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What weapon role did you assign Ember?
Grandchamp1989
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Question for everyone, what weapon type did you assign your ember and why?
What weapon role did you assign Ember? 147 votes
Restoration Staff (Healer)
13%
20 votes
Sword and Shield (Tank)
2%
3 votes
Two-Handed Damage Dealer
2%
3 votes
Lightning Staff Damage Dealer
63%
93 votes
Inferno Staff Damage Dealer
11%
17 votes
Ice Staff Damage Dealer
3%
5 votes
Bow Damage Dealer
2%
3 votes
Dual Wield Damage Dealer
2%
3 votes
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Necrotech_Master✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage Dealeri have her as a destro staff dps because mirri is already using a bow for dps lolplays PC/NA
handle @Necrotech_Master
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LunaFlora✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerLighting staff because she's a sorcerer and occasionally says "Time to bring the lightning!"miaow! i'm Luna ( she/her ).
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LunaFloraBlossom on pc.11 -
Soarora✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Sword and Shield (Tank)I was going to make her a tank and didn't actually finish doing that. Why? Because my main tank is a sorc and also I think her skills would work nicely for a tank. Sorc tanks represent![PC/NA] Dungeoneer (Tank/DPS), Retired Trialist, and amateur Battlegrounder (DPS) with a passion for The Elder Scrolls lore.- Current GM of Hard Dungeoneers
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AzuraFan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Restoration Staff (Healer)I use her as a healer, because I use Bastian as a magicka damage dealer, so I didn't need a second companion for that. Isobel is a tank and Mirri is more a support/damage role. Not sure what I'll do with the two new companions.1 -
Hapexamendios✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Inferno Staff Damage DealerFire staff as I haven't picked up a good lightning1 -
robwolf666✭✭✭✭✭
✭Inferno Staff Damage DealerInferno staff, it's helpful when she sets enemy butts on fire and knocks them back.1 -
markulrich1966✭✭✭✭✭
✭Restoration Staff (Healer)Once I tested Bastian and Mirri with the dreugh queen worldboss in the center of stormhaven, and some "medium" enemies in the very west of fargrave.
They were doing these "solo", I just stayed in range and blocked in the rare cases when the enemies attacked me, e.g. when Mirri used the invisibility skill.
Problem with several setups, including sword&shield tank was, that both died during these fights.
The only setup where at least Mirri survived, was:
- resto staff (purple quality)
- full heavy armor (blue quality)
- 3 blue jewelry
- traits for taking less damage, and 3-4 for faster ultimate regeneration.
- only 1 damage skill, the rest all shield/heal + the class ultimate
Mirri was in advantage, as she has a skill that makes her invisible, simultaneously healing her. Her final lifesaver.
She finished the worldboss in approx. 15 minutes this way, with me doing no damage at all.
I use this setup since then on all of my companions (mostly upgraded to purple), also Ember, and they have become valuable fighters now in normal dungeons, and even often survive worldboss fights, but not always. Now and then I need to revive them, but it is worth the effort, as for example Ember has a skill that does quite some damage (20k or so) to enemies below 25% health.
Compared to companions of most other players who die like flies at worldbosses, they are far more robust.
Edited by markulrich1966 on May 16, 2023 8:40PM1 -
Enemy-of-Coldharbour✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage Dealer"Time to bring the lightning!" and she's rather good at it.
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phaneub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ice Staff Damage DealerIce Staff so she doesn't roll away, stays until critical. Single target spammer, all focused.2 -
bmnoble✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Dual Wield Damage DealerMostly dual wield sometimes I use her with the various destruction staves. Since I mostly play Dragon knight in close to mid range tend to find the ranged companions always falling behind with me just killing everything as usual with the melee ones they at least seem to keep up.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Ice Staff Damage Dealerphaneub17_ESO wrote: »Ice Staff so she doesn't roll away, stays until critical. Single target spammer, all focused.
^This! It's so annoying that range weapons cause them to constantly roll away, causing resets or just dragging them farther away from you at the very least. At least with a Frost staff, she stays put. This is also the reason I never slot a bow on any companion.CP: 2128 ** ESO+ ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
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✭✭✭✭✭Ice Staff Damage DealerFrancisCrawford wrote: »I have her in a gag and muzzle.
Just one wouldn't be enough.
ooh Shiny!0 -
Vetixio✭✭✭✭A dagger to turn her into a rug or nice fur coat.Edited by Vetixio on May 17, 2023 3:22PMPìerre - Breton Vampire Templar, Grand Overlord. Erádàn - Bosmer Templar, Warlord. Vyríc - Imperial Vampire Necromancer, Centurion. Sybìl - Breton Sorcerer, Centurion. Erìch - Nord Vampire Nightblade, Corporal. Njàll - Nord Templar, Lieutenant. Elánnà - Bosmer Warden, Veteran. Laquì - Redguard Vampire Nightblade, Corporal. Noveni Dres - Dunmer Sorcerer, Lieutenant. Marìnus - Imperial Warden, Veteran. Arvyn Indoril - Dunmer Templar, Sergeant. Rósalyn - Breton Sorcerer, Corporal. Emelîn - Bosmer Dragonknight, Corporal. Astaroth Indoril - Dunmer Sorcerer.0 -
Zodiarkslayer✭✭✭✭✭
✭Restoration Staff (Healer)Healer. Although she is admittedly the worst healer of all the companions, I will not change her to anything else.No Effort, No Reward?
No Reward, No Effort!0 -
ghastley✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerI have not swapped her from lightning. Does her idle change to match a different staff?0 -
whitecrow✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerLighting staff because she's a sorcerer and occasionally says "Time to bring the lightning!"
This. It was inevitable.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I am not sure I have actually seen a companion lightning staff. Usually, I see restoration and maybe ice or fireXBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
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peacenote✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Bow Damage DealerBow, because when I set her up I was basing her off of this build: https://www.hacktheminotaur.com/eso-companion-builds/lightning-archer0 -
Thrasher91604✭✭✭✭✭Restoration Staff (Healer)Companions are best at healing, so restoration staff.0
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Cheveyo✭✭✭✭Inferno Staff Damage DealerI haven't found a Lightning Staff to give her. So Ember has been using a Fire Staff.0
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o_Primate_o✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerEmbers execute is op. Thunderous strike, Starfall, barricade, vanish, and second wind. Going to swap barricade with parallel when I get her to 20.Xbox NA as o Primate o0 -
jtm1018✭✭✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerI think I heard her say once in a fight?
"Ride the lightning"
I could be wrong.0 -
Necrotech_Master✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Lightning Staff Damage DealerI have not swapped her from lightning. Does her idle change to match a different staff?
no, because the idle animation is not tied to her weapon
(my 2nd acct ember uses 2h right now, and still does the lightning stuff with her hands)plays PC/NA
handle @Necrotech_Master
active player since april 2014
i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (fully filled out with current game), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them
in progress: acquiring mundus stones (currently only have the thief)
feel free to stop by and use the facilities0
