ESO Warden Subclasses Build – Subclassing Optimized

Updated: Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult
Classes:  Warden + Nightblade + Templar
Type: Healer PVE

Welcome to the ESO Warden Subclasses Build Healer Guide! This page is your go-to resource for building and optimizing a Warden class healer focused on subclassing in ESO. Make sure to bookmark it. Like all my ESO Builds, it will be regularly updated to reflect balance changes, gear updates, and new content.

Table of Contents for Warden Subclassing Build:

1. Warden Subclassing Playstyle & Stats
2. Healer Gear Setups
   1. Beginner Gear
   2. Advanced Gear
   3. Best-in-Slot Gear
3. Skill Setups & Rotation
   1. Main Skill Setup
4. Recommended Passives
5. Scribing Skills (Optional)
6. Mythic Set Options (Spaulder, Ehlnofey, Cryptcanon)
7. Champion Points & Optimization
   1. Champion Points Allocation
   2. Attribute Distribution
   3. Mundus Stone
   4. Optimal Races
   5. Consumables (Food & Potions)
8. Alternative Skill-Lines for Subclassing on Warden
9. Resource Management & Sustain Tips
10. Outfit Style & Fashion Showcase
11. Update Log

ESO Warden Subclassing Build Playstyle & Stats

• Image 1: Unbuffed, with Best-in-Slot gear setup with Clockwork Citrus Filet food.
• Image 2: Fully buffed, with Best-in-Slot gear setup with Clockwork Citrus Filet food.

The ESO Healer Warden Subclassing Build focuses on strong heals and ultimate regeneration. We use popular Warden signature skills like Budding Seeds and its ultimate Enchanted Forest from the Green Balance skill-tree. With this build we get the important Maturation passive that increases max HP of the whole group by 10%.

Additionally, we are using the powerful Templar Restoring Light skill tree to get access to strong passives and Extended Ritual. Lastly, we use the Nightblade  Siphoning skill-line to boost our ultimate regeneration through the Catalyst passive!

• Build Type: Healer PVE
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Subclasses: Warden + Nightblade + Templar.
• Skill-Lines: Green Balance (Warden), Restoring Light (Templar),  Siphoning (NB).
• Gear Progression: Beginner, Advanced, and Best in Slot.
• Skill Loadouts: Main Skill Setup
• Mythic Options: Spaulder of Ruin, Cryptcanon Vestments, Pearls of Ehlnofey.

It’s crucial to understand that a build is only truly complete when paired with the right Consumables, Mundus Stone, and Champion Point setup. These elements significantly impact your overall performance and can make a major difference in both damage and survivability.

Our 3 Skill-Lines for the ESO Warden Subclasses Build

For this build, we are using the following skill lines: Green Balance (Warden), Restoring Light (Templar),  Siphoning (NB).

•  Green Balance – Strong healing skills, ultimate and Maturation passive that applies Minor Toughness to the whole group.
•  Restoring Light – Strong healing skills, faster resurrection speed and powerful passives.
•  Siphoning – Provides extra ultimate regeneration and increased max resources.

You can view the Alternative Skill-Line Options section for a few other good recommended combinations for the ESO Warden Subclasses Build.

Gear Setups

The ESO Healer Warden Subclassing Build comes with three gear setups. A beginner, advanced, and endgame gear setup. The beginner gear is all crafted gear, you can simply ask a guild member to craft these items for you to increase your power level as a new player. Also, see the ESO Grind Guide for tips on leveling up fast. The Advanced setup requires you to get some dungeon/world gear, and the endgame setup has items from all sources of the game!

• Beginner Gear (Craftable only)
• Advanced Gear
• Best-In-Slot Gear

Please note that there are a lot of good, viable ESO Healer Sets that you can use depending on your situation.

Beginner Gear

This is the beginner gear setup ESO Healer Warden Subclasses Build. It only uses crafted gear. Make sure to join a guild if you are new to ESO, players can craft all of these items for you!

•  Kagrenac’s Hope: Ideally, you won’t use this sets bonus. This set has nice bonuses and allows you to resurrect allies faster, very helpful in newer groups.
• Seducer: Seducer reduces the cost of your spells by a lot.

I recommend replacing these sets with any of the advanced gear items as soon as possible.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Kagrenac’s Hope	Light	Infused	Magicka
Belt	Seducer	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Seducer	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Kagrenac’s Hope	Light	Infused	Magicka
Hands	Kagrenac’s Hope	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Any Item or Monster Set	Heavy	Infused	Magicka
Shoulder	Any Item or Monster Set	Light	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Seducer	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Seducer	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Seducer	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Weapon 1	Kagrenac’s Hope	Resto Staff	Powered	Absorb Magicka
Weapon 2	Kagrenac’s Hope	Frost Staff	Charged	Frost

 

Where can I get the gear?

