Increasing Spell DPS - Need Help

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

Just created a new account that is a DD Magplar and trying to increase my Spell Damage.
Currently my Spell Damage is 2361 (unburied). Once I open up Entropy it'll raise to 2833.

Mundus: Apprentice (adds spell damage)
Weapons: Absorb Magicka (deals magic and restores magic) - Infused; Absorb Magicka - Sharpened.
- Sets -
Willpower: Adds 186 Spell Damage
Adroitness: Adds 121 Spell Damage
Elegant: Adds 124 Spell Damage
Molag Kena: Adds 124 Spell Damage
Overwhelming Surge: Adds 248 Spell Damage

For the most part the sets I have are because I needed something quick and I could find them easily and cheaply.
I have the plan to craft the Julianos Set as soon as I've researched enough traits.

Race: High Elf (not looking to change race)
Not sure on Champions Points - welcome to suggestions.

Mojmir · August 2016

Travy_2Hype wrote: »

Just created a new account that is a DD Magplar and trying to increase my Spell Damage.
Currently my Spell Damage is 2081 (unbuffed).

Mundus: Apprentice (adds spell damage)
Weapons: Absorb Magicka (deals magic and restores magic) - Infused; Absorb Magicka - Sharpened.
- Sets -
Willpower: Adds 186 Spell Damage
Adroitness: Adds 121 Spell Damage
Elegant: Adds 124 Spell Damage & 20% increase to Light and Heavy attacks
Molag Kena: Adds 124 Spell Damage

For the most part the sets I have are because I needed something quick and I could find them easily and cheaply.
I have the plan to craft the Julianos Set as soon as I've researched enough traits.

Race: High Elf (not looking to change race)

Skill bar set up?
Rotation?
So many other variables

Pandorii · August 2016

Buff your spell damage with a skill that has major sorcery. I use structured entropy from the mages guild skill line.

Golding your weapons will increase your spell damage. Dual Wield has a passive that increases damage if you use swords.

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

Pandorii wrote: »

Buff your spell damage with a skill that has major sorcery. I use structured entropy from the mages guild skill line.

Golding your weapons will increase your spell damage. Dual Wield has a passive that increases damage if you use swords.

Yeah, just made character few days ago - still working on Entropy.
Have the swords for dual wield.

Pandorii · August 2016

Hey OP.

I just want to say that currently the game is designed to where spell damage cannot be stacked as much as weapon damage. That number really isn't the end-all be-all. Weapon damage can be stacked much more than spell damage because of a combination of abundant weapon-damage passives, more variety of set combinations, that medium armor has a weapon damage passive (meanwhile light armor has spell penetration, which is just as good but invisible on character sheet), and maelstrom weapons that give weapon damage.

For magicka types, max magicka is really important too. In fact, when it comes to damage output, it's based on both your spell damage and your magicka pool taken together.

The reason I'm saying this is because I think players feel something like 'damage-envy' of people who have 'big' numbers, but those 'big' numbers may trade of a resource pool that will affect sustainability and overall damage output.

These are just my thoughts. I mostly run magicka classes. I am overly pessimistic of our current state in the game.

Robbmrp · August 2016

You could always add + SD/WD enchants to your weapons.

Mush55 · August 2016

How about trying 5 julianous, 1piece kenna, and 2/3 turogs (staff head or shoulders depending on kenna piece and dual swords) if your not to bothered about running a monster set.

QuebraRegra · August 2016

Pandorii wrote: »

Buff your spell damage with a skill that has major sorcery. I use structured entropy from the mages guild skill line.

Golding your weapons will increase your spell damage. Dual Wield has a passive that increases damage if you use swords.

I HATE the silliness that DUAL WIELD gives more spell dmg than using a staff... they need to fix that.

Beardimus · August 2016

^ @QuebraRegra dual wield doesn't change Spell Damage. It 'increases damage', there is a difference. Spell damage is a stat.

And if you are a sorc trying to play at range (I.e. You don't want to Melee) having ranged attacks to proc the Spell Damage Glyph brings you alot closer on damage done now, than it used to, and destro staffs have that penetration passive to help you.

Regardless I like a Sorc with a Sword

just my style so happy to DW

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · August 2016

Just to clarify, duel wield does give you more spell damage then a staff, something like 260 more base spell damage, cause the second weapon gives 20% of its damage to the total.

