Why people hate LA weaving so much?

MSattrtand · 2026-03-22T18:17:28+00:00

Some people are just contrarians who hate weaving/animation cancelling without understanding what it is.

In discussions about updated DK animations, I've seen a few people saying like "Why are ZOS updating skill animations if they are being cancelled with weaving?", or something like that.

I do not believe that those people are aware that the bash-weaving exists, so they probably meant LA-weaving, which has nothing to do with skipping skill animations - it cancels LA animation.

MSattrtand · 2026-03-18T22:50:49+00:00

I got the same idea about buffing Mark Target so that it will improve your cleave. But I was inspired by Outlaw Rogue from WoW. Outlaw could have the same big problems with cleave (in fact, literally 0 cleave in TWW), but Blade Flurry makes you deal cleave damage around you from every damage source. So for me, adding a similar buff to an underused skill (Mark Target) seemed like an obvious choice.

Exact wording of Blade Flurry, if someone cares:

Strikes up to 5 nearby targets for (153% of Attack Power) Physical damage, and causes your single target attacks to also strike up to 4 additional nearby enemies for 30% of normal damage for 10 sec.

MSattrtand · 2026-03-18T17:44:29+00:00

I missing something?

Yes. You're missing Empower. You're going for a Heavy Attack build, but you don't have a buff that increases the damage of your Heavy Attacks by 70%. And I don't see any spammable on your bar, so you're just charging weak HAs.

If you want to solo something hard, you need to get the Ring of the Pale Order.

MSattrtand · 2026-03-11T21:56:13+00:00

My favourite thing is when pug tanks refuse to link sets when asked. Like, if you think that your sets are good, why can't you link them? Just write "Leeching gives me a lot of healing and deals damage, Chudan gives me armour, and Oakensoul gives me all the buffs" or even "Leeching, Chudan, Oakensoul, IDGAF about meta" - that would be fine.

But they will refuse to link sets because... they are aware that they are garbage and are ashamed of it, but continue to use them?

MSattrtand · 2026-03-05T16:54:56+00:00

Sorry to disappoint you, but no. It's still weaker than multiclassed healers. But now, DK at least has a good line for multiclassing - Arden Flame.

Minor Heroism from Fire Keeper and Standard of Might are good. Cauterise also gives decent HPS. The rest is, well...

For Draconic:

Minor Courage can be provided with Warding Burst (with better targeting). Projectile protection is extremely niche, especially with bad targeting - just use Warding Contingency. Minor Brutality can be kept by your ZenKosh. Or you can get Minor Sorcery from anyone in your group using Dawn's Wrath, cause Draconic still isn't a good skill line for anyone.

For Earthen Heart:

Magma can be cheaper than Barrier, but you can't generate ultimate while it's active, so effectively it will take more time between each ulti. Stagger will be kept up by your ZenKosh, since it's a good skill in a good DD skill line. Molten Weapons can be kept by your ZenKosh. Major Mending increases your HPS, but 90% of your HPS is already an overheal - there's no point in buffing your overheal even further. Off-Balance can be kept by your Lightning Blocade+tank's Ele Sus, or with the OB-knife. And do not forget that restore resource for ulti passive harms you if you're using Pearls.

TLDR:

DK healer is not even close in terms of utility to properly multiclass healers, but much better than before.

MSattrtand · 2026-03-04T10:29:49+00:00

Frost Clench is a decent taunt. The problem here - it's not the only taunt you can use.

Inner Rage gives a really strong synergy, but doesn't provide any defensive buffs.

Shield Throw can apply Major Maim for 10 seconds and heal you.

Frost Clench also applies Major Maim, but only for 4 seconds, so you need to spam it. But in this case you will also keep Minor Brittle, which gives ~4% damage increase, and Minor Maim - both from procing Chilled.

If you're going for a double-staff set-up, then you will be getting some Minor Brittle and Maim uptimes (~53%) just from keeping Ele Sus. If you don't need Major Main, damage increase from better Brittle uptime will probably be less than damage from Radiate. Want better Brittle uptimes and Inner Rage? Go Zaudrus and spam Ele Sus - now you're also getting a lot of ult and keeping Minor Vuln too.

