Warden Subclassing Solo PvE Build ESO
Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA
Role: Damage Dealer
Patch: Season of the Worm Cult (Update 46)
Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to Dottzgaming.com’s ESO Warden Subclassing Solo PvE Build! This Warden subclassing build is designed for solo PvE, combining high-damage skills from Necromancer (Grave Lord), Arcanist (Herald of the Tome), and Warden (Winter’s Embrace). Necromancer provides strong AoE and debuffs, Arcanist adds burst damage and sustain through passives, and Warden brings solid AoE and helpful defensive tools. These three skill lines combined create a solo build that’s durable, efficient, and capable of clearing content on its own.
Setup
Gear
| Warden Solo PvE Build – Best Overall Setup | |||||
| Gear Slot | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant | Acquisition |
| Head | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Crafted |
| Shoulders | Slimecraw | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Undaunted Chest |
| Gloves | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Sanity’s Edge |
| Legs | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Sanity’s Edge |
| Chest | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Sanity’s Edge |
| Belt | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Sanity’s Edge |
| Boots | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Sanity’s Edge |
| Necklace | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Ring | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Ring | Ring of the Pale Order | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Antiquities |
| Weapon 1 | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Dagger | Nirnhoned | Poison | Crafted |
| Off-Hand 1 | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Dagger | Charged | Absorb Stamina | Crafted |
| Weapon 2 | Crushing Wall | Ice Staff | Infused | Berserker | Vet Maelstrom Arena |
| Warden Solo PvE Build – Beginner Setup | |||||
| Gear Slot | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant | Acquisition |
| Head | Selene | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Vet Selene’s Web |
| Shoulders | Selene | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Undaunted Chest |
| Gloves | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Crafted |
| Legs | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Crafted |
| Chest | Order’s Wrath | Heavy | Reinforced | Magicka | Crafted |
| Belt | Order’s Wrath | Light | Divines | Magicka | Crafted |
| Boots | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Magicka | Crafted |
| Necklace | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Ring | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Ring | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon/Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Weapon 1 | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Dagger | Nirnhoned | Poison | Crafted |
| Off-Hand 1 | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Dagger | Charged | Absorb Stamina | Crafted |
| Weapon 2 | Tide-Born Wildstalker | Ice Staff | Infused | Berserker | Crafted |
NOTE: Your top priority should be getting Ring of the Pale Order, as it unlocks a significant amount of self-sustain for playing solo in ESO.
Attributes
All points into Magicka.
Skills
Front Bar – Dual Wield: Escalating Runeblades, Tentacular Dread, Quick Cloak, Barbed Trap, Inner Light, Pestilent Colossus
Back Bar – Destruction Staff: Elemental Blockade, Unnerving Boneyeard, Winter’s Revenge, Ice Fortress, Recuperative Treatise, The Tide King’s Gaze
Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal
For this build we are playing as a Mortal. This build doesn’t need anything that the vampire or werewolf skill lines give us.
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
- Biting Aura – Increased damage with area-of-effect attacks
- Reaving Blows – Heals you for a percentage of direct damage dealt
- Ironclad – Reduces damage taken by direct 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
Clockwork Citrus Filet: Increase Max Health, Health Recovery, Max Magicka & Magicka Recovery
NOTE: Witchmother’s Potent Brew is the budget version of this food.
Mundus
The Thief – Increased Critical Chance
Race
- Dark Elf (recommended)
- Khajiit
- Nord
Potions
Essence of Health (Restore Health, Magicka and Stamina)
Bugloss, Columbine and Mountain Flower
Passives
Class (all), Racial (all), Dual Wield (All), Destruction Staff (All except Tri-Focus), Medium Armor (All), Alchemy (Medicinal Use), Undaunted (All), Mage’s Guild (All)
If using the ‘Beginner’ gear setup, also grab the Heavy and Light armor passives.
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 Escalating Runeblades to build Crux, and Tentacular Dread to spend them.
- Look to cast your ultimate on cooldown during each fight to maximize your damage. You should be using The Tide King’s Gaze in Single Target situations, and Pestilent Colossus in AoE situations.
- Activate your potions on cooldown, this will ensure you have zero sustain issues, and you will have high uptimes on your recovery 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
- 6/6/2025 – Build updated for Season of the Worm
