Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Toxin
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Stamina Dragonknight Bow Build PvE “Toxin” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the bow build for each new Update of ESO. The “Toxin” build is made for PvE Trials and Dungeons. It features a lot of poison abilities and has great sustain! You can also find plenty of other Stamina Dragonknight content on the website such as:
Other Stamina Dragonknight Guides:
- Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Guide (Read fist if you are a new player)
- Stamina Dragonknight Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
- Stamina Dragonknight Dual Wield Build
- Stamina Dragonknight Two Hander Build
- SOLO Stamina Dragonknight Build
With this build I will show you how you can build your Poison Bow Dragonknight properly. Dragonknights have a lot of nice poison passives that help us with overall sustain. The rotation is also fairly simple because we run the Tzogvin set so we do have less skills to keep up compared to normal build. I will also show both Single Target and an AoE setup.
- Medium Armor
- Bow Bow Setup
- High Single Target (ST) damage
- High Area of Effect (AoE) damage
- Godtier Sustain
- Easy Rotation
- Trials & Dungeons
Trials & Dungeons Setup Dragonknight Bow Build
5x Relequen, 5x Pillar of Nirn, 1x Slimecraw, 1x Harpooner’s Wading Kilt, on a Dark Elf with Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice food.
- Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
- Buffed: In combat, buff food, Raid Target Dummy buffs, Weapon Power Potion, Harpooner, Weapon Damage Enchantment, Seething Fury active.
Gear Dragonknight Bow Build
You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. People who do not have all the gear yet can use 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
If you don’t have access to the Harpooner Mythic item you can instead run a full monster set.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt (Mythic) | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Slimecraw | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Pillar of Nirn | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Thunderous Volley | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Setup 2
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Belt | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Hands | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Tzogvin’s Warband | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Tzogvin’s Warband | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Beginner
This gearsetup is pretty easy to get, you need to ask a guildmate to craft you Hundings Rage and Night Mothers Gaze. You can buy Agility in Guildstores, if you want really cheap pieces just buy the Healthy Trait ones, then you can actually invest all points into Stamina and you should get to a decent Health level.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Belt | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Agility | Jewelry | Robust/ Healthy | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust/ Healthy | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Hunding’s Rage | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding’s Rage | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Where can I get the gear?
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Arms Of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Perfected Point-Blank Snipe: vVateshran Hollows
Point-Blank Snipe: Vateshran Hollows
Stormfist: vTempest Island
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Perfected Thunderous Volley: vMaelstrom Arena
Thunderous Volley: Maelstrom Arena
Skills Dragonknight Bow Build
In case you can not go into melee range for a while you can simply skip the melee DoTs and continue with your rotation.
- Molten Whip: You can replace this ability if you want, I use it because it gives us extra Weapon Damage for just slotting it.
| Bow Mainbar | Bow-second bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Molten Whip | Slot 1: Endless Hail |
| Slot 2: Noxious Breath | Slot 2: Poison Injection |
| Slot 3: Lethal Arrow | Slot 3: Soul Splitting Trap |
| Slot 4: Venomous Claw | Slot 4: Acid Spray |
| Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion | Slot 5: Resolving Vigor |
| Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker | Ultimate: Standard of Might/ Ballista |
Champion Points for the DK Bow Build
Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this build. Work your way from top to bottom in your allocation. For more information on Champion Points, please visit the Champion Points Overview Page on ESO-Hub.com.
Hovering over each perk will give you insights on what it does. Presets are also provided for each of the allocations below.
Click the tab below to open the allocation.
Important Info
Buff-food
Any of the three foods below works well with the build. For a list of all buff food and drink consumables please visit the Buff Food and Drinks Overview Page.
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Saltrice, Flour, Potato, Scrib Jelly)
Artaeum Takeaway Broth
(Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery+Health Recovery)
Dubious Camoran Throne
(2nd option if Artaeum is too expensive)
Mundus Stone
The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Weapon Critical Rating which boosts our damage. For more information on Mundus Stones please visit the Mundus Stone Overview Page.
The Thief Mundus Stone (Increased Weapon Critical)
Race
Any race with stamina based perks works for this setup. If you want a complete overview of all races and racial passives, then I recommend checking out the ESO Races Overview page.
Orc
Khajiit
Dark Elf
Nord
Redguard
Wood Elf
Imperial
High Elf
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, Elder Dragon, Scaled Armor
- Earthen Heart: Eternal Mountain, Battle Roar, Mountain’s Blessing, Helping Hands
- Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
- Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
- Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked
- Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
All into Stamina
Resource Management for the DK Bow Build
World in Ruin passive really helps tuning down the cost of abilities like Poison Injection, Lethal Arrow, Noxious Breath, Venomous Claw. And even our AoE ability Acid Spray benefits from that passive. Battle Roar is another great passive that will help us sustain. We are also using Dubious Camoran Throne (or Artaeum Food) to increase all our stats, including Stamina Recovery. Make sure to use Potions on cooldown to keep all the buffs up and also regain a lot of resources. Orbs or Shards from Healers are also nice to have and if that is still not enough, use Heavy Attacks.
- World in Ruin passive
- Battle Roar
- Orbs or Spears from Healers
- Potions
- Artaeum Takeaway Broth Food
- Heavy Attacks resource return (optional)
Rotation Dragonknight Bow Build
The “Weaving Beginner Guide” explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.
For this build we do have a static rotation. Always prebuff with Flames of Oblivion before you engange into a fight.
Endless Hail > LA > Poison Injection > LA > Soul Splitting Trap > LA > Weapon Swap >
LA > Venomous Claw > LA > 8x Lethal Arrow (With LA) > Noxious Breath > LA > Weapon Swap
Restart
- Every 2nd rotation you want to reapply Flames of Oblivion
- LA = Light Attack
- Activate Ultimate whenever it is ready.
Outfit Style
Update Log for the Stamina Dragonknight Bow Build ESO
11.08.2019 Updated the Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Dragonknight Bow Build PvE
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the Harrowstorm DLC.
17.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
18.08.2020 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.
25.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
12.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Points link and added tooltips to buff food, WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
19.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
24.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
10.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
26.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
13.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter.
30.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO 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.
Tags: Stamina Dragonknight Bow Build, Stamina DK Bow Build PvE, Stam DK Bow PvE Build.