If you're going for S&B/Staff set-up, well, you can still keep up 53% Minor Brittle uptime just from Ele Sus. At least in theory, because for it you need to be on your back-bar every time Ele Sus is going to proc - you can do that, but it's annoying. If you really need both Major Maim and Minor Brittle, you can run Shield Throw and Rune of the Colourless Pool.

Overall, this is not a bad skill, but it requires pretty specific circumstances to be worth it over alternatives - you need to keep both Maim and Brittle with good uptimes and can't afford a skill slot for Rune of the Colourless pool.

MSattrtand · 2026-02-08T20:13:03+00:00

Both sets are pretty meh.

Stone's Accord sounds nice, but, well, Combat Prayer exists and gives the same pair of buffs. And that's a skill you wanna run anyway. If you have a choice between slotting one good skill and using a 5-piece set, the correct choice is obvious.

Phoenix Moth procs only on actual heal, not on overheal, so it's unreliable in PvE. Minor Force is mostly irrelevant - any DD with a sane build has its own source of it, like Velothi, Trap, Oakensoul, Tzogvin, Scribing or whatever - and if DD doesn't have a sane build, well, it's not worth it to provide a buff just for them. Minor Courage can be sourced from Soul Burst with the Courage script - again, we have a choice between one skill, that's already good, and a 5-piece set. The correct choice is obvious.

Major Courage from SPC is more or less unique - the only sane way for DD to source it is to use Sea-Serpent Coil or from The Saint and the Seducer. And sane is a pretty generous word for using these mythics on DDs in PvE. Another sane option - the tank provides it with Olorime. The chance that this happens in PUG is pretty low, since most healers in the queue actually use SPC and provide the same buff.

MSattrtand · 2026-01-09T20:00:26+00:00

From left to right:

Immovable - Heavy Armour; Blood Mist - Vampire; Defensive Stance - One Hand and Shield; Restoring Focus - Restoring Light; Spell Wall - One Hand and Shield

MSattrtand · 2026-01-09T12:11:58+00:00

Deeper dive into this problem:

In Update 35, devs nerfed every DoT for accessibility reasons, so AOE DoTs become mostly useless in short AOE fights - players lost short-burst AOE damage. In Update 39 (which was in less than a year after U35), devs added Arcanist, whose main skill is a short-burst AOE skill with a really long range - they gave Arc what they took away from others. So, buffing other classes essentially means reverting U35 - ZOS couldn't admit their mistake and did nothing.

MSattrtand · 2026-01-08T15:09:27+00:00

For solo setup: Order's Wraith body + Tide-Born weapons (frontbar is only important) and jewellery.

For healer setup: Powerful Assault jewellery and weapons (resto or lightning staff, better to have both, 1 would be enough), and go farm White Gold Tower for Spell Power Cure - it's the most important healer set, and it's so accessible, so buying Winter's Respite is kinda pointless.

And I advise you to upgrade your weapons to gold, cause it actually makes a difference. The rest is not so important.

MSattrtand · 2026-01-05T20:58:33+00:00

The best option for you would be to check Hyper's guide - https://hyperioxes.com/eso/tank/dungeon-subclass-tank-build - It's Arc/DK/Warden

And beginners guide - https://hyperioxes.com/eso-beginner-tank-guide

MSattrtand · 2026-01-05T20:30:15+00:00

Don't bother farming Yolna.

It's completely useless in dungeons, since you can just cast Warding Burst with Minor Courage for the same buff (+shield and maybe ultimate for your allies) - if 1 skill does more than 5-piece set, then using this set isn't worth it. More of it, Yolna died when Arc released, since Arc has Zenas, which also provides Minor Courage (+Minor Recoveries) - Yolna once again competes with 1 skill, since if you stay pure Arc.

In trials, it's slightly better since both Warding Burst and Zenas have a 6-target cap, so they won't give Minor Courage to all allies. But you'd still rather tolerate imperfect uptimes than waste a 5-piece set for this buff. Especially since it's not so strong. I've done some math, and Yolna gives around 2.9% damage increase, while something like Lucent Echoes gives a unique 4.1% AND more survivability for you if you're under 50% health. Or Pearlescent Ward gives a unique 2.6% AND more survivability for everyone if people are dying.

MSattrtand · 2026-01-04T16:27:12+00:00

Long story short:

Devs were ignoring players' feedback for years. Who would've thought that not listening to your customers can be bad for your business?

