I am currently running Bright Throat, Shackle and Skoria on my MagDK. What I have found with DK compared to sorc is you can make up for the shield changes without needing to stack resistances with sets. I just make sure that I hit 25K health in PVP, and bright throat + witch mothers provides mag sustain. Shackle gives stam for break free. And the most important thing is to stack healing. Cauterize is a fantastic skill for sustain healing. And I run Shattering Rocks instead of Fossilize for the added heal. With these skills, plus Dragon Blood, claw, and Power Lash, your healing is incredible. The key is to always make a point of hitting every enemy with claw for the heal.
I also dropped the restro stave. Since the shield changes, the only thing that the restro stave was providing for a DK was mutagen (imo). Rather than worry about that, I back barred an ice staff to run WOE. Stunning a player in Ice wall can be devastating.
I am currently running Bright Throat, Shackle and Skoria on my MagDK. What I have found with DK compared to sorc is you can make up for the shield changes without needing to stack resistances with sets. I just make sure that I hit 25K health in PVP, and bright throat + witch mothers provides mag sustain. Shackle gives stam for break free. And the most important thing is to stack healing. Cauterize is a fantastic skill for sustain healing. And I run Shattering Rocks instead of Fossilize for the added heal. With these skills, plus Dragon Blood, claw, and Power Lash, your healing is incredible. The key is to always make a point of hitting every enemy with claw for the heal.
I also dropped the restro stave. Since the shield changes, the only thing that the restro stave was providing for a DK was mutagen (imo). Rather than worry about that, I back barred an ice staff to run WOE. Stunning a player in Ice wall can be devastating.
Going to tag this thread so I can read up. I just got my DK to 50 a couple weeks ago and have taken him out a couple times for PvP. I did OK running 5 L, 2 heavy 1h/sh and frost staff back bar Shacklebreaker, Impregnable, bloodspawn a few pieces sturdy. Im now trying it as heavy with Skoria in place of BS. I kind of wanted to do a lot of leaps and quick ultimate but Skoria seems really good on DK. Maybe as I get more used to it, I wll go 5 light again.
I am curious if any of you slot efficient purge. Seems I get plenty of incoming heals passively but those bleeds... Maybe I am just to spoiled by Templar
For BGs;
Heavy innate axiom, burning spell weave weapon/jewls, back bar vma resto. Choice of monster set: bloodspawn, grothdar, valkyn, zaan. I prefer bloodspawn. Tri stat food and glyphs on big pieces.
Ele drain, embers, fossilize, whip, chains (morph that pulls you to enemy) leap
mutagen, wings, healing ward, armor, cauterize, resto ult.
Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »I am currently running Bright Throat, Shackle and Skoria on my MagDK. What I have found with DK compared to sorc is you can make up for the shield changes without needing to stack resistances with sets. I just make sure that I hit 25K health in PVP, and bright throat + witch mothers provides mag sustain. Shackle gives stam for break free. And the most important thing is to stack healing. Cauterize is a fantastic skill for sustain healing. And I run Shattering Rocks instead of Fossilize for the added heal. With these skills, plus Dragon Blood, claw, and Power Lash, your healing is incredible. The key is to always make a point of hitting every enemy with claw for the heal.
I also dropped the restro stave. Since the shield changes, the only thing that the restro stave was providing for a DK was mutagen (imo). Rather than worry about that, I back barred an ice staff to run WOE. Stunning a player in Ice wall can be devastating.
Was gonna ask you're surviving with that solo/small scale? As stated I was running 5 Brass (light), 5 BSW and 2 Skoria and found myself not really living that long. My heals that I relied on is/were Cauterize, Embers, Degeneration heal, shattering and power lash. Was not enough to really keep me going. Tried moving a thing or 2 and added mutagen but it still didnt end up helping much. Found it hard to get room to use Coag Blood. I personally like the resto for the resto ult. Whats your bar setup if I can ask? Mines..
Front: Whip, Embers, Talons, Ele Drain, Inner Light (to make up for low mag with brass)
Back: Shattering, Cauterize, Volatile, Wings, Degeneration
I had tried taking Ele Drain off and putting wings on front and then putting mutagen on back and it still didnt help much. Now I got a set of shackle made last night and it will definitely raise my mag enough once I get undaunted. Want to say it sits at like over 34k with shackle when I dont have inner light so I could end up taking that off but idk
I am currently running Bright Throat, Shackle and Skoria on my MagDK. What I have found with DK compared to sorc is you can make up for the shield changes without needing to stack resistances with sets. I just make sure that I hit 25K health in PVP, and bright throat + witch mothers provides mag sustain. Shackle gives stam for break free. And the most important thing is to stack healing. Cauterize is a fantastic skill for sustain healing. And I run Shattering Rocks instead of Fossilize for the added heal. With these skills, plus Dragon Blood, claw, and Power Lash, your healing is incredible. The key is to always make a point of hitting every enemy with claw for the heal.
I also dropped the restro stave. Since the shield changes, the only thing that the restro stave was providing for a DK was mutagen (imo). Rather than worry about that, I back barred an ice staff to run WOE. Stunning a player in Ice wall can be devastating.
I run the same thing, but I run SnB/Ice Staff.. although Inferno Staff front bar would be great for damage. Personal preference kinda thing
Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
JumpmanLane wrote: »Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
Don’t run fury on a MagDk and run sun over bsw. Try sun and Lich skoria. And get Undaunted lol.
JumpmanLane wrote: »Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
Don’t run fury on a MagDk and run sun over bsw. Try sun and Lich skoria. And get Undaunted lol.
I ran Sun for a bit, but Sun does not boost any healing at all. So I would say BSW is the better option. Or you could just run Innate Axiom.
My build is heavy Shackle, BSW, Skoria.
Sword & Board front: Coagulated Blood, Embers, Fossilize, Whip, Reflective Plate, Temporal Guard as ult (for minor protection, but you can also use it to survive some heavy burst when used properly)
Destro staff back: Pulsar (skill of choice, can be whatever destro skill you want), Race Against Time, Molten Armaments, Destro Reach, Volatile Armor, Ferocious Leap as ult.
I use Blackrose Lightning as destro staff.
JumpmanLane wrote: »Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
Don’t run fury on a MagDk and run sun over bsw. Try sun and Lich skoria. And get Undaunted lol.
Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
It's funny that you ask, I am in the process of putting together a Wyrd's Tree and Robe's of the Hist build for a non cloak magblade. The 100% purge every 15 seconds is pretty solid. And Robes of the Hist is great for the 15 seconds where you cannot purge an effect.
Taleof2Cities wrote: »Currently running:
5x Elf Bane - 5x Sun - 2x Zaan.
All Heavy with Sun weapons & jewelry.
Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »JumpmanLane wrote: »Ohhgrizyyy wrote: »Anyone have any experience with Wyrds tree or Indomitable Fury? Considering running 1 of them with BSW and Bloodspawn or maybe even a magsorc style setup with armor master, bsw/innate axion and BS or Skoria
Don’t run fury on a MagDk and run sun over bsw. Try sun and Lich skoria. And get Undaunted lol.
Why sun over BSW? A year ago thats all mdk's used was bsw