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Lol my pve arena arcanist uses deadly strike maelstrom fire staff briarheart 1 piece M slimcrawl and ring of the pale order Just tons of dmg and healing with the mages skill and acranist just has a bunch of passive healing lol
Returning player... I spent like 4 hours reading random opinions on the forums and reddit, and it got me nowhere concrete. These 48 mins taught me everything I was looking for on those sites. Best ESO TH-camr by a mile.
I use the Master's Perfected Greatsword in most Vet DLC dungeons with, ofcourse, Carve as spammable. You delete packs of enemies while your single target dps remains respectable. Even most bosses spawn ads, so the damage really adds up. All while having that lovely shield from Carve!
I run a Sorc. For newer players, the craftable "Law of Julianos" set. This set can literally carry you from lvl 1 to CP160. It's one of the better tier 2 gears before you get a tier 1 trail set. Law of Julianos paired with Mothers Sorrow carried me all the way to normal trails (raids). Just now starting to replace for my tier one trail set
A set that never gets mentioned that is quite ok to run is Gryphons Ferocity from summerset, not bis by any means but in mobile fights can help you keep up minor force without needing trap/channeled acceleration, the expedition is nice too. I like using it in dungeons on a nightblade to free up a slot on my bars
I got a entire build based on the perfected cleave so it was nice to see it get some love in your video I've personally seen it hit more then 100k in a single hit when stacking adds on bosses and its easy to weave with
Regarding Bahsei's Mania, Coral Riptide and Ansuul's Torment. ZOS stated in v9.0.3 that "Bonuses that increase damage done to monsters do not currently work with proc based damage. This is not a bug and is default behavior since their introduction to the game, but we will be monitoring this and may re-evaluate this interaction." This means that Coral Riptide is vastly superior to Bahsei or Ansuul as procs do scale with weapon damage(Coral) whereas these sets(Bahsei/Ansuul) do not. This also means that Yandir is probably stronger than Ansuul as it does give you that increase in proc based damage as it is also a weapon damage related buff. Sidenote: Major/Minor Slayer do boost proc based damage and it also says to boost damage done. but in classic ZOS fashion, damage done is not the same as damage done.
Yep, you are exactly correct. Coral is definitely the strongest of the 3. The other 2 are still very solid though. And yeah I've brought up the slayer thing many times stating it is horribly inconsistent. They need to just make "damage done" mean "damage done" with no stipulations.
@@funkydunkas101 Most of the game is catered to questing players, not solo players. There are two pieces of dedicated, difficult solo content (and one of them drops a damage dealing weapon that isnt useful at all for solo players, the vateshran dual wield
Great video. Best vids on eso. Always helpful and much appreciated. Don’t apologise for length, you pack so much useful info into it without any filler
For under 50, the crafted set Forest Wraith is strong on Arcanist and can be paired with Orders Wrath and 2 piece crit, for fully crafted levelling gear. 50+ there are many better options, though, this set has been greatly overlooked.
Lol I loved that u used the souls scaling S,A,B,C, etc. I had to quit my high level raid guilds...I do miss chasing the min max of every patch, theory crafting on PTS...raiding new trials on PTS with the groups so we can trifecta asap...but too busy now so mostly solo play on console cuz the last thing I wanna do after a long day is sit at more computers...
Just getting back into the game with the new class. Wanted to see if any changes had been made to meta and so on. Knew you'd have the video 🙏🏻 appreciate you man
Hey Skinny another great video. IDEA for new video explaining the different types of damage ie. bleed, burning, all the different status effects etc. I constantly hear content creators mentioning these as if one is better than the other like physical damage vs. ( insert type here) maybe you already did one I haven’t found but I can’t be the only one confused on this, regardless of the fact I’m confused most of the time. Thanks for all the hard work!
yeah usually poison, flame, and bleed are the top because they proc the DoT status effects. but the others can be good if you need their respective status effects as well. they are actually all listed in the help menu in the game and explain what they do, I don't think many people know that is there.
I know this isn't a PVP tier list, but I just wanted to add that Heartland Conqueror is a great set for no-proc PVP, the ability to double a weapon trait is pretty powerful. Slap it on Charged or Sharpened offensively, or Defending or Powered defensively and you've got a really solid buff. Combined with the ability to be crafted in any weight and its just very very good. Run it with something like Amber Plasm for sustain, Pariah for Defense, (or Spinners/Spriggans for a more advanced glass-cannony build) depending on your playstyle, and you're good to go!
yeah for sure! I thought about mentioning something about it but then I was like, well then I will open the door to needing to mention pvp implications all the way through...and didn't wanna open up that can of worms
Do you have any plans to do a video on EC / ZENKOSH supports (unless I’ve missed something). I am running ECcro at the moment and would quite enjoy a real breakdown similar to this. If someone else can recommend a good video, it’s just good to know if I’m doing the right thing or there’s tweaks that can be played around with. Great content as always though, thank you!
