Whatever happened to Dragon Knights ?

vpy · May 2017

When ESO was released few years back, DK was THE hyped up -warrior/bamf class.

What happened to that class now ?.

In many of the polls that I have created (or seen) in the forums, DKs seem to occupy the low end of the spectrum from the community.

People crib a lot about NBs, Templars and Sorc...but nothing is being mentioned about this class at all.

Just what happened to that Dks

Mattock_Romulus · May 2017

Most of them quit the game or rerolled Sorcs.

Vanzeii · May 2017

Turned into a sorc because I dont love my dk anymore

Akevoriath · May 2017

From what I remember they used to be OP ages ago but then got a massive nerf which made them not really viable for min/max people

Banana · May 2017

They have been getting the shaft since 1.6 onwards.

IcyDeadPeople · May 2017

Magicka DKs were way too powerful at launch, significantly contributing to lack of class balance in PVP that resulted in a lot of players quitting the game.

They got nerfed a bit during 1.4 and 1.5, and then 1.6 finally the pendulum of balance swung in the direction of Stamina builds, but perhaps a bit too far with infinite roll dodge and infinite adrenaline rush / red diamond from caltrops etc.

Subsequent patches nerfed Stamina to some extent, and Magicka DK remained a bit weak for a long time with underpowered heal, lack of execute, buggy gap closer etc.

Homestead update had some nice buffs for Magicka DK and I think they are in a pretty nice spot at this point, with good heal from Coagulating Dragon Blood.

Next patch will be challenging for most classes, although magicka sorc seems to be still quite strong. I think heavy armor is still a bit too strong, but you will be able to make viable DK with light, med or heavy armor.

RT_Frank · May 2017

Stam dks are still the kings of tanks (until maybe wardens) and mag dks are the only spec to compete with mag sorcs in terms of trial dps (despite only being like 1 in every 3-4 sorcs). Despite this most dks are competitive so that is why a good number of them rolled sorcs. However, dks are still a great class despite the numbers, though this is mostly due to the fact that we are not getting nerfed as hard as nbs and temps.