[Build / Video] Stamina DK - No CP / BG’s - “The Laser Serpent” - Proc 2.0

raasdal

Disclaimer; This is a cancerous proctard build, and i know it. Not ashamed either.

Good News Everyone!

Are you a Stamina DK, thinking back fondly of the days with Viper/Tremor? Do you yearn for the tankability and burst you had? Well, i think i got the cure for you, with this build.

In the below video is a highlight i have thrown together, from the first couple of BG’s with the finished build. First is a couple of showcases of the burst potential, and then a short gameplay sequence showing how i play it.

https://youtu.be/_aNJg7BkMJM

Although it could seem like i just threw on these procsets and get carried by them, there actually went alot of serious theorycrafting into it, and there are alot of hidden gems, and generally overlooked skills/mechanics, about which i could probably write a serious wall of text. But will try to just list the build;

Gear

5 x Curse of Doylemish - http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Curse+of+Doylemish+Set
5 x Poisonous Serpent - http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Poisonous+Serpent
2 x Troll King
1 x vMA 2H Axe

Major Choices

Argonian Race
Lingering Health + Speed Potion
Serpent Mundus
Orzorgas Bear Haunch
3 x Stamina Recovery Enchants
7 x TriStat (Hakeijo) Body (Don't be a cheap)

Others

DW / 2H - 5H / 1M / 1L
Poison + Disease Enchant on DW, Nirn Front / Infused off, Sword / Axe
Dual Dot Poison on 2H, Defending
Werewolf (only for backbar sustain)

Attributes / Stats

Attributes in Health and Magicka, to reach 28K HP and 11k Mag. Rest into Stamina (min. 20k though)

Skills

Frontbar / Main Bar

Claw - Pre-burst pressure and semi-spammable
Fossilize - Bread and butter opener for burst window. And our main CC in general.
Vigor - It's a heal right?
Shrouded Daggers - Spammable, Burst and Execute wrapped into one. Very overlooked skill in general.
Wings - Only flex spot. Could slot Oblivion or Talons.
Ferocious Leap - Yes, the shield morph. 28K HP = 14k+ shield.

Backbar / Buff Bar

Noxious Breath - Pre-Pre-burst debuff and pressure
Crit Rush - Gapcloser + DoT Pressure from 2H Bleed, Poisions and vMA Set.
Forward Momentum - Buff for HoT and WD, Active use for anti-snare
Green Dragon Blood - Buff for HP + Stam Regen, Active use for anti-execute heals. Mandatory due to Potion choice.
Volatile Armor - Buff for Resistances, Active use for anti-cloak
Werewolf - For the sustain only

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Hate it or love it? Let me know!

TheMystid

Love it

...... DK nerf incoming!

raasdal

TheMystid wrote: »

Love it

...... DK nerf incoming!

Thanks, and lets hope not!

BohnT

It's always a good sign for proc set balance in non cp when you can one-shot people with 22k stam

But i must admit it was pretty fun to watch the vid

Brutusmax1mus

POISONOUS SERPENT! GENIUS!

I was considering sheer venom, completely overlooked serpent.

Brutusmax1mus

Don't you think it would be better in heavy since you're not utilizing the medium passives well?

artal

damn, why talk about serpent it was set forgotten by most

Waffennacht

No issues connecting the heavy?

Very interesting build!

I like it

Thogard

Have you tried going infused on both DW weps? If you’re in a full proctard setup I’d strongly recommend it

raasdal

BohnT wrote: »

It's always a good sign for proc set balance in non cp when you can one-shot people with 22k stam

But i must admit it was pretty fun to watch the vid

True and good to hear!

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

POISONOUS SERPENT! GENIUS!

I was considering sheer venom, completely overlooked serpent.

Thanks! And yeah, very overlooked. Same burst as old-school viper basically.

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

Don't you think it would be better in heavy since you're not utilizing the medium passives well?

I am in 5 Heavy here. I was unable to get a Doylemish wep, so it is 5 Doylemish body and then Serpent on Jewelry and Weps. So it is 5/1/1 Heavy.

Waffennacht wrote: »

No issues connecting the heavy?

Very interesting build!

