ESO STAMINA DRAGONKNIGHT PVP BUILDS
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The Stamina Dragonknight PVP Build Guide Page for ESO (The Elder Scrolls Online) features several thoroughly tested builds optimized for the various campaigns and game modes of PVP within ESO.
Whether you’re a beginner looking to get together a dedicated PVP build for the next in-game Whitestrake’s Mayhem event or a veteran player wanting to try something new or improve upon your current build, these builds are for all levels of players.
These Stamina Dragonknight PVP Builds cover everything you need to know, including recommended armor setups, skills, champion points, alternatives, and more. Please read each section of the build you’re using carefully and bookmark the page, as it will update with each new patch.
MARCH 03 / 2023: – UPDATE 40 – INFINITE ARCHIVE
• Begun changing to new format.
BUILD 1: COMING SOON
Campaign: No-CP Cyrodiil & No-CP Imperial Sewers
Patch: Update 41 – Scions of Ithelia
BUILD 2: SLAUGHTER - ESO STAMINA DRAGONKNIGHT PVP BUILD
Campaign: CP Cyrodiil & CP Imperial Sewers
Patch: Update 41 – Scions of Ithelia
RACE
• Dark Elves are an excellent choice for builds that heavily use both Magicka and Stamina. They also provide a stat boost to your Weapon and Spell Damage and help against Stage 3 Vampirism’s weakness to Flame Damage.
• Orcs provide the best Health regeneration, allowing you to heal for 2125 Health every 4 seconds when you deal damage. They also provide a boost to your Weapon and Spell Damage by 258, Maximum Health and Stamina by 1000, reduce the cost of Sprint by 12%, and increase the Movement Speed of bonus of Sprint by 10%.
• Imperials are well-rounded and offer excellent overall sustain, including a 6% cost reduction to all skills and abilities, including block, roll dodge, break-free, and even Ultimate abilities. They also increase your Maximum Health by 2,000 and Maximum Stamina by 2,000.
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
MAGICKA
8
HEALTH
25
STAMINA
31
This ESO Stamina Dragonknight PVP build utilizes all resource pools constantly. Magicka is used to maintain buffs, damage shields, healing abilities, and debuff and Crowd Control (CC) your enemies, while Stamina is primarily used for offensive combat. It’s important to have a Maximum Stamina value that exceeds your Maximum Magicka value to ensure you always restore Stamina when you synergize with Luminous Shards or Energy Orb provided by your support roles.
This ESO Stamina Dragonknight PVP build reaches:
• 35K+ Maximum Health
• 21K+ Maximum Stamina
• 19K+ Maximum Magicka
The above distribution of Attribute Points had the following buffs, passives, etc., active::
• Dark Elf Race
• Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
• Legendary Quality Armor Setup
• Legendary Quality Enchantments
• The Minor Toughness Buff
• All Recommended Passives
You may need to adjust your Attribute Points if you use a different race, food, enchantments, quality, etc. Find a balance that best suits your needs.
MUNDUS STONE - THE WARRIOR
This ESO Stamina Dragonknight PVP build uses The Warrior Mundus Stone to increase Weapon Damage by 280.
Each piece of Divines armor further increases this by 9.1%.
While wearing 4 pieces of Legendary quality Divines armor, this bonus is increased to 302.
EASTMARCH
ALIK'R DESERT
MALABAL TOR
CONSUMABLES
FOOD
Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch provides the best stat increases for your Maximum Health, Magicka Recovery, and Stamina Recovery. However, it is relatively expensive because it requires a Perfect Roe to craft.
• Bonuses:
• Increase Maximum Health by 4312.
• Increase Health Recovery by 406.
• Increase Stamina Recovery by 369.
• Increase Magicka Recovery by 369.
• Lasts 2 hours. (Without passives)
• Ingredients:
• Frost Mirriam (1)
• Perfect Roe (1)
• Red Meat (1)
• Tomato (1)
• White Cap (1)
Jewels of Misrule provides identical bonuses to Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch, though with slightly lower values, and it costs much less to craft or buy. One massive benefit to using Jewels of Misrule is that it can be used at any level.
• Bonuses:
• Increase Maximum Health by ~3927.
• Increase Stamina Recovery by ~357.
• Increase Magicka Recovery by ~357.
• Scales with your level.
• Lasts 2 hours.
