ESO STAMINA WARDEN PVP BUILDS
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The Stamina Warden 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.
The Warden class is one of the top choices for PVP in solo and group-style play in Cyrodiil, Imperial Sewers, and Battlegrounds. They are incredibly tanky, offer excellent self-healing, group buffs, and can put out an insane amount of burst damage.
These Stamina Warden 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 07 / 2023: – UPDATE 41 – SCIONS OF ITHELIA
• Split page into multiple PVP builds.
• Added the Stamina Warden PVP Build: Bloodletter. (No-CP/Proc)
BUILD 1: BLOODLETTER - ESO STAMINA WARDEN PVP BUILD
Campaign: No-CP Cyrodiil & No-CP Imperial Sewers
Patch: Update 41 – Scions of Ithelia
The Bloodletter Stamina Warden PVP Build is optimized for No-CP Cyrodiil and No-CP Imperial Sewers. It focuses heavily on maximizing Bleed Damage.
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 should you choose to go that route.
• Nords are the perfect choice if you’re looking for an even tankier setup by further increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 2600, Maximum Health by 1000, and Maximum Stamina by 1500. They are also the only race that allows you to build additional Ultimate by simply taking 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%.
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
MAGICKA
0
HEALTH
0
STAMINA
0
This ESO Stamina Warden 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 Warden 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::
• 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
This ESO Stamina Warden PVP build uses The Warrior Mundus Stone to stack high Weapon Damage.
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 |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
|
|
SHOULDERS |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Light |
Undaunted Enclave |
|
|
CHEST |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
|
|
HANDS |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Bloodroot Forge |
|
|
WAIST |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Bloodroot Forge |
|
|
LEGS |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
|
|
FEET |
Divines |
Prismatic Defense |
Medium |
Bloodroot Forge |
|
|
NECKLACE |
Infused |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Bloodroot Forge |
|
|
RING |
Infused |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Bloodroot Forge |
|
|
RING |
Infused |
Physical Harm |
Jewelry |
Scrying |
|
|
FRONT BAR (MAIN HAND) |
Nirnhoned |
Absorb Magicka |
Sword |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
|
|
FRONT BAR (OFF-HAND) |
Sharpened |
Absorb Stamina |
Sword |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
|
|
BACK BAR |
Defending |
Weapon Damage |
Restoration Staff |
Wrothgar and Guild Stores |
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
Bloodthirst (Morph of Flurry | Skill Line: Dual Wield)
Deep Fissure (Morph of Scorch | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Bird of Prey (Morph of Falcon’s Swiftness | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Cutting Dive (Morph of Dive | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Growing Swarm (Morph of Swarm | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Ultimate: Rend (Morph of Lacerate | Skill Line: Dual Wield)
BACK BAR
Bull Netch (Morph of Betty Netch | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Arctic Blast (Morph of Arctic Wind | Skill Line: Winter’s Embrace)
• Alternative: Polar Wind – Provides more healing but doesn’t stun enemies.
Lotus Blossom (Morph of Lotus Flower | Skill Line: Green Balance)
Ice Fortress (Morph of Frost Cloak | Skill Line: Winter’s Embrace)
Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill Line: Assault)
• Alternative: Echoing Vigor – Provides more healing to your group but no longer grants Minor Resolve.
Ultimate: Light’s Champion (Morph of Panacea | Skill Line: Restoration Staff)
• Alternative: Northern Storm – Provides Major Protection to you and your group, deals great damage, and increases your Weapon and Spell Damage.
• Alternative: Healing Thicket – Provides very strong healing to your group.
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 Warden PVP build.
ANIMAL COMPANIONS
- All Passives
GREEN BALANCE
- All Passives
WINTER'S EMBRACE
- All Passives
DUAL WIELD
- All Passives
RESTORATION 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
TIPS & TRICKS
There are currently no tips or tricks for this build.
BUILD 2: BRAWLER - ESO STAMINA WARDEN 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 should you choose to go that route.
• Nords are the perfect choice if you’re looking for an even tankier setup by further increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 2600, Maximum Health by 1000, and Maximum Stamina by 1500. They are also the only race that allows you to build additional Ultimate by simply taking 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%.
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
MAGICKA
0
HEALTH
0
STAMINA
0
This ESO Stamina Warden 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 Warden 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::
• 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
This ESO Stamina Warden PVP build uses The Warrior Mundus Stone to stack high Weapon Damage.
