Best PvE class for endgame but mostly solo content.

Valykc

Edit: I finally beat VMA. Thanks everyone!

I’ve put off VMA and other Arenas for far too long and I’m looking at making one of my toons a PvE hero. I have all classes leveled and I’m CP810+. I know the mechanics of maelstrom but I need to still get better a bit. Furthermore, I just get too angry and rage quit and lose my progress before I can finish it lol. I heard that StamSorc and MagBlade are the best for VMA but I’m not sure if anything changed. I don’t want to play MagSorc, one bar or whatever. I know I can do it if I can muster up enough patience lol. I want to use this character for trials and PvE gear farming runs after completing VMA. I am also a master crafter so if you want to suggest gear then that would also be appreciated. So leave your vote for the toons I have or comment other.

Thanks everyone.

zvavi

Both magblade and stam sorc r relatively easy, gear i always recommend first timers to use iceheart
For mag pfg is really nice,
For stam VO is great.

Iskiab

Other

Magplar I think is the easiest. Magblade hasn’t been best for vMA for a while.

Kilcosu

StamSorc

werewolf for easy mode too.

thadjarvis

MagDen

I can't comment on Magblade as I have not done it on one. It's known to be easy for vMA but that assumes one is good at magblade generally.

Stamsorc is super strong with surge/hurri. Was my 1st stam clear back when I had <20k parse face tanking with Brawler. Note though for stam it feels that you have to be quicker generally to get to and burn ranged mobs.

Magden (my vote and my main so bias included): besides bosses/mechanics, ranged enemies tend to cause the most trouble. So, we usually burn them first. Magden turns that upside down: using their shield on some stages you can opt to ignore ranged letting them kill themselves. Living vines is strong too as it is both a HoT and burst heal in one skill slot.

Gear: if you have VO and not FG, any Stam will be easier than any Mag and vice versa imo.

thadjarvis

MagDen

Note that Sorc, NB, and Templar tend to be used the most on leadboard. Terrible runs of the other classes will usually still get you a weekly. If you're going to farm it, you may want to use multiple toons to get multiple weekly rewards.

Valykc

I don’t have a full five piece of VO as the trials have never been kind to me with giving me the things I actually want. I think I’ll try it on my StamSorc since I do have briarheart, that should help a decent amount with extra healing. Thanks everyone

Runefang

MagDen

Magden is a great class to use. The bear takes a decent amount of aggro and shields negate the dangerous ranged adds.

They have good self heals and excellent resource management.

Gear wise I suggest false gods, ice heart and mothers sorrow. Ice heart is too good to not use as a beginner in there.

WrathOfInnos

MagBlade

Kinda tough to recommend one build for the large variety of PVE content. Stam Sorc is great for vMA, but not really used much in trials. Magblade is also really good in vMA, and Magicka groups usually bring a couple of them for trials, but I’d say Stamina groups are more common. Stamcro is going to be your best bet for group PVE endgame, but it’s not ideal for vMA. MagDK is slightly better than Magblade for group content with a mag group, but I’d also one of the harder classes for vMA. And Magden, as much as I love playing it, it’s not the best for vMA and you’ll have a tough time finding a trials group that wants one.

UntilValhalla13

MagBlade

Vma was always easier on magblade to me. I was never a fan of having pets carry me in content.

ccfeeling

Other

If you have false god (No perfect is required ) , Magplar is easy mode in VMA , what you do is
Puncturing Sweep , Puncturing Sweep , Puncturing Sweep , loot the drops from final boss

Valykc

Well I went in with the StamSorc, I’m at level 8 and I’m ready to throw my keyboard through the window..

Banana

Other

MagSorc

Anotherone773

Other

Magplar is pretty gravy IMO.

SidraWillowsky

MagDen

I tried at first on magbade and gave up because the lack of burst heal in the NB toolkit was killing me.

Magden is by far the strongest PvE solo class in my opinion. You can adjust your setup as needed to be tankier and more focused on healing by slotting some of the green balance and winter's embrace skills and still deal respectable DPS, or you can go full DPS and hit really, really hard.

You get easy access to minor berserk (BoP), major expedition (also BoP), minor vuln (fetcher), major breach (fissure), major sorcery (netch), increased frost damage, and an insane toolkit of passives across the three skill lines. I guess I've never played magsorc so IDK how that compares, but magden out-does all of the other mag and stam DD specs if we're talking solo PvE endgame stuff, and it can keep up nicely in vet trials.

Vet maelstrom on a magden is.... as easy as vMA could possibly be. While it's never easy, I didn't realize how strong magden was until I tried vMA on my stamblade. You have on-demand access to the shield sigil with the Crystallized Slab skill. As someone above mentioned, you can cast that consistently and let ranged adds kill themselves by damaging you. This is especially helpful in stage 5, where you're being utterly pounded by adds and can let the ranged ones die just by keeping Slab up while you deal with the melee ones.

