Warden Healer PvE Build ESO – Nature’s Embrace

Build Written By: J3R3MYism – PC NA

Role: Healer

Patch: Blackwood

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. Contact Info
4. Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Warden healer build pve on DottzGaming.com. J3R3MYism here and I’m back to help you guys with the Warden healer. Warden healing has been overshadowed for a long time by the Templar, however with small changes as well as new sets being introduced to the game, Wardens may be better than templars. With that being said, Warden is a tad more difficult to play than Templar, but that is due to the lack of burst heal. So if you find yourself not needing that burst heal, then Warden may be for you.

Setup

Gear

Gearing is really simple and complex at the same time. As a starter healer you will have many options for gear so it may seem overwhelming, but this guide will give you many different combinations so you can pick whatever combo is convenient for you, as well as what fits your playstyle. 

• Overland sets: Bright-Throat’s Touch, Martial Knowledge
• Crafted sets: Seducer, Shacklebreaker, Kagrenac’s Hope 
• Dungeon sets: Jorvolds, Sanctuary, Spellpower Cure, Worm’s Raiment, Hiti’s Hearth, Z’ens Redress
• Monster sets: Earthgore, Nightflame, Sentinel, Symphony of Blades,
• Trials sets: Healer’s Habit, Healing Mage (mending), Infallible Mage, Vestment of Olorime, Roaring Opportunist, Saxheel’s Champion
  

Gear Traits:

Gear traits are simple yet complex, as are many things in this game. I like to have Infused big pieces on my gear, I do this because I like the extra stats I can get from Tri-Stat enchants. Divine also works but if you go this route, you may want to rethink your enchants. Jewelry traits are one of two options, infused or arcane. Both of these options are really great and you can’t go wrong with either of them. It really just comes down to if you want more sustain or you want larger resource pools.

Enchants:

While we used to go Tri-Stat on the big pieces with infused, we can now switch that to Maximum Magicka thanks to the extra health granted by the new CP trees! Weapon enchants are all up to you, I prefer to have as much sustain as I need with the Absorb Magicka enchant and the Berserker enchant will give you that extra umph behind your abilities.

Below you can find an example of two different gear setups, one for end game and one for beginners!

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Normal Setup

Main Bar – Restoration Staff: Radiating Regeneration, Energy Orb, Combat Prayer, Illustrious Healing, Blue Betty, Replenishing Barrier

Back Bar – Lightning Staff: Fetcher Infection, Elemental Blockade, Budding Seeds, Overflowing Altar, Ice Fortress, Aggressive Horn

Flex Skills:  Enchanted Growth, Leeching Vines, Polar Wind, Crushing Shock, Elemental Drain

Z’en’s Setups

Main Bar – Restoration Staff: Overflowing Altar, Energy Orb, Combat Prayer, Illustrious Healing, Degeneration, Replenishing Barrier

Back Bar – Fire Staff: Fetcher Infection, Elemental Blockade, Budding Seeds, Elemental Drain, Lightweight Beast Trap, Aggressive Horn

Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal

You are playing a mortal for this build, as the new vampire changes hurt sustain and dont buff it, making it undesirable for a healer.

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)

• Eldritch Insight – 20
• Blessed – 20
• Enlivening Overflow – 50 (Slotted)
• Swift Renewal – 50 (Slotted)
• Thaumaturge – 50 (Slotted)
• Fighting Finesse – 50 (Slotted)
• Quick Recovery – 20
• Elemental Aegis – 20
• Hardy – 20
• Preparation – 20
• Precision – 20
• Tireless Discipline – 20
• Piercing – 20
• Flawless Ritual – 40
• Warmage – 30

FITNESS (RED)

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

CRAFT (GREEN)

• Steed’s Blessing – 50 (Slotted)
• Breakfall – 50
• Wanderer – 15
• Steadfast Enchantment – 50
• Rationer – 30 (Slotted)
• Liquid Efficiency – 75 (Slotted)
• Treasure Hunter – 50 (Slotted)
• Fortune’s Favor – 50
• Gilded Fingers – 50
• Soul Reservoir – 33

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl – Max Health and Max Magicka

Mundus

Apprentice – Increased Spell Damage

Race

1. Breton
2. Argonian
3. High Elf

Potions

Spell Crit Potions (Spell Crit, Spell Damage, Magicka Restoration)

NOTE: Alternative potions are Tri-Stat and Immovability potions.

Passives

Animal Companions (all), Green Balance (all), Winter’s Embrace (all), Light Armor (all), Medium Armor (all except the ones that require you to wear 5 pieces if using beginner setup), Heavy Armor (all except the ones that require you to wear 5 pieces if using beginner setup), Restoration Staff (all), Lightning Staff (all), Vampire (all), Fighters Guild (Banish the Wicked), Undaunted (all), Racial (all), Alchemy (Medicinal Use),

Contact

If you have any questions about the build, join our discord server and ask @J3R3MYism about the build!

Update Log

9/10/2017 – Build created
11/2/2017 – CP Updated for CWC
1/25/2018 – CP Updated
2/12/2018 – CP Updated
2/26/2018 – Build Overhauled for Dragon Bones (new author)
5/23/2018 – Build updated for Summerset Isles (Gear and CP)
8/13/2018 – CP updated for Wolfhunter
10/10/2018 – Replaced SPC with Olorime
10/22/2018 – CP updated for murkmire
11/29/2018 – Olorime moved to back bar only, replaced front bar with Asylum resto.
2/28/2019 – Changed backbar enchant
4/18/2019 – Swapped Lotus blossom and Enchanted growth
5/22/2019 – Build overhauled for Elsweyr (build writer changed)
8/25/2019 – Skills, Food, Mundus and jewelry enchants changed for Scalebreaker
10/22/2019 – Skills, CP and gear updated
11/2/2019 – Worm changed to Jorvuld’s, Master Resto added frontbar
2/29/2020 – Hiti’s hearth added to alt sets
6/8/2020 – Zen/MK setup added, weapon traits/glyphs changed
8/26/2020 – jorvulds changed to hollowfang
11/7/2020 – no updates needed for markarth
3/22/2021- added dungeon gear setup and updated CP
6/7/2021 – updated cp, added new trial set option