Why Your Build Doesn't Work in ESO! Don't Miss This on your Build!

[@Adam_Lutz]

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[@supertrexandroidx]

Best to have multiple characters you can do daily normal random dungeons with, folks. If you have five characters to do them, then that's 50 Transmutation Crystals right there, and then you won't have to run around for long with armor with the Well-Fitted trait instead of Divine ;)

[@rickyjanzen6684]

ZOS should put the damage type in the top right corner of the tool tip. Just 2 simple lines would help out so many players. Single/Area & Direct/DoT.

[@newworldforward1842]

I've pretty much learnt everything about this game from online resources and people in the guilds. ZOS tells almost nothing about how things work in the game itself.. I think they've deliberately chosen to do it that way, maybe to create more online communities of players helping each other out?

[@JokesR4us]

Sorry what even does dot mean. Started a week ago.. Watched alot of things still dont know or understand alot of things.. I have 2 Level 30ish magplar and magblade but idk wether to swap and do something better

[@newworldforward1842]

@@JokesR4us DOT= Damage Over Time

[@newworldforward1842]

@@JokesR4us Don't worry, first enjoy over land questing and learning how your class works. After CP 160 you want to start looking into how to make a build.

[@rickyjanzen6684]

@@JokesR4us Both of those are very strong and fun DPS classes. Magplar is one of the best healers in the game, too. I probably enjoy my nightblades the most (have dps, tanks, and healer--all super fun and competitive to varying degrees). As a new player, I'd suggest focusing on your templar first. Magblades are good, but require ideal rotations to be great (I'm below great on it myself). Templar is easy to be quite strong. And, you can use the armory system to make a strong healer spec for instant queue Randoms.

[@cryzz0n]

Quality teaching, Adam. Six years in and I’m still learning stuff that helps.

[@merpins]

The one thing I didn't realize a couple years ago: DPS is calculated on a Trial Dummy, which gives you some buffs and calculates in some enemy debuffs. I always calculated my DPS on a 3mil dummy, and was always 20-40k dps off the mark of what a build was otherwise doing. That's normal. You'll deal 20-50% less damage against a 3m dummy than you will against a trial dummy depending on your penetration, enemy debuffs, and self buffs. That doesn't mean you HAVE to test builds against a trial dummy. They're pretty expensive after all, and ZoS doesn't want to give players an expensive toy for free so there've been no events where you can get one. You have two options; if you get a free 3m dummy, or the you maybe have that free Ogrim dummy from the recent event, you just need to keep an eye on your penetration, know what buffs you have, and know what debuffs you deal. At the end of your parse, see the difference between your damage and the damage of the content creator that you're using as reference. If you're in the 20-50% range, you're probably doing it correctly. Your second option is to join a guild. Many guilds have a hub house they like to use, usually owned by the guild leader. It, more often than not, will have a trial dummy to parse against. I personally don't like going to a guild hall to parse, since there's usually people around. But if you don't mind it, it's almost always an option.

[@TheDrsalvation]

The issue with having to practice all those weavings and rotations and stuff is the expectations and results. I want to practice rotations and weaving, but how do I know if I'm doing it right when my DPS is still 19k? Is it because I'm not doing it right? Or is it because of the limitations of my build? How can I be sure that the low numbers is due to the gear I'm wearing and not because I'm not doing proper animation canceling? I know there's a constant debate on weather or not weaving and cancelling means exploiting a 'bug' or if it's designed by the game to be that way, like in devil may cry, being able to cancel an attack by jumping on an enemy, allowing you to do multiple helm breakers, the game never conveyed it, when people discovered it, it was labelled as a glitch/exploit. The DmC reboot did something which legitimized the helm breaker cancel, which was done by playing combos in loading screens, the game doesn't tell you how to do it, but by showcasing it's possible, it pushed a lot of players to try it. That said, the game was designed to be able to be just as stylish without needing to practice those cancels. In ESO's case, the game tutorials barely even show you the basic, but I think if it was required to practice and perfect the animation cancelling and weaving, the game should be more specific about it. If the devs are designing dungeons and trials with DPS checks where you absolutely MUST do weaving, then they're doing a terrible job at explaining their own game to the players. All I'm saying is, it's because the game doesn't convey in any way if you're light weaving or cancelling correctly, it's hard to tell if the problem is your gear, your CP, or if you're simply not weaving properly. And the scary part is that practicing doesn't mean perfecting something, it means honing your muscle memory, you can practice the alphabet incorrectly and you'll be so good at reciting it in the wrong way, when you find out the right way, your muscle memory will keep stumbling you. So, when is it good to try to improve your DPS via weaving and cancelling, and not via builds, gear, and CP? How do you know you've taken out the best out of your gear and now it's time to master your own skills in weaving and cancels?

