Templar advice

Strider_Roshin · June 2015

A buddy of mine wants to dps with a sword and shield, and he wants to be stamina based. Can this happen?

Captainfez3 · June 2015

Hmmm probably not. If he was magicka based, he could load up on class skills and just use a sword and shield for the hell of it. I think he would be better off (dps wise) going 2 hander or dual wield. For leveling up, it hardly matters.

MageStorm · June 2015

The Captain is right, Sword and Shield is not really made for DPS'ing as far as its skill line goes.

However, there are a few good class skills that could be used to drive DPS whilst having a sword and shield equip. Biting Jabs for instance is a great stamina morph class skill that hits like a truck and you can actually level from 1-50 by spamming just this skill alone.

An alternative could be looking at having a two-handed set up with the sword and shield on another bar. The two-handed setup will provide great DPS and your friend can quickly swap back to sword and shield as needed.

Strider_Roshin · June 2015

Gotcha, so stick to stamina class abilities then. He should probably get weapon power enchants in order to compensate as well.

Visemere · June 2015

I've levelled from 1-50 VR1 exclusively as 1H & Sheild.

ive had no problems with dps and speed really.

I use puncturing Sweep for the healing, but biting jabs is cool aswell for dps.

my skill bar is:

Solar Flare (hits 3 targets)
Ransack
Deep Slash
Puncturing Sweep
Blazing Sheild (dmg absorb sheild and dmg on cast)

ultimate: Crescent Sweep

i find most mobs at VR1 level die after my puncturing sweep or a quick ransack after..

literally zero downtime.

my second bar is healing and restoration staff skills incase the *** hits the fan

Lynx7386 · June 2015

As a templar it probably wont work out too well, IMO.

However, a nightblade could keep up the appearance of 1h/shield while using class abilities for better damage output. If you go stamina, surprise attack and killer's blade are both melee attacks that look like you're using your equipped weapon, and are stamina based. If you want to go magicka based but keep the sword and shield, you can use the magicka morphs for these abilities.

The weapon attacks for 1h/shield just dont do a lot of damage. Your best option is deep slash, which hits 3 targets and does moderate damage. Shield bash isnt half bad either, but wont match up to the damage done by other weapon abilities.