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LOl...So how do NB's kill DK's when they are not on a horse?

  • morvegil
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    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    Pretty much. Most of the suggestions here are for Magicka builds as well.
    Lo'ke
    Nord Vampire
    Nightblade
    Shield+BOW

    Daggerfall Covenant
    Bandit King
    Bridge Bandits Guild
  • CapuchinSeven
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    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    No, none of that, sorry. I don't agree, I have 173 magic regen.

    If you Ambush properly when he's not expecting it from behind and not from the front then he won't be able to block before the Soul Harvest. Everything else you just said I've already covered. If he doesn't die from your stealth attacks or you engage him in the open then -

    Shades, Crippling Grasp and Sap Essence, sometimes I'll throw in some Caltrops if he's an Immovable user. I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range, if he closes me down and I need room use I Mass Hysteria although the smart ones will be using Immovable.

    If he uses a standard I just roll out of it and stand just outside of it. If he wants me in it he's going to have to pull me of charge me and (I'm blocking) I use Veil.

    Worse case for me with a DK it's a stand off and no one is dying.

    [Moderator Note: Removed moderated quote]
    Edited by ZOS_ShannonM on November 19, 2014 7:46PM
  • Sharee
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    SaibotLiu wrote: »
    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range

    Sap essence range is 8 meters. Crushing shock range is 35 meters in cyrodiil.

    [Moderator Note: Removed moderated quote]
    Edited by ZOS_ShannonM on November 19, 2014 7:47PM
  • Maulkin
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    Sharee wrote: »
    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    That's not true though. The way it works is, you press Ambush and while the ability is channelling you keep spamming your next attack (Surprise Attack, Soul Tether, whatever). When Ambush lands the next attack will immediately hit with barely milliseconds of delay from Ambush.

    This is a known mechanic and works fine even when hitting out of stealth. When doing it from stealth, there's precisely 0 chance for the opponent to CC break and block in that time. There's various videos showcasing NBs doing this to great effect, like shebali's vids.

    As Capuchin said, a DK and a NB of equal skill and similar (sustainable) builds is a long long fight that is usually a draw. Yet people like to perpetuate this whole "1 DK can kill 5 people without thinking".

    Anyhow, I don't really feel like posting in this thread any more due to the extreme ignorance and/or bias exhibited throughout. It's easier for people to just complain instead of learning game mechanics and theorycrafting viable builds. And this is not targeted at Sharee ofc, or I wouldn't have bothered with responding.
    Edited by Maulkin on November 19, 2014 3:12PM
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  • CapuchinSeven
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    Sharee wrote: »
    SaibotLiu wrote: »

    yada yada something about "son" and I dunno, I stopped.

    LOL just awful.
    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range

    Sap essence range is 8 meters. Crushing shock range is 35 meters in cyrodiil.

    ...er right..I didn't say that the DK wouldn't actually hit me at any point. Is your point that Desto' staffs are powerful or that DK's are powerful?

    I'm sorry you're welcome to your view but it's as simple as this for me, I kill DK's, the ones that I can't kill can't kill me either.

    Now you're welcome to give me tips on killing shield stacking, never ending Streaks which I can't block Sorcs.
  • Sharee
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    Sharee wrote: »
    SaibotLiu wrote: »

    yada yada something about "son" and I dunno, I stopped.

    LOL just awful.
    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range

    Sap essence range is 8 meters. Crushing shock range is 35 meters in cyrodiil.

    ...er right..I didn't say that the DK wouldn't actually hit me at any point. Is your point that Desto' staffs are powerful or that DK's are powerful?

    No. My point is that you said sap essence has higher range than destro staff spam, which is not true.

  • CapuchinSeven
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    The way it works is, you press Ambush and while the ability is channelling you keep spamming your next attack (Surprise Attack, Soul Tether, whatever). When Ambush lands the next attack will immediately hit with barely milliseconds of delay from Ambush.

    Yeah this is the best way to hit a target from stealth, although I do take a chance and drop Shadowy Disguise in if I know I've landed my hit perfectly from behind for the 100% critical Soul Harvest these days.
  • CapuchinSeven
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    Sharee wrote: »
    Sharee wrote: »
    SaibotLiu wrote: »

    yada yada something about "son" and I dunno, I stopped.

