[ARCHIVED] ESO PvE DPS Penetration Optimization
This guide is now archived as it is now out of date.
This guide covers how to optimize your penetration as a damage dealer in PvE in The Elder Scrolls Online. Making sure your character has the proper amount of penetration is crucial to make sure you’re pumping out the maximum amount of damage you can be by bypassing your enemies’ defense (aka resistance). If your penetration is too low, you’ll be dealing less damage than your teammates. But, if you have too much, you’ll be wasting stats, and therefore again be dealing less damage than your teammates. The bullet points below shows how to optimize your penetration for PvE content based on common augmentations you’ll get from your own gear as well as your raid/dungeon party. Certain classes like Necromancer have additional penetration bonuses from their passives, so keep that in mind if you play that class as that may change some numbers!
NOTE: Enemies in PvE content in ESO have 18.2k resistance.
Magicka
- Light Armor Concentration = 4884
- Tank/ Infused Crusher = 2108
- Tank/Major Breach = 5984
- Minor Breach = 2974
- Alkosh = 3010
- Spell Erosion = 0 (if Alkosh is present, run 25 pts for 2310 pen if it isnt)
- Total debuff = 18960
Physical
- Tank/ Infused Crusher = 2108
- Tank/Major Breach = 5984
- Minor Breach = 2974
- Alkosh = 3010
- Tremorscale = 2395
- Crystal Weapon = 1000
- Sharpened 1h = 1638
- Piercing = 0 (if Alkosh is present, run 23 pts = 2149)
- Total debuff = 19109
