Magicka Warden Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Ice & Fire”

Wrathstone DLC, Elsweyr Chapter

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (Max CP, 600 CP, 300 CP)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• Blackrose Prison Arena
• 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.

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 Necropotence set which will give us an insane Magicka pool, that combined with Master Architect and the Bear Ultimate does some serious damage. This setup is optimized for the Bear ultimate with Master Architect, if you do not want the Bear ultimate, then I do recommend running Siroria instead of Master Architect.

• 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

Added explanation when to use Shadow or the Thief Mundus Stone. Shadow got a buff:

• Shadow Mundus: Increased the Critical Hit Damage bonus to 13% from 9%. Note that this still will not affect critical healing.

Pets also received a buff (Bear Ultimate)

• All pets will now inherit your bonuses and derived stats. This means your Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Multipliers, Champion Points, and other % damage or healing amplifications will be applied to any pet you summon. Item sets that summon pets will continue to not inherent your Critical Strike Chance.

Destruction Staff

• Ancient Knowledge: Removed the requirement of having a Destruction Staff ability slotted to gain the effect of this passive. Now, you simply need to equip the Destruction Staff type of the buff you want to gain the bonus it provides.

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 thats 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

Single Target vs AoE

• Single Target Fight: Use the new Spell Strategist set that can be obtained in Rewards of the Worthy or bought via Guildstore.
• AoE Fight: Keep using Mother's Sorrow. Spell Strategist is purely Single Target so it is not of much use in AoE fights.

Gear Setup 1

Gear Setup 2 (Non-Bear Ultimate)

When you are running with the Bear you could also use Acuity and Master Architect combo.

Beginner Setup

Where can I get the gear?
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
Perfect Mantle of Siroria: Cloudrest
Mantle of Siroria: Cloudrest
Perfect Asylum Inferno Staff: Asylum Sanctorium
Ilambris: Crypts of Hearts 1
Willpower: Imperial City Vaults, Guildstore
Spinner's Garments: Malabal Tor
Slimecraw: Wayrest Sewers 1

Skills

• Elemental Weapon: You can also use Screaming Cliff Racer in case you do not have Elemental Weapon.
• Channeled Acceleration: You can also use Rearming Trap in case you do not have Channeled Acceleration
• Elemental Ring: Use this for AoE fights, it is also placed there to get the Ancient Knowledge passive from Destruction Staff passives.

Fire Staff Mainbar	Fire Staff bar
Slot 1: Bird of Prey	Slot 1: Blockade of Fire
Slot 2: Blue Betty	Slot 2: Winter’s Revenge
Slot 3: Elemental Weapon	Slot 3: Harness Magicka
Slot 4: Fetchers Infection	Slot 4: Channeled Acceleration
Slot 5: Inner Light	Slot 5: Inner Light
Ultimate: Eternal Guardian	Ultimate: Eternal Guardian

Championpoints

Championpoints [810 CP]

The Ritual
44 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
61 Master-at-Arms, 19 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
64 Elemental Expert, 56 Elfborn, 26 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
52 Shadow Ward, 52 Tumbling
The Lover
75 Arcanist, 49 Tenacity
The Tower
42 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
81 Ironclad, 43 Spell Shield

600 & 300 CP setup for Magicka Warden Build

Championpoints [600 CP]

The Ritual
44 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
40 Master at Arms, 11 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
49 Elemental Expert, 37 Elfborn, 19 Spell Erosion
The Shadow
20 Tumbling, 20 Shadow Ward
The Lover
75 Arcanist, 49 Tenacity
The Tower
36 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
42 Hardy, 42 Elemental Defender, 40 Thick Skinned
The Steed
52 Ironclad, 24 Spell Shield

Championpoints [300 CP]

The Ritual
31 Thaumaturge
The Atronach
20 Master at Arms, 2 Staff Expert
The Apprentice
27 Elemental Expert, 20 Elfborn
The Shadow
The Lover
49 Arcanist, 49 Tenacity
The Tower
2 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
23 Hardy, 23 Elemental Defender, 23 Thick Skinned
The Steed
31 Ironclad

Important Info for Magicka Warden Build PvE

Buff-food

As a Breton you can use the blue food, for all other races I do recommend using the gold food to increase sustain.

Solitude Salmon-Millet Sauce (Max Health+Max Magicka)
or
Clockwork Citrus Filet (Max Health, Max Magicka, Magicka Recovery, Health Recovery)

Mundus Stone

If you have below 47% crit chance (without thief equipped), then choose the Thief Mundus, if you are above then choose the Shadow Mundus. If you want an exact calculation on what you should use check out the Shadow vs Thief Article.

Shadow Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Damage)
or
Thief Mundus (Increased Spell Critical Chance)

Race

Altmer
Breton
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
• Vampire (optional): Supernatural Recovery, Undeath, Dark Stalker
• 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

Make sure to activate Channeled Acceleration and Blue Betty before you start the rotation.

Winter’s Revenge > LA > Blockade of Fire > Weapon Swap >
LA > Fetcher Infection > LA > 5x Elemental Weapon (Light Attack between each weave) > Weapon Swap >
Restart

• Use Channeled Acceleration every 4th rotation, and then only do 4x Elemental Weapon instead of 5 when you use that skill.
• Recast Blue Betty when it runs out because its very important for sustain. When you use that skill only do 4x Elemental Weapon instead of 5.

LA = Light Attack

Skeleton Parse

NO ETA

Blackrose Prison Arena

This section of the build is dedicated to the Blackrose Prison Arena, it is a bit different compared to the usual Trial and Dungeon setup due to how the Arena works and because you fight such a huge amount of enemies each wave.

• Gear Setup
• Alternative Gear Setups
• Skill Setup

Gear Setup

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Grothdarr	Heavy	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Grothdarr	Medium	Divine	Magicka
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 Staff	Precise	Fire Damage
Weapon 2	The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff	Fire Staff	Infused	Absorb Magic Enchant

Alternative Gear Setup

• 5x Master Architect, 5x Mother's Sorrow, 2x Valkyn Skoria
• 5x Necropotence, 5x Mother's Sorrow, 2x Zaan

Skills

Deep Fissure is now also on the bar because it deals really good AoE damage and therefore is super helpful in Blackrose Prison Arena. Northern Storm Ultimate also provides a lot of damage mitigation and slows down enemies.

More skill information

More skill information

Maelstrom Arena

Setup is optimized with the Asylum Inferno Staff. You could use the Bear ultimate with the setup for Dungeon & Trials.

Gear

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Belt	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Hands	Necropotence	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Slimecraw	Medium	Divine	Magicka
Shoulder	Slimecraw	Heavy	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Willpower	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Ring	Willpower	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Ring	Willpower	Jewelry	Arcane	Spell Dmg
Weapon 1	Concentrated Force (Perfected)	Fire	Precise	Weapon Dmg Enchant
Weapon 2	The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff	Fire	Infused	Fire Enchant

Skills

More skill information

More skill information

Update Log

Update Log Magicka Warden Ice & Fire Build

24.02.2019 Updated Build for Wrathstone DLC, Elsweyr Chapter. Magicka Warden Build PvE.
28.02.2019 Added explanation on when to use Shadow or Thief Mundus Stone’
03.03.2019 Changed the value from thief vs shadow to 47% from 60%.
03.03.2019 Changed Frontbar Staff from Infused to Precise, as it deals slightly more damage.