Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
I mean it's not that I want to diss Malcom by the way, he's an excellent PVP'er. If he played Magblade or some other class I guarantee you he would *** SMOKE people.
But you're wrong - almost his entire bar lacks the synergy that many other classes have naturally. Just look at it.
thankyourat wrote: »Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
I mean it's not that I want to diss Malcom by the way, he's an excellent PVP'er. If he played Magblade or some other class I guarantee you he would *** SMOKE people.
But you're wrong - almost his entire bar lacks the synergy that many other classes have naturally. Just look at it.
But he is a solo player. Mag sorc is actually stronger than the other magicka classes for 1vX even magblade. The only way he would do better if he switched to magblade is if he was trying to duel. But for the type of game in the video (1vX) mag sorc is stronger than magblade and many other classes for that matter. Mag sorc is a solo cyrodiil class that's its strength.
He moves well, but his perceived great performance is carried by the poor performance of his opponents. To put it into words that both the fanbois and sorc-haters understand: if you win a 1v4 you opponents were bad - end of story. The lack of CC he is subjected to makes this evident. His build offers little to nothing against tanks/perma-blockers, perma-dodgers, winged DKs, and many S&B builds. Oh and then there are also the stamdens but they are a different subject.
Don't get me wrong, he plays great but the video is highly circumstantial and does not reflect general state of combat and the class in PvP.
thankyourat wrote: »Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
I mean it's not that I want to diss Malcom by the way, he's an excellent PVP'er. If he played Magblade or some other class I guarantee you he would *** SMOKE people.
But you're wrong - almost his entire bar lacks the synergy that many other classes have naturally. Just look at it.
But he is a solo player. Mag sorc is actually stronger than the other magicka classes for 1vX even magblade. The only way he would do better if he switched to magblade is if he was trying to duel. But for the type of game in the video (1vX) mag sorc is stronger than magblade and many other classes for that matter. Mag sorc is a solo cyrodiil class that's its strength.
Have you tried 1vX with sorc in Cyrodiil lately?
Unless your opponents eat crayons, you're going down. Fast. At least a nightblade can peace out.
What SKILLS make the sorc so good that nightblade doesn't have something equivalent or better?
Shields? Nope, you have those too. Plus Cloak.
Streak? Nope, cloak and shade leap.
Frags? Nope, will is better.
Reach spam? Lol not even a sorc skill.
Cage? Hahahaha... OMG. Stop. Fear.
Passives? XD. I'm still laughing.
Alright maybe curse, because of the haunt... And blocking toons. But that one skill doesn't make sorc suddenly a better class for multiple oponnents.
thankyourat wrote: »thankyourat wrote: »Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
I mean it's not that I want to diss Malcom by the way, he's an excellent PVP'er. If he played Magblade or some other class I guarantee you he would *** SMOKE people.
But you're wrong - almost his entire bar lacks the synergy that many other classes have naturally. Just look at it.
But he is a solo player. Mag sorc is actually stronger than the other magicka classes for 1vX even magblade. The only way he would do better if he switched to magblade is if he was trying to duel. But for the type of game in the video (1vX) mag sorc is stronger than magblade and many other classes for that matter. Mag sorc is a solo cyrodiil class that's its strength.
Have you tried 1vX with sorc in Cyrodiil lately?
Unless your opponents eat crayons, you're going down. Fast. At least a nightblade can peace out.
What SKILLS make the sorc so good that nightblade doesn't have something equivalent or better?
Shields? Nope, you have those too. Plus Cloak.
Streak? Nope, cloak and shade leap.
Frags? Nope, will is better.
Reach spam? Lol not even a sorc skill.
Cage? Hahahaha... OMG. Stop. Fear.
Passives? XD. I'm still laughing.
Alright maybe curse, because of the haunt... And blocking toons. But that one skill doesn't make sorc suddenly a better class for multiple oponnents.
It's the combination of curse streak, that second damage shield and a viable execute. Curse allows you to still hit dodge rollers and a second damage shield allow you to not instantly melt. Sorc will always have more burst and be less squishy than magblade which are what's important for 1vX. Magblade overall top to bottom may be better than sorc but that doesn't mean anything 1vX.
