1600 Eso Wardancer - Voldis NM | Lost Ark

[@Anathyas]

Nice video! As an Eso main myself, its always nice to see people trying out the build(s) :D Maybe a tip, especially if you are just starting out with Eso: If you want a smoother Eso rotation, I would advise you to change the BF tripod on the second row to 3 (where you immediately do the last explosions) and in the third row to 2 (so it only costs 1 bubble). While this loses a little bit of DPS it makes the rotation much more feasible in actual raid scenarios where the boss might move. With that instant explosion tripod, the rotation is basically the same but the damage comes out a lot quicker (and is a little more front loaded). Also the first Spiral Impact lands within the WW duration much more consistently. Taking Gate 2 Voldis as an example you could then do WW -> BF -> Roar -> Dragon -> SSB -> RfD and cycle 3 damage skills instead of only BF and Dragon or RfD and Dragon since BF is that much faster. For more information: Default rotation in the insta-BF build with 2 bubble: WW -> BF -> Roar -> Dragon -> SSB -> RfD -> Spiral -> SSB -> Sprial -> ... repeat Additionally with that setup or the RfD DPS cycle build you can opt into Mass Increase instead of CD, since the cycle is shorter netting a bit more damage just as a fyi. As for the RfD DPS build, you change the third tripod of RfD to the summoning one and basically spam it of cooldown if you are not in the main rotation (Rotation with 2 bubbles: WW -> RfD -> Roar -> Dragon -> SSB -> BF -> Spiral -> SSB -> RfD/Spiral -> Spiral/RfD and then just look that BF and Dragon are within WW and basically use RfD of cooldown ideally with SSB buff) It gives a little more complexity and DPS while sacrificing a bit of damage per cycle. Its nice for bosses that dont phase quickly or dont disappear after a few minutes into the fight.

[@ajex14]

Hi JanB, thank you so much for the build/rotation advice! I definitely need it. I've gotten more hang of my current rotation by now, but I will try out the tripod changes to see if I like that more, seems like it would be easier to continue casting at max bubbles if BF only requires 1, which is one of the things I have kind of been struggling with. Can I ask you what you mean by " rotation in the insta-BF build with 2 bubble" and "rotation with 2 bubbles"? Are you referring to the amount of bubbles spent, or amount when casting? As you can tell I am indeed new to Eso WD! The RfD build you mention I think I saw a video of when researching for my build, but I kind of forgot about it. Animation looked really sick I remember. Don't know if more complexity is what I need yet, but I will keep it in mind for later! This is the first class of mine where I run adrenaline and have trouble keeping it at max stacks for all my dmg skills, so that's where I'm trying to improve atm. I try to cast SSB and Spiral inbetween the rotations to help with it, but sometimes that leaves me below 4 bubbles for the next BF. I also try to cancel and reactivate EC in the last "quarter" of the CD.

[@Anathyas]

@@ajex14 As to why I wrote "rotation with 2 bubbles": You usually want to start your rotation with at least 2 bubbles. This makes your first BF a bit weaker but the new Roar with level 5 (maybe even lvl 4) meter gen tripod, will fill basically all of them if you have a wealth rune equipped. Since I dont know your exact tripod and runes you can just hop into trixion => collect 2 bubbles, then wait until SSB is at about 3 second cd and then start your rotation and look if you have full bubbles after roar. Ideally it should be enough so Azure Dragon gets all 4, SSB comes up right after azure's animation is finished, chaining it with RfD and Spiral. So tldr: For an opener/at the beginning of the fight look for 2 bubbles before starting the rotation and only use auto attacks, SSB and Energy Combustion to fill it. This also makes it so Hallucination's second buff ("Reality" or whatever its called) will activate once your last skills come out. As for adren: since you have 650+ Swift + a lvl 7 SSB gem, you should be able to stack adren with SSB only but its really tight. You can upgrade the cd gem on it to make it a bit easier but for me personally its not that worth it. Besides that there are some tricks: Turning off Energy Combustion for example nets you one stack. Turning it back on also gives you one stack. This means if EC is about to expire you can quickly turn it off and on again to get 2 adren stacks for free. This will make it so your Azure Dragon in your following rotation will come out after you hit 6 adren stacks. If you dont deactivate it before and you lost your stacks, EC (1)-> WW (2)-> BF (3) -> Roar (4) -> Azure (5) will not apply the crit buff to azure since you are only at 5 stacks. As you already mentioned besides the main rotation we also fill the rest of the time with a sub rotation of SSB -> Spiral. Before I commit to that I usually look at my cooldowns and if my WW has < 3seconds left I usually do not commit to it. If I need to refresh adren I default to using SSB in that case, or spiral if I am at full bubbles and dont have any big support buffs on me. Oh and what I forgot to mention in the first comment, there is also a awakening rotation, which is basically the normal rotation but immediately after Azure Dragon you press awakening. This also means, if you have no adren stacks: EC (1)-> WW (2)-> BF (3) -> Roar (4) -> Azure (5) -> awake (6) will make it so the awakening is in the adren 6 window. After that rota you continue as per usual with SSB -> RfD -> Spiral and depending on the WW cooldown you can either squeeze another SSB -> Spiral or wait for the next rotation. So tldr for adren stacking: higher cd gem on SSB might make this easier. You can turn off Energy Combustion for an extra adren stack. Try landing the sub rotation since this will leave you at 6 adren stacks permanently and if you dont know if you should do it look at WW cooldown and make the decision. Once you get the hang of it, Eso isnt that hard. Its usually a decision based class rather than a mechanically intensive one, so I can understand the struggles when being new to the class. At some point you will know what windows you can utilize, how long your burst takes etc. and that is where Eso shines. Especially due to the new faster animations, its a front loaded, high DPC class that rewards greeding at the correct moments and differentiates good players from really good players. One example for this from my own experience: Eso skills are so fast that I can do a full rotation basically while moving during the pizza mech in G3 akkan. While this is "only" one extra rotation, if you apply this to different mechs where other classes cant greed, you can get an edge over them. Another important thing: Regarding the gems I would also advise you to get the same cd gem on WW as you have it on azure dragon (so in your case another level 9) the remaining gems can be 2 levels below those 2. This is makes it less likely for the rotation to desync since all skills perfectly align. With that being said you should also look at the cooldown tripods of WW and Roar. Ideally both should be at level 5 and have the highest priority to get if you want the same result. If you have any other questions just let me know :D

