STAMINA DRAGONKNIGHT PVP BUILD
Writer: @xGAMxHQ
Role: PVP
Patch: Update 43
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Stamina Dragonknight PVP Build Guide for ESO (The Elder Scrolls Online) is optimized for the 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.
The Stamina Dragonknight PVP Build covers everything you need to know, including a recommended armor setup, 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.
OCTOBER 22 / 2024: – UPDATE 43
• Build rerelease date.
• Almost all aspects of the Stamina Arcanist PVP Build has been updated now that proc sets work in all PVP campaigns.
RACE
NORD
ORC
DARK ELF
REDGUARD
Nords are the only race with a passive related to building Ultimate, allowing them to do so quickly while taking damage. They also increase your Maximum Health by 1,000, Stamina by 1,500, and Physical and Spell Resistance by 2,600.
Orcs offer the best Health sustain and are the only race that increases your Sprint Movement Speed. They also increase your Maximum Health and Stamina by 1,000 and 258 Weapon and Spell Damage.
Dark Elves are well-rounded and are heavily focused on being on the offensive. They increase your Maximum Magicka and Stamina by 1910, Weapon and Spell Damage by 258, and Flame Resistance by 4,620.
Redguards offer the best Stamina sustain, restoring 1,005 Stamina every 5 seconds (12,060 Stamina per Minute) while dealing damage and reducing the cost of your weapon abilities by 8%. Redguard passives also increase your Maximum Stamina by 2,000 and reduce the effectiveness of snares applied to you by 15%.
Though, all Stamina-based races work well with this PVP build, the Stamina Dragonknight PVP Build utilizes the Nord racial passives for the increased Ultimate regeneration, Health and Stamina, and Physical and Spell Resistance. Choose a race that best suits your needs.
ATTRIBUTES
MAGICKA
XX
HEALTH
XX
STAMINA
XX
The Stamina Dragonknight PVP build utilizes all resource pools constantly. Magicka is used to maintain buffs, healing abilities, and debuff 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.
The ESO Stamina Dragonknight PVP build reaches:
• XXK+ Maximum Health
• XXK+ Maximum Stamina
• XXK+ Maximum Magicka
The above distribution of Attribute Points had the following buffs, passives, etc., active:
• Orc
• Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
• Legendary Quality Armor Setup
• Legendary Quality Enchantments
• The Minor Toughness Buff
• Recommended Passives
• Recommended Champion Points
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.
ARMOR SETUP
The Stamina Dragonknight PVP Build uses all weights of armor to utilize the Undaunted Mettle passive fully.
| SET NAME | TRAIT | ENCHANTMENT | WEIGHT/TYPE | ACQUIRED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HEAD |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Veteran The Dread Cellar |
|
|
SHOULDERS |
Impenetrable |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Crafted |
|
|
CHEST |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Craglorn or Guild Stores |
|
|
HANDS |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Crafted |
|
|
WAIST |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Light |
Crafted |
|
|
LEGS |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Craglorn or Guild Stores |
|
|
FEET |
Impenetrable |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Craglorn or Guild Stores |
|
|
NECKLACE |
Swift |
Reduce Spell Cost |
Jewelry |
Scrying |
|
|
RING |
Swift |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Craglorn or Guild Stores |
|
|
RING |
Swift |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Craglorn or Guild Stores |
|
|
FRONT BAR (MAIN HAND) |
Sharpened |
Absorb Stamina |
Mace |
(Veteran) Dragonstar Arena |
|
|
FRONT BAR (OFF-HAND) |
Sharpened |
Disease Damage |
Mace |
(Veteran) Dragonstar Arena |
|
|
BACK BAR |
Defending |
Weapon/Spell Damage |
Inferno Staff |
Crafted |
SKILLS
FRONT BAR
Rending Slashes (Morph of Twin Slashes | Skill Line: Dual Wield)
Molten Whip (Morph of Lava Whip | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Flames of Oblivion (Morph of Inferno | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Noxious Breath (Morph fo Fiery Breath | Skill Line: Ardent Flame)
Fossilize (Morph of Petrify | Skill Line: Earthen Heart)
Ultimate: Take Flight (Morph of Dragon Leap| Skill Line: Draconic Power)
BACK BAR
Elemental Susceptibility (Morph of Weakness to Elements | Skill Line: Destruction Staff)
Coagulating 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 the Stamina Arcanist PVP build, which should be unlocked first if possible.
ARDENT FLAME
- All Passives
DRACONIC POWER
- Burning Heart
- Scaled Armor
EARTHEN HEART
- All Passives
DUAL WIELD
- All Passives
DESTRUCTION STAFF
- All Passives
LIGHT ARMOR
- All Passives
MEDIUM ARMOR
- Dexterity
- Wind Walker
- Agility
- Athletics
HEAVY ARMOR
- All Passives
ASSAULT
- All Passives
SUPPORT
- Combat Medic
- Battle Resurrection
UNDAUNTED
- All Passives
RACIAL
- All Passives
ALCHEMY
- Medicinal Use
MUNDUS STONE - THE WARRIOR
EASTMARCH
ALIK'R DESERT
MALABAL TOR
This Dragonknight Arcanist 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.
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)
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)
- Duelist’s Rebuff (+50) (Slot 2)
- Piercing (+10)
- Master-at-Arms (+50) (Slot 3)
- Precision (+10)
- Wrathful Strikes (+50) (Slot 4)
- Hardy (+20)
- Elemental Aegis (+20)
- Preparation (+20)
- Tireless Discipline (+10)
- Eldritch Insight (+20)
- Piercing (+10)
- Precision (+10)
- Battle Mastery (+20)
- Mighty (+30)
- Battle Mastery (+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. You must spend 10 points in Blessed before you’re able to unlock it.
- Tumbling (+15)
- Mystic Tenacity (+10)
- Pain’s Refuge (+50) (Slot 1)
- Sustained by Suffering (+50) (Slot 2)
- Hero’s Vigor (+20)
- Hasty (+8)
- Celerity (+50) (Slot 3)
- Survival Instincts (+50) (Slot 4)
- Mystic Tenacity (+40)
- Hasty (+8)
- Sprinter (+20)
- Defiance (+20)
- 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 Celerity or Survival Instincts during group play to significantly increase your resurrection speed.
TIPS & TRICKS
The Stamina Dragonknight PVP build does not follow a traditional static rotation, as most PVP builds don’t. Instead, you are primarily on your back bar (buff bar) in a defensive state for most of the fight, maintaining your healing abilities, resource sustain, and buff abilities.
Once you’re ready to go on the offensive, reapply your buffs and switch to your front bar, where most of your damaging abilities are except for Elemental Susceptibility.
It is essential that you understand your build and why you use the recommended armor sets and skills you do. Be sure to read this build guide entirely.
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.
