Bosmer, high Health, high Resistances, Oakensoul ring, Plaguebreak set, Titanium Cleave arena set with Brawler and Stampede, Occult Overload CP, Bloody Renewal CP, Swift trait on jewelry, Steed Mundus, Cloak potions - enjoy.

Edit: If you don't want to use Oakensoul for whatever reason get Sithis Gaze, als Ultimate you can use Goliath to become unkillable for some time or Vamp Daddy to regain ressources.

Jaraal wrote: »

Kisakee wrote: »

Bosmer, high Health, high Resistances, Oakensoul ring, Plaguebreak set, Titanium Cleave arena set with Brawler and Stampede, Occult Overload CP, Bloody Renewal CP, Swift trait on jewelry, Steed Mundus, Cloak potions - enjoy.

Edit: If you don't want to use Oakensoul for whatever reason get Sithis Gaze, als Ultimate you can use Goliath to become unkillable for some time or Vamp Daddy to regain ressources.

I’m genuinely curious how any of this other than high HP and resists can help anyone survive a one shot gank.

OP asked how to survive a ganker while being low on ressources, not how to prevent a one shot in the first place. The obvious answer is to not be out of ressources hence Brawler skill with its Damage Shield and Bloody Renewal CP plus Oakensoul for tons of passive buffs, with plan B being to recover quickly hence the Ultimate and Plan C to simply run away as fast as possible hence Swift trait, Steed Mundus and Cloak potions.

It's an all-in-one bundle with multiple options to choose from, you don't want to go to PvP without any backup plan.

Play with a group or learn how to cheese corners very well. You'll want to save your potion specifically for these people as well, and coil isn't going to help you too much since you are likely already engaged in PVE when they attack and the passive is on CD. Someone suggested the vamp daddy ult, which is a PVP reset button but only when they have other targets to hit since there's a distinct 2 second windup time and a 2 second wind down time. while this can be helpful the fact you are running vamp can also be a hindrance on your resources.

Hate to say it but you may be leaving yourself exposed, especially to nightblade bow gankers. You can't prevent these guys from killing you if you are unprepared- you have to get them into your kill range if you want any hope of reducing them down to a 1v1 fight or to put you into melee range with them.

Once you start thinking like this, you can instead utilize sets to kill people more easily like Rush of Agony, combined with your graveyard self proc and collossus ulti and you have dead NB gankers. I highly urge you to keep your resources high in the first place, PVE encounters shouldn't be leaving you at near-depleted or near-death in IC.

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The above is just my personal advice, I don't play extensively in IC though this reference below does.

I would look into some Grimsforge Gaming videos on YT as he spends a lot of time in IC and plays all kinds of classes/builds. He also deals in the hundreds of thousands of Tel'Var when I speak with him, so he definitely gains profit with the builds he publishes. Many of his builds feature fully buyable sets straight outta cyrodiil or IC. This being said, he knows when to solo and when to group- you just need common sense and the ability to read the atmosphere.

gariondavey wrote: »

Sea serpent's coil...40 percent damage reduction from a gank

Highly unlikely to be helpful when you're already engaged in combat with NPC's. Instead you're snaring yourself all the time and will get killed for being too slow to run away. Remember that the main objective is to farm TV and not to engage or even defeat other players.