Stamina Warden Build PvP for Elder Scrolls Online

“Assault”

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Cyrodiil Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes
• Battlegrounds
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Stamina Warden Build PvP “Assault” for PvP Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. This build is optimized for Cyrodiil and also works in Battlegrounds.

With this Stamina Warden PvP Build we are using a medium armor setup that focuses on crazy high burst damage and mobility. At the same time we are also very tanky and have good healing values. To achieve this, we are using Fortified Brass, Warrior's Fury and Bloodspawn. Fortified Brass gives us the needed resistances in medium armor and Warrior’s Fury really amps up our weapon damage. Stamina Wardens in general have really high damage because of their combo, Dizzying Swing, Subterranean Assault, Dawnbreaker of Smiting and Reverse Slice. All these abilities, if timed correctly, can blow up within 1.5 seconds and on top of that Dawnbreaker and Dizzy also stun.

• Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
• Medium Armor 2H + S&B Build
• Crazy Burst Damage
• Good Sustain
• Good Healing
• High Resistances
• Good Defense

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.

Changes from the previous version

This build was added with the Scalebreaker DLC, Elsweyr Chapter.

Resource Management

This setup has a lot of sustain already built in. We are running Medium Armor that helps with sustain due to cost reduction on stamina abilities, we also run 1 Stamina Recovery Glyph and the Artaeum buff food for increased recovery. So with all these things combined we should sit around 1800 Stamina Recovery, which is more then enough on a Medium Armor build.

The Bull Netch has to be kept up all the time, it returns a lot of stamina to you. You can also always do a Heavy Attacks in the right moment to restore plenty of Stamina. And we also do have potions that give you a big chunk of Stamina back when activated.

• Medium Armor Cost Reduction
• Stamina Recovery Glyphs
• Artaeum Buff Food
• Bull Netch
• Heavy Attacks
• Potions

Cyrodiil Setup

5x Fortified Brass, 5x Warrior’s Fury, 2x Bloodspawn. Medium Armor Build, Artaeum Food with a Nord.

• Unbuffed: Out of combat
• Buffed: Major Brutality, Essence of Weapon Crit Potions, Weapon Damage Glyph, Ice Fortress, Blood Spawn Proc. (I also had Offensive, Defensive Scroll Bonus II and Enemey Keep Bonus III active. Extra 3% Weap Crit, 5% Weap Damage, 5% resistances)

Gear

In case you can not transmute the jewelry, you could just run the healthy trait from the set, it is not optimal but not too bad either.

Where can I get the gear?

Blood Spawn: Spindleclutch 2
Warrior's Fury: Cyrodiil, Guildstores
Fortified Brass: Craftable

Skills

Championpoints

If you need help distributing your Champion Points, make sure to check out the Champion Points Calculator!

Championpoints [810]

The Ritual
64 Mighty, 40 Piercing, 23 Precise Strikes
The Atronach
72 Master-at-Arms, 48 Shattering Blows
The Apprentice
23 Blessed
The Shadow
28 Shadow Ward, 56 Tumbling
The Lover
49 Tenacity, 76 Mooncalf
The Tower
44 Warlord, 1 Siphoner, 16 Sprinter
The Lord
23 Quick Recovery
The Lady
43 Hardy, 43 Elemental Defender, 40 Thick Skinned
The Steed
61 Ironclad, 60 Resistant

Championpoints [600]

The Ritual
64 Mighty, 27 Piercing, 23 Precise Strikes
The Atronach
31 Master-at-Arms, 32 Shattering Blows
The Apprentice
32 Blessed
The Shadow
23 Tumbling, 23 Shadow Ward
The Lover
63 Mooncalf, 49 Tenacity
The Tower
25 Warlord, 1 Siphoner, 16 Sprinter
The Lord
23 Quick Recovery
The Lady
43 Hardy, 43 Elemental Defender, 34 Thick Skinned
The Steed
31 Ironclad, 26 Resistant

Championpoints [300]

The Ritual
23 Mighty, 12 Piercing, 16 Precise Strikes
The Atronach
13 Master-at-Arms, 13 Shattering Blows
The Apprentice
23 Blessed
The Shadow
11 Tumbling, 11 Shadow Ward
The Lover
24 Tenacity, 27 Mooncalf
The Tower
13 Warlord
The Lord
23 Quick Recovery
The Lady
21 Hardy, 23 Elemental Defender, 13 Thick Skinned
The Steed
11 Ironclad, 9 Resistant

Important Info for Stamina Warden Build PvP

Buff-food

The Artaeum Takeaway Broth is really strong, if you can afford it I would definitely run this. Otherwise you could run the much cheaper version Dubious Camoran Throne.

Artaeum Takeaway Broth (Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery, Health Recovery)

Dubious Camoran Throne (Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery)

Mundus Stone

The Warrior (Weapon Damage)

Race

All stamina based races are viable, I usually recommend a Nord because it has faster ultimate regen and really high resistances. Redguard would also be a nice choice in terms of sustain and Orc for pure damage and movement.

Nord
Orc
Redguard
Imperial
Khajiit
Woodelf

Potions

I recommend using the Essence of Weapon Crit Potion. The nice thing is, on a Warden you do not really need that much Magicka, therefore we can actually use this potion that gives us Stamina, Health and an extra 10% Weapon Crit, which is a HUGE buff in terms of damage output.

Essence of Weapon Critical Potion
(Crit ,Stamina, CC Immunity)
(Water Hyacinth, Columbine, Dragonthorn)

Poison

I recommend running these on the S&B bar for increased pressure on Single Target fights.

Damage Health Posion
(Damage Poison, Damage Poison)
(Fleshfly Larva, Nightshade, Nirnroot)

Passives

• Animal Companion: Bond With Nature, Savage Beast, Flourish, Advanced Species
• Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature's Gift, Emerald Moss, Maturation
• Winter’s Embrace: Glacial Presence, Frozen Armor, Icy Aura, Piercing Cold
• Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
• One Hand and Shield: Fortress, Sword and Board, Deadly Bash, Deflect Bolts, Battlefield Mobility
• 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
• Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
• Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use
• Racial: All

Attributes

All into Stamina

Battlegrounds

For Battlegrounds we need to make some adjustments, because Champion Points are deactivated by default in Battlegrounds. Therefore we want to focus on more sustain for our setup. I recommend running a second Stamina Recovery Glyph and change the Mundus Stone to The Serpent, for increased Stamina Recovery.

I recommend just getting a 3rd ring, so you can always easily swap between Cyrodiil and Battlegrounds without having to reapply the glyph.

Update Log