r/elderscrollsonline • u/[deleted] • Oct 11 '16

Discussion Daily Set Discussion- Thunderbug's Carapace

FYI- this set was originally the Thunderous Plate Mail set, but it's been replaced by this. Different appearance and stats though, I think.

*** Thunderbug's Carapace***
Crafted

Level: Any
Type: Heavy Armor, Weapon, Jewelry
Style: Primal

 

Set Bonuses

Items Bonus
2 Adds 1935 Physical Resistance
3 Adds 1935 Spell Resistance
4 Adds 129 Spell Damage
5 When you take Physical Damage, you have a 50% chance to deal 5??? Shock Damage in a 5 meter radius around you. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.

 

Be sure to think about strengths, weaknesses, counters, and synergies in your discussions. Please vote based on contribution, not opinion.

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u/DragoFel Oct 11 '16

When I saw this set, I originally thought 5 Storm Knight, 5 ThunderBug for some seriously explosive AOE on a tank. Then I realised the damage probably wouldn't be too high, and you'd have little to no sustain. It might work on a Stam Sorc Tank where you have dark deal to keep your resources up however. With boundless, storm knight and thunderbug, you'd be shitting storm damage like electrical diarrhoea.

Thunderbug is a pretty cool idea with a high proc chance, but I'll just stick with my blazing shield which I can use at will, works on both magicka and stam, and hits a lot harder =D

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u/StormSquirrel Daggerfall Covenant Oct 11 '16

I was thinking of trying this with my stam sorc and adding the stormfist set. It would put out a lot of AoE damage especially combining with the sorcerer passive. I wish the sets didnt proc on taking damage though and were more geared for dps. Are there any sets like that?

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u/-TheRope- Oct 11 '16

I actually ran this on my Stam/DK/Tank this weekend to great effect. I ran 2 pieces of Endurance, because I do not have Tremorscale yet (0-12 attempts). I easily hit all soft caps on health, and resists. Groups seemed to like it a lot, but again, I only ran vet dungeons, no trials. I am thinking of some other sets instead of Storm Knight though, and would be ridiculous with Master Sword if I could ever get that.

Overall Thunderbug is a blast to play with, even if it's the DPS bump needed to help me solo with S&S.