[@ajex14]

@@Anathyas Ayo I accidentally signed up for WD 101 and I'm loving it😅Thanks for clarifying what you meant with "2 bubbles", the start of a fight has felt awkward to me because I was either trying to get to 4 bubbles with EC, SSB and auto attacks, or just doing SSB and my awakening with EC ticked on the boss to gain bubbles and let Reality appear before my first rotation. Now you've solved both my openings and my awakening usage! As for the ADR stacks, yeah my Azure Dragons with max stacks have definitely gone up since I started cancelling and reactivating EC. Your advice on the Spiral decicion making also makes sense. I am looking forward to getting better at this class. The DPC feels amazing already, but I'm sure I can make more use of it as I practice. Hahah I HAVE to try that out during my next Akkan! I have a 9CD on WW, but I am checking auction house for a 9 for Azure Dragon as well. All my tripods should be at lv5, guess I just have to check that I have the correct ones equipped. You are too kind! No more questions atm, tyvm! :D This is one of my favorite characters at the moment, so there should be more videos of my Eso journey:)

[@Anathyas]

@@ajex14 I guess I have to apologize for the long messages, I sometimes get a bit too enthusiastic when talking about the classes I play and start typing multiple paragraphs lol. But Im always glad if I can help out other players, that start out with these classes and give some insight or tricks that might help. Now I am also interested to see your improvements in the upcoming videos but no pressure :D Keep up the good work, and have a wonderful day!

[@ajex14]

@@Anathyas Hahah don't worry at all, my man :D I honestly really appreciate the time you took to write all that to help me (and probably other aspiring Eso-enjoyers who might watch this video)! Even more excited to play her and improve now that I have a better idea of what to work on^^

[@funandgames5278]

as an ESO main, your combo can be all the same CD if you go WW>BF>ROAR>DRAGON>ShatteringBlow>RFD>Spiral , this combo is enough for your WW and all of this are gonna be the same CD once you land it anyways nice vids

[@ajex14]

Yeah that makes sense, thanks! That is the rotation I've tried to stick to, but I often scuffed it because I'm not used to it yet, so I look at my skillbar too often and also check my bubble count, so I get interrupted a lot x) Thanks for watching the video, and for the advice!

[@Leylin323]

Hes right about most of it, but not fully. The cycle only goes smoothly if you got a WW and Dragon CD gem 2 lvls above the rest, best would be lvl 10 and rest 9s as example. @@ajex14

[@funandgames5278]

@@ajex14 when i started ESO i also kept looking at my skill bar but as soon as you get comfy with your class, youll probably get mvp against lvl10 gems with your 9gems but not the SE coz SE is cancer class

[@ajex14]

@@funandgames5278 I love the optimism! All I know is that I'm definitely going to get better than in this video😅

[@ajex14]

@@Leylin323 Thanks for the input! Yeah I am in the process of upgrading my azure dragon gem to 9, WW is already there^^

[@W_Oxygen]

FI is more easy to play, im also tried eso recently but yeah like yours i still messed up the cycle lol

[@ajex14]

Hahah glad I'm not alone! Yeah I've been tempted to build the non-positional FI since I swapped to Eso, but I'm trying to stick with Eso for now to get used to it. I will probably upload another run once I get more used to it!