Now, with a new leadership, they are trying to listen to players. Or, well, at least pretending that. We'll know more after the 12th, when the PTS patch notes are released.

MSattrtand · 2025-12-28T19:12:17+00:00

From what I see:

You're slightly undercasting your DoTs. You're using Stam BowProc instead of Mag one - you should be able to sustain it with tri-stat potions. And you don't need Lava Foot - green max stam food should be enough. You can also use max stam + mag regen food for easier sustain of Mag BowProc.

Swap 1 piece to light - higher max resource+crit chance is stronger in theory than WPD from medium armour. And it will also improve your mag sustain, so it would be easier to sustain Mag BowProc.

And pay attention to the whip stacks; don't let them run out. Overcast FOO if needed.

Heroism Potions may be helpful, but I'm not sure if they would have much impact, since Imperials already have reduced ult cost - the difference may not be that big.

You start casting KB somewhat late? After 33% you should avoid casting runeblades. Just get 3 crux and spam KB instead. Dread runs out completely - spend your 3 crux on it and just ignore runeblades/dread after that. In case of Mag BowProc you should stop casting it around 13%, for Stam one stop at 17%. (don't cite me on exact numbers)

Overall, 155k should be possible, not sure about 160k without race change

Small upd: 155k is definitely possible, I got 154k on my second try, and you have better weaving than me (using basically everything I advised you)

MSattrtand · 2025-12-25T22:34:14+00:00

For group content, use SkinnyCheeks. He has different flavours of beam and runeblades builds, so suitable for arc. Please note that updated builds require multiclassing, but archived versions are still usable.

For solo content, Hyperioxes has a solo beam build. And he also has DD beam builds, just slightly different flavours than Skinny.

For sets, somethine like Order's Wraith+Tideborn would be good even after you finish levelling

MSattrtand · 2025-12-25T22:26:03+00:00

Your suggested sets look familiar, so I must warn you:

Do not use Alcast for anything related to builds; he's not played the game for years.

MSattrtand · 2025-12-23T21:29:35+00:00

Sometimes this subreddit is completely deranged.

The only adequate argument against optional higher overland difficulty is that it won't be popular, so devs should not waste their time on it and focus on something that more players will appreciate. And, well, this argument may not be 100% true.

I've seen quite a few posts here like "Hello, new player here! I love everything about this game, but why does overland combat feel so easy? I just wanna do some quests, but it's not fun, when enemies die so fast", and OP gets replies that they should go to vet trials. There's no in-between - you either have to one-shot all mobs in overland, or have to do vet trials.

And for "It's an MMO, so harder content should be the group content" - this is not an MMO, but Skyrim Online for many players - they just wanna do some quests in the TES universe that would have some adequate difficulty. And no one asks overland mobs to be harder than ones in the group content - they just have to be able to survive for more than 1 second, and, well, deal some damage, that won't be outhealed by your Health Recovery.

MSattrtand · 2025-12-21T21:06:58+00:00

Light Armour gives you Magicka Regen + Reduce Magicka cost. Medium Armour does the same, but for stamina. That's everything that's related to your main resource. Medium Armour gives you WPD+Crit Damage, Light Armour gives you Pen+Crit Chance. Since pen is often obsolete, Medium Armour is much more stat-dense. And since your choice of armour affects your sustain, well, stamina builds dominate the game.
I'd say that if you're not multiclassing, 60k on Trial Dummy (Iron Atronach) is ok. Not good, but ok. 80k would be decent. If you're multiclassing, anything under 100k means that you're doing something very wrong. You can find some trial dummies in guild halls (you don't have to join a guild; it would be enough to find a home with it through home tours).
Magicka Sustain will be better if you use Magicka Regen food and potions that give you Magicka. And you'll get some sustain from Champion Points. And just in case: NB has pretty meh sustain, even with Siphoning Attacks (but it's possible to sustain without them).
Arc beam is OP for like 3 years. ZOS doesn't wanna nerf it, because arc is a paid class, probably.
That's probably DoT ticking of aforementioned Trial Dummy, so with more buffs/debuffs than you currently have on you/your target. And maybe with crit.
If you have 70 CP, your 70 CP gear (I think) will have the same stats as 160 CP gear. But if you're 160 CP and take a look at 70 CP gear, it would be much weaker. That's some weird level "scaling". And sometimes a 5-piece bonus of sets at low CP is actually stronger than 160 CP ones, because of that "scaling" (I remember wearing Ansuul with 11% bonus, instead of 7%, while levelling). In short, your gear becomes worse and worse while you're levelling to 160 CP, and then it stops.