Ty Skinny well done. I am surprised rune carver not in the top 10. My Stam DK gets sold numbers with rele, rune, kilt or zaan. Again ty for the post well done.
All these armor sets make my head spin. I’m a PVPer knowledge magnet so I don’t mind PVE focus that per say doesn’t translate into Cyrodiil, BGs or IC. I do quite well with unlisted sets. Right now for whatever reason I’m not seeing Selenes used much. I have a bow and a gank blade. I use Swamp Raiders with Scavenging Demise. It’s very deadly single target. Selenes, Red Mountain and Witch Knight on my DW nightblade. I can insta kill most targets under 32k hp. In PVP Dark Convergeance, Vicious Death ie OLD sets are still full force. Now Slayers is making a comeback 🤦♂️. Deadly is a one trick pony kinda like Balorgh very deadly if you actually land a channel attack that can be easily avoided. Great video and thanks I keep looking for a magic pill in gear but it doesn’t exist.
Deadly strike is awesome as It also boosts DOTs, I have a DOT stam warden build goin... using the Deadly Strike with Venomous set. You can ge bleed from Cutting Dive, twin slashes, Fetcherflies and Carve, the Fetcherflies Dot, Stampede's DOT, Venomous DOT, Blade cloak Dot , plus flame enchantments for some burning and the hemorhaging from twin slashes... there's better dot builds out there, But I really like the Warden. you've got breech from Shalk, minor vulnerability from Fetcherflies, the bear is useful and there are some good self buffs like the Lotus for more crit chance, stam sustain with the Netch and the Mushrooms... anyway I have lots of fun with it
Hey Skinny, what are some things to consider for front bar sets? Would proc sets generally be front bar-able, while flat bonus like order's better as a constant set?
Thanks a lot for your guides! Could you recommend an //easy-to-get// set to pair with Whorl for a Mag Sorc or Arcanist? - Like would Mechanical Acuity or Deadly be good? Glad to be back now that play is more flexible than prior years and I appreciate your approach, considering situations + playstyles, not just min-max.
Really glad you include Shattered Fate, after Reddit roasted me, because I asked to give this set some love. :D Might even use it to level my Archanist, even if Heartland will be better. Just to see how it feels.
For a Magicka Templar, I don't have Whorl or Relequen finished yet. Would Pillar work with Deadly Strikes for now or is there a better set I can solo farm for now until I get the others? Currently I have Deadly Strikes on the body and Mechanical Acuity on the jewelry and weapon front bar with Maelstrom Staff on the back bar. Zaans on head and shoulders as well.
What is a Heavy attack build? Compared to whatever a normal build is? CP500 here. Just coming back to ESO after a couple expansions and I am trying to get my Stamcro optimized so that I will do good dmg and can do trials. Currently rocking New Moon/Hundings/and Selenes.
I like that you reconsidered yandir and you always call out sets i love like sul-xan, but from my math and I do 90k parses or so, the new mythic increases my dps from 3-8k dps, like WW dps and frost warden.
Was listening to this while brushing my teeth when hes started taking about azureblight i was like, "wtf is he saying" then i looked to see the clip of john c reily and started to laugh. I love you skinny cheeks. Thanks for the lol and vodeo
I finally started to use it, just messing around with it and aegis caller. Im just causal player that pkays for fun. Your content has helped out a lot. Thank you
I think Graven Inevitability is slept on for heavy attack builds (or at least on non-organised content). Great if there's a large portion of your damage not strictly coming from heavy attacks (such as Warden's beatles or DK's DoTs)
What about those sets that give you huge resource pools? Like Crafty Alfiq, Bone pirate, Necropotence... Back in the day they used to be close to bis, especially Necropotence for pets. Were they outclassed in time or were they never good?
I'd add something for people still not sure if they could play the race they want : the higher your CPs, the lower the difference between the races matters. By the time you hit late game, your skills will be much more relevant than the race you picked :)
I think runecarver should be up there aswel it's a great option for cro or dk in content where cleave and single target are equally important specially in trials when progging something like db, gs, pb
@@mkEK9mp7mGRpr6 MA is good in short fight where you can burst down the boss. For longer fights its questionable because you won't get good uptime of of Major Slayer, let alone 100% like with Lokkestiiz.
