The BLOODTHIRST Build is my take on a DOT (Damage Over Time) focused Stamina Necro setup for PVE. This build can be run as a simple One-Bar build, or you can use the two full skill bars for greater damage and survivability.
Primary Sets
Deadly Strike provides our main damage bonus for this build, boosting all DOT and Channelled abilities by 15%.
Order’s Wrath is also a nice solo set as it applies extra Critical Chance AND Critical Damage and Healing, which all work very well on the Necromancer class.
The Oakensoul Ring will be an incredibly important part of running this build more effectively as it provides many of the buffs we would miss otherwise when limited to just one skill bar, including our Major buffs for Damage, Critical Chance, and Armor.
Finally, with one piece left over I recommend a one-piece Monster set such as Slimecraw for the extra Critical Chance.
Deadly Strike
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Increase the damage your Damage Over Time and Channeled Abilities do by 15%.
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 771 Critical Chance
(2 items) Gain Minor Berserk at all times, increasing your damage done by 5%
Alternative Sets
The most important set is Deadly Strike, so I would recommend picking this up when you can. It can also be bought in Guild Traders. This can be replaced with basic damage sets such as Hundings Rage or New Moon Acolyte until you are able to get it.
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(5 items) Adds 401 Weapon and Spell Damage. Increases the cost of your active abilities by 5%.
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 300 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage
Oakensoul Ring Lead Locations
Getting the Oakensoul Ring in ESO is easier than you might think! Check out our full Oakensoul Ring Guide.
Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand 1 | Order’s Wrath Dagger | Nirhoned | NA | Absorb Stamina |
| Main Hand 2 | Order’s Wrath Dagger | Sharpened | NA | Poison |
| Head | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Health |
| Shoulder | Slmecraw | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Order’s Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Order’s Wrath | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Order’s Wrath | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Oakensoul Ring | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
I tried many different race options for this build, and all are good. Your best race may depend on your playstyle. Here are my top picks:
- Orc: Extra weapon damage and health
- Nord: Extra Ult generation and armor
- Dark Elf: Extra weapon/spell damage, plus extra magicka pool for casting spells
For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Lover – more penetration is great while running a solo build
The Lover
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 2744
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 4489
Food/Drink Buff
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
Lava Foot Soup-and-saltrice
Increase Max Stamina by 4936 and Stamina Recovery by 493 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level.
Potions
Tri Stat Potions or Basic Stamina
Tri-Stat Potions
Basic Stamina Potions
Skills – One Bar Setup
Main Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills – Two Bar Setup
Main Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: BOW – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
One Bar Rotation
Buff with Spirit Guardian. Begin with casting Blighted Blastbones to create a corpse, followed with Barbed Trap and Siphon. Next cast Blastones then Bloodthirst x2. Repeat these three skills until your DOTs and Spirit Guardian are close to falling, then refresh.
Two Bar Rotation
Begin with buffs on the back bar, then Trap Beast, Endless Hail, Bar Swap->Consuming Trap. Then follow the front bar rotation above.
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
- Long Shots
- Accuracy
- Ranger
- Hawk Eye
- Hasty Retreat
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
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 defensive options a tank-focused Companion can offer, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a full tank build for them. I recommend Bastian Hallix 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 Heavy Armor – Mixed Vigorous and Quickened Traits
- One Handed Weapon and Shield
Recommended Skills
Additional Skills
The skills below may also be helpful in other situations such as trash pulls.
The Guardian Drake is a strong option for Bastian Hallix as a Tank. Bastian is one of the new Companions available to ESO players starting in the Blackwood Chapter. The theme of this build is focused around Self-Healing and Survival, allowing Bastian to keep himself alive against many tough opponents and even bosses with very little help from others.
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
- 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
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
BLUE
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 8 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Bloody Renewal (Slot)
– 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 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Bloody Renewal (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
– 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 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 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 Bloody Renewal (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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