Magicka Necromancer PvE Build ESO – Death’s Grasp

Build Written By: RealWaywardGaming – XB1 NA – Twitch

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Markarth

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Setup
   1. Gear
   2. Attributes
   3. Skills
   4. Champion Points
   5. Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal
   6. Other Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives)
3. Rotation
4. Veteran Maelstrom Arena
5. Contact Info
6. Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Necromancer Build PvE, Death’s Grasp, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is made for all kinds of end game content: trials, dungeons and solo/general PvE! This guide has a beginner setup to help you get started, as well as an endgame setup to strive for to really increase your DPS!

Setup

Gear

NOTE: This is just what I use and what works for me. There are many other viable sets that you can use. If you’d like to change anything, you’re more than welcome to!

Other optional sets

Necromancer has a lot of options. If you don’t personally like these choices, some other good sets are:

• Necropotence (Rivenspire/Guild Traders)
• False God’s Devotion (nSS, or vSS for perfected)

Other good monster sets are:

• Grothdarr (vVoM/Gilirion the Redbeard’s Chest)
• Valkyn Skoria (vCoA2/ Gilirion the Redbeard’s Chest)

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Inferno Staff: Mystic Siphon, Inner Light, Necrotic Potency, Stalking Blastbones, Richochet Skull, Shooting Star/Ice Comet

Back Bar – Inferno Staff: Skeletal Arcanist, Mystic Orb, Unnerving Boneyard, Unstable Wall of Elements, Dampen/Harness Magicka, Glacial Colossus

NOTE: Necrotic Potency is a flex slot! You could use Deaden Pain (the other morph), a heal, Empowering Grasp, put Inner Light on your backbar and move a skill to the front, or something else entirely! Just keep in mind that it may affect your rotation.

Champion Points

CHAMPION POINT 810 SETUP
THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 56
• Elemental Expert – 64
• Master-at-Arms – 61
• Staff Expert – 14
• Thaumaturge – 75

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Warlord – 40
• Bashing Focus – 35
• Arcanist – 75
• Tenacity – 49
• Tumbling – 37
• Shadow Ward – 34

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 72
• Hardy – 49
• Elemental Defender – 49
• Thick Skinned – 56
• Light Armor Focus – 21
• Quick Recovery – 23

CHAMPION POINT 300 SETUP
THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 23
• Elemental Expert – 43
• Master-at-Arms – 16
• Thaumaturge – 18

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Warlord – 13
• Bashing Focus – 11
• Arcanist – 39
• Tenacity – 11
• Tumbling – 13
• Shadow Ward – 13

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 23
• Hardy – 23
• Elemental Defender – 23
• Thick Skinned – 23
• Light Armor Focus – 8

Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal

For this build we play as a mortal. We arent using the vampire spammable, so it serves no purpose for this build.

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Flat Magicka and Health food, ideally Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl, although the cheaper blue food is just fine. If you’re having trouble with sustain or in a group with few synergies, swap to Clockwork Citrus Filet or Witchmother’s Potent Brew.

Mundus

Shadow – Increased Critical Damage

Race

1. Dunmer
2. Breton
3. High Elf

Potions/Poisons

Spell Power Potions (Spell Crit, Spell Damage, Magicka Restoration)
Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth

Passives

All class passives, light armor passives, destruction staff passives, undaunted passives, first 3 heavy armor passives, Mages Guild passives except persuasive will, Banish the Wicked from Fighter’s Guild, Medicinal Use from Alchemy, and race passives.

Rotation

LA = Light Attack

BB = Blastbones

Buff with your potion and summon your Skeletal Arcanist, then:

Blastbones > Swap > LA > Orb >LA > Wall > LA > Boneyard > Swap > LA > BB > LA > Skull > LA-Skull > LA > Siphon > LA > BB > LA > Skull > LA > Skull > Swap > LA > Orb > LA > Wall > LA > Boneyard > LA > Arcanist > Swap > LA > BB > LA > Skull > LA > Skull > LA > Siphon > LA > BB > LA > Skull > LA > Skull > Swap > Orb > LA > Wall > LA > Boneyard > Swap > repeat.

Drink your potion on cooldown and use Glacial Colossus whenever it’s available, but make sure you have your AOE DoTs running first. Shooting Star/Ice Comet is mostly just there for passives. 

Veteran Maelstrom Arena

Gear

Same as the gear listed in the main section, but swap Maw for Iceheart. If sustain is a problem, use False God’s Devotion if you have it.

Skills

Main Bar – Inferno Staff: Necrotic Potency, Inner Light, Spirit Guardian, Summoner’s Armor, Crushing Shock, and Shooting Star

Back Bar – Inferno Staff: Skeletal Arcanist, Mystic Orb, Unnerving Boneyard, Unstable Wall of Elements, Dampen/Harness Magicka, and Glacial Colossus

Rotation

Pretty much the same as your normal rotation, minus the blastbones and CA. In place of those, try and keep your Summoner’s Armor and Spirit Guardian up at all times. The Guardian is infinitely useful, and Summoner’s Armor helps sustain by reducing summon costs, and helps survivability by granting us Major Resolve.

Contact

If you have any questions about the build, join our discord server and ask @RealWaywardGaming about the build!

Update Log

5/22/2019 – Build Created
6/24/2019 – buff food and vamp changed
8/15/2019 – Overhauled for scalebreaker
10/6/2019 – vma gear setup changed
10/22/2019 – updated buff food and rotation for dragonhold
11/2/2019 – Updated jewelry traits on final build
12/4/2019 – changed monster helm
1/9/2020 – Rotation updated after errors were noticed
3/3/2020 – Build overhauled for Harrowstorm
4/10/2020 – vma gear updated
5/29/2020 – dropped vampire, updated rotation
6/19/2020 – Changed 1 vMA set, removed vMA specific food, and 1 skill. Added a note for a flex slot
8/24/2020 – Updated and overhauled for Stonethorn
11/16/2020 – no changes needed for markarth
12/22/2020 – build overhauled after more testing