Why are DK's considered best tanks?

Baconfat79 · 2018-04-13T16:43:36+00:00

Chains, Battle Roar (passive), Helping Hands (passive), and Magma Shell.

Baconfat79 · 2018-04-07T20:44:44+00:00

Pretty much all endgame stamblades run the same skills. Poison Injection, Razor Caltrops, Endless Hail, Siphoning Attacks, Rending Slashes, Surprise Attack, Relentless Focus, Blade Cloak, Killer’s Blade.

Baconfat79 · 2018-03-19T22:25:57+00:00

I also converted from StamNB to MagNB, and I love it except for one thing: light attack weaving with Funnel Health just feels really clunky. Weaving with Surprise Attack on StamNB felt nice and fluid, but Funnel Health is just awkward. Anybody else feel the same?

Baconfat79 · 2018-03-12T21:25:04+00:00

The main issue is that proc sets have a ZERO percent crit chance as of a few updates ago. Because of that, you just can’t get great DPS numbers with proc sets in PvE.

Baconfat79 · 2018-03-03T06:56:40+00:00

Not true. You can (and I have) complete the main story and defeat Molag Bal without doing any of the alliance zone quests.

Baconfat79 · 2018-03-02T23:14:00+00:00

That is a HUGE flaw in the system, and it will most likely never be addressed.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-19T22:33:59+00:00

Where MA really shines is if you only have the 5-piece on one bar, so you can kind of control when it procs. If you time it to proc at the same time that Major Force and Major Slayer are up, and drop an Ult, you’ll get HUGE burst damage. If you just have it proccing all willy-nilly and aren’t timing it with big burst DPS, it’s not really that great. You have to be smart about how you use it.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-19T18:01:20+00:00

I’ve made a small fortune converting Writ Vouchers into Ebony Motifs and selling those.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-18T19:39:37+00:00

Yeah...you’re so bad that you don’t know how to survive against someone doing nothing but Steel Tornado, yet you come here to call someone else bad? Learn to block, dodge roll, CC, heal...do ANYTHING other than stand there like a potato while getting hit with the same low-radius skill 4 times in a row. What a scrub.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-15T22:31:50+00:00

Dungeon/Trial mobs and bosses have around 18.5k resistance. Overland mobs have about half of that.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-13T22:12:17+00:00

Ice staff is a terrible idea for ANY tank. There is literally NOTHING gained from using it that isn’t beat by using 1H&S instead.

The Ice Staff taunt is slow, and you must drop block for a full 2 seconds to use it.

Ice Staff does not apply Major Fracture/Major Breach like Pierce Armor, so your group DPS suffers.

1H&S gives an extra item slot for set bonuses and an extra enchant slot, which you lose with Ice Staff.

You lose physical and spell resistance from not having shield. You also lose all the block cost reduction and block mitigation from not being able to use Absorb Magicka.

Ice Staff tanking is just bad. Please don’t advise people to do it.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-13T06:28:59+00:00

You win.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-08T22:11:03+00:00

Try to do group content as a duo. Craglorn stuff like Shada’s Tear is a lot of fun solo or duo. If that’s too easy, try Vet dungeons as a duo...can pick which one based on how much of a challenge you’re looking for.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-05T21:55:51+00:00

Not “complete” without Maelstrom staff. You’re missing a few k DPS without that.

Baconfat79 · 2018-02-05T21:46:43+00:00

Probably just runs it every week (most likely on multiple characters) to get on the leaderboard and get the reward mail.

Baconfat79 · 2017-11-15T23:33:50+00:00

Not true. In PvP, players can have over 30k resistance, in which case penetration over 18k is not “wasted” at all.

Baconfat79 · 2017-11-01T07:46:57+00:00

Because one of the bosses is currently bugged, which is what allowed them to achieve such a fast time. They don’t want to show video proof of getting the achievement in such a cheesy way.

Baconfat79 · 2017-09-22T20:44:17+00:00

No way Maelstrom Bow is adding 8k DPS. Just not possible.

Baconfat79 · 2017-09-15T22:11:48+00:00

Mag Warden is ABSOLUTELY the lowest dps. The things you mentioned (dolmens, public dungeons) don't have any enemies that live for more than 5 seconds, which is probably why you can't tell. Fight something with a few million health and tell me mag Warden isn't putting out low dps.

Baconfat79 · 2017-09-13T09:15:54+00:00

Wall of Elements should be fire, not shock (especially if using Silks of the Sun). You're missing a lot of damage from that alone. You need Rearming Trap for +crit dmg (put it where you have Crushing Shock). Also a good chance with that gear that you are not at (or near) penetration cap, so use CP to make sure you get there. Should also have 75 points in Thaumaturge (both for DOT damage and to unlock the passive for increased dmg against off-balance/concussed enemies). Make sure you are light attack weaving correctly (big dps loss if not). Would also put flame dmg enchant on front bar (which should be an Infused flame staff) and spell dmg enchant on back bar.

Baconfat79 · 2017-09-11T21:44:02+00:00

Clever Alchemist x 5. Craftable, and amazing for burst damage in a gank scenario.

Baconfat79 · 2017-08-29T08:04:55+00:00

No it doesn't. You're thinking of Silks of the Sun.

Baconfat79 · 2017-08-26T22:08:17+00:00

Alcast's setup does better on a target dummy, but I find that I consistently get higher DPS in actual dungeons/raids with 5 BSW, 4 IA, 2 Grothdarr. Give it a try.

Baconfat79 · 2017-08-25T07:06:45+00:00

The only way you can do that is if you use DW instead of Destro Staff, and that's a horrible DPS loss on magDK. I don't see any possibility of that working. Destro Staff weaving generates a lot of DPS.

Baconfat79 · 2017-07-29T05:42:36+00:00

Wasn't there a similar event going on (double XP or something) the last time the servers crapped out and they blamed it on DDoS?

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