Rare Character Builds (ie. BattleMage, Nightblade Healer)
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What rare character build have you made and how did you get it to work?
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✭✭✭✭is Battlemage rare? Between my husband and myself I think we have four of them.Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
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MangoSsk✭✭✭newtinmpls wrote: »is Battlemage rare? Between my husband and myself I think we have four of them.
I only see battlemages on PVP side not as much on PVE. I know they have Heavy Armor skills and Phoenix Set.I Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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J2JMC✭✭✭✭✭There is nothing rare about a nightblade healer. It's just harder(less intuitive) than a templar and provides less resource utility so you'll see less of it. Rare is an overstatement imo.
To answer the question though, from my personal experiences and what I have seen from others, they work quite well.Edited by J2JMC on October 28, 2015 6:04PMKnee Jerk, L2P, Obtuse, Casual, Entitled, All The Best, unnecessary mention of CoD
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MangoSsk✭✭✭newtinmpls wrote: »is Battlemage rare? Between my husband and myself I think we have four of them.
And I meant to say Battle Healer but to each is its own.I Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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MangoSsk✭✭✭There is nothing rare about a nightblade healer. It's just harder(less intuitive) than a templar and provides less resource utility so you'll see less of it. Rare is an overstatement imo.
I'm sorry I'll replace rare with Legendary or EpicEdited by MangoSsk on October 28, 2015 6:04PMI Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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americansteel✭✭✭✭nord DK
nord Templar
nord sorc
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✭✭✭✭✭I have a build that I don't think anyone else would ever do: Imperial Dragon Knight, Magic Focus, 5/2 Heavy/Light, Destro Staff/Sword and Board, 5 Pieces Seducer/5 Pieces Soul Shine.
Kind of a Tankmage if anything.Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
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MangoSsk✭✭✭americansteel wrote: »nord DK
nord Templar
nord sorc
all heavy all magick DPS
I play Nord DK they are better off with straight Magika for DPS and about 10-20 pts on health for Tank 20-30 pts on magikaI Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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MangoSsk✭✭✭A Nightblade who refuses to use any class skills. Bow only. All stats in Health.
Why Health? If you are long range just curious?I Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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Why Health? If you are long range just curious?
Because stam and magicka are more useful, and having more HP is never a bad thing (that is, when it doesn't compromise your build's integrity.)Edited by Cadbury on October 28, 2015 6:12PM"If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."0 -
nilldax✭✭✭Heavy armored Stamblade (5 of heavy armor) DW/bow (could use crossbow if be possible
). Idea was to re-create my setup from "War of the Roses" game. Recenlty changed to medium due to ~5% mitigation loss for over 400 of weapon damage, which is quite essential.
Anyway that build worked nicely: lower costs of block, ST/MG regen from middle of nowhere (Constitution passive), sooo epic 'eavy armor! - where lacked dmg big output and some mobility. Maaaybe with Orsinum i could reanimate that.0 -
MangoSsk✭✭✭
Because stam and magicka are more useful
Lol you said in your previous post you put all points in health?Edited by MangoSsk on October 28, 2015 6:12PMI Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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I play Nord DK they are better off with straight Magika for DPS and about 10-20 pts on health for Tank 20-30 pts on magika
I like my nord DK im mostly pouring pints into magic with 12 and 12 into health and stamina most will be in magicka.
I wish the nords had a better racial passive though.NO LONGER PLAYING ESO
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MangoSsk✭✭✭I have a build that I don't think anyone else would ever do: Imperial Dragon Knight, Magic Focus, 5/2 Heavy/Light, Destro Staff/Sword and Board, 5 Pieces Seducer/5 Pieces Soul Shine.
Kind of a Tankmage if anything.
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americansteel✭✭✭✭I have a build that I don't think anyone else would ever do: Imperial Dragon Knight, Magic Focus, 5/2 Heavy/Light, Destro Staff/Sword and Board, 5 Pieces Seducer/5 Pieces Soul Shine.
Kind of a Tankmage if anything.
I wear 7 heavy 5 seducer two armor torugs pact and my shield is the 3rd torug pact for health. what is soul shine?NO LONGER PLAYING ESO
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MangoSsk✭✭✭americansteel wrote: »
I like my nord DK im mostly pouring pints into magic with 12 and 12 into health and stamina most will be in magicka.
I wish the nords had a better racial passive though.
I have a Nord Dragonknight VR4 and I have 30 pts Health and 23 pts Magika. Their racial passive has 30% more health regen and dragonknight was made for Health RegenI Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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Lol you said in your previous post you put all points in health?
I was being facetious
but yeah, I like having extra health in case kiting goes south. Plus, I like a challenge.
In hindsight, its probably better to run full stam and medium armor. Oh well. This isn't a build meant for parties."If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."0 -
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I was being facetious but yeah, I like having extra health in case kiting goes south. Plus, I like a challenge.
