Dragonknights in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online) are about to get a huge buff to one of their best abilities in the new Ascending Tide DLC. The ability we are talking about is Burning Embers. Burning Embers will get a change to its healing component which will make the Dragonknight a lot more powerful.
What changed with Burning Embers for Dragonknights in ESO?
Lets take a look at the tooltips of the old and new version of Burning Embers in ESO. Basically the main takeaway can be found with how the healing part is worded. Instead of one healing tick at the end of the skill you now get healing ticks every time the damage over time portion of the skill deals damage. This is infinitely more useful than the heal at the end in the old version.
Old Tooltip: Slash an enemy with flame, dealing X Flame Damage and an additional X Flame Damage over 10 seconds. Heals you for 75% of the total damage inflicted when the effect ends. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Burning status effect.
New Tooltip: Slash an enemy with flame, dealing X Flame Damage and an additional x Damage over 14 seconds. You heal for 100% of the damage done with this ability. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Burning Status Effect.
Why has Burning Embers become so much more powerful in ESO?
Dragonknights always had a problem with healing. They had burst heals but not heal over times, which made it difficult to get sustained healing. You always had to be ready to pop a heal in the right moment, but if you missed that moment then you were dead. Now with the change but Burning Embers in ESO for the Dragonknights you can activate Burning Embers and kind of forget about healing for a bit. Heal over time (HoT) heals are the most powerful healing type in ESO.
Basically as long as you keep Burning Embers on the enemy you will always get healing. For example on the Solo Magicka Dragonknight Build this has two effects. First off I can change Cauterize to Flames of Oblivion, so instead of healing it will actually deal damage, therefore increasing my damage output. And the healing is also stronger with the build now because Burning Embers constantly heals my character.
That means we get better healing and more damage, sounds fun!
This change will of course also have an impact on any other build. For example the Magicka Dragonknight Group PVE Build and the Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build will also gain extra healing through the Burning Ember skill.
Now you know everything about the huge Dragonknight buff that will arrive with the Ascending Tide DLC for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online).
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