[ARCHIVED] Dragonknight Tank PvE Build ESO – Eternia

[ARCHIVED]: This build has been archived, which means it is no longer being updated. However, this web-page will be left up for those who still would like to refer to it.

Build Written By: SlyCatSparraticus – PS4 NA

Role: Tank

Patch: Waking Flame

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Setup
   1. Gear
   2. Attributes
   3. Skills
   4. Champion Points
   5. Other Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives)
3. Resource Management & Rotation
4. Tips & Misc
5. Contact Info
6. Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to Dottzgaming.com’s Non-Meta Dragonknight Tank Build PvE, Eternia, for The Elder Scrolls Online. This Build is primarily aimed towards players who wish to run any normal or veteran dungeons, as well as being able to run normal and veteran level trials. It allows the player to be able to tank while being able to sustain resources easier, and yet still be able to do the role. All the gears below are listed where they are acquired or if they are crafted, allowing you to easily get up and going as a tank knowing where each set is, besides monster sets. As for each build listed on this website, Eternia will be updated with each patch released, so please come back to check often!

Setup

Gear

Attributes

• 24 Magicka
• 12 Health
• 28 Stamina

Note: Due to recent changes in Champion Points System, you can easily get the 35-40k Health without having to use as many Attribute Points as prior updates, which in turn also gives you more stats for your magicka and stamina to help sustain as your role much more easily. Make notes as to what sets you are running on your tank, and balance the Attribute Points accordingly so you are able to have the appropriate stats to be a sufficient tank for your group.

Skills

Main Bar – 1h/Shield

• Pierce armor
• Heroic Slash
• Igneous Shield
• Green Dragon Blood
• Energy Orb (or Engulfing Flames)
• Magma Shell/Spell Wall

Back Bar – Lightning/Ice Staff

• Inner Rage
• Unrelenting Grip
• Choking Talons
• Balance/Hardened Armor
• Elemental Blockade
• Aggressive Horn

Champion Points

The list below showcases the order in which champion points should be acquired, the number of points you need to place into that perk and whether or not it needs to be slotted in the CP bar. The Warfare CP perks increase your damage and mitigation and are the most important, the Fitness tree has some miscellaneous sustain and defensive perks and the Craft tree has crafting and non-combat bonuses. The Craft CP points are entirely customizable to however you want, or you can follow the list below.

CHAMPION POINT SETUP
WARFARE (BLUE)

• Tireless Discipline – 20
• Quick Recovery – 20
• Elemental Aegis – 20
• Hardy – 20
• Unassailable – 50 (Slotted)
• Duelist Rebuff – 50 (Slotted)
• Enduring Resolve – 50 (Slotted)
• Ironclad – 50 (Slotted)
• Piercing – 20
• Battle Mastery – 40
• Mighty – 30
• Eldritch Insight – 20
• Blessed – 20
• Flawless Ritual – 40
• War Mage – 30
• Preparation – 20
• Precision – 20

FITNESS (RED)

• Boundless Vitality – 50 (Slotted)
• Rejuvenation – 50 (Slotted)
• Fortified – 50 (Slotted)
• Tumbling – 30
• Mystic Tenacity – 10
• Hero’s Vigor – 20
• Strategic Reserve – 50 (Slotted)
• Defiance – 20
• Hasty – 16
• Sprinter – 20
• Tireless Guardian – 20
• Fortification – 30
• Nimble Protector – 6
• Savage Defense – 30
• Bashing Brutality – 20
• Tempered Soul – 50
• Piercing Gaze – 30

CRAFT (GREEN)

• Breakfall – 50
• Wanderer – 75
• Steadfast Enchantment – 50
• Rationer – 30 (Slotted)
• Liquid Efficiency – 75 (Slotted)
• Treasure Hunter – 50 (Slotted)
• Steed’s Blessing – 50 (Slotted)
• Fortune’s Favor – 50
• Gilded Fingers – 50
• Inspiration Boost – 45

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Any max-level purple tri-buff food (Ex: Capon tomato-beet casserole)

