
winged_tortoise wrote: »I'm looking for recommendations to increase my parse numbers. What type of numbers should I be able to achieve with my specs? I currently parse less than 14,000 on a 6 Mil Dummy. Thanks for the help!!
Here are my specs:
I'm a 452 CP Stam DK and am following the ALTCast Dual Wield Stam DK Build:
https://alcasthq.com/eso-stamina-dragonknight-build-pve/#content10
Before I parse I am using Hagraven's Tonic to keep my sustain up. It gives me 604 Stamina Recovery. I could use Artaeum Take away Broth, but it's Stam Recovery is only 338 and I figure it won't help.

You don't use Nirn in offhand. Pretty sure ALCAST, does not either. Also Infused 2h Offhand with weapon dmg glyph.winged_tortoise wrote: »
My weapons are gold quality. On my front bar I use:
1. Dagger of Hunding's Rage, Sharpened with a Poison Weapon Enchant
2. Axe if Hunding's Rage, Nirnhoned with a Poison Weapon Enchant
On my back bar I use:
Bow of Hunding's Rage, Infused with a Poison Weapon Enchant
It does, but not much more. I don't want to sound mean, but you should focus on things that can make a big impact in overall dps (for you) and not min/maxing at that levelwinged_tortoise wrote: »
Altcast recommends using Damage Health Poisons IX on the front bar weapons instead of enchants. I have tried that It doesn't make much difference. Altcast also recommends using a Weapon Damage Enchant on the Bow. I haven't switched over to it yet.
You go full medium as stamina. 7/0/0winged_tortoise wrote: »
My armor is all Violet Quality and follows the ALTCast Model:
1. Head: Helmet of the Night Mother, Divine, Max Stamina Enchant (802 Stam)
2. Shoulder: Arm Cops of the Night Mother, Divines, Max Stamina (324 Stam)
3. Chest (Heavy): Cuirass of Hunding's Rage, Divines, Max Health (882 Health) (Altcast now recommends a med chest w/ a Stamina Enchant)
4. Hands (Med): Bracers of Hunding's Rage, Divines, Max Stamina (324 Stan)
5. Waist (Med): Belt of the Night Mother, Divines, Max Stamina (324 Stam)
6. Pants (Med): Guards of Hunding's Rage, Divines, Max Stamina (802 Stam)
7. Feet (Med): Boots of the Night Mother, Divines, Max Stamina (324 Stam)
8. Neck: Necklace of Agility, Robust, Weapon Damage Enchant (160 Weapon Damage)
9. Ring 1: Ring of Agility, Robust, Weapon Damage Enchant (160 Weapon Damage)
10. Ring 2: Ring of Agility, Robust, Weapon Damage Enchant (160 Weapon Damage)
winged_tortoise wrote: »
I follow ALTCast's Rotation:
Prebuff with: 3x Flames of Oblivion to proc Seething Fury (Molten Whip extra Weapon Damage)
Endless Hail > LA > Venomous Claw > LA > Flames of Oblivion > Weapon Swap
LA > Noxious Breath > LA > Barbed Trap > LA > 9x Stone Giant (with LA)
Restart
LA = Light Attack
Reapply Deadly Cloak on cooldown.
At 25% Use Whirling Blades instead of Stone Giant. If you want to keep Stone Giant Stagger up, use it after every 3rd Whirling Blade cast.
winged_tortoise wrote: »Thanks for the beta, Sidra. You've given me a lot to unpack. Time to try some new things out. May I get back to you?
Practice LAs with a metronome with a goal of 60 bpm, 57bpm when lag is a factor.
Practice LAs with a metronome with a goal of 60 bpm, 57bpm when lag is a factor.
Shave and a hair cut--2 bits.
Someone once told me years ago that the 2 bits is the rhythm for weaving, and that has always worked for me. LA helper reports my ratio as ~0.8 LA per second. It's a silly tip, but it works for me ☺
Practice LAs with a metronome with a goal of 60 bpm, 57bpm when lag is a factor.
Shave and a hair cut--2 bits.
Someone once told me years ago that the 2 bits is the rhythm for weaving, and that has always worked for me. LA helper reports my ratio as ~0.8 LA per second. It's a silly tip, but it works for me ☺
Console peons don't have access to mods
winged_tortoise wrote: »Thanks for the tips. Speeding my pacing, using Lava Foot and-Salt-Rice, and using Damage Health Poison IX instead of weapons enchants moved me to 16.3K. With my work should I be able to press it past 20K with this gear?
Now that the pacing is faster I am stamina starved nearly the whole fight. I think that's the next thing too figure out. Beyond moving my Chest to Medium Armor do you have any tips? Thanks!!
winged_tortoise wrote: »Thanks for the tips. Speeding my pacing, using Lava Foot and-Salt-Rice, and using Damage Health Poison IX instead of weapons enchants moved me to 16.3K. With my work should I be able to press it past 20K with this gear?
Now that the pacing is faster I am stamina starved nearly the whole fight. I think that's the next thing too figure out. Beyond moving my Chest to Medium Armor do you have any tips? Thanks!!
winged_tortoise wrote: »Thanks for the comments, Lisutaris. I don't understand some of your points. Are you open to expanding?
You said, " you should focus on things that can make a big impact in overall dps (for you) and not min/maxing at that level"
Thank you. Do you mean I should not follow the ALTCast Build but should focus on my understanding each aspect of my build and how to best use it?
You said, "LA ratio of 0,578. More practice needed. You want to have at least 0,7-0,8+"
Thanks. How are you determining my LA Ratio? I don't see it on the display? Do you have a formula. I like the idea of improving my weaving, something I am always working on, having an available metric would be helpful.
The Essence of Weapon Power pot looks awesome. Thanks for the recipe. I'll craft some and try it.
Thanks again for the reply.
winged_tortoise wrote: »Thank you! Very useful. Now working on my light attack weaving. I didn’t realize until now that I could go faster.
I’m still confused on my Stone Giant. So far I can’t figure out the pacing on it.
SidraWillowsky wrote: »winged_tortoise wrote: »Thank you! Very useful. Now working on my light attack weaving. I didn’t realize until now that I could go faster.
I’m still confused on my Stone Giant. So far I can’t figure out the pacing on it.
I hope that this doesn't contradict Lisu -since you DO want your LA per second ratio to be as high as possible *eventually*- but when you're learning all of this, it's more important to be ACCURATE than it is to be FAST- getting all of your LAs in is much more important and will result in higher DPS than speeding through your rotation and missing LAs or just going out of control and hitting a bunch of LAs in a row. When I was first learning, I was on a stamblade. The rotation involves the LA + spammable sequence a few times in a row. At first I tried to go as quickly as possible and would end up messing things up and just kind of flailing for a bit. When I slowed down and focused on feeling in control and getting the skills to line up correctly, my DPS went up by a significant amount. It seems counterintuitive to go slower, but if that's what you need to do to get the accurate rotation into muscle memory, do it. What helped me early on was to watch parse videos that the pros put out slowed down to 75% speed, then trying to match that pacing. Once I figured out the rotation at that speed I was able to speed it up. That's just what worked for me- I'd give it a try if you're struggling with feeling out of control.