Let's Show Off our Builds!, And no, Jerric, it's not a pickup line . . . Options

[haute ecole rider]

So on my first official guild outing with mALX, Acadian, and Grits (Britta, Buffy and Jerric), we got to discussing builds and classes. mALX's Britta and my Maz are both DK's, but mALX kept insisting Maz has serious DPS skills. I got to wondering how our skills came to be so different, and thought we would post our builds and stats.

I found this really cool add-on (My Build) which lets me see all my character info on one screen. So here's a screenshot of Maz's build as of a month ago.

Maz's Build June 2017

I hope this gets everyone posting their builds and comparing notes!

[mALX]

Aha, I see the secret of your whopping DPS yesterday! High Stam, enormous crit and spell penetration; and that Seventh Legion (Brute) Armor proc'ing would put your damage through the roof! Awesome!!

I have an Add-on that is supposed to take a screenshot of her stats like that, let me figure out how to use it and I'll post Britta's and Misa's!

[haute ecole rider]

Aha, I see the secret of your whopping DPS yesterday! High Stam, enormous crit and spell penetration; and that Seventh Legion (Brute) Armor proc'ing would put your damage through the roof! Awesome!!

I have an Add-on that is supposed to take a screenshot of her stats like that, let me figure out how to use it and I'll post Britta's and Misa's!

Actually Maz was wearing a different armor set when you played with her the other night - she is trying out a combo of Warrior Poet and Undaunted Bastion because both of us feel her biggest weakness is she keeps dying - if she doesn't move fast enough she is easily one-shotted right out of the fight. So we have been evaluating dropped sets for both physical and magical resistance, because she is especially vulnerable to mage attacks.

So I will have to take a new screenshot of her current armor build and compare it to the Seventh Legion set . . . I'm not yet convinced the DPS is as high, but if feels like she is staying alive to keep dealing it out longer . . .

[mALX]

Actually Maz was wearing a different armor set when you played with her the other night - she is trying out a combo of Warrior Poet and Undaunted Bastion because both of us feel her biggest weakness is she keeps dying - if she doesn't move fast enough she is easily one-shotted right out of the fight. So we have been evaluating dropped sets for both physical and magical resistance, because she is especially vulnerable to mage attacks.

So I will have to take a new screenshot of her current armor build and compare it to the Seventh Legion set . . . I'm not yet convinced the DPS is as high, but if feels like she is staying alive to keep dealing it out longer . . .

It must be doing really good for her, because she didn't die once while we were out! I've been trying to gather both Warrior Poet and Undaunted Bastion hoping one day to have a good set of both of them. So far I don't have enough pieces to try either set;

Britta is wearing a combo of Armor Master and Song of Lamae because that is something I could craft myself (and add the Nirnhoned trait to; adding a whopping amount of defense):

Armor Master:


http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife....rmor+Master+Set


Song of Lamae:


http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife....ng+of+Lamae+Set

I don't have the addon, so here's Haa-Rei's character sheet.

For equipment he's wearing a full set of Hunding's Rage and a full set of Defiler's. The hundings pieces all have health enchantments (except the bow which is nirnhoned) while the defilers all have stam. His back-up weapon is a sword, which is purely aesthetic since it's on his buff bar.

For food Haa-Rei uses the Sticky Pork and Radish Noodles

For champion points:

Tower: Siphoner 30, Warlord 3
Lover: Mooncalf 50, Healthy 43
Atronach: Physical Weapon Expert 50
Ritual: Mighty 43, Thaumaturge 33
Steed: Spell Shield 25, Medium Armour Focus 25
Lady: Hardy 25, Elemental Defender 25
Lord: Expert Defender 27

Skills:
Bow bar: Endless Hail, Lethal Arrow, Venom Arrow, Dark Conversion, Unstable Clannfear, Toxic Barrage (ult).
Buff bar: Immovable, Critical Surge, Hurricane, Unstable Clannfear, Sanguine Altar, Greater Storm Atronach (ult).

HOLY COW, look at your Weapon Crit !!! How in Nirn are you getting that physical and spell resistance? That is Awesome!

