Nord or Orc or Redguard for a Stamina Warden

vpy · June 2017

For a 2H Stamina warden which race is better...I have combed through all the racials and have now boiled down to these three.

Orc : Melee Weapon dmg bonus + additional healing + 20% health recovery

Nord : Bonus exp gain on 2H (this is important as I would like to unlock Rally at the earliest) + less incoming damage + 20% health recovery

Redguard : Has Stamina regen + Max Stamina + Stamina gain from melee attacks

Which one do you suggest for 2H Stamina Warden focussed on PVE ?

I am gonna keep him as 2H/2H Stamina DD Warden or 2H/1HS Stamina DD Warden

TheRealPotoroo · June 2017

In the long run exp gain bonuses cease being useful, so you're trading it for a potentially useful long-term racial passive, which to my mind makes Nord the least attractive for this. My inclination would be Orc given the complaints about the effective nerfing of the Redguard passives. Having said that, I just switched my Bosmer stamden to 2H because I'm bored with DW. I'm happy to have a little guy with a bear, a battle axe and a bad attitude walloping his way across Tamriel.

lauykanson · June 2017

Always go for max stam since skill damage scales from max stam and you also get a larger pool so 2 birds with 1 stone

Morgul667 · June 2017

I went orc for pvp :-)

Koensol · June 2017

For pvp I'd go Orc for the increased burst dmg with melee and more inc healing.

JWKe · June 2017

Red guard easily trumps the other 2. Stamina regen got gimped in Morrowind so anything that helps with Stamina regen is automatically a plus.

Also, as you've mentioned you plan to " Which one do you suggest for 2H Stamina Warden focussed on PVE " so I would assume you're mainly focusing on PvE which means Reguard is easily the best.

I personally play Orcs though because... i've always had since TES iii.

Orc - > Stam 1 vs X. PvP.

RedGuard -> Any stam. Very versatile.

Nord - > Tank.

But, tbh anything works. I've been rolling as a magicka orc dk for a month now... works just fine.

MakoFore · June 2017

ORC!

vpy · June 2017

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

In the long run exp gain bonuses cease being useful, so you're trading it for a potentially useful long-term racial passive, which to my mind makes Nord the least attractive for this.

You Sir are brilliant !!!
@TheRealPotoroo

Orc it is

tx a ton

Skullstachio · June 2017

Orcs FTW.

Stannum · June 2017

If you gonna tank then nord else orc

Nemesis7884 · June 2017

Im a fluff player so nord > orc > redguard

CTSCold · June 2017

I went imperial. Gotta have that 12% health to survive the Procalypse. And 10% max stam is great too.

TheShadowScout · June 2017

vpy wrote: »

For a 2H Stamina warden which race is better...

Fu... uhm... forget worrying about "whats better", play what YOU think you will have most fun with!
Each of them can be made to work -quite- well. Imperial too, for that matter.

Fluff wise... nord makes most sense as warden, since ice magic -and- tradition of living close to nature. Though orcs can fit as well, for they have similar fluff in that regard... (even though the wood orcs best known for being close to nature live in sunny valenwood instead of icy wrothgar)

That's why my stamina warden is a big, hairy, drunk, nord mountain man swinging a very large axe and possible getting mistaken for a bear in the dark on occasions...

CTSCold wrote: »

I went imperial. Gotta have that 12% health to survive the Procalypse. And 10% max stam is great too.

I... I kinda misread that at first glance...

(note to self - do something about that dirty mind of mine)

Rohaus · June 2017

Honestly, orc Nord imperial redguard, they all have their strengths...

If you ever consider health regen as part of your build... Nord and orc...

Think about this... with health regen... you don't have to worry as much about spamming a Warden heal which if you think about it, leads to good sustain when it the heat of combat.

Keep in mind... you do need to stack health regen to make it worthwhile... I personally don't think troll King is worth it by itself... need to stack it up with more health regen... unless you are 5 piece+ medium.

RD065 · March 2020

Bow Bow started with Redguard. Recently changed him to Nord, because why not. It fits the story in my head. Its the only Nord I have. Plus I live in Windhelm, mostly Nord country.

drkfrontiers · March 2020

Necro: "I shall raise you from the grave!! Who-ha-ha Woo-haaha!"

Malkiv · March 2020

RD065 wrote: »

Bow Bow started with Redguard. Recently changed him to Nord, because why not. It fits the story in my head. Its the only Nord I have. Plus I live in Windhelm, mostly Nord country.

Came in here looking for the bow/bow Warden post, and was not disappointed.

RD065 · March 2020

Malkiv wrote: »

RD065 wrote: »

Bow Bow started with Redguard. Recently changed him to Nord, because why not. It fits the story in my head. Its the only Nord I have. Plus I live in Windhelm, mostly Nord country.

Came in here looking for the bow/bow Warden post, and was not disappointed.

Gotta do what's fun.

purple-magicb16_ESO · March 2020

None of them. Argonian scales better

If you're going Nord just for the xp bonus, don't. It's become moot since the introduction of xp scrolls way back when. That being said, Nord is an excellent choice for many many roles, I have Nord tank, dps and healer. All work well, but are not meta.

Redguards are great for stam recovery and would work well but Argonians have all around sustain. Can't comment on Orcs, haven't played those guys... yet.