Iceheart + False Gods + Necropotence + Crystallized Slab + Enchanted Growth = you are damn near invincible in vMA

Dojohoda

Valykc wrote: »

Well I went in with the StamSorc, I’m at level 8 and I’m ready to throw my keyboard through the window..

Many Bothans keyboards died to bring us this information VMA weapon.

gepe87

Magsorc.

You dont need to follow one bar build.

I got my flawless with mother sorrow, willpower, chudan (less time casting boundless and more tsnk),master lightning (clench: strong and cheap aoe) and maelstorm lightning staff.

El_Borracho

MagDen

I mean, magsorc is the best for survivability and DPS. I agree with @gepe87. I went with necro + MS + Skoria with plenty of shields and the matriarch. But magden is a pretty decent alternative

Iskiab

Other

SidraWillowsky wrote: »

I tried at first on magbade and gave up because the lack of burst heal in the NB toolkit was killing me.

Magden is by far the strongest PvE solo class in my opinion. You can adjust your setup as needed to be tankier and more focused on healing by slotting some of the green balance and winter's embrace skills and still deal respectable DPS, or you can go full DPS and hit really, really hard.

You get easy access to minor berserk (BoP), major expedition (also BoP), minor vuln (fetcher), major breach (fissure), major sorcery (netch), increased frost damage, and an insane toolkit of passives across the three skill lines. I guess I've never played magsorc so IDK how that compares, but magden out-does all of the other mag and stam DD specs if we're talking solo PvE endgame stuff, and it can keep up nicely in vet trials.

Vet maelstrom on a magden is.... as easy as vMA could possibly be. While it's never easy, I didn't realize how strong magden was until I tried vMA on my stamblade. You have on-demand access to the shield sigil with the Crystallized Slab skill. As someone above mentioned, you can cast that consistently and let ranged adds kill themselves by damaging you. This is especially helpful in stage 5, where you're being utterly pounded by adds and can let the ranged ones die just by keeping Slab up while you deal with the melee ones.

Iceheart + False Gods + Necropotence + Crystallized Slab + Enchanted Growth = you are damn near invincible in vMA

Nice, I’ll have to try it on a magden. I was doing skyreach leveling my magden and could peak at 70k AoE dps using northern storm, the aoe damage heal (forgot the name), the ground effect ice ability, bugs, and blockade with max CPs and bad gear. I remember thinking magden has got to be the highest aoe dps class.

Valykc

I did it, finally cleared on a StamSorc with terrible recovery lol. Got a powered Maelstrom Resto which was actually something I wanted!

WrathOfInnos

MagBlade

Valykc wrote: »

I did it, finally cleared on a StamSorc with terrible recovery lol. Got a powered Maelstrom Resto which was actually something I wanted!

Congrats @Valykc ! The gate to end game is now open.

Valykc

@WrathOfInnos thank you! Now to chase the Destro staff haha. I need to fine tune the build a bit more but now I feel like I’ve learned some tricks from dying so much! xD

zvavi

Valykc wrote: »

@WrathOfInnos thank you! Now to chase the Destro staff haha. I need to fine tune the build a bit more but now I feel like I’ve learned some tricks from dying so much! xD

Ye the second time is so much faster than the first!

Valykc

zvavi wrote: »

Valykc wrote: »

@WrathOfInnos thank you! Now to chase the Destro staff haha. I need to fine tune the build a bit more but now I feel like I’ve learned some tricks from dying so much! xD

Ye the second time is so much faster than the first!

Yeah I actually went in again and went so much faster and I didn’t die as much, and then I got to the final boss and for some reason I can’t beat him. I think it is simply because my head was so annoyed by the damn vault of umbrage stage. Maybe I’ll clear it today.

Edit: just beat it again, sharpened ice staff drop

thadjarvis

MagDen

@El_Borracho If trying Magden, I was using my own setups but asked a magden score runner what I should use for no death (and got it right away). Would be solid for farming/first clear.

Iceheart, False God, Mother Sorrow (precise fire front / infused absorb mag back), Shadow

Fissure, Fetcher, Living Vines, Crushing (Racer for round 7), flex
Unstable, Winters Rev, Dampen Mag, Trap/Chnnl Accel, Netch

Flex = Frost Cloak normally, Slab when desired (rounds 5 and 7 for me), BoP if you dont feel resists are needed

thadjarvis

MagDen

Nice job @Valykc once you get 2/3rd run under belt it'll probably be consistent sub 1 hour runs.

kojou

Other

Iskiab wrote: »

Magplar I think is the easiest. Magblade hasn’t been best for vMA for a while.

My easiest runs have been on Magicka Templar as well.

Valykc

thadjarvis wrote: »

Nice job @Valykc once you get 2/3rd run under belt it'll probably be consistent sub 1 hour runs.

Thanks, I’m actually going to do it on my MagDen next i think and see how that goes. I was grinding for a mother’s sorrow inferno all last night haha. Thanks for the build advice @thadjarvis