Best tank class/race with most dps output

ckerr08 · July 2017

Hey guys,

Which tank class/race do you think has the best damage output? I enjoy pvping a lot and I'm realizing my stamina night blade doesn't really fit my play style. I like being hard to kill and hitting hard while being up in the middle of the fight. Do you guys have any suggestions on a class/race combo that would fit this?

Thanks

paulsimonps · July 2017

DKs can be tanky as hell and still dish out damage if you know what you are doing and build right, race choice there depends on how you want to deal that damage and how tanky you want to be. I would say some of the choices would be, Argonian, Imperial, Redguard, Dunmer or Breton. But all races has their thing there as I said.

Blazing Shield Templars are also really hard to bring down and their survivabilty makes them deal a bunch of damage in returns. I would go with a Argonian, Breton or Altmer there I think, or Imperial. Now that I think about it Nord would not be that bad either but I am no expert.

Wardens can build like a mix of DKs and Templars, race is kind of the same, a mix of how you want to build, nothing is ever set in stone.

But that was just a few thoughts, there is always more to it.

DeHei · July 2017

ckerr08 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Which tank class/race do you think has the best damage output? I enjoy pvping a lot and I'm realizing my stamina night blade doesn't really fit my play style. I like being hard to kill and hitting hard while being up in the middle of the fight. Do you guys have any suggestions on a class/race combo that would fit this?

Thanks

Every class is possible to play tanky or as DD(damagedealer) and every race is chooseable, but there are some special things to know.

DKs are able to block the most damage and have the best combination of survivalbility with damage reduction and special skill for tanking. After that Templar and Warden are able to do the job good too with for example good group support.
Races for tanking i prefer Nord for best Stats with damage reduction (6% lesser damage is really good). Argonian have really good sustain with using pots and nice stats. Imperial i dont like, but have the greatest life and staminapools without any other specials. exspecially for mag Dk tanking its possible to go with dark elf, with this you have a good balance between tanking and damage. Its one of the best combos between classes and races ingame for all parts of playing, but only for mag Dk.

For damagedealing it is more different. All classes able to play as stamina and magicka DDs. The difference between stamina classes are much lower, because of using less class skills. The strongest stamina class is Nb in all. After that i would say Dk and then the rest. Warden i dont know, because of low experience.
Races are good to use are Redguard (best combination of sustain and damage) and khajit (best damage). Orc for example has more weapondamage, if i am right, but this is just something good for PvP..
Magicka are the best classes Sorc overall. Then DK i would say since Morrowind and the rest after them. Templar has really good area damage like warden and Nb are able to make really good single target DPS. The difference after Sorcs isnt high in total.
Races for Magicka DDs are highelf (best combination of sustain and damage), bretone (best sustain) or dark elf (exspecially for mag Dks the best damage).

Rases for PvP you should choose like your prefered playstyle, but the races i would choose exspecially just for PvP are maybe Imperial (Staminabuild), Argonian (powerful Stats and sustain over pots) or Nord (for damage mitigation). But the damageraces work really great too, so it doesnt matter

I hope this is helpful.

EnglishTea123 · July 2017

Hmm... Stam DKs are still the best for tanky dps builds. Seriously, if you couple Blood Spawn and Werewolf Hide, you can pretty much "spam" 1h/shield ult. Of course, Werewolf Hide should be on jewelry pieces and 1h/shield slots. As to five other pieces, you can go with Impregnable if you reaaaallly want to be tanky and have sturdy traits because you can get crit resist from impreg 5-piece bonus and CP. As for DPS with this, you absolutely have to use 2 handers. If you're using this combo and are playing as Argonian, it's pretty damn tanky because Argonian racial passive gives you tri-pot-like effect when you consume a pot.

If you want to add some DPS and sacrifice a bit of tankiness you can get from slotting impreg, go with Fury. Or you can even go with Durok's Bane or Crests of Cyrodiil, which will be deadly mostly against stam builds. But I'd still go with Fury.

I guess my ultimate point is: Make sure you have some kind of set that gives you ult regen and couple it with Blood Spawn. And spam that Dizzying Swing like there's no tomorrow after you use s/b ult.