Never played a Magic DK DPS before, what are good bars for mobs v boss?

jimmulvaney · September 2018

I finally got my MAgic Dunmer DK maxed out in just about every skill and need to start doing pledges for Undaunted. Running on normal is pretty straightforward but I ran Scalecaller on Normal and struggled to maintain resources. I like to have a Mob bar and a Boss bar what are some skills you would recommend for Fire Destro Dunmer DK?

Setup: Dunmer - DK - 5 BSW - 3 Willpower - 2 Valkyn - 2 Magnus
Bar 1: Destro Staff - Hardened Armor, Elem Drain, Crushing Shock, Stone Giant, GDB - Corrosive Armor
Bar 1: Destro Staff - Igneous Shields, Blockade of Fire, Flame Pulsar, Draw Essence, FOO - Standard of Might

Feel free to branch out into PVP, Undaunted, Guild skills, whatever.

Joxer61 · September 2018

https://www.xynodegaming.com/burn-dk

jimmulvaney · September 2018

Funny you should mention that because I used that as the base of my toon but deviated slightly. Also, as much as I like Xynode, he tends to rely heavily on bar swapping rotations but I lack the coordination to do effectively. Which is why I pretty much go with the Mob/ Boss bar setup. Pretty much single target vs aoe.

For example my main's DK Tank bars:

Maybe if people can give me some good single target, buffs/ debuffs and attacks that would be useful for a Dunmer Destro Mag DK, I could take it from there? I'm just not used to the magic side of DK or Destro, and Elem Drain seems useless on bosses because they tend to be immune, but like I said feel free to recommend skills from all trees.

Protossyder · September 2018

jimmulvaney wrote: »

Funny you should mention that because I used that as the base of my toon but deviated slightly. Also, as much as I like Xynode, he tends to rely heavily on bar swapping rotations but I lack the coordination to do effectively. Which is why I pretty much go with the Mob/ Boss bar setup. Pretty much single target vs aoe.

For example my main's DK Tank bars:

Maybe if people can give me some good single target, buffs/ debuffs and attacks that would be useful for a Dunmer Destro Mag DK, I could take it from there? I'm just not used to the magic side of DK or Destro, and Elem Drain seems useless on bosses because they tend to be immune, but like I said feel free to recommend skills from all trees.

Are you running solo? Because ele drain works on bosses and should be provided by the healer or tank, not yourself. In combination with using pots (spellpower), magicka reg bufffood (witchmother) and synergies (provided by the healer) you should be able to sustain.
For dungeons like Scalecaller I would run: BSW - mothers sorrow (on frontbar) - valkyn/zaan - maelstrom flamestaff

frontbar (mothers sorrow flamestaff - infused - berserker): elemental rage --- flame lash - burning embers - engulfing flames - light armor shield - inner light
backbar (maelstrom flamestaff - infused - flame enchant): meteor --- FoO - trap/volatile armor - blockade - eruption - inner light

mob groups: buff up -> place blockade -> place eruption -> barswap -> engulfing/embers/flamelash/whatever
boss fights: practice a good rotation (You can achieve 45k+ dps with this setup, selfbuffed on a 6mio dummy, so it will be higher with groupbuffs)

Joxer61 · September 2018

jimmulvaney wrote: »

Funny you should mention that because I used that as the base of my toon but deviated slightly. Also, as much as I like Xynode, he tends to rely heavily on bar swapping rotations but I lack the coordination to do effectively. Which is why I pretty much go with the Mob/ Boss bar setup. Pretty much single target vs aoe.

For example my main's DK Tank bars:

Maybe if people can give me some good single target, buffs/ debuffs and attacks that would be useful for a Dunmer Destro Mag DK, I could take it from there? I'm just not used to the magic side of DK or Destro, and Elem Drain seems useless on bosses because they tend to be immune, but like I said feel free to recommend skills from all trees.

I too suffer from not being able to swap effectively what with crap Aussie lag and fat old fingers...but Xynode doesn't "rely" on swapping, if you listen to the vids. But it is required if you want the most from a build...anyone's build. thing about the bulds is you don't have to copy and paste them...watch, listen and apply what works for you. If you can run the build just as suggested then all the better for you but its not set in stone. Xy's bars are setup pretty much like what you want, with your aoes and such on the back and single target/buffs on front. Keep in mind also that a lot of the bar setups come from what weapon you have and where they are equipped. I am no expert but I think that certain staffs work "better" front barred, but maybe someone else can help there.

Running solo I tend to do just what you have done....but its more back bar is aoe/buffs then swap to front for "spammable" and shields or what have you. Basically your long ticking dots on back and apply first, either on you or target.
Also, are you a tank or dps?