ESO Subclass Build – Necromancer + Warden + Nightblade DPS

If you're looking to optimize your DPS in The Elder Scrolls Online using a hybrid Necromancer, Warden, and Nightblade build, Kritias Gaming's build guide will walk you through the essentials. This setup is designed to deliver solid results in most content while leaving room for improvement.

 

 

Basic Information

Maximum Magicka: 19,896

Maximum Health: 24,386

Maximum Stamina: 29,555

Magicka Recovery: 723

Health Recovery: 895

Stamina Recovery: 725

Spell Damage: 4,292

Spell Critical: 44.3%

Spell Penetration: 3,289

Weapon Damage: 4,292

Weapon Critical: 44.3%

Physical Penetration: 3,289

Spell Resistance: 13,999

Critical Resistance: 1,320

Physical Resistance: 13,273

Food: Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables

Potion: Crown Tri-Restroration Potion and Gold Coast Warrior Elixir

Mundus Stone: The Thief

 

Gear and Sets

 

Corpseburster Lightning Staff: Consuming a corpse causes it to explode, dealing magic damage to enemies and applying Minor Breach. The lightning staff, combined with the Ancient Knowledge passive skill, increases your damage done with direct damage and channeled effects by 12%.

Maelstrom's Perfected Ice Staff: While the flame staff is also viable, the ice staff provides bonus damage through the frost Warden passive.

 

Skill Setup

First Bar

1. Unnerving Boneyard: Provides Major Breach, Minor Vulnerability, and a solid damage-over-time.

2. Shattering Banner: AoE skill. It also grants Minor Courage.

3. Detonating Siphon: One of your main spammable skills, dealing disease damage over 20 seconds. It also grants Major Savagery. When the siphon ends, the corpse explodes, dealing additional damage. It also procs the Corpseburster, dealing more damage to enemies.

4. Sundering Burst: Deals physical damage and provides Minor Expedition.

5. Blighted Blastbones: Applies Major Defile and can hit very hard.

6. Pestilent Colossus (Ultimate): Used primarily for Major Vulnerability unless the tank covers it.

Back Bar

1. Polar Wind: Provides healing and shielding.

2. Shattering Banner: AoE skill. It also grants Minor Courage.

3. Relentless Focus: Slotted for passive buffs and increased Weapon and Spell Damage.

4. Skeletal Archer: Grants Major Brutality and Sorcery.

5. Blockade of Frost: Creates a shield, increases damage via the Maelstrom Staff, and grants Minor Breach.

6. Ice Comet (Ultimate): Higher damage output than Shooting Star, benefiting from the frost Warden subclass.

 

Champion Points

Warfare Tree

•   Wrathful Strikes: Increases weapon and spell damage.

•   Backstabber: Preferred for its bigger buff.

•   Master-at-Arms: Boosts direct damage.

•   Exploiter: Increases damage against off-balance enemies.

If no teammate is applying Off-Balance, you can replace the Exploiter with Fighting Finesse, Untamed Aggression, or Biting Aura.

Fitness Tree

•   Boundless Vitality

•   Fortified

•   Rejuvenation

•   Celerity: Increases movement speed by 10%.

Craft Tree

Completely optional; customize as you like.

 

Conclusion

As demonstrated, this build achieved 101k damage per second. While this might not compare to some top-tier builds, it's a practical setup for content. There's definitely room for improvement, and if executed perfectly, you could potentially reach 110k to 115k DPS.

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