Disability, need help with a simple build.

Gromgok · January 2017

Hey folks,

I have a disability which makes moving and attacking at the same time, or rapidly spamming buttons, difficult. Is there a possible build in ESO that's mostly stationary, doesn't have to swap weapons much, and has a relatively simple "rotation?" I'm mostly a DPS player, not much of a tank or healer. I only PvE - no PvP at all.

Thanks for any advice!

Rohamad_Ali · January 2017

I would try a ranged class . It could be done with any class really . Bow or Staffs depending on Melee or Majic . Ranged weapons and abilities don't require as much movement as Melee abilities . Look on the tooltips for the abilities on the class you choose with the most range so you don't have to chase target . Magic Sorc , Bow nightblade are fairly good dps .

Gromgok · January 2017

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

I would try a ranged class . It could be done with any class really . Bow or Staffs depending on Melee or Majic . Ranged weapons and abilities don't require as much movement as Melee abilities . Look on the tooltips for the abilities on the class you choose with the most range so you don't have to chase target . Magic Sorc , Bow nightblade are fairly good dps .

I do love bows. They don't have tot move and kite mobs much??

runagate · January 2017

I'm thinking templar. Self-healing jabby jabby spears and sun shield. Stand in your Major Mending "house". I suspect someone can provide more technical details but I'm pvping at the moment.

alephthiago · January 2017

Hmmm that is a hard one, first thing that came to my mind was tanking but since you want to play as dps maybe a sorc or dk "heavy attack build" where you lay down your dots and just press heavy attack before laying it again.
How about burning spellweave + elegant in a magicka dk with inferno destro?

Gromgok · January 2017

I'm open to any suggestions. I have very little ESO experience, so the simpler terms you can put things in, the better.

LadyNalcarya · January 2017

Magicka templar, no doubt. Easy to level and solo, does decent damage even if you dont have a precise rotation.
Use wall of elements+vampires bane+puncturing sweep, and radiant opression at around 30% of enemys health (or lower). Of course, with a super wonky rotation it wont be top notch dps, but itll take you through (almost) everything with ease. And for sustain there's channeled focus (last restoring light ability).

Your attacks (sweeps) will also heal you so you wont have to bother about anything that isnt an oneshot.

And dont take archer char unless you REALLY want it and only planning on solo questing. Damage will be low and to get a reliable self-heal you'll either have to pvp or use 2hander on offbar.

cpuScientist · January 2017

Just about all of them will require button smashing and bar swaps. But the simplest rotation I can think of would be MagPlar. Ahhh you could have all 4 damaging skills on your front bar along with inner light. And your back bar would mostly be buffs.

So your front bar would be a flame staff with: Wall of elements, reflective light, jabs, Jesus beam and inner light. This would mean using pots for major sorcery and you'd be more or less fine. The DPS wouldn't even be that bad lol.

The back bar would be just ritual channeled focus inner light maybe a shield and whatever else. You'd mostly be on your back bar. If you don't wanna use pots you could put entropy in the back bar.

Finally the rotation would be wall of elements - reflective light - jabs then reapply dots. When the boss gets down to about 45% health stop jabs and switch to Jesus beam. Keep dots up still, and at 20% health just go straight JESUS. Forget dots. And destro ultimate on cool down. This could be done all on your front bar.

Maybe drop a channel focus. For Regen if you need it. (You probably would) so if you don't wanna use pots you would just go back bar drop a channel and use entropy and swap back, and you'd only have to bar swap every 20 or so seconds.

But yeah this would work fine, it's spammables are channels so easier to manage, only 2 dots to keep up so again easier to manage. It would be a flame staff and if you can manage try to do a light attack in between every skill or atleast every spammable.

UrQuan · January 2017

runagate wrote: »

I'm thinking templar. Self-healing jabby jabby spears and sun shield. Stand in your Major Mending "house". I suspect someone can provide more technical details but I'm pvping at the moment.

^This was basically what I was going to come to the thread to say.

If you go with a magicka templar you can move in, plunk down a Cleansing Ritual and a Rune Focus, and then sit in your Rune Focus while you fire off things like Dark Flare, Reflective Light, and Radiant Destruction from range - mixed in with destro staff attacks (and possibly destro staff skills). If things come up and get in your face you can stand still in your Rune Focus and use Puncturing Sweep to kill them while healing yourself, popping a Sun Shield if you need a little extra to stay alive.

