Dude this sounds awesome, I stoped my sub but this makes me wanna come back and try this out like omgeee

akredon_ESO wrote: »

Dude this sounds awesome, I stoped my sub but this makes me wanna come back and try this out like omgeee

Awesome!

skyhawk002 wrote: »

Do you have a build for this? CP, weapons, traits, mundus etc aside form chudan/shackle/salvation?

I can definitely do that. I will try and have it on here tomorrow! Really busy these day now renovating my house...Plus cutting down a big tree in my yard today lol. One thing I can say now is Nirn main hand and infused off hand. Dual wield on wolf bar.

Curious as to why Salvation is needed since you completed this in one transformation. Is the 5pc not just mostly wasted?

Wow, congrats! The way you played it made it all seems so easy.

Its_Alexis wrote: »

Wow, congrats! The way you played it made it all seems so easy.

Thanks! Believe it or not I think being a professional guitar player and teacher helped. My brain kinda turns off during difficult or stressful situations like playing solos or complicated progressions....Other wise I mess up lol. I felt I was quite chill and relaxed in my run due to this.

Just...wow...

I noticed on your last drop you got a piece from The Hunt set. Do you count as your own pet in that circumstance?

Seriously impressive.

eXnihilO wrote: »

This thread inspired me to run VMA as a Werewolf and gain my first flawless title within about two weeks, thanks!

I took #15 on the weekly leaderboard for my class (DK) as well!

I'm still not sold on the Salvation set in general, but I do have it and like it.

Video for anyone interested: https://youtu.be/xjYawcoDNog

I was 'on tilt' so I didn't even have my Werewolf charged up when I started and I didn't show the build or stats in the video like I normally do, sorry. Those are here: https://imgur.com/a/5TfCU

Gear is:
5x Pelinal's Aptitude (Makes your self heal a full heal)
2x Mighty Chudan (Allows capped resistances while in form and allows for 5 medium armor and a light piece, for min/max)
3x Vengeance of the Leech (Jewelry w/Weapon Damage enchants... Vicious Ophidian, eat your heart out.)
2x Daggers (gold!), main hand Nirnhoned offhand Infused w/weapon power enchantment (Ideally would be a 2pc set granting weapon damage like Morag Tong, Leki's, or Shacklebreaker), but I ran a crit bonus because I didn't feel like I needed the edge enough to gold two daggers I don't use outside of the arena.)

My gear was all Impenetrable due to borrowing from my PvP build... haha

Awesome! Great to see others giving werewolf a try on some very difficult content. My next endeavor will be trying vDSA with a four person werewolf group. If we complete it I will post it on here.

Again congrats!

Hey guys, I've been struggling to complete VMA on my stamblade running Vicious Ophidian, Hundings Rage, and Selene (no VO weapons, no Maelstrom Bow). Plenty of damage and sustain, but I feel too squishy, so I'm thinking about going Wolf!

What do you think about 1 Chuden, 1 Pirate Skeleton; 5 VO; 5 Shacklebreaker? Also, I noticed that @eXnihilO used Vengeance Leach. Do you think that's better than VO for a wolf?

Another thought is that I could go 2 Kena, 5 Brass, 5 Bone Pirate.

Yes, I know the mechanics more or less, because I have gotten to Stage 9 on my Magsorc, but that character is relatively new, with no Undaunted, so I'm trying to do it on my main, the stamblade.

Ertthewolf wrote: »

Aztlan wrote: »

Hey guys, I've been struggling to complete VMA on my stamblade running Vicious Ophidian, Hundings Rage, and Selene (no VO weapons, no Maelstrom Bow). Plenty of damage and sustain, but I feel too squishy, so I'm thinking about going Wolf!

What do you think about 1 Chuden, 1 Pirate Skeleton; 5 VO; 5 Shacklebreaker? Also, I noticed that @eXnihilO used Vengeance Leach. Do you think that's better than VO for a wolf?

Another thought is that I could go 2 Kena, 5 Brass, 5 Bone Pirate.

Vengeance Leech is basically the same principle as VO, just with total emphasis on sustain. VO has the added benefit of giving you increased damage and movement. Both helps tons in vMA. I didn't use either and focused more on being tanky with great burst.

For monster sets to cap resistance I highly recommend just going for Mighty Chudan. Werewolf benefit s since you can't get either Major Buffs in form. Shackle Breaker is awesome for the heals and overall DPS.

If you have trouble with the timer get Salvation. The ultimate will only cost 201 then. Or you can run any stam set. Hulking, Bone Pirate, Blooddrinker Etc. Werewolf is often looked at as being a sub par ultimate, but I got a flawless vMA run after only 3 attempts at the title and about 5-6 total runs. Who can say that on most builds?

Vengeance Leech is amazing for VMA, especially for a werewolf, the sustain for both magic and stamina is that of dreams, the heal on top of it is just icing on the cake. The build that @Ertthewolf has listed is great for those looking to take on VMA for the first time, and can help you learn the arena as it is very forgiving to any mistakes that you might make.

As time goes on you can swap out sets, sacrificing survivability for more damage and faster runs.

Happy Hunting!

-Caius

Ertthewolf wrote: »

Thank you @Chrlynsch . Your insight is always appreciated. I have been kinda away from the forums for awhile. I did hear they ninja buffed werewolf heavy attacks stam return. That would be great considering how disappointed I was to see very little to do werewolf wise this update.

I've been away on vacation, haven't tested this last patch on PTS.

But my toon on PTS had gotten a 2k buff to stamina return on a heavy attack. With the way off balance works now my wolf was bringing in 12.5k stamina on an off balance heavy attack.

I have yet to see if they extended the duration of the off balance buff for werewolves as they said they extended it for all sources of off balance.

Overall if the change makes it to live it will be a welcome change for werewolf sustain.

@Aztlan I think the fact that so many builds are viable on Werewolf for VMA is great actually, but I don't think I'd ever leave my Chudan+Vengeance Leech at home personally (think of it in terms of a 5pc set, GOODNESS!) There's definitely some room to swap Pelinal's for something in my build, but those heals make a large portion of the arena straight up easy mode and the extra HP and sustain is just great. Damage is not an issue whatsoever, especially if you take sigils on the bosses... I was over 6,600 weapon damage buffed with my bastardized janky setup, haha

When I put my setup together I wanted a set for tankiness, a set for sustain, and then a damage set, but I realized I could just gold out weapons, enchant jewelry, and literally just didn't need a specific damage set. I ended up in 5 medium, which boosted damage by 12% so that can't be underestimated for sure. Just farm Chudan, it's worth it for a lot of builds.

If you can test drive any of the builds you mentioned without a hefty investment, go for it. You can certainly CLEAR VMA with any of those you suggested, but flawless does take a bit more overall... build synergy, I guess. Fare well!

Inspired by our pack alpha, @Ertthewolf, I’ve finally gotten flawless on my werewolf as well! That makes 3 Flawless werewolves in our pack! It’s so easy with my wolf compared to my sorc.