Can someone please expplain to me how to play a hybrid build effectively?

wishlist14

Hello,
As far as I can understand it, a hybrid build is very balanced 'attributes' wise, meaning magicka, stamina and health. I could be mistaken afcourse. Also the gear stats are balanced.
What confuses me is that most meta builds usually focus on one attribute say magicka for a spell caster. My question is, would a hybrid build be capable of doing as much damage as non hybrid meta build?
Could a hybrid build ever be a meta build say in trials? Anyway, how do they actually work? I don't care much for the meta myself but i was using that term to get an idea of what a hybrid could be capable of achieving damage wise.

I apologise if my question is confusing but i am confused about what a hybrid build actually is and how i would play it. Could i take my hybrid build into trials and be useful? Or are hybrid builds more fun for playing solo?


Thank you for your replies 😘😘😘
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divnyi

They don't do more damage than stam/mag, because lots of buffs you need to get for each type, and attribute point system where you can get 6400 base mag or stam vs split that by 2 and lose some power.

Technically being hybrid opens all the skills for you, but practically you have more than enough dots & good spammables in one damage type.

Technically being hybrid means easier sustain, but trials have no problems with sustain.

MrBrownstone

Hybrid builds are not as strong as specialized builds but the difference is very small so they're completely veteran viable. Let's not forget that you need the perfectly tuned builds only for the hardest achievements (no death + speedrun + hardmode) so to be useless in a trial you should have a really bad build, or just be bad at your role. Veteran viable builds are not hard to make, you need around 60-70k dps on the trial dummy. Considering that top end builds can achieve 100k+, 60-70k is very possible with hybrids.

TwinStripeUK

Just my two cents worth (and others can chip in and correct me if they want):

Hybrid builds are generally balanced between Magicka and Stamina, as the health attribute is naturally much higher than it used to be under the current CP system, and it barely lags behind the other two even with no provision for it on a hybrid build.

A hybrid build will never (generally) outperform a resource focused build in terms of damage because of the way damage scales in the game. That doesn't make them 'bad', necessarily, but in environments such as Trials (where most damage builds are 'glass cannons' that rely on healers and tanks for resource regen and damage mitigation while focussing on raw damage), they're never really going to shine.

Hybrid builds, on the whole, produce consistent damage, but not 'BIG' damage, to put it in a nutshell.

Where they do really start to work, is 4-man, solo and PvP content when you're far more likely to be self-reliant on keeping yourself protected and managing your own resources.

Will they ever be 'meta' as a damage dealer? I doubt it, however there are several 'hybrid' PvE tank and PvP healer builds out there that perform extremely well. Right now, the biggest issue is that the OG classes (outside of Dragonknight) don't really lend themselves to 'the hybrid treatment', whereas Warden and Necro are really designed for it.

One thing that Hybrid builds most definitely are, is fun, at least for me. It's great to take yourself out of your comfort zone and start learning to rotate between your Magicka and Stamina bars and it's quite a gentle way to start learning how to manage skill rotations.

At least, that's my take on it - I'd be interested to hear what others think and hope it's been helpful.

LashanW

wishlist14 wrote: »

What confuses me is that most meta builds usually focus on one attribute say magicka for a spell caster. My question is, would a hybrid build be capable of doing as much damage as non hybrid meta build?

No.
Reason is how skill damage scales with resources. They scale with one type only (either with the resource type needed to cast the skill, or your highest offensive stat). They don't scale with total of different resource types.

So for a magicka skill, you get more damage with [30k max magicka + 10k max stamina], rather than with [20k max magicka + 20k max stamina].

Ksariyu

A hybrid build, in ESO, is typically defined as one that uses both Stamina and Magicka skills. DPS are usually the only ones that get such a tag; tanks are most all hybrids whereas healers rarely are, if ever.

Simply put, a hybrid DPS will never hit the same numbers as one that goes all Magicka or all Stamina. This is because part of your damage is based on your maximum related resource - stamina skill scale with Max Stamina, magicka skill with Max Magicka. So immediately, by splitting your focus between the two, you're losing out on damage. However, the amount of damage that's determined by your resources is quite low, so the impact on your overall DPS is going to also be quite low.

Sustain is sort of a double-edged sword. On one hand, you're using both resources, therefore putting less strain on either. On the other, you have less of each to begin with. There's the added factor that many resource-restoring skills only return one or the other, often whichever is the highest maximum, as well as the fact that heavy attacks only restore one pool based on the weapon type. This is definitely something to keep in mind when balancing your skill bar and usage.

Ultimately, a hybrid build will likely never be "meta," but unless you're going for trifectas with a heavily-optimized group, most people probably won't notice.

markulrich1966

I use a hybrid, one among 36 characters.

Important is to know what content it shall play.
Mine is used for daily writs, delves and worldbosses.

It started as a woodelf stamsorc (Dual Wield/Bow), but especially for the daily delve runs I wanted the "comfort" of a lightning staff.

Result:
54 attribute points in stamina, 10 in magica.

Sets: Ancient Dragonguard and New Moon Accolyte.
The Monsterset is selene, so only dual wield benefits from it.
Staff has infused trait.

Playstyle: in delves the staff, that is strong enough to quickly kill the enemies in there. Not a 1-shot heavy attack like with my Magsorcerers, but not much worse, I was positively astonished. The magica pool is enough to use crushing shock 4 times to stun enemies if required.
As the staff needs no stamina, I can use all stamina to run.

Fighting worldbosses I use Dual Wield as it does more damage, but appreciate to switch to the staff when I run out of Stamina. The staff also provides elemental susceptibility to reduce the resistance of a boss.
This build definately is fun to play like this, for Dungeons though I will stick with my magica Templars.