Archive sets: question about "Basalt blood warrior"

Theignson · October 2023

Set description says:
" Casting an Earthen Heart ability grants you a Rock Stance for 10 seconds. While on your Primary Weapon you gain Molten Stance, granting you Major Heroism, generating 3 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. While you are on your Secondary Weapon you gain Obsidian Stance, increasing your Healing Done and damage shields by 14%. Bar Swapping will swap your Stance automatically."

Do you have to equip this on both bars for this effect? Or can you front bar this set? Not being able to front bar it might limit its usefulness

ArchMikem · October 2023

How many pieces does it need for the bonus to apply? If it's a 5 and your back bar doesn't have the 5th piece active then I'd assume the swap wouldn't occur.

Theignson · November 2023

I made a build and tested this.

Even though you cast "rock stance", if you switch bars and dont have it back bar, you do NOT get obsidian stance.

This is very disappointing since it means you can't front bar the set.

Also, when you cats this out of combat, it SAYS you have major heroism, but you dont get any ulti.

You HAVE to be in combat for the set to work

Daoin · November 2023

i read a post yesterday about this and some problems with the set and how its working at the moment which they say will be fixed in an upcoming incremental patch

Theignson · November 2023

Ive confirmed this bug in cyrodil.
If you are in combat and refresh the buff (by casting earthern heart ability) you are shown to still have major heroism, but you don't gain ultimate.
I assume you also no longer actually get major mending.

This is a very disappointing bug and I hope they fix it soon.

ZOS_Hadeostry · November 2023

Greetings,

After further review we have decided to move this thread to a category we think is more appropriate for this topic, as it's asking the community for assistance.

Thank you for your understanding

Necrotech_Master · November 2023

the heroism buffs explicitly require being in combat themselves

you can get major or minor heroism outside of combat, but it wont generate ulti for you unless your in combat

those buffs have been like that for a long time

loosej · November 2023

Theignson wrote: »

Set description says:
" Casting an Earthen Heart ability grants you a Rock Stance for 10 seconds. While on your Primary Weapon you gain Molten Stance, granting you Major Heroism, generating 3 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. While you are on your Secondary Weapon you gain Obsidian Stance, increasing your Healing Done and damage shields by 14%. Bar Swapping will swap your Stance automatically."

Do you have to equip this on both bars for this effect? Or can you front bar this set? Not being able to front bar it might limit its usefulness

Haven't tried a build with this set on both bars yet, but can confirm that if you only have it on one bar, the buff stays the same when barswapping.

I actually like that you can have it switch if you want, or just keep the one buff if you prefer. My current build runs this on the frontbar (which is now buffs/shields/heals), and Elf Bane on the backbar (offense skills + Magma Shell). Combine with Bloodspawn (and possibly minor heroism potions for when things get really tricky), and there aren't a lot of moments when your Magma Shell isn't active.