Powerful Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP for ESO

Table of Contents

• Cyrodiil Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Resource Management
• Battlegrounds
• Outfit Style Showcase
• Update Log

Welcome to the Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP “Blaze” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. The “Blaze” Build is optimized for Cyrodiil and Battlegrounds, you can find both setups on this page, only small adjustments are needed!

This Magicka Dragonknight PvP Build focuses on high burst damage and high maximum resources. Having a lot of Health in Cyrodiil is a good strategy to stay alive because the incoming damage can be huge and that way you won’t instantly die when you get attacked. Magicka DKs have a lot of healing power, therefore going light armor is possible but you have to learn to keep up all your heal over time abilities to not instantly flatline.

The Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build uses the sets Shacklebreaker, Bright-Throat’s Boast, and Valkyn Skoria. Valkyn Skoria synergizes well with a Magicka Dragonknight due to the focus on fire damage.

• Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
• Light Armor Destro/ Resto Build
• Crazy Burst Damage
• Good Sustain
• Good Healing

Cyrodiil Setup MagDK PVP Build

Now let’s take a look at how to create the Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build for ESO.

5x Shacklebreaker, 5x Bright-Throat’s Boast, 2x Valkyn Skoria on a Breton with Corrupting Bloody Mara Drink buff food.

• Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
• Buffed: In combat, buff food, Weapon damage enchantment, Degeneration, Volatile Armor, Tri-Stat Potion active

Gear Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build

Where can I get the gear?

Bright-Throat’s Boast: Murkmire Overland, Guildstores
Shacklebreaker: Craftable
Valkyn Skoria: vCity of Ash 2, Undaunted Enclave

Skills Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build

Champion Points for Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP

Below you can find the recommended slottable Champion Points setup for this build. Prioritize the slottable Perks and get as many of the passive perks as possible.

Warfare Tree Points Allocation

• Deadly Aim (50) (Slottable)
• Arcane Supremacy (50) (Slottable)
• Duelist’s Rebuff (50) (Slottable)
• Wrathful Strikes (50) (Slottable)

Fitness Tree Points Allocation

• Boundless Vitality (50) (Slottable)
• Sustained by Suffering (50) (Slottable)
• Pain’s Refuge (50) (Slottable)
• Slippery (50) (Slottable)

Craft Tree Points Allocation

• Steed’s Blessing (50) (Slottable)
• Rationer (30) (Slottable)
• Liquid Efficiency (75) (Slottable)
• Treasure Hunter (50) (Slottable)

Important Info for Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP

Buff-food

Corrupting Bloody Mara is the best buff food you can get with this setup. However, if you have sustain issues the Witchmother’s Potent Brew is also really great as it gives us extra magicka recovery. If you pick another buff food, you have to make sure that it is a drink. Otherwise, the Bright-Throat Boast set won’t work.

Corrupting Bloody Mara
(Max Health, Max Magicka, Health Recovery)

Witchmother’s Potent Brew Drink
(Max Health, Max Magicka, Magicka Recovery)

Mundus Stone

We use “The Apprentice” Mundus Stone to boost our spell damage even further. You could also use “The Atronach” if you need extra sustain. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.

The Apprentice (Increased Spell Damage)
or
The Atronach if you need more sustain (Increased Magicka Recovery)

Race

All Magicka-based races work with this setup. More about each race can be found on the racial overview page.

High Elf
Breton
Dark Elf
Argonian
Khajiit
Orc

Potions

Tri-Stat potions are important, they increase your sustain a lot can be critical when you are on low health due to the huge health boost that you will get.

Tri-Stat Potion
(Health, Stamina, Magicka)
(Bugloss, Columbine, Dragonthorn)

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
• Restoration Staff: Essence Drain, Restoration Expert, Cycle of Life, Absorb, Restoration Master
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut, Revitalize, Rapid Mending
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
• Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

64 Magicka, 0 Health, 0 Stamina

Resource Management MagDK PVP Build

With this build, a lot of sustain is already built in thanks to the Bright-Throat’s Boast set in combination with the Double Bloody Mara Drink. Dragonknights also have unique passives like the Battle Roar, that help a lot with sustain whenever you activate an ultimate. You can also do heavy attacks on the Resto Staff bar to regain a lot of magicka at once thanks to the Cycle of Life passive.

Potions are a very important aspect of every build, with our recommended Potions you will restore 7582 Magicka and Stamina on top of 8369 Health. This is very important and will increase your survivability and sustain a lot.

• Battle Roar
• Heavy Attacks
• Potion

If you still struggle with sustain, you could always replace the Spell Damage Glyph on the Infused Jewelry piece with a Spell Cost Reduction Glyph.

Battlegrounds Magicka Dragonknight PvP Build

We are going full Magicka Recovery on the jewelry for more sustain in Battlegrounds.

Mundus Stone

Instead of the Apprentice Mundus Stone you can use the Atronach Mundus Stone, this one gives you extra Magicka Recovery.

Outfit Style Showcase of the Legion DK PvP Build for ESO

Let’s take a look at the outfit style of the Stamina Dragonknight PvP Build for ESO. You can find a close-up shot, an image from the back and an image of the outfit editor dye station below.

• Annihilarch’s Chosen Style: Pauldrons, Gauntlets, Cuirass, Girdle, Sabatons, Greaves
• Dragon Bone Style: Helm
• Welkynar Style: Staff
• Dyes: Void Pitch, Scintillating Scarlet

Update Log for the ESO MagDK PVP Build

Related Guides

• ESO PVP Tier List
• Cyrodiil Guide
• Imperial City Guide
• Battlegrounds Guide
• How to unlock Alliance War Skill Lines and Vigor