ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build

The ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build is super durable, enabling you to tie up your opponents on the front lines while your group DPS comes in for the attack!

This build has been updated for the Update 41 patch, Scions of Ithelia for the Elder Scrolls Online.

Why Should You Play Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank?

The ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build is a great starting point for beginning tanks. Oakensoul makes the one-bar tank effective because you aren’t required to maintain constant buffs. The most important tank responsibility is to survive while enduring the enemy’s damage. Sometimes independently from a healer. Second, a significant responsibility is to provide buffs and debuffs to your group. The ESO Dragonknight PvE Tank Build has everything that you need to be successful in tanking because of high survivability, resource sustain, and amazing ultimates. We will also give different gear options in case you lack the necessary gear whether beginner or hardcore tank in the Elder Scrolls Online.

Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Nord
• Weapon One – Sword and Shield
• Armor Types: 1 Light, 1 Medium, 5 Heavy
• Race: Nord
• Attributes: 64 Health
• Mundus Stone: Atronach
• Mythic: Oakensoul

Skills

Skills Bar One: Sword and Shield

Two options in tanking:

• Sword and Shield (preferred front bar)
• Frost Staff (preferred back bar)

Choking Talons (Morph of Dark Talons | Skill Line : Draconic Power) – AoE CC that’s useful in dungeons. Consider this a flex spot with Overflowing Altar as a good replacement in trials.

Unrelenting Grip (Morph of Fiery Grip | Skill Line : Ardent Flame) – pull mobs to you for quick AoE trash pulls and useful to proc major expedition when mobility is needed.

Cinder Storm (Morph of Ash Cloud | Skill Line : Earthen Heart) – This procs our Earthen Heart passives Mountain’s Blessing giving us back stamina for nearly zero magicka. Essentially you can cheese cast this and have infinite resources.

Pierce Armor (Morph of Puncture | Skill Line : One Hand and Shield) – Single target taunt with massive armor debuff making DPS do more damage. Most mobs have 18,200 resistances, the lower, the more damage your group does. Use this on your priority target like a boss, mini boss or something you want to kill fast. If you’re using Master’s Sword and Shield this will heal you as well.

Coagulating Blood (Morph of Dragon Blood | Skill Line : Draconic Power) – God tier self heal that you only want to use when really low on health. It’ll keep you alive, thus we spec heavy into magicka.

Aggressive Horn (Morph of War Horn | Skill Line : Assault) – TWO CHOICES 1x for increasing damage Aggressive Horn or 1x for Survival and that’s Reviving Barrier for Alliance War Support. Horn = One of the most important ultimate abilities for a support role. Grants Major Force increasing critical damage by 20%, also increases Max Magicka and Stamina by 10% for you and your group members. Prioritize use of this ultimate, it provides a huge damage boost to your group, coordinate with other support roles if possible to keep a high uptime. Reviving Barrier = An ultimate that applies massive damage shields to group members, and those shielded also receive healing over time. Provides extra Magicka Recovery through Support skill line passive when slotting this ultimate ability.

Passives Skills

Consider taking all of the passives in the below skill trees to increase your builds performance without slotting any skills:

• Ardent Flame (class skill line)
• Draconic Power (class skill line)
• Earthen Heart (class skill line)
• Sword and Shield (weapon skill line)
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor
• Heavy Armor
• Undaunted
• Racial
• Alliance War Support
• Alliance War Assault
• Crafting, Alchemy Medicinal Use

Optimal with Mythic

This setup assumes you are good at maintaining resources and healing yourself.

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Magma Incarnate	Sturdy	Prismatic
Shoulders	light	Desert Rose	Sturdy	Prismatic
Chest	heavy	Crimson Oath’s Rive	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Crimson Oath’s Rive	Sturdy	Prismatic
Gloves	heavy	Crimson Oath’s Rive	Sturdy	Prismatic
Boots	heavy	Crimson Oath’s Rive	Sturdy	Prismatic
Belt	heavy	Crimson Oath’s Rive	Sturdy	Prismatic
Weapon One	Sword	Desert Rose	Decisive	Crusher
Secondary	Shield	Desert Rose	Sturdy	Health
Necklace		Desert Rose	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Desert Rose	Infused	Reduced Spell Cost

Monster Helm And Mythic

Magma Incarnate: helmet obtained in Veteran dungeon The Dread Cellar, Waking Flame DLC, shoulders bought from Urgarlag Chief-bane the Pledge Master

• Why? 1 piece gives stamina and magical recovery helps with sustain.

FLEX OPTIONS 1PC

• Baron Thirsk = 1pc magicka and stamina recovery
• Chokethorn = 1pc magicka recovery
• Shadowrend = 1pc magicka recovery

Oakensoul: obtained through ESO Mythics/antiquities system. You need 5 objects(leads) to be able to create the Mythic item. Location of the 5 leads (click for details)

• Why? The best one bar item for a DPS

FLEX OPTIONS

• Torc of Tonal Constancy = Sustain
• Markyn Ring of Majesty: =  Gives extra resistance
• Spaulder of Ruin = Group damage buff

Gear Sets

Desert Rose: Obtained from Cropsford Elite Gear Vendor Cyrodiil PvP Vendor.

• Why? great because you’ll need massive magicka to sustain with one bar and this provides it.

