MAULER

Stamina Dragonknight Solo PVE One Bar Build

The MAULER Build is an absolute BEAST! As a Stamina DK, we have many hard hitting abilities, as well as natural buffs to our HEAVY ATTACK damage. So if you want a heavy-hitting, tough as nails warrior type character, look no further! This guide contains details for a ONE BAR and TWO BAR version of the build.

Primary Sets

The main sets on the Mauler Build revolve around buffing your Heavy Attack damage as much as possible and increasing our DOT potential.

Our first set specifically for heavy attacks is Noble Duelist. This set is part of the base game and adds a powerful Heavy Attack buff that is easy to maintain.

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. This will do a great job of increasing our overall DPS in between Heavy Attacks.

The Oakensoul Ring is the new go-to Mythic Item that packs a punch for one bar builds. delivering many powerful Major and Minor buffs.

Finally, a one-piece Monster Set is perfect for adding some extra stats to this build. My favorite option is Slimcraw for the additional Critical Chance

Noble Duelist

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack in melee range, you cause your Light and Heavy Attacks to deal an additional 2111 damage for 15 seconds. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds.

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.

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 771 Critical Chance
(2 items) Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 5%

Alternative Sets

Noble Duelist can be replaced with other Heavy Attack buff sets like Sergeant’s Mail. More options can be found in our Best Heavy Attack Sets guide. A more defensive option worth considering for solo content is the set Hexos Ward.

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.

Hexos Ward

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) Dealing direct Critical Damage grants you a damage shield that absorbs up to 12305 damage for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 7 seconds.

Oakensoul Ring Lead Locations

Getting the Oakensoul Ring in ESO is easier than you might think! Check out our full Oakensoul Ring Guide.

One Bar Gear Set Up

Weapon/Armor	Set	Trait	Weight	Glyph
Main Hand	Noble Duelist Maul	Precise	NA	Flame Damage
Backup	None	NA	NA	NA
Head	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Shoulder	Slimecraw	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Chest	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Waist	Noble Duelist	Divines	Light	Stamina
Gloves	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Legs	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Feet	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Necklace	Noble Duelist	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage
Ring 1	Noble Duelist	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage
Ring 2	Oakensoul Ring	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage

Two Bar Gear Set Up

Weapon/Armor	Set	Trait	Weight	Glyph
Main Hand	Pillar Of Nirn Maul	Precise	NA	Flame Damage
Backup	Noble Duelist Greatsword	Infused	NA	Weapon and Spell Damage
Head	Any Monster Set	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Shoulder	Any Monster Set	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Chest	Armor Of The Trainee	Divines	Heavy	Stamina
Waist	Noble Duelist	Divines	Light	Stamina
Gloves	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Legs	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Feet	Pillar Of Nirn	Divines	Medium	Stamina
Necklace	Sea-Serpent’s Coil	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage
Ring 1	Noble Duelist	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage
Ring 2	Noble Duelist	Bloodthirsty	NA	Weapon Damage

Consumables, Race, Mundus

Race

I prefer Nord for this build, thanks to the extra Damage Resistance and Ultimate Generation. Other great options include Orc, Dark Elf, Redguard, Imperial and Khajiit. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.

Mundus

The Thief

Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333

With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167

Food/Drink Buff

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.

Potions

Tri-Stat Potions

Basic Magicka Potions

Skills – One Bar Setup

Main Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more

Noxious Breath
Burning Embers
Flames Of Oblivion or Cauterize
Carve or Brawler
Eruption
ULT: Standard Of Might or Flawless Dawnbreaker

Skills – Two Bar Setup

Main Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more

Backup Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more

Passive Skills

Class Passives

Weapon Passives

Armor Passives

Guild Passives

Racial

All Racial Passives

Other

Medicinal Use

Skills Discussion & Rotation

One Bar Rotation

Noxious Breath -> Burning Embers -> Flames Of Oblivion -> Carve x3 -> Eruption -> Heavy Attack x3

Keep up your DOTS and refresh them when they expire. Carve must be cast early to maintain stacks.

Cast Ultimate on cool-down.

Two Bar Rotation

Buff with Volatile Armor and Molten Armaments. Then use Stampede, Carve x3, Barbed Trap -> Bar Swap

On the front bar: apply Noxious Breath -> Burning Embers -> Flames Of Oblivion -> Heavy Attack x3

Cast Ultimate on cool-down.

Companions

If you like playing Solo, this build can benefit greatly from using Companions! This Solo build will benefit the most from the additional healing and buff options a healer focused Companion can offer, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a full healer build for them. I recommend Mirri Elendis for Companion on this build with the set up below. More information on Companions Builds and Skills can be found in our detailed Companion Guides section.

Recommended Gear

All Light Armor – Quickened Traits
Restoration Staff

Recommended Skills

Additional Skills

The skills below may also be helpful in other situations such as trash pulls.

Full Companion Build

Featured: INFUSOR

The INFUSOR Build is an easy Healing 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 Blood Magic Healing, as Mirri’s own class skills are very similar to that of a Nightblade.

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

50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
50 Gilded Fingers

BLUE

RED

– 600 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

– 900 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

– 1200 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

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