@@skipperg4436 you don't get very many synergies in dungeons, so you're definitely not getting 100% uptime on lokke, esp. since it only lasts 16 seconds and a standard synergy cooldown is 20 seconds. the standard healer setup for dungeons (outside of specific setups for specific fights) is spc/ma, so if you're in lokke you are wearing a set whose only bonus is a buff you are most likely getting, at least in part, from the healer. it's way more effective to have part time slayer + a strong set like sul-xan or whorl or bahsei or coral or any of the other mentioned sets than to wear a set whose only buff is one a healer is already going to give you, at least part-time. lokke is a dead set.
Typing before watching: Just finished farming undaunted infiltrator and noble duelist set (full armor set plus full jewelry and lightning staff) all to realize i really dont like heavy attack build, its extremely powerful but it feels dumb to be relying on something other than the power i picked to play as. Its also kinda disappointing the major difference between lightning staff and two handed compared to other weapons, light and heavy attack should be viable on any weapon or at the very least the weaker weapons should restore more magicka/stamina. I hope to find an efficient build that is more power based by time arcanist comes as i am looking forward to being an arcanist. Is oakensoul worth having if you dont plan to do heavy attack build? Im new to the game but contemplating buying the high isle dlc just for the ring.
there seem to be way more strong medium armor sets than light...we need another good light armor set, peace and serenity is way too similar to siroria, all of the light armor sets are very static it seems
@@skinnycheeks i truly wish there were more trial sets that work as a backbar,whorl of depths is situational if you can't use it there it goes your build...
Venomous is amazing, i run a fun farming venomous set up: Venomous Smite + Defiler + Caustic Arrow + Lightning Crushing Wall. Like a hot knife through butter.
@Studly Hungwell lol you have problems. It’s not cringe at all it’s how mmo usually go if not you wear the same gear as every one else in the same class. Go run your heavy attack build more lol.
@Studly Hungwell A part from Arcanist they homogenized everything already. Every build is the same set, same non-class skills with a couple class skills sprinkled in.
Hello, I have a question, I know that Bahsei's Mania doesn't boost pet damage, then what about Ansuul's Torment? Does this set boost pet damage or not?
Wait, I thought Maelstorm Inferno staff didn't work on front bar? Did they change it again? I've been away since all the changes have been made to that staff so Im now confused
This video is only for after level 50 Ashen Grip is beyond amazing for DPS for dual wield, im using a level 16 version of Ashens on a level 38 and it crushes. I'll be upgrading the set to level 40 when I finish the research Also What the hell does "Front/back Bar" mean? What the frick is a trial WTF is debuff
They should really buff class-specific and ability-specific sets. So that they would outperform universal sets. Because its really stupid to have 500+ of them yet having only handful of them being used...
@@skinnycheeks another thing is Minor Slayer buff... This bonus is so strong that we are forced to wear a 5-piece trial set... Thus I beg ZOS - with tears in my eyes - to add other sources of it. For examlpe, make Asylum weapons give it when using respective skill. Almost all of Asylum weapons are useless anyway. Add trial dropped Alchemy ingredient. Add a mythic that adds this buff (existing anti-skill ring doesn't count).
@@skipperg4436 Something I proposed in Skinny's twitch chat that I thought would be really cool for build diversity; when they add the "Endless Dungeon", one reward that they could do would be "perfected" dungeon or monster sets that have Minor Slayer as the "perfected" bonus.
41:48 MagDens are in a weird place where your essential weapon/spamable taunts bosses away from tanks making it unusable/very risky in high level content
Daunting? But I am "The Undaunted" 😅. Seriously though, I hope they make some older sets a bit more effective like strength of the automaton or sword dancer
Hi Skinny. Any chance you could do an armor video on armor for vampires and werewolves for all three types. (light.med.and heavy). Thank you so much. I've been a fan for years ❤🎉
because you can get its damage bonus from the back bar. You cast wall of elements and that's it. Master's stuff bonus however last only 4 seconds thus if you back-bar it you would have to switch to back bar every 4 seconds which is not something that you want to do.
This one noticed that Kinra's set is not in top 10 any more, which is fine, the question is - why Grave Inevitability never made it as it seems to do twice more buffs than Kinra
major force is what you get for war horns. if you check my tier list I have it on there. great damage if you aren't getting good war horn uptimes, if you are though it is redundant.
Trial sets are unattainable for many players, even for those who are members of a guild... I'm proof of that, I literally can't get into the trial and I'm cp855...thanks for the vid
its kinda sad that Kinras Wrath was not mentioned. its still a solid set if you can weave light attacks well. been running it on my stamplar with Deadly Strike and oakensoul.
Rumor has it that the guy at 36:03 is still burning to this day...
