Category: Best ESO Builds, Best Dragonknight Builds, Solo Builds, One Bar Builds, Best Subclassing Builds, Heavy Attack Builds
The FIRE GOD Build is a unique take on the Magicka Dragonknight, combining massive single target and AOE DoT Damage potential with strong defensive options for playing Solo if desired. This build is literally unkillable in many circumstances, with minimal skills needed as a One Bar Build!
What you will learn in this One Bar Magicka Dragonknight build guide:
- The best item sets to use with the Magicka Dragonknight One Bar Build, and why they are important.
- How the skills work, synergies with the gear, and your rotation.
- The best consumables, race, and mundus, and most importantly, why you should select them.
This guide has been updated for The Elder Scrolls Online Update 50.
- Dragonknight Class Overview
- One Bar Sets
- Alternate Sets
- Gear Setup
- Race
- Mundus Stone
- Best Food/Drink Buff
- Potions
- Pure Class Skills
- Subclassing Skill Lines
- Subclassing Skills
- Skills Explanation
- Rotation
- Passive Skills
- Class Mastery
- Companions
- Champion Points
- Update Log
- 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.
Best Dragonknight One Bar Sets
The easiest damage set to run for One Bar builds such as this is Sergeant’s Mail, which provides a massive bonus to Heavy Attack damage. As long as you Heavy Attack every 2-3 seconds you should have no problem maintaining its maximum stacks and keeping that bonus damage active.
Our next damage set on this build is Order’s Wrath, an extremely flexible crafted set that is great for increasing damage due to it’s improved Critical Chance and Crit Damage stats, but also helpful for soloing as it also increasing Critical Healing. And as a crafted set, you can build this in any weapons or armor weights that you prefer!
To maximize your potential buffs on a One-Bar Build, we highly recommend using the Oakensoul Mythic Ring. This amazing Mythic provides a ton of Major and Minor buffs to help increase your damage, healing and defense, which is perfect for soloing or for beginners. This mythic restricts you to one skill bar only, but this makes perfect sense for a one bar build, so there really is no downside to using it in this case!
Finally, with your one remaining armor piece, a 1-piece monster set bonus makes the most sense here, so I recommend using something like Slimecraw for that additional Critical Chance.
Sergeant’s Mail
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Heavy Attack, you gain a stack of Sergeant’s Focus for 5 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks by 645 per stack. This effect can occur once every second and stacks up to 4 times.
Order’s Wrath
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 943 Critical Chance, Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing by 8%.
The Oakensoul Ring
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Aegis, Minor Slayer and Empower.
Volcanic stone for Firesong. Gems for Eldertide. With Stonelore craftsmanship to bind them together. This ring is the Draoife Incarnate. The might of the druids, in the palm of your hand.
Slimecraw
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(2 items) Adds 113 Critical Chance, Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 5%
One Bar Dragonknight Alternate Sets
Another very useful and easy to obtain offensive set for this build will be Mother’s Sorrow which gives us a much greater chance of dealing Critical Damage to our enemies. Another powerful set is Back-Alley Gourmand, which is similar to Order’s Wrath but with less Critical Chance. Both of these are Overland sets which can be farmed completely solo or purchased from Guild Traders.
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
Back-Alley Gourmand
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) While you have a food buff active, your Critical Damage and Critical Healing is increased by 13%.
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Gear Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Sergeant’s Mail Lightning Staff | Precise | NA | Disease / Poison |
| Backup | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Sergeant’s Mail | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Waist | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Feet | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Sergeant’s Mail | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | The Oakensoul Ring | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Race
Both Khajiit and Dark Elf are excellent choices for the Magicka Dragonknight race. Khajiit will provide more recovery and Critical Damage / Healing, which is ideal for playing Solo. The Dark Elf scales slightly better for organized PVE content due to their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage bonus, plus higher bonuses to Magicka and Stamina.
Nord is an interesting choice too as they provide extra damage reduction and ultimate regen. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Mundus Stone
The best Mundus Stone option for the One Bar Mag DK is the Thief Mundus, which improves overall damage and healing efficiency thanks to the increase in Critical Chance.
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Best Food/Drink Buff
The best food/drink option for this build is Bewitched Sugar Skulls, which increases all of our stats, including Maximum Magicka, Stamina, and Health, along with some bonus Health Recovery for increased survival.
Bewitched Sugar Skulls
Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours.
These effects are scaled based on your level.
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Potions
The best potions for the One Bar Dragonknight are Tri Stat recovery potions (Tri-Stat Potions) because they restore all three resources and boost all recoveries even further. This is particularly helpful for the Magicka Dragonknight because we have skills that cost both Magicka AND Stamina. Therefore these are the best sustain option!
