Category: Best Sorcerer Builds, Best Werewolf Builds
The HOWL build is a simple, yet powerful Solo setup for the Werewolf in ESO. Big Damage, great healing, and survivability.
Primary Sets
Essence Thief is an amazing set for Werewolf builds! Not only does it give us a mini burst heal AND good stamina sustain, but it also increases our damage by 10%!
New Moon Acolyte is another great damage set which boosts our weapon damage, critical and penetration.
Finally, Selene is one of the best damaging monster sets still in the game and also has a short cool down.
Essence Thief
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) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack draws essence from the enemy that pools near them for 5 seconds. Drawing from the pool heals you for 3900 Health, restores 3900 Stamina, and increases your damage done by 10% for 10 seconds. A pool can only be created once every 10 seconds.
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%.
Selene
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(2 items) When you deal Martial melee damage, you have a 15% chance to call on a primal spirit that mauls the closest enemy in front of you after 1.3 seconds for 1890 Physical Damage. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds.
Alternative Sets
A good replacement for Essence Thief is the Hunt Leader set from Maelstrom Arena. New Moon can also be replaced with any damage set such as Briarheart or Tzovgin’s Warband.
Hunt Leader
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) When your pets attack an enemy you have also attacked in the last 10 seconds, you heal for 2433 Health and restore 1216 Stamina. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds.
Briarheart
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.
Tzogvin’s Warband
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Critical Chance by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second.
Gear Setup
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | New Moon Acolyte 2H | Infused | NA | Damage Shield Enchant |
| Backup | Any One Hand/Shield | Decisive | NA | Any |
| Head | Selene | Divines | Heavy | Health |
| Shoulder | Selene | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Essence Thief | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Essence Thief | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Essence Thief | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Essence Thief | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Essence Thief | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | New Moon Acolyte | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | New Moon Acolyte | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | New Moon Acolyte | Infused | NA | Stamina Cost Reduction |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
I prefer Imperial for this build due to the cost reduction and max stats, though any stamina-focused race will work fine too. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Lover
The Lover
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 2744
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 4489
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
Werewolf Skills
WEREWOLF
STAM SORC Skills
Main Weapon: TWO HANDED – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: ONE HAND AND SHIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Basic Rotation
Defeaning Roar->Claws Of Life->Howl Of Agony x4
Notes
Make sure to light attack between each ability for maximum damage.
Start using Feral Pounce for the new Bleed Execute around 30% health or as needed to recharge your Werewolf Transformation.
Use Hircine’s Fortitude as needed for healing or sustain if at full health.
Heavy attack an off balance target for extra sustain
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 setup 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: 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 TREE
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare TREE
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness TREE
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 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 10 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Bloody Renewal (Slot)
- 10 Shield Master
- 50 Bastion (Slot)
- 15 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 Biting Aura (Slot)
- 50 Thaumaturge (Slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (Slot)
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Hardy
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 30 Battle Mastery
- 20 Mighty
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Bloody Renewal (Slot)
- 10 Shield Master
- 50 Bastion (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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