Kagrenac’s Hope: Craftable
Seducer: Craftable

Advanced Gear

This is the advanced gear setup ESO Healer Warden Subclasses Build. For this setup we are using sets that generally can be acquired fairly easy. We use the overland set Winter’s Respite that adds extra healing to our setup. The monster set Sentinel of Rkguamz heals and also restores resources. Powerful Assault boosts damage of the whole group and Grand Rejuvenation that helps the group with sustain.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Winter’s Respite	Light	Infused	Magicka
Belt	Winter’s Respite	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Winter’s Respite	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Winter’s Respite	Light	Infused	Magicka
Hands	Winter’s Respite	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Sentinel of Rkguamz	Heavy	Infused	Magicka
Shoulder	Sentinel of Rkguamz	Light	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Increased Magical Harm
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Weapon 1	Grand Rejuvenation	Resto Staff	Powered	Absorb Magicka
Weapon 2	Powerful Assault	Frost Staff	Charged	Frost

 

Where can I get the gear?

Winter’s Respite: Western Skyrim Overland or Guild Stores
Powerful Assault: Tel Var Merchant Imperial City or Guild Stores
Sentinel of Rkguamz: vet Darkshade Caverns I, Maj Undaunted Chest
Perfected Grand Rejuvenation (Master Resto): normal Dragonstar Arena

Best-in-Slot Gear

This is the best-in-slot gear setup for our ESO Healer Warden Subclasses Build. Please note there are a lot of good viable ESO Healer Sets that you can use depending on your situation.

 Spell Power Cure applies the powerful Major Courage buff, increasing the weapon and spell damage of players by a lot.  Powerful Assault is another set that boosts weapon and spell damage even higher with its unique buff. Perfected Grand Rejuvenation helps the group restore resources at a faster rate, and the monster set Symphony of Blades also restores resources. This is an overall amazing setup that both provides damage buffs, healing, and extra sustain.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Spell Power Cure	Light	Infused	Magicka
Belt	Spell Power Cure	Light	Divine	Magicka
Shoes	Spell Power Cure	Light	Divine	Magicka
Pants	Spell Power Cure	Light	Infused	Magicka
Hands	Spell Power Cure	Light	Divine	Magicka
Head	Symphony of Blades	Heavy	Infused	Magicka
Shoulder	Symphony of Blades	Light	Divine	Magicka
Necklace	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Increased Magical Harm
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Arcane	Magicka Recovery
Weapon 1	Perfected Grand Rejuvenation	Resto Staff	Powered	Absorb Magicka
Weapon 2	Powerful Assault	Frost Staff	Charged	Frost

 

Where can I get the gear?

Spell Power Cure: White-Gold Tower
Powerful Assault: Tel Var Merchant Imperial City or Guild Stores
Symphony of Blades: vet Depths of Maalatar, Undaunted Chest
Perfected Grand Rejuvenation (Master Resto): vDragonstar Arena

Skill Setups & Rotation Tips

Skill-Lines used: Green Balance (Warden), Restoring Light (Templar),  Siphoning (NB).

For our Skills for the ESO Warden Subclassing Build, we have our primary main skill setup. If you want to see viable Scribing skills, please view the Scribing section of the subclassing build.

For more clarity about Mythics, read the Mythic Set Options Explained section of the Healer Warden Subclasses Build for ESO.

Main Skill Setup

Recommended Passives

• Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature’s Gift, Emerald Moss, Maturation
• Siphoning: Catalyst, Magicka Flood, Soul Siphoner, Transfer
• Restoring Light: Mending, Sacred Ground, Light Weaver, Master Ritualist
• Destruction Staff: Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• Restoration Staff: Essence Drain, Restoration Expert, Cycle of Life, Absorb, Restoration Master
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Heavy Armor: All if you have enough skill points.
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Scribing Skills – Optional Setup for the Subclassing Warden

Our Warden Healer Subclasses Build in ESO doesn’t require any Scribing skills, unlike some of the other Subclassing Builds that need them to max out performance. However, there are still a few good options to consider that I will show you now.

Scribing Simulator: You can test out any scribing skill combination with the ESO Scribing Simulator.

Tip: Click on the Modified Skill URL to see the combination in the Scribing Simulator.

