Good class for DPS trials

ascan7 · March 2018

I hope you won't take this question wrongly, i don't want to cheese anything, but after making a build for my girlfriend that is to PvP focused to DPS in a trial, i'd like to know some "easy" class/builds to make her a new character just for PvE. Nothing elite level, but just being able to reach 40k DPS to enjoy trials and vet dungeons.
I'm not an expert about this, but that's what i know:
Mag DK and Templar are not a good choice for this because they do not use ranged builds
Warden, both stam and mag, is bad at DPS. Is a warden able to reach 40k?
Mag sorc is the "easiest" class to reach those numbers

DoctorESO · March 2018

Magicka sorcerer is pretty easy.

But if you can reach 40k with a mag sorc, you can probably reach decent numbers with those other classes. Even with mag sorc, most people cannot reach 40k self-buffed on a target dummy.

Hibiki54 · March 2018

Magicka Pet Sorcerer is the easiest class build to play for damage dealers. And depending on gear, CP and rotation it has the potential to do 35k+ DPS despite getting an indirect nerf with the recent changes this patch.

ascan7 · March 2018

Magicka Pet Sorcerer with? Necropotence and which other set?
Could also something with Julianos work?

What about stamina?

WuffyCerulei · March 2018

Both stamina and magicka sorcs have relatively easy rotations and do good aoe damage. For starters, Julianos/Mechanical Acuity and Necropotence works for pet sorcs. If you can't have a pet (certain bosses have mechanics that pets can activate or steal heals when the dps needs em), Ilambris, MA/Julianos, and either 3 Willpower+AS flame staff or 4 Moondancer. If you have it, an infused Maelstrom lightning staff will be you backbar. If not, a random nirnhoned gold lightning staff with a weapon damage enchant will do.
For stam, you can start with either Hunding's/Automaton/Nightmother's Gaze with Spriggans/Sunderflame and Stormfist or Velidreth. vMA bow for you backbar is best, but again, a nirnhoned or infused bow will do. As a starter stam dps, 2 daggers will do. You'll want your main hand nirnhoned with a poison enchant, and you offhand infused with weapon damage. The offhand reduces the cooldown of both weapons.

ascan7 · March 2018

About stam, are all classes good the same? Or there are some classes that are weaker/harder than others?
For example, stampler are like their magical counterpart, or they are viable?

Harrdarrzarr · March 2018

Stamplars do less damage then stamdk's, stamsorcs and stamblades but not a lot less. However, due to certain skills that the stamplar uses, they compliment the team very well and are therefore always welcome. However, take note that a group/team never needs more then 1 stamplar.
Stamina nightblades are in this current patch the strongest at single target due to the off-balance nerf, which hasn't affected them as hard as it did other classes.
Stamdk's and stamsorcs are about even, but it must be said that stamsorcs do more aoe damage.
Stamwardens, although weaker then the other classes, are far from weak. Recently someone on the US server managed to hit 60k single target with his stamwarden on the Mantikora in the veteran trial Sanctum Ophidia. And they have some usefulness to the group as well due to sub assault giving aoe major fracture/breach and they can give major resistances to groupmembers.

Septimus_Magna · March 2018

ascan7 wrote: »

About stam, are all classes good the same? Or there are some classes that are weaker/harder than others?
For example, stampler are like their magical counterpart, or they are viable?

Stamplars can be really strong but more difficult to play, same goes for Stamblades.

Warden is probably the most lackluster class when it comes to dps.

ascan7 · March 2018

Ok, so basically, the best from a "strong&easy" point of view:

1) mag sorc
2) stam nightblade
3) stam dk/stam sorc

PrimordialSquid · November 2018

Alcast's werewolf PVE build is probably the easiest to play and I hit between 30 and 35k without even having the absolute best gear. That build is lots of fun and you have a bit of a range when choosing your race, which your girlfriend might also appreciate.