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Skinny you left out plagu........ wait nevermind they killed our fav add pull set 😢😢😂😂😂
Really Great compilation Skinny. Thank You for the time and effort in putting it together for all of us!
If you listen closely, you can also hear the watcher screeching "CAAAAAASUAAAAAAAAL"
Lol my pve arena arcanist uses deadly strike maelstrom fire staff briarheart 1 piece M slimcrawl and ring of the pale order
Just tons of dmg and healing with the mages skill and acranist just has a bunch of passive healing lol
Returning player... I spent like 4 hours reading random opinions on the forums and reddit, and it got me nowhere concrete. These 48 mins taught me everything I was looking for on those sites. Best ESO TH-camr by a mile.
That’s really nice of you. Thank you!
Yea for some reason elder guides and forums are very confusing to follow
I use the Master's Perfected Greatsword in most Vet DLC dungeons with, ofcourse, Carve as spammable. You delete packs of enemies while your single target dps remains respectable. Even most bosses spawn ads, so the damage really adds up. All while having that lovely shield from Carve!
Pray it's not touched.
@@Despond Alot of the loud ESO community members cry for nerfs and then it always goes to far.
I run a Sorc. For newer players, the craftable "Law of Julianos" set. This set can literally carry you from lvl 1 to CP160. It's one of the better tier 2 gears before you get a tier 1 trail set. Law of Julianos paired with Mothers Sorrow carried me all the way to normal trails (raids). Just now starting to replace for my tier one trail set
A set that never gets mentioned that is quite ok to run is Gryphons Ferocity from summerset, not bis by any means but in mobile fights can help you keep up minor force without needing trap/channeled acceleration, the expedition is nice too. I like using it in dungeons on a nightblade to free up a slot on my bars
This, i always say use this set over medusa.
easy to backbar, medium armour, buyable, dirt cheap. As far as i see it it’s just a better option.
Im glad this was mentioned i run that on my orc stam sorc
I got a entire build based on the perfected cleave so it was nice to see it get some love in your video
I've personally seen it hit more then 100k in a single hit when stacking adds on bosses and its easy to weave with
Regarding Bahsei's Mania, Coral Riptide and Ansuul's Torment. ZOS stated in v9.0.3 that "Bonuses that increase damage done to monsters do not currently work with proc based damage. This is not a bug and is default behavior since their introduction to the game, but we will be monitoring this and may re-evaluate this interaction." This means that Coral Riptide is vastly superior to Bahsei or Ansuul as procs do scale with weapon damage(Coral) whereas these sets(Bahsei/Ansuul) do not. This also means that Yandir is probably stronger than Ansuul as it does give you that increase in proc based damage as it is also a weapon damage related buff.
Sidenote: Major/Minor Slayer do boost proc based damage and it also says to boost damage done. but in classic ZOS fashion, damage done is not the same as damage done.
Yep, you are exactly correct. Coral is definitely the strongest of the 3. The other 2 are still very solid though. And yeah I've brought up the slayer thing many times stating it is horribly inconsistent. They need to just make "damage done" mean "damage done" with no stipulations.
Thank you so much for going through all of these, I love how you explain things, it helps me sooo much and makes the game much more fun!
No prob! I’m glad it’s helped!
Thank you for this. I was looking for a set to use with my Relequen. Deadly Strike looks perfect for my Templar. Thanks again.
One of the best videos on sets. Reallt makes it easy when there are HUNDREDS to obtain and now a small percentage are viable.
Really wish they would take off the “behind target” condition on the Vateshran dual wield so solo players can have some fun.
yeah I don't think it is really that OP to where it needs the strict condition. might be nutty in pvp though.
Most of the game is catered to solo players I think you’ll manage
@@funkydunkas101 Most of the game is catered to questing players, not solo players. There are two pieces of dedicated, difficult solo content (and one of them drops a damage dealing weapon that isnt useful at all for solo players, the vateshran dual wield
Great video. Best vids on eso. Always helpful and much appreciated. Don’t apologise for length, you pack so much useful info into it without any filler
thanks so much!
Elf bane also has super interesting interactions with domi, groth, and flame blossom. Don't sleep on the set as a fire dk XD
Every time I watch one of your vids the ad that plays is for fancy feast cat snacks.
lol
Ancient Dragonguard is also great as a starter.
Thank for this Skinny! Look forward to your videos! Bits great to turn in on blue tooth for my 90 minute drive to work
Hello. Thanks for the guide. Your content always teaches me a lot. What about Berserking Warrior? I saw it in many dummy videos.
