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Only one weapon skill slotted — still worth using weapon poisons?
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"All Poisons are applied 20% of the time on Light Attacks, Heavy Attacks, or Weapon Abilities."
I've been using double-damage poisons on my Stamblade's frontbar 2H for the longest time, and have begun to wonder if it's the optimal choice—as I don't have a whole lot of ways to proc it.
The only weapon skill slotted on my frontbar would be Stampede—which I'd use maybe once in a fight, if at all. Beyond that, the only things proccing the poison are my weaves. And with how inconsistent light attack targeting can be, I can't even rely on those.
Would I get better results slotting a direct-damage glyph instead? Poison & disease glyphs add a nice, guaranteed chunk of damage at the start of a fight, with the possibility of proccing useful status effects (though not against Bosmer and Argos).
Or is the sheer DoT pressure of the DD poisons worth waiting for?
I've been using double-damage poisons on my Stamblade's frontbar 2H for the longest time, and have begun to wonder if it's the optimal choice—as I don't have a whole lot of ways to proc it.
The only weapon skill slotted on my frontbar would be Stampede—which I'd use maybe once in a fight, if at all. Beyond that, the only things proccing the poison are my weaves. And with how inconsistent light attack targeting can be, I can't even rely on those.
Would I get better results slotting a direct-damage glyph instead? Poison & disease glyphs add a nice, guaranteed chunk of damage at the start of a fight, with the possibility of proccing useful status effects (though not against Bosmer and Argos).
Or is the sheer DoT pressure of the DD poisons worth waiting for?
PC/NA — Daggerfall Covenant — BGs, Kaalgrontiid
Kalazar Chalhoub — Redguard Nord Stamplar
Kalaron Caemor — Altmer Magsorc
Kalahad Cirith — Dunmer Magden
Kalazar Chalhoub — Redguard Nord Stamplar
Kalaron Caemor — Altmer Magsorc
Kalahad Cirith — Dunmer Magden
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✭✭✭✭If it were me, I'd use a glyph in that situation. Or I'd at least try both and compare them.
Even if your light weaves are perfect, you are looking at kinda low poison uptime on just light attacks--where poisons shine is with weapon spammables or weapon dots, imo.Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub0 -
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✭✭✭As to if it's worth it to continue running poisons, I don't know, but if you're using poison injection that can proc your poison when you switch to your front bar.BawKinTackWarDs PS4/NA0