[@newworldforward1842]

Yes, for all that stuff there are add-ons that will give you that info. If you're on console however, your best bet may be to have someone experienced looking at you while humping the dummy to tell you what you're doing wrong.. In game info won't tell you much of anything unfortunately.

[@tryfelife9497]

pick fun over dps numbers 💯

[@Cooperharley0204]

Reasons: 1. Missing part of the build 2. Lack of experience/knowledge of their class and the rotation needed to achieve advertised numbers Lots of new players come in and get the sets they need for BiS DPS, but have no idea how to do a proper rotation. So they achieve subpar DPS. Simple. Practice makes perfect. If achieving 130k dps was that easy for a new player, everyone would have godslayer

[@Cooperharley0204]

Also, lots of players think they’ll achieve huge dps numbers with solo builds. Also not gunna really happen :-)

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

For solo builds specifically, armor traits are important, but going divines will usually not make or break your build. However, not having well fitted on a lower sustaining build can easily break a build. In general, for solo play specifically, a combination of divines, well fitted, reinforced, and infused is not just fine to have, its good. Especially well fitted. Roll dodge cost reduction is amazing when soloing (or trying to solo) vet dlcs

[@TonganJedi]

I switched to a MMO mouse and really improved my rotations. Being able to click thumb buttons frees up my hand to focus on movement and dodging. But it took A LOT of practice to get good with it. Trying to find a class you like is REALLY important. I started off with a stamina DK but spend more time with my magicka templar (with lightning staff AOE focus). I played the necro and found the rotations to be annoying busy work BUT when I respec'd him to a tank I enjoyed playing the class. Don't be afraid to try new classes and builds. You might be surprised what you discover!

[@thomaslange2262]

I absolutly love ESO, but the build system is where I kinda feel it falls down. The game teases and gives you the illusion of choice with so many awsome options but to be successful at end game you find out that you don't have much choice at all. Nearly every build in it's roll Tank, Healer, DPS all require the exact traits. They never change. Yet you are given the illusion and have to grind out for MANY traits that never get used. You also are pretty much locked into attaining all the "buffs" out of your skills. Due to this, every build feels 50-75% the same espessially on backbar with only a few skills from class lines that give you those buffs you need. Again you have this illusion of so many skills, but you are in the end restricted from the few skills that give you those buffs.

[@newworldforward1842]

My biggest gripe is there are so many sets in the game that are pretty much useless, while there are only a few "meta" sets that pretty much everyone seem to use. They should focus on bringing the "useless" ones up to par with the meta so they actually present more viable build choices.

[@hydropotato6937]

Honestly, you're at the right channel if that's how you feel! Of course the best of the best will always be narrowed down to a handful of gear sets, but Brah has some fun and useable builds that may not be the *absolute strongest* but still work out pretty well!

[@thebluemetalviking345]

Thanks for the video as you are so right! Everything adds up and when you want that high dps it will eventually happen. Practice, farm for that gear, n learn your cp points. I was stuck at 20k for the longest time say last year I came to pc from ps4. I love eso so much more now as to wrap this up from everything I've watched from streamers like you and many more 86k on my kajhit hybrid dk has happened that thrill is great. As once timing and muscle memory comes together its just wonderful. Keep up with everything you do as I play and thrown tips at players I mean I feel alot of ppl don't put In the time to research or watch KZbin.

