A Stamina Arcanist PvP Build for ESO Update 40

By Michel Z Tue Dec 19 2023 09:17:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

As the Whitestrake Mayhem is returning to The Elder Scrolls Online, it's time to share some PvP builds. If you're playing as a Stamina Arcanist, Luca Cash's build might be just what you need.

Build Stats

Attributes: Magicka 0, Health 42, Stamina 22

Maximum Magicka 16606

Maximum Health: 30100

Maximum Stamina: 22508

Magicka Recovery: 1721

Health Recovery: 275

Stamina Recovery: 2379

Spell Damage: 4461

Spell Penetration 1639

Spell Critical: 16%

Weapon Damage: 4461

Physical Penetration 1639

Weapon Critical: 16%

Magic Resistance 16265

Physical Resistance 15539

Critical Resistance 1692

Race: Dark Elf

Class Arcanist

Mundus: The Serpent

Vampire: Stage 3

Food: Smoked Bear Haunch

Potion: Tri-Stat Potion

Gear Setup

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Bloodspawn	Medium	Well-Fitted	Multi-Effect
Shoulder	Bloodspawn	Heavy	Sturdy	Multi-Effect
Hands	Essence Thief	Medium	Impenetrable	Multi-Effect
Waist	Deadlands Demolisher	Light	Impenetrable	Multi-Effect
Chest	Deadlands Demolisher	Heavy	Reinforced	Multi-Effect
Legs	Essence Thief	Medium	Well-Fitted	Multi-Effect
Feet	Deadlands Demolisher	Heavy	Impenetrable	Multi-Effect
Necklace	Blessing of the Potentates	Jewelry	Infused	Multi-Effect
Ring 1	Blessing of the Potentates	Jewelry	Infused	Bashing
Ring 2	Essence Thief	Jewelry	Infused	Multi-Effect
Front Bar Main-Hand Weapon	Deadlands Demolisher	Mace	Sharpened	Fiery Weapon
Front Bar Off-Hand Weapon	Deadlands Demolisher	Shield	Sturdy	Multi-Effect
Back Bar Main-Hand Weapon	Essence Thief	Dagger	Precise	Life-Drain
Back Bar Off-Hand Weapon	Essence Thief	Shield	Sturdy	Multi-Effect

To craft the Deadlands Demolisher set in ESO, you need to research seven Traits. Deadlands Demolisher increases your Bash attack damage by approximately 1K. Additionally, when you perform a bash, it will deal almost 3K Physical Damage in a cone in front of you. This effect occurs once every two seconds and counts as Bash damage. To make the most of this effect, this build uses a piece of jewelry with a Bashing enchantment.

Essence Thief heals you and gives you Stamina back. It also increases your damage done by 10% for 10 seconds.

The Blessing of the Potentates two-piece set bonus provides an additional 3% damage reduction. You can also go with Sea-Serpent's Coil, Karkyn Ring of Majesty, Death Dealer's Fete, or Armor of the Trainee for extra health.

Bloodspawn adds Stamina Recovery, increases Physical and Spell Resistance, and grants a 6% chance to generate Ultimate.

Back Bar Poison: For extra DoT pressure, use Crown Lethal Poison. Alternatively, Escapist's Poison grants immunity to control effects.

Skill Setup

Front Bar

Recuperative Treatise grants extra Penetration, restores Magicka and Stamina, and provides Major Brutality and Major Sorcery. You will also want to unlock the Splintered Secrets passive, as it gives almost 1K Penetration for every Herald of the Tome slotted.

Rune of Uncanny Adoration applies Minor Vulnerability, increasing your enemy's damage taken by 5%. This ability cannot be dodged but can be blocked.

Deep Slash is your spammable skill. It deals considerable damage to the enemy while also reducing their damage done by 5%. Additionally, it decreases the enemy's movement speed by 30%.

Cephaliarch's Flail is a morph of Abyssal Impact. If you can sustain your Magicka well, you can go with the Magicka morph, Cephaliarch's Dread, which gives you a damage boost and generates Crux.

Camouflaged Hunter is slotted for the Major Savagery and Weapon and Spell Critical rating. It even grants you Minor Berserk after you deal Critical Damage from an enemy's flank.

The Tide King's Gaze (Ultimate) tracks targets and does a massive amount of damage. You can also use the Dawnbreaker of Smiting.

Back Bar

Ransack gives you Minor Protection, reducing the damage you take by 5% for 15 seconds.

Blood Mist works well when the Undeath passive and the Strike from the Shadows passive are unlocked. These three skills together grant you more tankiness and Weapon and Spell Damage. You can also use the Race Against Time instead for Major Expedition and Minor Force.

Resolving Gigor gives Minor Resolve.

Impervious Runeward absorbs a ton of damage. If you have enough Crux, you can even burst-heal yourself via this skill.

Cruxweaver Armor grants Minor Breach and Major Resolve.

Sanctum of the Abyssal Sea (Ultimate) gives you a damage shield that absorbs 60% of all damage for 10 seconds. After the shield collapses, it allows you to deal massive damage within 5 meters over 10 seconds.

Champion Points

Warfare

Master-At-Arms

Biting Aura

Ironclad

Duelist's Rebuff

Fitness

Pain's Refuge

Sustained By Suffering

Celerity

Slippery

Craft

Steed's Blessing

Rationer

Liquid Efficiency

Treasure Hunter

That is an PvP build for the Stamina Arcanist. If you like this video, please don't forget to give the video a thumbs up and subscribe to Luca Cash's channel for more future content.