Are bleed builds still viable?

Villanelf

Hey all,

So I’ve heard a few conflicting statements re: feasibility of stamblade bleed build post new patch.

Can anyone please tell me if bleeds still ignore shields / resistance.

Thanks,

V

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO

Can anyone please tell me if bleeds still ignore shields / resistance.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/483597/pts-patch-notes-v5-1-0

All player sources of bleeds will now respect a target’s Physical Resistance. Many adjustments have been made to ensure bleeds deal similar damage to other standard Damage Over Time effects.

Developer Comment:

This change was done to reduce the volatility of effectiveness of these abilities in PvE and PvP. Ignoring mitigation was detrimental to this due to the high swings of character optimization with varying builds while always being static while fighting monsters, leaving many dead zones and problem spaces. We're aware of the concerns of high mitigation that is currently obtainable in the game, and we've targeted some other areas (such as Oblivion Damage) to offset the loss of these tools.

zvavi

They will stop doing that when the dlc drops.

Villanelf

Thanks for your help both. Much appreciated.

V

zvavi

But their damage is buffed, so u might wanna have a look at how it will become