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nightblade or sorcerer wizard/warlock?

xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
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normally i play mellee in games, im wanting to try a tanky caster very similar to a warlock in wow. what class would fit this role? Doesn't nightblade has some dots and tankiness? I also want to know the difference in playstyle between Magicka and Stamina builds. Hybrid builds arn't a thing right? if i remember correctly stamina increases weapon damage and and their aiblities, and magicka works on your class abilities. If thats the case couldnt any class be a stamina build since it focuses on the weapon and not the class?
cool thanks

And for the armor what are the advantages of light medium or heavy?
Edited by xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO on March 7, 2017 8:17AM
  • Turelus
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    I'll help with what information I can, although I am not going to give you a great class recommendation as I don't know the WoW Warlock well enough to make a comparison.

    Some class skills now have Stamina morphs to balance the game out more.

    Magicka/Spell Damage/Spell Crit - Works on anything which costs Magicka (unless skill states otherwise).
    Stamina/Weapon Damage/Weapon Crit - Works on anything which costs Stamina (unless skill states otherwise).

    Light Armour - Magicka DPS
    Medium Armour - Stamina DPS
    Heavy Armour - Tanking / Some niche DPS/PvP builds.

    Hybrid builds are possible but generally are far weaker (and thus less worth it) than specialising in the Stamina/Magicka split, generally only tanks use hybrid builds (but not all of them).

    Nightblade - Defence comes from stealth or shields (no class shields, light armour/resto staff skills).
    Sorcerer - Defence comes from shields.
    @Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
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  • xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
    xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
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    okay i think i have enough info to start theory crafting, im on esohead now. thanks friend hope you have a nice one
    Edited by xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO on March 7, 2017 8:47AM
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    Not sure how up to date esohead is these days but if you want an alternative you can check the UESP character builder here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildEditor
    @Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
    "Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."
  • Lynx7386
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    Magicka dragonknight. Lots of fire (immolation warlock), the dragon wings/spikes could feasibly be demonic in nature, if you spec stamina you get green (fel) Fiery breath and the claw slash.

    If you really want to have summoning you could, I suppose, run the monster set that occasionally spawns a fire breathing daedroth to fight for you.

    Guess it depends if you're more after the Fiery warlock or the shadowy warlock. I play a magicka dragonknight but mine is built to be less warlock and more mage, using a lightning staff for a good mix of fire and lightning area spells.
    Edited by Lynx7386 on March 7, 2017 3:18PM
    PS4 / NA
    M'asad - Khajiit Nightblade - Healer
    Pakhet - Khajiit Dragonknight - Tank
    Raksha - Khajiit Sorcerer - Stamina DPS
    Bastet - Khajiit Templar - Healer
    Leonin - Khajiit Warden - Tank
  • xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
    xdamnitsgavinb14_ESO
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    @Lynx7386 i should have a max level dargonknight already, i was going to play him melle, maybe ill try him as a caster too and not make a new toon if i can switch between specs
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    @Lynx7386 i should have a max level dargonknight already, i was going to play him melle, maybe ill try him as a caster too and not make a new toon if i can switch between specs

    I initially leveled my dragonknight as melee when the stamina morphs were added in, and while it was fun at the time I've been having a lot more fun with that character as a caster now, especially after getting some monster sets together. I normally rum ilambris, which causes lightning storms or meteor showers whenever you deal lightning or fire damage, and the aoe power is amazing.
    PS4 / NA
    M'asad - Khajiit Nightblade - Healer
    Pakhet - Khajiit Dragonknight - Tank
    Raksha - Khajiit Sorcerer - Stamina DPS
    Bastet - Khajiit Templar - Healer
    Leonin - Khajiit Warden - Tank
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