Powerful Magicka Dragonknight Build for ESO – DPS

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Resource Management
• 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

Trials & Dungeons Setup

5x Mother’s Sorrow, 5x Medusa, 2x Zaan on a High Elf with Clockwork Citrus Fillet food.

• Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
• Buffed: Raid Target Dummy buffs, buff food, Spell Power Potion, Weapon Damage Enchantment active.

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 the primary Gear setup
• 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?

Perfected False God’s Devotion: vSunspire
Zaan: vScalecaller Peak
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Mother’s Sorrow: Deshaan
Medusa: Arx Corinium
Valkyn Skoria: vCity of Ash 2
Slimecraw: vWayrest Sewers 1
Perfected Crushing Wall (Maelstrom Staff): vMaelstrom Arena
Crushing Wall (Maelstrom Staff): Maelstrom Arena
Iceheart: vDirefrost Keep
Willpower: Guildstore
Magnus’ Gift: Craftable
Mechanical Acuity: Craftable

Skills

Champion Points

Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this build. Work your way from top to bottom in your allocation. For more information on Champion Points, please visit the Champion Points Overview Page on ESO-Hub.com.

Hovering over each perk will give you insights on what it does. Presets are also provided for each of the allocations below.

Click the tab below to open the allocation.

Important Info for Magicka Dragonknight Build PvE “Valakas”

Buff-food

Mundus Stone

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)

Race

Any race with magicka based passives will work with this setup. You can find out more about all the racial passives in the Racial Overview page.

• High Elf
• Breton
• Darkelf
• Khajiit
• Orc

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
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Psijic Order: (Only if you use Channeled Acceleration) Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Magicka

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

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	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Iceheart	Light	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	Perfected Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

 

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	Perfected False God’s Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Perfected False God’s Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Perfected False God’s Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Perfected False God’s Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Perfected False God’s Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Slimecraw	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Slimecraw	Light	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 & Changes

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.
30.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.

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