Take your hybrid build to a 1v1 dueling tournament then report back to us how fast you were eliminated.
To get that magic pool, 16,000?, you have to make a compromise somewhere. Any skill, item, weapon, stat point etc you change to give you magic instead of stamina or wep dmg is lowing your DPS. Because Stamina also converts to Wep Dmg you are losing out x2. In return you are getting VERY small return on your overall healing because of the 50% nerf and the fact that all our heals only scale on magic. You're not being honest here, where are you getting that 16,000+ magic? To get that you're losing out somewhere around 5000-6000 stamina which directly converts into over 1000 wep dmg. My point is compared to a pure stamina Stamplar you're likely anywhere from 1000-2000 total wep dmg behind (when factoring max stamina AND wep dmg). That is a HUGE loss in dps and all it does is change your heal from about 3,000 to 6,000 which is still 1 heavy attack. You would be much better off dumping that magic into health for your shield or Stamina for dmg and rally/vigor scaling instead.
ANY build can work in pvp because lots of players there are clueless, if you are skilled you can make it work vs new players. But you're not going to make it effective vs other skilled players cause they will have higher dps than you, higher healing than you and better overall defense. They will wreck you while you stand there spamming breath of life and running out of magic. One CC and you are dead.
To top everything off you didn't even acknowledge my other points such as:
Why do Dragon Knights heal better than Templars?
Why is Stamplar the only class being forced to lose its class identity or severely hamper it's build to get some healing?
Plus we have even more issues with bugs and such. Like with Biting Jabs, if your opponent has a shield he just effectively made your Biting Jabs almost useless as you will not get the dmg bonus from it or crits.
Hybrid builds work great for solo PVE but in PVP you are at a big disadvantage vs specialized builds.
P.S. I want Hybrids to work, but we need soft caps back for that to be realistic.
RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »Why would I duel? I don't even care about dueling, never have. I play the game for fun i don't play it for anything competitive or serious, i play it for fun only. There are many duelers out there that play this game far better then me and my hats off to them, I have even had playful convos with a few of them, all great people. They have their 1v1 builds down to an art and have been practicing and honing their skill at it for quite sometime, and they are good at it because of it.
Secondly, being a Hybrid Templar is about utility, not damage...its not meant to go toe to toe with say a Stam blade and out damage him, thats not how it works, and it sure isn't meant to be a dueling or a 1v1 build in anyway, its meant to be viable in open world pvp under normal pvp conditions and there is a big difference there, Hybrid Stamplar is more of a support role that can chip in when needed. The only way a Hybrid Templar beats a Stam Blade or whatever is by using terrain and such to flatout out position and outplay him, a Hybrid Templar sure isn't going to beat him in a 1v1 duel in a war of attrition.
I use purple or blue food instead of drink, My Breton passives gives me more 10% max magicka, thats where it comes from.
Third: Being able to use your magic to heal when your low on stamina is an advantage in some situations. Being able to Eclipse an Overloading Sorc is an advantage in some cases as well. Being able to use Toppling Charge as a gap closer frees up stamina for another skill. Using Blazing Shield can buy you time to LOS enemies when your being focused on by multiple targets from range.
Fourth: Im not disagreeing with you. I think Templar healing passives should apply to skills like Vigor, and yes Templar does need help in some way...yes it sucks that Jabs is bugged against sheilds, im hopeful that gets fixed.
A hybrid Templar won't have the damage a pure speced Stamplar will have, but its not supposed to. I wanted to try stam and i didn't want my Breton Racial passives going to waste so i figured out a way to take advantage of them by using a few magic skills as a way to simply "dump magic" as passive utility.
The the Overload example above, im not going to use BOL to take the damage, im gonna Eclipse the Sorc, then dodge roll or LOS the nearest place I can, the Sorc has to break the Eclipse before he can continue, it buys time and stops the damage output, giving you time to adjust, be it sheilding yourself, etc...as a Hybrid I know im not gonna win that in a straight up fight, but what i can do is use my magic utility skills and dodge rolling stam skills to drag out the fight and do my best to string the Sorc back towards friendlies where he either gets chased away or killed...
I know im not going to win a straight up locking horns with a Stam or Magic focused class like Sorc's or Nightblades, but what i will do well is support my allies, bring utility to the fight. Its not speclizing in doing one thing well, its making the sum of all the average parts work at an above average rate.
Trust me, i'd rather re-roll a stamina race such as a Redguard, Khajiit, etc and roll a Nightblade but I don't have the patience to level another toon....so for now this will have to do me, I know there will be fights I can't win, and im OK with that, I also know i'll have to be far more careful with my positioning, but fighting at a disadvantage will only make my successes far more satisfying.
