WrathOfInnos wrote: »Julianos if you don’t have a vMA Staff. If you do, then Burning Spellweave.
Edit: Spell Strategist can also be good if you’re mainly focused on a single target and good at light attack weaving.
WrathOfInnos wrote: »Julianos if you don’t have a vMA Staff. If you do, then Burning Spellweave.
Edit: Spell Strategist can also be good if you’re mainly focused on a single target and good at light attack weaving.
are these set combos good for taking on both pvp and pve?
WrathOfInnos wrote: »Julianos if you don’t have a vMA Staff. If you do, then Burning Spellweave.
Edit: Spell Strategist can also be good if you’re mainly focused on a single target and good at light attack weaving.
are these set combos good for taking on both pvp and pve?
Or vMA?
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »WrathOfInnos wrote: »Julianos if you don’t have a vMA Staff. If you do, then Burning Spellweave.
Edit: Spell Strategist can also be good if you’re mainly focused on a single target and good at light attack weaving.
are these set combos good for taking on both pvp and pve?
Or vMA?
What class are you? If Sorc, pet build with Necropotence, Mothers Sorrow, and Iceheart monster set is excellent for getting a first clear of VMA. But pets are getting nerfed hard in next update, so you probably only have a couple of weeks left of that being a viable VMA build.
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »WrathOfInnos wrote: »Julianos if you don’t have a vMA Staff. If you do, then Burning Spellweave.
Edit: Spell Strategist can also be good if you’re mainly focused on a single target and good at light attack weaving.
are these set combos good for taking on both pvp and pve?
Or vMA?
What class are you? If Sorc, pet build with Necropotence, Mothers Sorrow, and Iceheart monster set is excellent for getting a first clear of VMA. But pets are getting nerfed hard in next update, so you probably only have a couple of weeks left of that being a viable VMA build.
I'm a Dunmer Magblade.
So, I've been running lightning on my Magplar, but have been working on gathering the pieces necessary to switch to an inferno build with BSW for PVE. I just recently got a Maelstrom inferno staff, I've had the BSW inferno staff for a couple months, and weirdly, just need one more BSW body piece in Divines to have enough gear to switch to running it.
I'm wondering, about how to set up my bars with my skills and these two staves. Go ahead and assume that I have Inner Light double-barred, with the Destro Ult on the front bar and Crescent Sweeps on my back bar. What should the remainder of my front bar and back bar setups be?
I know Alcast has a build for this exact gear combo on his site, and I don't doubt that it works, but I want to understand the why and how so I can adapt it for my needs without defeating the entire purpose of this gear combo. For instance, with his build I see he has the Maelstrom staff back barred and the rotation he proposes has a minimal number of light attacks while on that bar. It seems like this would not really take advantage of the Maelstrom staff's damage bonus, because most of the light attacks occur with the BSW staff. Am I missing something?
What is a good setup that will make the most of the Maelstrom inferno staff will still getting max. uptime on the BSW proc?
This might seem off-topic, but can anyone explain why nobody's using Scathing Mage, especially with MS?
WrathOfInnos wrote: »This might seem off-topic, but can anyone explain why nobody's using Scathing Mage, especially with MS?
@Faulgor I’ve tried Scathing this patch, it’s not bad, but the uptimes only look good if you use Force Pulse. I typically prefer Ele Weapon, so not ideal. It’s pretty similar to BSW overall, and might pull ahead slightly on a high crit build with a lightning blockade.
This might seem off-topic, but can anyone explain why nobody's using Scathing Mage, especially with MS?
Destruction Mastery is eclipsed by Crafty Alfiq.
WrathOfInnos wrote: »@jlb1705 The Maelstrom effect works on either bar, as long as you cast Wall from the bar with the vMA Staff, and continues to buff Light Attacks for the duration of the Wall. So basically front bar Light Attacks get the Maelstrom effect and have a chance to proc Burning Spellweave, while also benefitting from the BSW 4pc bonus.
For skills, you need Wall (Blockade morph this patch, Unstable for Scalebreaker) on your back bar. I like to put Blazing Spear with it, since they are both 8s ground DoTs. I finish out the back bar with Channeled Focus and Solar Barrage (also 8s, easy rotation). You can do either Inner Light or Channeled Acceleration as the 5th slot, and any ultimate you want (Aedric passive for 10% Crit dmg is already covered by Blazing).
Front bar is Elemental Weapon, Vamp Bane or Reflective (Fire skill goes on front bar to proc BSW), Radiant Destruction, Radiant Ward (mostly for Aedric passive, but not a terrible shield), Inner Light, and Shooting Star (another flame damage skill for BSW, that also brings decent passives from Mages guild).
This is going to change a lot with the next patch though, I’m not sure which skills will be filling a Templar’s bars. Probably want to add Entropy in there, and maybe Scalding Rune and/or Flame Reach to help with BSW uptime. Soul Trap is also looking good, but will have to see if we have room for it.
Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »Destruction Mastery is eclipsed by Crafty Alfiq.
You got math to back that up? Only thing crafty has going for it is craftable and you don't need a destro staff with it. Otherwise the spell damage/crit bonuses are worth more then max magic.