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Maelstrom Blademaster

Author: Mikael Lokviing

Maelstrom Blademaster

Class: DRAGONKNIGHT

Race: Nord

Main Role: Damage

Health, Magicka, Stamina

HEALTH MAGICKA STAMINA
19,000 - 21,000 14000 30,000 - 35,000

 

Skills

 

Bar 1

Weapon 1: Two Handed

Wrecking Blow

Two Handed Skill

Wrecking Blow

Uppercut

 

Reverse Slice

Two Handed Skill

Reverse Slice

Reverse Slash

 

Venomous Claw

Dragonknight Skill

Venomous Claw

Searing Strike

 

Dragon Fire Scale

Dragonknight Skill

Dragon Fire Scale

Reflective Scale

 

Rally

Two Handed Skill

Rally

Momentum

 

Flawless Dawnbreaker

Fighters Guild Skill

Flawless Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker

 

Bar 2

Weapon 2: Bow

Poison Injection

Bow Skill

Poison Injection

Poison Arrow

 

Rearming Trap

Fighters Guild Skill

Rearming Trap

Trap Beast

 

Endless Hail

Bow Skill

Endless Hail

Volley

 

Resolving Vigor

Assault Skill

Resolving Vigor

Vigor

 

Igneous Shield

Dragonknight Skill

Igneous Shield

Obsidian Shield

 

Corrosive Armor

Dragonknight Skill

Corrosive Armor

Magma Armor

 

Armor Types

Light Armor Medium Armor Heavy Armor
0 6 1

 

Gear and Item Set Info

 

For the gear setup, I'm going back to an old setup of mine; Blademaster.

Five piece Hunding's Rage, (Weapon damage and crit), four armor and weapon is what I use.

Five piece Night Mother's Embrace or Oblivion's Edge (Two weapon damage bonuses and stamina regen, latter gives healing upon killing an enemy plus more crit). I use jewelry and two armor pieces but the way you set it up is entirely up to you.

One piece Bloodspawn (Stamina regen, plus it looks nice)

For my weapons I have a precise maul for penetration and crit, then an infused bow with weapon damage glyph. (Both of which I will be replacing with maelstrom weapons eventually.)

 

Alternative sets: Stormfist, Swarm Mother, Molag Kena, Velidreth, Briarheart, Twice Born Star, Vicious Ophidian

Dual wield setup: Axe/dagger (with two piece Spawn of Mephala) - Venomous Claw, Blood Craze, Flames of Oblivion/Evil Hunter, Dragon Fire Scale/Volatile Armor, Deadly Cloak

 

EDIT: Another set you could run is Mechanical Acuity from Clockwork City.

 

 

General Info

 

This build is as simple as it gets: Kill fast, heal yourself, reflect all projectiles, heavy attack for resources, and completely destroy everything. If you've seen any power strike dk builds, you should know how effective heavy attacking can be. I suggest using tri-food and tri-pots for the best resource management, you want to be able to use your magicka skills as much as possible to keep yourself alive. Also, having the serpent with this setup will benefit you more than having penetration or weapon damage mundus.

 

Champion Point Tips

 

For your champion points, I use what is in my Toxin Master build, as the damage output from it is so good and the sustain helps a lot.

But for simplicity's sake:

  1. Mage:
  • Atronach: 30 Master-At-Arms
  • Ritual: 55 Thaumaturge, 55 Precise Strikes, 30 Piercing, 50 Mighty
  1. Warrior:
  • Steed: 30 Medium Armor Focus
  • Lady: 59 Hardy, 58 Elemental Defender, 13 Thick Skinned
  • Lord: 60 Quick Recovery
  1. Thief:
  • Tower: 30 Warlord
  • Lover: 30 Mooncalf, 100 Tenacity
  • Shadow: 60 Tumbling

 

 

 

 

Build Rating

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7 Comments

  • Mikael Lokviing
    Aug 28, 2017

    I want everyone to know that even though I post it as nord, this is just from my character and I do reccommend playing as a nord for both health and stamina bonuses with the damage reduction but it is not required.

    Reply
  • Deadagainken
    Sep 8, 2017

    Would you make any adjustments for pvp?

    Reply
    • Mikael Lokviing
      Sep 11, 2017

      I think that this setup would work for pvp as is, but the cp would be slightly different.

      Reply
  • Jigerbob
    Sep 11, 2017

    Is this build used for Maelstrom only or can it be used for normal PvE content and dungeons?

    Reply
    • Mikael Lokviing
      Sep 11, 2017

      I would suggest only using this skill setup for something like maelstrom but if you want normal pve, look up my Blademaster 2.0 build. It’s the same thing, only with a few adjusted skills.

      Reply
  • Maidens Sentinel
    Sep 17, 2017

    I use this build for everything with a few personal tweaks to fit my play style. Thanks for the build help

    Reply
    • Mikael Lokviing
      Sep 19, 2017

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply

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