That won't necessarily always work that well in group content, as there are often mechanics that force you to move quickly, but given what you've said I'd say it's probably your best bet, and it should work well a lot of the time. You won't be getting top DPS numbers, but you should have a high enough damage output for most content, while having good survivability.

Ackwalan · January 2017

If you don't fit the world, make the world fit you. There are many different gaming controllers that you can get for PC and consoles that can help you take full advantage of what the game has.

LadyNalcarya · January 2017

UrQuan wrote: »

runagate wrote: »

I'm thinking templar. Self-healing jabby jabby spears and sun shield. Stand in your Major Mending "house". I suspect someone can provide more technical details but I'm pvping at the moment.

^This was basically what I was going to come to the thread to say.

If you go with a magicka templar you can move in, plunk down a Cleansing Ritual and a Rune Focus, and then sit in your Rune Focus while you fire off things like Dark Flare, Reflective Light, and Radiant Destruction from range - mixed in with destro staff attacks (and possibly destro staff skills). If things come up and get in your face you can stand still in your Rune Focus and use Puncturing Sweep to kill them while healing yourself, popping a Sun Shield if you need a little extra to stay alive.

That won't necessarily always work that well in group content, as there are often mechanics that force you to move quickly, but given what you've said I'd say it's probably your best bet, and it should work well a lot of the time. You won't be getting top DPS numbers, but you should have a high enough damage output for most content, while having good survivability.

Yeah the ritual is nice, but for the shield I'd recommend Harness magicka (light armor skill). Sun shield will be very small on a dd char and harness also absorbs magicka-based attacks so it helps with sustain.

UrQuan · January 2017

KoshkaMurka wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

runagate wrote: »

I'm thinking templar. Self-healing jabby jabby spears and sun shield. Stand in your Major Mending "house". I suspect someone can provide more technical details but I'm pvping at the moment.

^This was basically what I was going to come to the thread to say.

If you go with a magicka templar you can move in, plunk down a Cleansing Ritual and a Rune Focus, and then sit in your Rune Focus while you fire off things like Dark Flare, Reflective Light, and Radiant Destruction from range - mixed in with destro staff attacks (and possibly destro staff skills). If things come up and get in your face you can stand still in your Rune Focus and use Puncturing Sweep to kill them while healing yourself, popping a Sun Shield if you need a little extra to stay alive.

That won't necessarily always work that well in group content, as there are often mechanics that force you to move quickly, but given what you've said I'd say it's probably your best bet, and it should work well a lot of the time. You won't be getting top DPS numbers, but you should have a high enough damage output for most content, while having good survivability.

Yeah the ritual is nice, but for the shield I'd recommend Harness magicka (light armor skill). Sun shield will be very small on a dd char and harness also absorbs magicka-based attacks so it helps with sustain.

True. To be honest 9 times out of 10 I just don't use shields with my templars.

Rohamad_Ali · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

I would try a ranged class . It could be done with any class really . Bow or Staffs depending on Melee or Majic . Ranged weapons and abilities don't require as much movement as Melee abilities . Look on the tooltips for the abilities on the class you choose with the most range so you don't have to chase target . Magic Sorc , Bow nightblade are fairly good dps .

I do love bows. They don't have tot move and kite mobs much??

There is a morph of Bombard on bow that will root mobs in place and do fairy decent AOE damage . The only problem stamina bow users run into is healing and since you don't want to walk into PVP and unlock vigor I will recommend making your second weapon two handed to unlock rally as your main source heals , if you've decided on a bow build .

If you are on PC NA , I would be happy to help with anything you need in game , just send a friends request to @Rohamd-Ali .

The other suggestions of Templar made by others here could work as well .

UrQuan · January 2017

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

If you are on PC NA , I would be happy to help with anything you need in game , just send a friends request to @Rohamd-Ali .

Also, if you're on PC NA you've got 3 members of Lone Wolf Help giving you advice in this thread, so if you're in the market for a guild that generally likes to help folks out with stuff like this one of us can send you an invite if you like.

runagate · January 2017

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Gromgok wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

I would try a ranged class . It could be done with any class really . Bow or Staffs depending on Melee or Majic . Ranged weapons and abilities don't require as much movement as Melee abilities . Look on the tooltips for the abilities on the class you choose with the most range so you don't have to chase target . Magic Sorc , Bow nightblade are fairly good dps .

