If your into a more nimble approach, go NB. You don't have to use invisibility as the other cloak morph is a self heal. Still has the feel of an assasin or duelist.
For some poison clouds and "rock throwing" go DK. "Slow", sturdy, many DoTs.
Sorc is a great warrior choice as well as you're forced to use mostly weapon skills and buff via class skills. I'd compare him to an Berserker Archetype. Fast, much AoE and self healing by doing damage.

I'd guess Templar and Necro are out of the picture. Maybe warden too if the nature theme is too flashy for you.

For more help we need to know what aspect you want to do. PvE, PvP?

You made a Nord, want to play with SnS, it left Tank as the only choice, unless you're RP and don't want to play group Content, for Tank you can go with Dragonknight or Warden

Chilly-McFreeze wrote: »

For more help we need to know what aspect you want to do. PvE, PvP?

Both. First only PvE during leveling and at the end PvE and PvP.

casparian wrote: »

Note that your only option in group content if you want to use sword and shield is to play a tank. In solo content like questing, anything goes, but if you’re playing group dungeons sword and shield is only viable on the party tank.

So, using shield means automatically playing as a tank ?
It wasn't my primary goal. In my mind, I'm looking for a warrior with good survivability. So using a shield can be useful. And leather armor for the mobility and stamina bonus it give.

Playing a tank disturb me because it's a special role in game and dedicated for PvE.
Can I play a tank both in PvE an PvP ?

I'm a RP player and I want to create something who can be useful in all the aspect of the game but with coherent style.

Watchdog wrote: »

casparian wrote: »

taupe_agile wrote: »

with a sword and a shield

Note that your only option in group content if you want to use sword and shield is to play a tank. In solo content like questing, anything goes, but if you’re playing group dungeons sword and shield is only viable on the party tank.

taupe_agile wrote: »

in leather armor

Note that any armor weight can be made to take any appearance. You can make anything look like leather armor through the outfit system.

As to class choice, I’d recommend stamina sorcerer, stamina nightblade, or stamina Templar. Those will be the classes that most feel like warriors relying on weapons.

I dare say Alcast wouldn't agree with the bolded statement. Neither would I:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-solo-dragonknight-sb-and-bow-build-pve/

Sounds nice if he's not going through Veteran DLC Content or Trials

Ok, thank you for all your answers.

I think the answers you’re getting are all more aimed at vet end content, and maybe based on your question you’re more of a beginner? So maybe you’re more asking what playstyle to get from a Nord in the various classes. A Nord stam build in each class would be kinda:

DK: a super tanky brawler. Level both medium and heavy armor, but RP in 5+ pieces of medium for the dps. Your other bar can be any of the physical weapons. You can be a fire and stone warrior, using a decent blend of weapon and class skills. Damage is good...not a super tricky build.

Templar: IMO, plays pretty close to stam dk, inclined to in-your-face brawls. Stamplars have a more diverse tool kit than DKs, so probably a little easier to build a damage 1H bar. Repentance is a super skill that will keep their resource pool full.

Sorc: might not seem so, but these also make excellent in your face warriors. The biggest drawback is that they won’t use 80% of the class skills at all, so there are less setup options. However, the ones they do use are really useful...you get a buff, heal, a powerful AOE and resource management, then look to weapons skills to fill them out.

Necro: I’m really enjoying my stam necro lately. Huge burst damage...fun to play. They have a ton of stam options from class skills, so I could see a lot of 1H bars that would work well.

NB: this presents a very different playstyle, but would be viable for a stam warrior. High damage, good resource management, lots of options and a decent class tool kit. An issue w 1H is having abilities that pump out enough damage, but I think a NB 1H bar with surprise attack and killers blade would do great.

Warden: I love my stam warden. This might be the one that makes me feel toughest. It has a really good balance where I don’t feel I’m struggling in any major area...damage is good, management is doable, heals are awesome, the damage I get from the bugs is amazing.


I don’t know if that helps...class preference is subjective and stam builds in any of them can be fun. Given that you really want to sword and board, I think maybe a class that offers a good class toolkit to round out your bar, in which case I’m thinking start with warden or necromancer depending on whether you’re a warrior of the light or dark.

You can always go two hander front bar with a sword shield back bar. That works with a lot of SS builds. I find dual wield is also a good option.

Since you are going the 'rp' method of builds, there are a few questions that I'd like to ask myself whenever I try to make a viable solo / dungeon build.

What's the theme of the build?

Is it a holy 'stand your ground' warrior? An earthy, poison based knight? Or perhaps a mobile, teleporting storm wielding gladiator?

Would I use this char for pve or pvp?

I believe this was answered. Both pvp and pve builds will be different, even up to their gearsets and stats distribution.

Would this be for solo or team play?

Another way to look at it is that are you in a group most of the time or are you soloing most of the content you are playing? Builds differ if it is in a group or if you are solo. When solo, you'd like to get all the available buffs and debuffs if possible whereas in a group, you can rely on each other for buffs and debuffs. For eg, if you are dps and you have a tank friend, then it works that you friend debuffs the enemy with breach and fracture, allowing you to take off a skill that gives you that. Or perhaps it is a healer friend that provides minor berserk so that you dont have to put it in.

Most importantly, because of how the game system works, sword and shield are primarily for tanking. However, with the recent changes, such as the Bash skill being a spammable attack for SS, you can work around not having puncture to give you the fracture or breach buff needed.

Hope this helps.

@taupe_agile Did you figure out what class you wanted to play?