The_Protagonist wrote: »

Don't you know, DKs in general are already dead, someone at ZOS do not like DKs at all and have been nerfing them from quite a few patches.

The setup that you have setup will work nicely on all most all stamina characters with the class skills being the exception. Id DKs were viable, Venom Claw and Noxious Breath would have been amazing with Swamp Raider.

Test your setup on target dummies with different classes and see which one feels most comfortable or immersive, good luck OP.

Stam dk is far from dead, magdk is the one that's been taking all the hits.

@OP:

I wouldnt use sheer venom, it only procs on execute and the only execute you have is either steel tornado or poison injection. Using up a 5 piece set for something that only matters in the last few seconds of a boss fight is a bad choice IMO.

Instead, I would try for 5pc morag tong. If you're willing to give up viper's sting, put 5 piece swamp raider there. I had planned a build like this some time ago using bow/bow, though it could work with bow/dw as well (the bow/bow setup used swamp raider on the back bar and morag tong on the front bar). 2pc mephala is fine.

Swamp raider adds 400 weapon and spell damage to all poison and disease abilities, which would include poison injection, acid spray, lethal arrow, venemous claw, noxious breath, and corrosive armor (does not apply to procs though). Morag tong increases all poison damage taken by the target by 10%, from yourself as well as other players, and works for procs, poison enchants, and alchemical poisons on your weapons.

@Lynx7386 sorry my mistake. Sheer Venom procs when you deal damage with an Execute Ability. So basically every time Poison Injection ticks but not the initial hit. Or every time I use steel tornado. And Poison Injection ticks for 10 seconds. Which means every time I reapply it should proc Sheer Venom immediately after the cooldown just through DoT ticks.

It's basically a free DoT proccing off an ability I would run anyway. However it might be worth dropping Viper's for Morag Tong.

Liofa wrote: »

Use Molten Armaments instead of Igneous Weapons . Use Rearming Trap instead of Dragon Blood . Use Flames of Oblivion instead of Acid Spray . Now this is somewhat decent . Not top notch DPS but still decent .

EDIT : Can replace Flames of Oblivion for Vigor if needed .

@Liofa

I was gonna say where do I get major Brutality from but considering that I only need one execute to proc Sheer Venom and Poison Injection ticks can proc while I'm dual weilding... would you recommend also dropping Steel Tornado for Shrouded Dagger/Flying Blade?

@Seraphayel I will need to test it. But the tooltip reads very clearly you only need to deal damage with an execute ability. You do not need to deal increased damage from execute.

"When you deal damage with an Execute ability you infect the enemy, dealing (x) (10556 for me) Poison Damage over 6 seconds. This effect can occur every 6 seconds"

Though that's using blue Sheer Venom as a reference.

Using some rough estimates...

Sheer Venom and Viper's Sting should be doing ~2k damage each, every second. Plus Mephala's ~1.5k tick every second.

If I can perfect a rotation and maybe earn some more CP it could be an almost 100% uptime 5.5k DPS boost.

@InFernalEntity
I like when people try something new. +1 awesome from me . This poison DK build is already proven potent enough even for trials but you need to have other DKs with you for the full power unleash. Don't worry, it's strong enough for dungeons, too.

There is another poison skill - Silk Shadow (Undaunted). It's hit and miss, and it's probably not worth slotting in your case, but if you can add it, why not? I personally use it (but I am Nightblade) and you can read our experience with it here:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4912617

Let see gear. I won't comment Spawn of Mephala. It should stay as Monster set.

Sheer Venom - disgustingly OP set in PvP with proper setup. It's pretty lackluster in PvE. If you have it farmed, save it for PvP if you even play it.
Viper's Sting - nice set. You can't go wrong with it as it always trigger on melee damage.
Swamp Raider - no other set can boost poison damage like this one. Problem?
***When you deal damage with a Magicka ability...*** So if you don't add magicka damage skill in rotation every 10 sec, it's useless. I just don't see how is possible to slot it.
The Morag Tong - no DK poison build can go without it. This is a must set. It's cheap at guild traders, so no worry. It's already explained how does it works. It's a must!

Use ESO Build Editor to theorycraft and find proper skills.
http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildEditor

If you don't want to go full poison, and you still want nice process go with:
2x Spawn of Mephala + 5x Morag Tong + 5x Unfathomable Darkness

You have so many poison DoTs which are all boosted by Morag Tong and because you use so many DoTs, crows are practically constantly up. They are pets and they crit because of it. It's both really potent and fun build.

Again, theorycraft in Build Editor to create build for your personal use and preferences.

30k DPS is bad with niche build?...

We all know what BiS gear for Dragonknight is - same as for other stamina classes (outside Sorcerer) .

OP want themed and respectable build and there is nothing wrong with it.

And you have proven what I typed - Sheer Venom is PvP set where is disgustingly OP in proper combo and bad in PvE (unless you go hybrid route in PvE).

The Morag Tong is a must for any serious poison DK build. There is no substitute.

Sheer venom will proc on the first DoT tick of poison injection which comes 2 seconds after the initial hit. It will not re-proc again on later poison inject ticks you will have to cast it again after 6 seconds