I do love bows. They don't have tot move and kite mobs much??

There is a morph of Bombard on bow that will root mobs in place and do fairy decent AOE damage . The only problem stamina bow users run into is healing and since you don't want to walk into PVP and unlock vigor I will recommend making your second weapon two handed to unlock rally as your main source heals , if you've decided on a bow build .

If you are on PC NA , I would be happy to help with anything you need in game , just send a friends request to @Rohamd-Ali .

The other suggestions of Templar made by others here could work as well .

I totally agree, but I think that for hand problems avoiding "placable circle" type skills would really help, as that just messes everything up.

My idea was that in a run focus with the self-healing jabs you can pretty much stand in red for solo content and literally not have to move. Keeping it as simple as possible. We have more than one guildie (rohamad and urquan and I) who has similar issues.

Runs · January 2017

If on PC you could try a gaming mouse, that has a ton of buttons for most your combat related keybinds, such as Corsair's Scimitar
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And mix that with Stinkyboard foot controller for your WASD movement. stinky_shopify_large.png?v=1385839512

-edit to add- I believe there are also left handed gaming mice if needed.

KochDerDamonen · January 2017

Magicka Templar. Stand still and turn to face groups until they die, your jab is a channel so you only have to press the button every few seconds.

For group content? Same recommendation, I guess. Lower button presses per second is pretty much guaranteeing lower dps but you can absolutely do well enough for normal dungeons if you play magicka templar and do the same thing you would in solo.

DragonBound · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

Hey folks,

I have a disability which makes moving and attacking at the same time, or rapidly spamming buttons, difficult. Is there a possible build in ESO that's mostly stationary, doesn't have to swap weapons much, and has a relatively simple "rotation?" I'm mostly a DPS player, not much of a tank or healer. I only PvE - no PvP at all.

Thanks for any advice!

Honestly after the patch pets on sorces will be allot better, I recommend a good sorc pet build, it is perfect for this style of play, otherwise you can try your hand at healing or ranged dps.

Arciris · January 2017

Actually, although magika Templar is quite easy, it still implies having to cast quite some skills (mash some buttons).

I think the easiest build would be a magika Sorcerer, heavy attack/pet build, especially if you're planning on doing a lot of solo stuff. Altmer would be the best race for it.
The gear is also quite easy to farm for in open world:
5 pieces Elegance (found in Auridon) + 5 pieces Necropotence (found in Rivenspire) + monster helm or shoulder giving spell damage or spell crit or more magika (until you find one, just craft yourself Sharpened Lightning staff and Restoration, since the staves are far more difficult to find). All enchants max magika on body, max spell damage on jewelry, increase spell damage and crushing enchant on staves. All attributes in magika.
- Main bar (Lightning staff):
Inner Light, Volatile Familiar (summon), Twilight Matriarch (summon), Hardened Ward, Wall of Elements - Ultimate Meteor (just because of the +2 max magika it provides)
- Bar Swap (Resto staff for solo, a fire staff for group):
Inner Light, Volatile Familiar, Twilight Matriarch, Combat Prayer (if soloing, if not throw in Crystal Fragments and use it when it procs), Liquid Lightning - Ultimate: Overload.
- Overload Bar: Inner Light, Volatile Familiar, Twilight Matriarch, Hardened Ward, Power Surge.

How it works:
Pop your overload (but don't use it right away) to access your third bar to activate Power Surge - it lasts a good 30+ secs so you don't have to worry too much about it. Deactivate overload and activate your Familiar, then Combat prayer your pets and drop Liquid Lighting. Swap to main bar, cast Hardened Ward, Wall of Elements and just heavy attack for 6 secs then refresh Hardened ward, Combat Prayer then Liquid and back to main bar to heavy attack again. When a boss is at low health, just overload it with light attacks and keep your Ward up.
That's it: you will be pushing your left mouse button most of the time

It is also a budget build, no expensive potions required, just maybe the magika ones that drop everywhere from time to time.

You won't get a spot in trials with this build but you will be fine for pretty much everything else (some DLC dungeons have "anti-pets" mechanics but that is another story...)
I wish you all the luck

Gromgok · January 2017

OK, thank you for all the help folks! When is the next big patch? Would I be better off waiting to see how things change?

