“Assault”
Type: Solo Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
Table of Contents
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 heavy 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 Clever Alchemist, New Moon Acolyte and Balorgh. Alchemist and New Moon Acolyte both provide a crazy amount of extra 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.
- Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
- Heavy Armor 2H + DW Build
- Crazy Burst Damage
- Good Sustain
- Good Healing
- High Resistances
- Good Defense
Resource Management
We run 1 Stamina Recovery Glyph and the Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice for increased recovery. So with all these things combined and some abilities that help with sustain we should have enough.
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.
- Stamina Recovery Glyphs
- Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
- Bull Netch
- Heavy Attacks
- Potions
Cyrodiil Setup
5x Alchemist, 5x New Moon Acolyte, 2x Balorgh on a Nord with Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice buff food
- Unbuffed: Battle Spirit, out of combat, Buff-food active
- Buffed: Battle Spirit, Buff-food, Weapon Damage Enchant, Balorgh Proc, Ice Fortress, Bull Netch, Minor Toughness were active
Gear
- 5-2 Setup: We are using a 5-2 setup, 5 pieces heavy and 2 medium.
Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chest | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
Belt | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Shoes | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
Pants | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
Hands | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Head | Balorgh | Heavy | Well-Fitted | Tri Stat |
Shoulder | Balorgh | Heavy | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Necklace | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery Glyph |
Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage Glyph |
Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Weapon Damage Glyph |
Weapon 1 2H | New Moon Acolyte | 2H Axe | Nirnhoned | Weapon Damage Glyph |
Weapon 2 DW | Spectral Cloak or Blessing of Potentas | 1H Axe | Defending | Damage Health Poison IX |
Weapon 2 DW | Spectral Cloak or Blessing of Potentas | 1H Axe | Defending | Damage Health Poison IX |
Where can I get the gear?
Balorgh: vMarch of Sacrifices, Urgalarg Undaunted Chest
Clever Alchemist: Craftable
New Moon Acolyte: Craftable
Spectral Cloak: Blackrose Prison Arena
Perfected Spectral Cloak: vBlackrose Prison Arena
Blessing of Potentas: Cyrodiil, Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor
Skills
2H Mainbar | Dual Wield second bar |
---|---|
Slot 1: Forward Momentum | Slot 1: Deadly Cloak |
Slot 2: Subterranean Assault | Slot 2: Shimmering Shield |
Slot 3: Reverse Slice | Slot 3: Bull Netch |
Slot 4: Dizzying Swing | Slot 4: Resolving Vigor |
Slot 5: Bird of Prey | Slot 5: Ice Fortress |
Ultimate: Dawnbreaker of Smiting | Ultimate: Permafrost |
- Forward Momentum: Applies Major Brutality, removes snares and immobilizes and gives you immunity to them for 4 seconds.
- Subterranean Assault: This is your main damage ability in combination with Dizzying Swing and Dawnbreaker, makes for the best combos if all goes off at the same time.
- Reverse Slice: Your Execute ability, also has a lot of splash AoE damage.
- Dizzying Swing: Deals a lot of damage and sets enemies off balance.
- Bird of Prey: Use this when you need higher mobility, gives you 30% speed buff and for just slotting it you also gain 5% more damage thanks to Minor Berserk.
- Dawnbreaker of Smiting: Your main offensive AoE conal Ultimate which stuns the enemy and that also applies a damage over time effect after the impact.
- Deadly Cloak: Gives you AoE damage reduction, deals damage and with Spectral Cloak Weapons, you get 6% more damage and damage mitigation.
- Shimmering Shield: Your main defense against ranged enemies, this absorbs most spells from enemies and also gives you Major Heroism.
- Bull Netch: Needs to be up at all times, this is a very important sustain tool.
- Resolving Vigor: Your main heal, keep this heal over time up! Only let it drop during the offensive phase for a short duration.
- Ice Fortress: Gives you major resistances and also minor protection, also increase your damage mitigation.
- Permafrost: You can also use this ultimate, deals good damage and stuns the enemy (can’t be blocked)
Champion Points
If you need help distributing your Champion Points, make sure to check out the Champion Points Calculator!
Champion Points [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
Champion Points [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
Champion Points [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
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Max Stamina, Stamina Recovery)
Mundus Stone
The Warrior Mundus Stone (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 12% 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
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
- Dual Wield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
- Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
- Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut, Revitalize, Rapid Mending
- Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Athletics
- Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
- Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
- Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
- Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
10 Health, 54 Stamina, 0 Magicka
Battlegrounds
Jewelry glyphs change in Battlegrounds to give us more sustain.
Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chest | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
Belt | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Shoes | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Stamina |
Pants | Clever Alchemist | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri Stat |
Hands | Clever Alchemist | Medium | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Head | Balorgh | Heavy | Well-Fitted | Tri Stat |
Shoulder | Balorgh | Heavy | Well-Fitted | Stamina |
Necklace | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery Glyph |
Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Recovery Glyph |
Ring | New Moon Acolyte | Jewelry | Infused | Stamina Cost Reduction |
Weapon 1 2H | New Moon Acolyte | 2H Axe | Nirnhoned | Weapon Damage Glyph |
Weapon 2 DW | Spectral Cloak or Blessing of Potentas | 1H Axe | Defending | Damage Health Poison IX |
Weapon 2 DW | Spectral Cloak or Blessing of Potentas | 1H Axe | Defending | Damage Health Poison IX |
Where can I get the gear?
Mundus Stone
If you still struggle with sustain, you could get The Serpent Mundus Stone to further increase sustain.
The Serpent (Increased Stamina Recovery)
Update Log
19.05.2019 ADDED the Build for the Scalebreaker DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Warden Build PvP.
19.10.2019 Updated the build for the Dragonhold DLC, Elsweyr Chapter.
21.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
25.05.2020 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.
Tags: Stamina Warden, Stam Warden PvP Build, Stam Warden 2H Build PvP Stamwarden PvP Build