What am i doing wrong with my build?

Bao1340 · January 2016

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything

..please help

Asherons_Call · January 2016

If you're having trouble with sustain get the atronach mundus along with Magic regen drinks. I use the new Wrothgar recipe that gives 5k max health along with 450 mag regen

NewBlacksmurf · January 2016

Bao1340 wrote: »

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything ..please help

VMA isn'ta "Build" its literally changing your skills, weapons and even at times CPs for each section (not round)

I think watching videos helps but I will say this...if youre not using a rejuv staff that is one major thing you will need to start using on one bar to rejuv mana with the staff passive.

Its not always the total DPS...its can you kill AND Survive. Move, know when to be in melee range and when to stay at ranged, as well as the mechanics of each round. I haven't completed Vet MA yet either but I get further and further each time....however I'm only wearing V15 gear so...I'm pretty sure its not the gear if you have V16 Julianos

Lenikus · January 2016

Damage scales on Max magicka / stamina.
So i'd try for at least the chest piece (or all 3 big ones) Infused. That doesn't sound like much but if you compare with divines, the flat 200~300 stat increase will be way more effective than a 7.5% boost on the mundus stone.

Besides that, yea... There's this website, Deltia something, the dude sucks but his site is damm full of reliable builds you can mess around with.

Also, keep in mind some people have base stats like yours, but buff themselves to max, eat fud/drink, drink pots, go stealth, and then say that those numbers are their 'stats' even tho' they only reach that for a few seconds at time and so on... specially with stamina builds.

Bao1340 · January 2016

Asherons_Call wrote: »

If you're having trouble with sustain get the atronach mundus along with Magic regen drinks. I use the new Wrothgar recipe that gives 5k max health along with 450 mag regen

yes i tried atronach stone but i only get 1.3k and with the magic regen drink i get 1.8k but my dmg is still too low and the regen cant keep up with my jabs in vma. my jab dmg is only 1k

Egonieser · January 2016

Instead of julianos, use kagrenacs - much higher sustain and it also gives you a spell damage as the 5th bonus.
I use 5x kagrenacs and 3x archmage on all my magicka builds and it works just fine - great regeneration and high-ish spell power (3.2k with empower, 2.7k without roughly) and 1.4-1.7k regeneration depending if you have mundus or regeneration on your jewels.

Bao1340 · January 2016

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

Bao1340 wrote: »

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything ..please help

VMA isn'ta "Build" its literally changing your skills, weapons and even at times CPs for each section (not round)

I think watching videos helps but I will say this...if youre not using a rejuv staff that is one major thing you will need to start using on one bar to rejuv mana with the staff passive.

Its not always the total DPS...its can you kill AND Survive. Move, know when to be in melee range and when to stay at ranged, as well as the mechanics of each round. I haven't completed Vet MA yet either but I get further and further each time....however I'm only wearing V15 gear so...I'm pretty sure its not the gear if you have V16 Julianos

i forgot to add. i have a v14 resto staff i only use to buff and heavy hit for magic regen and i look at this guide for the build and i watch the vids couple times to study vma
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/238152/a-competitive-guide-to-templar-veteran-maelstrom-arena/p1

bikerangelo · January 2016

Just some ideas, because I get through it with around 300 CP, 2.4k spell damage and 2.2k regen.

Invest CP in magicka recovery. A lot of CP.
Sacrifice spell damage for sustain, so put magicka regen glyphs on your jewelry.
Run a resto staff with healing ward, it's the best shield any magicka build has (besides sorcs)

Then watch this guy and see how his bars are set up and study the mechanics. 9/10, I get killed because I was unfamiliar with the mechanics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FqPrPanHM

Robbmrp · January 2016

My current setup is this:
5 Julianos all legendary
4 Magnus all legendary (Duel wield both bars for increased spell damage)
Armor is all Divines
All attributes are in Magicka
3x Willpower all Arcane with magicka recovery enchants
385 CP with 100 in The Lover Arcanist and 100 in The Ritual Thaumaturge. It doesn't show under your spell damage stat but does show the increased damage on the skills.

With the gold food buff/regen and Repetence I can get 2.5k regen on my magicka. And this is all on an Orc. My spell damage is at 2.1k. Take a look at your CP allocation and try and get as many points into Regen as you can.

One thing when people post such high numbers about their builds they are also talking about with buffs on. My spell damage at 2.1k is unbuffed so with a Spell Power pot I can get close to 2.4k ish. There are also those who are taking the best race for x build. With the Breton passives, your going to get a larger magicka pool with cost reduction, most of those with high regens are Altmer's as it's built into their passives.

Another thing on VMSA, check out some Templar videos on it for pointers. I watched one where they were using blazing spear on every mob spawn area. They were doing consistent damage with Puncturing sweep since the mob was stunned and not moving around.

I haven't tried VMSA again since I put this build together but as far as magicka regen goes, it seems I hardly run out of it at times. Under sever fights with large groups in Cyro doing both spell damage and healing it can run out but jumps back pretty quickly.

