Heavy Armor, which class to pick ?

Thaosen · September 2015

Hello guys,

I just reinstalled TESO today and I was wondering which class I should go for if I want to play as a heavy armor (I would dare say using heavy armor is the most important factor to me) user. I am looking for a good balance of PvP/PvE and I would rather use weapons that are not staves...

Thank you

Shadesofkin · September 2015

Dragonknight. But, it's literally the only class I've rolled up for all 8 of my slots so I'm biased.

Robbmrp · September 2015

Go with either a Dragonknight or a Templar then. Those make really good heavy armor melee classes. I rolled an Orc Templar when the game came out and am still having a lot of fun on them.

Forestd16b14_ESO · September 2015

DK but your better off cause ZOS hates heavy armor and doesn't want any one wearing it.

UltimaJoe777 · September 2015

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

DK but your better off cause ZOS hates heavy armor and doesn't want any one wearing it.

You know, no one is ever going to take you seriously if all you say is "ZOS hates this, ZOS hates that...".

Technically though OP roll with whatever you like. Just remember that Heavy Armor compliments Health and Healing more than anything (aside from having the higher Armor Rating of the 3 that is).

Thaosen · September 2015

So hmm, would you guys mind telling me more about DK / Templar? What kind of playstyle do they usually end up with when wearing heavy plate ?

I thought the Templar might be similar to a Paladin however it seems like it's mainly oriented toward healing

Sharee · September 2015

Early this year i made a heavy armor orc DK based around high health regeneration. At level 12, wearing level 12 blue armor, 5/5 orgnum's scale, 4/5 oblivion's foe, he was able to solo all public instanced 4-man dungeons(banished cells, etc.). If you like that kind of fun(and have the resources to craft the armor), i really recommend it.

(if you cant craft he sets, he will still be a beast in a regular 4-man group doing those dungeons)

Asherons_Call · September 2015

You can go with any class using any armor and be fine with 90% of the content. This is one of the things I love about this game. If you ever decide to go the tedious min/ max route I guess you'd need to look more carefully

UltimaJoe777 · September 2015

My Dragonknight serves as my main DPS toon for being up in your face due to how many buffs it gets from class skills alone making it bulky in a way and my Templar serves as my main tank toon due to its supportive capabilities. Both run Heavy Armor and are my only toons that do. Regardless of what class you pick though using Heavy Armor will make you bulky in defense. After all a class is only 15 active skills and 3 ultimates that differ from each other.

Callous2208 · September 2015

I switched back to heavy on my stamina dps templar. I know, I know, what an idiot. But with some stat, cp, gear and skill tweaks, he's doing really well in pvp and all pve content. Time will tell how long he is end game viable but whatever, medium is maxed too if I get the urge to switch back.

Fizzlewizzle · September 2015

Sharee wrote: »

Early this year i made a heavy armor orc DK based around high health regeneration. At level 12, wearing level 12 blue armor, 5/5 orgnum's scale, 4/5 oblivion's foe, he was able to solo all public instanced 4-man dungeons(banished cells, etc.). If you like that kind of fun(and have the resources to craft the armor), i really recommend it.

(if you cant craft he sets, he will still be a beast in a regular 4-man group doing those dungeons)

What weapon did you use?

imredneckson · September 2015

Thaosen wrote: »

Hello guys,

I just reinstalled TESO today and I was wondering which class I should go for if I want to play as a heavy armor (I would dare say using heavy armor is the most important factor to me) user. I am looking for a good balance of PvP/PvE and I would rather use weapons that are not staves...

Thank you

Templar for me. My DK died with the patch.

Victus · September 2015

Yeah I would say if you are going to play Stamina-based damage, enchant the Heavy armor for Stamina. Maybe even consider using 5 piece heavy, 2 medium?

TheShadowScout · September 2015

Best choices for heavy armored gameplay are templars and dragonknights. Though I suppose a saptank-nightblade may also work, if maybe not quite as well...

I am running alts in the former flavors - heavy armor, orc templar with two-handed and argonian dragonknight with sword&board... both work pretty well, though I personally prefer the templar... but that's personal flavor I guess.

Templar heals work very well with plate mail, and while you won't have the stamina regeneration to fire off a good deal of burst damage, mixing in a heavy blow every other srtrike will let you take down pretty much anything if a bit in a slow but steady kind of way... and templars have neat magica-driven ranged options if you feel inclined to go for that...

Dragonknights... are mostly about the fire. Which can be nice for pyros among us. And can also get the very best tankyness with their skills and passives, if one likes to tank stuff. And plopping down standards as DK is... bad news for the opponents.

Personally, I'd say make both, try them our to find which one suits your personal style better, play that one as main and keep the other as mule!

Van_0S · September 2015

Thaosen wrote: »

Hello guys,

I just reinstalled TESO today and I was wondering which class I should go for if I want to play as a heavy armor (I would dare say using heavy armor is the most important factor to me) user. I am looking for a good balance of PvP/PvE and I would rather use weapons that are not staves...

Thank you

Heavy armor only must use sword and board, no DPS but tanky.
Medium armor only as a variaty of weapons to use 2H,DW and bow, stamina Dps.
Light armor only uses rest and rest staff. Ranged magicka DPS and healer.
So, go for 2 pieces of medium armor or light.

Levo18 · September 2015

I always wanted to use heavy armor 7/7 but i wonder what damage ressource you guys are using? I mean light=magicka, medium=stamina and heavy=? I know it boosts health but damage isnt scaling of health.

So my question is how to be a 7/7 heavy armor DPS? Is it possible at all?

IKilled007 · September 2015

Stamina sorc.