The combination of curse, frag and fury will alot of times kill squishy targets out right in 1GCD and from range. Streak is easy to use and practical. Double damage shields allow you to be decently tanky.
The soul harvest assassin, will combo is very strong 1v1 but open world since it is 2 gcd's instead of 1 it allows players a chance to dodge roll or get healed before the follow up burst. Magblade only has one shield and that allows for so much splash damage to hit your health pool. You have to spend twice as much time kiting on a magblade where a mag sorc can turret up from time to time. Snares are much more toxic to deal with because you have to kite away from your shade to make it work which is almost impossible while snared.
This is only a comparison between light armor destro/resto magblade and magsorc. Heavy armor magblade and melee magblade would have different comparisons.
The way you presented your argument leads me to believe you were thinking more in terms of 1v1 than 1vX. If that's the case I agree a magblade dueling build is in a whole different teir than magsorc. With that being said though cyrodiil is no duel and I have no problems kiting a dueling build open world
thankyourat wrote: »thankyourat wrote: »Malcom wins the majority of his fights due to his terrain usage and the fact that he's playing a ranged class.
That's it, period.
It's not that because he's a Sorc he's getting kills, he just has a deep understanding of how to manipulate players into unfavorable positions to get the kill.
There are plenty of times in his video's where he kills 2-3 zerging scrubs and then the one dude there that knows how to play deadlocks with him, and instead of fighting to the death he kites away.
Because 1v1 Sorc is not a good class. He knows this, and it's why he resets the fight or just overall leaves when he comes up against super challenging opponents that he can't manipulate into choke points or onto cliff ledges.
Or sorc is still a good class.
I mean it's not that I want to diss Malcom by the way, he's an excellent PVP'er. If he played Magblade or some other class I guarantee you he would *** SMOKE people.
But you're wrong - almost his entire bar lacks the synergy that many other classes have naturally. Just look at it.
But he is a solo player. Mag sorc is actually stronger than the other magicka classes for 1vX even magblade. The only way he would do better if he switched to magblade is if he was trying to duel. But for the type of game in the video (1vX) mag sorc is stronger than magblade and many other classes for that matter. Mag sorc is a solo cyrodiil class that's its strength.
Have you tried 1vX with sorc in Cyrodiil lately?
Unless your opponents eat crayons, you're going down. Fast. At least a nightblade can peace out.
What SKILLS make the sorc so good that nightblade doesn't have something equivalent or better?
Shields? Nope, you have those too. Plus Cloak.
Streak? Nope, cloak and shade leap.
Frags? Nope, will is better.
Reach spam? Lol not even a sorc skill.
Cage? Hahahaha... OMG. Stop. Fear.
Passives? XD. I'm still laughing.
Alright maybe curse, because of the haunt... And blocking toons. But that one skill doesn't make sorc suddenly a better class for multiple oponnents.
It's the combination of curse streak, that second damage shield and a viable execute. Curse allows you to still hit dodge rollers and a second damage shield allow you to not instantly melt. Sorc will always have more burst and be less squishy than magblade which are what's important for 1vX. Magblade overall top to bottom may be better than sorc but that doesn't mean anything 1vX.
The combination of curse, frag and fury will alot of times kill squishy targets out right in 1GCD and from range. Streak is easy to use and practical. Double damage shields allow you to be decently tanky.
The soul harvest assassin, will combo is very strong 1v1 but open world since it is 2 gcd's instead of 1 it allows players a chance to dodge roll or get healed before the follow up burst. Magblade only has one shield and that allows for so much splash damage to hit your health pool. You have to spend twice as much time kiting on a magblade where a mag sorc can turret up from time to time. Snares are much more toxic to deal with because you have to kite away from your shade to make it work which is almost impossible while snared.
This is only a comparison between light armor destro/resto magblade and magsorc. Heavy armor magblade and melee magblade would have different comparisons.
The way you presented your argument leads me to believe you were thinking more in terms of 1v1 than 1vX. If that's the case I agree a magblade dueling build is in a whole different teir than magsorc. With that being said though cyrodiil is no duel and I have no problems kiting a dueling build open world