Inquisitor Mordrak showcases the best possible damage setup one could do on the Raid Dummies and on actual Trial bosses whenever possible as a Stamina Dragonknight PvE damage dealer!
This written guide along with the accompanying video guide will not only go over how to perform your DPS rotation as a Stamina Dragonknight in an optimal setting but also go over alternative setups for different scenarios such as Trial trash, Dungeons, Solo instances and Arenas.
Recommended race for this build is Dunmer / Dark Elf.
Recommended Mundus Stone is The Thief.
Recommended Potions to use for this build will be Essence of Weapon Power.
Recommended foods to use for this build will vary such as Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice (parsing) or any bi-stat food (Health + Stamina) for content that requires you to do so. You can also do Artaeum Takeaway Broth or Dubious Camoran Throne if need be depending on fights.
On this setup and in raids, it's possible to sustain 2 Light Armor pieces with 5 Medium Armor pieces as a Stamina Dragonknight DPS. Penetration is still in demand as you want to avoid the usage of Maces as Daggers offer more with their Critical Chance rating thus the Light Armor will provide it via the Concentration passive.
Kjalnar's Nightmare is one of the hardest hitting monster sets as of Update 32 however the only drawback with this set is that only one person in a group can use it so make sure to look at other options if you can't use it. Stormfist for example would be a good substitute.
Relequen is still a highly desirable single target set even after all these years. Maintaining Relequen stacks is easier and straightforward. You definitely want this active on both bars meaning five body pieces or 1 jewelry piece with 4 body pieces depending on setup.
Harpooner's Wading Kilt will allow you to get closer to the new Critical Damage cap while dropping Fighting Finesse (both content and dummy) in favor of a different Warfare Slottable such as Master-at-Arms.
The two piece bonus from having 2x Kraglen's Howl pieces can be replicated with other 2 piece bonus sets that also grant Critical Chance such as Tzogvin's Warband.
In terms of traits, we want Divines on all armor pieces to boost the Thief's critical rating as much as possible. Bloodthirsty still outperforms Infused on the jewelry. Note that the Nirnhoned dagger must be in the main hand and not the off hand to get the full effects of it The buff to Charged with Update 32 makes it quite hard to ignore not just for the Dragonknight class but also other classes.
The Stamina Dragonknight rotation is quite straightforward. As always when approaching a boss or a raid dummy, some prebuffing is in order.
1) Consume your potion and prebuff with three casts of Flames of Oblivion as this will give you the 3 stacks of Seething Fury for your first Molten Whip cast (note that Molten Whip is on both bars because the Seething Fury stacks only activate when casting an Ardent Flame ability on the same bar). Cast Barbed Trap on target after doing so to start your rotation.
2) Your opening rotation will be (with a Light Attack at the start and in between every skill): Stampede, Deadly Cloak, Venomous Claw, Rending Slashes, Noxious Breath, 3 casts of Carve and finally casting your Ultimate Standard of Might.
After this opening rotation, your main spammable to cast will be Molten Whip while maintaining your active Damage over Time effects, which is pretty much all of them. However there is still a hierarchy of these DoTs in which you prioritize the best ones when refreshing them and the skills priority is (from most important to least important due to damage):
Carve (MUST keep the 3 stacks!)
Stampede
Deadly Cloak
Flames of Oblivion
Venomous Claw
Barbed Trap
Rending Slashes
Noxious Breath
Standard/Dawnbreaker
Molten Whip
Ideally your Ultimates rotation will go: Standard of Might -> Flawless Dawnbreaker -> Standard of Might
Stop using Flames of Oblivion and Barbed Trap at 10% of the Target Health.
Stop using Noxious Breath and Venomous Claw at about 7% of the Target Health.
Drop every Damage over Time skill at ~3% of the Target Health and only cast Molten Whip.
Craft
PvE Combat (Craft)
Professional Upkeep
(50)
Steed's Blessing
(50)
Liquid Efficiency
(75)
Rationer
(30)
For a general Craft allocation for PvE.
Warfare
Stamina Dragonknight PvE (Warfare)
Master-at-Arms
(125)
Deadly Aim
(125)
Thaumaturge
(125)
Backstabber
(50)
General Warfare Slottables for PvE Stamina Dragonknight DPS, assuming raid dummy. Check your Critical Damage value for deciding on Backstabber and Fighting Finesse in content.
Fitness
Stamina PvE DPS (Fitness)
Fortified
(50)
Rejuvenation
(50)
Boundless Vitality
(50)
Sustained by Suffering
(50)
General Fitness Slottables for a PvE Stamina DPS spec. Alternative slottables include Spirit Mastery or others depending on situations.
In raids where you may be able to wear Harpooner's Wading Kilt and depending on what buffs/debuffs your groups are providing, you will need to see if you need to slot Fighting Finesse or not. If you are fighting shielded enemies, replace either Fortified or Celerity if you're using it with Bastion.
Introduction (Update 32, Deadlands)
Inquisitor Mordrak showcases the best possible damage setup one could do on the Raid Dummies and on actual Trial bosses whenever possible as a Stamina Dragonknight PvE damage dealer!
This written guide along with the accompanying video guide will not only go over how to perform your DPS rotation as a Stamina Dragonknight in an optimal setting but also go over alternative setups for different scenarios such as Trial trash, Dungeons, Solo instances and Arenas.
Recommended race for this build is Dunmer / Dark Elf.
Recommended Mundus Stone is The Thief.
Recommended Potions to use for this build will be Essence of Weapon Power.
Recommended foods to use for this build will vary such as Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice (parsing) or any bi-stat food (Health + Stamina) for content that requires you to do so. You can also do Artaeum Takeaway Broth or Dubious Camoran Throne if need be depending on fights.