The ARCANE ARCHER Build combines the Daedric Summoning skills of the Sorcerer Class, letting your pets tank and absorb damage for you while you fire off Bow Skills from a distance!
Primary Sets
Since we are letting our Clannfear pet tank for us we are able to run 3 full offensive sets, maximizing our damage potential on this solo build.
First, Deadly Strike buffs the majority of our damaging abilities by a whopping 20%. This is actually a strong set for bow builds as so many bow abilities are actually damage over time focused.
We combine this with Kvatch Gladiator, which also adds nearly 1500 weapon damage to all of our offensive abilities when an enemies drops into execute range.
Finally, Maw Of The Infernal does great damage while also adding to the summoned pet theme of this build.
Kvatch Gladiator
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) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina.
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%.
Maw Of The Infernal
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(2 items) When you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to summon a fire breathing Daedroth for 15 seconds. The Daedroth’s attacks deal 3865 Flame Damage, and alternate between Fiery Breath, Fiery Jaws, and Jagged Claw, which alternate once every 2 seconds. The Daedroth can only be summoned once every 15 seconds.
Alternate Sets
For alternatives, anything else that focuses on damage will do nicely, including Spriggan’s Thorns or New Moon Acolyte.
Spriggan’s Thorns
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 3460 Offensive Penetration
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%.
Gear Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Gladiator Bow | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Backup | Gladiator Sword and Shield | Infused (1H) / Divines (Shield) | NA | Absorb Stamina |
| Head | Maw Of The Infernal | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Maw Of The Infernal | 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 | Deadly Strike | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Gladiator | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Gladiator | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Gladiator | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
I prefer Redguard for this build, due to the cost reduction of weapon abilities (reduces all bow skill costs) and the Adrenaline Rush passive which helps with sustain. Still, other stamina-based races should also work well, including Orc, Dark Elf, Wood Elf 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
Skills
Main Weapon: BOW – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Poison Injection
- Arrow Barrage
- Summon Unstable Clannfear
- Focused Aim
- Camouflaged Hunter
- ULT: Werewolf Berserker
Backup Weapon: ONE HAND AND SHIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Buffs
Maintain Power Surge 100% of the time. Use Potions as needed for sustain.
Damage
Start on the back bar by applying Heroic Slash, then Barbed Trap -> Bar Swap
Arrow Barrage – Poison Injection – > Focused Aim x2 – Swap Back
Notes
Cast Vigor and the Clannfear heal as needed. Always light attack between abilities. You can also heavy attack on either bar to help with sustain if needed.
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Unholy Knowledge
- Blood Magic
- Persistence
- Exploitation
- Rebate
- Power Stone
- Daedric Protection
- Expert Summoner
- Capacitor
- Energized
- Amplitude
- Expert Mage
Weapon Passives
- Long Shots
- Accuracy
- Ranger
- Hawk Eye
- Hasty Retreat
- Fortress
- Sword And Board
- Deadly Bash
- Deflect Bolts
- Battlefield Mobility
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 set up 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
1. Provoke
3. Kindle
4. On Guard
6 ULT. Unleashed Rage
Additional Skills
The skills below may also be helpful in other situations such as trash pulls.
Full Companion Build: GUARDIAN DRAKE
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 Deadly Aim (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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Untamed Aggression (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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 50 Untamed Aggression (Slot)
- 20 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Hardy
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 20 Preparation
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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