For under 50, the crafted set Forest Wraith is strong on Arcanist and can be paired with Orders Wrath and 2 piece crit, for fully crafted levelling gear.
50+ there are many better options, though, this set has been greatly overlooked.
Lol I loved that u used the souls scaling S,A,B,C, etc. I had to quit my high level raid guilds...I do miss chasing the min max of every patch, theory crafting on PTS...raiding new trials on PTS with the groups so we can trifecta asap...but too busy now so mostly solo play on console cuz the last thing I wanna do after a long day is sit at more computers...
Just getting back into the game with the new class. Wanted to see if any changes had been made to meta and so on. Knew you'd have the video 🙏🏻 appreciate you man
Hey Skinny another great video. IDEA for new video explaining the different types of damage ie. bleed, burning, all the different status effects etc. I constantly hear content creators mentioning these as if one is better than the other like physical damage vs. ( insert type here) maybe you already did one I haven’t found but I can’t be the only one confused on this, regardless of the fact I’m confused most of the time. Thanks for all the hard work!
yeah usually poison, flame, and bleed are the top because they proc the DoT status effects. but the others can be good if you need their respective status effects as well. they are actually all listed in the help menu in the game and explain what they do, I don't think many people know that is there.
Excellent video. Much thanks for sharing this information.
I know this isn't a PVP tier list, but I just wanted to add that Heartland Conqueror is a great set for no-proc PVP, the ability to double a weapon trait is pretty powerful. Slap it on Charged or Sharpened offensively, or Defending or Powered defensively and you've got a really solid buff. Combined with the ability to be crafted in any weight and its just very very good.
Run it with something like Amber Plasm for sustain, Pariah for Defense, (or Spinners/Spriggans for a more advanced glass-cannony build) depending on your playstyle, and you're good to go!
yeah for sure! I thought about mentioning something about it but then I was like, well then I will open the door to needing to mention pvp implications all the way through...and didn't wanna open up that can of worms
Thanks for the effort again. I had forgotten about a few Gems i should give a Go again xD
Thanks, Cheeks. As always, great stuff. Appreciate you. 👊
thanks!
Over 500 😵💫 the item bloat is outta control. Even with collections it's rough
Do you have any plans to do a video on EC / ZENKOSH supports (unless I’ve missed something). I am running ECcro at the moment and would quite enjoy a real breakdown similar to this.
If someone else can recommend a good video, it’s just good to know if I’m doing the right thing or there’s tweaks that can be played around with.
Great content as always though, thank you!
thank you. no current plans for that. just a bit too much on the plate at the moment.
Fantastic. You nailed it in every aspect. Thank you. ♥
That ss for the sets is so good plus your vids thanks I am a returning player and I remember watching you before
Ty Skinny well done. I am surprised rune carver not in the top 10. My Stam DK gets sold numbers with rele, rune, kilt or zaan. Again ty for the post well done.
yeah it's very close. I have it listed in A-Tier on the tier list. and thank you!
@@skinnycheeks saw that maybe I've had one to many beers today. Ty Skinny 😄
All these armor sets make my head spin. I’m a PVPer knowledge magnet so I don’t mind PVE focus that per say doesn’t translate into Cyrodiil, BGs or IC. I do quite well with unlisted sets. Right now for whatever reason I’m not seeing Selenes used much. I have a bow and a gank blade. I use Swamp Raiders with Scavenging Demise. It’s very deadly single target. Selenes, Red Mountain and Witch Knight on my DW nightblade. I can insta kill most targets under 32k hp. In PVP Dark Convergeance, Vicious Death ie OLD sets are still full force. Now Slayers is making a comeback 🤦♂️. Deadly is a one trick pony kinda like Balorgh very deadly if you actually land a channel attack that can be easily avoided. Great video and thanks I keep looking for a magic pill in gear but it doesn’t exist.
great video and fantastic explanation for why each item or concept is beneficial. thank you
Deadly strike is awesome as It also boosts DOTs, I have a DOT stam warden build goin... using the Deadly Strike with Venomous set.
You can ge bleed from Cutting Dive, twin slashes, Fetcherflies and Carve, the Fetcherflies Dot, Stampede's DOT, Venomous DOT, Blade cloak Dot , plus flame enchantments for some burning and the hemorhaging from twin slashes... there's better dot builds out there, But I really like the Warden. you've got breech from Shalk, minor vulnerability from Fetcherflies, the bear is useful and there are some good self buffs like the Lotus for more crit chance, stam sustain with the Netch and the Mushrooms... anyway I have lots of fun with it
Hey Skinny, what are some things to consider for front bar sets? Would proc sets generally be front bar-able, while flat bonus like order's better as a constant set?