[@shadow.3454]

Love the content and yes my build is garbage 😂 i have a hybrid Nb that I love playing.

[@davidfalloutbandit]

i want to pvp in this game but i a few things keep stopping me. I.i can't decide what i want to play as. (something with good damage for both pvp and pve that can take a hit and heal itself) 2.I want nothing but the most meta choice of race for any given class..im a filthy minmaxer and i can't help it. 3. am unsure what skills to put on my bar and in what order to do a proper rotation

[@RedBattalion9000]

If your are DPS or Healer, please don't use "taunt skill". (T_T)

[@gabefimbres]

I like the amount of customization this game offers but I don't like how I need to study and research how to make a better build, and that's just the first part. After I know what I want then I have to farm all the gear and mats. Plus it stuff is always getting switched around so it feels like some builds can get a little out dated

[@vupartsupermud1995]

Arcanist is the first class that I really like, been playing for years and warden was my go to, but now... I got plent of arcanists

[@samueleveleigh2767]

as an add on to picking the wrong class, its also important to pick the right weapons/sub class when i started i thought a dagger wielding nightblade would be the most fun, and i hate it. but when i changed just slightly to use a bow instead my little cat friend had a whale of a time murdering everyone in sight. in a simmilar vein necromancer tanks are very viable, especially in cyrodil but it can get boring running around in a loop waiting for either your potions to run out or a teammate to counter attack

[@daryl198920]

To be honest all builds should be valid it's just the complainers/pvp that get the devs somehow to nerf quite a lot of sets so yer

[@michellepartridge8558]

Putting skills that are the same type on the same key is the most helpful for me. Most really good players always seem calm and relaxed, never rushed, I think having the proper attitude helps a lot.

[@newworldforward1842]

Yes, the biggest improvement I got was when I realized button mushing doesn't help. Now I press one skill each second to match the cooldown and there's no stress :)

[@SirBanana1992]

I know what one of my biggest caveat is when I try to DPS instead of my usual tanking: I forget to use my ults. I just go hard into my rotation then like 5 minutes later or something "oh right, I have an ultimate" then use it.

[@newworldforward1842]

And don't forget the synergies!!!!

[@SirBanana1992]

@@newworldforward1842 oh the synergies is not an issue, I'm so used to spamming the synergy key to not miss them unless I'm specifically aware of a mechanic where I must time them properly.

[@jackflash6377]

MMO mouse is a game changer. Easy to strafe and spam skills at the same time. I struggle to get over 45K dps but when I am in groups doing content, I see that I typically do 50 to 70% of the damage. I think it's because I am comfortable with my rotation and I've fine tuned it so that I can keep it up forever.

[@laraangela4935]

Even though I’ve been playing for many years I know there’s a lot I still need to learn. It’s one reason why I still haven’t tackled Trials or Dungeons much like so many others do. I don’t feel comfortable in my skills yet and I think I may need to practice more on a dummy. But stuff like Enchantments still confuse me a bit so using the proper ones, for the gear I have, is probably an issue too. But that’s ok. Vids like this definitely help a ton and I appreciate every one you put out.

[@newworldforward1842]

Don't be afraid to jump into dungeons, even the most difficult ones. That's typically where you learn the most. Just try finding a nice group that will help you instead of just yelling at you when you don't perform as expected(everyone's been there at some point before).

[@LyranVega]

Doin a trial isn't that hard at all... just get in there and mask ur damage with the other dps, and you'll see that u aren't far off from them. Get in there and get the experience trust me it will help u drastically

[@newworldforward1842]

@@LyranVega Though it's hard to hide among the dps when you're the tank :) But yes, I started out doing trials as a dps and it wasn't hard at all. Just follow the group.

