Warden Subclassing DPS PvE Build ESO

Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Season of the Worm Cult (Update 46)

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 ESO Warden Subclassing Build for PvE DPS! This build is intended for Trials, Dungeons and general PvE content.

This Warden subclassing build uses high-damage abilities from Nightblade (Assassination), Warden (Animal Companions), and Sorcerer (Daedric Summoning) to create a fast-paced and versatile PvE DPS setup. Nightblade provides burst and execute pressure, Warden adds strong AoE and passive buffs, and Sorcerer brings in pets and solid utility. All three classes are used for their offensive strengths, resulting in a build that hits hard and fits well into any PvE group setting.

Setup

Gear

Attributes

All in magicka!

Skills

Main bar – Dual Wield: Screaming Cliff Racer, Subterranean Assault, Merciless Resolve, Summon Volatile Familiar, Summon Twilight Tormentor, Wild Guardian

Back bar – Two Handed: Stampede, Carve, Bull Netch, Summon Volatile Familiar, Summon Twilight Tormentor, Wild Guardian

NOTE: If you’re having trouble with magicka sustain instead of stamina sustain, swap Bull Netch to Blue Betty.

Champion Points

The list below showcases the slottable CP stars you should be taking. 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)

• Master-at-Arms – Increased direct damage
• Wrathful Strikes – Increased weapon/spell Damage on abilities
• Exploiter – Increased damage against off-balance enemies
• Deadly Aim – Increased damage with single target attacks

FITNESS (RED)

• Boundless Vitality – Increased health
• Rejuvenation – Increased health/magicka/stamina recovery
• Siphoning Spells – Restores Magicka on enemy kill
• Fortified – Increased Armor

Other Important Info

Buff Food

• Mistral Banana-Bunny Hash: Increase Health and Magicka
  • Recommended food for the build
• Clockwork Citrus Filet: Increase Max Health, Health Recovery, Max Magicka & Magicka Recovery
  • Good if you feel you need more sustain. Witchmother’s Potent Brew is the budget version of this food.

Mundus

Thief – Increases Critical Chance

Race

• Dark Elf (recommended)
• High Elf
• Khajiit

Potions/Poisons

Essence of Spell Critical (Major Prophecy, Restore Health and Magicka)
Lady’s Smock, Water Hyacinth, Columbine

Passives

Class (all), Racial (all), Dual Wield (All), Two-Handed (All), Medium Armor (All), Alchemy (Medicinal Use), Undaunted (All)

Resource Management & Rotation

• The best way to play this build is with a dynamic rotation, applying all buffs / debuffs / DoTs and then re-applying them right before they expire. If none of those things need to be done, use Screaming Cliff Racer or Merciless Resolve.
• Screaming Cliff Racer is best used against Off-balance enemies (to maximize the passive damage bonus), and Merciless Resolve is best used at 10 stacks.
• Your ‘spammable’ will be Screaming Cliff Racer (ie. what you use if none of the above conditions are met).
• Look to cast your ultimate on cooldown during each fight to maximize your damage. You should be heavily prioritizing this when your enemy is below 25%, as your ultimate effectively acts as your execute.
• Activate your potions on cooldown, this will ensure you have max damage, zero sustain issues and high uptimes on your buffs!

Contact

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

Update Log

• 5/8/2025 – Build created
• 6/5/2025 – Build updated for Season of the Worm