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Strongest PvP Class

  • technohic
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    Stamina NB
    Its between stamblade and stamwarden to me. I went stamblade because you can sort of stay out of some of the warden burst at times although in a big fight, it gets harder to see it coming.
  • Mayrael
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    Stamina Warden
    It’s not the class, it’s not the build, it’s skill.

    Thats why 70% of cyrodiil right now is filled with stamina toons and most of them uses bleeds + spin2win. Thats why all wardens and stamblades run almost the same setup?
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  • Karmanorway
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    Stamina NB
    Stamblade 1 Vs 1,
    Warden for group play
    Edited by Karmanorway on March 11, 2019 8:16PM
  • BRODY
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    If you die, die, die, learn, die, try, die try, after 6 month in any class you kill 90% players, who think and play in meta..Think about.
    Stamsorc EU PC Dagerfall alliance - On
  • Ragnaroek93
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    Stamnb, magicka sorc and stamina Dk are the strongest classes right now.
    I used to think that PvP was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a comedy.
  • Tryxus
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    Stamina NB
    I choose StamBlade, cuz they less predictable than StamDen
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  • Wing
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    Stamina NB
    stam NB will probably always be an issue because of cloak, and that is the issue, and still having a great opening / spam able single target high damage ult that applies major defile. NB has always had a huge toolkit. mag NB gets hard countered by anything that eats / reflects projectiles, they should never get caught / die though.

    templars have the best cleanse and best built in heals in the game, there will never be a time when they are not welcome and are now easily the best at the stand and not die tank style, and its taken years but stamplar can be devastating. def one of the more well rounded classes now.

    sorc, negate, plain and simple, negate. this is the single most important skill in end game pvp. and sorcs if built right can still bubble and never die (that playstyle was buffed if you build for it) they are good, but can be boring to play, and don't 1v1 like NB and don't XvX like warden so they have fallen off a bit, but are still very good, and like I said, negate.

    dk is still pretty much saved by its wings, I think if it didn't have that skill it would easily be the worst class in the game for pvp. wardens and sorcs can immobilize spam just as well, it really does not bring anything in any group comp that another class does not do better, but they are still very bruiser with their wings, warden is better at this point.

    warden, the shalks man, being able to sub and time it with det and an ult, huge. they have very good ults sans the pet because pet ults will always be bad. they are very good healers and actually the best stam healers, can eat projectiles. the only downsides to warden is a few stinker skills (same can be said for every class really though) and the inability to cleanse or remove snares within their kit (once again same for many other classes)

    necromancer OP (lul probably though right?)

    there's an interesting study to be done between DK and Wardens I think, as they are clear examples of what works in pvp but but does not work in pve and vice versa. templars and sorcs will always be safe thanks to specific skills being the best at what they do, and NB will always be annoying because of how pass / fail cloak is and how much utility exists within that class.

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  • Jeremy
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    iAmLoki97 wrote: »
    Probably been done before. Probably been done a lot but i am curious as to what people think

    I would say Dragon Knight. They really have no weakness that I can tell. Great offense, defense, healing, utility - and I loath their snares. Just a great all around class period. If I took PvP more seriously, that's what I would likely re-roll as. It's easily my strongest opponent.
    Edited by Jeremy on March 11, 2019 6:44PM
  • Alucardo
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    Why isn't Pet Sorc on that list?

    That's right, someone had to say it.
  • geonsocal
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    pretty soon we are going to have three distinct pvp environments to take in to account when looking at "the strongest pvp class"...

    just off the top of my head:
    - cyrodiil: warden
    - battlegrounds: sorcerer
    - imperial city: nightblade

    Edit: oops, forgot about you duelist type folks - to which, for a 1v1/duel, i'd probably choose a nightblade...
    Edited by geonsocal on March 11, 2019 7:38PM
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  • r34lian
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    MAgika Warden
    Sloads
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  • Wing
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    Stamina NB
    actually after posting and thinking about it I find it interesting that classes being really good is defined by like 1-2 skills.

    for instance, the god tier class:
    ults:
    -death stroke (NB)
    -negate (Sorc)
    -sleet storm (Warden)

    skills:
    -cloak (NB)
    -scorch (Warden)
    -reflective scales (DK)
    -cleansing ritual (Templar)
    -breath of life (Templar)
    -mages fury (Sorc)


    I mean you COULD add a few more, but if you had to limit it to like 1-2 skills to make the ultimate class, that's it.
    Edited by Wing on March 11, 2019 7:29PM
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    DK one trick
  • BloodStorm
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    high res/'good sustain healthTanks are best 1 vs 1 mostly as they are unkillable but unlike other games you can't kill people in this game. I remember in WoW or old wow blood Dks could not just survive but also kill you guaranteed eventually. This game is more balanced than most but people course always will find something that's an issue of course which is true on occasion.
  • Wing
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    Stamina NB
    BloodStorm wrote: »
    high res/'good sustain healthTanks are best 1 vs 1 mostly as they are unkillable but unlike other games you can't kill people in this game. I remember in WoW or old wow blood Dks could not just survive but also kill you guaranteed eventually. This game is more balanced than most but people course always will find something that's an issue of course which is true on occasion.

    to be fair when deathknights were introduced they were super broken and probably still the most broken class at a point in WoW's lifespan
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    DK one trick
  • AndyMac
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    Mag DK seriously- it’s ridiculous how strong we are in PvP. In a days PVP game play - I’ll get at least two kills.

