Magicka Necromancer PvP Build ESO – The Warlock

Build Written By: RealWaywardGaming – XB1 NA

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Flames of Ambition

Table of Contents

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

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Necromancer build PvP, 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!

This is a non-harmony based Magcro build, with strong range, solid sustain, survivability, and plenty of damage!

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

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Destruction Staff: Elemental Drain, Inner Light, Race Against Time, Stalking Blastbones, Crushing Shock, Glacial Colossus

Back Bar – Restoration Staff: Summoner’s Armor, Deaden Pain, Spirit Guardian, Resistant Flesh, Hexproof, Life Giver

NOTE: When Life Giver casts the additional restoration staff skills, it can cast the morphed forms, so be sure to grab Rapid Regeneration, Blessing of Restoration, and Healing Ward in your restoration staff skill tree! Also, if you’re in no-proc cyro, swap Hexproof for RaT on your backbar, and using destructive Clench on your front bar.

Vampire vs. Mortal

For this patch, I am playing as a mortal. Neither vampire or werewolf give this build anything it needs.

Champion Points

Champion points were updated in the recent Flames of Ambition patch. The list below showcases the order in which the 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 new 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.

CHAMPION POINT SETUP

Warfare (BLUE)

• Precision-10
• Fighting Finesse-50 (slotted)
• Deadly Aim-50 (slotted)
• Biting Aura-50 (slotted)
• Eldritch Insight-40
• Piercing-30
• Quick Recovery-10
• Resilience-50 (slotted)
• Hardy-40
• Elemental Aegis-40
• Quick Recovery-30
• Flawless Ritual-20
• War Mage-30
• Flawless Ritual-20
• Blessed-40
• Precision-30
• Tireless Discipline-40
• Preparation-40

Fitness (RED)

• Rejuvenation-50 (slotted)
• Ironclad-50 (slotted)
• Tumbling-15
• Defiance-10
• Hardened-50 (slotted)
• Sprinter-10
• Hasty-8
• Hero’s Vigor-10
• Boundless Vitality-50 (slotted)
• Hero’s Vigor-30
• Tumbling-30
• Defiance-30
• Mystic Tenacity-50
• Tireless Guardian-10
• Fortification-45
• Tireless Guardian-30
• Savage Defense-45
• Sprinter-30
• Hasty-24
• Piercing Gaze-10
• Tempered Soul-125
• Nimble Protector-15
• Bashing Brutality-40
• Piercing Gaze-20

Craft (GREEN)

• Breakfall-10
• Wanderer-15
• Steadfast Enchantment-50
• Treasure Hunter-50 (slotted)
• Rationer-30 (slotted)
• Liquid Efficiency-75 (slotted)
• Professional Upkeep-50 (slotted)
• Soul Reservoir-33
• Breakfall-40
• Wanderer-60
• Fortune’s Favor-50
• Gilded Fingers-50
• Out of Sight-30
• Fleet Phantom-40

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Corrupting Bloody Mara (Max Health and Magicka) or Bewitched Sugar Skulls (Maximum Health, Magicka, Stamina and health recovery) for no proc.

Mundus

Shadow: Increased Critical Damage

Race

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

Potions/Poisons

• Essence of Health (Restore Magicka, Health and Stamina)
  • (Bugloss, Columbine and Mountain Flower)
• Heroism Poisons
  • (Dragon’s Bile, Dragon’s Blood, Dragon’s Rheum)

Passives

All class, Destruction Staff, Restoration Staff, Racial, Undaunted, Assault, light armor, and heavy armor passives. Last 2 Support, Magicka Controller in Mages Guild, Psijic Order except Deliberation, and medicinal use alchemy passives.

Resource Management & Rotation

Since this is a PvP build, your main “rotation” is going to be buff maintenance and getting your burst ready. Keep up Summoner’s Armor and Spirit Guardian for your major resolve, cheaper pets, a passive heal, and a passive 10% damage reduction. Keep Elemental Drain up on your target at all times to strip their major defense buff and provide you with some extra magicka recovery. Use RaT mainly to get out of snares, roots, etc and to give yourself some mobility; however it can also be very useful in our burst because of the minor force buff it gives us. If you’re in danger, stay on the backbar and cleanse with Hexproof and heal up with Resistant Flesh while maintaining your other defensive buffs and use Life Giver if you’re really in danger. Your main burst is going to be getting your Nightmare stun and then hitting them with a BB and (when available) your ult.

Contact

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

Update Log

5/28/2020 – Build created
6/16/2020 – Changed Mundus, Buff Food, 1 jewelry enchant, and main 5 piece
7/23/2020 – changed 2 sets to prep for stonethorn
8/27/2020 – no additional changes needed for stonethorn
11/16/2020 – no changes needed for markarth
3/19/21 – Overhauled and updated for Flames of Ambition
4/20/21: Overhauled gear and changed a few skills. Included setup for no-proc Cyro