Type: Solo Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
Buildname: Blaze
Table of Contents
- Cyrodiil Setup
- Resource Management
- Battlegrounds
- Dragonknight Subclassing
- Outfit Style Showcase
- Update Log
Welcome to the ESO Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP “Blaze” for 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 ESO 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 ESO 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
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Shacklebreaker | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
| Belt | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Light | Well-Fitted | Magicka |
| Shoes | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Light | Well-Fitted | Magicka |
| Pants | Shacklebreaker | Light | Well-Fitted | Tri Stat |
| Hands | Shacklebreaker | Light | Impenetrable | Magicka |
| Head | Valkyn Skoria | Light | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
| Shoulder | Valkyn Skoria | Light | Impenetrable | Magicka |
| Necklace | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Weapon 1 | Shacklebreaker | Fire | Infused | Shock Damage |
| Weapon 2 | Shacklebreaker | Resto | Defending | Weapon Damage Enchantment |
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
| Fire Staff Mainbar | Resto Staff bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Cauterize | Slot 1: Harness Magicka |
| Slot 2: Burning Embers | Slot 2: Rapid Regeneration |
| Slot 3: Flame Lash/ Molten Whip | Slot 3: Healing Ward |
| Slot 4: Deep Breath | Slot 4: Volatile Armor |
| Slot 5: Fossilize | Slot 5: Degeneration |
| Ultimate: Ferocious Leap | Ultimate: Life Giver |
Skill Explanation:
- Cauterize: Major Prophecy 12% Spell Crit while slotted, always keep this up and in case you need a burst heal, you can reactivate it early.
- Burning Embers: High Single Target damage over time effect. Also heals once the effect ends.
- Flame Lash: Your main spammable, deals a lot of damage and once an enemy is set off balance, you also gain a huge burst heal and increased damage. You can also run the other morph if you want.
- Deep Breath: Interrupts casting enemies and the final explosion deals massive damage.
- Fossilize: Your main CC tool, this ability can not be blocked or dodge rolled, so you can very easily stun your enemy, especially effective when you use Fossilize into a Leap Ultimate combo.
- Ferocious Leap: Very strong burst Ultimate, plus also applies a big shield to you.
- Harness Magicka: Keep this up as much as possible, decent sized shield that absorbs damage.
- Rapid Regeneration: Very strong heal over time that you always need to keep active.
- Healing Ward: Defensive shield, the lower your health, the bigger the shield will get, this is a lifesaver and can be spammed if you are low on health.
- Volatile Armor: This has to be up all the time, gives you major resistance buff (Major Resolve) as well as increased healing. Also deals decent damage.
- Degeneration: Strong damage over time effect and also gives us Major Sorcery, increasing Spell Damage.
- Life Giver: In case you are under a lot of pressure, activate this ultimate, it gives a lot of extra healing and defensive buffs.
Scribing Skills
The ESO Scribing System offers plenty of adjustable skills to add to our build. The scribing skill listed below is here to increase our survivability. If you want to use the scribing skill below replace it with Harness Magicka.
Important: Please read here how to get Grimoires, Focus Scripts, Signature Scripts and Affix Scripts for the ESO Scribing system.
Base Scribing Skill useful to our build:
- Mages Guild: Ulfsild’s Contingency (Warding Contingency)
Warding Contingency
Warding Contingency helps our survivability. You can place a rune on yourself and the rune will activate once you use a skill. This is great because it essentially pre-buffs us with an extra shield and damage mitigation for the start of combat.
- Focus Script
- Signature Script
- Affix Script
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)
- Liquid Efficiency (75)
- Treasure Hunter (50)
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.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Shacklebreaker | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
| Belt | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Light | Well-Fitted | Magicka |
| Shoes | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Light | Well-Fitted | Magicka |
| Pants | Shacklebreaker | Light | Well-Fitted | Tri Stat |
| Hands | Shacklebreaker | Light | Impenetrable | Magicka |
| Head | Valkyn Skoria | Light | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
| Shoulder | Valkyn Skoria | Light | Impenetrable | Magicka |
| Necklace | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Bright-Throat’s Boast | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Weapon 1 | Shacklebreaker | Fire | Infused | Shock Damage |
| Weapon 2 | Shacklebreaker | Resto | Defending | Weapon Damage Enchantment |
Mundus Stone
Instead of the Apprentice Mundus Stone you can use the Atronach Mundus Stone, this one gives you extra Magicka Recovery.
ESO Dragonknight Subclassing Build Options
ESO’s Subclassing offers a lot of variety, allowing you to swap, mix, and match different skill lines of various classes all on one character. Read our How does Subclassing work in ESO guide to get an understanding of how the subclass system works. We also have plenty of ESO Builds optimized for Subclassing.
Take a look at our ESO Dragonknight Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Dragonknight build!
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
| Slot | Name |
|---|---|
| Head | Dragon Bone Motif |
| Shoulder | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Chest | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Hands | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Waist | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Legs | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Feet | Annihilarch’s Chosen Motif |
| Weapon | Welkynar Motif |
| Dyes | Void Pitch, Scintillating Scarlet |
Update Log for the ESO MagDK PVP Build
09.08.2019.2019 ADDED Build for the Scalebreaker DLC., Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP.
19.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
21.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
11.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
19.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
26.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
30.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
18.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
27.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
09.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
15.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
10.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
28.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
08.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter
25.05.2023 Updated the Build for the NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
06.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC U41, Gold Road Chapter.
24.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
04.11.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
30.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.
Tags: Magicka Dragonknight PvP Build, Magicka DK PvP Build, Mag DK PvP Build.
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