Theory Crafting: Poison DK

InFernalEntity

I had this idea previously around Clockwork City Patch but with changes to 2H, Dk and Jewellery Crafting I was hoping for some updated suggestions.

Sets:

2 Spawn of Mephala (Procs on Heavy Attack, 4 meter radius):
1pc: Adds 1096 Max Stamina
2pc: Heavy Attack creates a web for 10 seconds that reduces movement speed of enemies inside by 50% and deals 1096 poison damage per second. 10 second cooldown.

5 Sheer Venom (Procs on Execute):
2pc: Adds 129 Weapon Damage
3pc: Adds 129 Weapon Damage
4pc: Adds 1096 Max Stamina
5pc: Dealing Damage with an Execute ability deals 8428 poison damage over 6 seconds.
6 second Cooldown.

5 Viper's Sting (Procs on Melee Damage):
2pc: Adds 833 Weapon Crit
3pc: Adds 1096 Max Stamina
4pc: Adds 833 Weapon Crit
5pc: Dealing Damage with a Melee attack deals 6400 Poison Damage over 4 seconds.
4 second cooldown.

Combined, sets give approx 3.3k - 4.5k tick of damage per second (After Passives and CP) depending on whether or not the target is inside the web spawned from Mephala.

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Khajiit
32.4k Stamina
14.4k Health
1800/1600 Stam Recovery (2H vs DW)
3800/4200 Weapon Damage (2h vs DW)
48%/53% crit chance (2h vs DW)

7 Medium. All Stamina Enchants
Jewellery. All Infused. 1 Weapon Damage. 2 Stam recovery.

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2h setup: (Sharpened Axe)

Crit Rush
Executioner (execute to proc Sheer Venom)
Rally
Venemous Claw
Noxious Breath

Dawnbreaker

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Bow Setup: (Sharpened)

Endless Hail
Poison Injection (execute to proc Sheer Venom)
Lethal Arrow
Green Dragon Blood
Rearming Trap

Ballista

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DW Setup: (Nirnhoned Axe + Sharpened Dagger)

Flying Blade
Steel Tornado (Execute to proc Sheer Venom)
Rapid Strikes
Venomous Claw
Noxious Breath

Dawnbreaker

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I am completely open to suggestions on changing the race or the skill setups/weapon traits. Maybe even a change for the monster set. But any constructive criticism would be appreciated.

Raraaku

PvE or PvP?

I'm by no means a DPS player (I'm a tank/healer) but here are some of my thoughts:

One thing that sticks out on your 2H set-up is the lack of a spammable so that you're getting the most out of your DoTs, I also think Cleave is an efficient DoT as well. I'd move Noxious Breath to your back bar on bow. I'd replace Critical Rush with Crushing weapon and Noxious Breath with Brawler/Carve. Crushing Weapon is really great for weaving.

If you're doing Rearming Trap for the Minor Force, Channeled Acceleration might be a better option and could help with resource sustain on Stamina. If this is for a Dungeon/Trial, I think you could probably replace Dragon's Blood with Noxious Breath as you'll have a healer and you can always use a tri-potion.

Like I said, I'm by no means a DPS player, but those are some things that stick out to me. I would defer to someone who has more experience than I.

InFernalEntity

@Raraaku this is for PVE.

Channeled Acceleration looks great as I don't have any magicka cost abilities and it gives me a whole 36 seconds of Minor Force so thanks for that heads up.

The other suggestions look good too. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about crushing weapon having just unlocked the psijic skill line. But still solid suggestions. Thanks for the input.