[@whoareyou56101]

Anyone know some good bow/bow build for nb?

[@ItaChu787pr]

because i cant get the armor set and by the time i get two pieces a new dlc comes out and then oh lets use this armor set now .... oh .... well okay .... LOL

[@newworldforward1842]

That's why I shy away from the trial sets and mythics. It's just a waste of time when you can get excellent overland, PvP and dungeon sets just from buying them or spamming a dungeon for a few hours. I rather focus on playing the game than farming gear.

[@BansheeKing22]

I might as well give up then. I went werewolf on a magicka necromancer and all I get told is that I'm gimping myself. Pvp is a waste of time since I inevitably get one shot or some guy runs out with silver arrows or dawnbreaker or some damn poison attack. Losing any will to keep playing since I can't honestly play how I want. Dumping attributes into one stat is just stupid as all hell, no other mmo does that but apparently its the only way to play this game and since I dumped them into mana I screwed over my werewolf..

[@briccathiusgaming]

Adam its briccathius one of ur twitch chat guys, THANK YOU FOR THIS! u da best bro

[@Siberiasun2]

the playing the wrong class hit pretty hard for me. NO matter what I do I can't get necro to work for me. I've watched plenty of guides and read plenty of rotations but I just can't get the blast bones rotation right ever and it was super frustrating to have to give up on it. Though maybe I shouldn't give up on it, but give up on wanting to do really high dps on it.

[@natewhocking]

I started off with a dk and thought it was the worst class ever... that was 2years ago where i was equipping random sets or doing 2/2/3 and not realizing the full potential of some sets as well abilities and morphs. now fast forward to present my dk has become a somewhat master crafter but i created a templar with mindset of realizing the class potential it can do. Ive been able to solo wb's vma and other things that i thought was impossible on my dk(yes i know dk can do alot more things over templar and more so userskill lol) but having the general thought of what your abilities do/what sets provide you a bonus to such abilities and so forth makes the game so much easier overall to understand on how to play and makes it so much more enjoyable instead of going why am doing 10kdps and dying all time lol

[@CorvoFG]

Quality teaching, Adam. Six years in and I’m still learning stuff that helps.

[@TheDarkfireMoon]

This was so helpful as I am just now starting to look at endgame sets for my builds and am at around 830CP. I didn't realize how important traits are.

[@piercemchugh4509]

Helpful relatable tips and very motivational. Awesome video. Keep up the good work.

[@BBRocker75]

My builds never work, but i got so much fun trying those wilds mixes.

[@ArtistHunter62]

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[@TheDarkfireMoon]

I need to research what the flip animation cancelling is....

[@cipher1000101]

I spent yrs on K&M, but after going to controller I can't go back. Being able to move, rotate the camera & do your rotation seamlessly is a no brainer. As far as bar allocation goes, my buffs/aoe's are B Y X & spam/weave is LB RT, with a gap closer or spamable on RB.

[@cipher1000101]

Also, a controller with mappable triggers for left D pad & up D pad, means my right thumb never moves to swap bars or use a potion.

[@HiHelloHi]

Also PS4 controller can let you play like a Wii remote, you can physical aim the controller by moving it around to move the camera. Can be very useful for tracking while hitting the right side shape buttons. DS4 windows has a setting to turn it on and adjust the sensitivity of the gyro

[@RidgeWalletYT]

Team Damascus 🙌

[@blktauna]

I find that the lack of bar switch in cyro makes me run 2 one bar builds for when I can no longer change. I always have my heals on 5, gap closer on 2, aoe 4, spammable on 3. yes the placement needs to be where you can it it. Class is really important. try one of each and you'll know what you vibe with. I lean stam over magicka and I know that so I lean into it. Traits are sneaky but easier to deal with these days. I also don't practice rotation because they are useless in cyro and for the stuff I run, I don't need it.

