Alcast has basically checked out from ESO at this point, so I would avoid his builds. Ninja pulls is more current, and some of those builds are fun and effective. Skinnycheeks is great, and I hope he continues putting out content.

I would recommend you compare builds for other classes across the site you are on. On some you will find that every stamina or magicka class will have the same exact build or almost the same build, but for swapping a mythic. While hybridization has homogenized a lot of builds, there really is no reason a mag DK would have the same build as a magplar as a magden as a magblade.

I would also not put a ton of stock in the "140K DPS GODMODE" build nonsense some of these sites use as advertisement. First, the people creating and playing these builds are essentially professional ESO players who are far more in tune with little tweaks and changes that will have a bigger impact on their play than the average veteran player. Second, these are almost universally parse builds, meaning that they are primarily built to put up massive numbers... in a player's house. While some may translate to high DPS in a real gameplay setting, most will not. Be sure to check out if the site differentiates between the two, especially if they are only posting videos of their parse without a written build guide. Not saying they are bad people or lying to you, but you should not assume that using that build will give you 140K DPS instantly.

Most builds from these sites will give the time they were made, for instance "U39" with that stam sorc build. Just because it is not "U44" does not mean it is not current. Some classes and builds do not need to be updated with every update, and sometimes the "current" meta might not work for you as well as a prior build. I still run Ansuul's + Deadly on my stamina Arc and it cranks out a ton of damage without having to worry about the boss moving around as I do with Whorl or play the stamina game with Coral Riptide. But I'm here to run vet hardmodes with guildies and pug random veteran stuff, not score pushing. I don't find it fun to do a wardrobe change between content.

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Alcast has basically checked out from ESO at this point, so I would avoid his builds. Ninja pulls is more current, and some of those builds are fun and effective. Skinnycheeks is great, and I hope he continues putting out content.

I would recommend you compare builds for other classes across the site you are on. On some you will find that every stamina or magicka class will have the same exact build or almost the same build, but for swapping a mythic. While hybridization has homogenized a lot of builds, there really is no reason a mag DK would have the same build as a magplar as a magden as a magblade.

I would also not put a ton of stock in the "140K DPS GODMODE" build nonsense some of these sites use as advertisement. First, the people creating and playing these builds are essentially professional ESO players who are far more in tune with little tweaks and changes that will have a bigger impact on their play than the average veteran player. Second, these are almost universally parse builds, meaning that they are primarily built to put up massive numbers... in a player's house. While some may translate to high DPS in a real gameplay setting, most will not. Be sure to check out if the site differentiates between the two, especially if they are only posting videos of their parse without a written build guide. Not saying they are bad people or lying to you, but you should not assume that using that build will give you 140K DPS instantly.

Most builds from these sites will give the time they were made, for instance "U39" with that stam sorc build. Just because it is not "U44" does not mean it is not current. Some classes and builds do not need to be updated with every update, and sometimes the "current" meta might not work for you as well as a prior build. I still run Ansuul's + Deadly on my stamina Arc and it cranks out a ton of damage without having to worry about the boss moving around as I do with Coral Riptide. But I'm here to run vet hardmodes with guildies and pug random veteran stuff, not score pushing. I don't find it fun to do a wardrobe change between content.

I agree 100 percent with all of this. Add in the Godmode claims, they are also when grouped as many of your stats will increase so parsing on your own will not reach those numbers.