Erondil wrote: »

Very nice vid, good to see some templar smallscale gameplay! But I don't really understand why you use nova, it seems to be a wasted ultimate in most of the situations...

Thanks!

Out of the ultimates I have unlocked right now, it is actually very useful when outnumbered. The morph I'm using slows enemies down, which is helpful with the 2-4 man groups I'm in normally, along with the damage reduction if we can get them to actually try to fight us in it. I know most use the other morph, but it is so hard to hit the synergy on a nova that it seemed wasteful to me.

Nice vid but why dont you play with repetance for your stam? its most of the time empty and you cant cc break.

and i always cry a little bit when i see a nb with wb :'(

Iyas wrote: »

Nice vid but why dont you play with repetance for your stam? its most of the time empty and you cant cc break.

and i always cry a little bit when i see a nb with wb :'(

Repentance is an excellent skill. I just haven't found it useful enough for the kinds of fights we have. It is really useful for keep and scroll fights, but only if every other Templar around you isn't also using it. I do use it for grinding and will probably replace eclipse with repentance for IC. For now, Engine Guardian procs, mist form, potions, and working together are enough for most fights.
If I could stand the loss of health, I'd just go back to blue magic/stam drinks.

See? I knew it! You don't need me to teach you to templar, you've got that down

Nice vid Cinn

Tell Ezareth I still owe him a jesus beam. He knows what he did!

All those WBs made me cry a little...
Anyway nice vid, looks like you both have fun

Iyas wrote: »

and i always cry a little bit when i see a nb with wb :'(

Eglath wrote: »

All those WBs made me cry a little...

I actually thought I had rolled a DK until I was level 30 or so and realized my mistake so I just "rolled" with it.

Seriously though, I've yet to see a logical explanation by any player for me to not use wrecking blow. People usually whisper me saying things like why aren't you using surprise attack and Ambush don't you know it is better? These are usually people I just killed with it.

I've tried surprise attack and Ambush many times now and each time I try I notice I'm much less effect and end up switching back.

I think it mainly has to do with my playstyle and how I designed it. I developed my build and playstyle 100% by trial & error and testinging virtually every ability out (except for the siphoning trees which I could care less about other than the ult). I don't think anyone who has fought me recently could honestly say my build isn't effecting in group or solo combat although I often get some hate tells trying to tell me otherwise (again from people I just killed).

I'd love to see an old school nightblade explain the error of my thinking. I think the fracture from surprise attack is wasted since I'm already using piercing mark on my targets usually and I also don't utilize cloak or stealth at all. Ambush from my experience applies its damage after it hits while crit charge applies the damage at the start of the charge. This is why when I'm fighting another nightblade I can usually crit-charge animation cancel a dodge roll and hit them with it while dodging their own ambush. Wrecking blow and crit charge both benefit from executioner. The primary down side to wrecking blow is the vulnerability it gives you while you're winding it up which leaves you completely exposed and you can't "block-cast" it like surprise attack. When I'm in situations where I need to remain defensive I instead use Deep-slash animation cancelled with a bash which does pretty decent damage and applies AoE Maim and slow to my targets which is very powerful in 2vX scenarios.

Winnamine wrote: »

See? I knew it! You don't need me to teach you to templar, you've got that down

Nice vid Cinn

Tell Ezareth I still owe him a jesus beam. He knows what he did!

@Winnamine

Hey it was your Jesus-beam while your group zerged me down that brought the righteous fury of wrecking blow spam while you were on that Ballista!

Personally, I think you're just jealous of how great my ass looks in that dress ( ;

The thing that makes nova completely amazing IMO is the ability to "throw" it.

On my templar I can't tell you how many siege clusters i've broken up by simply tossing a nova on them from a keep wall or onto a keep wall from the ground, its so much fun.

That and you can drop it just in front a zerg and have them run through it as they chase you, snaring the non immune guys and letting you gtfo

I nova

Ezareth wrote: »

DisgracefulMind wrote: »

@Ezareth you look lovely in that dress

Finally some recognition given when due!

yodased wrote: »

The thing that makes nova completely amazing IMO is the ability to "throw" it.

On my templar I can't tell you how many siege clusters i've broken up by simply tossing a nova on them from a keep wall or onto a keep wall from the ground, its so much fun.

That and you can drop it just in front a zerg and have them run through it as they chase you, snaring the non immune guys and letting you gtfo

I nova

Yeah in the world of instant gratification ultimates like Dawnbreaker other ults like Nova are often overlooked. That ult has won so many 2vXs for us in tight spaces especially when combined with a Soul harvest and I can actually get the synergy to work. At very least it allows you a few moments of respite while you stand in it which is often the difference between life and death.