General rule, yah. There are some exceptions though.
This is a fantastic video! Thanks for all your help
Thank you!
Thanks a lot for your guides! Could you recommend an //easy-to-get// set to pair with Whorl for a Mag Sorc or Arcanist? - Like would Mechanical Acuity or Deadly be good?
Glad to be back now that play is more flexible than prior years and I appreciate your approach, considering situations + playstyles, not just min-max.
Mechanical acuity is awesome to use
Really glad you include Shattered Fate, after Reddit roasted me, because I asked to give this set some love. :D Might even use it to level my Archanist, even if Heartland will be better. Just to see how it feels.
reddit collectively shares about half of a brain cell so I wouldn't worry too much about what they say on there...
Great guide thanks so much! Also what gear is your toon wearing at the start of the video? Looks very cool!
thanks! mostly stags of z'en with a crimson oath hat
@@skinnycheeks thanks and keep up the great work, excellent info
Worth watching until the end. Great overview for new players & excellent refresher and update for current or returning players. #SkinnyCheeksDelivers
thank you very much :)
For a Magicka Templar, I don't have Whorl or Relequen finished yet. Would Pillar work with Deadly Strikes for now or is there a better set I can solo farm for now until I get the others? Currently I have Deadly Strikes on the body and Mechanical Acuity on the jewelry and weapon front bar with Maelstrom Staff on the back bar. Zaans on head and shoulders as well.
9:51 The heal on Briarheart has saved my ass more times than I can count
What is a Heavy attack build? Compared to whatever a normal build is? CP500 here. Just coming back to ESO after a couple expansions and I am trying to get my Stamcro optimized so that I will do good dmg and can do trials. Currently rocking New Moon/Hundings/and Selenes.
What combinations of these sets do you recommend ? Might be worth another video
I like that you reconsidered yandir and you always call out sets i love like sul-xan, but from my math and I do 90k parses or so, the new mythic increases my dps from 3-8k dps, like WW dps and frost warden.
You are the KING bro... Thanks a lot for this video.. EXCELLENT!!!!!!
Great stuff. Any idea when the list will be live on your site? Wanted to make plans for gear before Necrom went live.
Thanks! Will try and update it this evening
Was listening to this while brushing my teeth when hes started taking about azureblight i was like, "wtf is he saying" then i looked to see the clip of john c reily and started to laugh. I love you skinny cheeks. Thanks for the lol and vodeo
LOL i forgot about that. azureblight changed a little anyways, I'll do an updated sets video soon. you can have a bunch of people in it now.
I finally started to use it, just messing around with it and aegis caller. Im just causal player that pkays for fun. Your content has helped out a lot. Thank you
Skinny Cheeks, how do you feel about running Siroria’s on an Arcanist? Would you say it’s a decent idea for boss fights or not worth it?
I talked about siroria at the beginning of the gear section
Hey look the same gear sets that have been meta for 5 years! Woooo innovative!! Can’t wait to play!
I think Graven Inevitability is slept on for heavy attack builds (or at least on non-organised content). Great if there's a large portion of your damage not strictly coming from heavy attacks (such as Warden's beatles or DK's DoTs)
I use Grave Inevitability and Kinras for my one bar build. Feels good with the buffs from oakensoul.
grave is on my tier list at the top of B. problem with it is that in organized groups the major force loses a ton of value.
What's the armor style that's presented when you're talking about Azureblight at 26:00?
What about those sets that give you huge resource pools? Like Crafty Alfiq, Bone pirate, Necropotence...
Back in the day they used to be close to bis, especially Necropotence for pets.
Were they outclassed in time or were they never good?
Alot of those are used in pvp still
@@davidb3155 Even Necropotence? It's been a while since i've seen someone seriously use pets in pvp.
But yeah, Alfiq is used
@blabik it's not common but ive seen twilight matriarch used for the burst heal.
Enjoyin aegis caller lately, not that much damage as nirn (almost) but bigger aoe.
yeah aegis is very solid
It's definitely A tier. S tier in AoE situations.
I'd add something for people still not sure if they could play the race they want : the higher your CPs, the lower the difference between the races matters. By the time you hit late game, your skills will be much more relevant than the race you picked :)
Sergeant's Mail + Noble Silks adds 2400+2200 to heavy attacks for lightning staff heavy attacks
@@MrConradCA yeah I have those in there in the heavy attack section
Surprised Transformative Hope isn't in there, that set looks nuts! I haven't tried it yet
Should be a nice pvp set
Been playing since Elseweyr still garbage Been tanking for the most part but I've been having a whole lot more fun trying out dps thanks Cheeks
Hey skinny! What set would you pair with runecarvers on a magdk?
