Best DPS weapon?

Swordbreaker

I've heard many people say the Destruction staff is the best DPS weapon in the game. If so, which one is best (Fire, frost or shock)? If not, what IS the best weapon?

I'm leveling a new Dragon Knight to play as a tank for dungeons, but the DPS on sword and shield are just way too low, so i need a backup for when i'm playing solo. Currently running a lightning staff but the DPS still feels really low. Seems like every single enemy is overly tanky.

WuffyCerulei

Sword&shield is exclusively a tank skill line. It's not really suited for dps.
Destruction staves are good for magicka dps, lightning for aoe skills and fire for single target.
Ice staves are for the odd magicka tan, which you could use if you are a tank.

Gnortranermara

Frost is not a DPS weapon. It is a tanking weapon. Do not use for DPS.

Otherwise, it depends on circumstances. Inferno gets a bonus to single target attacks and lightning gets better AOE damage. I prefer one lightning staff with all AOE attacks, and an inferno with a few extra buffs, DoT's, and execute. Mostly stay on the lightning for trash mobs and run a full rotation (using both) on bosses.

But it also depends on your class so more info will get you better answers.

Swordbreaker

WuffyCerulei wrote: »

Sword&shield is exclusively a tank skill line. It's not really suited for dps.
Destruction staves are good for magicka dps, lightning for aoe skills and fire for single target.
Ice staves are for the odd magicka tan, which you could use if you are a tank.

That's my issue, Sword and Shield is terrible when in solo play for questing and world exploration, so i feel like tanks kinda get shafted if they wanna do anything but dungeons. I'm using a lightning staff but i dont feel like it's much of an improvement, kills still seem slow. I suppose i need to have two separate sets of armor and weapons, one for tanking in dungeons, and one for DPS when solo exploring and questing.

BossXV

Swordbreaker wrote: »

WuffyCerulei wrote: »

Sword&shield is exclusively a tank skill line. It's not really suited for dps.
Destruction staves are good for magicka dps, lightning for aoe skills and fire for single target.
Ice staves are for the odd magicka tan, which you could use if you are a tank.

That's my issue, Sword and Shield is terrible when in solo play for questing and world exploration, so i feel like tanks kinda get shafted if they wanna do anything but dungeons. I'm using a lightning staff but i dont feel like it's much of an improvement, kills still seem slow. I suppose i need to have two separate sets of armor and weapons, one for tanking in dungeons, and one for DPS when solo exploring and questing.

Hey me bucko! Yes you need two different sets, and your either all magic or all stamina, kk


For tanking as my stamina DK I use plague doctors and hulking dragur or something, sword and board, use your monster set of choice


For DPS I use hundings rage and spriggan, and veldereth, and I use duel wield


Good luck traveler hahahahahahaha

Bpryr_125

k, so you speak of Sword & Board then mention Staff...

One is a stam & the other is magic,

What are you investing stat points in Stam, Magic or health?

If you are going to tank as S&B .. go DW or 2H as weapon swap because stam effects your damage with each.

If you you plan to tank with a magic type weapons (frost staff).. your points need to be in magic.. tank with Frost staff.. dps with fire or lightening staff. Points in magic.. not stam

Your point distribution to what attribute is the cause of your dps issues.

You cant invest points in stam & expect your magic skills to be big coconuts .. same with if you invest in magic

dont play the road of investing 15 points in heath, 25 in stam & 25 in magic ( example)... you hinder your abilities(damage or etc) when you split your points up that way...

kojou

Swordbreaker wrote: »

WuffyCerulei wrote: »

Sword&shield is exclusively a tank skill line. It's not really suited for dps.
Destruction staves are good for magicka dps, lightning for aoe skills and fire for single target.
Ice staves are for the odd magicka tan, which you could use if you are a tank.

That's my issue, Sword and Shield is terrible when in solo play for questing and world exploration, so i feel like tanks kinda get shafted if they wanna do anything but dungeons. I'm using a lightning staff but i dont feel like it's much of an improvement, kills still seem slow. I suppose i need to have two separate sets of armor and weapons, one for tanking in dungeons, and one for DPS when solo exploring and questing.

It really has more to with overall damage specs than your weapon. My Warden kills things just fine with Seventh Legion and Bone Pirate with a one hand and shield setup, but I wouldn't call that tank gear...

If you run Ebon and Alkosh and just slot a staff then you still aren't going to do very much damage.

I would recommend getting an add-on like Alpha Gear (if you are on PC) and just swap to a tank setup and a damage setup when you need them. You can save multiple profiles, so you can even have different tanking setups for different trials if you want.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

If your main job is a tank and you want to be able to quickly switch to damage, the best weapon will depend on your build. I think it is generally easier for a tank to lean towards the stamina side of things. If you have more attributes into stamina; than I would go Stam for a DPS setup and vice versa for magic. Most pure tanks can’t effectivley make a leap to high ened DPS because most of their attributes are in health, so figure out which way you lean. If you lean Stam, go DW or 2H and bow, it you lean magic go with destro staffs. Lighting staffs are generally better for dealing with lots of enemies solo.

You are going to need to switch your armor around to pull good damage either way from a tank build as well.