Tandor · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

I'm open to any suggestions. I have very little ESO experience, so the simpler terms you can put things in, the better.

My advice would be to play around with a few characters for a few levels. Take each to say level 10 and develop the characters as you feel is natural as you go, don't make the mistake of chasing after someone else's build as that will be based on a different playstyle to you, and that player will have different strengths and weaknesses to you. Find out by experience where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and progress accordingly. Your limitations in one respect may prove to be your strength in a different respect - you're the only one that can establish how that works out for the best for you, and that's something you'll have achieved by the time you have 3 or 4 characters at level 10. Try them in different alliances, the early content can be sufficiently distinct between the alliances to make a difference to your feel for the game.

Above all - enjoy

!

waterfairy · January 2017

Tank is optimal for not moving as you can take the hits when built properly. I know you said no tank but tank.

Eiagra · January 2017

Without knowing the full extend of the disability and if the tools suggested are feasible, I would agree with Runs. An MMO mouse with multiple keys for abilities, and a footboard or other non-keyboard controller for movement may be helpful. Also, if you want to get creative with keybinds on mouse, you could try using Autowalk, Toggle Walk, and Dodge keybinds wherever they may be useful.

bg22 · January 2017

Build a BlazPlar. You can get away with very little movement, being that you want everything close to you. Spec into all +health, heavy armor and of course blazing shield. Sword and board, absorb magic.

Jimbullbee85 · January 2017

You could try a dps based on heavy attacks. Wrecking blow on stam builds does alot of damage and only needs to be pressed once. Ive also seen some very strong heavy attacks from flame staffs. Hope you find something suitable.

Jimbullbee85 · January 2017

Tandor wrote: »

Gromgok wrote: »

I'm open to any suggestions. I have very little ESO experience, so the simpler terms you can put things in, the better.

My advice would be to play around with a few characters for a few levels. Take each to say level 10 and develop the characters as you feel is natural as you go, don't make the mistake of chasing after someone else's build as that will be based on a different playstyle to you, and that player will have different strengths and weaknesses to you. Find out by experience where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and progress accordingly. Your limitations in one respect may prove to be your strength in a different respect - you're the only one that can establish how that works out for the best for you, and that's something you'll have achieved by the time you have 3 or 4 characters at level 10. Try them in different alliances, the early content can be sufficiently distinct between the alliances to make a difference to your feel for the game.

Above all - enjoy !

I don't think you'll get better advice than this

Gromgok · January 2017

I don't really enjoy pet classes, so I think I'll try a Magicka Templar. What race is preferable? Does it matter?

Thanks!

cpuScientist · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

I don't really enjoy pet classes, so I think I'll try a Magicka Templar. What race is preferable? Does it matter?

Thanks!

I mean at the end of the day no it doesn't matter but, the best races are Dark Elf for the highest possible DPS, and High Elf for just about the exact same DPS and more Regen. I would highly recommend going High Elf. The DPS difference between dark and high is waaaay to miniscule to even bother. But if you plan on playing PvP as a vampire then a dark elf or Breton would help against fire and magic DPS.

TLDR go high elf

Gromgok · January 2017

No no, no PvP at all. I may be overthinking this. Just solo PvE and maybe some group dungeons!

Rohamad_Ali · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

I don't really enjoy pet classes, so I think I'll try a Magicka Templar. What race is preferable? Does it matter?

Thanks!

Try using a race with Majika racial passives . Breton , High Elf are good if you want stats that compliment the class . If not just use any race of choosing . I play Khajiit on every class because I don't care about complete min / maxing builds anymore . I use too but I'm comfortable enough to make anything work now .

KochDerDamonen · January 2017

Gromgok wrote: »

I don't really enjoy pet classes, so I think I'll try a Magicka Templar. What race is preferable? Does it matter?

Thanks!

Argonian will give you a huge boon to your beefiness with over 10% higher self-healing (your main spell, the jabs, will heal you as you damage with it). They also get some bonus all-stat gain from potion use and a bit of magicka and health.

Altmer/Dunmer will give you higher Magicka and thereby damage, but they're both much squishier naturally than Argonians.

Breton is a bit of an all around inbetween, with fair extra magicka and regeneration and some protection from magic damage.