Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Blight
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE “Blight” 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 Blight Build is optimized for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas. You can also find plenty of other Stamina Necromancer content on the website such as:
Other Stamina Necromancer Guides:
- Stamina Necromancer Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
- Stamina Necromancer Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
- Stamina Necromancer Dual Wield Build
- Stamina Necromancer Two Hander Build
This Necromancer bow build functions similarly to other bow builds, you can play close-up, mid-range or at max range depending on your current skill setup. For our main setup, we run Perfected Arms Of Relequen, Pillar of Nirn, Harpooner’s Wading Kilt Mythic and one piece of Slimecraw for the extra crit bonus. You can also run other sets that are explained in the Stamina DPS Sets guide.
- Necromancer Class
- High Burst Damage
- High Single Target damage
- High AoE Damage
- Good Sustain
- Bow & Bow Setup
- Trials, Dungeon & Arenas
Trials & Dungeons Setup Necromancer 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, Skeletal Archer active.
Gear Necromancer 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 | Tzogvin’s Warband | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Tzogvin’s Warband | 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 | Hunding’s Rage | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding’s Rage | 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 | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | 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
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Stormfist: vTempest Island
Perfected Thunderous Volley: vMaelstrom Arena
Thunderous Volley: Maelstrom Arena
Skills Necromancer Bow Build
- Necrotic Potency: This ability can be used to drain corpses to get ultimate.
- Trap? We do not run Rearming Trap because we do get Minor Force from the Tzogvin Set.
| Bow Mainbar | Bow-second bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Skeletal Archer | Slot 1: Endless Hail |
| Slot 2: Blighted Blastbones | Slot 2: Necrotic Potency |
| Slot 3: Lethal Arrow | Slot 3: Poison Injection |
| Slot 4: Acid Spray | Slot 4: Detonating Siphon |
| Slot 5: Detonating Siphon | Slot 5: Resolving Vigor |
| Ultimate: Pestilent Colossus | Ultimate: Pestilent Colossus |
Champion Points for the Necro Bow Build
Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this bow 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 into what it does. Presets are also provided for each of the allocations below.
Click the tab below to open the allocation.
Important Info for Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE
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)
Poisons
Damage Health Poison
(Damage Poison, Damage Poison)
(Fleshfly Larva, Nightshade, Nirnroot)
Passives
- Grave Lord: Reusable Parts, Death Knell, Dismember, Rapid Rot
- Bone Tyrant: Death Gleaning, Disdain Harm, Last Gasp
- Living Death: Curative Curse, Corpse Consumption, Undead Confederate
- 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
0 Health, 64 Stamina, 0 Magicka
Resource Management Necromancer Bow Build
Keeping up the Skeletal Archer will allow you to have the Undead Confederate passive up a 100% of the time. Make sure to activate potions on cooldown to keep up the recovery passives and make sure to use the right food, that way we can almost reach 1950 Stamina Recovery which should be enough to sustain.
In case you still have trouble, you can also do heavy attacks to restore stamina.
- Undead Confederate
- Lava Foot and Saltrice Soup Food
- Heavy Attacks
- Potions
Rotation for the Necromancer Bow Build
In case you don’t know 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.
Prebuff with: Skeletal Archer and Blighted Blastbones
You want to use Blighted Blastbones on the frontbar four times per rotation, keep up your DoTs and if you still have time use Lethal Arrow as spammable. You could use Venom Skull, but I found Lethal Arrow to be stronger and easier to sustain.
Endless Hail > LA > Poison Injection > Weapon Swap
LA > BB > LA > Skeletal Archer > LA > Lethal Arrow > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > Weapon Swap
Restart
- BB = Blighted Blastbones
- LA = Light Attack
- If you can, activate Detonating Siphon whenever it runs out.
Update Log for the Necro Bow Build
11.08.2019 Updated Stamina Necromancer Bow Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE.
23.09.2019 Fixed typo in the Champion Points 600 Setup.
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.
14.05.2021 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 Update 41, Gold Road Chapter
Tags: Stamina Necromancer Bow Build, Stamina Necro Bow Build, StamCro Bow Build PvE.
