What jewelry traits do you run on your MagDK

Valykc · January 2019

Currently i’m running 2 Infused rings with Spell Damage and 1 arcane necklace with mag recovery. I was thinking about testing Bloodthirsty since MagDK lacks an execute, was wondering if it was worth it (Does it work on PvP enemies?). I’m curious what others have found effective. Instead of posting a poll option for every jewelry trait combination, I’ll post options for 3 of the same trait(3), 2 of the same and one different(2-1), or 3 different traits(1-1-1), if you could comment with your traits and why you choose/prefer them that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · January 2019

2-1 (Two of the same, one different)

2 mag and one Bloodthirsty

Edit: PvP forum, ingnore me pve carebear.

Kartalin · January 2019

3 (Three of the same traits)

3 protective w/light armor, no cp.

Savos_Saren · January 2019

2-1 (Two of the same, one different)

2 protective, 1 tristat

CyrusArya · January 2019

Imo for well rounded builds, protective and triune bring the most value.

Gnozo · January 2019

3 (Three of the same traits)

3 Tristat

Valykc · January 2019

Savos_Saren wrote: »

2 protective, 1 tristat

@Savos_Saren I remember dueling you when One Tamriel released, you are a great MagDK. What build are you running in Murkmire (if you don’t mind sharing)?

Savos_Saren · January 2019

2-1 (Two of the same, one different)

Valykc wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

2 protective, 1 tristat

@Savos_Saren I remember dueling you when One Tamriel released, you are a great MagDK. What build are you running in Murkmire (if you don’t mind sharing)?

@Valykc

Thanks! Honestly- it depends on the role I’m playing in Cyrodiil. I have 15 characters (all classes, both stam and mag).

If you dueled me on my main (Savos Saren)- I am wearing:
2 Valkyn
5 Innate
5 Silks of the Sun

1h/1m/5l setup. SnB front bar and Inferno backbar.

This is my Jack of All Trades build, though. You have to be very, very careful running two damage sets (because of sustain).

The forums may tar and feather me- but I don’t run Fossilize. Instead- I use Talons on my SnB bar and Stone Giant on my backbar.

You can get up to 28k resistances in light armor with this setup.

Valykc · January 2019

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Valykc wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

2 protective, 1 tristat

@Savos_Saren I remember dueling you when One Tamriel released, you are a great MagDK. What build are you running in Murkmire (if you don’t mind sharing)?

@Valykc

Thanks! Honestly- it depends on the role I’m playing in Cyrodiil. I have 15 characters (all classes, both stam and mag).

If you dueled me on my main (Savos Saren)- I am wearing:
2 Valkyn
5 Innate
5 Silks of the Sun

1h/1m/5l setup. SnB front bar and Inferno backbar.

This is my Jack of All Trades build, though. You have to be very, very careful running two damage sets (because of sustain).

The forums may tar and feather me- but I don’t run Fossilize. Instead- I use Talons on my SnB bar and Stone Giant on my backbar.

You can get up to 28k resistances in light armor with this setup.

@Savos_Saren Ah nice! I’m running Valkyn/Shackle/Bright-Throat w/ SnB/Ice Staff. Still trying to fine tune it but I don’t think I’ll have enough damage to kill so I was thinking of dropping a set for some form of damage set. I was also thinking of trying stone giant out since fossilize is buggy and the extra resists will help nicely in light armor. I just wish it wasn’t so expensive compared to fossilize. Thanks for the reply though!

jaws343 · January 2019

3 (Three of the same traits)

I accidentally clicked 3 of the same. But really I am running 2 protective and 1 spell damage. The Shackle/Innate/Skoria set combo is very strong on a DK. And i am having a ton of success with dual sword front bar and ice staff back.

Valykc · January 2019

jaws343 wrote: »

I accidentally clicked 3 of the same. But really I am running 2 protective and 1 spell damage. The Shackle/Innate/Skoria set combo is very strong on a DK. And i am having a ton of success with dual sword front bar and ice staff back.

Yeah innate seems to pair well with DK since you use so many class skills! I think I’ll have to craft myself a set haha

jaws343 · January 2019

3 (Three of the same traits)

Valykc wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

I accidentally clicked 3 of the same. But really I am running 2 protective and 1 spell damage. The Shackle/Innate/Skoria set combo is very strong on a DK. And i am having a ton of success with dual sword front bar and ice staff back.

Yeah innate seems to pair well with DK since you use so many class skills! I think I’ll have to craft myself a set haha

Yeah, I was running Sun for a while, but Innate pairs better with DK healing skills. On my current build, the only skill it doesn't pair with is the Frost blockade on my backbar. But that is mostly for the root and status effects than it is for damage.

Valykc · January 2019

jaws343 wrote: »

Valykc wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

I accidentally clicked 3 of the same. But really I am running 2 protective and 1 spell damage. The Shackle/Innate/Skoria set combo is very strong on a DK. And i am having a ton of success with dual sword front bar and ice staff back.

Yeah innate seems to pair well with DK since you use so many class skills! I think I’ll have to craft myself a set haha

Yeah, I was running Sun for a while, but Innate pairs better with DK healing skills. On my current build, the only skill it doesn't pair with is the Frost blockade on my backbar. But that is mostly for the root and status effects than it is for damage.

Yeah I tried Sun as well but dropped it for the same reason

BlackMadara · January 2019

2-1 (Two of the same, one different)

I run 1 triune and 2 arcane.

Just some info about infused SD and bloodthirsty.

Infused SD does not give much more damage than just having arcane, especially in a CP environment. I do not think that it is worth it when you can have almost the same amount of damage and healing AND have more resources compared to arcane. Infused trait is good for recovery glyphs and for medium armor WD glyphs.

Bloodthirsty seems nice but does not help a DK much unless fighting a high hp target. I did some calculations a while a go and found that running arcane vs bloodthirsty, there was only a significant bump in kill time for high hp, heavy armor targets. For just about anyone running medium or light, your time to kill decreases due to the damage you lose until the target is down to the execute threshold.

Valykc · January 2019

BlackMadara wrote: »

I run 1 triune and 2 arcane.

Just some info about infused SD and bloodthirsty.

Infused SD does not give much more damage than just having arcane, especially in a CP environment. I do not think that it is worth it when you can have almost the same amount of damage and healing AND have more resources compared to arcane. Infused trait is good for recovery glyphs and for medium armor WD glyphs.

Bloodthirsty seems nice but does not help a DK much unless fighting a high hp target. I did some calculations a while a go and found that running arcane vs bloodthirsty, there was only a significant bump in kill time for high hp, heavy armor targets. For just about anyone running medium or light, your time to kill decreases due to the damage you lose until the target is down to the execute threshold.

Awesome info here! That makes sense though, never thought about it much before. Stinks that I wasted transmute stones on them then haha. Thanks for the tip!

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