Welcome to our ESO Destruction Staff Skill Line guide. This shows all the destruction staff skills from the Elder Scrolls Online.

Version

5/31/2015 – Updating the layout
2/4/2015 – Original release

Destruction Staff

Destructive Touch

Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing X Magic Damage and X Magic Damage more over X seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff’s attack element:
Fame Touch causes knock back.
Frost Touch causes deep freeze.
Shock Touch deals damage to nearby enemies.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	17 meters
Cost	3351 Magicka

Destructive Reach

Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing X Magic Damage and X Magic Damage more over X seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff’s attack element:
Fame Reach causes knock back.
Frost Reach causes deep freeze.
Shock Reach deals damage to nearby enemies.

NEW EFFECT: Has increased range.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	17 meters
Cost	3351 Magicka

Destructive Clench

Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing X Magic Damage and X Magic Damage more over X seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff’s attack element:
Fame Clench causes knock back and stun.
Frost Clench causes deep freeze.
Shock Clench deals damage to nearby enemies and has a chance of setting them off balance.

NEW EFFECT: Adds additional elemental effects.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	17 meters
Cost	3351 Magicka

Wall of Elements

Slam your staff down to create an elemental barrier in front of you, dealing X Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff’s attack element:
Wall of Fire deals extra damage.
Wall of Frost reduces enemy Movement Speed.
Wall of Storms sets concussed enemies off balance.

Cast time	Instant
Duration	4.5 seconds
Cost	3351 Magicka

Wall of Elemental Blockade

NEW EFFECT: Increased size and duration.

Cast time	Instant
Duration	6.5 seconds
Cost	3351 Magicka

Unstable Wall of Elements

Create an unstable elemental barrier in front of you, dealing X Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff’s attack element:
Wall of Fire deals extra damage.
Wall of Frost reduces enemy Movement Speed.
Wall of Storms sets concussed enemies off balance.
When the effect ends, the barrier explodes, dealing X damage.

NEW EFFECT: Wall explodes when it expires, damaging enemies in the area.

Cast time	Instant
Duration	4.5 seconds
Cost	3351 Magicka

Force Shock

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters
Cost	2394 Magicka

Force Pulse

Focus all the elemental energies with your staff and blast an enemy for X Flame Damage, X Cold Damage, and X Shock Damage. The blast also has an 40% chance of afflicting an enemy with Chilled, Burning, and Concussion status effects. Up to 2 nearby enemies will take X Magic Damage if they were already afflicted with Burning, Chilled or Concussed status effects.

NEW EFFECT: Damages nearby enemies that are burning, chilled or concussed.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters
Cost	2394 Magicka

Crushing Shock

Focus all the elemental energies with your staff and blast an enemy for X Flame Damage, X Cold Damage, and X Shock Damage. The blast also has an 40% chance of afflicting an enemy with Chilled, Burning, and Concussion status effects. Enemies hit while casting are stunned and set off balance for 3 seconds.

NEW EFFECT: Stun and off balance casting targets.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters
Cost	2394 Magicka

Weakness to Elements

Send the elements to sap an enemy’s defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by X for 18 seconds.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters

Elemental Susceptibility

Send the elements to sap an enemy’s defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by X for 18 seconds. Any damage you deal to the enemy refreshes the effect’s duration.

NEW EFFECT: Duration is refreshed on damage.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters

Elemental Drain

Send the elements to sap an enemy’s defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by X for 18 seconds. While the effect is active, attacks with Flame, Shock or Frost Damage restore X Magicka to the attacker.

NEW EFFECT: Restores Magicka.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Enemy
Range	28 meters

Impulse

Release a surge of elemental energy to deal X Magic Damage to nearby enemies. Affected enemies also have a 40% chance of being afflicted with Burning, Chilled or Concussion status effects, based upon the element they’re attacked with.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Area
Radius	6 meters
Cost	2872 Magicka

Elemental Ring

Release a surge of elemental energy to deal X Magic Damage to nearby enemies and an additional X magic damage over X seconds. Affected enemies also have a 40% chance of being afflicted with Burning, Chilled or Concussion status effects, based upon the element they’re attacked with.

NEW EFFECT: Adds damage over time.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Area
Radius	6 meters
Cost	2872 Magicka

Pulsar

Release a surge of elemental energy to deal X Magic Damage to nearby enemies and afflict them with Minor Mangle, whick reduces their Max Health by 10% for 30 seconds. Affected enemies also have a 40% chance of being afflicted with Burning, Chilled or Concussion status effects, based upon the element they’re attacked with.

NEW EFFECT: Reduces enemy’s max health.

Cast time	Instant
Target	Area
Radius	6 meters
Cost	2872 Magicka

Tri Focus

While using a destruction staff heavy attack, grants bonus effects based on the element used:
Heavy fire attacks deal (8-15%) additional damage.
Heavy frost attacks reduce enemy movement speed (30-40%) for 3.5 seconds.
Heavy shock attacks damage up to 2 nearby enemies, dealing (10-20%) of the damage inflicted on the primary target.