Help me boost my dps on mag dk please

jnelson1182

ok so I'm level 50 cp 380 or so, I have both a mag sorc & mag DK at 50 that I am trying to decide between who is my main and gets the most of my time. The dk I enjoy playing a lil more than the sorc but I feel the sorc hits a little harder sustains a lil better plus theres the class shield, the reason for this post is I am trying to find help to make my dk better so I can see what his dmg is compared to my sorc an if its viable my dk can even be my main for endgame stuff. Since I have more than a few questions regarding this subject I am just going to list them, feel free to answer one of them, two of them or even all any information would be greatly appreciated especially because I am still a new player in my first few months of the game.on my sorc I'm running both Necropotence and Necth's, with complete Necth's on back n Nero on front. I've been told this is one of better builds while running a pet or pets and like I was saying this post is for my dk since I enjoy playing him more.


When it comes to gear I currently have tbsw, and silks of the sun combined on the dk. with the 5pc bonus going to burning spell weave for no other reason than I like the way it makes my arms glow red lol. Other sets I have at least 4-5pcs in are shroud of Lich, embershield, queens elegance, worms ruminant, [or however u spell it] and since I just started doing random bg's I now how the knight slayer set and almost a 5pc of wizards Riposte Set. I also have a willpower flame staff, resto staff, necklace, n both rings, almost all the gear I have in general is purple quality , nothing gold yet, the only blue stuff I have is from the two newest sets from battlegrounds some is purple the rest of it is blue but before spending to up grade it I wanna make sure it even useful.monster sets I use are mainly Skoria, and grothdarr but sometimes Ilambris or lord wardens, I was thinking about trying Slimecraw but wasn't sure get. I also have julianos as well,

sorry for the lengthy post to read guys now ill get to the questions I have-

1| From the gear I listed what would be the best mixes for mag dps? in both pve and pvp?

2| is the neck & 2 rings willpower set worth t to run over using those 3 spots to work on a second 5pc set, tho at most only reaching 4pcs?

3| is it true I should have all gear Divines?

4| what mundus would be best at helping me bump up dmg as well as maybe add lil more survivability to build?

5| When its comes to skills which are my must haves with a build like this? currently I only keep flames of oblivion, lash, an burning embers, along with light armor shield* destroy wall of elements permanently the rest of the slots are switched quite often for whatever reason?

Joxer61

just use Alcasts or Xynodes builds, seem to be the best atm and have all that info handy!

Narvuntien

jnelson1182 wrote: »

1| From the gear I listed what would be the best mixes for mag dps? in both pve and pvp?

2| is the neck & 2 rings willpower set worth t to run over using those 3 spots to work on a second 5pc set, tho at most only reaching 4pcs?

3| is it true I should have all gear Divines?

4| what mundus would be best at helping me bump up dmg as well as maybe add lil more survivability to build?

5| When its comes to skills which are my must haves with a build like this? currently I only keep flames of oblivion, lash, an burning embers, along with light armor shield* destroy wall of elements permanently the rest of the slots are switched quite often for whatever reason?

1| I use BSW and Julianos as my sets. I also have Silks of the Sun on me. I switch between BSW and Sun. The trick is that when I am wearing BSW I have 1 pc Grothdar and when I am wearing Sun I have 1 pc Slimeclaw/Iceheart. The Problem with BSW and Sun is your crit is very low, Julianos has a lot more crit than either of them.

2| Nope, not really the only thing better is Moondancer/Infalable aether/architect etc. the minor slayer sets.

3| Yes, All Divines.

4| Apprentice, Spell damage. Don't need survivalbilty that's your healers job! It is extremely easy to hit the resistances cap. I suggest slotting Harness magicka and Volatile Armor for survivibility.

5|
Bar 1:
Engulfing flames (10s), Burning Embers(12s), lash/whip, Harness magicka, Inner light, Elemental Rage
Bar 2
Wall of flame (8s), Eruption (15s), Flames of Oblivion(15s), Volatile Armor/Beast trap, Inner light, Dragonknight standard.

I have a bit of lag so I switch wall of flame and harness magicka so I don't have to weapon swap as much when doing dummy parses. I also slot elemental drain instead of harness magicka when on the dummy tests. Finally remember you need to have one destruction staff ability on both your bars for the extra 8% damage from fire staff.

6| The best way to improve your dps is to practice your rotation and practice light attacking inbetween every skill.
Basically you have Three skills with 8-12 sec damage over time (DoT) and you have two skills with 15 second DoT. So you reapply the 8-12 DoTs twice before moving onto reapplying the 15 second DoTs

Your mana is very constrained... so I typically only do 2 whip/lash each rotation unless I have my dragonknight standard up, I will just spam it while its up. It still ends up doing the most amount of damage of all my skills.

jnelson1182

ok thank you guys, and I notice in the rotation you suggested you slot inner light on both bars, I'm not in game right now but If I remember correctly it adds to max dmg and to crit right? I slotted it at one time in the beginning of my dk but idk I enjoy having the extra skill on both bars rather than inner light which I may have used once or twice by accident the entire time I had it slotted.My thinking behind this was that I think I get more dmg from having the two extra dmg skills or even one dmg and then flex spot that I would out of having inner light slotted, is this even semi correct, or is there hidden bonuses from having a mages guild skill slotted that I'm missing or unaware of?

yodased

Inner light gives you everything you lack on a mag dk.

Crit and max magic

Joxer61

"jnelson1182 wrote: »

or is there hidden bonuses from having a mages guild skill slotted that I'm missing or unaware of?

"Might of the Guild" and other Magic Guild passives.