1. I agree that Wizards Riposte needs an adjustment.
2. Your OP is essentially impossible to read and filled with apparent non sequiturs.

Some form of minor maim / major maim / dmg. reduction is almost alpha-omega for Light armour magicka builds that doesn't run 2 or 3 shields. Nerfing WR would essentially condemn most of the light armour magicka builds that doesn't shieldstack, to death. The alternative is to run Pirate Skelly, but the bugged animation + the defile + the cheese isn't really a favourable option either.
It could follow the same path as e.g. SPC, just proc on 6 targets at max. (If it isn't already). Although I agree that they *could* lower the duration from 15s to 12 or so.

But the set itself is helping light armour magicka builds not get 1-shot by literally everything that isn't a block and/or healbot-tank.

Edit: And since you bring up Defiles - the amount of defiles you can add to a target through all the different sources+ the cp, rendered stamina healing almost useless, as you could defile'm to a point where they wouldn't heal at all with vigour + rally for like ~10 seconds. Given how important HoTs are - for classes that doesn't have shields, Defile just rekt them.

And snares... They're being cut in half because they've been too superior for way too long + they make the game really boring for everyone. "Heh, look at you, you tiny poor soul, you dodge rolled out of my snares twice, but still snared, awww, cute". Snares should still be a thing - and there still are viable snares out there - even with the nerfs. It's just making them less destructive to classes that doesn't have all kinds of mobility.

And there is a huge difference between maim and defile one is maim isn't buffed in cp system

Seems fine to me. Can’t say I’ve ever used the set, but I’m sure I’ve been on the receiving end several times and haven’t been bothered by it. It’s a common debuff that I would expect to have on me frequently anyway, and someone is giving up a 5pc bonus to use the set. I prefer just using a Perfected Asylum staff and getting Minor Maim, Vulnerability and Burning on demand.

Hasn't been nerfed because it isn't on a death recap. Defensive sets tend to fly under the radar longer.

Uptime needs a nerf. Thats all. 15 seconds is too long, and should probably proc only on direct damage hits, instead of all crits.

Lexxypwns wrote: »

@Derra can you post one of those builds? I can’t see any situation in which Wizard’s outperforms every other set in the game.

shackle/amber + riposte (back) + asylum/master + 2 monster
for templar replace shackle amber with either a defensive or offensive set

Xsorus wrote: »

Valkyn/wizards/overwhelming is a very common magicka Templar build.

Agreed. Not really OP though because of Riposte.

Ragnarock41 wrote: »

Uptime needs a nerf. Thats all. 15 seconds is too long, and should probably proc only on direct damage hits, instead of all crits.

How to make WR useless? Do not crit, build towards penetration.

Off course, for a NB it's kind of hard to do that

Lexxypwns wrote: »

brandonv516 wrote: »

Xsorus wrote: »

Valkyn/wizards/overwhelming is a very common magicka Templar build.

Agreed. Not really OP though because of Riposte.

Wizard’s is literally the worst set in that build. I think swapping it for Sload in 5 heavy is drastically stronger.

In a 1v1, I'd agree. In a 1v1, I think Riposte isn't very good: Minor Main Vs. a single opponent IMO is not worth a 5th piece armor bonus.

I wear Riposte mostly because my templar has zero ability to mitigate or prevent incoming damage and more often than not I am attacked by multiple players. I don't like relying on gear to do things that quite frankly should be in a class kit - especially one touted as a "Stand your ground" class with a "house."

But that's the way ESO is now.