Would highly depend on what I’m doing.
What is your opinion on the Master Dual-wield Daggers? I personally like the intense bleeding effect on that one for ages.
it's good, but the damage is not any better than blackrose prison dual wield and you get damage mitigation from that one too.
Just a question on that, can cruel flurry empower the already buffed masters twin slashes?
@@dad_uchiha1707 yes
I think runecarver should be up there aswel it's a great option for cro or dk in content where cleave and single target are equally important specially in trials when progging something like db, gs, pb
yeah I have it in A-tier
Tooth of Lokkestiiz is great for dungeons because even in organized group it is usually not worth it for heals to wear MA (let alone RO).
spc/ma is one of the most popular combinations for a dungeon healer to wear right now
@@mkEK9mp7mGRpr6 MA is good in short fight where you can burst down the boss.
For longer fights its questionable because you won't get good uptime of of Major Slayer, let alone 100% like with Lokkestiiz.
@@skipperg4436 you don't get very many synergies in dungeons, so you're definitely not getting 100% uptime on lokke, esp. since it only lasts 16 seconds and a standard synergy cooldown is 20 seconds. the standard healer setup for dungeons (outside of specific setups for specific fights) is spc/ma, so if you're in lokke you are wearing a set whose only bonus is a buff you are most likely getting, at least in part, from the healer. it's way more effective to have part time slayer + a strong set like sul-xan or whorl or bahsei or coral or any of the other mentioned sets than to wear a set whose only buff is one a healer is already going to give you, at least part-time. lokke is a dead set.
It's a good video. I enjoy your builds and your opinion.
thank you!
Question, does a set that say "x damage every y second" does damage on second 0 or just on the first "y" second?
Why didn't you mention about Law of Julianos?
Great stuff as usual!. Tho I doubt anyone just starting a new account would go collecting trial sets....
So I use 5 piece pillar and 5 piece whorl on my magplar but should I switch whorl for deadly?
ty for mentioning war maiden, about to make fat stacks selling it
Typing before watching:
Just finished farming undaunted infiltrator and noble duelist set (full armor set plus full jewelry and lightning staff) all to realize i really dont like heavy attack build, its extremely powerful but it feels dumb to be relying on something other than the power i picked to play as.
Its also kinda disappointing the major difference between lightning staff and two handed compared to other weapons, light and heavy attack should be viable on any weapon or at the very least the weaker weapons should restore more magicka/stamina.
I hope to find an efficient build that is more power based by time arcanist comes as i am looking forward to being an arcanist.
Is oakensoul worth having if you dont plan to do heavy attack build? Im new to the game but contemplating buying the high isle dlc just for the ring.
It’s a good piece of gear, a lot of buffs.
@@GabrielEGomez-yi3ub yea, i ended up farming all of the pieces yesterday. Its insane the difference between not using oakensoul and using it.
been running kinras + bashei for abt 3 years now still not changed :))))))
there seem to be way more strong medium armor sets than light...we need another good light armor set, peace and serenity is way too similar to siroria, all of the light armor sets are very static it seems
yeah agreed. would be nice to have another nice light option.
@@skinnycheeks i truly wish there were more trial sets that work as a backbar,whorl of depths is situational if you can't use it there it goes your build...
Fantastic as Always, thx!
thanks!
Oh my god YES venomous smite is so underrated
Venomous is amazing, i run a fun farming venomous set up: Venomous Smite + Defiler + Caustic Arrow + Lightning Crushing Wall. Like a hot knife through butter.
Isn't elemental succession (the one that is elemental damage = 5% bonus Crits) work on force shock for instant 15%?
Would love to see more meta gear than Pillar/Rele. I´m very exited tbh!
You will be crying over the newest meta gear every time.
Anyone who is only running pillar/rele is losing a lot of damage on a lot of fights
@Studly Hungwell lol you have problems. It’s not cringe at all it’s how mmo usually go if not you wear the same gear as every one else in the same class. Go run your heavy attack build more lol.
@Studly Hungwell A part from Arcanist they homogenized everything already. Every build is the same set, same non-class skills with a couple class skills sprinkled in.
Can you trigger all of elemental catalyst with just a force pulse/crushing shock?
yep, as long as you don't go +3s between casts
you didnt talk about runecarver in this vid, but is it still worth running now?
yeah it is very good. in the A-Tier on my list
Hello, I have a question, I know that Bahsei's Mania doesn't boost pet damage, then what about Ansuul's Torment? Does this set boost pet damage or not?
