My DPS Dk isn't doing Damage help???

ESOMark · January 2017

Okay so I recently was a DK Mag Healer but wanted to do damage so I switched to a dps stam build. I have 64 attribute points in stamina right now. I am cp 249 and still find dps characters that I dungeon with doing more damage than me and I do not know why.

Gear: I'm running 5x Viper 3x Agility 2x Mephalas and do not really have a fourthset but I'm grinding to get Selene Shoulders right now.

I'm running Dual Wield and a Bow

My Skills are Steel Tornado, Venoumous Claw, Rapid Strikes, Rearming a trap and Rending Slashes other bar: igneous shield, arrow barrage, flames of oblivion, noxious breath, and hardened armor

I'm not sure whether my setup is not right or I'm just not used to the build because I was doing Vet Selene yesterday and all the adds on final boss I could not kill which kind of screwed the whole group up while I have seen others destroying the adds quickly.

Without food, I have 24k stamina and 13 k health, and 1211 stam recoverywhich I don't think is that bad cause 5k added to both with food is not bad, I just do not know what I'm doing wrong any help would be awesome.

Any help would be appreciated cause I feel like I'm useless in dungeons if my dps character isn't doing much damage.

Thanks

Liofa · January 2017

I will just link you the same comment I posted for another guy .

Liofa wrote: »

I will link you 2 videos . They teach the same tecniques really but Alcast's video has Heavy Attack cancelling and Lefty's video have Lefty cancelling . While Heavy Attack cancel can be useful both PvE and PvP , Lefty cancel is mainly (rarely used in PvE) useful for PvP . It is definitely insane in PvP if you use 1h/s .

Alcast's guide :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYoEztDilE

Lefty's Guide :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZzGoPp9Ug

Train them both really hard and you will see that you DPS is increasing as you do it better . Good luck !

EDIT : Use Poison Injection instead of Hardened Armor .

ESOMark · January 2017

So pretty much light attack after every skill?

Liofa · January 2017

Depends on how you play . Most Magicka DDs start combat with casting Innerlight to activate Might of The Guild passive that gives Empower for example . They start with Fully Charged Heavy Attack and do lots of burst damage as a start . You can also start with Heavy attack and continue with Light attacks . Classic Stam DK rotation goes like this :

LA > Rapid Strikes > Venomous Claw > LA > Rapid Strikes > Rending Slashes > LA > Rapid Strikes > Rearming Trap > Weapon Swap > Endless Hail > LA > Poison Injection > LA > Noxious Breath (this is totally optional , you can use Igneous Shield and/or Vigor here , whichever suits better) > (put Standart if ready) Weapon Swap > Deadly Cloak > return to beginning .

I haven't played Stam DK for a while , I may be remembering wrong . This is with MSA weapons of course . But still , pretty solid rotation even if you don't have them . Should give you at least 30k DPS in Single Target in your CP if your animation cancelling is on point and have nice items . Armor can stay purple but your weapons (at least the main hand weapon) should be legendary . It affects DPS the most .

I recommend having TBS as it also gives Health , which helps surviving one-shots . With Thief+Shadow , you can dish out nice damage . You can farm the Fungal Grotto 2 normal version to get the Sharpened Viper daggers combined with jewelry . I think second boss drops a special dagger that is always Sharpened . Try to get Kragh or Velidreth as your Monster set . They are pretty good .

As you get better , you will feel that you do more DPS and aware of your surroundings . When you feel ready , get can start vMSA . Even if you don't want to use MSA dual wield , bow is a must for every Stam DD . It buffs the DPS so much , I can easily say that it is the reason why stamina has so much single target DPS .

Your race is a big factor as well . Khajit being considered the strongest DPS-wise , Redguard can be fairly easy to play due to increased sustain . Imperial , Orc , Dunmer are second best choices .

In the videos you saw , they always put a light attack before skills . Listen carefully , I said skills . Not weapon swap . Putting a light attack before weapon swap will make you lose a lot of DPS .

Even though I am not the best when it comes to Stam DK DD , I know the basics and playstyle of classic Stam DK . Hope this will help

DRXHarbinger · January 2017

^ you've got it...but the rotation is well off.

Longest dot to shortest but debuff 1st. Breathe 1st and then trap to ensure all other attacks following hit the hardest they can

Zagnut123Zagnut123 · January 2017

You aren't using endless hail on your bow bar. Also kraghs is a better choice as far as helm goes. Additionally I would Craft 5 night mother's gaze and twice born star. Viper limits the possible damage that you can do.

Lastly are you using gold sharpened weapons as making them gold and sharpened will increase your DPS alot.

kessik221 · January 2017

You are missing a lot of damage since viper gives none. Hundings rage, nmg, tbs are all good choices. Gold weapons are a large increase. You didnt say if you were using potions for major savagry or brutality or not but thats something you need. If you use potions for these then you can ditch flames of oblivion. You dont need spiked armor either. Get vigor instead. If you are using a bow then poison injection is a must. Noxious breath is not really necessary either since the tanks taunt should apply the debuff. You could use arrow spray instead and then ditch steel tornadoe as your aoe would be arrow barrage then arrow spray. Mephalas is terrible for this build if you have 1200 stam recov then you shouldnt ever need to heavy attack. Aim for velidreths, skorias or kraghs.

thedude33 · January 2017

Yep, I need to work on this.

ESOMark · January 2017

Alright thanks for all the comments everyone! I will be playing some pvp to get vigor cause I'm at Assault 4 right now. I will be looking also to get sharpened swords and daggers, any recommendations where to get he best sharpened daggers? I saw Fungal Grotto 2 but anymore recommendations? Also can I buy the major savagery and brutality potions on a guild store? Lastly switch my viper set with night mothers gaze or twice born star?

Again, thank you everyone for the help! I really appreciate it!

ESOMark · January 2017

I'll also play around with the abilities everyone has been recommending to see what suits my play style and what I like most and get comfortable with.