    LOL just awful.
    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range

    Sap essence range is 8 meters. Crushing shock range is 35 meters in cyrodiil.

    ...er right..I didn't say that the DK wouldn't actually hit me at any point. Is your point that Desto' staffs are powerful or that DK's are powerful?

    No. My point is that you said sap essence has higher range than destro staff spam, which is not true.

    Which I can block unless he uses Impulse. Which I have greater range over and he can't block.

    So he can keep on whacking away with Crushing Shock and I'll just keep on blocking while standing 8 meters from him anyway hitting him with Sap Essence that he can't block and heals me for over 130 on every hit.

    AND so the DK and I go around and around and around and get back to, the ones I can't kill can't kill me.
  • Kypho
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    morvegil wrote: »
    Evergnar wrote: »
    I think you kind of answered your own question in a way. Glass canon meets tank, tank wins especially when it is the strongest class in the game.

    You also mentioned having no mitigation so if you really want to go with a more toe to toe approach play around some mitigation abilities and passive effects.

    Thats what I thought. It doesnt hurt to pick brains though...maybe someone has found something we didnt think of.

    Having a DK myself, there are a few key things which, if you disrupt/mitigate, it really neuters them.

    1. Avoid the 2nd Flame Lash. The first one allows a 2nd one which heals. Dodge roll the 2nd one - no heal.
    2. Apply healing debuffs. Make sure your weapon has Disease enchant, and hit them with Lethal Arrow to open (healing debuff).
    3. Use Caltrops to drain stamina if they keep block up. Shades can do this also.
    4. Dark Cloak to purge off DoTs. A lot of DK damage comes from Fire DoTs they apply to you. Also, alot of DK DPS comes from single target attacks (Invasion and Whip). Don't try to "stay" invisible, just Cloak in your rotation to purge DoTs and break their targetting.

    just to add.Spark makes whip miss ^^ like sparks makes jabspam miss too...
  • Kypho
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    Sharee wrote: »
    Ambush 800-1k hit target stunned, Stealth Disguise, Soul Harvest 1.5k hit, Impale 1k hit.

    More like ambush, if you are a gank build with 0 sustain then it might hit for 800-1K.

    Before you can do anything else, the DK breaks CC and blocks. Your soul harvest(assuming you had a charged ulti before the fight in the firstplace) will tickle him for 450-500, and you won't bother with impale execute because he is still well above half HP.

    Then its the standard: eat invasion, talons, whip, talons. If you spark he will switch to destro staff and continue burning you down. He won't even bother with GDB up to this point. You have no sustain since you are a gank build, the best you can hope for now is to dodge roll and try to cloak away.

    Good luck! :)

    No, none of that, sorry. I don't agree, I have 173 magic regen.

    If you Ambush properly when he's not expecting it from behind and not from the front then he won't be able to block before the Soul Harvest. Everything else you just said I've already covered. If he doesn't die from your stealth attacks or you engage him in the open then -

    Shades, Crippling Grasp and Sap Essence, sometimes I'll throw in some Caltrops if he's an Immovable user. I wish him all the luck with a destro spam staff when Sap Essence has higher range, if he closes me down and I need room use I Mass Hysteria although the smart ones will be using Immovable.

    If he uses a standard I just roll out of it and stand just outside of it. If he wants me in it he's going to have to pull me of charge me and (I'm blocking) I use Veil.

    Worse case for me with a DK it's a stand off and no one is dying.

    [Moderator Note: Removed moderated quote]

    Shades for eating stamina, Sap Essence for heal + unblockable damage am i right?
  • Kypho
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    Can a DK get killd by something like blood craze bleed, sap essence, shades, maybe crippling if it dont get blocked? Maybe with mass hysteria too.
    Edited by Kypho on November 23, 2014 8:53AM
  • Medakon
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    morvegil wrote: »
    Stamina build. DK with Shield just blocks all my attacks...spams reflect...cant win. Any suggestions? Pretty sure im just SOL
    Mass hysteria (fear morp) is they key to victor! :wink:
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  • Kypho
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    Medakon wrote: »
    morvegil wrote: »
    Stamina build. DK with Shield just blocks all my attacks...spams reflect...cant win. Any suggestions? Pretty sure im just SOL
    Mass hysteria (fear morp) is they key to victor! :wink:

    not against decent DKs. maybe against DK wannabes. who watched videos and just holding block lol.
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