akl77 wrote: »

Templar dps either stam or magicka are all hopeless. I tried both in top set legendary gears, still lacks to other class average dps.
So I gave up, Templar can only be good at being a healer, nothing else.
ZOS designed it so, so we can try other classes on alt character.
Templar need some serious love.

AHHHH. Sorry for double, but OMG Wow. Yes, stamplar is probably bottem of the stamina barrel, but Magic Templar is currently the highest DPS in the game on modern trial Fights (VMOL, etc). Their aoe/splash damage is insane and their execute is ridiculously OP (hence the incoming nerf to radiant).

Sorry, but you have no idea what you are talking about on that one. Magic Templar is king of trials DPS at the moment.

rhymer wrote: »

Hello! Could anyone explain me what I'm doing wrong? I'm a stamina Nightblade, all attributes are in stamina, 6 gold Hunding's rage pieces, 4 viper items (inluding weapons - 2 goblinsbane, purple), 3 purple deadly jewelry pieces, caltrops, shrouded daggers, blood craze, bloodthirst and killer's blade. And I still get 8k-9k DPS even with animation cancelling. Could you help me?

Probably should make a new thread next time, as this thread hasn't been touched in a year. Anyways...

Your gear setup is a bit wonky. Hunding's is a strong set, especially for beginners, but since set bonuses in ESO cap at 5 pieces, running a 6th piece is useless. Would be more worthwhile running a 5th Viper piece, or even better, run a different 5 piece set, like Spriggan's for the extra penetration. Penetration allows some of your damage to go through your target's resistances, and so is very good at maximising damage. All dungeon and trial bosses have 18.2k physical and spell resistance, so you want to try to aim for 18.2k penetration to maximise the amount of damage going through.

I'd replace Deadly Strike (I assume you mean Deadly Strike jewelry) with Spriggan's jewelry. Then you can either run Hunding's on chests, arms, legs, and weapons & Spriggan's on jewelry, boots, and belt, or you could run Hunding's on chests, arms, legs, boots, and belt & Spriggan's on jewelry and weapons. Personally I prefer running the first setup, as it is far easier to craft Hunding's weapons than to farm Spriggan's weapons. That leaves your helm and shoulders, which you should populate with monster set pieces. Kra'gh is what I'd recommend starting out with, as it is easy to farm (helm drops in vet Fungal Grotto 1, which is super easy), and is pretty strong, providing more penetration which you'll need early on.

As you get used to your build, you should look at replacing Spriggan's with Twice Fanged Serpent, as it gives a little more penetration, and so would offer higher damage potential. Twice Fanged is dropped in Sanctum Ophidia, one of the three Craglorn trials, so you'll need a group of 12 to farm it with, but it's not too bad to acquire. Then once you've got Twice Fanged, you could look at replacing Hunding's with either War Machine or Mechanical Acuity. War Machine would be better if you run the Incapacitating Strike ultimate, as War Machine works really well with cheap ultimates, however if you don't, Mechanical Acuity is also a very good set. It is receiving a nerf with Summerset, though, as it will only proc off of direct damage, though Nightblade has a lot of direct damaging abilities, and so uptime would be pretty good with Acuity. You should also look at replacing Kra'gh with Velidreth, if you have Shadows of the Hist, as Velidreth is a much stronger monster set, dealing more damage than Kra'gh, and having much more potential for aoe burst damage. That would then be your final gear setup done.

As for skills, I'm going to need a more detailed rundown of both bars, and your average rotation. You do have some good abilities there: Caltrops, Blood Craze (though Rending Slashes would be the better morph for damage), Killer's Blade, Shrouded Daggers (if you don't use crafted potions). However other abilities aren't the best to use. Bloodthirst isn't a good skill to run on Stamina Nightblade, as you have Surprise Attack, a much stronger spammable that also applies Major Fracture (increasing your penetration), and you could drop Shrouded Daggers completely if you're only running for the Major Brutality buff, as you can acquire Major Brutality from weapon power potions, alongside Major Savagery.

I'd also need to know other info, such as your max stamina, your weapon damage, your weapon crit, which Mundus you've chosen, which race you've chosen, etc.

If you need help in-game, and run on the North American PC servers, feel free to add me! @jcm2606