I really hope Templar's get the help we need though, I always have my Sorc to fall back on, but so far trying a Hybrid Templar has been fun for me, its not as bad as i originally thought it would be, not as good as a pure Stamplar either in terms of damage, but thats ok, its still fun and not FOTM so i will roll with it and i'll just have to learn to put myself in better positions thats all, it is what it is.
And here ends the discussion, not going to take that from someone (you) who has no clue. Backlash CAN crit. Learn the game
And Purge is a huge boost for backlash. But you don't know why, because you've got no practical experience, only your dumb theories.
RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »No problem, no one is antagonizing
I know its not the best build you could have for a Templar, I know i could do better going full blown 100% magic or Stamina, but i wanted to try something different. So far im having fun with it.
As a Magic Templar if you want to do damage at all your confined to Puncturing Sweep spam that not only doesn't work against sheilds, but its easy to avoid, easy to counter, and just gives your enemy CC immunity. You cna try a Force Pulse Build with a Templar, but you will find a Sorc or a DK is far far better at it, and since my Sorc always uses Destro staff, why not try something different.
At the end of the day, it won't win you any dueling contests, but you sure will have a lot fun!
I do wish they would bring softcaps back though, gosh the return of Hybrids would be so nice for this game!
dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »No problem, no one is antagonizing
I know its not the best build you could have for a Templar, I know i could do better going full blown 100% magic or Stamina, but i wanted to try something different. So far im having fun with it.
As a Magic Templar if you want to do damage at all your confined to Puncturing Sweep spam that not only doesn't work against sheilds, but its easy to avoid, easy to counter, and just gives your enemy CC immunity. You cna try a Force Pulse Build with a Templar, but you will find a Sorc or a DK is far far better at it, and since my Sorc always uses Destro staff, why not try something different.
At the end of the day, it won't win you any dueling contests, but you sure will have a lot fun!
I do wish they would bring softcaps back though, gosh the return of Hybrids would be so nice for this game!
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Breton spell resistance is nice to have, and adds to their universal quality. No matter what I think you're fine messing about with that role. I was just noting how some races are less optimal for certain purposes. Khajiit mages for instance are in a pickle because robust constitution is really the only semi-useful trait they'd have. I'm in agreement with you that puncturing sweeps isn't all that effective. I like the skill in pve, and I could be made to like the skill in pvp if they changed some fundamentals behind it. I mostly find I'm using 2 hander or dual wield for this purpose though, for the same reasons you mention.
dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »No problem, no one is antagonizing
I know its not the best build you could have for a Templar, I know i could do better going full blown 100% magic or Stamina, but i wanted to try something different. So far im having fun with it.
As a Magic Templar if you want to do damage at all your confined to Puncturing Sweep spam that not only doesn't work against sheilds, but its easy to avoid, easy to counter, and just gives your enemy CC immunity. You cna try a Force Pulse Build with a Templar, but you will find a Sorc or a DK is far far better at it, and since my Sorc always uses Destro staff, why not try something different.
At the end of the day, it won't win you any dueling contests, but you sure will have a lot fun!
I do wish they would bring softcaps back though, gosh the return of Hybrids would be so nice for this game!
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Breton spell resistance is nice to have, and adds to their universal quality. No matter what I think you're fine messing about with that role. I was just noting how some races are less optimal for certain purposes. Khajiit mages for instance are in a pickle because robust constitution is really the only semi-useful trait they'd have. I'm in agreement with you that puncturing sweeps isn't all that effective. I like the skill in pve, and I could be made to like the skill in pvp if they changed some fundamentals behind it. I mostly find I'm using 2 hander or dual wield for this purpose though, for the same reasons you mention.
The issue with jabs is that originally it had 170%damage buff, but people QQ that, that in itself made templars OP so they actually pre nerfed us.
Funny isn't it? Dozens of threads weekly about shield stacking or insta gibbing etc and not a single zos comment, yet the second there's a qq thread about templars it's insta nerfed.
Swen_von_Walhallion wrote: »So I'm making a Templar and switched to stamina for the dps and could take any suggestions on what you use to defend yourself in 1v1 situations or 1vx? I was thinking blazing shield but heard it was nerfed . My heals aren't all that good considering I have very little magicka. So give me some idea that work for you
rerol on DK or NB if you want play stamina in pvp, templars are here in rly bad position.
