Stamina Dragonknight PvE Build for ESO Ascending Tide

Welcome to the Stamina Dragonknight build for The Elder Scrolls Online: Ascending Tide. This build relies on strong poison DoT damage and Dragonknight's unique gameplay to defeat enemies.

In this guide, ArzyeL Gaming shows how to build a flexible Stamina Dragonknight for PvE. The build is relatively easy to use. Your only concern should be keeping your potions and DoTs active. Some of the consumables in this build can be expensive, so if you need some cheap gold to buy food and drinks in ESO, MmoGah is always at your service.

Information

Attributes: 64 points into Stamina

Maximum Magicka: 15296

Maximum Health: 22137

Maximum Stamina: 30907

Magicka Recovery: 640

Health Recovery: 1050

Stamina Recovery: 1168

Spell Damage 3728

Spell Critical: 34.9%

Spell Penetration: 2829

Weapon Damage: 4328

Weapon Critical: 34.9%

Physical Penetration: 28.29

Spell Resistance: 12973

Critical Resistance: 1320

Physical Resistance: 12247

Race: Dark Elf/Orc/Khajiit

Mundus Stone: The Thief

Food: Artaeum Takeaway Broth 

Potion: Essence of Weapon Power

Armor Sets

Dedicated Group Setup

One piece of Slimecraw can be used to boost Critical Chance for group content. If you prefer a full Monster set, replace the Slimecraw + Harpooner's combination with Kjalnar's Nightmare, Selene, or Velidreth.

(Perfected) Arms of Relequen is currently the best-in-slot Stamina DPS set in The Elder Scrolls Online. Its perfected version adds Maximum Stamina, and its five-piece bonus increases your Physical Damage significantly, boosting your overall DPS.

Kinras's Wrath is an excellent DPS set that grants Major Berserk and Minor Berserk. If you don't have this set, then Berserking Warrior is a nice alternative. 

Harpooner's Wading Kilt increases your Critical Chance and Critical Damage when dealing direct damage.

(Perfected) Merciless Charge is a powerful Ability Altering set that boosts your damage.

Solo/Group Gameplay Setup

Below is a no-Trial gear setup for easier solo/group gameplay that can complete almost every PvE content.

Selene is a great option for Stamina DPS that increases Maximum Stamina and deals strong Physical Damage. It can be replaced with Kjalnar's Nightmare or Velidreth, and if you wish, you can use the Slimecraw + Harpooner's Wading Kilt combo.

You can also keep Kinras's Wrath instead of Aegis Caller so that you don't need to worry about farming another set.

Beginner Setup

For beginners, you can use the following setup until you get better gear:

Hunding's Rage, Night Mother's Gaze, and Morkuldin are crafted sets in ESO. Crafting gear requires time, materials, and skills, so if you can't craft those sets yourself, you can ask others to craft them for you. Another fast and easy way is to buy them from a reliable MMO item shop.

Skills

Front Bar

1. Venomous Claw: This is a strong poison damage-over-time and direct damage skill.

2. Rapid Strikes: It will be your powerful spammable skill for Stamina build in PvE.

3. Noxious Breath: It debuffs the enemy and deals great poison direct and DoT damage.

4. Flames of Oblivion: This skill launches a fireball at three enemies every five seconds, making it a nice support offensive skill.

5. Molten Whip: The skill is slotted for the passives, so you don't have to use it.

Flawless Dawnbreaker (Ultimate): This is your secondary Ultimate skill. It buffs your weapon damage and deals great direct and DoT damage.

Back Bar

1. Stampede: This gap-closer deals powerful AoE damage.

2. Carve: This is a strong area attack that deals Bleeding Damage and applies a Shield

3. Barbed Trap: It deals DoT damage and boost your Critical Damage.

4. Degeneration: This strong offensive ability grants Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage.

5. Resolving Vigor: This self-heal ability will be helpful for Stamina based builds.

Standard of Might (Ultimate): It increases your damage done and reduces your damage taken, which can be your main strong Ultimate.

Rotation

Drink a potion

Flames of Oblivion → Barbed Trap → Stampede → Carve → Degeneration

Switch bars

Noxious Breath → Flames of Oblivion → Venomous Claw → Rapid Strikes × 5/6

Switch bars

Stampede → Carve → Barbed Trap → Degeneration

Switch bars

Heal yourself with Resolving Vigor when needed. Remember to use your Ultimate skills when they are ready and always light attack before every skill/action.

Passives

•    All passives in Class Skill lines

•    All passives in the Weapon Skill Lines you are using

•    Passives in the Armor Skill Lines you are using

•    Passives in Guild Lines (Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/build)

•    Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker

•    Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild

•    All Undaunted passives

•    All Racial Passives

•    Medicinal Use from the Alchemy skill line

Champion Points

Warfare 

Deadly Aim (Slottable)

Master-at-Arms (Slottable)

Backstabber (Slottable)

Thaumaturge (Slottable)

Tireless Discipline

Piercing

Battle Mastery

Mighty

Quick Recovery

Hardy

Elemental Aegis

Preparation

Precision

Blessed

Eldritch Insight

Craft

Rationer (Slottable)

Liquid Efficiency (Slottable)

Master Gatherer (Slottable)

Plentiful Harvest (Slottable)

Gilded Finger

Fortune's Favor

Wanderer

Steadfast Enchantment

Treasure Hunter (Slottable, required for path)

Fitness

Bloody Renewal (Slottable)

Strategic Reserve (Slottable)

Rejuvenation (Slottable)

Boundless Vitality (Slottable)

Sprinter

Hasty

Tireless Guardian

Hero's Vigor

Mystic Tenacity

Tumbling

Defiance

That is the Stamina Dragonknight for ESO PvE content. If you found this guide helpful, make sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to ArzyeL Gaming's channel. For more ESO tips and tricks, please keep checking back.

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