Then you can add in another set piece, there is more there.

Swords are the only one hand type that do more then the aforementioned extra spell damage. They give 2.5% more damage per.

THEDKEXPERIENCE · August 2016

Put your blue CP into an exactly 50/50 split between Elemental Expert and Thurmatauge. This will give your Templar the most magic DPS possible.

And yes, stacking max magicka does about 99.9% of the damage as stacking max spell power, but leaves you with a significantly larger gas tank. My unbuffed spell power is only 2.4K but gets buffed above 3.3K pretty easily. That 44.3K magicka pool I have though ... yikes. Without buffs my Radiant Destruction tooltip value is 16,064. Not sure off hand what it is when I'm buffed but the end result is melted faces.

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Put your blue CP into an exactly 50/50 split between Elemental Expert and Thurmatauge. This will give your Templar the most magic DPS possible.

And yes, stacking max magicka does about 99.9% of the damage as stacking max spell power, but leaves you with a significantly larger gas tank. My unbuffed spell power is only 2.4K but gets buffed above 3.3K pretty easily. That 44.3K magicka pool I have though ... yikes. Without buffs my Radiant Destruction tooltip value is 16,064. Not sure off hand what it is when I'm buffed but the end result is melted faces.

Thanks a lot, right now I have everything pumped into Thurmatauge because that's what everyone told me to do, still unsure what DoT attacks I use on my templar...

Acsvf · August 2016

Beardimus wrote: »

^ @QuebraRegra dual wield doesn't change Spell Damage. It 'increases damage', there is a difference. Spell damage is a stat.

Common misconception. It does both.

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

Acsvf wrote: »

Beardimus wrote: »

^ @QuebraRegra dual wield doesn't change Spell Damage. It 'increases damage', there is a difference. Spell damage is a stat.

Common misconception. It does both.

Yeah my duel wield swords brings my Spell Damage from 1827 currently to 2240.

DRXHarbinger · August 2016

Travy_2Hype wrote: »

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Put your blue CP into an exactly 50/50 split between Elemental Expert and Thurmatauge. This will give your Templar the most magic DPS possible.

And yes, stacking max magicka does about 99.9% of the damage as stacking max spell power, but leaves you with a significantly larger gas tank. My unbuffed spell power is only 2.4K but gets buffed above 3.3K pretty easily. That 44.3K magicka pool I have though ... yikes. Without buffs my Radiant Destruction tooltip value is 16,064. Not sure off hand what it is when I'm buffed but the end result is melted faces.

Thanks a lot, right now I have everything pumped into Thurmatauge because that's what everyone told me to do, still unsure what DoT attacks I use on my templar...

Jabs, bane, radiant. All dots and most importantly your spammable. Plus nova gets buffed by it.

Travy_2Hype · August 2016

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Travy_2Hype wrote: »

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Put your blue CP into an exactly 50/50 split between Elemental Expert and Thurmatauge. This will give your Templar the most magic DPS possible.

And yes, stacking max magicka does about 99.9% of the damage as stacking max spell power, but leaves you with a significantly larger gas tank. My unbuffed spell power is only 2.4K but gets buffed above 3.3K pretty easily. That 44.3K magicka pool I have though ... yikes. Without buffs my Radiant Destruction tooltip value is 16,064. Not sure off hand what it is when I'm buffed but the end result is melted faces.

Thanks a lot, right now I have everything pumped into Thurmatauge because that's what everyone told me to do, still unsure what DoT attacks I use on my templar...

Jabs, bane, radiant. All dots and most importantly your spammable. Plus nova gets buffed by it.

Hmm don't see jabs as DoT but cool if it is. Bane, are you referring to the Vamp Skill? Nova makes sense.

ryanborror · August 2016

Beardimus wrote: »

^ @QuebraRegra dual wield doesn't change Spell Damage. It 'increases damage', there is a difference. Spell damage is a stat.

And if you are a sorc trying to play at range (I.e. You don't want to Melee) having ranged attacks to proc the Spell Damage Glyph brings you alot closer on damage done now, than it used to, and destro staffs have that penetration passive to help you.

Regardless I like a Sorc with a Sword just my style so happy to DW

It increases spell damage, twin blade and blunt increases all damage with swords.,