~ Buffy ~

Buffy manifests in ESO as both a templar and a sorceress. It seems that is what it takes to fully capture the little elf’s complex nature. In both forms, her appearance is the same, she puts all attribute points into magicka, maintains a continuous food boost to both magicka and health, wears light armor and wields dual staves.

She also labors under a couple limitations. Firstly, she is Bosmer so will always suffer from a slightly lower magicka pool than an Altmer or Breton. This is the price Buffy pays to be the smallest healer and smallest mage on the battlefield. Secondly, though she loves dungeon crawling, she refuses to repetitively ‘farm’ dungeons for gear. So her gear is carefully chosen from only crafted or overland dropped sets that nicely suit the class she is actively playing.

More on each of her two ‘builds’ –

Templar

The ‘mission’ of Buffy as templar is to be a healer who is capable of comfortably completing any content designed for solo play. Happily, the same robust magicka pool that supports strong heals also supports solid magicka dps. The selection of damage spells she slots are carefully chosen to generally provide team healing/support while also providing some damage. While most of her support abilities are inherent to the templar class, others require her to use a restoration staff on one bar and a destruction staff on the other bar. Happily, the same healing that helps others also helps Buffy in such a way that self-healing is her primary defense, augmented by selective blocking.

She wears Seducers (for sustain) and Robes of the Hist (to stay on her feet and auto heal when disabled).
Though she has many more skills than she can slot at one time fully developed and ready for use, this is how her bars most often look:
Bar 1 (Sharpened lightning staff): Elemental Drain, Blazing Spear, Reflective Light, Purify, Puncturing Sweep. Ult = Thunderous Rage.
Bar 2 (Powered resto staff): Extended Ritual, Rapid Regeneration, Healing Springs, Breath of Life, Radiant Glory. Ult = Nova.

Her ‘rotation’ is quite reactive to those she is supporting and can include frequent bar swaps.

Character sheet screenshot of stats. Of note is her high magicka regen. This is to enhance her ‘up time’ of continuous support by reducing her use of time-consuming heavy attacks to regenerate magicka.

Sorceress

The ‘mission’ of Buffy as sorceress is to be a self-contained team that includes plenty of damage (Buffy), a solid tank (Spike her clannfear) and a strong healer (Drusilla her winged matriarch).

In addition to delivering plenty of lightning damage, Buffy busily wards both herself and her pets with a strong magical shield as she directs the efforts of her tank and healer. Her defense is Spike, augmented by her magical shield and mobility, which includes dodge-rolling.

She wears Law of Julianos (all good magic stuff) and Necropotence (loads of pure magicka).
Bar 1 (Sharpened lightning staff): Liquid Lightning, Empowered Ward, Clannfear, Twilight Matriarch. Ult = Thunderous Rage.
Bar 2 (Sharpened lightning staff): Power Surge, Elemental Drain, Crystal Blast, Clannfear, Twilight Matriarch. Ult = Thunderous Rage.

Her ‘rotation’ is pretty simple. Prep the fight from her back bar, then switch to her front bar to keep her area over time damage spells and shield active, punctuated by two heavy attacks. Use the matriarch to heal the clannfear as required. Refresh the back bar stuff every half minute or so.

She is a bit specialized – even somewhat limited – as a solo adventuress with a flair for world boss killing. Though her clannfear is a magnificent tank, bosses are easily distracted from him when other players show up. If other player(s) can hold the boss in place they are a help. If they cannot, they are a hindrance, as they simply pull the boss off Buffy’s clannfear which can result in a very dangerous rogue world boss chasing random players (including the no-melee Buffy).

Character sheet screenshot of stats. Of note is her large (for a Bosmer) magicka pool and high critical%. Both contribute to her objective of high dps, while the high crit% also gives her a strong and continuous self heal via her Power Surge aura.

Summary

One thing that both mystifies and gratifies me is that as either class she very much feels like Buffy. The templar highlights her nurturing nature and the noble influence of her internal paladin. The sorceress exemplifies her traditional role as a no-melee glass cannon who relies on summoned help. I had expected to become easily confused switching between the two playstyles but, happily, such is not the case. I’m delighted to report that my old fingers seem well-able to support Buffy’s whim to switch between the two styles as frequently as she changes outfits or hairstyles.

HOLY COW! Sorc Buffy's Spell Crit and Spell Dam !!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!!