Magicka DK heavy attack build

Masel
Masel
Class Representative
Hey guys,

Has anyone used a similar build for a magicka DK and can give me advice on how to improve it dps wise:

5 elegance
5 aether
Sharpened vma lightning staff and Sharpened vma Resto.
Sitting at 2.8k spell damage and 40800 magicka.
Race: High elf
Bars:

Dampen magic, eruption (to be substituted), blockade, molten armaments, inner light
Ultimate: shooting star

Resto staff bar:

Engulfing flames, healing ward, rapid regen, burning embers, inner light

Ultimate: Shooting star

I use exactly the same build on my magsorc and it excels at many situations and deals great dps (28k single target and full aoe damage). Somehow, the dps on my mag dk is not at all on par with that, despite of molten armaments I can't get past 18k single target. Without liquid lightning, you lose a very strong ground aoe, I tried using eruption instead of that for the dk, but the damage is a lot lower. The 2 to 3 k magicka shouldn't be the reason for that much of a dps difference.
You can find the sorc build here for comparison:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en-GB/discussion/comment/3536396#Comment_3536396

Any help is appreciated, and I don't want to hear grothdarr or burning spellweave :D

I know that a vma inferno would boost the damage, but I wanna use this for vma and getting past the resto staff is hard in there.
Edited by Masel on November 26, 2016 11:12AM
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  • illuminousflux
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    DKs simply can't do as much damage with lightning as a sorcerer can. I know you won't have the AoE bonus from lightning, but heavy fire attacks on a DK are very strong fore single target.
  • Masel
    Masel
    Class Representative
    Well the thing is that molten armaments buffs each tick of heavy lightning attacks by 40%, which I thought makes up for the loss of implosion and the 5% sorc passive.
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  • Joy_Division
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    Grothdar and spellweave :smiley:

    DK excels at fire AOE damage. Going away from this means losing on the natural synergy and strengths the class possesses.
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  • Erasure
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    I believe you're looking for this.

    5 Infal/5 Sergeant's / vMA Destro, 75 CP into The Ritual to activate Exploiter, back staff Charged to increase Off-Balance likelyhood. The build puts out some scary AoE :)
  • Masel
    Masel
    Class Representative
    Erasure wrote: »
    I believe you're looking for this.

    5 Infal/5 Sergeant's / vMA Destro, 75 CP into The Ritual to activate Exploiter, back staff Charged to increase Off-Balance likelyhood. The build puts out some scary AoE :)

    Yes, exactly, I forgot where I saw it and couldn't find it anymore! Thanks :)
    PC EU

    All Trial Trifecta Titles Done!

    Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVEG6ckuAgGs5OyA6VeisA
  • Masel
    Masel
    Class Representative
    Erasure wrote: »
    I believe you're looking for this.

    5 Infal/5 Sergeant's / vMA Destro, 75 CP into The Ritual to activate Exploiter, back staff Charged to increase Off-Balance likelyhood. The build puts out some scary AoE :)

    Yes, exactly, I forgot where I saw it and couldn't find it anymore! Thanks :)
    PC EU

    All Trial Trifecta Titles Done!

    Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVEG6ckuAgGs5OyA6VeisA
  • WalksonGraves
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    Im going infallible mage/queens elegance/kena.
  • Baconlad
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    freaking LOVE the idea of these builds...wish i was a DK XD
  • Masel
    Masel
    Class Representative
    Baconlad wrote: »
    freaking LOVE the idea of these builds...wish i was a DK XD

    I was lucky enough to get two sharpened vma lightning staffs, so I grinded myself a dk up only to use this build. Most fun build I ever used on my sorc :)
    PC EU

    All Trial Trifecta Titles Done!

    Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVEG6ckuAgGs5OyA6VeisA
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