
Warden Healer PvP Build ESO – The Arborist
Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA
Role: Healer
Patch: Update 40
Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Warden Healer Build PvP, the Arborist, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is specifically for healing on a warden in PvP. It provides amazing support, excellent mobility and great survivability. It utilizes low cost ultimate skills in order to provide quick healing support to those who are in battle. It is not recommended for any type of solo play.
Setup
Gear
Magicka Warden Healer PvP Build | |||||
Gear Slot | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant | Acquisition |
Head | Earthgore | Heavy | Impenetrable | Prismatic | Vet Bloodroot Forge |
Shoulders | Earthgore | Heavy | Impenetrable | Prismatic | Undaunted Chest |
Gloves | Shacklebreaker | Medium | Sturdy | Prismatic | Crafted |
Legs | Shacklebreaker | Heavy | Sturdy | Prismatic | Crafted |
Chest | Shacklebreaker | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic | Crafted |
Belt | Shacklebreaker | Light | Sturdy | Prismatic | Crafted |
Boots | Shacklebreaker | Heavy | Sturdy | Prismatic | Crafted |
Necklace | Robes of Transmutation | Jewelry | Arcane | Reduce Spell Cost | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Ring | Robes of Transmutation | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Ring | Robes of Transmutation | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Weapon 1 | Robes of Transmutation | Restoration | Powered | Berserker | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Weapon 2 | Robes of Transmutation | 1h Sword | Powered | Absorb Magicka | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Shield 2 | Robes of Transmutation | Shield | Sturdy | Magicka | Cyrodiil or Guild Trader |
Gear Choices
Earthgore: This monster set is incredibly powerful, and the healing proc from this can be the difference between living or dying. This is strong for not only keeping yourself alive, but keeping groups of players alive as well. It received a pretty hefty nerf in Elsweyr, but the set is still absolutely worth using for PvP. It’ll save the person with the lowest HP in the AoE at each tick, so it can save multiple people from certain death over its duration.
Transmutation: Gives a massive amount of critical resistance by healing someone with a HoT, which helps prevent sudden influxes of damage from being put on yourself and others. If someone in your group is already running this, Spell Power Cure is another option.
Shacklebreaker: Helps give us strong resource pools as well as sustain them. This is one of my personal favorite sets because of how well balanced of a stat spread it gives your character, and it helps round out the stat pools of this build incredibly well.
Attributes
All points into Magicka.
Skills
Front bar – Restoration Staff: Healing Springs, Radiating Regeneration, Living Trellis, Nature’s Embrace, Deceptive Predator, Aggressive Horn
Back bar – 1h/Shield: Energy Orb, Overflowing Altar, Blue Betty, Ice Fortress, Green Lotus, Healing Thicket
Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal
For this build, we play as a mortal since neither vampire nor werewolf give us anything you need. If you want, you could grab Vampire Stage 3 for Undeath, but keep in mind it will hit your sustain.
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
- Quick Recovery – 20
- Elemental Aegis – 20
- Hardy – 20
- Blessed – 20
- Unassailable – 50 (Slotted)
- Soothing Tide – 50 (Slotted)
- Ironclad – 50 (Slotted)
- Swift Renewal – 50 (Slotted)
- Tireless Discipline – 20
- Precision – 20
- Piercing – 20
- Preparation – 20
- Flawless Ritual – 40
- War Mage – 30
Fitness (RED)
- Boundless Vitality – 50 (Slotted)
- Tumbling – 30
- Mystic Tenacity – 10
- Sustained by Suffering – 50 (Slotted)
- Pain’s Refuge – 50 (Slotted)
- Hero’s Vigor – 20
- Defiance – 20
- Relentlessness – 50 (Slotted)
- 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
Mistral Bannana-Bunny Hash – Max Health and Magicka
Mundus
Atronach – Increased Magicka Recovery
Race
- Breton – Grants a TON of magicka sustain and a lot of extra tankiness. They’re a fantastic race choice for all magicka units in PvP.
- Argonian – Great race for a healer in PvP. You get bonus magicka, bonus health, bonus healing and an absolutely amazing form of sustain from their potion passive.
Potions
Essence of Health (Restore Magicka, Health and Stamina)
(Bugloss, Columbine and Mountain Flower)
Passives
All class passives, all one hand and shield passives, all restoration staff passives, all light armor, all medium armor, all heavy armor passives, all undaunted passives, all assault passives, all support passives, all racial passives, alchemy (medicinal use)
Contact
If you have any questions about the build, join our discord server and ask @Dottz about the build!
Update Log
1/22/2018 – Build created
2/22/2018 – New author added to build and build was overhauled
5/23/2018 – Build updated for Summerset (CP/Gear changed)
8/13/2018 – CP updated for Wolfhunter, mSet changed to Thurv from TK, SnB changed to flame staff, skills updated
11/7/2018 – Build writer changed and build updated for Murkmire
2/27/2019 – No changes needed for wrathstone
4/1/2019 – Changed back bar ult to permafrost
5/22/2019 – Changed front bar ult to life giver, changed gloves to medium for more max stats
8/14/2019 – No changes for scalebreaker
10/21/2019 – Skills Overhauled
2/24/2020 – No changes for harrowstorm
5/26/2020 – Moved Deceptive Predator front bar and Corrupting Pollen back bar.
8/25/2020 – no changes for stonethorn
11/2/2020 – no changes for markarth
3/17/2021 – build writer change and build overhauled
6/4/2021 – cp updated
8/23/2021 – build writer changed and overhauled
11/1/2021 – gear updated for deadlands
1/6/2022 – updated enchants/food
3/14/2022- skills updated
6/6/2022- no changes for high isle
8/22/2022 – no changes for lost depths
11/9/2022 – no changes for firesong
3/13/2023 – no changes for Scribes of Fate
6/5/2023- changed transmutation alternative set
8/24/2023- no changes for update 39
11/6/2023 – no changes for update 40