I like it

No, no problems at all. I will connect on 90% of them. Those that do not connect are usually because target is immune to roots. Otherwise it is almost impossible for opponent to CC Break AND Dodgerolm out of the Root before i hit. But if they only need to break the hard CC, it would not work. Hence why this build only works for DK’s, since they have fossilize (CC+Snare).

Thogard wrote: »

Have you tried going infused on both DW weps? If you’re in a full proctard setup I’d strongly recommend it

Yes, tried it. But as long as Infused is broken and reduces cooldown on both weps, there is no need. Nirn will help damage more, and also provide boost to Vigor. Oh yeah, in case people did not know; Using infused on offhand will decrease cooldown on both main and offhand for dualwield, making it BiS for almost any build.

Diddly_D_Potatoes

I'm totes going to copy your build. I suck terrible on my stam dk and need all the cheese I can get.

Minno

raasdal wrote: »

TheMystid wrote: »

Love it

...... DK nerf incoming!

Thanks, and lets hope not!

All roads lead towards a "bug" fix on heals being incorrectly boosted by all crit dmg passives/abilities.

That's going to hurt Stam DK hard next patch.

raasdal

Diddly_D_Potatoes wrote: »

I'm totes going to copy your build. I suck terrible on my stam dk and need all the cheese I can get.

Go for it!

JXNwarrior

time to farm Scalecaller normal so I can resurrect my Stam DK in PvP lol. nice build

techprince

You are using DW without rending slashes, its the best bleed+snare available.

Lexxypwns

raasdal wrote: »

BohnT wrote: »

It's always a good sign for proc set balance in non cp when you can one-shot people with 22k stam

But i must admit it was pretty fun to watch the vid

True and good to hear!

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

POISONOUS SERPENT! GENIUS!

I was considering sheer venom, completely overlooked serpent.

Thanks! And yeah, very overlooked. Same burst as old-school viper basically.

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

Don't you think it would be better in heavy since you're not utilizing the medium passives well?

I am in 5 Heavy here. I was unable to get a Doylemish wep, so it is 5 Doylemish body and then Serpent on Jewelry and Weps. So it is 5/1/1 Heavy.

Waffennacht wrote: »

No issues connecting the heavy?

Very interesting build!

I like it

No, no problems at all. I will connect on 90% of them. Those that do not connect are usually because target is immune to roots. Otherwise it is almost impossible for opponent to CC Break AND Dodgerolm out of the Root before i hit. But if they only need to break the hard CC, it would not work. Hence why this build only works for DK’s, since they have fossilize (CC+Snare).

Thogard wrote: »

Have you tried going infused on both DW weps? If you’re in a full proctard setup I’d strongly recommend it

Yes, tried it. But as long as Infused is broken and reduces cooldown on both weps, there is no need. Nirn will help damage more, and also provide boost to Vigor. Oh yeah, in case people did not know; Using infused on offhand will decrease cooldown on both main and offhand for dualwield, making it BiS for almost any build.

Sharpened+Infused is the way to go for proc builds imo. Particularly this one where you’re so proc heavy, the increased damage from sharpened is nice

brandonv516

Okay I'll be the one to say it:

DRAGONBLOOD!

ARMOR!

Nothing against the build but those giants words are the biggest crutch I've ever seen.

GeorgeBlack

brandonv516 wrote: »

Okay I'll be the one to say it:

DRAGONBLOOD!

ARMOR!

Nothing against the build but those giants words are the biggest crutch I've ever seen.

Mmrpgs these days

raasdal

techprince wrote: »

You are using DW without rending slashes, its the best bleed+snare available.

All my skills already snare, and this is not a bleed build.

Lexxypwns wrote: »

raasdal wrote: »

BohnT wrote: »

It's always a good sign for proc set balance in non cp when you can one-shot people with 22k stam

But i must admit it was pretty fun to watch the vid

True and good to hear!

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

POISONOUS SERPENT! GENIUS!

I was considering sheer venom, completely overlooked serpent.

Thanks! And yeah, very overlooked. Same burst as old-school viper basically.

Brutusmax1mus wrote: »

Don't you think it would be better in heavy since you're not utilizing the medium passives well?

