magDK dps

boombazookajd

Hey folks! Looking for some advice. I'll try to get this as accurate as possible as I know "is this dps good" posts are a bit hard to advise on, and as always, you lose a bit in real scenarios.

So first off, I'm using Grothdarr, BSW, and Destruction Mastery and at 532 CP's.

BSW infused fire staff on the front bar w. fire enchant, gold. Julianos fire staff infused with weapon damage enchant, gold (until I get my vMA fire staff). I do have a gold asylum staff and a purple bsw lightning staff available as well.

Gear:

Grothdarr heavy helm- sturdy (for now)- max health enchant gold
Destruction Mastery chest- infused- max mag enchant purple
Grothdar Shoulder- divines- mag mag gold
destruction mastery waist- divines- max mag purple
destruction mastery gloves- well fitted (for now) max mag purple
destruction mastery legs- divines (for now) max mag purple
destruction mastery feet- well fitted max mag purple

jewelry is purple bsw, arcane, with spell damage enchants

My best parse using spell power pots and blue food was 27k.

Front bar: eruption, wall of elements, re-arm trap, ele drain, inner light, shooting star ulti
bar bar: embers, whip, engulfing flames, flames of oblivion, inner light destro ulti

So, the money question: Is that a pretty decent number for a 532CP dk? I think I could probably get a bit closer to 30 with a bit more practice though.

Lutallo

I think that isn't bad for your CP and your gear.
If you are running out of regen during the fight, you could use Witchmothers Brew and you might be able to push 30k.

Here's a few ways to improve:
Replace Destruction Master with Siroria, or if you can't get that buy Sun.
Keep going for that vMA Destro.
Farm Zaan if you want to get a bit cheesy, you're usually melee DPS anyways.

With Sun + Zaan at the very least you'll probably push for 32-35kish I think

boombazookajd

Lutallo wrote: »

I think that isn't bad for your CP and your gear.
If you are running out of regen during the fight, you could use Witchmothers Brew and you might be able to push 30k.

Here's a few ways to improve:
Replace Destruction Master with Siroria, or if you can't get that buy Sun.
Keep going for that vMA Destro.
Farm Zaan if you want to get a bit cheesy, you're usually melee DPS anyways.

With Sun + Zaan at the very least you'll probably push for 32-35kish I think

The reason for going with DM is for the massive amount of magicka. Sustain's been a problem with Juli+BSW, Sun isn't going to help me out much. Also not going to Zaan.

I like using DM so far, it's made sustaining a lot better and during fights I don't have issues that i had with Juli+BSW. I do not like Siroria. First the beam of light is just another annoying light source and most fights are too mobile for that. And it has a habit of proc'ing in a less than ideal location.

I do appreciate the help, but i'm not necessarily for advice on gear improvements, just a sense of where I am at and how good that actually is. I do know that it's pretty variable; I was applying ele drain myself and wasn't working with any off balance either, which doesn't help my whip out.

The build i'm following is @xynode's "Burn" build.

The vMA destro will be mine one day!

Saint314Louis1985

Running siroria and burning spell weave with vma and hitting 43k solo. Sustain improved a lot by switching to absorb magicka enchant front bar and flame backbar. I also run 1 recovery glyph on jewelry. My base spell dmg is only 1950 since I’m running thief Mundus but it works. I also run power lash to boost flame abilities. Give it a shot. I use rotation from the “reborn” build (not sure if it’s different).

Can’t really tell you what’s good for your cp level but can offer a few tips on what works for me. Hope something helps. Good luck.

Narvuntien

With Grothdar + Sun + BSW and Witchmothers brew I am doing okay with sustain. I'd love to use Siroria but I can't unless I find 2x inferno staffs (I can't get past stage two of VMA)

I find that on a target dummy I have sustain issues but in a trial I do not, that is because healers wear worms and they throw me Orb/spears or I just don't end up using as much magicka because I am not in a static rotation because I have to move around and dodge mechanics all the time and so I get regen ticks. Basically a dummy test is not always what its actually like in content.

The good news is that heavy attacking is actually okay for MagDKs because you can set up all your dots heavy attack a couple of times then reapply your dots and go back to whipping.

robpr

I run Siroria+Zaan/Grothdarr+Mother's Sorrow and I pull around 32-33k on a dummy, but It could be better if I had optimal race for that class.
Managing siroria stacks is really pain, but I think its worth it even in mobile fights and its not that hard. Self sustain is a problem even if you are a vampire and fighting in melee range is not very great job with a stick instead of sword.

Cybercore_Death

Hey OP, to answer your question i would say yes. Given your CP, gear traits etc you're in a good place for DPS. Once you sort out the traits and get your CPs higher you'll notice an increase to your numbers but the biggest factor for DPS is smoothing rotation out. Once you nail that you'll notice a big difference. It's all about making sure DoTs don't run out (if you don't already use them it might be worth turning on the trackers in settings so you can see whats running and when it's about to run out, then once you get used to timings try without them on and see how you get on).

As others have mentioned there are a few things that can improve your build and numbers but in all honesty (though some will tell you otherwise) 25k+ is all that's needed to be able to complete all content in game so you're above threshold and will only get stronger as you go :-)

I also run MagDK, however i run a very non-meta (and frowned upon setup) but it pulls 35k without vMA and 40k with (numbers could be higher but need to smooth out re applying Channelled Acceleration when it drops off). The build i run is a Heavy Attack based build so sustain isn't an issue and you don't have to rely on off-balance for that extra bit of damage and free spam skill.