“Blight”
Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Changes from the previous version
- Resource Management
- Trials & Dungeons Setup
- Rotation
- Gameplay
- Update Log
Introduction
Welcome to the Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE “Blight” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the 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 similar 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 Arms of Relequen, Tzogvin's Warband and a Monster set of your choice depending on how close to the enemy you can play. 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
Changes from the previous version
- Maelstrom bow is once again our primary back bar weapon due to rotation change.
- Changed the skill layout.
- Adjusted rotation.
Patchnote changes:
Due to many mechanical issues with the Necromancer’s engagement with corpses and targeting of corpses, the following changes have been made in hopes to alleviate some of these shortcomings:
- Blastbones and its morphs’ corpses will now last 6 seconds, rather than 5 seconds.
- Skeletal Mage and Spirit Mender and their morphs’ corpses will now last 10 seconds, rather than 5 seconds.
- Improved the targeting areas from all tether abilities, and will now link to the corpse closest to your reticle from a much larger radius.
- Blastbones
- The skeleton from this ability and its morphs will now attempt to leap from up to 28 meters after a short delay of spawning in, rather than 15 meters.
- Fixed an issue where the skeleton would appear to jump backwards when leaping in close ranges. The skeleton will now also properly attempt to face its target while leaping, rather than moon-walk jumping.
- Increased the speed in which the skeleton jumps.
Resource Management
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
Trials & Dungeons Setup
- Unbuffed: Out of combat
- Buffed: Raid Dummy buffs, Weapon Power Potion and Weapon Damage Enchant were active.
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
- Lokkestiiz: You can also use Tooth of Lokkestiiz instead of Tzogvin, please make sure to use Barbed Trap to get the Minor Force buff again.
- Monster Set: If you want to go at max range, I can recommend Slimecraw. If you want to stay mid range or melee I would recommend going for Velidreth.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Perfect Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Perfect Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Perfect Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Perfect Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Perfect Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Slimecraw | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Slimecraw | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Tzogvin's Warband | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin's Warband | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin's Warband | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Tzogvin's Warband | Bow | Precise | Damage Health Poisons IX |
| Weapon 2 | The Maelstrom's Bow | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Setup 2
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Hunding's Rage | Heavy | 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 | Damage Health Poisons IX |
| 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 | Heavy | 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 | Absorb Stamina Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding's Rage | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Where can I get the gear?
Tzogvin's Warband: Frostvault
Berserking Warrior: Hel Ra Citadel
Perfect Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Velidreth: Cradle of Shadows
Kra'gh: Fungal Grotto 1
Twice-Fanged Serpent: Sanctum Ophidia
Vicious Serpent: Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia, Hel Ra Citadel
Hunding's Rage: Craftable
Night Mother's Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Stormfist: Tempest Island
Maelstrom Bow: Maelstrom Arena
Caustic Arrow (Master's Bow): Dragonstar Arena
Skills
- Venom Skull: You can use it, but Venom Skull is tougher on your sustain compared to Lethal Arrow.
- 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 |
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]
The Ritual
56 Mighty, 40 Thaumaturge, 52 Precise Strikes, 47 Piercing
The Attronarch
61 Master-at-Arms, 14 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
Championpoints [600]
The Ritual
43 Mighty, 37 Thaumaturge, 40 Precise Strikes, 36 Piercing
The Atronach
44 Master at Arms
The Apprentice
The Shadow
20 Shadow Ward, 31 Tumbling
The Lover
49 Tenacity, 100 Mooncalf
The Tower
The Lord
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 23 Thick Skinned
The Steed
61 Ironclad, 18 Spell Shield
Championpoints [300]
The Ritual
31 Thaumaturge, 27 Mighty, 28 Precise Strikes
The Attronarch
13 Master at Arms, 1 Physical Weapon Expert
The Apprentice
The Shadow
The Lover
49 Mooncalf, 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 Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE
Buff-food
Because the Necromancer has a passive that increases health Last Gasp and we also put 20 points into the health attribute, we can actually run Max Stamina + Stamina Recovery food! We loose a bit of health and stamina but we gain a lot of extra Stamina Recovery!
Mundus Stone
The Shadow (Increased Critical Damage)
Race
If you want to learn more about the different racial passives that each race offers, check out my Race Guide which explains everything in detail.
Orc
Redguard
Wood Elf
Khajiit
Dark Elf
Imperial
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, Health Avarice, Last Gasp
- Living Death: Curative Curse, Corpse Consumption, Undead Confederate
- 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
- Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
20 Health, 44 Stamina
Rotation
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.
Prebuff with: Skeletal Archer and Blighted Blastbones
You basically 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.
Gameplay
The build differs a bit from the setup here. I have a special role downstairs that is why I am using 5x Scavenging Demise, Perfect Arms of Relequen, Slimecraw here. With an infused bow and Absorb Stamina Enchantment because we do not have any Healer to support us downstairs, need to get the sustain from somewhere else + lots of Heavy Attacks.
Update Log
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, Elsweyr Chapter.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
Tags: Stamina Necromancer Bow Build, Stamina Necro Bow Build, StamCro Bow Build PvE.
