Maintenance for the week of September 29:
• PC/Mac: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – September 29, 4:00AM EDT (8:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
• Xbox: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – October 1, 8:00 UTC (4:00AM EDT) - 16:00 UTC (12:00PM EDT)
• PlayStation®: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – October 1, 8:00 UTC (4:00AM EDT) - 16:00 UTC (12:00PM EDT)

The key to good Sword and Board DPS. Believe in the bash.

  • zvavi
    zvavi
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those 7k bashes can get up to 15k if specked right.

    So instead of having 0.6% of the damage bashing would give you 1.2% damage? You lose much more by building into it.
    Edited by zvavi on May 3, 2021 12:36PM
  • HoosierPappy
    HoosierPappy
    ✭✭✭
    Although Nightblade gives the best numbers. Templar is the most fun. You can run Battlefield Acrobat and an Imperial to make the most of cost reduction. One of my earliest attempts were in fact Knight Errant set and Automaton but I switch Automaton for Acrobat. Great for questing and sustain is a non-issue. You defo look like a Spartan too with the right costumes.

    So what would this build look like?
  • MindOfTheSwarm
    MindOfTheSwarm
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    @zvavi
    The new and improved. I messed up as I left Health glyphs on the Heritance set, but the numbers can give you an idea of potential with Stam glyphs on the armor instead.
    cefikvgia8x61.png
    Edited by MindOfTheSwarm on May 5, 2021 10:39AM
  • MindOfTheSwarm
    MindOfTheSwarm
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    zvavi wrote: »
    Those 7k bashes can get up to 15k if specked right.

    So instead of having 0.6% of the damage bashing would give you 1.2% damage? You lose much more by building into it.

    You don't lose as much as you think you would. I can parse for 60k easily. It's not meta and it's not trying to be. Much of what is lost in DoT damage actually translates directly over to your Bash damage. The only negative to this build is sustain, but it is manageable. I would argue that Veiled Heritance set should be changed and add weapon damage based upon your bash damage. I would reduce the Stam cost of bashing too but only slightly as its not too oppressive. Maybe 300 less.
  • WeylandLabs
    WeylandLabs
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    @MindOfTheSwarm Good stuff I plan on making my bash necro return soon so.. this is gtk

    Also a better build option is:

    All divine - weapon mundus - all stam enchants - CP ? is up in the air but looks good for a return.
    2p Bal
    5p Auto - 3 jewelry bash glyphs - infused
    5p Clever front bar S/B Sharpened maul or sword Shield any trait ...
    1 masters bow infused weapon dam
    minor brutality pots on the front bar

    All points into Stam !

    The trick was ... poison inject - LA to attain the masters buff and enchant buff / switch to S/B pop weapon dam crit pot - Ult - And destroy everything.😂 So much fun 2 years ago...

    After the 2019 bash meta ZOS hard capped my builds damage to 9k crit per bash in pvp from my highest 23k crit in pvp. ( pre 2019 bash meta )

    We will see soon how this fair again...
  • Athan1
    Athan1
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is there enough time to use a light attack, bash, and use a skill in one second? Or do you replace LA with bash?
    Athan Atticus Imperial Templar of Shezarr
  • Jim_Pipp
    Jim_Pipp
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Athan1 wrote: »
    Is there enough time to use a light attack, bash, and use a skill in one second? Or do you replace LA with bash?

    It's just the next step of animation cancelling.

    A light attack animation gets cut off by an ability being cast. An ability animation is cut off by bashing. It is only slightly more difficult than regular light attack weaving...

    Except for me. I play on a gamepad, so I remapped the controls and swapped R1 block for bash, it makes it very comfy to weave LA-ability-bash, but for some reason I can't break free anymore - now I die if any mob stuns me!
    #1 tip (Re)check your graphics settings periodically - especially resolution.
  • Extinct_Solo_Player
    Extinct_Solo_Player
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    bash weaving is literally unplayable for me though, due to the deadly bash passive not reducing the cost of bash. Having bash cost around 1.8k stam is unsustainable in the long run when its almost double what it should cost.
  • tenryuta
    tenryuta
    ✭✭✭
    my snb plan is embershield/sunderflame
  • WeylandLabs
    WeylandLabs
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I gave up console sets seems bugged for only meta sets / newer DLC sets. No way to counter the meta now... ESO really just stop giving diversity to classes and playstyles. 😂 I think I will be going to PC again... too many problems on console, ZOS isn't transparent about info they just hope people cant test on console.

    Unfortunaly I do still... ESO console is just getting worse it seems.
  • Syrpynt
    Syrpynt
    ✭✭✭
    tenryuta wrote: »
    my snb plan is embershield/sunderflame

    I had this. Until Update 30 ruined everything. Check the set stats again, Embershield flame is now scaled off of Armor points and you need 30,000 to reach the original values.

    Sunderflame is based on Spell and Weapon damage and you need 6,500 to reach the original values.

    You're not going to get both to do well. Not anymore...
  • universal_wrath
    universal_wrath
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    zvavi wrote: »
    I mean, a dps build around interrupting, very interesting, but what do you do when the opponent doesn't channel anything? Also a cmx of a trial dummy would be nice.

    Isn't vieled heretince increase bash damege on inturept permanintly or is that the truth set? You only need to inturpet one enemy at the begining of dungeon/trail to get the bash buff.
  • CMDR_Un1k0rn
    CMDR_Un1k0rn
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭
    Darkstorne wrote: »
    Build instructions translated to gif format, for a visual aid:

    tenor.gif
    51134622805_0356a22dc4_o.gif
    sentinel-super.gif
    68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f447956627851594b4e534d7943513d3d2d3832323035313934302e313565353537663461313539363864303635303835343432323937352e676966?s=fit&w=720&h=720
    a426409ba7a168d77fb7c8e35a7a03dc.gif

    This is entirely irrelevant to the topic but what is the second GIF from?
    In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!
Sign In or Register to comment.