Good easy 'rotations'

Petoften

I've never liked MMO's use of 'rotations' for combat, where people have to theorycraft detailed combinations - phrases like 'animation interruption' in ESO.

I'd sort of not mind one nice attack to spam - which is nearly what I use now.

I do allow a complication of one boosting attack - the 'for x seconds your attacks do more damage' - and one 'finisher' attack - 'for low health enemies do 300% more damage' type attacks.

But if anyone is familiar with attacks, I though I'd ask for suggestions for an 'easy rotation'.

Currently, my Breton Majicka pet sorc uses basically two - Daedric Wrath IV as the 'booster' and Mages' Wrath IV as the main attack. The other three are a passive boost and two pet summons.

My Khajit Stam Nightblade Dual Wield has two boosters: swallow souls IV and Shrouded Daggers IV, a main attack of bloodthirst IV, and a finisher of impale IV. Fifth is a soul magic passive.

So combat is 'try to keep the boosters active and hit the main attack a lot'.

Any other suggestions for improving a similarly easy to use 'rotation'?

Also open to similar for Templar 1h/shield stam dps and 2h DK stam dps.

MartiniDaniels

Imbue weapon + self-buffs and LA proc sets.

idk

Any decently designed MMORPG I have played had a rotation so that is pretty much the norm for this genre. Yea, I am sure some B level games things work a little differently.

Most rotations are pretty simple, A list of skills to drop in a row fallowed by a couple attacks with a single skill then rinse and repeat. I do see y ou are talking about a Sorc and nothing is easier than a pet sorc build. You can check out Alcasts pet sorc build for ideas if you want.

https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-sorcerer-pet-build-pve/

There are other pet sorc builds out there but Alcasts is the easiest to find and he offers various ideas on gear instead of just presenting one idea. It is still not a bible. Do what works for you and still provides the results.

Nestor

Here is my basic rotation, and, no I am not a huge DPS dealer, but mobs die before I do, and that is all that matters to me.*

1. Buff Skill, for my Casters, this is Inner Light, for Stamina Camouflaged Hunter as they boost just by being slotted)
2. DoT, get that going first, it applies damage while you are applying the next skill
3. Another DoT or a Direct Damage skill

For my sorcerer, here is an example: (Note, I don't do Pet Builds for reasons)

1. Inner Light
2. Critical Surge (basically never need to Heal)
3. Lightening Flood
4. Blockcade
5. Pulsar or Force Pulse

As I approach the mobs, I hit 2, it stays up for the length of most battles, drop a Flood, drop a Blockcade and apply Pulsar or Pulse as needed. Heck, sometimes I just stop at blockcade and watch the mobs melt or run away to the next group knowing the first ones are dead mobs walking. So, this is 3 or 4 skill rotation, no bar swaps, and will do just fine for most any combat outside of VetTrial Boss fights

There is a skill that boosts your pet damage, so you could swap that for Critical Surge or probably better Inner Light, then the Pet attack, but I would use Flood next, as well, its just that good. Heck, drop flood before the Pet Attack. Then you have to decide what to use for your 5th skill.

Most of the 2 Piece Monster Sets, and some of the Gear Sets will proc effects off of damage done, and DoT's are best for that as that increases your chances of a Proc.

Now, Bar Swappers have a much more intricate approach, and will do higher DPS, but you have to ask your self, are you killing mobs to to proceed and succeed, or are you trying to get things done as fast as possible because a score or achievement is desired?




* (I now brace myself for all the posts stating how dare I not play the game with maximum DPS 100% of the time because everything is a Vet Trial for Leaderboards posts)

Petoften

MartiniDaniels wrote: »

Imbue weapon + self-buffs and LA proc sets.

I don't know what this is saying.

Imbue weapon - weapons have traits, weapons have enchantments or poisons, weapons have quality level...

Self-buffs - talking about things like the booster skills I mentioned?

Don't know what an LA proc set is.

ArchMikem

Petoften wrote: »

Currently, my Breton Majicka pet sorc uses basically two - Daedric Wrath IV as the 'booster' and Mages' Wrath IV as the main attack. The other three are a passive boost and two pet summons.

The curse ability is fine, you're using it how you should with your pet. Mage's Wrath however is not a main attack, it's an execute. If you read the tooltip it does a large explosion if the target is under 25% health. That's when you use it as your main attack, not before. For most of the fight your main attack should be something like Force Pulse from the Destruction Staff skill line. Also try throwing in a Wall of Elements from the same line. That Damage over Time ability will help you tremendously.

My Khajit Stam Nightblade Dual Wield has two boosters: swallow souls IV and Shrouded Daggers IV, a main attack of bloodthirst IV, and a finisher of impale IV. Fifth is a soul magic passive.

For your Nightblade, you're using both Stamina and Magicka abilities even though you're Dual Wielding. You're using Stamina weapons so you should be using all Stamina based damage skills. Bloodthirst is just fine. Swallow Souls though isn't helping you much. Try using Surprise Attack, that is your Nightblade hard hitting Stamina ability.

MartiniDaniels

Petoften wrote: »

MartiniDaniels wrote: »

Imbue weapon + self-buffs and LA proc sets.

I don't know what this is saying.

Imbue weapon - weapons have traits, weapons have enchantments or poisons, weapons have quality level...

Self-buffs - talking about things like the booster skills I mentioned?

Don't know what an LA proc set is.

Imbue weapon is psijic line skill, allows you to hit for 20k+ with light attack.
Self-buffs - yes, it's you booster skills like netch, forward momentum, grim focus etc.
LA proc sets - well, sets which abilities are triggered by light attacks like Zaan.

LeagueTroll

No one cares how you deal dmg as long as you do enough dmg.

Petoften

I've switched swallow souls for surprise attack on the nb, and will switch in Force Pulse as the main pet sorc attack for the passive.

But I'm running low on the pet sorc - two of the five are the pets, then we have the curse, force pulse, and the finished, leaving no room for a passive (slotted) boost or the suggested wall of elements, unless I give up the curse or the finisher.

And I do like that finisher, things go boom.

There are a number of suggestions with just no room. What should I replace to get imbue weapon?