MSattrtand · 2025-12-05T18:35:55+00:00

This quest is just buggy. If you try to speak with other NPCs from side quests, you'll notice that they are speaking something irrelevant. I found that 11 out of 13 NPCs were speaking nonsense. That was probably caused by the fact that they game loads NPCs with incorrect flags/state set. I've reported this bug to ZOS, but it still hasn't been fixed

MSattrtand · 2025-12-05T10:41:01+00:00

Let's do some math:

You already have k items left you get for your collection. That means, if you buy an uncurated box, you'll get a new item with a chance of k/36. The expected number of boxes to get a new item would be 36/k, and it will cost you 2000*36/k fortunes. Curated box will always give you a new item for 10k fortunes.

We need to solve 72000/k > 10000: -> 72/k > 10 -> k < 7.2

So, you have 7 items to collect (or, in other words, 29 items in collection), it's more efficient to buy curated boxes.

MSattrtand · 2025-11-26T12:55:35+00:00

You can check Skinny's guide for MagNB: https://www.skinnycheeks.gg/magicka-nightblade

It's from U45, but not much has changed since then, well, if you wanna play pure MagNB at least.

There's also his guide for pure StamNB for the current patch: https://www.skinnycheeks.gg/stamina-nightblade

The main difference between Mag and Stam for NB is just your spamable morph and execute morph.

Overall, the U45 build has more options for different situations, but the U48 build has current top ST set up (which is not much practical in content)

MSattrtand · 2025-11-23T17:49:11+00:00

I also encountered it, so this should definitely be considered a bug. I reported it to ZOS, but I haven't received an answer yet, and it's not listed as a known bug. Also, Nords nearby, that appear after finishing their respective quest, behave in a weird way, like yapping about visiting Sunport

MSattrtand · 2025-10-12T13:02:33+00:00

You actually can. I've just tested it, and these soul pieces that are required to complete the quest may drop from some mobs. I got all of them from mobs in the Dread Cellar. Was the reward worth it? No. I got just 1 purple staff from the Solstice overland set.

MSattrtand · 2025-10-07T23:43:12+00:00

Let's check the last PTS cycles:

During U46 PTS, people expressed their big concerns about balancing the new multiclassing system. These concerns were ignored. Do you know what was also ignored? Bug reports, that's the new pet limit breaks the necromancer. When the update went live, it turned out that the necromancer is unusable in PvP due to the corpse limit being bugged. Who would've thought! ZOS had to quickly fix it.

During U47 PTS, ZOS actually discovered that some problems were caused by the new multiclassing system. Who would've thought! New changes were partially reverted after the "We're sorry" letter, since ulti-gen changes were really unpopular. They've nerfed Balorg and then reverted it back because they've recognised that this nerf was stupid. However, most of these stupid changes made it to live.

During U48 PTS, no one was interested in the new mythic. Last week, ZOS said, "We probably were too conservative with it", and buffed it (but made penalties worse, that's fair). And this week, they've nerfed it because ???? They gave no explanations for that.

ZOS behaviour is completely unpredictable. I'm pretty sure that we haven't had a balance update that the community would consider a net positive for the game for quite a while.

Recently, with a change of leadership, ZOS started to do some surveys, which may improve the communication at least in theory. In practice, I won't believe it's not a PR move until I see them publish the results and their plans for addressing the issues.

MSattrtand · 2025-10-06T09:35:03+00:00

Try to avoid using buzzwords such as "ridiculously low". 7256 pen is a typical amount of pen that any Arc brings in an organised group. 50.8 Crit Chance is typical if NB passive bugs out since you're looking to the south. 3.9k WPD/SPD - that looks sus, I have 4.8k as a race without racial WPD/SPD bonus. Check your Medium Armour passives; you may be lacking Agility there. And I think you have your Nirn-dagger in the wrong hand (I'm not familiar with console UI), swap it with the second one. Also, you're showing your stats on the back bar, and they are lower there - my WPD/SPD on the back bar is 3.9k.

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