Any good monster set for Magden?

MinarasLaure · February 2018

I run a magden healer but because in my guild there are many healers, I find myself being dps half of the times we run trials.
We're quite skilled and don't really care about leaderboard, so i can stay magden even if I'll be a dd.
Now, I know nothing about dps, always been healer in every mmo I played so sorry for my ignorance.
As for now I use what I randomly dropped or what I craft.
I run 5 julianos, 3 willpower and 3 moondancer, I know, unusual but still, that's what I have and my numbers are not even that bad.
Now, I finally dropped asylum staves so I was thinking about getting rid of the willpower and go with 5x julianos, 3x Moondance, asylum staves and a monster set.
What should I use?
Zaan is good, but I should stand too close
Ilambris I'm not sure if it's still a viable option, considering that my fire/lightning dmg comes only from ha or force pulse.
Grothdar or whatever is again, melee range
Any monster set I'm missing?

Thanks

Faulgor · February 2018

MinarasLaure wrote: »

Any monster set I'm missing?

Valkyn Skoria

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · February 2018

Unless you have a perfect vass staff you will be better off running what you got.

Masel · February 2018

I've had great success with the following setup:

5 Moondancer + 5 Julianos + Infused Perfected Asylum Lightning Destro with Absorb Magicka Enchant on front bar and a Maelstrom Inferno/Lightning on the Back Bar.

Now that synergies work, Moondancer is a very overlooked set, if you can keep it up, it gives you better stats than any other set in the game and let's you sustain a light attack rotation very well without witchmothers brew.

Monster sets aren't that good for ranged dds after all...

WrathOfInnos · February 2018

I agree with @Masel92, you should just run 2 5-Piece sets.

For Warden DPS I've had good luck with Acuity + Architect or Acuity + Necropotence. However, I do not like Acuity while healing (5 second healing burst followed by 13 seconds of weak heals).

You could use 5 Julianos + 5 Mother's Sorrow or 5 Julianos + 5 Necropotence for more steady DPS and healing. Or 5 Julianos + 5 Moondancer if there are plenty of synergies available.

If you have any healing over time going (like mutagen) SPC can work very well. 258 spell damage on yourself is not bad, and the whole group gets the effect.

Master Architect also works very well is you are using a cheap ultimate (bear or forest).

Savos_Saren · February 2018

If you run heals and find yourself as a damage dealer sometimes- why don't you try:

Slimecraw
(1) Adds 833 weapon and spell crit
(2) Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 8%.

The spell crit, alone, should help your heals. And if you're using some heals that scaled off spell damage (ie Ward Ally)- it should be stronger as well.

Plus... if you like to throw some DPS in- minor berserk will definitely benefit those attacks.

Arbit · February 2018

since you do so many direct damage abilities, using narieneth is pretty good. gives you a good hp boost too. I sit around 20k hp and the crystals proc constantly.