something, but they just arent anymore (other than they look super awesome).

Comparing apples to oranges.

Nightblades benefit more from crit due to their passives.

I'm fairly certain Khajiit is still best in slot for Nightblades in PvE.

As for PvP, Bosmer is best for the OP's playstyle (ganking). They offer the most damage. Even with proc sets factored in, the 4% extra max stam from redguard passives doesn't outperform the 10% stealth damage bonus. Sustain is largely irrelevant as a ganker.

You might very well be correct that on NBs, khajiit still wins on paper. I think the last math I saw from Jekll had Khajiit about 0.3% ahead of redguard with perfect warhorn up time. That said, the sustain from redguard is vastly superior, so I still think they ultimately make the better DPS. I used DK as an example for PVE DPS because I just recently made the switch. I actually made the same switch on my stam sorc about 9 months ago. My NB is still imperial, but mostly because I dont feel like changing her.

Also, I did vote for Bosmer in the poll. As you stated, Bosmer is the best for a pure ganker. I still stand by what I said that Redguard is best all around stam class in the game. In every situation you can think of, they are basically never worse than second place. The only possible exception to that is of course ganking (arguably they are in third behind Bosmer and Khajiit). That said, most gankers have to actually fight once in a while, so personally I have them ahead of khajiit in that regard.

The problem with Bosmer is that they are garbage in competitive PVE. If you have any notion of raiding, Bosmer is a poor choice in that regard. If you never plan to leave Cyro, Bosmer is my pick.

Morbash

Bosmer

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Morbash wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Morbash wrote: »

Either Bosmer or Khajiit.

I prefer Bosmer for the stam regen and max stam. It offers the most damage for a pure gank build. You'll be attacking from stealth with Shadowy Disguise, so the Khajiit's crit chance isn't all that beneficial.

With that being said, if you can manage your resources, Khajiit is best for PvE.

@Morbash
I honestly dont believe that to be true any longer. It was for a time in a near perfect raid enviorment. I just switched my stam DK from khajiit to redguard, and I am pulling a touch more damage. Its not a lot, but its more. Sustain is not that much of an issue on a stam DK, but it is certainly better on redguard.

Redguard is far and away the best all around stam class in the game if you plan to do a bit of everything. Assuming you are getting a guaranteed crit from stealth, they have more base damage than either Bosmer or Khajiit. Their resource management is second only to Bosmers, and they do the most base damage (tied with imperial). If you are still stacking proc sets, again, Redguard will give more damage as they dont crit. I really want Khajiit to be best at something, but they just arent anymore (other than they look super awesome).

Comparing apples to oranges.

Nightblades benefit more from crit due to their passives.

I'm fairly certain Khajiit is still best in slot for Nightblades in PvE.

As for PvP, Bosmer is best for the OP's playstyle (ganking). They offer the most damage. Even with proc sets factored in, the 4% extra max stam from redguard passives doesn't outperform the 10% stealth damage bonus. Sustain is largely irrelevant as a ganker.

You might very well be correct that on NBs, khajiit still wins on paper. I think the last math I saw from Jekll had Khajiit about 0.3% ahead of them with perfect warhorn up time. That said, the sustain from redguard is vastly superior, so I still think they make the better DPS. I used DK as an example for PVE DPS because i recently made the switch. I actually made the same switch on my stam sorc about 9 months ago.

Also, I did vote for Bosmer in the poll. As you stated, Bosmer is the best for a pure ganker. I still stand by what I said that Redguard is best all around stam class in the game. In every situation you can think of, they are basically never worse than second place. The only possible exception to that is of course ganking (arguably they are in third behind Bosmer and Khajiit). That said, most gankers have to actually fight once in a while, so personally I have them ahead of khajiit in that regard

I agree, Redguard is definitely a well balanced option. Can't really go wrong with any of those 3 races. They're all strong in their own ways.

I'll leave it up to OP to decide.

Chronicburn

So what's better at bow ganking?

The_Protagonist

Bosmer

The 21% high stam regen plus the 10% extra CHD!

Chronicburn

Just one bump for more input on topic thx

ParaNostram

Kahjiit

I mean if you want to gank go ahead. Khajiit or Bosmer would be your best choice. Just be aware you will likely never win an up front fight and will get your [redacted] wrecked by skilled players.

itehache

Bosmer

Mine is a bosmer

Kalante

Other?

How about get good?

The_Protagonist

Bosmer

Kalante wrote: »

How about get good?

Yeah how about that? @Kalante did the Dummy gank you as well when you were trying to practice your rotation

Gilvoth

why is there no "Darkelf" option?

The_Protagonist

Bosmer

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

why is there no "Darkelf" option?