• Ingredients:
• Bervez Juice (1)
• Lotus (1)
• Mint (1)
• Rose (1)
• Columbine (1)
POTIONS
Tri-Stat Potions can be costly to craft but are your best option if you want to maximize your Health, Magicka, and Stamina sustain. These potions are the same as the Crown Tri-Restoration Potions given for free from the Daily Login Rewards Calendar.
• Bonuses:
• Restore ~9373 Health.
• Restore ~7582 Stamina.
• Restore ~7582 Magicka.
• Gain Major Fortitude.
• Gain Major Endurance.
• Gain Major Intellect.
• Ingredients:
• Bugloss (1)
• Columbine (1)
• Dragonthorn (1)
Detection Potions are very useful when you’re dealing with Nightblades and other stealth builds. If you see an enemy go invisible, drink a Detection Potion and charge them down. They will likely die quickly.
• Bonuses:
• Increase Stealth Detection by ~20 Meters.
• Ingredients:
• Torchbug Thorax (1)
• White Cap (1)
• Wormwood (1)
ARMOR SETUP
| SET NAME | TRAIT | ENCHANTMENT | WEIGHT/TYPE | ACQUIRED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HEAD |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Veteran Spindleclutch II |
|
|
SHOULDERS |
Impenetrable |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Undaunted Enclave |
|
|
CHEST |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Stros M'kai Main Quest |
|
|
HANDS |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Crafted |
|
|
WAIST |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Markarth or Guild Stores |
|
|
LEGS |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Crafted |
|
|
FEET |
Impenetrable |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Crafted |
|
|
NECKLACE |
Infused |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Markarth or Guild Stores |
|
|
RING |
Infused |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Markarth or Guild Stores |
|
|
RING |
Infused |
Magicka Recovery |
Jewelry |
Scrying |
|
|
FRONT BAR |
Nirnhoned |
Absorb Health |
Greatsword |
Markarth or Guild Stores |
|
|
BACK BAR (MAIN HAND) |
Decisive |
Absorb Magicka |
One-handed Weapon |
Crafted |
|
|
BACK BAR (OFF-HAND) |
Reinforced |
Maximum Magicka |
Shield |
Crafted |
If you can’t afford Prismatic Defense Glyphs yet, enchant the Head, Chest, and Legs with Health enchantments and the Shoulders, Hands, Waist, and Feet with Stamina enchantments. You may need to adjust your Attribute Points by doing so.
SKILLS
FRONT BAR
Wrecking Blow (Morph of Uppercut | Skill Line: Two-Handed)
Molten Whip (Morph of Lava Whip | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Flames of Oblivion (Morph of Inferno | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Executioner (Morph of Reverse Slash | Skill Line: Two-Handed)
Fossilize (Morph of Petrify | Skill Line: Earthen Heart)
Ultimate: Take Flight (Morph of Dragon Leap| Skill Line: Draconic Power)
BACK BAR
Noxious Breath (Morph fo Fiery Breath | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Green Dragon Blood (Morph of Dragon Blood | Skill Line: Draconic Power)
Igneous Weapons (Morph of Molten Weapons | Skill Line: Earthen Heart)
Hardened Armor (Morph of Spiked Armor | Skill Line: Draconic Power)
Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill Line: Assault)
• Alternative: Echoing Vigor – Provides more healing to your group but no longer grants Minor Resolve.
Ultimate: Corrosive Armor (Morph of Magma Armor | Skill Line: Earthen Heart)
PASSIVES
Almost all passives in the skill lines you use are worth unlocking, but some are more critical to the build than others. Below is a complete list of only the most essential passives to this ESO Stamina Dragonknight PVP build.
ARDENT FLAME
- All Passives
DRACONIC POWER
- Burning Heart
- Scaled Armor
EARTHEN HEART
- All Passives
TWO HANDED
- Heavy Weapons
- Balanced Blade
- Battle Rush
ONE HAND AND SHIELD
- All Passives
LIGHT ARMOR
- All Passives
MEDIUM ARMOR
- Dexterity
- Wind Walker
- Agility
- Athletics
HEAVY ARMOR
- All Passives
VAMPIRE
- Undeath
ASSAULT
- All Passives
SUPPORT
- Combat Medic
- Battle Resurrection
UNDAUNTED
- All Passives
RACIAL
- All Passives
ALCHEMY
- Medicinal Use
TIPS & TRICKS
There are no tips or tricks for this build currently.
