Glyph wrote: »

Hi! My name is Lucas and I'm new to The Elder Scrolls: Online

I'm looking for the best solo builds for beginners. The problem is, that I can't really decide whether I should pick an "easy-to-learn" build like Magicka Sorcerer/Magicka Templar or a build which playstyle I enjoy the most (which is stealth assassin/archer thief, so probably Stamina Nightblade DW+Bow Thief). I read that NB is not beginner-friendly and I need to understand game and class mechanics first before doing one. Also, if I remember correctly, Magicka Templars are probably the best to clear almost all content of the game while playing solo.

I have TESO Gold Edition (Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild and Orsinium DLCs). I'm not ESO+ Member... yet (?)

Let me ask some questions to be more clear:

1. Is Nightblade DW/Bow Thief build good for beginners?
1a. (if yes): Can I clear almost all of the content of the game by playing this build?
1b. (if no): Which build should I play as beginner to understand game mechanics?
2. Can I utilize thief skills while playing other classes than Nightblade?
3. What kind of builds are most "valuable" for other players while doing dungeons?
4. Should I focus on my build since beginning or not? I heard that people are playing "like they want" until they hit level 50, then they respec and get cp points for end-game (?)

That's pretty all I want to ask. Hopefully you can understand me well (let's be honest, my English is pretty bad). My ESO is waiting like 2 days now for me to start it, I can't wait!

Welcome to the game!

You'll probably get varying opinions, but here's what i can tell you...
1. This depends entirely on the beginner. Stam NB skill rotation is complex and survivability can be tricky at first. However if you are the type of person that adapts / learns quickly and have good coordination, you will probably be fine.
1a. Yes.
1b. Play what you LIKE to play. Let me say this again. PLAY what YOU like to play. Period.
2. Yes
3. A Stam NB is going to fill the DPS role very effectively, so your only real priority is to build so that you can do as much DPS as possible while not dying.
4. Don't worry too much about gear and build until CP 160. Farming anything from dungeons is just going to be out leveled pretty quickly and at lower levels you will get pretty generous scaling to compensate.

Thank you guys for such a great answers!

I'm definitely going to play Nightblade build, just to check how it will be going. Like @BlackSparrow said, I will just switch characters if I won't get the hang of stamblade, and come back to it later.

The Elder Scrolls games are my favourite (ex aequo with GTA games) and I just love TES Lore. This is my first contact with ESO game, so I'm going to play slowly (learn the lore, learn the mechanics, etc). I didn't want to"destroy" my excitement due to building a character which will be just a waste of time later on, that's why I was looking for help

@JKorr PC platform, EU server. I can play NA server aswell (I made Redguard Nightblade on EU, just started so I can switch to other server if it's better).

One thing to understand, is you have two phases to the game, Leveling then you have Everything Else. Leveling, on the first character means CP160, on Alts, it means L50. You will play the game differently during leveling than End Game. In fact, I level my Tanks and Healers as DPS until I reach L50. Also, your needs during leveling are to:

1. Get all your class skills to the Morph Stage and the Class Skill lines to L50 to unlock all passives. Worry about Morphs once your leveled. Exceptions are ones like Inner Light, you want that morph if your a caster and you want it fully developed.
2. Get your main Weapon(s) skills to L50, again to unlock all passives and the Weapon Ultimate
3. Try to get all your Armors to L50, or close to it. This can be done simply by wearing a mix of armor weights until L50. Don't worry about the 5 piece bonuses in the passives, you don't need them while leveling

Here is the long version of above:

First leveling character? Forget about Builds right now. No need, your handicapped anyway by the game so you are way more powerful than you need to be. Instead take advantage of this buff to properly level your character so you can be deadly when it matters later on when you are not buffed by the level scaling. In other words, you can create a rotation that makes you think your all that and a biscuit because of the scaling buffs, then get a rude awakening come Champ Ranks when you are on your own.

So, right now if your wearing any gear, the mobs will die.

1. Have one class skill on your bar at all times, swapping them out once the skill reaches Morph stage. Worry about your Morphs later.
2. Have at least one weapon skill on your bar at all times, again until Morph stage
3. Wear a mix of all 3 armor types so they all level about equally
4. From L1 to L20, invest in attack skills and actives
5. From L20 to L35 start investing in Passives and Support Skills
6. From L35 to L50 start investing in Morphs (but only if all your class skills are at the Morph Stage), Passives and Crafting Skills
7 From CP10 to CP160 try out dropped sets to see which ones fit your playstyle, don't worry about traits right now, fill in passives and actives you may have missed
8. Grind on Dolmens to level your Fighters Guild, or find the Lore Books to level Mages Guild
9. Do some stealing to level Legerdemain, best source for money in the game
10. Decon every piece of gear you get that you are not going to use immediately to level equipment crafting, no need to invest skills points until Champ Ranks.

Basically, just start with Sorcerer Mage's Fury and Unstable Familiar, and destruction staff Force Shock and work your way up from there.

Alcast's "Summoner" is probably a good place to start looking at builds and skills
https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-sorcerer-pet-build-pve/

Starting out, you won't have all the gear and Champion Points, but you can see what sort of gear to look into and what skills to build. Focus on starting the skills and learning the rotations.

Necropotence drops from bosses in Rivenspire, so a set of 5 of these can be obtained in the game without too much trouble, and refreshed as you level up. At the start you will need others around to help with the bosses, but this can either be friends/guild mates or just randoms that happen to be there.

Dark elf is good for this build.

Also, while I said don't worry about builds while leveling, you should still try out different rotations to see how skills work together, as some skills buff the next skill you fire, when to use Damage over Time skills (early) things like that. Some combos will work well, some won't, sometimes just changing the sequences helps.

Also, while leveling your going to get dropped sets, so use those as you go along and figure out what sets help you the most the way you play. You might want more sustain or regen, or you might want a bigger resource pool or you might want more spell or weapon damage. Trying different things while leveling will help you more later in the game than copying some Streamer Build that is out there and not understanding the mechanics and why it works. Besides, what works for others may not work for you.

So, try out those "weird" skills that you think might not help you. For example, a skill that snares a mob may not sound like much, but if you snare the mob, then apply damage to them while they are in slow mo, that is a good thing.

Guys, one quick question. Why people are telling me that I should change my class to magicka templar? I mean.. Someone said that it's easier for newbies to play as magplar and also this class is needed more in dungeons than magsorcs.

I'm doing pretty well with my magicka sorcerer, maybe it's not the playstyle I love but soloing is okay.

Thank you for your answer. I didn't have much time this weekend to play eso so it wouldn't be a problem for me to change my character. Is it worth it? I'm planning to do dungeons with other players as well. I want to be useful for others.

If you decide you want to try a different class before you try nightblade, know you can make both characters at the same time. That way, you can be slowly training your horse every day on both of them, so by the time you decide to play a nightblade, his horse will already have some speed and stamina.
Also, if you play the nightblade first and decide it's too hard/dies too easily, you'll already have a horse partially trained on your 2nd choice of class. Just sayin'.