[@justrunbruh]

U didn't mention 1. 0-o.. please and thank u

[@ArtistHunter62]

I dont have clockwork city and i dont do guild/group stuff so i would have to just farm armour to get the right trait and yeah i can feel myself getting better and practising more, realising the flaws and perfections on my bars, the CP Use, And I'm Even Getting Better At Weaving 👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁👄👁

[@BlackWolf-of5ce]

There’s no excuse not to use one guilds don’t even interact with you they only want you on the list for member count you have no excuse not to be in one for the transmute station. You only sabotage yourself. No social aspect at all is needed

[@ArtistHunter62]

@@BlackWolf-of5ce thanks,

[@123SMarshall]

What I find frustrating is that why must we alway choose a class that is better suited for magsorc, etc. High Elf is recommended for better dps but a Breton is recommended for better sustain? What if I prefer the Wood Elf over the High Elf and Breton for Magsorc? I’m just using the Wood Elf, etc as an example. And yes I do look at a lot of the Meta Builds and sometimes I feel they are restricting and confusing… I like to play Solo and my main toon is a High Elf Sorc but my damage output is only 20k. And that’s with recommended armor sets and recommended Champion Nodes and the Divine Trait. Some traits I will never get hold of because I solo play and I feel that is unfair because some of the traits can only be obtained by doing World Bosses and Trials which I will never do because I play solo. Returning to my Wood Elf point, I would like to try the Sorcerer class some time in the future and see how the Wood Elf works out. Damage output and sustain will not be optimal but at the end of the day, how I want to play and with my preferred class should be the main aim. And I like a challenge. I just find that most builds available on the internet forces one to choose the recommended race and doesn’t leave much room to play the race you want with the class you prefer.

[@HiHelloHi]

Traits are not trial locked, just buy the weapon with the trait from guild trader then research it then transmute the weapon/jewelry. Also I'm sorry but an MMO is by design meant to be multiplayer

[@123SMarshall]

@@HiHelloHi fair enough, however there are a fair amount of ESO players who play Solo. And if they can do the majority of the content playing Solo then so can I. Obviously for me, Trials are out of the question because you need to be part of a group to complete those. And it is pointless joining a guild because I hail from South Africa and I play on the NA Server so the timing difference is a problem for me. But I’ve got this far with my High Elf Sorcerer- she is at CP731 and I got her there by playing Solo the majority of the time. The only time I play in a group is for the Undaunted Guild. And yes luckily I found a necklace with the bloodthirsty trait on the guild store and I think this will increase my damage output. Most of my gear is purple and it will take a lot of play time etc to even upgrade them to gold but I have a lot of patience. And I will get there. But either way, one should be able to play the race they want with the class they prefer and one shouldn’t feel pressured to stick with the class better-suited for the role they wish to play. As I said, all the builds can be very confusing and if I’ve learnt anything since I game back to ESO in November last year, I’ve learnt that the best way to play is by trial and error and use what works for you. Thanks for your input though, much appreciated 😊

[@Strider1313]

Ya right class.. good example I want to like the warden for rp reasons but it’s just not for me rotation wise at least low level I can’t get past low level

[@newworldforward1842]

What role are you? I know many dps guys running bow/bow wardens and they're in love with the class. Frosty tanks and stam healers also seem happy with their wardens.

[@Strider1313]

@@newworldforward1842 ya it’s definitely preference. I love Templar im starting to dig dk and sorcerer b feel like I can totally get down on

[@xsoundofsil3nc3x96]

Never had any issue like this in eso. The game is mind numbingly easy, it’s nearly impossible to die and it’s actually my biggest gripe with the game. Beat the entire main storyline with Molag Bal at a low level without ever really even coming close to dying

[@youmadbro4203]

The reasons builds don't work are the same people that can't even light attack weave after every skill these are the same casuals such as mystic raven who will always remain garbage cuz they don't wanna put no work in to it so for any of u that actually wanna be endgame or want endgame advice look up skinny cheeks

[@epstiendidntkillhimself1435]

I want to like magsorc it really just doesn't hit like the other classes especially w pets. 😩