Lenikus · January 2016

Try this :

2/2 Nerien'eth

5x Piece Kagrenac ( Big pieces Inf, Small Divines)
OR
5x Twice Born Star (5 divines

3/3 Willpower (Arcane)

Restoration staff *a gud one *
and 2/5 Torug's Pact Swords

You need > Undaunted lv 9, for Undaunted Mettle 2/2, You must run 5 Light, 1 heavy & 1 medium
Also, you must try the arena when your ping is at lowest possible; and try to reduce graphical settings if your fps drops

hedna123b14_ESO · January 2016

Bao1340 wrote: »

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything ..please help

Dont do magic drinks, do health and magicka food and atronach stone, other than that all you can do is get more champion points....unfortunately at max stats and best gear in the game the arena is still incredibly difficult. But keep trying you will eventually make it!

Bao1340 · January 2016

i changed 2 of my jewelry to magic regen and i am doing better with sustain but my dmg still kinda low. Will gold weapon make any difference? i dont wanna spent gold and turn out it only increase 100-200 spelldmg

Nifty2g · January 2016

Did you get the build from my guide?
You cp is pretty low that would be the main problem
If your stuff is not legendary that's also a huge problem too
Do you have the twin blunt and blade passive in dual wield?

Didgerion · January 2016

I see no build here...just some gear setup.

There are abilities there you know? That is an important part of a build.

Nifty2g · January 2016

Sorry twin blade and blunt, on phone atm

Bao1340 · January 2016

Nifty2g wrote: »

Did you get the build from my guide?
You cp is pretty low that would be the main problem
If your stuff is not legendary that's also a huge problem too
Do you have the twin blunt and blade passive in dual wield?

yes i use ur gears set up. My 3 pieces of arch mage are gold and the rest are purple. I also do have twin blade and blunt

Nifty2g · January 2016

Bao1340 wrote: »

Nifty2g wrote: »

Did you get the build from my guide?
You cp is pretty low that would be the main problem
If your stuff is not legendary that's also a huge problem too
Do you have the twin blunt and blade passive in dual wield?

yes i use ur gears set up. My 3 pieces of arch mage are gold and the rest are purple. I also do have twin blade and blunt

swords will give the most damage when golded well, when golding julianos it will also increase spell power
but i think its the CP mainly that is stopping you

Bao1340 · January 2016

Nifty2g wrote: »

Bao1340 wrote: »

Nifty2g wrote: »

Did you get the build from my guide?
You cp is pretty low that would be the main problem
If your stuff is not legendary that's also a huge problem too
Do you have the twin blunt and blade passive in dual wield?

yes i use ur gears set up. My 3 pieces of arch mage are gold and the rest are purple. I also do have twin blade and blunt

swords will give the most damage when golded well, when golding julianos it will also increase spell power
but i think its the CP mainly that is stopping you

i see. so what enchantment should i put in sword to increase my dmg?

Artjuh90 · January 2016

you are not a sorcerer

coolermh · January 2016

I did it with just destro/2hand and 5 julianso 2 molag 3 will power. Torugs for the swords...just overload everything

s7732425ub17_ESO · January 2016

The first boss is entirely Overload spam. Toggle it on and don't stop using it until the boss is dead (ignore the adds).

But if you are having trouble with the first boss, you will not make it much further. Maelstrom is heavily dependent on player skill opposed to gear. It's designed for a solo player, and many players do not have experience doing difficult solo content.

baratron · January 2016

s7732425ub17_ESO wrote: »

The first boss is entirely Overload spam. Toggle it on and don't stop using it until the boss is dead (ignore the adds).

How's he going to run Overload on a Templar?

ryanborror · January 2016

Bao1340 wrote: »

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything ..please help

You are running a build that requires a lot of cp to not have sustain issues. Swap jewelry to recovery enchants and use seducer instead of arch Mage for maelstrom. What skills are you running and what do your champion points look like? Also what mundus?

Bao1340 · January 2016

ryanborror wrote: »

Bao1340 wrote: »

I am a breton templar , my current gears are
3 v16 Arch mage divne magic enchant
2 v16 juliano sword
3 v16 juliano divne magic enchant
1 v16 kena
3 v16 willpower jewelry all add spelldmg
i have 286 champion points
My speldmg is 2.6k
Magic recovery 1.1k
I do dmg so low in Vma and i cant sustain. i see there are ppl with 3k spelldmg and with 2-3k magic recover. how is it possible? what am i doing wrong? can someone inbox or show my their build. i spent all my money for the gears so i can do vma and i cant even pass the first boss cuz of my low dmg now i have no incentive to do anything ..please help

You are running a build that requires a lot of cp to not have sustain issues. Swap jewelry to recovery enchants and use seducer instead of arch Mage for maelstrom. What skills are you running and what do your champion points look like? Also what mundus?

my dw bar i have inner light, harness magicka, jabs, structure entropy, radiant oppession ulti dawnbreaker
my resto bar i have inner light, rapid regen, purifying light, channeled focus, breath of life, ulti nova
im running astronaunt mundus
green tree i have 37 in magician, 60 arcanist
blue tree i have 29 elborn, 1 spell erosion, 66 thaumaturge
orange tree 10 resistant, 20 light armor,21 hardy,20 elemental defender,16 thick skin,10 wick recovery

Joy_Division · January 2016

IMHO, trying to finish Maelstrom is less about perfecting a build than it is about learning the spawns and mechanics. All the stages seem hard the first time you see them.

You absolutely need a gold weapon on vr16, it scales a lot.

I don't think 1.1 recovery is enough while learning the arena bc/ u will waste mana making mistakes and healing yourself. Looks like you raised that, which is what I would have recommended.