Stamina Dragonknight 2H Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Serpent”

Wrathstone DLC, Elsweyr Chapter

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Dungeon & Trial Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (Max CP, 600 CP, 300 CP)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation & Skeleton Parse
• Build Video
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Stamina Dragonknight 2H Build PvE “Serpent” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. The Stamina Dragonknight DPS 2H Build “Serpent” is optimized for Dungeons, Arenas & Trials.

This build is made for a Dragonknight Two Hander setup. Dragonknights have nice passives and abilities that fit well into a Two Hander setup. Like always we run a pretty standard Stamina setup with the addition of skills like Venomous Claw, Noxious Breath, Flames of Oblivion and Standard of Might. I will present you three different gear setups. The Tier 1 will be with trial gear, Tier 2 with Dungeon gear and the Tier 3 will be the beginners gear setup. Like always, Two Handers have a lot of AoE damage if you play them correctly and the shield you gain from Brawler makes you almost invincible during such fights. Having access to Psijic Order also allows us to run Crushing Weapon which is cheaper and deals more damage than for example Wrecking blow, plus it also heals us for a small amount. We also get access to a 5k Shield when we have that on the bar.

• Two Hander & Bow setup
• High single target (ST) damage
• High area of effect (AoE) damage
• Crazy splash damage
• Shield on trash fights
• Dungeon, Arena  & Trial Build

Changes from the previous version

Added some info about races and buff food in the buff food section, other than that no changes to the build in Wrathstone DLC.

Resource Management

With the Absorb Stamina Enchantment you should have enough sustain to run blue Health and Stamina food. If you still have issues you could swap to Artaeum Takeaway Brooth, but then you have to make sure to get a Health Glyph otherwise your health will fall too low. You also want to make sure that your healers use Spears and Orbs to increase your sustain. I recommend being a Redguard because you will get the best sustain. You have more options, you can also use Stormfist as main Monster Set to gain another Stamina Recovery bonus.

• Absorb Stamina Enchant
• Artaeum Takeaway Brooth
• Orbs or Spears from Healers
• Heavy Attacks resource return (optional)
• Vicious Serpent Set (optional)
• Redguard (if available)

Dungeons & Trial 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

There are a lot of good Stamina Sets available, you can find more viable stamina dps sets in this Stamina DPS Sets Article. I also elaborate on specific sets that are often used in this article to give you a bit more insight as to why they are used.

Gear Setup 1

• Master 2H: If you want you can run Master 2H on Trash Fights.
• Berserking Warrior: You can also run Berserking Warrior instead of Vicious Serpent

Gear Setup 2

If you struggle with sustain I recommend running Dubious Camoran Throne with this setup. Make sure to use 1 Health Glyph otherwise your overall Health will be very low.

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

Where can I get the gear?

Vicious Serpent: Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia, Hel Ra Citadel
Perfect Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Velidreth: Cradle of Shadows
Berserking Warrior: Hel Ra Citadel
Stormfist: Tempest Island
Hunding's Rage: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Night Mother's Gaze: Craftable
Asylum Greatsword: vet Asylum Sanctorium
Leviathan: Crypts of Hearts 1 & 2
Maelstrom Bow: Maelstrom Arena
Master's Greatsword: Dragonstar Arena

Skills

• Why Caltrops Frontbar? Vicious Serpent 8% Cost reduction is only active on the frontbar, Caltrops is expensive so that really helps with sustain.
• Crushing Weapon: Cheaper and more damage compared to Wrecking Blow, plus we get access to a 5k Shield.

Championpoints

If you need optimized defensive Champion Points for a specific trial I recommend checking out my Maximize Damage Mitigation in Trials Article.

Championpoints [810 CP]

The Ritual
56 Mighty, 44 Thaumaturge, 56 Precise Strikes, 27 Piercing
The Attronarch
66 Master-at-Arms, 21 Physical Weapon Expert
The Apprentice
The Shadow
52 Shadow Ward, 52 Tumbling
The Lover
49 Tenacity, 100 Mooncalf
The Tower
17 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
81 Ironclad, 43 Spellshield

Important Info for Stamina Dragonknight Build PvE 2H

Buff-food

As a Redguard/ Woodelf you can use the blue food, for all other races I would recommend the Artaeum Takeaway Brooth to get better sustain.

Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables (Max Health, Max Stamina)
or
Artaeum Takeaway Brooth Food (Max Health, Max Stamina, Stamina Recovery)

Mundus Stone

To reach the maximum penetration level in a raid or dungeon, you want to use The Lover Mundus Stone.

The Lover (Increased Physical Penetration)

Race

Orc (with Artaeum Food)
Redguard (with Blue Food)
Wood Elf (with Blue Food)
Khajiit (with Artaeum Food)
Dark Elf (with Artaeum Food)
Imperial (with Artaeum Food)

Potions

Weapon Crit Potions 
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)

Passives

• Ardent Flame: Combustion, Searing Heat, World in Ruin
• Draconic Power: Iron Skin, Burning Heart, Scaled Armor
• Earthen Heart: Eternal Mountain, Battle Roar, Mountain's Blessing, Helping Hands
• Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
• Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
• Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All into Stamina

Rotation

We only have Flames of Oblivion that does not really fit into the rotation perfectly. Reapply Flames of Oblivion whenever it runs out, it is important to let it run out, because the longer it lasts the more damage it does.

> Endless Hail > Light Attack > Rearming Trap > Light Attack > Poison Injection > Weapon Swap
> Light Attack > Venomous Claw > Razor Caltrops > Light Attack > 5x Crushing Weapon (with Light Attack) > Weapon Swap
> Restart

• If you have to reapply Flames of Oblivion, use 4x instead of 5x Crushing Weapon.
• If you want you can use Noxious Breath, if you do that just use 4x Crushing Weapon instead of 5
• Execute: Once you reach 25-30% Boss HP make sure to use Reverse Slice instead of Crushing Weapon.

Skeleton Parse

The video is from Summerset update.

Just a very quick parse on a 3 million dummy, like always, this does not reflect any trial/dungeon dps by any means. I used Noxious Breath here to apply the Major Fracture debuff. If you are in a group I normally do not use the skill.

Build Video

The Video is from the Summerset Chapter. A new video will be created with the Elsweyr Chapter release.

Update Log