Bahsei does boost pets. They fixed that a few patches ago. I would assume ansuul works the same way but I haven’t personally tested
7:13 Crypt of farts xD
On my 2h stamwarden, I switch between essence thief and pillar. Does the damage done affect the crit damage cap?
No, damage done modifiers are not capped
How does your bleed do 25k mines at 9k 😢 what am I doing wrong with July pillar of nirn set please help!
@skinnycheeks 44:22 what costume is that?
not sure, some random one I grabbed on the PTS. could be a new one for necrom
Wait, I thought Maelstorm Inferno staff didn't work on front bar? Did they change it again? I've been away since all the changes have been made to that staff so Im now confused
that was only a bug for like a week
@@skinnycheeks Thanks for clarifying!
This video is only for after level 50
Ashen Grip is beyond amazing for DPS for dual wield, im using a level 16 version of Ashens on a level 38 and it crushes. I'll be upgrading the set to level 40 when I finish the research
Also
What the hell does "Front/back Bar" mean?
What the frick is a trial
WTF is debuff
Might I ask where else this research is taking place
Hey man, would you put OW over MS for magplar?
Yeah. Should be a tiny bit better. And you can customize the weights you want
@@skinnycheeks thank you! Love your videos btw. You brought me back into this game after a 1-2 year break😂
I'm currently running Auroran's thunder on my sorc becuese it looks cool but I want to know if it's actually a good set
it's very nice for short bursts. but the 50% uptime makes it a bit meh for a lot of situations
They should really buff class-specific and ability-specific sets.
So that they would outperform universal sets.
Because its really stupid to have 500+ of them yet having only handful of them being used...
yeah would be nice
@@skinnycheeks another thing is Minor Slayer buff...
This bonus is so strong that we are forced to wear a 5-piece trial set...
Thus I beg ZOS - with tears in my eyes - to add other sources of it.
For examlpe, make Asylum weapons give it when using respective skill. Almost all of Asylum weapons are useless anyway.
Add trial dropped Alchemy ingredient.
Add a mythic that adds this buff (existing anti-skill ring doesn't count).
@@skipperg4436 Something I proposed in Skinny's twitch chat that I thought would be really cool for build diversity; when they add the "Endless Dungeon", one reward that they could do would be "perfected" dungeon or monster sets that have Minor Slayer as the "perfected" bonus.
@@acastanza any dungeon set can get "perfected" name tag and minor slayer bonus?
Yeah, that would work... But that could make trial sets obsolete...
i wonder if claw of the forrest wraith might be good for arcanist
it's okay but gonna be outclassed by other options
41:48 MagDens are in a weird place where your essential weapon/spamable taunts bosses away from tanks making it unusable/very risky in high level content
The morph you want to use doesn’t taunt. Only the clench morph taunts.
@@skinnycheeks reach over clench then? Got it
@@ron-johnsmith8367 yeah reach is the one that is for dps
New Moon Acolyte is perfect as a 2nd heavy attack set
Orders wrath or deadly strike?
What about the gourmands set? Is that used at all?
yeah it is a great option if you are under the crit dmg cap. similar to order's wrath
Daunting? But I am "The Undaunted" 😅. Seriously though, I hope they make some older sets a bit more effective like strength of the automaton or sword dancer
Hi Skinny. Any chance you could do an armor video on armor for vampires and werewolves for all three types. (light.med.and heavy).
Thank you so much. I've been a fan for years ❤🎉
thank you! not sure what you mean though...
@@skinnycheeks They would like you to do a gear/build video for vampire and werewolf.
Why is the Maelstrom arena staff better on the back bar? What about the Master's staff?
because you can get its damage bonus from the back bar. You cast wall of elements and that's it.
Master's stuff bonus however last only 4 seconds thus if you back-bar it you would have to switch to back bar every 4 seconds which is not something that you want to do.
@@skipperg4436 OK, thanks
This one noticed that Kinra's set is not in top 10 any more, which is fine, the question is - why Grave Inevitability never made it as it seems to do twice more buffs than Kinra
major force is what you get for war horns. if you check my tier list I have it on there. great damage if you aren't getting good war horn uptimes, if you are though it is redundant.
@@skinnycheeks thank you!
very nice video .. thx help me know how this game is worth it play everyday :D
what is that style on 7:03 to 9:15?
Trial sets are unattainable for many players, even for those who are members of a guild... I'm proof of that, I literally can't get into the trial and I'm cp855...thanks for the vid
Hey skinny, i need a warden op raid healer can u make a build pls
its kinda sad that Kinras Wrath was not mentioned. its still a solid set if you can weave light attacks well. been running it on my stamplar with Deadly Strike and oakensoul.
It’s solid but major berserk seems to be more and more common each patch.