[Build] Orsinium Update - Stamina DK DPS/Off-Tank for PvP & PvE!

Legedric · December 2015

I prefer Ransack over Heroic Slash as the later is more expensive for nearly the same damage.

Both sets, Hunding's and Shield Breaker are ok as an alternative in my opinion but even if you are not able to craft Morkuldin on your own it should be pretty easy to find a guild mate or just any other player crafting it for you for a small fee if necessary.

leepalmer95 · December 2015

Legedric wrote: »

I prefer Ransack over Heroic Slash as the later is more expensive for nearly the same damage.

Both sets, Hunding's and Shield Breaker are ok as an alternative in my opinion but even if you are not able to craft Morkuldin on your own it should be pretty easy to find a guild mate or just any other player crafting it for you for a small fee if necessary.

I'll have to test them but the slow/dmg reduce and ult gen seem useful.

leepalmer95 · December 2015

Legedric wrote: »

I prefer Ransack over Heroic Slash as the later is more expensive for nearly the same damage.

Both sets, Hunding's and Shield Breaker are ok as an alternative in my opinion but even if you are not able to craft Morkuldin on your own it should be pretty easy to find a guild mate or just any other player crafting it for you for a small fee if necessary.

Though ransack is a lot cheap it may let me swap a few reduce costs for wpn dmg.

Zinaroth · December 2015

Nice build/guide and good write-up!

For future reference:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/player-guides

Lefty_Lucy · December 2015

Zinaroth wrote: »

Nice build/guide and good write-up!

For future reference:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/player-guides

Thanks

I thought this was the right place because the description says to discuss builds here o_O

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leepalmer95 · December 2015

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

Zinaroth wrote: »

Nice build/guide and good write-up!

For future reference:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/player-guides

Thanks I thought this was the right place because the description says to discuss builds here o_O

Wouldn't you be able to swap some reduce costs for wpn dmg glyphs? you don't seem to have stamina issues and ransack is so cheap.

Lefty_Lucy · December 2015

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Wouldn't you be able to swap some reduce costs for wpn dmg glyphs? you don't seem to have stamina issues and ransack is so cheap.

Certainly. Although doing so might make you actually have stamina issues.

Being able to sustain is important, and I have prioritized this over base damage. This is partly due to my playstyle but more so due to an optimization of the build to perform in 1v1 scenarios.

Feel free to experiment with damage enchants, it should work very well.

leepalmer95 · December 2015

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Wouldn't you be able to swap some reduce costs for wpn dmg glyphs? you don't seem to have stamina issues and ransack is so cheap.

Certainly. Although doing so might make you actually have stamina issues.

Being able to sustain is important, and I have prioritized this over base damage. This is partly due to my playstyle but more so due to an optimization of the build to perform in 1v1 scenarios.

Feel free to experiment with damage enchants, it should work very well.

Thanks will do, i rarely run around in on my own anyway always in a group of 2-5~.

Nice build though, now to figure out how much bash cancelling is going to kill my stam regen in console

Rossphi · December 2015

Wheres those gameplay videos...?! Staying tuned

altemriel · December 2015

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

BUILD VIDEO

https://youtu.be/tIUWhb_Uar0

Stay tuned for a commentary video which will show you how to use this build effectively!

VIDEO TIMES FOR TOPICS OF INTEREST

Gameplay Examples 0:21
Build Overview 0:21
Build Philosophy 0:59
Race/Attributes 1:40
Gear 2:59
Abilities 7:39
Champion Points 10:57

BUILD INTRODUCTION / PHILOSOPHY

What's the one thing your Dragonknight is missing right now? A SQUIRE!

Pick up this "Phantom Squire" build and get to work with a Stamina Dragonknight build that is outperforming every one of my previous builds for The Elder Scrolls Online. This build is made using new sets released in the Orsinium update (version 2.2.4 / 2.2.5).

I'm not just saying this - this is seriously my favorite build that I have ever created and used for ESO. Dropping heavy armor was really tough for me, but it was extremely necessary to remain competitive in PvP in ESO.

I became very disappointed with how hard I was getting hit in my Deadly Fortress build. It seems to me that PvP tanking in ESO is now an all-or-nothing effort. You either have to go all in with a full-on tank build or you just simply won't compete in PvP.

I have historically liked to build my dragonknight to with a balance between tanking and DPS, with tanking being the primary focus. This just wasn't working with the damage that other players are putting out with full V16 gear.

The flip side of that build style is to build for a balance between tanking and DPS, with DPS being the primary focus. That is what I have done with this build, and it is working so much better than my Deadly Fortress build.

Honestly, I really don't even notice a difference in how tanky I am with this build. This is mostly because Medium armor offers 75% of the resistances as Heavy armor, plus Bloodspawn gives me resistance stats that stack on top of Volatile Armor.

If you don't want to drop Heavy armor, you can still use this build! Morkuldin is a crafted set, so you can run my exact setup with Heavy instead.

