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I got a little tired of my usual “you can’t kill me – I can’t kill you” build and wanted to try something that is a lot of fun to play with decent DPS. This build is the result and I can vouch for its feasibility. It makes things like Grobul a complete walk in the park – even with a PUG. If you like to play the game “Rambo style” this build is for you.
Update 2016-06-13: Switched out Molten Whip for Heroic Slash. More DOTs are better than a spammable.
Update 2016-06-22: Minor updates for DB
Update 2016-07-02
Gear
- 5 x Syvarras Scales (Replace with Leeching Plate if you got it)
- 5 x Bahrahas Curse
- 2 x Valkyn Skoria
- Sword and Shield on both bars
Except for Valkyn Skoria, everything can be picked up for a few thousand gold at most well stocked guild traders. Replace Valkyn Skoria with two pieces of Alessias Bulwark if you do not have it.
Traits / Glyphs
- Infused or Reinforced (prefer Infused). Stay with Reinforced on the shield
- Health enchants to start with – upgrade to Prismatic as you make the money
- Magicka Recovery on the Jewelry
- Prefer Defending Trait on the sword as you will be a little low on Armour.
Mundus / Food
- The Atronach
- Health + Magicka Recovery Orsinum Food
Race
- Dunmer or Altmer preferred, but can work with any
- Vampirism is awesome for this build. Feed before you enter City of Ash. When not in City of Ash – stay at Stage 4
Champion Points
Blue:
- Half into Elemental Expert, other half into Thaumaturge (Thaumaturge also increases Syvarra’s damage output)
Red
- 50/50 into Hardened / Elemental Defender
Green
- 50/50 into Arcanist/Magician
- Put a little into Shadow Ward if you have sustain issues with blocking
Target Stats
- Get to around 32K health (your armour is a little weaker than a normal tank, so you need to offset this with some additional health)
- Rest in Magicka
- You need to hit just around 2000 Magicka Recovery
Bar Setup
Boss Bar
- Inner Rage – your one and only taunt (you do not need two)
- Burning Embers – DOT and self heal, spam this when low on health
- Flames of Oblivion – DOT
- Volatile Armour – Procs Syvarras and keeps you alive
- Heroic Slash – yet another DOT in our arsenal / Igneous Shield if you have trouble with bosses
- Shooting Star (for the regen) or War horn
Trash Bar
- Burning Talons – DOT. Keeps mobs under control (better than taunt for trash)
- Draw Essence – your self heal for trash. Gets more powerful the more monsters are around. Practically free to cast. Spam this and don’t wait for the explosion if low on health.
- Unrelenting Group – batch them and burn them!
- Cinder Storm – DOT – more crowd control
- Engulfing Flames – DOT
- Dragonknight Standard
How to play This build
This build is based on very strong synergies between dragonknight DOT (which we have a lot of) and the gear. You will be pleased to know that:
- Burning Talon, Heroic Slash, Cinder Storm, Engulfing Flames, Flames of Oblivision and Burning Embers can all trigger Skoria and Bahrahas
- Every tick of the above can trigger Syvarres scales
- … which can trigger Skoria/Bahrahas (which in turn, can trigger Syvarras and Bahrahas)
- The DOT tick from Bahrahas curse can proc Skoria and Syvarras
- Getting hit while buffed with Volatile Armour can set off Syvarras and start the chain reaction
With this in mind, here is how you fight trash mobs
- Buff up with Volatile Armour and Flames of Oblivion
- Place Cinder Storm on mobs and charge into the AoE area
- Engulfing Flames to open up
- Burning Talons and Chains to bunch up range attackers. Continue to apply burning talons and engulfing flames, use Draw Essence as needed to heal (you do NOT need a healer for dungeon trash anymore)
- Watch the world burn as you proc meteors, poison and deadric runes non stop
- Kill off any stragglers with Burning Embers
For questing, just run straight towards your quest marker, ignoring all chasing monsters – turn around when you have 10-20 mobs and apply the above.
For bosses:
- Maintain Volatile Armor and Flames of Oblivion at all times
- Use Burning Embers for self heals
- Make sure Bahrahas is up at all times for that constant 1K heal – note that you can proc Bahrahas with a shield bash
- When the window of opportunity is there, switch to trash bar and apply all DOT (do not weave, as you need to get back to your boss bar fast)
- Block and spam igneous shield as needed to stay alive (you have the magicka recovery to do so)
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