Tri-Stat Potions
One Bar Dragonknight – Pure Class Skills
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Burning Embers
- Disintegrating Dragonfire
- Volcanic Ward
- Flex: Inner Light / Revealing Flare / Structured Entropy
- Flame Lash
- ULT: Standard Of Might or Ferocious Leap
One Bar Dragonknight Subclassing Skill Lines
This build can be further adapted by using Subclasses in ESO. The best subclassing skill lines for this build are:
One Bar Dragonknight – Subclassing Skills
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Burning Embers
- Elemental Susceptibility
- Volcanic Ward
- Flame Lash
- Merciless Resolve
- ULT: Standard Of Might or Soul Harvest
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Skills Explanation
- Burning Embers: this powerful single target DOT heals you when you first cast it, but also every 2 seconds afterward for a bonus heal over time. Recast this skill early for a quick burst heal.
- Disintegrating Dragonfire: AOE fire damage that deals a strong damage over time, applies the Burning Status Effect, and reduces enemy armor.
- Volcanic Ward: Strong damage shield that also reduces the next hit by 10% and heals you back when the shield ends.
- Flame Lash: very powerful DPS skill that turns into Power Lash when hitting an off-balance enemy. Power Lash does AOE damage and heals for a massive amount!
- Merciless Resolve: used when subclassing the Nightblade for a strong burst of damage and bonus healing while in melee range.
- ULT: Standard Of Might: best overall Dragonknight Ultimate which deals AOE flame damage, plus increases your damage and defense.
- ULT: Ferocious Leap: I prefer this ultimate when soloing for the large damage shield, extra mobility and stun potential. Great for solo arenas and soloing dungeons as it is also low cost.
- ULT: Soul Harvest: can be used when subclassing the Nightblade class for improved single target damage for a short duration – also recovers ultimate when defeating enemies.
One Bar Magicka Dragonknight Rotation
Start by casting Burning Embers and Disintegrating Dragonfire together to DOT and debuff enemies. Then Heavy Attack to proc off-balance via your Dragonknight Passives. Finally, use Flame Lash versus the off-balance target to enable Power Lash. Make sure to Heavy Attack in between ability casts at least every 2-3 seconds to maintain stacks of Sergeant’s Mail.
One Bar 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
ESO Dragonknight Class Mastery
Players that reach level 50 in ESO while also fully reaching Rank 50 for their class skill lines and not subclassing can use 2 Class Mastery passives to improve their build. For the Dragonknight Heavy Attack build I recommend Inexorable Descent for the increased damage done, healing done and damage shield strength along with Wildfire Embers for the additional damage over time.
Inexorable Descent
Be as the landslide. Let nothing stop you.
Effect
Improves your Landslide passive to increase the potency of your damage done, healing done, and damage shield strength by 1% per stack.
Wildfire Embers
Fire forged within can never be extinguished. Fan the flames.
Effect
When your Dragonknight damage over time effects end, you apply Wildfire Embers to the target, dealing 1884 Flame Damage over 12 seconds. This effect stacks up to 12 times and increases in damage by 25% per stack.
Companions
If you like playing Solo, this build can benefit greatly from using Companions! This Solo build for the DK is both fairly tanky and also GREAT at self-healing, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a Ranged Damage approach for them. I recommend Mirri Elendis for Companion on this build with the setup below. More information on Companions Builds and Skills can be found in our detailed Companion Guides section.
Recommended Gear
- All Medium Armor – Aggressive Trait
- Companion Bow
Recommended Skills
- 1. Starfall
- 2. Piercing Arrow
- 3. Viper’s Bite
- 4. Sniping Silver
- 5. Vanish
- 6 ULT. Impeccable Shot
Additional Skills
The skills below may also be helpful in other situations.
Full Companion Build: DEADSHOT
The DEADSHOT Build is an easy Bow DPS Set Up for Mirri Elendis, one of the new Companions available to ESO players starting in the Blackwood Chapter. The theme of this build is focused around maxing our Mirri’s Ranged Damage as much as possible! The fact that Mirri’s Ultimate skill is also a Bow type ability makes her perfect for this build, though it can work on Bastian too with some tweaks.
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
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 Weapons Expert (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
– 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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot) or Reaving Blows (Slot)
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 20 Hardy
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Siphoning Spells (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
Update Log
- June 8, 2026 – created Class Mastery passives section
- May 6, 2026 – Updated Green Champion Points
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