Arc DPS gear advice- where to begin?

Icy_Waffles · December 2024

Hello, I have been away from the game for a bit, I have bit to get caught up on, and decided to make an arc dps. I do not have coral riptide or Ansuuls… yet.

I just got my arc to 50, I have 2k+ cp and general awareness… which would be better to start with?

Slimecraw, Front bar vate daggers, deadly body, pillar of nirn backbar

OR

Slimecraw, velothi, Orders wrath front bar, deadly body, vma fire staff back?

Thank you in advance! I plan to eventually run perfected ansuuls body, deadly front, vma back, slimecraw, velothi.

Zodiarkslayer · December 2024

Well, if you plan to use Velothi, Slimecraw and Deadly eventually, why switch?
Use Order's Wrath instead of Ansuul's and switch after you have enough pieces.

Only thing I would like to ask: Why VMA Inferno Staff?
If you have Blackrose dual wield, you can use Cloack for a whooping 30s backbar DoT. That aligns nicely with scholarship and the armor buff. That would let you stay on the frontbar longer and beam more often.

Icy_Waffles · December 2024

Zodiarkslayer wrote: »

Well, if you plan to use Velothi, Slimecraw and Deadly eventually, why switch?
Use Order's Wrath instead of Ansuul's and switch after you have enough pieces.

Only thing I would like to ask: Why VMA Inferno Staff?
If you have Blackrose dual wield, you can use Cloack for a whooping 30s backbar DoT. That aligns nicely with scholarship and the armor buff. That would let you stay on the frontbar longer and beam more often.

Great questions! Transmute crystals and gold mats re not a concern, I thought deadly both bars with orders front would be stronger, and I can move stuff/ remake later after getting Ansuuls.

I like the black rose idea (I do have them) but thought I’d try vma fire as I was going to try using the fire banner skill, but less back bar is optimal

Soarora · December 2024

I’d go deadly x pillar x velothi x vma fire. I’ve seen some decent parses with pillar. Some people play around with double daggers but most parses I see do daggers/ma fire, including myself. You use elemental blockade instead of explosive wall anyways.