Magicka Warden PvE Build ESO – The Shaman

Build Written By: Dottz Gaming & Saligia907 – PC NA

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Scions of Ithelia

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. Contact Info
5. Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Warden Build PvE, the Shaman, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is intended for PvE content of all kinds: trials, vet dungeons and solo adventuring!

The new champion point system has brought up Dual Wield setups, which is slightly better on the dummy assuming melee range is possible. Inferno staff is still good with 1~2k DPS loss, but having the flexibility to play at range. Even in situations where we cannot use the flank crit CP (backstabber), Magdens are still good using the AOE CP (Biting Aura), where Magblades and Magsorcs with “more” single target, direct damage proportion do not benefit as much as a Magden or Magnecro. Use whichever weapons you prefer for the front bar (if you go Dual Wield, you’ll want to use 2 daggers with Nirnhoned/Charged traits).

Setup

Gear

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Dual Wield: Deep Fissure, Fetcher Infection, Screaming Cliff Racer, Mystic Orb, Camouflaged Hunter, Wild Guardian

Back Bar – Destruction Staff: Winter’s Revenge, Unstable Wall of Elements, Barbed Trap, Resolving Vigor, Blue Betty, Wild Guardian

Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal

For this build both mortal or vampire would be fine, but I recommend mortal. If you do really want to be a vampire, make sure you can use the skill Blood For Blood most of the time, or else you would just receive sustain nerfs without much benefit from vampire.

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)

• Precision – 20
• Fighting Finesse – 50 (slottable)
• Piercing – 20
• Deadly Aim – 50 (slottable)
• Master-at-Arms – 50 (slottable)
• Backstabber – 50 (slottable)
• Eldritch Insight – 20
• Flawless Ritual – 40
• War Mage – 30
• Quick Recovery – 20
• Preparation – 20
• Elemental Aegis – 20
• Hardy – 20
• Blessed – 20
• Tireless Discipline – 20

FITNESS (RED)

• Boundless Vitality – 50 (Slotted)
• Rejuvenation – 50 (Slotted)
• Tumbling – 30
• Mystic Tenacity – 10
• Hero’s Vigor – 20
• Siphoning Spells – 50 (Slotted)
• Fortified – 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

• Witchmother’s Potent Brew – Increased Health, Magicka and Magicka Recovery
• Melon-Baked Parmesan Pork / any increase Health and Magicka food if you have no sustain issues
  • Artaeum Pickled fishbowl – Increased Health, Magicka （slightly better but cost more）
• Ghastly Eyebowl – Magicka and Magicka Recovery (for parse practice / situations where you don’t need extra health, not recommended for beginners)

Mundus

Thief – Increased Critical Chance

Race

• Dark Elf
• Breton
• Khajiit

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

All class passives, All Destruction Staff passives except tri-focus, all dual wield passives, All Light Armor passives, All fighter’s guild passives, All Psijic Order Passives, All Undaunted passives, All Racial passives, Medicinal use in alchemy skill line (one of the most important passives in crafting for this build)

Resource Management & Rotation

We are using a dynamic rotation to maximize our DPS, so there’s no static rotation. Warden has an easier rotation since we cast Deep Fissure every 3^rd cast, so the stem of the rotation is:

Deep Fissure > Skill > Skill > Deep Fissure > Skill > Skill > Deep Fissure ….
Your objective at the start is to apply all of your DoT’s and buffs in between the Deep Fissure casts, and then as the fight goes on, those skills between Deep fissure casts will be any DOTs / Buffs that just ended.  If all of them are still up, then Screaming Cliff Racer would be the skill to cast, also known as our “spammable”. Check the video below for a clearer picture of the rotation

It might take a bit of time to get used to it, but I highly recommend practicing a dynamic rotation so that you won’t mess up your rotation even if you have to do mechanics.

Contact

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

Update Log

11/2/2018 – Build Created
11/20/2018 – Skills and gear changed after initial testing
2/28/2019 – Mundus and back bar staff changed
6/4/2019 – Build overhauled for Elsweyr
8/14/2019 – Skills and rotation updated
10/21/2019 – No changes from Scalebreaker to Dragonhold
2/24/2020 – Changed soul trap to mystic orb, added buff food option, changed front bar staff trait to precise from infused
3/3/2020 – Build writer changed, build overhauled
5/29/2020 – Gear section overhauled, skills and rotation slightly altered
8/24/2020 – 1 alternative skill removed
11/9/2020 – skills and cp changed
3/23/2021 – build overhauled
6/10/2021 – cp updated
9/10/2021 – updated skills and final gear setup
11/11/2021 – no changes for deadlands
3/18/2022- changed 5 piece and 1 skill for AT
6/20/2022- no changes for high isle
9/2/2022 – build writer changed and gear overhauled
11/9/2022 – staves changed to frost
3/13/2023- no changes for Scribes of Fate
6/5/2023- changed front bar to dual wield
8/24/2023- no changes for update 39
11/6/2023- swapped body and jewelry sets around (same sets, different positions)
3/11/2024 – gear updated