Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is a little compilation of boss fights from a vAA raid I joined a few weeks ago.
This was the first weekend of raids that I joined since mid-July, and there aren't loads of Stamina Dragonknight fights out there so I thought I'd share on this occasion.
Thanks to Lulu (youtube.com/channel/UCE0HG0iD3Cn1jlUCt7yGZIw) for inviting me
Thanks to Pyro (youtube.com/channel/UCF_gA2hbwK8-PGV_nbRb7Wg) for info and everyone else for getting me up to speed
These guys got the World Record for Dragonhold a day later. Check them out here:
AOEGU (Stam Necro) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=cQC_v_ZU0DM
Saphorius (Stam Necro) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=apYpZJvPkWE
Warfire (Stam Nightblade) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=CsJsMVaVFBQ
Lulu (Mag DK) - Last Boss - youtube.com/watch?v=L_CpKeJNLb0
WHoitsma (Stam Necro) - Last Boss - youtube.com/watch?v=HpiaglUTtps
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The following information is still relevant should you want to try a similar setup for the current Harrowstorm patch, but this is what I used here:
Gear:
Relequen, Lokke (1 axe, 1 dagger), Maarselok on each boss.
Master Bow on 1st and 2nd, and vMA Bow on 3rd and 4th. My feeling is that Master Bow is better all-around when single-target is concerned, would use that next time.
Stamina and Minor Heroism Potions used.
Crown Poisons used on the front bar.
Skills:
Noxious Breath was the group's only source of Major Fracture for the first three bosses.
Igneous Weapons was used to provide Major Brutality/Sorcery for everyone (Action Duration Reminder was a bit inconsistent and didn't keep track of this buff properly).
Camo Hunter and Flames of Oblivion for Major Savagery. Camo Hunter also provided my source of Minor Berserk.
Stone Giant was used as the spammable to keep up stagger stacks, for a decent group damage debuff.
CMX Parses - imgur.com/a/Lwu7fbb
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This is a little compilation of boss fights from a vAA raid I joined a few weeks ago.
This was the first weekend of raids that I joined since mid-July, and there aren't loads of Stamina Dragonknight fights out there so I thought I'd share on this occasion.
Thanks to Lulu (youtube.com/channel/UCE0HG0iD3Cn1jlUCt7yGZIw) for inviting me
Thanks to Pyro (youtube.com/channel/UCF_gA2hbwK8-PGV_nbRb7Wg) for info and everyone else for getting me up to speed
These guys got the World Record for Dragonhold a day later. Check them out here:
AOEGU (Stam Necro) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=cQC_v_ZU0DM
Saphorius (Stam Necro) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=apYpZJvPkWE
Warfire (Stam Nightblade) - Full Run - youtube.com/watch?v=CsJsMVaVFBQ
Lulu (Mag DK) - Last Boss - youtube.com/watch?v=L_CpKeJNLb0
WHoitsma (Stam Necro) - Last Boss - youtube.com/watch?v=HpiaglUTtps
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The following information is still relevant should you want to try a similar setup for the current Harrowstorm patch, but this is what I used here:
Gear:
Relequen, Lokke (1 axe, 1 dagger), Maarselok on each boss.
Master Bow on 1st and 2nd, and vMA Bow on 3rd and 4th. My feeling is that Master Bow is better all-around when single-target is concerned, would use that next time.
Stamina and Minor Heroism Potions used.
Crown Poisons used on the front bar.
Skills:
Noxious Breath was the group's only source of Major Fracture for the first three bosses.
Igneous Weapons was used to provide Major Brutality/Sorcery for everyone (Action Duration Reminder was a bit inconsistent and didn't keep track of this buff properly).
Camo Hunter and Flames of Oblivion for Major Savagery. Camo Hunter also provided my source of Minor Berserk.
Stone Giant was used as the spammable to keep up stagger stacks, for a decent group damage debuff.
CMX Parses - imgur.com/a/Lwu7fbb
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Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/lights-of-elysium
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![ESO - [Symbolic] - vAS HM - Stamblade Bow/Bow Practice - Wrathstone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ihpMQ-z0iZ8/mqdefault.jpg "ESO - [Symbolic] - vAS HM - Stamblade Bow/Bow Practice - Wrathstone
This is a clip from Day 2 as a Bow user in vAS HM. I had fun trying out for Symbolic, thanks for having me. Karma and I are looking forward to leaving Hodor and joining the core team kappa.
I was at 64k/52k DPS when the last sphere came before the execute phase. Unfortunately, the Main Tank died at the beginning of execute so we didnt finish this attempt. This means I dont really have a clean parse to link, since the fight dragged on. It does show that this build certainly has potential to beat a Magblade.
Hopefully, if I do upload again, it will be a bit more polished, still a lot more to get right consistently. This is mainly an upload for the interest of others in Hodor so we can compare, but Im leaving it public so maybe others can find it useful too.
Some notes which helped me improve from Day 1:
This is a clip from when I was using Reapers Mark, so I was setting off a little earlier than usual to make the most of the Major Berserk. Still did 11-12k AOE damage, which is pretty reasonable considering.
Without Mark (since I was taking turns with Karma) I would use Crushing Weapon to attack spheres when they were below 50%, to guarantee that I do not waste Global Cooldowns from casting an empty Snipe. Although you dont see it consistently here, when a sphere was approaching I would cast Crushing instead of Snipe to prevent wasted GCDs.
Crushing Weapon was also really good to use if I needed mobility when I was in a hard spot such as when kiting storm, and when I had the defiling blast on me as youll see. The heal does 25% of the damage done, so it is a pretty strong self-heal.
Previously I didnt bother to recast Hail at all on Olms, but it also works to recast it when a sphere spawns under Olms. If not, then a poison injection just to keep up the Berserker Glyph.
I didnt try ballista over incap at all. Incap was great because it usually coincided with the source of Major Slayer received from the DDs next to me (thanks Random!). Lining my skills up with incap is something that I can do a lot better, but it was pretty bursty all the same despite some mis-timings.
My major courage uptime here was only 39%, entirely my fault as I was playing in a different position than I do normally, and with a lot of new things to learn, looking for Olorime took a backseat - oopsie!
Build used here https://i.imgur.com/8OHcOm0.png
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![ESO - [Hodor] - vCR HM 132,661 Score - 6:46 Fight Time - Liköya Magblade - Wolfhunter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jPxSeqUwtCU/mqdefault.jpg "ESO - [Hodor] - vCR HM 132,661 Score - 6:46 Fight Time - Liköya Magblade - Wolfhunter
This is the run from the #1 Score for Cloudrest in the Wolfhunter Patch. Well played to the other guilds on EU for pushing us and each other with new ideas, its been fun.
This happened to be the only run where I tried to use just Soul Harvest as a non-Major Slayer user. Not a particularly good idea. It may have contributed to faster kill of minibosses, but it didnt do anything extra for damage to ZMaja, which is the primary goal. To be honest I didnt play particularly well in this run and got held up by my Siroria Circle a few too many times for my own liking.
Fingers crossed someone actually lets me bring a non-Nightblade in Murkmire :D
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