Templar and Destro Staff Skills (PvP)

Papa_Hunt · November 2016

Are Wall of Elements/Elemental Blockade and/or Weakness to Elements/Elemental Drain skills worth using on a Destro Staff Templar in PvP?

jrgray93 · November 2016

Not really. Wall is easily avoided. Drain is nice but not worth giving up a skill slot for. Unless you have a maelstrom destro staff to make up for some of the lost spell power, DW swords is generally the way to go if you want to do any kind of burst damage on a templar (not an easy task). The one thing that is great about destro is the ultimate, which I can't figure out why so few people are using. The version that follows you just shreds most people. Paired with a charge, it's a tank-buster and generally ends most stalemates. Oh, and as a magicka templar, you're going to be in a lot of stalemates.

ZOS_PeterT · November 2016

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Papa_Hunt · November 2016

jrgray93 wrote: »

Not really. Wall is easily avoided. Drain is nice but not worth giving up a skill slot for. Unless you have a maelstrom destro staff to make up for some of the lost spell power, DW swords is generally the way to go if you want to do any kind of burst damage on a templar (not an easy task). The one thing that is great about destro is the ultimate, which I can't figure out why so few people are using. The version that follows you just shreds most people. Paired with a charge, it's a tank-buster and generally ends most stalemates. Oh, and as a magicka templar, you're going to be in a lot of stalemates.

Thanks for reply.

Let me be a little more specific. I've been the DW version of a Templar for a while now...I wanted to try and give something else a shot. The ultimate is exactly why. So I procurred some rattlecage (dropped entropy) and wanted to build some version of an AoE/Dot build against greater numbers. I travel is a group of 2-4. So that's why I was asking about Wall. So I'm trying to figure out the skillset on my destro staff ult bar (dmg). I was thinking Wall, Sweeps, and the Ult. Any advice would be appreciated.

Sandman929 · November 2016

I've only found Wall somewhat useful being paired with Vicious Death in a close quarters situation like a breach defense. In the open world you're just better off with pretty much anything else because it doesn't tick high enough to be effective before any enemy can simply walk out of it.
I could see maybe Blazing Spear'ing someone in the AoE to make it more useful.
If you want to run destro, you can just do it for the weaving with Javelin or Crushing Shock. Using destro primarily for the ultimate, which is pretty awesome, doesn't mean you have to use the destro skills.

Lexxypwns · November 2016

Frost reach is decent for the root. Wall doesn't suck if you're often in keep battles.

Ashamray · November 2016

Zero synergy between Mplar and destruction staff (though Ice Blockade is nice, but not necessary). It used to be not bad ~2 years ago.

THEDKEXPERIENCE · November 2016

I got hit by the destro ultimate yesterday and it was the single largest non seige number I've ever seen on it. Over 19k in one shot! I was getting overrun by about a billion yellows so I am not sure if I was sitting at 26 or 31k spell resist but man did it pack a punch.

I'm not even upset. I'm pretty impressed. Might be time to dust off the old destro staff myself.

Ishammael · November 2016

You give up a lot of spell damage to run destro staff on a Templar. Most of your skills are channels, so weaving doesn't help your DPS like on a DK, NB, or Sorc

However, the destro ult it really good damage for a Templar which needs a good ultimate. Ice staff can provide nice snares that a Templar, in general, lacks.

Keep both in your inventory.

Ashamray · November 2016

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

I got hit by the destro ultimate yesterday and it was the single largest non seige number I've ever seen on it. Over 19k in one shot! I was getting overrun by about a billion yellows so I am not sure if I was sitting at 26 or 31k spell resist but man did it pack a punch.

I'm not even upset. I'm pretty impressed. Might be time to dust off the old destro staff myself.

19k was not "one shot", it's a number of all ticks.

UppGRAYxDD · November 2016

soulassault bro.... It's the jeebus beam ulti. Just bathe all your enemies in its glory, then follow up with a jeebus beam