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
  • Vampire
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• 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

Stonethorn DLC U27, changed the skill setups for both Single Target and AoE. Removed Vampire from the build, as Blood for Blood got nerfed, replaced it with our normal DK spammable. There is plenty of gear balance changes that made some sets a bit more viable, Single Target gear setup nothing changed, updated the AoE gear setup.

Notable changes from the patch notes:

Bloodthirsty: This trait now grants up to 350 Weapon and Spell Damage against targets under 90% Health, rather than granting a flat 10% damage increase against targets under 25% Health.

False God’s Devotion Set:

• Removed the extra 5 piece bonus of Spell Damage on the normal version
• Removed the extra 5 piece bonus of Magicka on the perfected version

Mantle of Siroria Set:

• This set and the Perfected version now grant 52 Spell Damage per stack, up from 30.
• Reduced the maximum stacks to 10, down from 20.

Both False God and Siroria got some adjustments. False God is king if you have sustain issues. If you don’t have sustain issues you want to wear Siroria for the damage, easier to maintain the stacks now!

Mechanical Acuity Set:

• Removed the proc chance from this set.
• This set now grants its guaranteed Critical Strike to any ability that can naturally Critically Strike, rather than only attacks.

Medusa Set:

• This set’s 2-4 piece bonuses are now Spell Critical, rather than Health, Magicka, and Spell Damage.
• This set now has an additional 5 piece bonus of 900 Spell Critical.
• This is a heavy armor set.

Both Acuity and the Medusa set are now also very viable. Acuity for burst situations such as trash fights and Medusa can be used if you need 1 extra Skill slot (Because you won’t have to run Trap or Channeled Acceleration for the Minor Force buff.)

Resource Management

Battle Roar returns resources every time we activate an Ultimate.

Combustion returns Magicka every time we apply the Burning Status effect.

Energy Orb will always be present in a good group. When you get close to the Orb you can activate its synergy to regain resources.

Potions should always be used on cooldown to gain the maximum benefit from them.

Heavy Attacks help you restore Magicka, if you drop low on resources do a few Heavy Attacks between skills to refill your Magicka.

• Orb Synergy
• Potions
• Heavy Attack

Trials & Dungeons Setup

Gear used: 5x Perfect False God’s Devotion, 5x Mother’s Sorrow, 2x Zaan on a High Elf with Artaeum Picked Fish Bowl (Stats may differentiate a bit)

• Unbuffed: Out of combat.
• Buffed: All raidbuffs from the Target dummy, Spell Power Potion and Weapon Damage Enchantment.

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

Gear Setup 2

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

Where can I get the gear?

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire Vet
Zaan: vScalecaller Peak
Maw of the Infernal: vBanished Cells II, Maj Undaunted
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan
Valkyn Skoria: vCity of Ash 2
Slimecraw: Wayrest Sewers I, Maj Undaunted Chest
Maelstrom Inferno Staff: Maelstrom Arena
Perfected Maelstrom Inferno Staff: vMaelstrom Arena

Skills

Champion Points

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!

Champion Points [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

Champion Points [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

Champion Points [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

Altmer (Best Damage)
Breton (Best Sustain)
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
• 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 until Unstable Wall of Elements falls off and then restart the rotation.

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	Mechanical Acuity	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Mechanical Acuity	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Mechanical Acuity	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	Mechanical Acuity	Fire	Nirnhoned	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Perfect False God's Devotion: vSunspire
Mechanical Acuity: Craftable
Iceheart: Direfrost Keep, Glirion Chest

Skills

Gameplay

This is a gameplay video from a previous patch.

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.
20.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
24.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
22.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.

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