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Getting Back into Magblade?
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so, I haven't been playing that much for a while, I've been logging in every day to collect the login reward, but not actually playing. However I'd like to get back into the game and start actually playing again, I main a Magblade (have since 2015), and when I left the game I felt I was in a pretty good spot. Sure, I wasn't great at PvP or even good at PvE, but I like to think I played at a semi-competent level. After logging back in and trying to play again I am just TRASH,. I get utterly destroyed in both PvP and PvE, and am wondering if I'm just utter trash now or if I'm playing wrong.
my current setup after some minor changes is: 1/H 1/M 5/L fire destro main, restro back, 2PC Skoria (gold), 5pc shacklebreaker (gold), 3 willpower rings/neck (purple), staff both willpower (gold).
main bar destro 1. swallow soul, 2. flame reach 3. mass hysteria, 4. merciless resolve, 5. cloak ult shooting star
back bar resto 1.crippling grasp 2. siphoning strikes 3.healing ward 5. impale, 5.shadow image. ult lights champion
for 1-3 overland mobs i can survive, beyond that im pretty much done for HELP!
they also changed the 2nd skill in siphoning WTF is up with that? that skill was great
my current setup after some minor changes is: 1/H 1/M 5/L fire destro main, restro back, 2PC Skoria (gold), 5pc shacklebreaker (gold), 3 willpower rings/neck (purple), staff both willpower (gold).
main bar destro 1. swallow soul, 2. flame reach 3. mass hysteria, 4. merciless resolve, 5. cloak ult shooting star
back bar resto 1.crippling grasp 2. siphoning strikes 3.healing ward 5. impale, 5.shadow image. ult lights champion
for 1-3 overland mobs i can survive, beyond that im pretty much done for HELP!
they also changed the 2nd skill in siphoning WTF is up with that? that skill was great
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El_Borracho✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Speaking strictly in term of PVE, so much has changed that your setup is, at best, an average PVP setup. Which means its pretty weak for PVE. Skoria is still great, but Mother's Sorrow, Spell Strategist, and Siroria for weapons/jewelry/armor took over about a year ago, though you can still get by with things like Infallible Aether, Master Architect, BSW, or Spinners. But really, Spell Strat is ridiculous for single target while Mother's Sorrow is tops for AOE. Now there is a new set called False God's Devotion which is a pseudo-magicka version of Vicious Ophidian. Fire staves are still the best, and resto is only run on back bar in PVP.
Skill-wise, Shooting Star and Incap are PVE ultis while Lights Champion is strictly PVP. A lot of your standard skills are primarily PVP which isn't optimal for PVE, which is probably why you can get past mobs but get worked in harder content. Siphoning, Swallow Soul, Cripple, Impale, and Merciless are still in use for both PVE and PVP, but the rest have been replaced. I haven't seen Mass Hysteria used in a while. Check out Alcast and Xynode for ideas on updated gear and skills.
Finally, magblade has been dumped on recently as people were losing their minds about how powerful it was in PVP. I've shelved mine in favor of the stamblade as there has been a noted shift that way in terms of DPS, in both PVE and PVP. You can still effectively man one, you just won't see as much of them as you used to.5
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Unified_Gaming✭✭✭✭Try necro and use shade or alfique. Magblade scales well with max magicka
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Dojohoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Why are you running 5 pieces of willpower?
Good catch Vietfox.
Your staves now count as 2 armor pieces. You can switch out willpower for a 5-piece set. A few examples are Spinners, Mother's Sorrow, War Maiden, Bright-throat, Necropotence, etc...
Or if you want to keep the willpower staves, switch the willpower jewelry for 3-piece set Ancient Grace for a nice magicka pool.
Fan of playing magblade since 2015. (PC NA)
Might be joking in comments.
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Iskiab✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭From a pvp perspective it’s a lot weaker then it was. Shacklebreaker you can make work, replace willpower with spinner’s. You’re going to need more defense for your spec.
Steer clear of the high magicka sets, they make your stats look good but... suck. Pen is king in pvp, not damage stats.
I’d pick up a guide to get you started, there are a ton of changes and magblades are slightly on the weaker side in pvp but still improved from before Els.Edited by Iskiab on July 11, 2019 4:00AMLooking for any guildies I used to play with:
Havoc Warhammer - Alair
LoC EQ2 - Mayi and Iskiab
PRX and Tabula Rasa - Rift - Iskiab
Or anyone else I used to play games with in guilds I’ve forgotten1 -
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✭Ignoring the issues with your build, Magblade is trash and is getting nerfed yet again. I consider it a broken class and switched a while ago from Magblade main to a Magsorc that they are now destroying. Pick a good stam toon and learn it. For whatever reason, they like stam. Literally every stam class is outperforming every mag class, substantially, right now in DPS and next patch nerfs mag more than stam again (it is a general nerf patch and probably nothing is actually getting objectively stronger.)I am currently worried for the future of ESO. Population seems like it is in free fall and the cancellation of the North America in-person gathering feels very much like pulling the plug. Kudos on fixing the in-game economy though. Clearly whatever gold shenanigans were happening the last couple years are fixed.2