In hindsight, its probably better to run full stam and medium armor. Oh well. This isn't a build meant for parties.
Now that makes sense. All health attributes. Medium Armor for stamina cost/recovery. You just need set items to put out more weapon damage and you would be a hardcore Legolas archer.Edited by MangoSsk on October 28, 2015 6:19PMI Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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✭✭✭✭✭Magicka nightblade saptank.
Not really rare, though, but I still get lots of reactions along the lines of, "Nightblades can be tanks?!"
I absolutely love it, though. It started out as a gear-swap build that I added to my magicka nightblade dps/healer to experiment with tanking, but these days with the shortage of tanks, I'm in my tank suit 90% of the time. It's tons of fun to play: I have decent resource management and can dish out tons of damage (unbuffed spell power of over 1800; should be over 2000 once I switch from Whitestrake to Kagrenac for my tank set), and although I don't sport super-high resistances as a result, my self-healing keeps me alive.
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Jags666✭✭Having played TES games for years, I approached ESO no differently - The game allows you to be what you want to be so if you want to be a axe-toting sorcerer then so be it. Me? Well I'm a maul wielding, heavy armour wearing, Nord NightBlade.
I basically, maxed out the Race skill line to gain the benefits but cherry-picked from all the other skill lines as to what suited the way I wanted my character to be.
He is Lvl 50 Smithing and Clothing which allows me to wear the style and type of armour set up I want - 5/2 heavy/light. My character has to look good. I will not wear an item just because the armour/trait value is greater than the one I have if it does not look good.
Lvl 50 on Two-handed and Dual Wield (Primary and secondary respectively) - both maxed out
Lvl 50 provisioning for those all important Stamina and Health recovery munchies
Lvl 50 Heavy armour (maxed) but nothing on light as I do't need the Magic attributes.
From there just applying the right traits (Mundus and Armour buffs) and enchantments (Health and Stamina) to ensure that I can go a round or three with Mobs 2 to 3 levels above my VR rank.
Ok my build is not as powerful as some but it suits the way I play and have used the skill reallocation feature a couple of times when I've not been happy with something. If I was to create a true NB or DK build, I don't think I would enjoy playing that character as much.
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HaldaAinur✭✭✭DK healer. I've yet to bump into another one (I have 2 of these myself), but I think there's probably a few out there as I've heard talk of em. Not rare persay, but a tricky-ish build which is worth all the trouble
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Lord_Wrath✭✭✭✭✭Just curious, why would a mage use heavy armor? Given the light armor passives suit a mage.1300+ CP | Lørd Wrath | - Sorcerer - Palatine - Grand Master Crafter - 30000 Achievement Points
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MangoSsk✭✭✭Lord_Wrath wrote: »Just curious, why would a mage use heavy armor? Given the light armor passives suit a mage.
So they can jump into the action and crap all over everything.I Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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MangoSsk✭✭✭HaldaAinur wrote: »DK healer. I've yet to bump into another one (I have 2 of these myself), but I think there's probably a few out there as I've heard talk of em. Not rare persay, but a tricky-ish build which is worth all the trouble
This is what I'm talking about. How the heck do you heal with Dragonknight. You would have to use mainly resto staff abilities.I Demand A Trial By Combat... - Tyrion Lannister
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Stranglehands✭✭✭✭I've got a nightblade healer and it's my fave character.
Also I made an all-stamina sorcerer tank which isn't that silly but it's no dragonknight tank, and i think two-handed and sword and shield is over-specialising a bit
My oddest race/build combo is a breton dragonknight tank, which isn't that odd (you get that unique spell resistance bonus) but i'm trying to make it a sort of magicka-oriented one to take advantage of the racials more.kcoR gnillaF si noitadnuoF esohw ETIYREP oT0 -
MangoSsk✭✭✭Stranglehands wrote: »I've got a nightblade healer and it's my fave character.
Also I made an all-stamina sorcerer tank which isn't that silly but it's no dragonknight tank, and i think two-handed and sword and shield is over-specialising a bit
My oddest race/build combo is a breton dragonknight tank, which isn't that odd (you get that unique spell resistance bonus) but i'm trying to make it a sort of magicka-oriented one to take advantage of the racials more
Stamina Mage O.O
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✭Magicka nightblade saptank.
Not really rare, though, but I still get lots of reactions along the lines of, "Nightblades can be tanks?!"
I absolutely love it, though. It started out as a gear-swap build that I added to my magicka nightblade dps/healer to experiment with tanking, but these days with the shortage of tanks, I'm in my tank suit 90% of the time. It's tons of fun to play: I have decent resource management and can dish out tons of damage (unbuffed spell power of over 1800; should be over 2000 once I switch from Whitestrake to Kagrenac for my tank set), and although I don't sport super-high resistances as a result, my self-healing keeps me alive.
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