I stopped slotting nova for pvp when it was getting negated more often than not. But now... *taps chin thoughtfully*

Winnamine wrote: »

See? I knew it! You don't need me to teach you to templar, you've got that down

Nice vid Cinn

Tell Ezareth I still owe him a jesus beam. He knows what he did!

Winnie, I still have so much to learn! Teach me how to Templar

Cinnamon_Spider wrote: »

Winnamine wrote: »

See? I knew it! You don't need me to teach you to templar, you've got that down

Nice vid Cinn

Tell Ezareth I still owe him a jesus beam. He knows what he did!

Winnie, I still have so much to learn! Teach me how to Templar

WTB Awesome DK to teach me how to NB!

Very nice video! and sometimes you have to kill a few lowbies

I always love when I crit charge someone and look at the name, and I'm like , "Wait that's Cinn's alt!" Sometimes I'm dead by the time I realize it ;P

k2blader wrote: »

Interesting as always. I couldn't tell in that first segment if the opponent templar was "healbotting" his group or not-- if he wasn't and space-time could be warped such that he was, I wonder if any difference could've been seen.

I saw you guys once around Ash and several of us were chasing around Synaris to no avail. Personally I find it boring to come across healbotty templars. Fear is probably the cheesiest ability in-game as you cannot always break free as quickly as you should be able to, and a well-built NB can easily obliterate light armored targets.

Can I ask how it is that my frags hit Ezareth's NB for only 1.8k? I don't have the best spell pen but thinking it's more than that.

Many people see those kind of numbers and are quick to blame Nirnhoned for the reduction but it is actually a combination of Nirn, a high amount of CPs into the "Hardy" passive and Blocking with a shield and Absorb magic slotted. The nirnhoned is actually contributing the least to equation.

Block damage reduction is applied after the resistances are calculated and it is impossible to crit a blocked attack so you're stuck with your base tooltip damage and it is reduced from there. With the 1h/shield passives and defensive posture slotted a blocked attack only does 29% of the damage after resistances. This means your unblocked fragment would have hit me for ~6200 damage. Even with 3 Legendary Nirn pieces my SR is only 22642 although if I've recently cast a shadow ability and dodge rolled this spikes to 33044.

I mainly rely on Fear when enemies are clumped up on me or around Cinn to apply AoE Maim + CC or if you're targetting someone holding block it is the only way you'll kill them is by damaging them after you fear them before they can break free.

i love it plz do more vids.

Very entertaining video. You make a nice team

Psilent wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

k2blader wrote: »

Interesting as always. I couldn't tell in that first segment if the opponent templar was "healbotting" his group or not-- if he wasn't and space-time could be warped such that he was, I wonder if any difference could've been seen.

I saw you guys once around Ash and several of us were chasing around Synaris to no avail. Personally I find it boring to come across healbotty templars. Fear is probably the cheesiest ability in-game as you cannot always break free as quickly as you should be able to, and a well-built NB can easily obliterate light armored targets.

Can I ask how it is that my frags hit Ezareth's NB for only 1.8k? I don't have the best spell pen but thinking it's more than that.

Many people see those kind of numbers and are quick to blame Nirnhoned for the reduction but it is actually a combination of Nirn, a high amount of CPs into the "Hardy" passive and Blocking with a shield and Absorb magic slotted. The nirnhoned is actually contributing the least to equation.

Block damage reduction is applied after the resistances are calculated and it is impossible to crit a blocked attack so you're stuck with your base tooltip damage and it is reduced from there. With the 1h/shield passives and defensive posture slotted a blocked attack only does 29% of the damage after resistances. This means your unblocked fragment would have hit me for ~6200 damage. Even with 3 Legendary Nirn pieces my SR is only 22642 although if I've recently cast a shadow ability and dodge rolled this spikes to 33044.

I mainly rely on Fear when enemies are clumped up on me or around Cinn to apply AoE Maim + CC or if you're targetting someone holding block it is the only way you'll kill them is by damaging them after you fear them before they can break free.

All my warrior points go into Hardy, Elemental Defender, and Thicked Skinned. It's amazing how much my surviability has shot up. Being a vampire I can live through dawnbreaker if I can't block in time.

Yup. I won a nice 6 on 1 last night and some Vet 6 was calling me a 600 CP loser (while blocking me so I couldn't even respond). Damage mitigation stacking is pretty sick right now when used properly. Evidently I don't have enough points into Thick Skinned yet because beams still wreck me. You'd think they'd be "Magic" damage and not dots....