BlackStormX wrote: »Combine Siroria with Elf Bane. You can also use Sun or BSW is you want. Both are a great options.
For my MagDk I am running:
2 pc-Zann-Head heavy, shoulder medium.
5-pc-Siroira (all body bits easier to farm)-would be all light.
5 pc Elf bane (jewellery and staffs)
Works a treat once you get that rotation down.
Carbonised wrote: »I haven't seen a single indication that Elf Bane is worth slotting in PvE.
I currently run 5 Juli, 5 BSW and 2 Zaan. Could switch the Juli for Siroria, but honestly, in plenty of fights you're required to move around and can't just sit still in your circle. Siroria is great for dummies - pun intended. Juli is more versatile. Plus I can use it in PvP and Battlegrounds as well where Siroria would be wasted.
Could switch Juli for Sun, but the other stats bonuses on Juli are better than Sun, and the flat bonus to spell power helps me in other ways than just increasing the fire damage (like self healing).
So all in all, BSW is a given, I prefer my Juli setup as it's more versatile, Sun would be slightly more fire damage, but no buffs to magic damage or self healing and such. Siroria works great in theory, but not so in practise.
I'm still on the fence with Zaan vs Skoria. With the next nerf to Zaan I just might switch back to Skoria instead.
2 Ilambris - Divines but with tri glyph
5 Julianos body - Divines (or Div Infused mix) Mag Glyphs
3 Rattlecage jewelry - can trait change to infused with spell glyphs
2 Rattlecage staves - Nirn and Infused/Sharpened
Slot Flames of oblivion on both bars
You can take this bad boy into pvp with impen Juli easily enough. Sustain can be trick if you go for raw 100% uptime spell damage.
Carbonised wrote: »2 Ilambris - Divines but with tri glyph
5 Julianos body - Divines (or Div Infused mix) Mag Glyphs
3 Rattlecage jewelry - can trait change to infused with spell glyphs
2 Rattlecage staves - Nirn and Infused/Sharpened
Slot Flames of oblivion on both bars
You can take this bad boy into pvp with impen Juli easily enough. Sustain can be trick if you go for raw 100% uptime spell damage.
Sorry but this is terrible advice. He asked for a PvE setup.
1) Ilambris is a bad magDK set. You want double flame staves with flame/spell damage glyphs.
2) Triglyphs have no place on a PvE setup, it's only for pvp and for tanks.
3) Rattlecage is a terrible set, especially for PvE. DKs have easy access to sorcery from Molten weaps
4) Max mag is still the trait MagDK DDs use for jewelry
5) Double infused is the PvE meta, not nirn or sharp
6) FoO has no place in PvE, especially not on double bars. People use inner light, and if they have a bar slot free back bar, they slot FoO solely for the damage component
TheStealthDude wrote: »Just got my first vMA infused inferno staff. Is Mechanical Accuity the best alternative front-bar set available if I don't have a BSW or Siroria staff yet? I couldnt think of any better ones. Was thinking 5x Elf Bane, 2x Zaan, 5x Mechanical Accuity front bar, Maelstrom Inferno staff back bar.
Carbonised wrote: »I haven't seen a single indication that Elf Bane is worth slotting in PvE.
Carbonised wrote: »I haven't seen a single indication that Elf Bane is worth slotting in PvE.
Just reading your comments in other threads you seem to look to streamers/build creators and other prominent names in the community when judging what sets are useful. So I present to you alcasts MDK build using Elf Bane:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-dragonknight-build-pve/
Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »Elfbane is a useful set on a DK, but it is by no means best in slot. The reality is that if you pull higher DPS with elfbane than meta sets like siroria plus BSW/MS, your rotation isnt very good. It's convenient because it makes the rotation easier as everything lasts longer, but it is not max damage.
It's also a bad set to pair with siroria unless you dont have a VMA set and can double bar both. MS and BSW work much better as only a front bar set.
Carbonised wrote: »Carbonised wrote: »I haven't seen a single indication that Elf Bane is worth slotting in PvE.
Just reading your comments in other threads you seem to look to streamers/build creators and other prominent names in the community when judging what sets are useful. So I present to you alcasts MDK build using Elf Bane:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-magicka-dragonknight-build-pve/
Just making a build is uninteresting, I could have thought of that build myself. What I'm interested in is parses of damage of Elf Bane vs for instance using BSW instead.
Don't listen to those copy cats saying Elf Bane + Siroria + Zaan...
Looking to roll a Magicka DK after I finish my current alt. What sets should I be aiming for? Srioria is usually a given, but what should else should I run with it?
Carbonised wrote: »I haven't seen a single indication that Elf Bane is worth slotting in PvE.
I currently run 5 Juli, 5 BSW and 2 Zaan. Could switch the Juli for Siroria, but honestly, in plenty of fights you're required to move around and can't just sit still in your circle. Siroria is great for dummies - pun intended. Juli is more versatile. Plus I can use it in PvP and Battlegrounds as well where Siroria would be wasted.
Could switch Juli for Sun, but the other stats bonuses on Juli are better than Sun, and the flat bonus to spell power helps me in other ways than just increasing the fire damage (like self healing).
So all in all, BSW is a given, I prefer my Juli setup as it's more versatile, Sun would be slightly more fire damage, but no buffs to magic damage or self healing and such. Siroria works great in theory, but not so in practise.
I'm still on the fence with Zaan vs Skoria. With the next nerf to Zaan I just might switch back to Skoria instead.