Magicka Warden Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Ice & Fire”

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• AoE Setup
• Maelstrom Arena
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Magicka Warden Build PvE “Ice & Fire” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. The Ice & Fire build is created for Trials, Dungeons & Maelstrom Arena. It features the new Warden Class and it will take some time to figure out the best possible setups for this class.

If you are new to ESO, please make sure to also read the New Player Beginners Guide and the Magicka Warden Beginners Guide, there are a lot of Beginner Guides that you can check out.

Wardens focus a lot on pet abilities and elemental damage. Both ranged and melee playstyle are very viable and can deal a lot of damage. Unlike Sorcerers, most of their “pets” are abilities and do not require to be double slotted, which is a huge advantage! Only the Bear Ultimate and the Belly Netch count towards “summonable pets”. We are using the Perfected False God's Devotion set which will give us really good sustain, that combined with Master Architect and the Bear Ultimate does some serious damage.

• Warden Class
• Double Destruction staff setup
• High Magicka resource pool
• Good AoE damage
• Good Single Target damage
• Good sustain
• Ice & Fire skill setup

Changes from the previous version

Updated the skills and rotation for the Dragonhold DLC.

Swarm:

• Increased the cost of this ability and its morphs to 2970 to encapsulate their new functionalities.
• These abilities now apply Minor Vulnerability to the target for the duration of the DoT.

Resource Management

We run normal Health + Magicka food, with the Blue Netch and Bubbles we have enough sustain. The Blue Netch helps quite a lot already with sustain, so that’s the first thing you need to remember to keep up.  Depending on what buff food you are using, make sure to have at least 17,2k Health for Trials and Dungeons. Clockwork Citrus Filet can be very helpful as well with sustain, but you need to invest a few points into Health to reach around 17k HP again. . Heavy Attacks are also a great tool to restore resources and basically a must have for every build.

• Blue Betty
• Orbs and Spears from Healers
• Heavy Attacks
• Clockwork Citrus Filet

Trials & Dungeons Setup

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

• Master Architect also pairs well with Wardens, if you are using the bear, because of the low cost activation.

Gear Setup 2

Beginner Setup

Where can I get the gear?
Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire Vet
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan
Master Architect: Halls of Fabrication
Necropotence: Rivenspire
Burning Spellweave: City of Ash 1 & 2
Zaan: Scalecaller Peak
Valkyn Skoria: City of Ash 2
Maelstrom Fire Staff: Maelstrom Arena
Ilambris: Crypts of Hearts 1
Willpower: Imperial City Vaults, Guildstore
Spinner's Garments: Malabal Tor
Slimecraw: Wayrest Sewers 1

Skills

• Channeled Acceleration: You can also use Barbed Trap in case you do not have Channeled Acceleration.

Championpoints

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!

Championpoints [810]

The Ritual
56 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
56 Master-at-Arms, 23 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 61 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

Championpoints [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

Championpoints [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 Warden Build PvE

Buff-food

Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
(Max Health, Max Magicka)
(Fish, Rice, Clam Gall, Honey)

Mundus Stone

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)

Race

Breton (recommended, best sustain)
Altmer
Darkelf
Khajiit

Potions

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

Passives

• Animal Companion: Bond With Nature, Savage Beast, Flourish, Advanced Species
• Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature's Gift, Emerald Moss, Maturation
• Winter’s Embrace: Glacial Presence, Frozen Armor, Icy Aura, Piercing Cold
• Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Rotation & Dummy

In case you don’t know what 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

Make sure to activate Channeled Acceleration and Blue Betty before you start the rotation and keep them up all the time. Activate Ultimate whenever you are on the front bar..

Winter’s Revenge > LA > Unstable Wall of Elements > Weapon Swap

Deep Fissure > LA > Fetchers Infection > LA > Screaming Cliff Racer > LA > Deep Fissure > LA >  Soul Splitting Trap > LA > Degeneration > LA > Deep Fissure >  Screaming Cliff racer > Weapon Swap

Restart

• Reapply Blue Betty every 3rd rotation.
• Reapply Channeled Acceleration every 4th rotation

LA = Light Attack

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	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Mother's Sorrow	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Perfected False God's Devotion	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Mother's Sorrow	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	Mother's Sorrow	Fire	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall	Fire	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Perfect False God's Devotion: Sunspire
Mother's Sorrow: Deshaan Overland
Iceheart: Direfrost Keep, Glirion Chest

Skills

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

Skills

Update Log