Horror – Magicka Necromancer PvP Build

Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Dragonhold

Table of Contents

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

Video

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Necromancer PVP build, Horror, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is intended for PvP of all kinds: battlegrounds, Cyrodiil, dueling, and Imperial City. This build can be played in both CP and no-CP pvp without any changes to the build!

Magicka Necromancer has been in a rough spot in terms of solo PvP ever since it was released, but the recent changes that the class got in Dragonhold definitely gave it a little bit of help. Fundamentally, I still think Necromancer tethers as well as blastbones need to be reworked to be way more reliable, but, we have to work with what we have! So, I tried to use what the MagCro has at its disposal to bring you guys a solid build that can be used in solo or group play. The build’s gear and skill loadout lean fully into damage with an attempt to give magcro the damage it needs to finish off targets. MagCro is able to go heavy into damage on it’s gear because it basically is given a free Buffer of the Swift 5 piece via one of its summoned pets. In additions, our main burst heal also gives us a ton of bonus resistance, so the majority of the build’s defense can be found in its skills.

The build does lack a bit in movement, but that’s a bit of a symptom of Necromancer more than anything else. Because of this, we pick up vampirism to help give us some much needed movement via mist form!

Keep in mind that PvP builds are very personal. This is what worked for ME. If you don’t like something about it, change it to fit your playstyle.

Setup

Gear

Gear Explanation

Slimecraw: Gives us a very solid boost to our damage by giving the build access to minor berserk. You could also potentially run Zaan here if you prefer a proc based damage set.

Necropotence: One of the best magicka damage sets for any build that runs pets. This set gives us an absolutely massive boost to our maximum magicka as long as we have a pet active, and we always will with Spirit Guardian.

Crafty Alfiq: This set just continues to lean into our maximum magicka stack, giving us 5 lines of maximum magicka. This combined with Necropotence gives a monstrous magicka pool, giving us big damage and a ton of magicka to cast our skills!

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Destruction Staff: Force Pulse, Stalking Blast Bones, Accelerating Drain, Deaden Pain/Mortal Coil, Elemental Drain, Glacial Colossus

Back Bar – 1h/Shield: Resistant Flesh, Dampen Magic, Spirit Guardian, Summoner’s Armor, Elusive Mist, Temporal Guard

NOTE: For group play, replace Temporal Guard with a choice morph of Reanimate. Also, you can run Deaden Pain or Mortal Coil for your front bar corpse consumption skill; I’ve used both in that slot! You can also run your choice morph of the vampire drain; I’ve used both and they’re both good choices.

Vampire vs. Mortal

For this patch, I’ve gone back to being a vampire. I’ve found magicka builds with high resistance can take great benefit from the vampire passives and are tanky enough to survive through the drawbacks. Having mist form for Cyrodiil is a great tool and allows us to stay mobile without having to drain our stamina for movement.

Champion Points

CHAMPION POINT 810 SETUP
THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Blessed – 32
• Elfborn – 56
• Spell Erosion – 46
• Elemental Expert – 64
• Master-at-Arms – 72

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Sprinter – 19
• Warlord – 66
• Arcanist – 75
• Shadow Ward – 44
• Tumbling – 66

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 61
• Resistant – 54
• Thick Skinned – 37
• Hardy – 43
• Elemental Defender – 43
• Quick Recovery – 32

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Witchmother’s Potent Brew (Max Health, Magicka and Magicka Recovery)

Mundus

The Mage: Increased Magicka

Race

Dark Elf: This is my favorite race for this build personally. You get some maximum magicka, increased spell damage, fire resistance and a very welcomed boost to our stamina pool. Just gives the build the bonuses it needs to be more well rounded!

Most races will be able to perform well on this build. Just make sure you adjust your glyphs/traits to meet your sustain needs and make sure you have at least 14k stamina in CP PVP!

Potions

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

Passives

• Class: All
• Light Armor: All
• Heavy Armor: All that don’t require 5 pieces worn.
• Medium Armor: All that don’t require 5 pieces worn.
• Destruction Staff: All
• 1h and Shield: All
• Undaunted: All
• Assault: All
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Concentrated Barrier
• Support: Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use
• Vampire: Supernatural Recovery, Undeath, Unnatural Resistance, Dark Stalker
• Racial: All

Resource Management & Rotation

• Maintain your buffs and debuffs to make sure you’re getting all the sustain and offensive/defensive power that the build has to offer.
• Your main burst combo is Blastbones into the Glacial Colossus. Drop your blast bones, stun your target and drop the Glacial Colossus. This will deal incredible burst damage, and your target will then be afflicted with major vulnerability, so any Force Pulses after your main combo will be hitting incredibly hard!
• Defensively, you want to apply your Dampen Magic and then use Resistant Flesh. The burst heal will give you a big heal and a ton of resistances to make the Dampen Magic a tough shield to crack through!

Contact

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

Update Log

10/21/2019 – Build created
10/30/2019 – Added alternative skills/gear to the build based on preferences.

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