americansteel wrote: »

The_1st_Dovahkiin wrote: »

Hi Everyone!

Okay, so I am pretty much a noob with PvP, maybe like 40 hours total in it since I have had the game. I'm struggling, bad......lol. I just cant get a good build down to use when I'm in Cyrodiil. My build currently is;

Level: Vet 3
Class: DK
Race: Nord
Attribute Points: All Stamina
Armor: All Heavy
Bars: 1H and Shield/2H

My biggest problem currently is sustaining resources. I see other DKs that last forever in battles 1v1 or 1vX, and I just don't know how they do it. Granted, I don't think I have ever once had a true 1v1 with someone, its always 1vX with a minimum of 3 NBs spamming Mass Hysteria. Between the constant CC's and trying to mitigate the damage, my stamina just disappears. At that point I am spamming all of my shields and Dragons Blood to keep from dying until my stamina restores, but all that does is finish off my magicka and give me a few more seconds before I die. On top of all that, it seems like I am barely pushing out any DPS whatsoever when I actually have my resources available. So not only do I die quick, I cant even put out any damage lol.

I feel like it is just my inexperience causing my inevitable failure in PvP, because I see DKs all the time doing very well in combat. I was hoping to get some advice on a good build from an experienced PvPer for my DK, since all the builds I find online (deltia, sypher, etc) are all end game which I am not at yet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you very much

videos you see of 1v1s are mostly V16 DKs with ALOT of Champion points.
I run a 2H nord all heavy hundings rage 3 night silence CP 157, CRIT STRIKE WRECKING BLOW STONE GIANT IGNEOUS SHIELD and that weak flame lash.
Healing staff DRAGON BLOOD SIPHON REFLECTIVE SCALES HEALING WARD,
I avoid 1v1s on console due to a huge amount of AD pc transfers and problems my DK has that my TEMP doesnt.

Ishammael wrote: »

Get to v16, craft gear, practice, then come back. You're totally gimped at v3

Ishammael wrote: »

Get to v16, craft gear, practice, then come back. You're totally gimped at v3

Saint314Louis1985 wrote: »

If youre looking for more dps, try using 5medium and 2 heavy armor. Volatile armor or hardened armor will boost your armor up quite a bit. Im not sure what skills you use or have available,but definitely use Rally over GDB as your main heal. Plus rally increases your weapon dmg by 20%. And using igneous shield and rally together dramatically boosts your heals. You could even use coagulating blood with rally for a slightly smaller boost if you dont like igneous shield.

If its a 1v2 or 1v3 use fossilize or talons to cc them which overall reduces your incoming damage and drains their resources.

I dont really know how the battle leveling really works, but with that said, Id say dont be afraid to put up to a few +health glyphs on your armor. In my eyes its better to be a somewhat "tanky" stam dk than a glass cannon. DKs werent meant to be glass cannons. But at the same time, if you are overly tanky, you wont have the DPS like u stated in your main post. Find a good mix that works for you.

EDIT:

Also, dont get discouraged if youre not performing like you see in the youtube vids. Alot of those 1vX vids are special circumstances like fighting inexperienced pvp players. I can do the occasional 1v3 but for the most part they end up just like you stated in your post, but put me in a 1v1 and I win 95% of the time. Stam DKs are generally not going to perform solo like the shield stacking sorcs or invisible NBs due to a number of things. Doesnt mean not to strive for greatness though!