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 March of Sacrifices |
|
|
SHOULDERS |
Impenetrable |
Maximum Stamina |
Medium |
Undaunted Enclave |
|
|
CHEST |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Crafted |
|
|
HANDS |
Impenetrable |
Maximum Stamina |
Heavy |
Crafted |
|
|
WAIST |
Impenetrable |
Maximum Stamina |
Medium |
Crafted |
|
|
LEGS |
Reinforced |
Prismatic Defense |
Heavy |
Crafted |
|
|
FEET |
Impenetrable |
Maximum Stamina |
Heavy |
Crafted |
|
|
NECKLACE |
Infused |
Reduce Feat Cost |
Jewelry |
White-Gold Tower |
|
|
RING |
Bloodthirsty |
Increase Weapon Damage |
Jewelry |
White-Gold Tower |
|
|
RING |
Bloodthirsty |
Increase Weapon Damage |
Jewelry |
White-Gold Tower |
|
|
FRONT BAR |
Decisive |
Absorb Health |
Greatsword |
White-Gold Tower |
|
|
BACK BAR (MAIN HAND) |
Decisive |
Absorb Health |
One-handed Weapon |
White-Gold Tower |
|
|
BACK BAR (OFF-HAND) |
Reinforced |
Maximum Magicka |
Shield |
White-Gold Tower |
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)
Deep Fissure (Morph of Scorch | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Bird of Prey (Morph of Falcon’s Swiftness | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Executioner (Morph of Reverse Slash | Skill Line: Two Handed)
Fetcher Infection (Morph of Swarm | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Ultimate: Dawnbreaker of Smiting (Morph of Dawnbreaker | Skill Line: Fighters Guild)
BACK BAR
Blue Betty (Morph of Betty Netch | Skill Line: Animal Companions)
Polar Wind (Morph of Arctic Wind | Skill Line: Winter’s Embrace)
Lotus Blossom (Morph of Lotus Flower | Skill Line: Green Balance)
Ice Fortress (Morph of Frost Cloak | Skill Line: Winter’s Embrace)
Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill Line: Assault)
Ultimate: Permafrost (Morph of Sleet Storm | Skill Line: Winter’s Embrace)
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 Warden PVP build.
ANIMAL COMPANIONS
- All Passives
GREEN BALANCE
- All Passives
WINTER'S EMBRACE
- All Passives
TWO HANDED
- 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
CHAMPION POINTS
The Champion Point system in ESO is unlocked once you reach Level 50 and maxes out at 3600 points, though, once you get CP1506, most points gained after are for quality of life purposes.
Champion Points unlock many powerful benefits that allow you to customize and strengthen your build. 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.
The Champion Point allocation below is optimized with the Stamina Warden PVP Build in mind, focusing on increasing single-target damage, damage mitigation, single-target healing, self-sustain, and movement speed.
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)
- Eldritch Insight (+10)
- Blessed (+10)
- Focused Mending (+50) (Slot 2)
- Piercing (+10)
- Master-at-Arms (+50) (Slot 3)
- Deadly Aim (+50) (Slot 4)
- Elemental Aegis (+20)
- Hardy (+20)
- Piercing (+10)
- Battle Mastery (+20)
- Mighty (+30)
- Battle Master (+20)
- Tireless Discipline (+10)
- Eldritch Insight (+10)
- Quick Recovery (+10)
- Blessed (+10)
- Beyond this point, you can continue to unlock passives or more slottable perks based on your preference:
- Duelist’s Rebuff (50)
- Force of Nature (50)
- Tumbling (+15)
- Defiance (+10)
- Slippery (+50) (Slot 1)
- Mystic Tenacity (+10)
- Sustained by Suffering (+50) (Slot 2)
- Pain’s Refuge (+50) (Slot 3)
- Celerity (+50) (Slot 4)
- Hero’s Vigor (+20)
- Hasty (+16)
- Mystic Tenacity (+40)
- 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:
- Celerity (50)
- Rejuvenation (50)
- Boundless Vitality (50)
- Spirit Mastery (50)
TIPS & TRICKS
Maintaining your buffs and debuffs on any PVP build is critical to staying alive and out-sustaining your opponents. Be sure to always keep skills like Blue Betty, Lotus Blossom, Ice Fortress, and Resolving Vigor up to maximize your buff uptimes.
Blue Betty is your source of the Major Brutality and Sorcery buffs. It also provides Magicka sustain.
Lotus Blossom is your source of the Major Prophecy and Savagery buffs. It also provides Health sustain and can trigger the Maturation passive from the Green Balance skill line.
Ice Fortress is your source of the Major Resolve and Minor Protection buffs.
Resolving Vigor is your source of the Minor Resolve buff. It also provides a burst heal.
If you follow along with the armor sets above, much of your build focuses on self-sustain and increasing your damage output.
JUNE 17 / 2023: – UPDATE 38 – NECROM
• No changes.
MAY 23 / 2023:
• Build release date.