Base Skill	Modified Skill	Focus	Signature	Affix
Elemental Explosion	Dazing Explosion	Stun	Druid’s Resurgence	Brittle
Mender’s Bond	Fortifying Bond	Mitigation	Sage’s Remedy	Courage
Wield Soul	Healing Soul	Healing	Sage’s Remedy	Vitality
Soul Burst	Healing Burst	Healing	Sage’s Remedy	Resolve
Ulfsild’s Contingency	Warding Contingency	Damage Shield	Growing Impact	Protection
Banner Bearer	Restorative Banner	Restore Resources	Sage’s Remedy	Courage

Here is a quick explanation of why these scribing skill combinations are great for healers:

• Dazing Explosion – AoE stun, restores magicka and debuffs enemies with Minor Brittle.
• Fortifying Bond – Damage transfer, heals and applies Minor Courage.
• Healing Soul – ST heal, grants Major Vitality.
• Healing Burst – AoE heal over time and increases resistance.
• Warding Contingency – Can be applied pre-combat, generates a damage shield for you and your group. Grants Minor Protection.
• Restorative Banner – Skill cost reduction, heals and grants Minor Courage.

Mythic Set Options

With the ESO Warden Subclasses Build Healer, you don’t need a Mythic item. However, depending on your situation or whether your group/raid lead requires it, here are a few good options that you should always have ready: Spaulder of Ruin, Cryptcanon Vestments, Pearls of Ehlnofey.

Here is a quick summary of the different pros and cons of each Mythic item for our build.

Mythic	Pros	Cons	Best Use Case
Spaulder of Ruin	Extra Weapon and Spell Damage for up to 6 allies.	Reduces HP/MP/ST Recovery per member by 70.	Pro Trial Groups
Cryptcanon Vestments	Extra Ultigen for the group. You gain Minor Heroism (1 ult/1.5s).	Disables your own ultimates.	Pro Dungeon Groups Pro Trial Groups
Pearls of Ehlnofey	You gain Major Heroism (3 ult/1.5s).	Major Heroism can be obtained from other sources. (This Mythic got a big nerf with Update 46, it used to give unique ult points).	If you need access to Major Heroism.

Champion Points & Optimization

In this section of the ESO Warden Subclasses Build healer, we are going to take a look at important info for things that are often overlooked when replicating a build. Most often players forgot to use the correct Consumables. These can make or break a build because they provide immense buffs to the character.

1. Champion Points Allocation
2. Attribute Distribution
3. Mundus Stone
4. Optimal Races
5. Consumables (Food & Potions)

Recommended Champion Points Allocation

Champion Points increase the power level of your build tremendously. Therefore, it is recommended to reach 918 Champion Points as fast as possible. Once you reach this level, you will be able to slot most of the important perks in all trees. It caps out at around 1656 though. You can read my ESO Powerleveling Guide to optimize farming Champion Points for the ESO Warden Healer Subclasses Build.

In the table below, you see all the slottable Champion Point perks that you have to run with this setup to optimize our damage.

View the full Champion Points spec: Champion Points Setup for the Healer Warden Subclassing Build.

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Soothing Tides	Boundless Vitality
Free choice	Swift Renewal	Celerity
Free choice	Enlivening Overflow	Fortified
Free choice	From the Brink	Rejuvenation

Explanation of each slotable Perk:

Craft

•  Steed’s Blessing – Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 20%.

Warfare

• Soothing Tides – Increases your Healing Done by area of effect heals by 10%.
• Swift Renewal –  Increases your Healing Done with healing over time effects by 10%.
• Enlivening Overflow – Overhealing yourself or an ally grants them Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery equal to .5% of your Max Magicka, up to a cap of 150, for 6 seconds.
• From the Brink – Whenever you heal yourself or an ally under 25% Health, you grant them a damage shield that absorbs up to 11000, for 6 seconds.

Fitness

• Boundless Vitality – Grants 1400 Max Health.
• Celerity – Increases your Movement Speed by 10%.
• Fortified – Grants 1731 Armor.
• Rejuvenation – Grants 90 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery.

Attribute Distribution

All points into the Magicka attribute to increase our magicka resource.

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Best Mundus Stone for the Warden Subclassing Build

For our Mundus Stone, we have two good options: The Atronach and The Ritual.

If you need the sustain, then pick The Atronach. If your sustain is sufficient, then go for the extra healing with The Ritual for our Subclassing Warden Healer Build. 

