

Lava Whip – Very reliable, but requires an Immobilize or Stun of the target before you can put them Off Balance. Veiled Strike – Very reliable, but you must be in Stealth to put your target Off Balance. Roar – Probably the best overall ability for reliably putting a target Off Balance. So Skills that provide this, can be useful here. Interestingly this Champion Star will also cause Major Evasion to proc Off Balance as well (if it procs a Dodge). Tactician – This passive in The Atronach Champion Tree makes it so when you Roll Dodge an attack you set the target Off Balance. Interrupting – Interrupting the casting or channeling of an ability will put a target Off Balance. Things That Apply the Off Balance Status Effectīlocking – Blocking a Heavy Attack will set your target Off Balance In the picture the target is also Stunned, but Off Balance isn’t dependent upon Stunning. Off Balance looks like a white swirling ring about the target’s head. Have you ever wondered why Nightblades hit you for so much Heavy Attack damage? It’s because their Surprise Attack sets you Off Balance when used from Stealth so their follow up Heavy Attack hits like a truck. Additionally, Off Balance enemies also take 70% more damage from Heavy Attacks. Off Balance is a negative Status Effect that allows the target (whether it be enemy or player) to be Knocked Down by a Heavy Attack (even partially charged), and is recognizable by the white spinning circle above the affected target’s head.

That’s a lot, especially for a Heavy Armor Set. So if I did my calculation’s correctly, it is possible to gain 857 Weapon Damage from this Set alone while in Werewolf Form. Adding Major Brutality will increase this further by another 20%, the Werewolf passive Savage Strength will increase it by another 18% and finally Hircine’s Rage will increase it by another 10%. This Set caps out at 450 Weapon Damage added at Champion Rank 160 at Legendary quality making for a total of a whopping 579 Weapon Damage on it. Jewelry for this Set comes with the Healthy Trait, but there are unique Rings that come with the Robust Trait (Stamina), which would be quite useful for Builds using Armor of Truth. The Traits on this Armor are random, so you may have to farm several times in order to get the ones that you need. Since this is a Dungeon Set, you can get Weapons, Shields, Armor and Jewelry, but the Armor will always come in Heavy. This is what the set looked like back at VR 12, before Veteran Ranks were removed and the Stats were radically increased.
