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DK help
Grimrale
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What are some of DK's strength and weakness and what is better magicka or stam? I am kinda torn between the stam and mag along with what race to pick.
"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII
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VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭DK strengths are damage over time and tankiness. Both stam and mag DKs have skills that rely on DOTs. DKs also have a lot of crowd control and buffs that make them very effective tanks.
Stam DKs use poison and weapons, MagDKs use fire and staves, unless tanking.
Race Choices are standard.
Stam: Redguard, Orc, Imperial, bosmer, Khajiit, Nord
Magicka: dunmer ( extra fire damage) Altmer, and breton0 -
Grimrale✭VaranisArano wrote: »DK strengths are damage over time and tankiness. Both stam and mag DKs have skills that rely on DOTs. DKs also have a lot of crowd control and buffs that make them very effective tanks.
Stam DKs use poison and weapons, MagDKs use fire and staves, unless tanking.
Race Choices are standard.
Stam: Redguard, Orc, Imperial, bosmer, Khajiit, Nord
Magicka: dunmer ( extra fire damage) Altmer, and breton
Intresting thanks! Also are 2h DK's any good?"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭2 handed is generally more of a PVP thing, but it will be fine in overland content. Might take more practice to use it in group content, since most stam DPS in PVE uses bow/DW.0 -
Grimrale✭
Ah ok. Thanks for the info!VaranisArano wrote: »2 handed is generally more of a PVP thing, but it will be fine in overland content. Might take more practice to use it in group content, since most stam DPS in PVE uses bow/DW."Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII0 -
ak_pvp✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.MagDK main. PC/EU @AK-ESO
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Grimrale✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
What specifically makes a magicka DK bad?"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII0 -
ak_pvp✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
What specifically makes a magicka DK bad?
DPS: Low sustain and lowish damage, and it takes a melee spot, which generally have high damage. OW solo: Low sustain and mobilityMagDK main. PC/EU @AK-ESO
Best houseknight EU.0 -
Grimrale✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
What specifically makes a magicka DK bad?
DPS: Low sustain and lowish damage, and it takes a melee spot, which generally have high damage. OW solo: Low sustain and mobility
How long has this been an issue?"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
What specifically makes a magicka DK bad?
Basically, MagDK DPS rotations take a lot of resources to sustain compared to other melee damage dealers, making them less efficient at end game content like trials where efficiency matters.
You can do excellent DPS with a magDK, sufficient to clear all the content. Its just that in comparison to some other classes, MagDKs are less efficient and don't reach the same high numbers in the melee DPS role.0 -
Grimrale✭
Got it. Thanks for the info!VaranisArano wrote: »PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
What specifically makes a magicka DK bad?
Basically, MagDK DPS rotations take a lot of resources to sustain compared to other melee damage dealers, making them less efficient at end game content like trials where efficiency matters.
You can do excellent DPS with a magDK, sufficient to clear all the content. Its just that in comparison to some other classes, MagDKs are less efficient and don't reach the same high numbers in the melee DPS role.
"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour."-Emperor Uriel Septim VII0 -
Ragnarock41✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
couldn't have said it better myself. Basically go for magDk pvp, and stamDK for pve.Edited by Ragnarock41 on March 14, 2018 9:08PM0 -
Savos_Saren✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Ragnarock41 wrote: »PvE:
DK makes a good tank and stamDPS. Stay away from MagDPS on a DK, its melee and one of the lowest with bad sustain.
PvP:
StamDK is pretty bad as a whole, it does sort of OK as a pugmasher in heavy, not because its a DK, but because of generic stam stuff+decent sustain. MagDK is great for duels, OK for BGs/smallgroup and bad for OW.
couldn't have said it better myself. Basically go for magDk pvp, and stamDK for pve.
Be careful, though, for mDK in PVP. You'll pretty much shine in duels- but you'll lack sustain for open world. Especially in group play. Trying to catch up to the fight (or escape if your group is overwhelmed) is somewhat tedious as well. Your only form of major expedition is on a gap closer. If you can gap close to an enemy- you've already reached the fight... and you don't want to gap close to an enemy in order to escape.
Want to enjoy the game more? Try both PvP (crybabies) and PvE (carebears). You'll get a better perspective on everyone's opinion.
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