The Atronach Mundus Stone

• Increases Magicka recovery by 310
  • With 7 Divines armor pieces:
  • Increases Magicka recovery by 507

The Ritual Mundus Stone

• Increases healing effectiveness by 8%
  • With 7 Divines armor pieces:
  • Increases healing effectiveness by 13%

Best Races for the Warden Subclassing Build (Healer)

The Build works with any race. However, choosing the right race can significantly boost your performance with this ESO Warden Subclasses Build, especially when focusing on a Healer-based setup. Below are the top races recommended for this build, each offering unique advantages. You can find a full breakdown on the ESO Racial Skills Overview page.

• Breton – Excellent sustain with reduced Magicka costs and high resistances.
• High Elf (Altmer) – Best overall damage boost with bonus Max Magicka and Spell Damage.
• Dark Elf (Dunmer) – High Magicka and Stamina bonuses with strong offensive passives.
• Khajiit – Good max rescouce passive and additional critical healing bonus.
• Argonian – High survivability and bonus healing.
• Imperial – High Health and Stamina with a 6% cost reduction to all abilities.
• Nord – Nord are usually a tank race, but thanks to their ultimate regeneration passive they also can be a valuable healer race if ultigen is what you need.

Consumables (Food & Potions)

Food and Potions are important for every build, they give insane stat boosts and valuable buffs. You can buy all of these from any of the Guild Stores or craft them yourself.

Food Options

Generally, you have two types of food you want to focus on. Max HP/Max MP/MP Recovery or Max HP/Max MP.

I prefer Max HP/Max MP/MP Recovery because it helps immensely with sustain and still offers plenty of extra max resources.

Max HP/Max MP/MP Recovery

• Best Food: Clockwork Citrus Filet (Check Price) – Increase Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406, Max Magicka by 3080 and Magicka Recovery by 338 for 2 hours.
• Cheap Alternative: Witchmother’s Potent Brew (Check Price) – Increase Max Magicka by 2856, Max Health by 3094, and Magicka Recovery by 315 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level.

Max HP/Max MP

• Best Food: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl (Check Price)- Increase Max Health by 5414 and Max Magicka by 4938 for 2 hours
• Cheap Alternative: Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup (Check Price)- Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Magicka by 4936 for 1 hour.

Potions

• Best Potion: Essence of Spell Power (Check Price)
  • Combine Lady Smock, Namira’s Rot and Corn Flower.
• Cheap Alternative: Essence of Magicka
  • Often found on defeated enemies.
• Cheap Alternative 2: Crown Tri-Restoration Potion
  • You get these from daily login rewards and crown crates.

Potions are a powerful tool, Essence of Spell Power gives you Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, and Major Intellect with a 100% uptime when you have the alchemy passive Medicinal Use active.

Alternative Skill-Lines for Subclassing on Warden Healer

Our current ESO Warden Subclasses Build utilizes one Warden, one Templar, and one Nightblade skill-line: Green Balance (Warden), Restoring Light (Templar),  Siphoning (NB).

Below you will find a few other variants that will work with this Subclassing Warden Healer Build.

Build	Skill-line 1	Skill-line 2	Skill-line 3
Current Build	Green Balance (Warden)	Restoring Light (Templar)	Siphoning (NB)
Build Variant 1	Green Balance (Warden)	Bone Tyrant (Necro)	Siphoning (NB)
Build Variant 2	Green Balance (Warden)	Curative Runeforms (Arc)	Siphoning (NB)

Resource Management & Sustain Tips

Heavy Attacks with a Restoration Staff provide a substantial return of Magicka. To further enhance Magicka recovery, we can use the Atronach Mundus Stone, two Magicka Recovery Glyphs, and consumables like Clockwork Citrus Filet or Witchmother’s Potent Brew. These all stack to ensure consistent resource regeneration. Lastly, using potions will have an incredible effect on sustain!

Key Sustain Tools:

• Heavy Attacks – especially with a Restoration Staff, return significant resources
• Clockwork Citrus Filet / Witchmother’s Potent Brew – boosts Magicka Recovery and Health
• Magicka Recovery Glyphs – equipped on jewelry
• Atronach Mundus Stone – Applies extra Magicka Recovery
• Potions – restore Magicka and trigger beneficial passives

Warden Subclassing Outfit Style & Fashion Showcase

If you would like to replicate the Outfit I used for this Healer Warden Subclassing Build, here is all the info you will need!

Update Log for the ESO Warden Subclasses Build Healer

The Update Log for the ESO Warden Subclasses Build shows all major changes (updates) made to the build since its launch.

10.04.2025 Added the Template for the Build.
19.05.2025 Added the Subclassing Healer Warden Build for ESO’s update 46 Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.