What stamina DPS build should I roll??

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

I'm new to ESO... I ended up going High Elf Templar (Magicka) as my first character... It's not as fun to play as I'd hoped so would like to start over as stamina DPS.

What stamina DPS build(s) are you running? I'm open to any of the 4 classes and all races.
What weapons are you using and how would you characterize the playstyle??

EDIT: Doesn't need to be detailed... Just looking for Race/Class/Weapons.

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

UP - No one runs stamina builds??

Katahdin · February 2016

I currently have

Imperial DK 2H/dw or 2H/bow for dps and switch to 2H/sword &board for tanking

Kajiit NB 2H/bow. Can also use wood elf if you don't want a cat. Will switch bow to DW for public dungeons for mobs

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Katahdin wrote: »

I currently have

Imperial DK 2H/dw or 2H/bow for dps and switch to 2H/sword &board for tanking

Kajiit NB 2H/bow. Can also use wood elf if you don't want a cat. Will switch bow to DW for public dungeons for mobs

Did you choose Khajiit for the crit passive? Does it make a big difference?

Katahdin · February 2016

Yes I chose Kajiit for their passives. I also happen to like Kajiit

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Katahdin wrote: »

Yes I chose Kajiit for their passives. I also happen to like Kajiit

I'm guessing you play a lot of PVP with your Khajiit, due to the higher burst damage? I plan on playing more PVE endgame than PVP. And I don't plan on using stealth all that much.

Edziu · February 2016

as for me khajiit on stamina build have so good bonus from this crit passive. thanks this I can go full on penetration crits especialy on 2h or bow. without major savafery buff always on 50%+ crit chance with penetration trait when other classes need crit trait because without this they have under 50% crit chance

(without any major/minor bonuses to crit chance ;P)

Katahdin · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

Katahdin wrote: »

Yes I chose Kajiit for their passives. I also happen to like Kajiit

I'm guessing you play a lot of PVP with your Khajiit, due to the higher burst damage? I plan on playing more PVE endgame than PVP. And I don't plan on using stealth all that much.

I don't play a lot of PvP (yet) but that character was built so that I could play it in PvP. I use cloak rarely if at all. With a stam build, cloak is almost useless IMO anyway. The only time I really used it was creeping through the IC sewers collecting skyshards. I never use it in PvE.

I do use the character in PvE as well. He is V5 and has already completed Aetherian Archive trial (12 man V12 dungeon) in Craiglorn.

Cuyler · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

Katahdin wrote: »

Yes I chose Kajiit for their passives. I also happen to like Kajiit

I'm guessing you play a lot of PVP with your Khajiit, due to the higher burst damage? I plan on playing more PVE endgame than PVP. And I don't plan on using stealth all that much.

Doesn't matter PvE or PvP, a critty cat is going to be awesome for a stamina build. Orc and redguard good choices too.

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Katahdin wrote: »

I don't play a lot of PvP (yet) but that character was built so that I could play it in PvP. I use cloak rarely if at all. With a stam build, cloak is almost useless IMO anyway. The only time I really used it was creeping through the IC sewers collecting skyshards. I never use it in PvE.

I do use the character in PvE as well. He is V5 and has already completed Aetherian Archive trial (12 man V12 dungeon) in Craiglorn.

Cuyler wrote: »

Doesn't matter PvE or PvP, a critty cat is going to be awesome for a stamina build. Orc and redguard good choices too.

Thanks for the info guys!! Now I'm torn between Khajiit and Redguard. I wasn't even considering being a cat until now.

Another quick question... Does the Orc increased damage passive affect bow damage? I know it says melee weapons, but it seems like the descriptions can be misleading sometimes.

Katahdin · February 2016

Either Kajiit or red guard is fine.

If it says melee then it doesn't work on bows

aLi3nZ · February 2016

Maybe try stamina dk if you don't care too much about stealth.