UltimaJoe777 · September 2015

Levo18 wrote: »

I always wanted to use heavy armor 7/7 but i wonder what damage ressource you guys are using? I mean light=magicka, medium=stamina and heavy=? I know it boosts health but damage isnt scaling of health.

So my question is how to be a 7/7 heavy armor DPS? Is it possible at all?

That's why Heavy Armor is for adding some bulk to your build. Beyond the passives just go for whatever you can to raise damage output.

Sharee · September 2015

Fizzlewizzle wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

Early this year i made a heavy armor orc DK based around high health regeneration. At level 12, wearing level 12 blue armor, 5/5 orgnum's scale, 4/5 oblivion's foe, he was able to solo all public instanced 4-man dungeons(banished cells, etc.). If you like that kind of fun(and have the resources to craft the armor), i really recommend it.

(if you cant craft he sets, he will still be a beast in a regular 4-man group doing those dungeons)

What weapon did you use?

2H hammer. Using brawler for dealing with mob packs, alternating with heavy attacks for getting stamina back.

Thaosen · September 2015

oh I wouldn't mind going like, 5 Heavy 2 Medium/Light... As long as the main point and feeling would be oriented toward heavy armor

Elder_III · September 2015

Heavy Armor will work just fine for any character or class. I'd recommend it primarily for a Tank, but you can DPS in it if you have enough stamina reduction costs and stamina regen coupled with heavy Attacks etc..

Callous2208 · September 2015

Elder_III wrote: »

Heavy Armor will work just fine for any character or class. I'd recommend it primarily for a Tank, but you can DPS in it if you have enough stamina reduction costs and stamina regen coupled with heavy Attacks etc..

This is an important statement to consider. My stamplar dps is using 7/7 heavy atm and doing quite well. But he has really good gear and enchants. My cp's are also heavily favoring damage and reducing stamina costs.

mklundub17_ESO · September 2015

Thaosen wrote: »

Hello guys,

I just reinstalled TESO today and I was wondering which class I should go for if I want to play as a heavy armor (I would dare say using heavy armor is the most important factor to me) user. I am looking for a good balance of PvP/PvE and I would rather use weapons that are not staves...

Thank you

Depends on your build. Heavy armor for PVE is generally only tanks, and any class can be a tank, just some people are such poor players they can only tank as a DK because of magma armor.

For PVP you can be creative and do heavy armor as well.

To break it down for you, light armor is for magicka users, medium armor for stamina users, and heavy armor is of course defensive but not specific to either stamina or magicka.

Now if it's just the heavy armor look you like, then even light/medium armor users often wear 1 heavy and 1 medium/light and 5 medium/light (3 armor types gives you a bonus to resource pools from an undaunted passive).

So if it's just the look you like then you could wear a heavy chest piece (since you get the most armor from the large pieces which are head, chest, legs) then a medium legs piece, and then light for everything else and if you use monster sets (helmet and shoulder 2 piece sets that drop in group dungeons) then the light/medium/heavy look the same.

So you would in essence look like you were wearing a heavy helm, shoulders, chest, medium legs and light gloves, boots and belt.

Personofsecrets · September 2015

Choose DK

Choose Dunmer, Altmer, or Imperial

Fizzlewizzle · September 2015

Sharee wrote: »

Fizzlewizzle wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

Early this year i made a heavy armor orc DK based around high health regeneration. At level 12, wearing level 12 blue armor, 5/5 orgnum's scale, 4/5 oblivion's foe, he was able to solo all public instanced 4-man dungeons(banished cells, etc.). If you like that kind of fun(and have the resources to craft the armor), i really recommend it.

(if you cant craft he sets, he will still be a beast in a regular 4-man group doing those dungeons)

What weapon did you use?

2H hammer. Using brawler for dealing with mob packs, alternating with heavy attacks for getting stamina back.

how can you get a 5/5 and a 4/5 bonus with a 2h weapon?

That aside, i do get the general idea of the build.
Going to try and create something like that on my VR16 Argonian Templar.

SeptimusDova · September 2015

MudCrab or Slaughterfish for the win !!

Sharee · September 2015

Fizzlewizzle wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

Fizzlewizzle wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

Early this year i made a heavy armor orc DK based around high health regeneration. At level 12, wearing level 12 blue armor, 5/5 orgnum's scale, 4/5 oblivion's foe, he was able to solo all public instanced 4-man dungeons(banished cells, etc.). If you like that kind of fun(and have the resources to craft the armor), i really recommend it.

(if you cant craft he sets, he will still be a beast in a regular 4-man group doing those dungeons)

What weapon did you use?

2H hammer. Using brawler for dealing with mob packs, alternating with heavy attacks for getting stamina back.

how can you get a 5/5 and a 4/5 bonus with a 2h weapon?

That aside, i do get the general idea of the build.
Going to try and create something like that on my VR16 Argonian Templar.

The 4th oblivion's foe item only came after level 15 of course, once i could use 1h/shield as secondary weapons. Should have mentioned that, my bad. But the set bonus it unlocks is magicka regen, which is not all that important to the build, so it doesn't really matter whether you have it or not.

For argonians the build won't be as good as for orcs i think since orcs have a 30% health regen bonus racial, but you can certainly give it a try.

Kuroinu · September 2015

I understand the want for wearing Heavy Armour because it looks the best in most styles. The best solution I can come up with whilst not seriously hindering your effectiveness in a group or even solo is to use Heavy Armour in your head and body slots. Most of the "look" comes from these 2 pieces, but if you use "Hide Helmet" then perhaps body and leg slots would be best.