This powerful Stamina Warden PVE DPS build utilizes the Bear Pet and several other Animal Companions skills to maximize damage output on the Warden! No Mythics Required!!



Primary Sets
Our primary damage set on this build Perfected Arms Of Relequen. This is a Trials set that can be obtained from Cloudrest and provides plenty of extra damage as long as you can maintain your light attacks consistently.
The second set, Berserking Warrior is another powerful Trials set that helps to maximize your Critical Chance as long as you maintain melee ranged damage.
The recommended Monster Set for this build to maximize DPS will be Zaan.
Finally, our backbar will be open for another powerful option, Perfected Spectral Cloak. This set buffs the Blade Cloak skill and its morphs, giving you bonus protection and damage done.
Perfected 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) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina, 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.
Berserking Warrior
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) When you deal Martial melee damage, your Critical Chance is increased by 241 for 5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. This effect can occur once every half second.
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.
Perfected Spectral Cloak
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 103 Stamina Recovery, Dealing damage with Blade Cloak grants you Spectral Cloak for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.
Gear Set Up
Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
Main Hand | Berserking Warrior Greatsword | Charged | NA | Poison Damage |
Backup | Perfected Blackrose Daggers | Infused / Infused | NA | Frost Damage / Weapon Damage |
Head | Zaan | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Shoulder | Zaan | Divines | Light | Stamina |
Chest | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Waist | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Gloves | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Legs | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Feet | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Necklace | Berserking Warrior | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Ring 1 | Berserking Warrior | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Ring 2 | Berserking Warrior | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Trash Pull Set Up
Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
Main Hand | Asylum Perfected Daggers | Nirnhoned / Sharpened | NA | Flame Damage / Frost Damage |
Backup | Burning Spellweave Inferno Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
Head | Stormfist | Divines | Light | Stamina |
Shoulder | Stormfist | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Chest | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Waist | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Gloves | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Legs | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Feet | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
Necklace | Burning Spellweave | 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. 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
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
Weapon Power Potion
Skills
Main Weapon: TWO HANDER – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Pre-buffs
Prebuff with Northern Storm for extra 300 weapon dmg, swap back to Wild Guardian afterwards with an Addon like Dressing Room or manually. Summon Wild Guardian, activate Deadly Cloak.
Rotation (100% – 33%)
Subterranean Assault – Barbed Trap – Barswap – Winter´s Revenge – Arctic Blast – Barswap
Wrecking Blow – Carve – Subterranean Assault – Barswap – Fetcher Infection – Cutting Dive – Barswap, then Wrecking Blow Spam!
As soon as one DOT expires reapply it again (except for Carve, do NOT let this drop). Use Subterranean Assault every 6 Seconds. Do NOT Barswap with Wrecking Blow, only with Trap, Sub, Carve or Bear Ulti. Use Wild Guardian on Cooldown.
(32% – 20)
Add Executioner as your Spammable but keep up Wrecking Blow every 5 Seconds. Drop Cutting Dive at ~ 25%. Drop Fetcher Infection + Arctic Blast at ~ 20%.
(20% – 0)
Rotation (below 20%) Drop Winter´s Revenge + Carve (try to reapply both Dots shortly below 20% Mark). Drop Subterranean Assault at ~10%, Drop Wrecking Blow at ~5%. Keep up Deadly Cloak, Trap until the end and use Executioner in Combination with Sub + Wrecking Blow + Bear Ulti!
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Bond With Nature
- Savage Beast
- Flourish
- Advanced Species
- Accelerated Growth
- Nature’s Gift
- Emerald Moss
- Maturation
- Glacial Presence
- Frozen Armor
- Icy Aura
- Piercing Cold
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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 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)
- 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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