Thought I had a good magDK but get wrecked by other magDKs

WhoThenNow7 · December 2016

I'm in need of some advice.. I guess particularly around dueling or 1v1s. I'm running 5bsw 5seducer and 2 skoria. All purple, all impen, and 5 heavy 2 light. I know gold weapons is the way to go, but aside from that.. there aren't very many duels I lose on this character.. then I come across some other magDKs and got absolutely wrecked. I am 561 and they were 561 as well. I use two sharpened swords for front bar and destruction staff for back bar. One of the guys I dueled used that as well. Should I switch seducer for julianos? I'm just kind of at a loss. Maybe I just need to learn the build better? Any advice is appreciated.. i am also a vampire.

Prabooo · December 2016

CC them until they bleed

danno8 · December 2016

Well if you are vampire and they are not, that's 20% more damage you take than they do since most of the damage from mDK's is flame damage. It sucks being a vamp and going up against mDK's, but I know why you do it. It's the same reason I maintain vamp on my magplar. No mobility.

My experience with mDK's is that they load you up with DoT's, all the while holding block, slowly wearing down your resources. Then when they see you are maybe half health they will launch Meteor, and use Petrify just before it hits so you take full damage.

I have learned to use mist form instead of blocking in this scenario, but other than that I don't have much more help to give, since I have limited experience with playing an mDK. I usually just avoid them since they take too long to kill and are too frustrating with all the roots and slows on my Templar.

Jjitsuboy98 · December 2016

Mag dk vs mag dk is a tough fight. Try immovable pots are reactive armor when going up against one or it will be a battle of who CC with hardly any counter play because of fossilize and perma talons.

Jjitsuboy98 · December 2016

Jjitsuboy98 wrote: »

Mag dk vs mag dk is a tough fight. Try immovable pots are reactive armor when going up against one or it will be a battle of who CC with hardly any counter play because of fossilize and perma talons.

Pots *or reactive armor

lucky_Sage · December 2016

when I duel I prefer to use resto on back bar for healing ward

Joy_Division · December 2016

I don't think two swords are the way to go for a DK. Block has very strong synergy with the class

Mustard · December 2016

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/307328/magicka-dk-pvp-gear

lucky_Sage · December 2016

Joy_Division wrote: »

I don't think two swords are the way to go for a DK. Block has very strong synergy with the class

I prefer DW its a lot more active but S&B is easier
my dmg is better with DW and with 5 rattlecage and 5 seducer I have 3700 spell damage

Dyride · January 2017

lucky_Sage wrote: »

Joy_Division wrote: »

I don't think two swords are the way to go for a DK. Block has very strong synergy with the class

I prefer DW its a lot more active but S&B is easier
my dmg is better with DW and with 5 rattlecage and 5 seducer I have 3700 spell damage

Yeah DW gets 5% damage and few hundred spell damage, but SnB has the best passives in the game for dueling.

Extra block mitigation, block cost reduction, and mitigation from ranged attacks. A Reinforced shield gives lots of resists and you get another large enchant. SnB all the way.

PS Reinforced over Impen shield.

lynog85 · January 2017

Duel wield and destro is a awful dueling set up. Besides squishy players or players you catch off guard with your glass cannon of a build, you aren't going to fair well with that. Swap out BSW for trainee, duel wield and sword and board. So much more well rounded. So hard to beat if played properly.

EldritchPenguin · January 2017

Mustard wrote: »

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/307328/magicka-dk-pvp-gear

Ohhhhh, so that's why I've been getting new replies in that thread...