Category: Best ESO Builds, Best Dragonknight Builds, Solo Builds
The FIRE STORM Build is a Powerful One Bar set up for the Magicka Dragonknight with impressive Damage, Speed and nearly infinite Sustain. This build will be great for leveling up or Grinding Champion Points and is extremely easy and FUN to play!
This guide has been updated for The Elder Scrolls Online Update 49 & Season Zero.
Table of Contents
- Dragonknight Class Overview
- Primary Sets
- Alternate Sets
- Gear Setup
- Race
- Mundus
- Food/Drink Buff
- Potions
- Skills – One Bar Setup
- Skills – Two Bar Setup
- Skills Discussion & Rotation
- Passive Skills
- Champion Points
- How To Create Powerful ESO Builds
- More Dragonknight Builds For ESO
Dragonknight Class Overview
The Dragonknight Class is an extremely powerful way to play in The Elder Scrolls Online. Dragonknights have many similarities with other classes in ESO such as dedicated Class Skill lines for DPS, for Healing, and for Tanking. Dragonknights are known for their sturdy nature as melee combat specialists but also have many powerful magic abilities. For a more detailed guide be sure to review our ESO Dragonknight Class Guide.
Magicka Dragonknight Primary Sets
The recommended item sets for the FIRE STORM Magicka Dragonknight Build are focused on Critical Chance as well as increasing our Fire Damage.
First, the Mother’s Sorrow set is a great all-around set for any Magicka build in The Elder Scrolls Online, providing some max Magicka as well as tons of Spell Critical.
Next, Silks Of The Sun boosts our Fire Damage specifically, which is a perfect match for the Magicka Dragonknight, especially with this build.
Finally, the ideal Monster Set for this build, both for damage and to go along with the fire-based theme will be Grothdarr.
Click on a Set Name below to learn more.
Mother’s Sorrow
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 1528 Critical Chance
Silks Of The Sun
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 400 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Flame Damage abilities.
Grothdarr
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(2 items) When you deal damage, you have a 10% chance to create lava pools that swirl around you, dealing 1800 Flame Damage to all enemies within 8 meters of you every 1 second for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.
Magicka Dragonknight Alternate Sets
Other offensive sets that will do well on this build include Burning Spellweave and Spider Cultist Cowl, though keep in mind both of these are dungeon sets, so they may take longer to farm.
Burning Spellweave
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Flame Damage ability, you apply the Burning status effect to the enemy and increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 490 for 8 seconds. These effects can occur once every 12 seconds.
Spider Cultist Cowl
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 600 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Destruction Staff abilities.
Magicka Dragonknight Gear Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Mother’s Sorrow Inferno Staff | Precise | NA | Spell Damage |
| Backup | Any Staff | Infused | NA | Absorb Magic |
| Head | Grothdarr | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Grothdarr | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Silks Of The Sun | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Waist | Silks Of The Sun | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Silks Of The Sun | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Silks Of The Sun | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Silks Of The Sun | Training | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Mother’s Sorrow | Arcane | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Mother’s Sorrow | Arcane | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Mother’s Sorrow | Arcane | NA | Spell Damage |
Magicka Dragonknight Race
The optimal races for this build will include High Elf, Dark Elf and Khajiit. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Magicka Dragonknight Mundus
The best Mundus Stone for the Easy Magicka Dragonknight build is the Thief Mundus. This increases your Critical Chance, substantially increasing your overall DPS and healing potential.
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Magicka Dragonknight Best Food/Drink Buff
The best food for the Magicka Dragonknight is Mistal Banana-Bunny Hash thanks to its large bonuses to Maximum Health and Maximum Magicka.
Mistal Banana-Bunny Hash
Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Magicka by 4936 for 1 hour.
Scales from level cp150 to cp160.
Magicka Dragonknight Potions
Basic Magicka potions are completely fine for this build when you need a quick burst of Magicka sustain.
Basic Magicka Potions
Magicka Dragonknight Skills – One Bar Setup
Main Weapon: INFERNO STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Unstable Wall Of Elements
- Channeled Acceleration
- Incinerate
- Disintegrating Dragonfire
- Igneous Weapons
- ULT: Shooting Star or Take Flight
Magicka Dragonknight Skills – Two Bar Setup
Main Weapon: INFERNO STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Unstable Wall Of Elements
- Disintegrating Dragonfire
- Inner Light
- Burning Embers
- Chains Of Devastation
- ULT: Shooting Star
Backup Weapon: ANY – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Magicka Dragonknight Skills Discussion & Rotation
Combat Tips
The one-bar set up is extremely easy to blow things up with! Simply cast any buffs you have first, like Igneous Weapons, then approach a group of enemies, cast Disintegrating Dragonfire, then spam Unstable Wall Of Elements. That’s it!
Magicka Dragonknight Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Combustion
- Traumatic Burns
- Fan the Flames
- A Soul Ablaze
- Burnished Scales
- World in Ruin
- Elder Dragon
- The Storm Voice
- Heart of Stone
- Landslide
- Blessing at the Peak
- Mountain Giant
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
Champion Points
Below you will find the recommended Active and Passive Champion Point Stars for this build, broken down into 300, 600, 900, and 1200 CP ranges.
For more information on Champion Points click on a Star name below or browse our detailed Champion Points Guides.
Constellation Descriptions:
Craft TREE
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare TREE
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness TREE
The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
-300 Champion Points-
GREEN
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
RED
-600 Champion Points-
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
BLUE
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
-900 Champion Points-
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
- 50 Treasure Hunter
- 30 Master Gatherer (Slot)
- 20 Gifted Rider (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
-1200 Champion Points-
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
- 50 Treasure Hunter
- 30 Master Gatherer (Slot)
- 50 Gifted Rider (Slot)
- 75 War Mount (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Hardy
- 20 Elemental Aegis
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 30 Fortification
Update Log
- May 6, 2026 – Updated Green Champion Points
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