Well DK standard is going to give you a reduction to damage taken as well as give out damage. So i would recommend the standard. Something to keep in mind about physical resistance... it can only mitigate 50% max. So if its 30k then that's what is considered "capped" with this build i only see an issue of damage mitigation without a shield. Its rough to tank without a shield even with good tank armor. Another thing to think about is maybe doing a mix of light and heavy armor so that some of the light armor skill passives are still active.

So, quick question, are you playing primarily PvE or PvP? Because while this isn't a build I'd even consider for PvE, it's pretty much exactly what I run for PvP. Reason being, in PvE, if you're playing DPS, you have a tank to sponge almost all of the damage for you, and you ultimately abandon most, if not all, of your defense in favor of pure offense. And if you're playing tank, you usually abandon most of your offense in favor of boss control and staying alive.

I'll try to answer your questions, tying to speak both to PvE and PvP, but the build you want is mostly a PvP thing.

I'll talk about PvE first.

For an ultimate, Dragonknight Standard, hands down. It's one of the few ultimates in the game worth running instead of the Destro ult because it boosts your entire team's DPS while dealing substatial damage on its own. This ability is quintessential for the Magicka Dragonknight, and is one of the big reasons that they're so strong in PvE DPS (in fact, next patch, Magicka Dragonknights are likely going to be the strongest PvE DPS setup in the game).

For armor traits, run all Divines with the Thief stone. All enchantments are Magicka. That will give you more DPS than any other trait/enchantment setup.

For your passives, you'll want everything from Ardent Flame, Destruction Staves, Earthen Heart, Draconic Power, Light Armor, Heavy Armor, Mages Guild, and Undaunted. Still, you don't have to be too choosy about your passives, since there's no limit on how many you can have active at a time, and there's enough skill points available in the game to pick up pretty much all of them.

Unfortunately, I can't really speak to the tanking side.

Now for PvP. This is going to be a bit longer.

For your ultimate, you really can't beat Devouring Swarm. It deals a lot of damage in a pretty big area, it has massive healing power, and, if you're a stage 4 vampire, it costs 158 Ultimate while restoring as many resources (Battle Roar passive from Earthen Heart) as a 200 cost Ultimate. It's a tough ability to beat. Your backbar choice of Ultimate has a few more choices. I'd reccomend Take Flight for a good gap closer, Shooting Star for a really good burst attack (which the Dragonknight lacks), Dragonknight Standard for a balance of offense and defense with phenomenal area control, or Eye of the Storm for almost ridiculously broken area damage that follows you.

Now for armor traits and enchantments. Generally, most of your defense comes from your Heavy Armor set (usually Armor of the Seducer, Rattlecage, Kragnarec's Hope, or Black Rose), so you can get away with running all Magicka enchantments again to make your whips and Embers hit as hard as possible. You want to run Impenetrable on all of your armor pieces. Reducing the damage of critical hits can help immensely with spike damage, and can mean the difference between surviving a gank and not.

Passives here are pretty much the same, but you'll probably want to pick up some Sword and Shield passives, because the extra armor and blocking power is fantastic on your front bar in PvP (not to mention that it gives you an extra set piece).

Let me know if you have any more questions. I know my post might've raised as many as it answered.

For my closing remarks, I'll say this: You said that Sorcerer sounded like it would be the best suited to this playstyle, but I respectfully disagree. I wouldn't rather my warmage be anything but a Dragonknight.

Dez wrote: »

This sounds like a really fun build, do you think Argonian is a good race choice? That would mainly be a style choice for myself, Dumner might be best? I don't like the idea of playing an Elf

In terms of damage output, nothing beats a Dunmer Dragonknight. In fact, they're probably going to be the absolute top of the food chain in terms of PvE DPS next patch. So for PvE Magicka DPS, you're definitely best off playing Dunmer.

Argonians are great in PvP, though, and I could see them working really well for a Magicka Dragonknight. They have the best self-healing power in the game, which, alongside their health bonus and their poison/disease resistance, would make them preposterously tanky. Their potion passive is also like a second Battle Roar, which is awesome, because MagKnights really struggle in the resource management department. Still, Argonians have 6% less Magicka than Dark Elves and also lose the 7% boost to fire attacks, so your offense is going to suffer if you pick an Argonian instead of a Dark Elf. That being said, gear/L2P/Champion Points are much more important than your choice of race, so you can still be very successful as an Argonian Dragonknight, but the loss of damage is something to keep in mind.