Stamblade Questions

Azyle1

Hi - Coming back from like a 5 month break.

1 - I have heard stamblades were a little nerfed in Wolfhunter but buffed in Murkmire. True?

2 - Khajiit Stamblade - Still viable? Don't care for redguard.

3 - What has changed? I am running Relequen and AY. I DO see Veli is the new set to run. I have that. Infused on both weapons now? Absorb stam enchant on main hand? Malestrom bow no longer uses poisons an is infused as well?

LiquidPony

1. Stamblades were nerfed in Murkmire. Cost increase to Killer's Blade and Spectral Bow. Stam in general was buffed via enchant proc changes and the new Absorb Stamina glyph behavior.
2. IMO Khajiit hasn't been viable on a Light Attack build since Morrowind. Redguard is much better.
3. All Infused weapons, Poison/Absorb Stam enchants on the front bar and Berserker on the back. Velidreth is marginally better than Selene due to Relequen changes. Some people are transitioning to some Infused jewelry instead of all Bloodthirsty since overall weapon damage is increased.

Azyle1

LiquidPony wrote: »

1. Stamblades were nerfed in Murkmire. Cost increase to Killer's Blade and Spectral Bow. Stam in general was buffed via enchant proc changes and the new Absorb Stamina glyph behavior.
2. IMO Khajiit hasn't been viable on a Light Attack build since Morrowind. Redguard is much better.
3. All Infused weapons, Poison/Absorb Stam enchants on the front bar and Berserker on the back. Velidreth is marginally better than Selene due to Relequen changes. Some people are transitioning to some Infused jewelry instead of all Bloodthirsty since overall weapon damage is increased.

@LiquidPony

Thanks. Stamblades (stam in general) still being blacklisted by the general community from doing vAS and vCR + anything?

fred4

LiquidPony wrote: »

Stam in general was buffed via enchant proc changes.

The craziest proc changes have basically been reverted though.

John_Falstaff

@LiquidPony , after last patch that prevented single target DoTs from proccing enchants, I get slightly better results with berserker off hand + absorb on bow bar, but may vary for other classes and rotations. Just thought I'd mention that last patch might have changed optimal placement of enchants.

Sparr0w

Azyle1 wrote: »

Hi - Coming back from like a 5 month break.

1 - I have heard stamblades were a little nerfed in Wolfhunter but buffed in Murkmire. True?

2 - Khajiit Stamblade - Still viable? Don't care for redguard.

3 - What has changed? I am running Relequen and AY. I DO see Veli is the new set to run. I have that. Infused on both weapons now? Absorb stam enchant on main hand? Malestrom bow no longer uses poisons an is infused as well?

1 - Other way around, damage has gone up but sustain has dropped. Flip side infused stamina steal got a buff & can dramatically increase sustain.

2 - The hardest hitters I know run Khajiit so yes still powerful, just have to be really good with not overcasting as sustain can be rough.

3 - Relequen/AY is still bis. Relequen was changed to no longer class as melee damage, meaning it wont proc Ravager or Selenes like it used to. New monster set is Velidreth, however Stormfist is worth a look since you will be running Khajiit.

RE Enchants, they now remember the bar they were cast from, so hail on the back bar will still proc the back bar enchant even when on the front bar. They also remember the trait so yes infused vMA bow is BiS. Enchants I thought were Absorb Stam/Poison front, beserker back (since you can control the front bar procs with Rending to target a specific boss/add, where as hail will randomly apply to any add in it's radius.

dovakiin5574

Khajiit is still great. People who say Redguard only are chasing the meta a little too hard for that less than 1% difference in dps.