glyphing a nirnhoned staff

wlb · January 2016

i'm going to start crafting my own dest and rest staves with the nirnhoned trait. my question is what kind of glyph should i craft for them. im a high elf sorc with 2 light and 5 medium 25k magica and 15k health. what kind of a glyph works best with a staff and my build. should i use an elemental fire/ice/shock or try a life drain/magica drain. even a disease glyph is doable im a v7. thanks for any input, give me your thoughts.

lolo_01b16_ESO · January 2016

In general desease for pvp, fire / poison for pve, but I can't tell if that's the best for you since you play a very uncommen build. You do know that using staves and other magicka based skills benefits from wearing light armour whereas medium armour has buffs for stamina based skills?

wlb · January 2016

yeah it is uncommon but it suits my style which is a little bit of everything i dont expect to be champ in pvp or other specialized arenas i just wander all over the map _in cyrodiil i wanted to change my name to "dies on bridge" im just interested in how the spell resistence and spell penetration of nirnhoned could be used to the best advantage.

Pomaikai · January 2016

For PVP use disease, and for PVE use poison.

The biggest question I have, is why are you using destro/resto staves rather than dual swords on you main bar, and a staff on your back bar? You're giving up a 15% increase in spell power, plus an extra set piece and bonus as well.

wlb · January 2016

dual wielding is based on reaction time and reflexes for speed and response time, my reflexes aren't that great, this is the first mmo i've ever played and the only game in pvp _ i find that action at a distance gives me my best chance of making it off alive that bridge twixt allessia and sejanus

my basic question is with what power does the spell penetration of nirnhoned work best? i guess ill craft two staves with disease and poison and see which works best in various circumstances thanks for the advice

Pomaikai · January 2016

What reaction time? You're just holding the two swords and casting as usual. If you want to wail on something, then have at it, but you'd just use the swords like you would your staves. Except you'll be increasing your spell power by 15%, and get an extra set item to get bonuses from. Oh, and better resists because you'll be wielding two nirnhoned weapons instead of just one.

Love_Chunks · January 2016

Your build makes me cry on the inside. My advice, dont waste nirnhoned on v7 weapons. Use sharpened destro staff and precise on you resto staff. Even more so, once you've realized staves and their skills are garbage with medium armor, sharpened swords/2hand/bow will be more beneficial. That or change to atleast 5 light armor and keep the destro staff sharpened until you reach v16. Glyphs are pretty much what people mentioned already save for using a glyph of rage on one of your swords if you decide to use the dual wield skill line.

wlb · January 2016

all this reminds me of the old teso joke "How do you tell a player from a NPC? The NPC is tastefully dressed."

Beardimus · January 2016

out of interest why would dual wield give a 15% spell power boost @Pomaikai ? Sorry if its a dumb question.

I'm a sorc too, dual wield on back bar to get another set (5 LA Magnus, 2 LA Torugs Pact + 1 Staff, and 2 Dual Wield Seducer (so i get Mag Regen on the back bar) i'm all about maxing spell damage / power so interested!

Sorry to digress your thread @wlb

wlb · January 2016

i think he says that you will have two nirnhoned weapons in play at once instead of just a single two handed staff each of the swords will add 14 percent spell penetration if improved to superior quality -blue, i may be wrong

Brrrofski · January 2016

Beardimus wrote: »

out of interest why would dual wield give a 15% spell power boost @Pomaikai ? Sorry if its a dumb question.

I'm a sorc too, dual wield on back bar to get another set (5 LA Magnus, 2 LA Torugs Pact + 1 Staff, and 2 Dual Wield Seducer (so i get Mag Regen on the back bar) i'm all about maxing spell damage / power so interested!

Sorry to digress your thread @wlb

It doesn't increase spell damage. It does increase damage though, but only on the tooltip of skills. The reason is the last passive under dial wield - twin blade and blunt. Increases damage while dual wielding by 5%. Plus you get an extra set piece.

wlb wrote: »

i think he says that you will have two nirnhoned weapons in play at once instead of just a single two handed staff each of the swords will add 14 percent spell penetration if improved to superior quality -blue, i may be wrong

The value on a staff is double that of a one handed sword. So other a staff or two swords will give same penetration and spell resistance.

Beardimus · January 2016

Ok thanks, I read increasing spell power by 15% and got excited. Actually, what's the difference between spell power and spell damage? I assumed same thing, but set traits talk damage, but my mundus stone says spell power. Is that different then?

AverageJo3Gam3r · January 2016

Beardimus wrote: »

Ok thanks, I read increasing spell power by 15% and got excited. Actually, what's the difference between spell power and spell damage? I assumed same thing, but set traits talk damage, but my mundus stone says spell power. Is that different then?

It does increase spell power. Equip two swords and look at your character sheet, then equip a staff and do the same.

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