    The years of continuous nerfs haven’t gone nearly far enough. :)
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  • darkblue5
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    MAgika Warden
    In the current ball or zerg only meta I don't think you can give the top pvp class to one of the weakest possible specs for group play. Stamblades are about the worst class to put DBoS on, with minimal AOE potential, and both cloak and shade suck in the current ball group meta. Magblades are probably better than stamblades even though they are the worst solo spec right now just because they are actually decent in groups.

    Between stamden and magden IMO it barely goes to magden just because they can specialize more in dps, tanking, or in heals. Magdens can fill the missing role in the group better even if stamden only balls are on the rise. Magdens can also do perma and proxy det better.
  • SosRuvaak
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    Stamina NB
    stamblade is the godclass of animation canceling.
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  • Kikazaru
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    Roaming in Cyrodiil as a stamblade...

    Cloak.. yeah.. it's a good skill... we know that... but... shadow image is the real deal here. It makes all the difference. In the hands of an experience pvper, they can be virtually impossible to catch. Especially, if they run a good enough build not to get instant killed by a combo.

    However, shadow image doesn't work most of the time, so players can't utilize this skill to its full potential.
    Mizaru


    “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
  • LeagueTroll
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    Magika DK
    Dragonnord wrote: »
    Stamina Nightblades? Really? Hahahahaha!

    ANY Stamina Nightblade here come duel me. You have 10 minutes to kill me.
     

    I agree. Mag dk 1v1 is so strong. And stamsorc and stamblade are great in open world due to mobility but that’s not really what the question about.
    Edited by LeagueTroll on March 11, 2019 11:46PM
  • rabidmyers
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    Stamina Mage
    u hate sorcs so bad that u cant even get the class name right? FOR SHAME!
    at a place nobody knows
  • rabidmyers
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    Wing wrote: »
    actually after posting and thinking about it I find it interesting that classes being really good is defined by like 1-2 skills.

    for instance, the god tier class:
    ults:
    -death stroke (NB)
    -negate (Sorc)
    -sleet storm (Warden)

    skills:
    -cloak (NB)
    -scorch (Warden)
    -reflective scales (DK)
    -cleansing ritual (Templar)
    -breath of life (Templar)
    -mages fury (Sorc)


    I mean you COULD add a few more, but if you had to limit it to like 1-2 skills to make the ultimate class, that's it.

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    at a place nobody knows
  • Iskiab
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    MAgika Warden
    Stamblade? Really? I don’t get it, they seem weak to me, good for dueling maybe?

    Warden or DK hands down. What joker said magblade?
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  • ccfeeling
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    Stamina Warden
    2019, stamden
  • Sanctum74
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    It’s not the class, it’s not the build, it’s skill.

    I completely agree, but judging by the responses to your comment there are still a lot of people that think it's the class, some magical god build, or cheat engine that makes players effective. Kinda sad they still don't get it.


  • JumpmanLane
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    Zardayne wrote: »
    It’s not the class, it’s not the build, it’s skill.

    Found the stamblade...


    ezio45 wrote: »
    It’s not the class, it’s not the build, it’s skill.

    -_-

    cuz oh lord spin to win is the epitome of skill

    I run MagDk lol. I’m not saying that I’M the most skillful person in the game. But the folks I run with can mop the best folks in the game in a duel and 1vX most folks silly on any class they choose to play.

    For the top 30% of players in the game it comes down to skill. The better the player the less class, gear have to do with anything.
    Edited by JumpmanLane on March 12, 2019 12:50AM
  • Seraphayel
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    Stamina NB
    Stamblades are absolutely overperforming. If they're Rollerblades they're almost immortal due to their possibilities to reset every fight multiple times via Cloak.
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  • Jhalin
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    Stamina Warden
    Stamblade are only good 1v1, soon as you get into a multiple person fight there’s really no reason to choose it over stamden, or magden, or magDK, stamDK, stamSorc, etc etc

    Single target burst is all they’ve got in the class kit. If Shadow Image worked we could give them mobility as a strength but at the moment it’s just an iffy cloak that’s only useful when they’re already a field away anyway
  • technohic
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    Sanctum74 wrote: »
    It’s not the class, it’s not the build, it’s skill.

    I completely agree, but judging by the responses to your comment there are still a lot of people that think it's the class, some magical god build, or cheat engine that makes players effective. Kinda sad they still don't get it.


    This sounds like sorcs back before they upped the shield reduction in battle spirit years ago. Sorcs all claimed it was skill while every sorc had a 1 v X video. Thats NBs now. Its actually even worse as some are even embarassed to post their snipe desync gank videos for fear of being mocked.
  • FearlessOne_2014
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    Stamina Warden
    coj901 wrote: »
    I'm confused about the stamblade. I target them because they are easy to kill. The only time I get killed by them is when I'm texting while horse simming in cyro.

    They don't deal damage while being that tanky. So yes I'm happy with the way they are. They provide me with lots of free and effortless ultimate.

    Now both Stamblade and Stamden can be super tanky or elusive while still dealing massive amounts of damage and sustained pressure!

    Than you have the magicka versions which are sad jokes.
  • Morgul667
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    Stamina Warden
    I go stamden, stamblade and stamdk

    All very strong right now
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