Is it possible for a darkelf to be a good stam ganker? Class abilities don't have fire damage, which can be supplemented by staff, do you have a hybrid build for one? Serious question here.

Kalante

Other?

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

How about get good?

Yeah how about that? @Kalante did the Dummy gank you as well when you were trying to practice your rotation

He doesn't even know what build to run and you think he can gank lol. btw i don't even know the guy. I just posted because i find it really pathetic when people come here to the forums asking what is the best way to play their little cancerous play style. The saddest part is the people are actually giving him tips LOL! No wonder pvp is in the sad state that it is, everyone just wants to run easy mode cancer.

The_Protagonist

Bosmer

Kalante wrote: »

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

How about get good?

Yeah how about that? @Kalante did the Dummy gank you as well when you were trying to practice your rotation

He doesn't even know what build to run and you think he can gank lol. btw i don't even know the guy. I just posted because i find it really pathetic when people come here to the forums asking what is the best way to play their little cancerous play style.

It's not cancerous, it's another play style that you obviously don't agree with.

Agreed that it's really annoying when it happens, but with several character slots and now Miat's addon we can very easily return the favor by ganking them back , if we so wish.

It won't go away, so there is really no reason to be salty about it, and on the bright side ganking is no longer as easy it used to be (thanks for listening ZOS) due to nerf in proc sets and stealth damage changes.

Kalante

Other?

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

How about get good?

Yeah how about that? @Kalante did the Dummy gank you as well when you were trying to practice your rotation

He doesn't even know what build to run and you think he can gank lol. btw i don't even know the guy. I just posted because i find it really pathetic when people come here to the forums asking what is the best way to play their little cancerous play style.

It's not cancerous, it's another play style that you obviously don't agree with.

Agreed that it's really annoying when it happens, but with several character slots and now Miat's addon we can very easily return the favor by ganking them back , if we so wish.

It won't go away, so there is really no reason to be salty about it, and on the bright side ganking is no longer as easy it used to be (thanks for listening ZOS) due to nerf in proc sets and stealth damage changes.

There is no miat addon in console. Salty? im actually more salty that there are better options to run a stam nb such as 5 hundings, 5 automaton with 1 stam regen glyph, masters bow, 1 pirate skeleton or velidreth with the warrior mundus stone. Sure you won't get weapon bonuses for the 2h sword and bow if you don't own a masters bow and a maelstrom 2h sword, but you don't really need a maelstrom 2h sword. The lack of powerful 1 piece weapons is pretty irrelevant as you could always put weapon power enchants on your weapons, the masters bow is actually more important than the 2h maelstrom weapon. Also your crit will be above 40% or 50% with camo hunter for pure face to face combat. Also what is this bosmer dark elf nonsense? go argonian! better heals= better survival for fighting.

Sure there are other sets like shackle breaker and draugr with master bow and maelstrom 2h but nobody got time for that or waste money on morrowind but if you can get hold of if you will become a stam nb killing machine.

ganking lol. b**** plz

LadyNalcarya

Bosmer

Actually... Altmer.
Because no one expects Thalmor inquisition.

The_Protagonist

Bosmer

Kalante wrote: »

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

The_Protagonist wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

How about get good?

Yeah how about that? @Kalante did the Dummy gank you as well when you were trying to practice your rotation

He doesn't even know what build to run and you think he can gank lol. btw i don't even know the guy. I just posted because i find it really pathetic when people come here to the forums asking what is the best way to play their little cancerous play style.

It's not cancerous, it's another play style that you obviously don't agree with.

Agreed that it's really annoying when it happens, but with several character slots and now Miat's addon we can very easily return the favor by ganking them back , if we so wish.

It won't go away, so there is really no reason to be salty about it, and on the bright side ganking is no longer as easy it used to be (thanks for listening ZOS) due to nerf in proc sets and stealth damage changes.

There is no miat addon in console. Salty? im actually more salty that there are better options to run a stam nb such as 5 hundings, 5 automaton with 1 stam regen glyph, masters bow, 1 pirate skeleton or velidreth with the warrior mundus stone. Sure you won't get weapon bonuses for the 2h sword but the amount of damage you make is irrelevant as you could always put a weapon power enchant on your weapons and your crit is above 40% or 50% with camo hunter for pure face to face combat. Also what is this bosmer dark elf nonsense? go argonian! better heals= better survival for fighting.

Sure there are other sets like shackle breaker and draugr with master bow and maelstrom 2h but nobody got time for that or waste money on morrowind but if you can get hold of if you will become a stam nb killing machine.

ganking lol. b**** plz

I am trying to see if there is some new theory crafting for a darkelf from @dwemer_paleologist , they do have dual wield bonus xp and the Morag Tong are assassins, basically nightblades, so just curious.