Stamina nb is best dps in game

Also kajitt crit passive is actually broken and doesn't actually apply

Speely · February 2016

Redguard NB is the best of all worlds. Good sustain and damage potential; free defense buff when using Shadow skills that leaves your bars open for DPS skills. It's never a bad idea to go Red for any Stamina build. Hell, I even run one on my Magicka tank for the last passive alone.

DW main and pretty much anything non-staff as backup weapon(s.) I like Sword and Shield a LOT for the utility and for tackling harder solo content. 2H is also nice, especially since you might not have access to Vigor since you don't PvP a lot... Rally is a nice skill. I hate bows and cannot comment on them meaningfully. Melee all the way. It's easy to level all three melee weapons, and I suggest doing so.

A Redguard NB is pretty foolproof, and to me works the best for most things Stam PvE. Lots of damage and sustain, and fun to play in a more "visceral" way. NB skills feel quite violent and brutal.

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Speely wrote: »

Redguard NB is the best of all worlds. Good sustain and damage potential; free defense buff when using Shadow skills that leaves your bars open for DPS skills. It's never a bad idea to go Red for any Stamina build. Hell, I even run one on my Magicka tank for the last passive alone.

DW main and pretty much anything non-staff as backup weapon(s.) I like Sword and Shield a LOT for the utility and for tackling harder solo content. 2H is also nice, especially since you might not have access to Vigor since you don't PvP a lot... Rally is a nice skill. I hate bows and cannot comment on them meaningfully. Melee all the way. It's easy to level all three melee weapons, and I suggest doing so.

A Redguard NB is pretty foolproof, and to me works the best for most things Stam PvE. Lots of damage and sustain, and fun to play in a more "visceral" way. NB skills feel quite violent and brutal.

I started a Redguard NB last night. Jumped over to EP and have to say, just from seeing the starting city, the architecture is way cooler than AD. Has less of a fairy feel too. Might be converted.

MidnightBlue · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

I'm guessing you play a lot of PVP with your Khajiit, due to the higher burst damage? I plan on playing more PVE endgame than PVP. And I don't plan on using stealth all that much.

Pick Redguard or Imperial then. Wood Elf and Khajiit are better for pvp.

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

MidnightBlue wrote: »

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

I'm guessing you play a lot of PVP with your Khajiit, due to the higher burst damage? I plan on playing more PVE endgame than PVP. And I don't plan on using stealth all that much.

Pick Redguard or Imperial then. Wood Elf and Khajiit are better for pvp.

Thanks. Started a Redguard NB the other night.

SemiD4rkness · February 2016

Want to be a pve and pvp beast? Redguard stamina DK.

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

Want to be a pve and pvp beast? Redguard stamina DK.

Might just start a Redguard DK if I don't like how NB feels.

Holy-Dope · February 2016

aLi3nZ wrote: »

Maybe try stamina dk if you don't care too much about stealth.

Stamina nb is best dps in game

Also kajitt crit passive is actually broken and doesn't actually apply

Stam NB= Best DPS????

DKs will be very angry at this and Sorcs are just gonna overload u

Holy-Dope · February 2016

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

Want to be a pve and pvp beast? Redguard stamina DK.

Now that makes sense...they are just beast mode with MSA weapons...or even w/o them...

OP if you want to play stam build, and not worry about pvp/ pve, go this Stam DK- 2H/ Dual Weild/ S&S, Race- Imperial/ Redgaurd

and (faction=DC- don't comment on this pls

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Alcast · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

I'm new to ESO... I ended up going High Elf Templar (Magicka) as my first character... It's not as fun to play as I'd hoped so would like to start over as stamina DPS.

What stamina DPS build(s) are you running? I'm open to any of the 4 classes and all races.
What weapons are you using and how would you characterize the playstyle??

EDIT: Doesn't need to be detailed... Just looking for Race/Class/Weapons.

PvE Stamina DK Kahjiit

PvP Stamina DK Redguard

Imperial, Woodelf, Orcs also work

ryanborror · February 2016

Listen to alcast

Septimus_Magna · February 2016

Khajiit crit passive is currently bugged, just so you know.

