Introduction
The Dragonknight is one of the 4 first classes introduced in The Elder Scrolls Online. This class is very strong and comes with a ton of utility putting it in a unique position where it can be very powerful. The Stamina Dragonknight is no exception to this. The Dragonknight has some of the highest DPS damage in the game while maintaining resources and staying alive. Many players would argue that this class is one of the strongest in ESO especially this patch. So without further ado, here is our ESO Stamina Dragonknight DPS Build for PVE.
Overview
Race: Khajiit (best choice) or Dark elf/Dunmer and Orc (also are great choices)
Food: Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice (max stamina and stamina recovery)
Mundus Stone: The Shadow (increase critical damage) or The Thief (increase critical chance)
Consumables: Essence of Weapon Power, Essence of Heroism
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 0 Health, 64 Stamina
Gear
The best in slot options for this build would be considered “meta” and it is advised to try and stay to the best option as best as possible. However the 2nd and 3rd options are great alternatives to wear while you farm for best in slot gear.
Gear Information:
- Armor in 7 Divines armor traits
- We wear 1 light armor pieces
- We wear 6 medium armor piece
- Front bar bow is charged
- Back Bar bow is infused
- Three Bloodthirsty Jewelry Traits
- All max stamina armor glyphs
- The higher the quality gear the more damage you can deal
| Set Options | Best Option | 2nd Option | 3rd Option |
| Monster Set x1 | Slimecraw | Zaan | Iceheart |
| Mythic Item | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Markyn | |
| Damage Set x5 (Both bar) | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Arms of Relequen | Ashen Grip (crafted) |
| Damage Set x5 (Front bar) | Pillar of Nirn | Aegis Caller | New Moon Acolyte (crafted) |
| Trial Set x2 (Back Bar) | Perfected Master’s Bow | Masters Bow | Pillar of Nirn |
Gear Weights and Traits
| Piece | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant |
| Head | Slimecraw | Light | Divines | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Chest | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Hands | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Waist | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Feet | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Necklace | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Main Hand | Pillar of Nirn | Bow | Charged | Poison |
| Off Hand | – | – | – | – |
| Main Backup | Perfected Master’s Bow | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Off Backup | – | – | – | – |
Skills/Single Target
Front Bar
Front Bar: Barbed Trap, Flames of Oblivion, Burning Talons, Lethal Arrow, Arrow Barrage, Flawless Dawnbreaker
Back Bar
Back Bar: Poison Injection, Eruption, Venomous Claw, Acid Spray, Molten Whip, Standard of Might
Single Target Rotation
Buff Rotation: There are no skills being cast to obtain a buff so drink your potion and get ready to damage right away.
Damage Rotation: Starting on the back bar begin with Poison Injection to buff your damage. Place Eruption and Venomous Claw next. Acid Spray and swap to front bar. On the front bar place your Barbed Trap and Arrow Barrage. Cast Flames of Oblivion and Burning Talons. Spam Lethal Arrow with light attacks in between keeping DOTs active. Standard of Might is the damage dealing ultimate.
Champion Points
Because everyone who is viewing this guide is at a different Champion Point level I will only be putting up the champion points I chose at the level I was at the time of making this guide, which is around 1075. Remember that Champion Point soft cap is around 1800 but you can easily achieve high value kills with low cp.
- 50 Deadly Aim (slot)
- 50 Exploiter (slot)
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (slot)
- 50 Master-at-Arms (slot)
- 50 Boundless Vitality (slot)
- 50 Fortified(slot)
- 50 Siphoning Spells (slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (slot)
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (slot)
- 50 Sustaining Shadow (slot)
- 75 Liquid Efficiency (slot)
- 30 Rationer (slot)
Additional Information
Video
(video guide coming soon!)
Thank You
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