Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE “Valakas” Horns of the Reach

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info
• Rotation & Skeleton Parse
• 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 & Maelstrom Arena.

Magicka Dragonknights unleash their maximum damage potential in melee range. They both have really strong Single Target and AoE damage output. Due to being melee we also get more incoming damage as ranged setups, but this is not that big of a deal because we have a shield at our disposal which makes survival a lot easier. Resource management is also pretty nice as long as we use Flame Lash and off-balance is present on the enemy boss, because then the Power Lash will have a cost of zero. We will also use a Shock staff on our back bar, this is especially helpful in trash fights. Heavy Shock Attacks deal a ton of damage and restore a lot of magicka in the same time, plus we can stay slightly outside of the trashmobs so we do not get hit all the time!

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

Resource Management

Magicka Dragonknights can have very good sustain, but you really need to make sure that Off-Balance is present in your group. Because we are using Flame Lash, which will have zero cost when the enemy is set off balance. Magicka Damage and Magicka Return Enchantment also helps a bit with sustain. Now the last big thing that you can choose on your own to tweak your sustain, Magicka Recovery Glyphs. I felt I reached good sustain with 1 Recovery Glyphs. However, if you think your sustain is still not where you would like it to be, then try with  two Magicka Recovery Glyphs and then you should definitely be good to go. Heavy Attacks are also a great tool to restore resources, while we not really need them for this build, if you really get into a situation where you dry out, use one or two heavy attacks!

• Flame Lash Morph & Off balance on enemies
• Damage/ Return Magicka Enchantment
• Magicka Recovery Glyph
• Heavy Attacks

Trials & Dungeons Setup

*Spell Power Potion, Weapon dmg Enchantment and Burning Spellweave Proc was active, when I took the screenshot. Also Only had Blue Burning Spellweave Necklace.

Gear

 

Gear Setup

There is a few combos that work great, most important is that you are using an Infused Fire Enchant on the frontbar and a Spelldmg Enchant Nirnhoned Shock Staff on the backbar. The Fire Enchantment will give us a ton of damage and also proc the Burning Status Effect which deals a ton of extra damage.

• Maelstrom Staff? You could run a Maelstrom Staff. However, as we only weapon swap every 16 seconds, I am not sure if its really that beneficial with the current setup.
• Julianos and Burning Spellweave give an overall really good Crit and Spelldamage value. I tested Silks of the Sun but it did not perform better as Julianos.
• Why Shock Staff backbar? We use this for trashfights, Shock Heavy Attacks deal a ton of damage and restore magicka at the same time.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Julianos	Heavy	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Julianos	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Julianos	Medium	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Iceheart	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Julianos	Light	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Burning Spellweave	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Ring	Burning Spellweave	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Ring	Burning Spellweave	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Weapon 1	Julianos	Fire	Infused	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Julianos	Shock	Nirnhoned	Spell damage

Where can I get the gear?
Julianos: Craftable
Burning Spellweave: City of Ash 1 & 2
Iceheart: Direfrost Keep

Skills

• Standard vs Destro Ultimate: Basically, in fights where there are a lot of mobs present, I prefer using Destro Ultimate because it allows us to have way more burst damage over Standard. This is a personal preference, if you prefer Standard, use it.
• Molten Armaments: If you do not want to use Spellpower Potions because they are expensive, then you can use Molten Armaments.
• Volatile Armor? You can use this to gain some more resistances and healing received. If you do not want it you can replace it with Inner Light.
• Destructive Clench? You could run Clench on the place where Volatile Armor is, so you could put Standard of Might on the backbar and Shooting Star on the frontbar. (Ancient Knowledge passive Destruction Staff)

Fire Staff Mainbar	Shock Staff bar
Slot 1: Blockade of Fire	Slot 1: Harness Magicka
Slot 2: Burning Embers	Slot 2: Rearming Trap
Slot 3: Flame Lash	Slot 3: Eruption
Slot 4: Engulfing Flames	Slot 4: Molten Armaments/ Volatile Armor/ Destr. Clench
Slot 5: Inner Light	Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion
Ultimate: Standard of Might	Ultimate: Destro Ultimate

Championpoints

Championpoints [660 CP]

The Ritual
75 Thaumaturge
The Attronarch
The Apprentice
58 Elemental Expert, 44 Elfborn, 43 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
23 Tumbling, 48 Shadow Ward
The Lover
49 Arcanist, 49 Tenacity
The Tower
41 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
48 Ironclad, 26 Spell Shield

Championpoints [300 CP]

Important Info for Magicka Dragonknight Build “Valakas”

Buff-food

Solitude Salmon-Millet Sauce (Max Health+Max Magicka)
or
Witchmothers Brew (Max Health, Max Magicka, Magicka Recovery)

Mundus Stone

The Apprentice (Increased Spell Damage)

Race

Darkelf (Recommended)
Altmer
Breton

Potions

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

In case you are still unsure on how to mix the ingredients together, you can check out a alchemy simulator here: Alchemy Simulator 

Poisons (Not Mandatory)

Drain Magicka Poison
(Lady Smock & Columbine) or (Cornflower & Columbine) or (Bugloss & Cornflower)

Passives

You will need the following passives:
Ardent Flame, Draconic Power, Earthen Heart, Light Armor, Heavy Armor (Juggernaut Passive), Destruction Staff, Racial, Vampire (optional), Undaunted, Mages Guild, Alchemy: Medicinal Use

I recommend being a Vampire for the extra 10% Magicka and Stamina recovery!

Rotation & Skeleton Parse

With this rotation, with having Blockade of Fire on the frontbar, we only have to weapon swap every 16 seconds.

Activate Flames of Oblivion before you engage in the fight. The Rotation is slightly simplified as we reapply Engulfing Flames and Burning Embers about 2 seconds before they run out. If you want you can also just roll with the DoT Trackers and reapply the DoTs when they run out.

Flames of Oblivion > Rearming Trap > Light Attack > Eruption > Weapon Swap
Engulfing Flames > Light Attack > Blockade of Fire > Light Attack > Burning Embers > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Blockade of Fire > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Flame Lash > Light Attack > Engulfing Flames > Light Attack > Burning Embers > Restart

Maelstrom Arena

Update Log

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