Mundus

Atronach: Increased Magicka Recovery

Race

1. Argonian – potion passive, a beautiful built-in perk and increases to health and magicka
2. Dark Elf – increases to magicka and stamina to help balance and be very versatile, plus some extra health
3. Imperial – health and stamina increases as well as restore some rosources when they direct damage
4. Khajiit – very balanced with recoveries, health and resource pools, crit damage and heals
5. Nord – cold, physical and spell resistances, additional health and stamina, and gain ultimate when damaged
6. Orc – increase to stamina plus health buff when dealing damage with weapons

Potions

• Essence of Health
  • Restore health and health recovery
  • Restore magicka and magicka recovery
  • Restore stamina and stamina recovery
  • Ingredients:
    • Lorkhan’s Tears
    • Bugloss
    • Lady’s Smock
    • Mountain Flower

Passives

• Ardent Flame: all
• Draconic Power: all
• Earthen Heart: all
• One Hand and Shield: all
• Destruction Staff: all
• Heavy Armor: all
• Light Armor: all
• Medium Armor: all
• Mages Guild
  • (optional) Persuasive Will
  • Mage Adept
  • Everlasting Magic
  • Magicka Controller
  • Might of the Guild (optional)
• Undaunted: all
• Race Skills: all
• Provisioning
  • Gourmand
  • Connoisseur
• Alchemy
  • Medicinal Use

Resource Management & Rotation

As a tank, there isn’t a set rotation such as a DPS has. Instead, it is just doing these:

1. Maintain agro or taunts on enemies and bosses.
2. Use shields as needed to help protect against attacks.
3. Keep buffs up as often as needed and use synergies when available.

Tips & Misc.

Gear

Overland: If wanting to just use overland sets on your tank besides warrior-poet, one in particular is especielly meant if you’re trying to be more of a health tank. The set called Plague Doctor (Deshaan) would be another great option for that, as well as if a group member uses war horn you still get the buffs when activated. Warrior-Poet (Vvardenfell) would be another great option since it has the health buff at all times, it just won’t give you additional health when it’s used.

Crafted: For other crafted gear options, there are surprisingly quite a few good gear sets to use as a tank role. other options include: armor master, song of lamae, shacklebreaker, and fortified brass. So if you’re wanting the buff, using plague doctor or any of the listed crafting sets will still let you get that while still being able to do your role.

Dungeons/Trials: There are also options in gear sets from dungeons and trials once you get accustomed to your own playstyle as a tank role. Some of those options include: Ebon Armory (Crypt of Hearts 1 & 2), Brands of Imperium (White-Gold Tower), Footman’s Fortune (Dragonstar Arena), Aegis of Galanwe (Cloudrest), and Roar of Alkosh (Medium, Maw of Lorkhaj).

Monster Sets: Other options for monster set can be Stonekeeper (frostvault), Symphony of Blades (Depths of Malatar), Troll King (Blessed Crucible), and Pirate Skeleton (Blackheart Haven).

Skills

Because this setup can be versatile, your skill bars can also be easily switched based on what it is you’re running at the time. Where the flex slot is above (Heroic Slash), you can fill it in with any of these skills listed to fit your style: deep breath, shielded assault, absorb magic, ring of preservation, or even symbiosis from the new psijic skill line. Like i did for my setup, just be open to try things out for yourself. Once you feel like you’ve got a hang for it, go try it out in a dungeon or even a trial if ya got the burn. You won’t know til you actually run it in action.

Contact

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

Update Log

9/19/2017 – Build created.
11/17/2017 – CP Updated for CWC
3/19/2018 – CP Updated for Dragon Bones, Resto staff playstyle abilities updated
6/19/2018 – Build Updated for Summerset Isles
9/10/2018 – CP and Skills updated
11/24/2018 – Cp updated for murkmire
3/19/2019 – CP 300 allocation, attributes changed and races updated for Wrathstone
5/28/2019 – Warrior Poet change to Claw of Yol, writeup cleaned up a bit.
8/25/2019 – hist bark changed to torugs on alt setup
10/9/2019 – updated the front bar enchant  (was redundant with back bar)
10/21/2019 – changed engulfing to energy orb
2/24/2020 – No changes for Harrowstorm.
6/2/2020 – no changes for greymoor
9/4/2020 – no changes for stonethorn
11/20/2020 – no changes for markarth
3/30/2021- build updated for flames of ambition
6/21/2021 – cp updated
9/19/2021 – cp updated