Category: Dragonknight Skills
The Ardent Flame Skill Line is one of three class skill lines specific to the Dragonknight Class in The Elder Scrolls Online. This class skill line is focused on fire and poison damage and effects.
Dragonknights also have access to the Draconic Power Skill Line and Earthen Heart Skill Line.
Unleash your fury with relentless Fire and Poison abilities that deal devastating damage over time and intensify your attacks. This skill line is ideal for Damage Dealers with some utility skills thrown in.
ESO Ardent Flame Skills
Dragonknight Ardent Flame Skills
Unleash your fury with relentless Fire abilities that deal devastating damage over time and intensify your attacks.
Ardent Flame Ultimate
Dragonknight Standard | Call down a battle standard for 15 seconds, rallying you and allies inside the area, increasing Weapon and Spell Damage by 300 and reducing damage taken by 10%. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3320 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds. |
Shifting Standard | Call down a battle standard, dealing 875 Flame Damage every 1 second for 25 seconds to enemies and applying Major Defile to them, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. Activating this ability again allows you to move the standard to your location. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3320 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds. |
Standard Of Might | Call down a battle standard for 15 seconds, rallying you and allies inside the area, increasing Weapon and Spell Damage by 300 and reducing damage taken by 10%. You gain an additional 15% damage done and reduced damage taken and 300 Weapon and Spell Damage. An ally near the standard can activate the Shackle synergy, dealing 3375 Flame Damage to enemies in the area and immobilizing them for 5 seconds. |
Ardent Flame Skills
Lava Whip | Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2290 Flame Damage. Hitting an Off Balance enemy grants 5 stacks of Volcanic Whip for 20 seconds, up to once every 20 seconds. Volcanic Whip replaces this ability and consumes a stack to instead deal 4311 Flame Damage to your target and all nearby enemies. |
Molten Whip | Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2290 Flame Damage. Activating a different Dragonknight ability while in combat grants a stack of Seething Fury up to 3 times, increasing the damage of your next Molten Whip by 33% and your damage done by 5%, or 2% against players, for 10 seconds. The damage done only activates if you are a Dragonknight. |
Flame Lash | Lash an enemy with flame, dealing 2290 Flame Damage and healing for 798 Health. Hitting an Off Balance enemy grants 5 stacks of Power Lash for 20 seconds, up to once every 20 seconds. Activating again consumes a stack to deal 4311 Flame Damage to your target and all nearby enemies and heals for 3200 Health. Consuming all stacks as a Dragonknight increases your damage done by 7%, double against monsters, for 45 seconds. |
Searing Strikes | Slash your foe with a fiery claw, dealing 1150 Flame Damage and an additional 3425 Flame Damage over 10 seconds. The initial hit always applies the Burning status effect. |
Burning Embers | Slash your foe with a fiery claw, dealing 1150 Flame Damage and an additional 3430 Flame Damage over 10 seconds. You heal for 3409 Health from the initial hit and 505 Health each subsequent tick, scaling off your Max Health. The initial hit always applies the Burning status effect. |
Searing Claw | Slash your foe with a fiery claw, dealing 1150 Flame Damage and an additional 3430 Flame Damage over 10 seconds. The flame sears into the target, dealing 10% more damage every 2 seconds. The initial hit always applies the Burning status effect. |
Core Of Flame | Let the fire within draw heat to your core, restoring 15% of your missing Magicka and Stamina every 2 seconds over 4 seconds. When this ability completes, you release this heat as a blast of fire that deals 1998 Flame Damage to nearby enemies. |
Heart Of Flame | Let the fire within draw heat to your heart, restoring 15% of your missing Health and 15% of your missing Magicka and Stamina every 2 seconds over 4 seconds. When this ability completes, you release this heat as a blast of fire that deals 2000 Flame Damage to nearby enemies. |
Soul Of Flame | Let the fire within draw heat to your soul, restoring 15% of your missing Magicka and Stamina every 2 seconds over 4 seconds. Much of this heat is drawn from enemies around you. Those that are casting are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 2 seconds. When this ability completes, you release this heat as a blast of fire that deals 2650 Flame Damage to nearby enemies. |
Hearthfire | Throw out a kindled flame, filling a large area with warmth for 15 seconds. This fire heals you and your allies at the target location for 424 Health every 1 second. Healed targets gain Minor Fortitude and Minor Heroism while inside, increasing Health Recovery by 15% and generating 1 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. |
Fire Keeper | Throw out a purifying flame, filling a large area with warmth for 15 seconds. This fire heals you and your allies at the target location for 435 Health every 1 second. This healing increases by 50% if you are in the area. Healed targets gain Minor Fortitude and Minor Heroism for 15 seconds, increasing Health Recovery by 15% and generating 1 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. |
Hearth And Home | Throw out a protective flame for 15 seconds, healing you and allies inside for 611 Health every 1 second, scaling off your Max Health. Healed targets gain Minor Fortitude and Minor Heroism while inside, increasing Health Recovery by 15% and generating 1 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. You gain Major Protection while inside, reducing damage taken by 10%. Enemies inside have their Movement Speed reduced by 70%. |
Inferno | Activate an aura of flames which launches a wave of flame around you every 5 seconds, dealing 1712 Flame Damage to enemies inside. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629. |
Cauterize | Activate an aura of embers which cauterizes the wounds of you or up to 6 nearby allies every 3 seconds, healing for 1188 Health. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629. |
Incinerate | Activate an aura of flames which launches a wave of flames every 5 seconds, dealing 1979 Flame Damage to enemies inside. Each hit has a 15% chance of applying Burning. While slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629. |
Ardent Flame Passives
Combustion | To you, flame is fuel. When you apply Burning to an enemy, you restore 225 Magicka and Stamina. This effect can occur once every 1 second. |
Traumatic Burns | Fire cares not for love, or coin, or creed. It consumes. Dealing direct damage with an Ardent Flame ability causes the target to take 5% increased Flame Damage and reduces their Movement Speed by 30% for 5 seconds. |
Fan The Flames | Tend to your garden of flame, that it may flourish. Increases your chances of applying the Burning status effect by 50% and its damage done by 25%. These values are influenced by the number of Dragonknight abilities slotted. |
A Soul Ablaze | The will to survive burns bright in your chest. Increases your Healing Taken by 8%. |
