The age old question of Stam vs Magicka for a Dunmer dk

pod88kk · January 2016

Hey everyone,
I'm currently Vet 11 on a Stam dk I've tried lots of different combinations and I've been doing fine on pve but I get destroyed on PvP. Would switching to a magicka based dk help me survive better in PvP while still being interesting and fun to play in pve?

If you're suggesting magicka please include build suggestions along with craftable gear sets.

All input is greatly appreciated except for people saying the game is broken etc please take that negativity elsewhere.
Thanks

Brrrofski · January 2016

Dark elf suits magica vamp DKs perfectly.

But stam DKs are just plain superior at the moment.

Stick with stam.

What are your stats (when in pvp)? What gear and skills are you using? It may be just some tweaks to your current build that needs changing.

Also, are you upgrading your gear every vet level and making it purple? Make a huge difference.

pod88kk · January 2016

Currently my bars are as follows:
DW bar (daggers)
Blood craze
Green dragon blood
Rapid strikes
Deadly cloak
Igneous shield

Ult- Meteor(just started using it, it's fun)

2h bar: (greatsword)
Wrecking blow(sometimes swapped for brawler)
Rally
Executioner
Critical rush
Evil hunter

Ult: ferocious leap

I'm currently wearing 5 medium hundings rage & 4 nights silence(the extra one is on one of the daggers).All divine on gear with the serpent mundus and precise on sword and daggers I can only craft gear because I can't do the pledges(no friends :'( ) and I haven't given the arenas a try yet. I nearly have 8 traits in research so if there's a different craftable set I should use please do tell.
My stats are as follows
With big Stat food(health & stam)
Max mag: 9.7k
Max health: 19k
Max stam: 26k
With buffs:
Mag Regen: 544
Health Regen: 438
Stam regen: 1.2k

I don't understand champion points so any input regarding them would be greatly appreciated also.

Do you think that switching back to bow would be better to give me more range?

pod88kk · January 2016

All my gear is purple too btw

Cazic · January 2016

I run a Stam DK, dark efl as well. My build is more tanky though. Basically a tank/DPS hybrid.

5 piece Heavy, 1 med 1 light
Main bar 1H/shield with (lots of survivability)
Second bar 2H (greatsword)

I can't list all my skills right now, but my 2H bar is very similar to yours (always use wrecking blow). I play the tank role in PVE and use the 2H to dish out damage in PVP. However in PVP having the 1H/Sh bar as backup for buffs and mitigation is extremely useful. Hardened armor rocks.

I use the Agility set to increase weapon damage and Willow's Path to increase regens.

I do just fine in both PVE and PVP. I am V16 with about 330 champ points.

If you're interested in more details about the build let me know and I can expand on it later

Cheers

Brrrofski · January 2016

2h and bow Dk is strong right now.

I run it and find it awesome.

My current bars:
Rally
Executioner
Vigor
Crit rush
Wrecking blow
Flawless dawnbreaker (8% weapon damage while slotted

Shuffle
Dragon fire scale
Caltrops
Focused aim
Igneous shield
Take flight

Shuffle and dragon fire scale are strong. A Stam Dk is missing without them imo.

I would drop night's silence myself and go ashen. But I've learned to feel with regen (I'm an Orc) as I have a lot of playtime with it.

Health in pvp should be at least 20k. Anything else is bonus but not necessary. So I stack rest in stam.

Champion points... Mage - stack mighty, some in precise strikes

Thief - stack stam regen, some in stam reduction, some on tumbling

Red CP - split them up between Hardy, elemental, crit resist, reduce dot damage, quick recovery... More heavily in Hardy as they are the big hitters of the magic world.

iamnotweakrwb17_ESO · January 2016

Your biggest issue is you're not alliance rank 5. Trying to run stam without vigor is tough going. Magicka DK isn't much better as you are forced into full heals as green dragon blood is useless ATM in PvP. Suffer through the grind and get yourself to alliance 5. Then you'll have some options.