This unique Melee Magicka Necromancer PVE DPS build gets BIG DPS numbers in The Elder Scrolls Online Scribes Of Fate DLC!
Primary Sets
Our first set on this build is Perfected Arms Of Relequen. This is a Trials set that can be obtained from Cloudrest and provides plenty of extra damage potential when maintaining stacks.
The second set, Pillar Of Nirn is an amazing proc set that offers very high damage with an easy to maintain proc condition and fairly long duration.
The Harpooner’s Wading Kilt Mythic is recommended to maximize Critical Chance and Critical damage.
Finally, a powerful Monster Set such as Zaan can be used for even more DPS.
Arms Of Relequen
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Pillar Of Nirn
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage, you create a fissure underneath the enemy after 1 second, dealing 623 Bleed Damage to all enemies within 2.5 meters and causing them to bleed for an additional 3132 Bleed Damage over 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Dealing direct damage grants you a stack of Hunter’s Focus for 20 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. You can only gain 1 stack of Hunter’s Focus per second. Each stack of Hunter’s Focus increases your Critical Chance by 110 and your Critical Damage by 1%. Taking direct damage removes 5 stacks of Hunter’s Focus, up to once per second. Removing Harpooner’s Wading Kilt removes all stacks of Hunter’s Focus.
Zaan
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(2 items) When you damage a nearby enemy with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to create a beam of fire that will connect you to your enemy. The beam deals 2010 Flame Damage every 1 second to your enemy for 6 seconds. Every second, this damage increases by 100%. The beam is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur every 18 seconds.
Main DPS Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Perfected Relequen Dagger / Pillar Of Nirn Dagger | Nirnhoned / Charged | NA | Flame Damage / Poison Damage |
| Backup | Pillar Of Nirn Greatsword | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Zaan | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Zaan | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Chest | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Waist | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Gloves | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Feet | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Necklace | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
Trash Fight Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Asylum Perfected Daggers | Nirnhoned / Precise | NA | Flame Damage / Poison Damage |
| Backup | Burning Spellweave Inferno Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Chest | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Waist | Burning Spellweave | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Feet | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Necklace | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
The optimal DPS race for this build will be Dark Elf due to their bonus Weapon and Spell Damage, Max Stamina and Max Magicka. High Elf is another excellent choice. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Thief
The Thief
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Food/Drink Buff
Parse: Crunchy Spider Skewer
Potions
Spell Power Potions
Skills
Main Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: TWO HANDER – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Think about Wrecking Blow as a 5 Second DOT/Buff and try to keep it up almost on Cooldown, around every 6-8 seconds. Do not Barswap with it, but instead always use always another DOT afterwards. Scalding Rune on the Backbar as a Semi-Spammable, means if every DOT is up and not close to expire, simply use Wrecking Blow in Combination with Scalding Rune, which explodes after 2 Seconds and deals a good amount of direct damage.
Rotation
Prebuff with Skeletal Archer + Deadly Cloak! Start with Blastbones – Barswap – Shooting Star – Barswap – Trap – Boneyard – Blastbones – Barswap – Wrecking Blow – Stampede – Barswap – Blastbones – Barswap -Carve – Scalding Rune – Barswap – Blastbones – Siphon etc…
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Reusable Parts
- Death Knell
- Dismember
- Rapid Rot
- Death Gleaning
- Disdain Harm
- Health Avarice
- Last Gasp
- Curative Curse
- Near-Death Experience
- Corpse Consumption
- Undead Confederate
Weapon Passives
- Slaughter
- Dual Wield Expert
- Controlled Fury
- Ruffian
- Twin Blade And Blunt
- Forceful
- Heavy Weapons
- Balanced Blade
- Follow Up
- Battle Rush
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
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness
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
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
BLUE
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
– 900 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
– 1200 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 30 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
- 75 Liquid Efficiency (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 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)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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