Brrrofski · February 2016

I've just got my stamplar to 16 I enjoyed it so much. Jumped ahead of my stam Sorc and stam Nb.

Hots incredibly hard and I like how it plays.

Destruent · February 2016

Holy-Dope wrote: »

aLi3nZ wrote: »

Maybe try stamina dk if you don't care too much about stealth.

Stamina nb is best dps in game

Also kajitt crit passive is actually broken and doesn't actually apply

Stam NB= Best DPS????

DKs will be very angry at this and Sorcs are just gonna overload u

And Magicka Templar will out-dps you all with thieves-guild-DLC

BTT: Khajit-masterrace for Stam-DPS ;-)

and ofc:

ryanborror wrote: »

Listen to alcast

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Brrrofski wrote: »

I've just got my stamplar to 16 I enjoyed it so much. Jumped ahead of my stam Sorc and stam Nb.

Hots incredibly hard and I like how it plays.

When I started my first character, I chose High Elf Templar... And was gearing my guy towards being stamina because that was the play style i enjoyed most... then realized I chose the absolutely worst race for a stamplar. I want a stamplar really bad now, but I also want to try out a different class to invest my time into. I'm not a hardcore player, simply because I don't have the time to be. Wish I would have gone with Redguard on my first guy.

Destruent wrote: »

And Magicka Templar will out-dps you all with thieves-guild-DLC

Is this sarcasm? I've been seeing all kinds of complaining from Templars about getting nerfed in TG. My main is a magplar.

Destruent · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

Brrrofski wrote: »

I've just got my stamplar to 16 I enjoyed it so much. Jumped ahead of my stam Sorc and stam Nb.

Hots incredibly hard and I like how it plays.

When I started my first character, I chose High Elf Templar... And was gearing my guy towards being stamina because that was the play style i enjoyed most... then realized I chose the absolutely worst race for a stamplar. I want a stamplar really bad now, but I also want to try out a different class to invest my time into. I'm not a hardcore player, simply because I don't have the time to be. Wish I would have gone with Redguard on my first guy.

Destruent wrote: »

And Magicka Templar will out-dps you all with thieves-guild-DLC

Is this sarcasm? I've been seeing all kinds of complaining from Templars about getting nerfed in TG. My main is a magplar.

No it's not. We did vet spinlde on PTS with one magicka-templar and a magicka DK...the templar had always around 3...5k DPS more (40k Bloodspawn, 35k Endboss) than the DK. Its the same in the new trial...magicka templar usually does 2...3k more dps then magicka DK.

Only real nerf is the nerf to BoL, PvE-DPS-wise they got buffed quite a lot. Changes to CP-System together with the buffs to vamps bane/purifying light will make us rly strong

GreenGhostMan · February 2016

Destruent wrote: »

No it's not. We did vet spinlde on PTS with one magicka-templar and a magicka DK...the templar had always around 3...5k DPS more (40k Bloodspawn, 35k Endboss) than the DK. Its the same in the new trial...magicka templar usually does 2...3k more dps then magicka DK.

Only real nerf is the nerf to BoL, PvE-DPS-wise they got buffed quite a lot. Changes to CP-System together with the buffs to vamps bane/purifying light will make us rly strong

Sweetness!! Haven't heard a lot about this. Everyone must be too busy complaining about the BOL nerf.

Destruent · February 2016

GreenGhostMan wrote: »

Destruent wrote: »

No it's not. We did vet spinlde on PTS with one magicka-templar and a magicka DK...the templar had always around 3...5k DPS more (40k Bloodspawn, 35k Endboss) than the DK. Its the same in the new trial...magicka templar usually does 2...3k more dps then magicka DK.

Only real nerf is the nerf to BoL, PvE-DPS-wise they got buffed quite a lot. Changes to CP-System together with the buffs to vamps bane/purifying light will make us rly strong

Sweetness!! Haven't heard a lot about this. Everyone must be too busy complaining about the BOL nerf.

Yep, Templars lack mobility, sustain and don't have much defensive tools so it's a bit hard in pvp, but pve-wise they are fine imo.