dark elf and high elf

JLPM98191

hi guys im new to eso and i want to create a dark elf and a high elf one melee and the other one ranged im thinking of chossinf dk and sorceror but which class best suit the race i want to create for the dk i suppose ill go full stamina and the other one of course mana please help me any advice on the matter

SickleCider

Make the dark elf your DK for the fire based bonuses, and your high elf your sorcerer for the magicka bonuses. Cheers!

TheShadowScout

As mentioned, dark elves do well with dragonknights, because fire. Dunmer also have more of an advantage in stamina builds, which is more melee-ish after all... so, your melee character could be a dark elf dragonknight, either go with heavy armor and tanky, sword and board for defensive and 2H for offensive, or medium armor and DPS setup, 2H for offense and possibly even bow as backup when melee is not such a good idea; possibly also DW...

High elves do well with any magica setup, so would make a good ranged caster with a sorceror. Just wear a robe, grab some lightning staff and let 'em have it! Resto staff makes a good backup for when emergency heals are in demand.

Jamdarius

Also dark elves do not suffer burn damage over time, which is very powerful <---- Dark Elf Mag DK for 3 years now =]

JLPM98191

Ok ty for the help

MLGProPlayer

Neither one will make a good endgame melee race. Magicka DK is a melee class, but they still use staves (if that works for you).

Gythral

both will make fine mag Sorc, mag Dk (Dunmer makes a good vampire which has something to be said for it in magicka builds)
neither is a Redguard or Khajit which will make better melee (stamina)

& all will make ok endgame, but great endgame is another matter

Oreyn_Bearclaw

High elf is meta for a magic Sorc. Dark elf is meta for a magic DK.

The sorc will play ranged, and will be behind NB (and perhaps templar) for ranged DPS, but will certainly be viable for any content. In fact, I think magic sorc is the best class to break into end game content across the board because they have good defense and a very straight forward rotation, especially if you run a pet build.

Magic DK will play in melee. They can be a very powerful DPS class, but the real question is can they compete with a stamina DPS. Melee spots are generally limited in 12 main raid, so the competition can be tight. A good stamina spec will probably beat you at the higher end of things. In 4 man content it's simply not an issue. Dunmer DK will also make a great tank if want one, but there are better pure tank races (argonian or imperial).

If you want to make a pure stamina DPS character, you wont beat a redguard, but you could do worse than dunmer. You will be behind Redguard, Imperial, and probably Khajiit and Orc. Is the difference huge? No, but if looking to min/max and push score, dunmer is not the answer for a pure stam spec. They are the best spec if you want go back and forth between the two. Magic DK was king of DPS mountain for a few years in this game, but recently, they have struggled for spots in the best of the best raids. Realistically, by the time you get there, there will be a new meta. I think magic DK is way more fun than stamina DK (probably the most boring rotation in the game), but that is just me.

DanteYoda

Redguard or Bosmer for melee stamina would be best..

Races really ruin this game because passive are so unbalanced..