Incinerate – Magicka Dragon Knight PvE Build

Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Dragonhold

Table of Contents

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

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Dragon Knight DPS PvE Build, Incinerate, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is intended for all levels of content: normal and veteran trials, normal and veteran dungeons, and general PvE! This build has extremely strong Single Target and AoE pressure with the abilities we have at our disposal, but we do need to be in melee range to reach maximum potential in terms of damage.

Setup

Gear

Gear Set Explanation

Zaan: Amazing monster set for magicka dragon knight’s for single target. This set does an absurd amount of damage and is only further amplified by the DK kit. If you dont have access to Zaan, Grothdarr is a suitable replacement.

Burning Spellweave: Staple magicka dragon knight set, this set offers us a ton of damage and helps keep the burning status effect active, which is important to DK’s not only for damage, but burning ticks help grant us magicka back via the new combustion passive! If you don’t have or don’t want to farm Burning Spellweave, Law of Julianos is an easy to acquire alternative since it’s crafted.

Spell Strategist: This set has become a staple among magicka DPS users for dungeons and trials because of the insane spell damage it offers to use on a singular target. This suffers a bit in trash pack fights though since it’s a primarily single target set, but for me, it’s still worth running because of how much damage it enables on important targets and boss fights. If you aren’t a fan of this set, you could also run Mantle of Siroria if you have Summerset. If you do not have Summerset but still want an alternative set, then I’d recommend using Silks of the Sun.

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Fire Staff: Molten Whip, Burning Embers, Engulfing Flames, Barbed Trap, Soul Splitting Trap, Shooting Star

Back Bar – Fire Staff: Degeneration, Harness Magicka, Unstable Wall of Elements, Flames of Oblivion, Eruption, Standard of Might

Note: If you are using Cauterize for PvP and dont have access to Flames of Oblivion for pve, use Destructive Reach instead.

Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal

You are playing a vampire for this build. I feel that when playing a magicka dragon knight in PvE, at least from my experiences, the benefits from having vampirism outweigh the negatives. It isn’t mandatory, but I use it.

Champion Points

CHAMPION POINT 810 SETUP
THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 56
• Elemental Expert – 56
• Spell Erosion – 20
• Staff Expert – 16
• Master-at-Arms – 66
• Thaumaturge – 56

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Warlord – 66
• Arcanist – 75
• Tenacity – 56
• Tumbling – 44
• Shadow Ward – 29

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 66
• Hardy – 43
• Elemental Defender – 43
• Thick Skinned – 56
• Spell Shield – 39
• Bastion – 23

CHAMPION POINT 300 SETUP
THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 23
• Elemental Expert – 27
• Spell Erosion – 8
• Thaumaturge – 11
• Master-at-Arms – 31

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Arcanist – 49
• Tenacity – 49
• Warlord – 2

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 23
• Hardy – 23
• Elemental Defender -23
• Thick Skinned – 23
• Bastion – 8

Other Important Info

Buff Food

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

Mundus

Shadow – Increased Critical Damage

Race

1. Breton
2. Khajiit
3. Dark Elf
4. High Elf

NOTE: If you’re not playing as a Breton and you’re having issues sustaining, change one of your jewelry glyphs to a Reduce Spell Cost glyph.

Potions

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

NOTE: The potion needs to have major prophecy/magicka restoration in it; the third effect is personal preference!

Passives

Class (all), Light Armor (all), Heavy Armor (all except the ones that require you to wear 5 pieces), Medium Armor (all except the ones that require you to wear 5 pieces), Destruction Staff (all), Vampire (all except Blood Ritual and Savage Feeding), Undaunted (all), Racial (all), Mages Guild (all), Fighter’s Guild (all), Alchemy (Medicinal Use)

Resource Management & Rotation

Activate Flames of Oblivion before you engage.

Barbed Trap > Weapon Swap > Eruption > Light Attack > Degeneration > Light Attack > Unstable Wall of Elements > Weapon Swap > Soul Splitting Trap > Light Attack > Engulfing Flames > Light Attack > Burning Embers > Light Attack > (Molten Whip > Light Attack) x 2 > Barbed Trap > Weapon Swap > Flames of Oblivion > Light Attack > Degeneration > Light Attack > Unstable Wall of Elements > Weapon Swap > Soul Splitting Trap > Light Attack > Engulfing Flames > Light Attack > Burning Embers > Light Attack > (Molten Whip > Light Attack) x 2 > Repeat Rotation.

– Make sure you maintain 100% uptime on your potion since it is your source of major prophecy.
– Harness Magicka is used to shield yourself from big incoming damage.
– Reapply Burning Embers early if you need a heal in a pinch.
– Standard of Might is the main ultimate for the build.
– If you’re using Destructive Clench instead of Flames of Oblivion, cast it before Degeneration every rotation.

Veteran Maelstrom Arena

Magicka Dragon Knight is one of the harder classes to do vMA on, so if you struggle with it on your DK do not get discouraged. The instance is challenging enough, and playing a MagDK isn’t doing you any favors in the instance. That being said, it absolutely can be done, and this is the setup I used to complete it.

Gear wise, it’s almost the exact same as the “Magicka Dragon Knight PvE Build – Final” setup, except I use Valkyn Skoria for the extra range and health that it offers, and I use a Powered restoration staff (Willpower) on the back bar.

Main Bar – Fire Staff: Force Pulse, Burning Embers, Elemental Drain, Unstable Wall of Elements, Harness Magicka, Standard of Might

Back Bar – Restoration Staff: Volatile Armor, Engulfing Flames, Healing Ward, Reflective Plate, Molten Armaments, Light’s Champion

Contact

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

Update Log

9/14/2017 – Build created.
10/13/2017 – Overhauled abilities, replaced lightning staff with another fire staff, and re-wrote rotation to reflect the ability changes.
10/24/2017 – CP updated to reflect CwC changes and account for jump points.
10/31/2017 – Valkyn Skoria changed to Grothdarr
11/21/2017 – Back bar staff changed to Nirnhoned Lightning from Infused Flame.
11/27/2017 – Sun changed to burning spellweave, and build was renamed accordingly.
1/25/2018 – CP Updated
2/22/2018 – Build underwent a mini-overhaul for Dragon Bones.
3/5/2018 – Changed Monster set to Grothdarr and changed buff food to Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup (to make up for the HP loss)
3/23/2018 – moved Molten Armaments to the back bar, engulfing flames to the front bar, and changed the rotation accordingly.
4/5/2018 – added Zaan’s to the gear list, changed food back to Witchmother’s, adjusted rotation accordingly, and added some flex skills
4/13/2018 – Fixed typos in guide and added VMA setup
5/23/2018 – Gear, abilities and CP updated for Summerset Isles
8/13/2018 – CP updated for Wolfhunter
10/10/2018 – Acuity swapped out for Siroria.
10/22/2018 – CP Updated for Murkmire
2/28/2019 – Build overhauled for wrathstone
5/22/2019 – Molten Whip subbed in for Flame Lash, buff food changed, jewelry traits changed
8/14/2019 – Skills/Rotation changed.
10/21/2019 – Changed the buff food to always be witchmother’s potent brew, changed Scalding rune to Eruption.