Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Warrior
Table of Contents
Welcome to the 2H Stamina Templar Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). This build is optimized for group content such as dungeons, trials & arenas and has a very glass-cannon approach. The 2H Stamina Templar build is optimized for maximum damage. The build works best in a group but with some minor adjustments can also be played as a solo setup if necessary.
Stamina Templars are very powerful two-hander users which benefit a lot from Templar passives and skills. Passives such as Burning Light activate every time we use Biting Jabs and Power of the Light can deal insane damage on the enemy target. Restoring Focus is another key ability which increases our sustain and damage mitigation by a lot.
- Two Hander & Bow Setup
- Insane Single Target (ST) Damage
- Insane Area of Effect (AoE) Damage
- Crazy Splash Damage
- Dungeon, Trial & Arena Build
It is also recommended to read the Stamina Templar Beginner Guide if you are a new player. You can find more Templar Builds & Guides in the Templar category of the website.
Group Setup – 2H Stamina Templar
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 damage enchantment, Weapon Power Potion 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
Perfected vs Imperfect Gear: Both perfected and imperfect gear is viable for the build. The perfected versions are a lot harder to obtain though. So if you don’t have any aim for the normal version first.
| 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 | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Increased Physical Harm |
| Weapon 1 | Pillar of Nirn | 2H Sword | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Poison Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchantment |
Gear Setup 2
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Leviathan | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Leviathan | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Shoulder | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Leviathan | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Leviathan | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Leviathan | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Increased Physical Harm |
| Weapon 1 | Hunding’s Rage | 2H Sword | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Poison Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Setup 3 Beginner
This setup is for new players. You want to craft or ask someone to craft 5x Hunding’s Rage and 4x Night Mother’s Gaze. 3x Agility jewelry can be bought in the guildstores for little money.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Increased Physical Harm |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Increased Physical Harm |
| Weapon 1 | Hunding’s Rage | 2H Sword | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding’s Rage | Dagger | Infused | Poison Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding’s Rage | Dagger | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Where can I get the gear?
Perfected Arms of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Spectral Cloak (Maelstrom 2H): vBlackrose Prison Arena
Spectral Cloak: nBlackrose Prison Arena
Slimecraw: vWayrest Sewers 1, Undaunted Enclave
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt (Mythic): Antiquities
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Leviathan. Crypts of Hearts 1 & 2
Perfected Titanic Cleave (Master’s Two Hander): vDragonstar Arena
Titanic Cleave (Master’s Two Hander): Dragonstar Arena
Mechanical Acuity: Craftable
Skills
| Two Hander Mainbar | Dual Wield second bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Carve | Slot 1: Deadly Cloak |
| Slot 2: Power of the Light | Slot 2: Barbed Trap |
| Slot 3: Biting Jabs | Slot 3: Ritual of Retribution |
| Slot 4: Reverse Slice | Slot 4: Restoring Focus |
| Slot 5: Stampede | Slot 5: Resolving Vigor |
| Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker | Ultimate: Everlasting Sweep |
Champion Points – 2H Stamina Templar 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 for 2H Stamina Templar Build
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
Potions are an important part of the 2H Stamina Templar build, they apply very powerful buffs and extra resources to your character. Potions benefit from the Alchemy passive Medicinal Use, make sure to always have that passive active.
Weapon Crit Potions
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)
Passives
- Aedric Spear: Piercing Spear, Spear Wall, Burning Light, Balanced Warrior
- Dawn’s Wrath: Prism, Illuminate, Restoring Spirit
- Restoring Light: Sacred Ground, Master Ritualist
- Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
- Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
- Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
- Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
- Psijic Order (AoE Setup): Clairvoyance, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
- Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
All into Stamina
Resource Management
Using the Artaeum Buff Food already gives us a lot of extra stamina recovery that we need. In addition, you want to keep up your Restoring Focus to constantly give you back stamina throughout the fight, plus you also gain extra resistances. During the fight healers or tanks will throw Energy Orb that you can synergize to get back resources, these are very important!
Other than that you have to use potions on cooldown to give you a huge amount of stramina back and you can always perform some heavy attacks throughout the fight to restore stamina. If you have all these things you should be fine with sustain, just don’t forget to do heavy attacks when you drop low on stamina.
- Artaeum Takeaway Brooth or any of the other listed buff foods.
- Restoring Focus
- Orbs or Spears from Healers
- Heavy Attacks resource return (optional)
- Potions
Rotation
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.
- Your main spammable is Biting Jabs. Use Reverse Slice after boss health is lower than 25%.
- Activate Bound Armaments whenever it runs out
- Keep up your damage over time effects: Stampede, Carve, Endless Hail, Barbed Trap, Ritual of Retribution.
- Activate the ultimate Empowering Sweep whenever it is ready
Make sure to activate Ability Bar Tracking ingame via Settings > Combat > Ability Bar. More info in the Ability bar Timers Guide.
AoE Setup – 2H Stamina Templar Build
The AoE setup of the 2H Stamina Templar Build is more straightforward. Trash packs don’t live for a very long time, anything that provides us with extra burst damage is useful, therefore we use sets like Mechanical Acuity and Pillar of Nirn as well as the very powerful Perfected Titanic Cleave.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Mechanical Acuity | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Mechanical Acuity | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Mechanical Acuity | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Mechanical Acuity | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Mechanical Acuity | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Perfected Titanic Cleave | 2H Sword | Precise | Absorb Stamina Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Poison Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Spectral Cloak | Dagger | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchantment |
Skills
Related Content
Other Stamina Templar Guides:
- Stamina Templar Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
- Stamina Templar Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
- Stamina Templar Dual Wield Build
- More viable Stamina DPS Sets Article for Endgame
Other 2H Stamina Builds:
- 2H Stamina Arcanist DPS Build
- 2H Stamina Warden DPS Build
- 2H Stamina Sorcerer DPS Build
- 2H Stamina Dragonknight DPS Build
- 2H Stamina Necromancer DPS Build
Update Log
14.10.2019 Updated Build for Dragonhold DLC, Elsweyr Chapter. Stamina Templar Build Warrior PvE
27.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
17.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
20.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
03.09.2020 Updated the Champion Points 810, 600, 300.
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 the buff food links, WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
21.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
20.05.2022 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.
31.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
08.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter.
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