Stam DK PVP

HalvarIronfist

I'm starting to get my main character,a stamDK ready for NOCP pvp.

i currently have 7th legion, warriors fury, and bloodspawn. But is that still the BiS combo now? Or are there any other sets/builds I should look into?

Using these sets, I've felt almost indestructible in a 1v1, or even 1v2. At least in the fact that I'm currently easily outlasting my opponent before killing them. (Currently, not gold weapons/nirn. Waiting on research and to acquire gold mats without buying.)

red_emu

I use this combo on StamDK. One thing you need to watch out for is sustain. With serpent stone, 3 infused stam recovery and poisons you can just about sustain if you throw in a heavy attack (heavy armour passive helps with that). Damage goes down the hill but without good stam recovery, the first time you get stunned and have no resources to break free - you're dead (especially if fighting a MagSorc). It's a shame they've completely destroyed DKs sustain this patch but it is just about playable in NonCP.

One good tip - max out your alchemy to get lvl 3 of the passive, that extends the duration of potion effects. You will be chugging potions every 45 seconds in a NonCP environment. Also, remember to leap as soon as you have enough ultimate (which on this set up is roughly every 30-60 seconds). You will restore all 3 resources, so it's a good "oh *** button".

Vermethys

Check out Hunding's Rage + Cyrodiil's Ward -- plenty of sustain and damage. My DK has 1.7k recovery in no-CP with zero investment in sustain. 3.6k WD and Cyrodiil's Ward indirectly boosts your damage by a lot in 1v1 scenarios.

Rake

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bigelle.x3_ESO

7th is bad for dk now. You cannot sustain the armor buff and also use cauterize and fragmented shield/fossilize when you need to.

Runkorko

HalvarIronfist wrote: »

I'm starting to get my main character,a stamDK ready for NOCP pvp.

i currently have 7th legion, warriors fury, and bloodspawn. But is that still the BiS combo now? Or are there any other sets/builds I should look into?

Using these sets, I've felt almost indestructible in a 1v1, or even 1v2. At least in the fact that I'm currently easily outlasting my opponent before killing them. (Currently, not gold weapons/nirn. Waiting on research and to acquire gold mats without buying.)

Replace S/Legion. It may work on necro or templar but not on dk. You will get mana hungry for no time.
Put fury or essence thief

HalvarIronfist

red_emu wrote: »

I use this combo on StamDK. One thing you need to watch out for is sustain. With serpent stone, 3 infused stam recovery and poisons you can just about sustain if you throw in a heavy attack (heavy armour passive helps with that). Damage goes down the hill but without good stam recovery, the first time you get stunned and have no resources to break free - you're dead (especially if fighting a MagSorc). It's a shame they've completely destroyed DKs sustain this patch but it is just about playable in NonCP.

One good tip - max out your alchemy to get lvl 3 of the passive, that extends the duration of potion effects. You will be chugging potions every 45 seconds in a NonCP environment. Also, remember to leap as soon as you have enough ultimate (which on this set up is roughly every 30-60 seconds). You will restore all 3 resources, so it's a good "oh *** button".

I've noticed my sustain was down a bit, but I was still tearing people apart like no other. I play a Nord Stamdk, so ult-gen is a joke.

bigelle.x3_ESO wrote: »

7th is bad for dk now. You cannot sustain the armor buff and also use cauterize and fragmented shield/fossilize when you need to.

The armor buff seemed a bit odd, that's been probably my only gripe. I have no trouble actually killing or outlasting people, but it just didn't feel as good as it should by this point.

With purple weapons, and wrong traits, I was still hitting 3500-3700 Weapon damage I use a skill bar setup similiar to Alcast's
https://alcasthq.com/eso-stamina-dragonknight-pvp-build2/

Instead, I swapped out power slam for dizzy. Works better for me.

runkorkoeb17_ESO wrote: »

HalvarIronfist wrote: »

I'm starting to get my main character,a stamDK ready for NOCP pvp.

i currently have 7th legion, warriors fury, and bloodspawn. But is that still the BiS combo now? Or are there any other sets/builds I should look into?

Using these sets, I've felt almost indestructible in a 1v1, or even 1v2. At least in the fact that I'm currently easily outlasting my opponent before killing them. (Currently, not gold weapons/nirn. Waiting on research and to acquire gold mats without buying.)

Replace S/Legion. It may work on necro or templar but not on dk. You will get mana hungry for no time.
Put fury or essence thief

Build already has fury, but i can look into Essence Thief.

another thought might be Bone Pirate's Tatters for that extra recovery. Then i could potentially run tri stat drink (forgetting name of it, yikes.)

MrBrownstone

I use 7th Legion and Clever Alchemist, feels pretty strong.

HalvarIronfist

Clever alchemist is something I'd use on. Bursty build. Not sure how well that would sustain in no-cp though

MrBrownstone

HalvarIronfist wrote: »

Clever alchemist is something I'd use on. Bursty build. Not sure how well that would sustain in no-cp though

Dk can be built for burst, Take Flight is one of the best burst abilities in the game. Fury has no sustain advantage over Alchemist anyway.

HalvarIronfist

MrBumblefoot wrote: »

HalvarIronfist wrote: »

Clever alchemist is something I'd use on. Bursty build. Not sure how well that would sustain in no-cp though

Dk can be built for burst, Take Flight is one of the best burst abilities in the game. Fury has no sustain advantage over Alchemist anyway.

Fair enough. I try to be kind of the "best of all worlds": tanky, bursty, and able to sustain

The_Lex

I've used Fury and Deadly Strike with moderate success. It's a dot build, though. I've been meaning to try clever alchemist.