Sword and Shield DK opinion doing SpindleCLutch

warrhell · November 2015

Hello guys.
I am kinda new to this game and trying to learn thighs on my own.
What do guys think about my dk build? Is this any good? I am kinda low lvl btw

Feel free to tell your opinion here.

Here is the video of me doing the dungeon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27HmIciRCks&feature=youtu.be

paulsimonps · November 2015

Its always hard to tell at such low level, but my question to you is, what is the intended purpose of your build? Will it be a Tank(Someone who taunts the enemy away from the others in a group) or a DPS(Damage Per Second someone who does a lot of damage)? Cause if you intend for the latter I will regret to inform you that its not a viable set up for higher level content. For pure PvE content there are a few ways to achieve high enough Damage to be considered viable and those are: Using Destruction and or Restoration staff with Light armor or use dual wield, two handed and or bow with Medium armor. You could go with a hybrid build that mixes the use of stamina or magicka, but that as well as any use of a full set of heavy armor will leave you with very low damage output that will hinder you in your progress.

warrhell · November 2015

paulsimonps wrote: »

Its always hard to tell at such low level, but my question to you is, what is the intended purpose of your build? Will it be a Tank(Someone who taunts the enemy away from the others in a group) or a DPS(Damage Per Second someone who does a lot of damage)? Cause if you intend for the latter I will regret to inform you that its not a viable set up for higher level content. For pure PvE content there are a few ways to achieve high enough Damage to be considered viable and those are: Using Destruction and or Restoration staff with Light armor or use dual wield, two handed and or bow with Medium armor. You could go with a hybrid build that mixes the use of stamina or magicka, but that as well as any use of a full set of heavy armor will leave you with very low damage output that will hinder you in your progress.

well i want to tank and give some decent damage too..

anyway, i lvled up a bit, never did pvp myself, but i guess i must try it

paulsimonps · November 2015

warrhell wrote: »

paulsimonps wrote: »

Its always hard to tell at such low level, but my question to you is, what is the intended purpose of your build? Will it be a Tank(Someone who taunts the enemy away from the others in a group) or a DPS(Damage Per Second someone who does a lot of damage)? Cause if you intend for the latter I will regret to inform you that its not a viable set up for higher level content. For pure PvE content there are a few ways to achieve high enough Damage to be considered viable and those are: Using Destruction and or Restoration staff with Light armor or use dual wield, two handed and or bow with Medium armor. You could go with a hybrid build that mixes the use of stamina or magicka, but that as well as any use of a full set of heavy armor will leave you with very low damage output that will hinder you in your progress.

well i want to tank and give some decent damage too..

anyway, i lvled up a bit, never did pvp myself, but i guess i must try it

I would recommend not worrying to much about your build until you reach at least veteran rank 1. Simply work on leveling your 1h&S skills as well as your class skills and go from there. To try and get the most damage out of a tank I would suggest you experiment with how much you would need as a minimum when it comes to protection and survivability, taunting and taking damage is your main priority, so test out how much you would need in set bonuses and stats to do that well enough to then be able to focus on doing damage.

Katinas · November 2015

warrhell wrote: »

What do guys think about my dk build? Is this any good? I am kinda low lvl btw
Feel free to tell your opinion here.

Just a few simple tips and advices.
At such low level every dungeon will be new experience so try to do something different each time. Use an ability which you unlocked, see what it does, try to look at it and decide how it benefits you or your group. Try to remember what you did previous time and see if new abilities are worth using or not. Spend skill points to unlock passives from class, armor and weapon skill lines, they all provide nice bonuses.
You will allways want to taunt big, dangerous looking monsters and bosses. Use Puncture skill (skill number 4 on your bar) on them to take aggro. You don't have to aggro absolutely each and every single enemy, just bosses and most dangerous looking mobs such as two handed weapon wielding mobs, daedroths or centurions.
When you use your Standard synergy always ask for group members (before you start dungeon) to synergyze your standard. And as tank always synergyze all skills that your group members use - they will provide buffs to you or to them or debuff your enemies.
Don't rush in to another battle after you finished one if your stamina or magicka is low, take a breath and regenerate stats.
Always put on skills on both bars even if 1st and 2nd bar have to have same abilities - you never know what will be useful in what situation.
Good luck in tanking, it's a really fun role in this game!