I am in 5 Heavy here. I was unable to get a Doylemish wep, so it is 5 Doylemish body and then Serpent on Jewelry and Weps. So it is 5/1/1 Heavy.

Waffennacht wrote: »

No issues connecting the heavy?

Very interesting build!

I like it

No, no problems at all. I will connect on 90% of them. Those that do not connect are usually because target is immune to roots. Otherwise it is almost impossible for opponent to CC Break AND Dodgerolm out of the Root before i hit. But if they only need to break the hard CC, it would not work. Hence why this build only works for DK’s, since they have fossilize (CC+Snare).

Thogard wrote: »

Have you tried going infused on both DW weps? If you’re in a full proctard setup I’d strongly recommend it

Yes, tried it. But as long as Infused is broken and reduces cooldown on both weps, there is no need. Nirn will help damage more, and also provide boost to Vigor. Oh yeah, in case people did not know; Using infused on offhand will decrease cooldown on both main and offhand for dualwield, making it BiS for almost any build.

Sharpened+Infused is the way to go for proc builds imo. Particularly this one where you’re so proc heavy, the increased damage from sharpened is nice

Yup. Just been too cheap to transmute. But good point. Should change the description to reflect that. Thanks!

brandonv516 wrote: »

Okay I'll be the one to say it:

DRAGONBLOOD!

ARMOR!

Nothing against the build but those giants words are the biggest crutch I've ever seen.

Can’t argue against that. Worst thing is, sometimes you get used to them, and passively ignore them. Then you just filled your screen with crap for no reason. At least FTC scrolling data is there for analasys.

Subversus

Have you thought about going with snb instead? Using ransack and heavy attack weaving has to feel less clunky than trying to fit in a heavy attack after every stun don't it?

Also with snb it would feel like the good old days of viper/black rose/tremor cancer

Ragnarock41

Subversus wrote: »

Have you thought about going with snb instead? Using ransack and heavy attack weaving has to feel less clunky than trying to fit in a heavy attack after every stun don't it?

Also with snb it would feel like the good old days of viper/black rose/tremor cancer

he probably went with DW for the faster heavy attacks since his build is heavily based on those procs to kill people, otherwise I can't see a damn reason for using DW without rending slashes.

SnB would work just fine, tho Im not really a fan of doylemish or other proc sets myself. poisonous serpent is a powerful and underrated set for front bar SnB tho. I would highly recommend it, with shacklebreaker I find it close to the old black rose stamDK. Obviously less powerfull, but still fun.

raasdal

Subversus wrote: »

Have you thought about going with snb instead? Using ransack and heavy attack weaving has to feel less clunky than trying to fit in a heavy attack after every stun don't it?

Also with snb it would feel like the good old days of viper/black rose/tremor cancer

Ragnarock41 wrote: »

Subversus wrote: »

Have you thought about going with snb instead? Using ransack and heavy attack weaving has to feel less clunky than trying to fit in a heavy attack after every stun don't it?

Also with snb it would feel like the good old days of viper/black rose/tremor cancer

he probably went with DW for the faster heavy attacks since his build is heavily based on those procs to kill people, otherwise I can't see a damn reason for using DW without rending slashes.

SnB would work just fine, tho Im not really a fan of doylemish or other proc sets myself. poisonous serpent is a powerful and underrated set for front bar SnB tho. I would highly recommend it, with shacklebreaker I find it close to the old black rose stamDK. Obviously less powerfull, but still fun.

You can certainly go SnB with this build, but it will have quite significant impact on your damage output. You will loose the 2.5% Passive on Damage. You will loose Twin Blade and Blunt bleed. You will loose out on Enchants and offensive Traits (Infused/Nirn/Sharpened). You will loose WPD/Power. You will loose the Shrouded Daggers spammable which is much better than Heroic.

On the other hand, SnB will provide heavy increase in survivability, from SnB Ult, to blocking and using Heroic as spammable (more ulti and minor maim).

Also, there is the charge time of heavy attacks to succesfully land them. DW is the fastest. Does not feel clunky at all to me on DW. Just hold down the button and spam your skill key till it fires (will interrupt your HA when it is ready)

So all in all, sure, you can use SnB. But the build is already very very tanky, and going DW feels more balanced IMO.

Rohaus

Love it