BUILD DETAILS

-RACE-
See video time: 1:40

Recommended: Imperial
Alternatives: Redguard, Orc, Wood Elf, Dark Elf, Nord

-ATTRIBUTE POINTS-
0 Magicka
0 Health
64 Stamina

*This may change depending on your race & champion points. Get a 20,000 Health pool (in Cyrodiil) before investing heavily into Stamina.*

-MUNDUS STONE-
The Serpent - Increases stamina regeneration

-GEAR-
See video time: 2:49

5 Medium, 2 Heavy

Armor:
2/2 Bloodspawn
5/5 Morkuldin

Jewelry:
2 Agility Rings
1 Potentate's Necklace

Weapons:
Agility Axe / Maul / Sword (2H)

Agility Axe / Mace / Sword (1H)
Potentate's Shield

-ENCHANTMENTS-
See video time: 6:06

Armor: Prismatic
*Use Stamina enchantments if you can not get Prismatic enchantments. Or use a couple Health Enchantments if you can not get your HP to 20,000 base (in Cyrodiil)*

Jewelry: Stamina Cost Reduction -or- Add weapon damage (maybe a combination of these two; feel this out for yourself depending on your playstyle)

Weapon (primary): Add weapon damage
Weapon (secondary): Deal magic damage & return stamina -or- Disease damage

-ABILITIES-
See video time: 7:39

2-H Bar:
1 - Critical Rush
2 - Fossilize
3 - Shuffle
4 - Executioner
5 - Rally
U - Take Flight

1-H & Shield Bar:
1 - Charging Maneuvers / Volatile Armor / Dragon Fire Scales
2 - Igneous Shield
3 - Unstable Flame
4 - Ransack
5 - Resolving Vigor
U - Werewolf / Bat Swarm / Corrosive Armor

Werewolf Bar:
1 - Feral Pounce
2 - Hircine's Rage
3 - Rousing Roar
4 - Howl of Agony
5 - Claws of Life

-CHAMPION POINTS-
See video time: 10:57

GAMEPLAY VIDEO CLIPS + COMMENTARY

Stay tuned!

A good one, thank you for sharing!!

I have a question, I see in the video, at 3:18, that you have a multi-effect enchantment (all 3 attributes) on your chest piece. What is that? I never heard of multi-effect enchantments. I am only VR6, so maybe that is the reason and my enchanting is only L25 or so. How to do the multi-enchant? Is it possible with high level of enchanting? or is for that a special rune stone needed?

edit: ok, no need to answer that, I see now: prismatic enchants, interresting

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/199572/prismatic-enchantments

Lefty_Lucy · January 2016

Rossphi wrote: »

Wheres those gameplay videos...?! Staying tuned

I'm sorry about that! I haven't created a montage but there are a few stream highlights on my channel from this build. Bah! Too much going on. The top 5 series + streaming + work + family takes up a bunch of time! I apologize.

timmayyyboy · January 2016

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

You had me at "no wrecking blow". Will definitely be trying out a version of this on my stam DK. Only have 6 traits at the moment though, so no Morkuldin for me sadly.
Would Hunding's still be an OK alternative?

Absolutely. Hundings is my recommended alternative for Morkuldin actually.

I want to try the morkuldin plus the lich crystal set. Do you guys think that will out perform the hundings/nenerieth set?

Lefty_Lucy · January 2016

timmayyyboy wrote: »

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

You had me at "no wrecking blow". Will definitely be trying out a version of this on my stam DK. Only have 6 traits at the moment though, so no Morkuldin for me sadly.
Would Hunding's still be an OK alternative?

Absolutely. Hundings is my recommended alternative for Morkuldin actually.

I want to try the morkuldin plus the lich crystal set. Do you guys think that will out perform the hundings/nenerieth set?

The nerien'eth set and the lich crystal set are the same sets - so it seems like the question is Hundings vs Morkuldin. I think Morkuldin is better if you can get it to proc frequently; in other words, if you have some nice animation cancelling, I recommend Morkuldin. Hundings still works great though - even if you have nice animation cancelling!

xxxDrDoom · January 2016

On the Potentate items, don't you find the VR10 choker to be a pretty significant downgrade from a higher level neck? Same question on the shield?

Lefty_Lucy · January 2016

xxxDrDoom wrote: »

On the Potentate items, don't you find the VR10 choker to be a pretty significant downgrade from a higher level neck? Same question on the shield?

I have recently switched the 2-piece Potentates out for 2-piece Endurance and I honestly see absolutely no difference in performance.

traelin0 · February 2016

Lefty_Lucy wrote: »

xxxDrDoom wrote: »

On the Potentate items, don't you find the VR10 choker to be a pretty significant downgrade from a higher level neck? Same question on the shield?

I have recently switched the 2-piece Potentates out for 2-piece Endurance and I honestly see absolutely no difference in performance.

Hey Lefty, did you use robust Endurance Neck, and what trait on the Shield? I assume since you mentioned having a base 20k health baseline beforehand, that you already had that covered and went robust/stam? Thanks man!

gard · June 2016

So Lefty,

What changes would you recommend (if any) for this build in Dark Brotherhood?

I left the game for several months, forgot most of what little I knew, and now getting back into it since the release of DB.
Skill points got reset while I was gone, and this build looks fun to play.

Businessmaster · June 2016

Noob question here. Why do you switch between two handed and one handed in battle? Why not just use one?