Anyway to improve my dps

phildamaster

I was wondering if there was anyway to improve my dps at the moment. I am mag dk with 338 CP. I'm currently doing 18k dps single target without Ults. I use alcast's valakas build specifically the second gear setup. I have every piece but the maestros inferno staff

MrGhosty

Are you on PC? or Console? If on PC I would suggest getting the combat metric add on, it will show you how much damage you're doing and with what skills. As is my understanding (i'm by no means a pro) you'll want to practice your weaving of light attacks to maximize dps and the combat metrics add on will show you how much of your overall damage in the parse is from light attacks.

I would also suggest watching Alcast's youtube videos, as well as t3hasiangod. Asian has some really helpful videos breaking down the various aspects of combat in the game, while Alcast does a little more explaining why he opts for certain skills over others.

I would also make sure that your weapons are golded and everything else is at least purple quality-wise. The jewelry might be tricky to get in purple depending on the build, but you'll want at least blue and focus on upgrading it asap.

If you're using the second gear setup, now look into running the content needed for his top tier build as that will have an impact on your overall dps, but the most important thing will be to practice your rotation until it becomes second nature. I don't know this particular build off the top of my head, but most alcast builds for magicka tend to focus on false god's so you will want to run the Sunspire trial at least on normal. 18k dps is plenty as long as you're with a group that knows what they're doing.

If you're on console, no add ons and I'm not familiar with how people do their calculations there, but the rest of the advice is the same.I'm sure if I missed anything someone with more knowledge can add.

phildamaster

Alcasts hasn't done a video update on his Magicka do in acouple of years. I will to work on getting trial gear. As for the quality of gear it is all purple except for my front bar staff which is gold.

MrGhosty

phildamaster wrote: »

Alcasts hasn't done a video update on his Magicka do in acouple of years. I will to work on getting trial gear. As for the quality of gear it is all purple except for my front bar staff which is gold.

I don't know what "Magicka do" relates to, but yeah not all of his builds get videos. Some of his livestreams do show and talk about a fair bit of stuff. Xynode is also another great youtuber to follow for info/guides. If your gear is all purple, it sounds like it's going to be down to practicing rotation. The other thing is to keep earning your CP points as I noticed a difference from using just the 300 point allotment Alcast lists and using the CP points calculator from his website to keep updating as I had more points in (around the 500 or so mark).

Still not sure if you're on PC or console, but if on PC another add on that I use for info is a light attack tracker, between that and combat metrics you can get a pretty decent idea if your light attacks are hitting. Asian has a video breaking down how to use the combat metrics add on so I won't attempt to explain it (it's all witchcraft to me anyway).

phildamaster

I ment DK Dragon Knight but it auto corrected to do lol

Asardes

I checked the build page and it's definitely updated. False God is an Elsweyr set:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-dragonknight-build-pve/

zvavi

MrGhosty wrote: »

phildamaster wrote: »

Alcasts hasn't done a video update on his Magicka do in acouple of years. I will to work on getting trial gear. As for the quality of gear it is all purple except for my front bar staff which is gold.

I don't know what "Magicka do" relates to

He is probably using phone and got auto corrected from dk.

Other than that i agree, content creators didnt seriously update their Magicka builds in a while because stamina is just stronger right now. And please, "updating" all classes to fg+ms with random rotation doesn't count.

ShadowKyuubi

Asardes wrote: »

I checked the build page and it's definitely updated. False God is an Elsweyr set:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-dragonknight-build-pve/

Alcast updates his builds, but he no longer makes videos for all of them anymore. I usually defer to Liko if I want to see what a new rotation looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkeyt4ifeM

Sparr0w

I've put together a 2 line static rota, definitely possible to hit higher than what I did here due to lag/high ping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb7BpJAOCXI

Rota is:
Engulfing > Embers > Unstable > Degen > FoO > Whipx5 > Eruption/Trap (Alternate Eruption one rota, Trap the next).

You could also opt for casting Eruption/Trap after Degen to eliminate a barswap.

Another option would be to run Blockade & do a static 1 line 15s rotation, less dps but a lot easier:

Blockade > Degen > Trap > Eruption > Engulding > Embers > FoO > Whip x8

Once you're used to the rotation you can work on casting skills on cooldown, rather than overcasting/undercasting them

El_Borracho

Well, its a Mag DK. I think they are towards the lower end of the DPS spectrum as a whole While DKs have utility as PVE tanks and PVP damage dealers, the DK class as a DPS in PVE has been kind of relegated to redhead stepchild status for some time now. I know you will hear about people pulling 50K on the 6 mil dummy, but that's pretty hard and a lot of the time not true. Especially at CP 300 levels

Some things to consider:

- Swap Mother's Sorrow for Silks of the Sun
- What food are your running?
- Your CP will increase damage as you go up in levels
- Zaan is a great improvement in damage over Grothdarr
- Skoria can be a good improvement in damage over Grothdarr as the cooldown is half as long
- Maybe give up and make a sorc? Only kind of kidding.

I played a Stam DK for years when I first started in ESO. DKs are durable and have good sustain. But it wasn't until I made alternates I realized DKs are far behind other classes.