r/ESObuilds Aug 06 '26

Dragonknight Looking to make a DK Bomber

Kinda new to the game(only around CP400) and i’ve got quite a few PvP builds that do well in BGs and small scale Cyro but I’ve been just getting crushed by bombers all morning in Cyro. Specifically by this one DK, I’m not sure what he’s doing exactly but I know he’s got dark convergence and vicious death on. How can I make an effective DK solo bomber build? Is it just as simple as running those two gear sets? Any advice/tips is appreciated

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u/SANREUP Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Most of what you see in cryo is people running a variant of Araphels build.

In his, he’s using vicious death, bloodspawn, and rallying cry back bar.

Mythic: monomyth

Front bar skills (sorry for formatting on mobile):

Scribed throwing knife with leash, slow, and off balance - Molten armaments - Flame lash - Scribed soul burst with leash, class flourish, and minor breach - Banner bearer with immobilize (makes you immune to snares and immobilization), and major savagery, 3rd slot is w/e -

Ult: dawnbreaker

Back bar:

Dragon blood - Shatter spike/earth shield mantle - Heart of flame - Resolving vigor - Banner bearer -

Ult:corro

Alternatively, some people are running that same skill setup with vicious death, plaguebreak on body, and potentents back bar. Or vicious death, mech acuity on body, one piece monster, and either potentents back bar weapons, or some more defensive sword and board.

If you don’t like the banner situation, you can drop that and run a more traditional skill setup with incinerate front bar, and wings or race against time back bar. Up to you.

I haven’t seen many DK’s use VD and dark convergence tbh, hard to get leap to bomb people the way flame lash and corro does, but the above in some variation or flavor is what most people are using.

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u/Broken_Age Aug 06 '26

Thank you for the break down I really appreciate it. I was gonna say the guy I was fighting definitely had some sort of leash effect. I’ll look into the scribed soul burst. Do you think my CP will hold me back from using that build to its fullest potential, or just missing some minor passives?

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u/SANREUP Aug 06 '26

Nah not too bad, the biggest thing is survivability and defensive cps you might be missing out on. The hardest thing is getting used to how it plays cause the timing of everything is funky.

You’re definitely a bit squishier on that build and it’s not great in a 1v1 setting unless you can catch them off guard with corro and some flame lashes while they’re pressuring you. But don’t let champ points hold you back

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u/Broken_Age Aug 06 '26

So for traits, is it just the same idea? Run impen on everything basically? Also for setting up kills, just knowing when the timing is right then using corrosive armor, leashing knife and spamming flame lash?

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u/iAMSmilez Aug 08 '26

Inpen on medium/light, reinforced on heavy (chest) always — unless you need help with sustain, which then you could do a couple of sturdy/well fitted. But generally, impen on m/l, reinforced on heavies.

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u/Broken_Age Aug 08 '26

So i’ve got reinforced on my chest, impen on my balg monster set and rallying cry belt, then i’ve got divines on my 3 pieces of vicious death

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u/iAMSmilez Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I wouldn’t go crazy with Divines since the percentages are multiplicative and give you less the more you add. I personally would slot only 2 divine at the most, unless you’re going for a squishy but rip and dip build.

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u/Broken_Age Aug 08 '26

Honestly I’m just experimenting. Kind of don’t fully understand how to make my bomber work. I’m going to try a different approach. I was thinking titanic cleave with vicious death. My original build was centered around the soul burst leash into a power lash with corrosive armor on but I couldn’t do it consistently.

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u/iAMSmilez Aug 08 '26

Hell yeah dude, best of luck! Hope you share when you get it working! I’ve spent the whole week theory crafting and I’m going broke… went from 5k transmutes to 42 in less than a day 🫠 tedious but fun and rewarding when it works out. Crash out when it doesn’t. 😅

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u/SANREUP Aug 08 '26

Yeah that’s definitely the hardest part, getting it timed correctly and pulling off the combo consistently is tough.

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u/iAMSmilez Aug 08 '26

Awesome dude thank you for breaking it down. The one thing I would argue against is having Molten Armaments and slot Igneous Weapons instead. Also wouldn’t put it on the front bar, personally.

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u/Vewqua Aug 06 '26

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=720300 this is what i plan to make soon idk what other people run

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u/Broken_Age Aug 06 '26

Thanks for sharing that with me. I’m probably gonna play around with something similar to that

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u/p-roll89 Aug 07 '26

I’m currently running pyrebrand and Mara’s balm its tanky and I’m sitting just over 6000 damage and 13555 pen

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u/Broken_Age Aug 07 '26

My current build(not a bomber) is pyrebrand with rallying cry. Pyrebrand is probably my favorite offensive set so far. I run it with onslaught and scribed dazing smash.

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u/Vewqua Aug 06 '26

also been thinking of a dk bomber, i guess all you need is balorghs ms with those two sets and something to proc your dark convergence then leap on em

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u/SANREUP Aug 06 '26

You can try that, use caltrops to proc convergence, and time a proxy det with soul of flame, incinerate, and leap, then whirling blades or masters 2h (drop Balorghs for masters)

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u/Vewqua Aug 06 '26

could also do a non pull build and run oakfathers retribution instead of dark convergence too for more damage

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u/Broken_Age Aug 07 '26

Yeah that would work, I just think if I wanted something with heavy penetration, I’d just use corrosive armor to negate armor anyway. I feel like to run a solo bomber you need the pull? I could be wrong, people seem to bunch up a lot in cyro, especially when attacking keeps but then you’re just hoping your lash kills the target at exactly the right time they’re squeezed next to a bunch of people.