CHAMPION POINTS
The Champion Point (CP) system in ESO provides many powerful benefits that allow you to customize and strengthen your build. It is unlocked at Level 50 and maxes out at 3600 points. The CP system has three unique constellations: Craft, Warfare, and Fitness. The Warfare and Fitness constellations each have three subtrees.
• The Craft constellation focuses on crafting, gold gain, movement speed, stealth, and increasing material yields.
• The Warfare constellation focuses on increasing damage, healing, and damage mitigation.
• The Fitness constellation focuses on your core stats, such as Maximum Health, various methods of recovery, and provides many defensive benefits.
Follow the recommended path below while levelling up and spending your Champion Points to see strong progression.
- Steed’s Blessing (+50) (Slot 1)
- Gilded Fingers (+10)
- Fortune’s Favor (+10)
- Wanderer (+15)
- Steadfast Enchantment (+10)
- Rationer (+10) (Slot 2)
- Liquid Efficiency (+75) (Slot 3)
- Rationer (+20)
- Treasure Hunter (+50) (Slot 4)
- Master Gatherer (+15)
- Gifted Rider (+100) (Replace Slot 4)
- Gilded Fingers (+40)
- Breakfall (+50)
- Steadfast Enchantment (+40)
- Beyond this point, you can continue to unlock passives or more slottable perks based on your preference.
- Tireless Discipline (+10)
- Quick Recovery (+10)
- Ironclad (+50) (Slot 1)
- Precision (+10)
- Wrathful Strikes (+50) (Slot 2)
- Piercing (+10)
- Master-at-Arms (+50) (Slot 3)
- Deadly Aim (+50) (Slot 4)
- Hardy (+20)
- Elemental Aegis (+20)
- Tireless Discipline (+10)
- Precision (+10)
- Piercing (+10)
- Battle Mastery (+20)
- Mighty (+30)
- Battle Mastery (+20)
- Eldritch Insight (+20)
- Quick Recovery (+10)
- Blessed (+20)
- Beyond this point, you can continue to unlock passives or more slottable perks based on your preference:
- Focused Mending (50) can replace Wrathful Strikes during solo play for better self-healing; however, you will need to spend 10 points in Quick Recovery before you’re able to unlock it.
- Tumbling (+15)
- Defiance (+10)
- Slippery (+50) (Slot 1)
- Mystic Tenacity (+10)
- Sustained by Suffering (+50) (Slot 2)
- Pain’s Refuge (+50) (Slot 3)
- Hero’s Vigor (+20)
- Hasty (+8)
- Celerity (+50) (Slot 4)
- Mystic Tenacity (+40)
- Hasty (+8)
- Sprinter (+20)
- Defiance (+10)
- Tumbling (+15)
- Piercing Gaze (+10)
- Tempered Soul (+50)
- Beyond this point, you can continue to unlock passives or more slottable perks based on your preference:
- Spirit Mastery (50) can replace Pain’s Refuge during group play to increase your resurrection speed significantly.
Survival Instincts (50) can replace Celerity to reduce the cost of your core combat abilities, such as blocking, roll dodging, break-free, etc.
AUGUST 09 / 2023: – Update 39
• Updated Attribute Point allocation.
• Updated the Armor Setup:
• Replaced Warrior’s Fury with Witch-Knight’s Defiance and equipped it on the front bar only. This change provides higher, more consistent Weapon and Spell Damage than Warrior’s Fury did.
• Added one piece of Armor of the Trainee (Gallant Chain) to the build.
• Added Markyn Ring of Majesty to the build.
• Updated the Skill and Alternative Skill Sections:
• Added skill descriptors.
• Replaced Harden Armor with Volatile Armor to more easily proc Daedric Trickery on the back bar. Hardened Armor was moved to the Alternative Skills section.
• Replaced Take Flight with Dawnbreaker of Smiting for increased Weapon and Spell Damage while slotted on the front bar. Take Flight was moved to the Alternative Skills section.
• Replaced Coagulating Blood with Green Dragon Blood.
• Changed from the Atronach Mundus Stone to the Serpent Mundus Stone.
APRIL 16 / 2023:
• Build release date. This is a highly requested build but also a work in progress. More information will be added later.
