Max Mag vs. Spell Dmg

Jakx

JTET24 wrote: »

What about magdk? All this talk about magblade...I wonder if magdk is better for stacking SD or Max Mag

When I ran the UESP build calculator on mine, it was close but spell damage pulled ahead slightly. So I went with Spell Damage mundus over Mag Mundus. Its very min/max at that point. However, the calculator said my effective spell damage was lower with infused spell damage jewelry versus Arcane. So I'm not sure its a huge deal unless you're trying to get shields to 40/50% health cap, go spell damage with a health dose of max mag still. Even distribution seems key.

paulychan

No, sorry Todd, the answer was Onions. Onions.
Ok, your question Phil

SpiderCultist

no cp -> stack spell dmg => spinners > necro
cp -> stack magicka => necro > spinners

HansProlo

Chelo wrote: »

Ok ok I will explain it to him...

Max Magicka will give you higher tooltips than Raw Spell Damage in a MagBlade because of passives...

You have Magicka Flood in the Siphoning skill line that give you 8% max Magicka while you have a Siphoning ability slotted.

You have Undaunted Mettle in the Undaunted skill line that give you max health, stamina and magicka by 2% per type of armor so 6% at the end.

You have Magicka Controller in the Mages Guild skill line that gave you 2% max magicka and magicka recovery for each mage guild ability slotted.

Im a Breton so I have Gift of Magnus that gave me 10% max magicka.

And all of this are just passives, you don't have to activate anything.

Also if you have Inner Light you gain 5% max magicka while the ability is slotted.

This is why as a MagBlade you will have higher tooltips stacking Max Magicka than having Raw Spell Damage because you DON'T have a single passive that gave you Max Spell Damage...

You can test it in Game, check your merciless tooltip with The Apprentice Mundus (spell dmg), next switch to The Mage Mundus (max magicka) and check your tooltip again...

Now speaking about shields... Since the last Patch, Max Magicka doesn't affect shields anymore, you can have 100k magicka or 10k magicka and your shield is going be exactly the same because is based on your max Health (not on your max magicka)

But resistances apply to shields now so if you have tons of Spell, Physical and Critical resistances, the Damage to your shields is going to be lower... For example my Hardness Magicka give me a 9k shield but if wear Fortified Brass and Blood Spawn, I can reach 42k spell resistance, at that level, Destro Staff Light Attacks from other Magicka Players, hit my Harness Magicka for 300-600...

Hopefully you learn something and stop giving miss information to people... You should pay me some gold for explaining this.

How do you get 42k spell resistance?

NekoN3ko

HansProlo wrote: »

Chelo wrote: »

Ok ok I will explain it to him...

Max Magicka will give you higher tooltips than Raw Spell Damage in a MagBlade because of passives...

You have Magicka Flood in the Siphoning skill line that give you 8% max Magicka while you have a Siphoning ability slotted.

You have Undaunted Mettle in the Undaunted skill line that give you max health, stamina and magicka by 2% per type of armor so 6% at the end.

You have Magicka Controller in the Mages Guild skill line that gave you 2% max magicka and magicka recovery for each mage guild ability slotted.

Im a Breton so I have Gift of Magnus that gave me 10% max magicka.

And all of this are just passives, you don't have to activate anything.

Also if you have Inner Light you gain 5% max magicka while the ability is slotted.

This is why as a MagBlade you will have higher tooltips stacking Max Magicka than having Raw Spell Damage because you DON'T have a single passive that gave you Max Spell Damage...

You can test it in Game, check your merciless tooltip with The Apprentice Mundus (spell dmg), next switch to The Mage Mundus (max magicka) and check your tooltip again...

Now speaking about shields... Since the last Patch, Max Magicka doesn't affect shields anymore, you can have 100k magicka or 10k magicka and your shield is going be exactly the same because is based on your max Health (not on your max magicka)

But resistances apply to shields now so if you have tons of Spell, Physical and Critical resistances, the Damage to your shields is going to be lower... For example my Hardness Magicka give me a 9k shield but if wear Fortified Brass and Blood Spawn, I can reach 42k spell resistance, at that level, Destro Staff Light Attacks from other Magicka Players, hit my Harness Magicka for 300-600...

Hopefully you learn something and stop giving miss information to people... You should pay me some gold for explaining this.

How do you get 42k spell resistance?

Pariah Set / Blood Spawn / Enchants / CP / LA Passives...My MagDK hits these resistences by certain set combination (procs) and have 4500+ spell damage