On templars you can use some generick def skills aktive skils from heavy and medium armmor skilltree for boost your defence, or bone shield from undauted but it work only agais physikal dmg and rune focus from templar resto tree, for healing here are only two possibilities, momentum from 2H and vigor from PvP asault tree.
Stamina Templar is actually in a great place for PvP in my opinin, I've been playing great with it in 1v1 and 1vx situations. They have insane damage if you build your character well, while keeping decent recovery (I have around 4.2k Weapon Damage & 2.3k Stam Recovery). People have their own opinions, but my opinion is if you build right and learn to play a Stam Templar properly you will have no trouble with it in PvP.
dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »No problem, no one is antagonizing
I know its not the best build you could have for a Templar, I know i could do better going full blown 100% magic or Stamina, but i wanted to try something different. So far im having fun with it.
As a Magic Templar if you want to do damage at all your confined to Puncturing Sweep spam that not only doesn't work against sheilds, but its easy to avoid, easy to counter, and just gives your enemy CC immunity. You cna try a Force Pulse Build with a Templar, but you will find a Sorc or a DK is far far better at it, and since my Sorc always uses Destro staff, why not try something different.
At the end of the day, it won't win you any dueling contests, but you sure will have a lot fun!
I do wish they would bring softcaps back though, gosh the return of Hybrids would be so nice for this game!
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Breton spell resistance is nice to have, and adds to their universal quality. No matter what I think you're fine messing about with that role. I was just noting how some races are less optimal for certain purposes. Khajiit mages for instance are in a pickle because robust constitution is really the only semi-useful trait they'd have. I'm in agreement with you that puncturing sweeps isn't all that effective. I like the skill in pve, and I could be made to like the skill in pvp if they changed some fundamentals behind it. I mostly find I'm using 2 hander or dual wield for this purpose though, for the same reasons you mention.
The issue with jabs is that originally it had 170%damage buff, but people QQ that, that in itself made templars OP so they actually pre nerfed us.
Funny isn't it? Dozens of threads weekly about shield stacking or insta gibbing etc and not a single zos comment, yet the second there's a qq thread about templars it's insta nerfed.
I think it was changed during 1.6-PTS....so i won't call it a nerf...was more a kind of balancing. They changed a lot of numbers during this PTS-time...
Templars Problem (in PvE) isn't the damage of puncturing/biting...the problem is, we have nothing else to cast and improve our DPS...
backlash-->mostly DPS-loss
sunfire-->elemental dmg-->dps-loss
Spearshards-->DPS-loss
So we are stuck at using jabs (+ radiant)...
RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »It remains to be said, the single best templars around like alcast have stopped using stamplars completly because they are the single worst class I'm pvp and pve.
Only an idiot would die to purifying light, but any decent player will put a templar immediately on the defensive, and since templars lack defence it's the end of them
I don't know if I would go that far, sure Stam Templars need a little bit of help, but they are not as bad off as Sorc's were in 1.5.
RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »It remains to be said, the single best templars around like alcast have stopped using stamplars completly because they are the single worst class I'm pvp and pve.
Only an idiot would die to purifying light, but any decent player will put a templar immediately on the defensive, and since templars lack defence it's the end of them
I don't know if I would go that far, sure Stam Templars need a little bit of help, but they are not as bad off as Sorc's were in 1.5.
I was practically an unkillable God in 1.5 compared to now. Stamplars are far worse off right now than Sorcs were in 1.5
I'm not defending/fighting Templar or something. I don't think, it's that good. It has the biggest amount of appealing and usefull abilities out of all classes for me, but the numbers are just too bad, that's all.
I think, Templar needs damage buffs and then it's going to look much better. Though I still think, it's time to expand skilllines to level 60 and introduce a new active and passive ability for each. Templar gets this Sunjump to become better in 1vx and everyone's happy.
Exactly why I was so excited when Gina asked us to compile our issues. For once I finally have a tiny bit of hope that Templar will be balanced again and I can resume my Stamplar and not feel gimp at every event.
RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »It remains to be said, the single best templars around like alcast have stopped using stamplars completly because they are the single worst class I'm pvp and pve.
Only an idiot would die to purifying light, but any decent player will put a templar immediately on the defensive, and since templars lack defence it's the end of them
I don't know if I would go that far, sure Stam Templars need a little bit of help, but they are not as bad off as Sorc's were in 1.5.
I was practically an unkillable God in 1.5 compared to now. Stamplars are far worse off right now than Sorcs were in 1.5
Just to clarify you're comparing Stam Sorc from 1.5 to Stam Templar yes? Or Magicka Sorc?