Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Valakas”

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• Asylum Staff Setup
• AoE Setup
• Gameplay
• Maelstrom Arena
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE “Valakas” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. The “Valakas” build is made for PvE Trials, Dungeons & Arenas. You can also find other Magicka Dragonknight content on the website such as:

• Magicka Dragonknight Beginners Guide
• Magicka Dragonknight Beginner 160CP Build
• Solo Magicka Dragonknight Build

Magicka Dragonknights unleash their maximum damage potential in melee range. We are using the False God’s Devotion set in combination with Mother’s Sorrow, you can also find beginner setups in case you do not have access to these weapons.

• Good Single target (ST) damage
• Insane melee damage
• High area of effect (AoE) Damage
• Good sustain
• Magicka Shields
• Made for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas

Changes to the previous Version

Changed the skill setup and rotation.

Added an Asylum Staff Setup

Resource Management

With the Combustion passive, we get a lot of extra sustain when the burning status effect procs. On top of that we have passives like Battle Roar that restore resources when we activate an ability. Those two things make up most of your resource management already. In addition to that we are also using a Magicka Drain Enchantment on the back bar to also help us with sustain. Also make sure to pick up Spears or Bubbles form the healers to help with sustain. If that is still not enough you can always use Heavy Attacks to restore Magicka. We are using the Clockwork Citrus Filet Food that boosts all our stats including Magicka Recovery.

• Combustion passive
• Battle Roar passive
• Magicka Drain Enchantment
• Spears & Orbs from Healers
• Heavy Attacks
• Breton passives
• Clockwork Citrus Filet (Witchmothers Brew)

Trials & Dungeons Setup

Gear

You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. For people that do not have all the gear yet can use the Setup 2 which is easier to obtain and beginners can use Setup 3.

• Setup 1 is with Trial Gear
• Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
• Setup 3 is for Beginners

Gear Setup 1

• Asylum Staff: Concentrated Force (Perfected) is also a very viable option if you prefer to run it with Force Pulse

Gear Setup 2

Beginner Setup

Where can I get the gear?

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire Vet
Zaan: Scalecaller Peak
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Burning Spellweave: City of Ash 1 & 2
Silks of the Sun: Stonefalls
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan
Valkyn Skoria: City of Ash 2
Slimecraw: Wayrest Sewers I, Maj Undaunted Chest
Maelstrom Inferno Staff: Maelstrom Arena

Skills

Championpoints

If you need optimized defensive Champion Points for a specific trial I recommend checking out my Maximize Damage Mitigation in Trials Article.

• In case you need help distributing your Champion Points, make sure to check out the Champion Points Calculator!

Championpoints [810]

The Ritual
34 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
73 Master-at-Arms, 23 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 66 Elfborn, 10 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
61 Tumbling, 61 Shadow Ward
The Lover
100 Arcanist
The Tower
37 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
81 Ironclad, 43 Spell Shield

Championpoints [600]

The Ritual
34 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
34 Master at Arms, 23 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 37 Elfborn, 8 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
29 Tumbling, 29 Shadow Ward
The Lover
100 Arcanist
The Tower
31 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 37 Thick Skinned
The Steed
37 Ironclad, 28 Spell Shield

Championpoints [300]

The Ritual
18 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
16 Master at Arms, 11 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
32 Elemental Expert, 16 Elfborn, 7 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
17 Tumbling, 17 Shadow Ward
The Lover
37 Arcanist
The Tower
18 Warlord, 11 Sprinter
The Lord
The Lady
27 Hardy, 27 Elemental Defender, 18 Thick Skinned
The Steed
16 Ironclad, 12 Spell Shield

Important Info for Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE “Valakas”

Buff-food

Mundus Stone

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)

Race

Breton (recommended, best sustain)
Altmer
Darkelf
Khajiit

Potions

Spell-Power Potions
(Spell-crit, Spell Damage, Magicka)
(Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)

Passives

• Ardent Flame: Combustion, Warmth, Searing Heat, World in Ruin
• Draconic Power: Iron Skin, Burning Heart, Elder Dragon, Scaled Armor
• Earthen Heart: Eternal Mountain, Battle Roar, Mountain's Blessing, Helping Hands
• Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Vampire (optional): Supernatural Recovery, Undeath, Dark Stalker
• Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked,
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Psijic Order (only if you use Acceleration skill): Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Magicka

Rotation

In case you don’t know what weaving light attacks is, make sure to check out the “Weaving Beginner Guide” which explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.

Rotation

Activate Flames of Oblivion and Eruption every 2nd rotation.

Unstable Wall of Elements > Flames of Oblivion (every 2nd rota) LA > Eruption/ Barbed trap (changes each rota)  Weapon Swap

LA > Burning Embers > LA > Engulfing Flames > LA > Mystic Orb > Molten Whip till Unstable Wall of Elements falls off and then restart the rota.

Asylum Staff Setup

The Asylum Staff setup has potentially the best possible dps but you have to get a Perfected Asylum Staff. The reason why the setup is powerful is due to the Combustion passive. The Perfected Asylum Staff constantly applies the Burning Status effect which already deals a lot of damage and with the MagDK it also gets boosted by another 50%.

With this setup we will be running a 7 Light Armor setup which will also increase our overall sustain, but we will take a tiny bit of extra damage due to not having a Heavy Armor piece like we usually do with our Monster Set setup.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Concentrated Force (Perfected)	Fire	Precise	Damage Health Poisons IX
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan Overland
Concentrated Force: vAsylum Sanctorium

Skills Asylum Setup

Molten Whip is still slotted to gain the extra Spell Damage from the Seething Fury buff.

Area of Effect Setup

Here you can find an optimized AoE setup for your build. This will help increase your damage on trash packs during dungeons & trials. You can choose any magicka based Monster Set, I prefer Iceheart because it provides so much damage mitigation.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Iceheart	Heavy	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Iceheart	Medium	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Perfected False God's Devotion	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother's Sorrow	Fire	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan Overland
Iceheart: Direfrost Keep, Glirion Chest

Skills

Gameplay

Dragonstar Arena full run on Magicka Dragonknight.

Maelstrom Arena

If you are new to Maelstrom Arena, I highly recommend checking out the full Maelstrom Arena Veteran Guide! Always make sure to start a new wave off with a Heavy Attack to restore a lot of resources!

Gear

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Slimecraw	Medium	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Slimecraw	Heavy	Divine	Health
Necklace	Mother's Sorrow	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Mother's Sorrow	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Ring	Mother's Sorrow	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother's Sorrow	Fire	Precise	Fire Enchantment
Weapon 2	Mother's Sorrow	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

Skills

We are using Cauterize here instead of Flames of Oblivion, that skill heals us for a lot every 5 seconds. You can also activate it sooner to get a burst heal.

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Update Log

Update Log Magicka Dragonknight Build Valakas

11.08.2019 Updated the Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE.
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the Dragonhold DLC, Elsweyr Chapter.
20.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC, Greymoor Chapter.

Tags: Magicka Dragonknight Build, Magicka DK Build PvE, Mag DK PvE Build.