Use immovable pots and cc him when u can

Dk's perma root was the main reason I started using rearming trap (I used it before it was cool, now it's mainstream), it is great vs them cause they lack mobility and become uncomfortable when they have to dodge roll a lot.

Walk away if you need to. You're fighting a spec that has been built to be tanky. They should have low burst and no execute, though, so rally, vigor, dodge roll will out heal their damage. mDKs lack a burst heal, so fear+incap strike+exec hits hard.

You're playing the strongest PvP spec against the weakest.

they're still my toughest opponents 1v1 and honestly i lose to them more than any other class, consistently, even with all the different 'meta' set ups. i know they're not supposed to be good but let's face it the cc roots dot damage off-balance-can't-switch-weapons is a lot to handle and they're good at forcing the fight into a melee range. ergo control yourself: in, out, in, out. pull a sugar ray leonard on them. i like flying blade or crossbow to force them to throw up wings and then immediately burst: ambush surprise cc ultimate, then back out of melee range using the crossbow or flying blade, keeping up vigor, shade, rally, etc.

heal debuffs and resistance debuffs are your friends.

Kite, fear, incap, Surpise Attack, kite, kite, fear incap Suprise Attack. They need to be right on you for Talons to root, so if you can get a Draining Shot off on them while wings are down you will have the gap necessary to kite and then they must either go defensive or massively drain resources trying to catch you.

Mag DK can be really nasty if they get right up on you, but they lack any strong healing and mobility which leaves them to only cast wings and play defensive if you keep your distance. So you only want to close when their CC immunity is down, then apply burst, and if they aren't in execute or dead, get out of dodge.

As a NB you don't want to fight any DK's(stam or mag) straight up face to face, you want to burst, disappear, burst.

I never know what race or class has killed me in PVP - usually happens way too fast for me to see

if there is anything great about mag dk's, it's their 1v1 potential. chances are, if you encounter a good one, he's fairly serious about both, 1v1 and dk's so keep that in mind. it's not your average fight against someone who copied a build from youtube, spams a certain "rotation" and has no clue about what's actually happening.

that said, know that:
1) they have much better dps than burst. many rely on skoria procs to create some burst
2) meteor + fossilize/vampdrain is a very typical combo. always keep extra stamina to break free, block meteor impact and move out of it. it's quite a lot but the combo involves an ultimate and you got enough time to go into stamina-spending mode when you see the meteor circle (good dk's will try to bait break free + dodges to drain your stamina). have a positive stamina balance when the dk does not ult.
3) do not dodge out of every single talons. it's a net loss if you comparse magicka spent vs damage taken+stamina spend. instead use l/h attacks to reposition yourself, often you can even use heavy attacks to manage your stam. again, not too much burst to fear.
4) shuffle, vigor and other def skills are key. keep them up, outheal their damage as good as possible. if necessary go on disengage/cloak walks but don't do that too much.
5) keep an eye on burning embers. the heal is quite large - and functions somewhat similar to rally just that it's a dot on the enemy and not a hot on the player. try to bait an embers recast with some of your attacks and directly afterwards go for your actual attack (e.g. keep incap for your second wind)
6) finally, keep the pressure up. a magicka dk has one incredibly efficient skill and that is embers if running long enough (plus his resource-giving ultimates). other ways to heal are FAR worse than your vigor. i.e. if you force dragon blood/blessing of prot/whatever they use, you're doing a great job. don't let embers and ultimates be enough to heal themselves.

Baconlad wrote: »

There has been a recent revival of ranged mag DKs, so if you run across a destro wielding heavy attacker? Just run if they manage to hit you, you will most likely die. I've seen a 25k hit from a mag DK fire staff heavy attack...redonculous

@Baconlad heavy attack mDKs are troll builds. They rely on an attack that takes 3 seconds to charge, you can see them winding up, and has a flight time. Y u no dodge? Y u no block? Y u no cc them when they are winding up?

Don't ask for advice or tatics here. Just ask for nerfs. That's what everyone does when they get killed by other classes.

Make presure, if you cant make enoguth presure to force him into his heal staff you will lose.

2 golden rules

dont use a bow
use shuffle

Still not seeing how a heavy attack mDK is anything but a troll build. In group play, sure it can pick people off. But how do you open world solo PvP with it? You'll never get the heavy attack off when outnumbered.