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Which one? Venomous Claw or Noxious Breath

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JustPressingButtons
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Im building a Khajiit DK Stamina PVE build and want to know which is better for more damage. I really like the look of Noxious Breath but if Venomous Claw way more better then i will choose that ability. What do you guys think?
  • Jitterbug
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    I've recently settled on Noxious Breath because of the Fracture it applies. Haven't done any math on it though.
  • EldritchPenguin
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    Jitterbug wrote: »
    I've recently settled on Noxious Breath because of the Fracture it applies. Haven't done any math on it though.
    In a complete vacuum, yes, that would be true. However, if we're talking about a PvE DPS, the Fracture becomes redundant. Pretty much every tank you find (at least every tank worth their salt) is going to be running the S&B taunt, which applies both Fracture and Breach. Meaning that for a DPS, Venomous Claw is the stronger ability.

    If I recall correctly, Venomous Claw made StamDKs the best setup for single-target DPS before the meta shifted back to pure Magicka for DPS.
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    EldritchPenguin wrote: »
    Jitterbug wrote: »
    I've recently settled on Noxious Breath because of the Fracture it applies. Haven't done any math on it though.
    In a complete vacuum, yes, that would be true. However, if we're talking about a PvE DPS, the Fracture becomes redundant. Pretty much every tank you find (at least every tank worth their salt) is going to be running the S&B taunt, which applies both Fracture and Breach. Meaning that for a DPS, Venomous Claw is the stronger ability.

    If I recall correctly, Venomous Claw made StamDKs the best setup for single-target DPS before the meta shifted back to pure Magicka for DPS.

    Yep. It had a really string synergy with the cruel flurry enchantment from the vMA DW weapons. Why don't you just run both?
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  • JustPressingButtons
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    Masel92 wrote: »
    Yep. It had a really string synergy with the cruel flurry enchantment from the vMA DW weapons. Why don't you just run both?

    Okay which ability you think i should replace. here's my setup at level 42 for now.

    x = rapid strikes, y = venomous claw, b = coagulating blood, lb = rearming trap, rb = molten armanants and my ultimate for now is standard of might.

  • Masel
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    JustPressingButtons wrote: »
    Masel92 wrote: »
    Yep. It had a really string synergy with the cruel flurry enchantment from the vMA DW weapons. Why don't you just run both?

    Okay which ability you think i should replace. here's my setup at level 42 for now.

    x = rapid strikes, y = venomous claw, b = coagulating blood, lb = rearming trap, rb = molten armanants and my ultimate for now is standard of might.

    Easy one: coagulating blood. For stamina self-healing, you need resolving vigor, which you get in pvp :)
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    Masel92 wrote: »
    JustPressingButtons wrote: »
    Masel92 wrote: »
    Yep. It had a really string synergy with the cruel flurry enchantment from the vMA DW weapons. Why don't you just run both?

    Okay which ability you think i should replace. here's my setup at level 42 for now.

    x = rapid strikes, y = venomous claw, b = coagulating blood, lb = rearming trap, rb = molten armanants and my ultimate for now is standard of might.

    Easy one: coagulating blood. For stamina self-healing, you need resolving vigor, which you get in pvp :)

    Im not much for pvp. What about for pve, should i still switch out the skills?
  • EldritchPenguin
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    JustPressingButtons wrote: »
    Masel92 wrote: »
    JustPressingButtons wrote: »
    Masel92 wrote: »
    Yep. It had a really string synergy with the cruel flurry enchantment from the vMA DW weapons. Why don't you just run both?

    Okay which ability you think i should replace. here's my setup at level 42 for now.

    x = rapid strikes, y = venomous claw, b = coagulating blood, lb = rearming trap, rb = molten armanants and my ultimate for now is standard of might.

    Easy one: coagulating blood. For stamina self-healing, you need resolving vigor, which you get in pvp :)

    Im not much for pvp. What about for pve, should i still switch out the skills?
    Vigor is such a strong heal that it's really worth having in PvE as well as PvP, and you don't have to do all that much PvP to get it. Just surf zergs and fix walls, and you should have it unlocked in a few hours.
    Edited by EldritchPenguin on February 19, 2017 1:23AM
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    Why not both? With my stam knight I ran dual wield and bow. Put noxious breath on the bow bar with endless hail and acid barrage for aoe. Noxious breath has a similar area and shape to poison barrage and meshes well with it.
    I put venomous claw on my dw bar with blood craze and blood thirst for single target.
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