FLEX OPTIONS DAMAGE ADDED SETS

• Saxhleel Champion = a great option for tanks running barrier as ultimate.
• Drake’s Rush = is great for dungeons with high ultimate generation.
• Perfected Claw of Yolnhakriin = great damage added set in trials due to minor courage uptime
• Torug’s Pact = beginner-crafted set that can reduce armor for you, make sure the trait is infused with crusher enchant

Crimson Oath’s Rive: obtained in The Dread Cellar Waking Flame DLC.

• Why? many DPS have switched to stamina and the decreased armor in combination with major vulnerability adds the most damage for two 5pc sets.

FLEX OPTIONS SURVIVABILITY AND SUSTAIN

• Battalion Defender = incredible survivability and group utility set.
• Grace of Gloom = insane survivability if you have high health.
• Wretched Vitality = great resource sustain for newer tanks.
• Leeching Plate = incredible self-survivability set

Without Mythic

Great for a beginner who wants high survivability and sustainability with a mythic

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Roksa the Warped	Sturdy	Prismatic
Shoulders	heavy	Roksa the Warped	Sturdy	Prismatic
Chest	heavy	Battalion Defender	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Battalion Defender	Sturdy	Prismatic
Gloves	heavy	Battalion Defender	Sturdy	Prismatic
Boots	heavy	Battalion Defender	Sturdy	Prismatic
Belt	heavy	Battalion Defender	Sturdy	Prismatic
Weapon One	Sword	Desert Rose	Decisive	Crusher
Secondary	Shield	Desert Rose	Sturdy	Health
Weapon Two
Necklace		Desert Rose	Triune	Magicka Recovery
Ring 1		Desert Rose	Triune	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Desert Rose	Triune	Magicka Recovery

Monster Helm

Roksa the Warped: helmet obtained in Veteran dungeon Bal Sunnar, Scribes of Fate DLC, shoulders bought from Urgarlag Chief-bane the Pledge Master

• Why? Best monster for sustain.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Magma Incarnate = 1 piece gives stamina and magical recovery and gives group damage buff
• Encratis’s Behemoth = great damage increase when running heavy magicka builds in group
• Nazaray = extending all the important debuffs adding huge damage to your group.

Gear Sets

Desert Rose: Obtained from Cropsford Elite Gear Vendor Cyrodiil PvP Vendor.

• Why? great because you’ll need massive magicka to sustain with one bar and this provides it.

FLEX OPTIONS DAMAGE ADDED SETS

• Saxhleel Champion = a great option for tanks running barrier as ultimate.
• Drake’s Rush = is great for dungeons with high ultimate generation.
• Perfected Claw of Yolnhakriin = great damage added set in trials due to minor courage uptime

Battalion Defender: Purchase from Cyrodil elite vendor

• Why? heals you and your group members while holding block.

FLEX OPTIONS SURVIVABILITY AND SUSTAIN

• Grace of Gloom = insane survivability if you have high health.
• Wretched Vitality = great resource sustain for newer tanks.
• Leeching Plate = incredible self-survivability set

Race

The best race choices for the One Bar Dragonknight Tank:

1. Nord: Great resistance passives for players who want more defensive gameplay and high stamina resource pool.
2. Imperial: The best overall stat pool for tanking and skill cost reduction in cost makes it.
3. Argonian: It’s a powerful defensive tank race all around.

Attributes

The best choice is 64 health, which increases your survivability.

Mundus Stone

The Atronach is the best Mundus Stone for PvE Tank Builds because it increases increases Magicka recovery.

Champion Points – ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Duelist’s Rebuff	Bracing Anchor
Rationer	Ironclad	Shield Master
Liquid Efficiency	Unassailable	Rejuvenation
Treasure Hunter	Enduring Resolve	Fortified

Warfare Constellation Champion Points

Below is a step-by-step method for slotting your champion points in the Warfare tree (blue).  We have used the minimum possible to reach 4 slottable selections all maxed out.  If you have more CP, consider taking more in the passives for optimal performance.

Below are recommended Warfare Champion Point selections for the ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build:

1. Tireless discipline 10
2. Staving death – sub con – Quick recovery 10 
3. Staving death – sub con – ironclad  (slottable)– 50
4. Duelist rebuff  (slottable) – 50
5. Enduring resolve (slottable) – 50
6. Unassailable (slottable) – 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 220 CP (660 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.

1. Precision 20
2. Piercing 20
3. Tireless discipline 10
4. Eldritch insight 20
5. Blessed 20
6. Quick recovery 10
7. Flawless ritual 40
8. War mage 30
9. Battle mastery 40
10. Mighty 30
11. Elemental aegis 20
12. Hardy 20
13. Preparation 20

This would max out the Warfare tree with all active and passive champion points at 520 spent 1,560 total spent.

Fitness Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Fitness Champion Point selections for the ESO Dragonknight One Bar PvE Tank Build:

1. Fortified (slottable) 50
2. Rejuvenation (slottable) 50
3. Sprinter 10
4. Winder chaser – sub con – hasty 8
5. Tireless guardian 10
6. Walking Fortress – sub con – Nimble Protectors 3
7. Walking fortress – sub con – Bracing anchor (slottable) 50 
8. Hero’s Vigor 10
9. Shield master 10
10. Bastion (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 251 CP  (753 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.  

1. Hero’s Vigor 10
2. Tumbling 30
3. Sprinter 10
4. Defiance 20
5. Hasty 8
6. Tireless guardian 10
7. Fortification 30
8. Nimble 3
9. Mystic tenacity 50
10. Tempered soul 50
11. Piercing gaze 30
12. Savage defense  30
13. Bashing brutality 20

This would max out the fitness tree with all active passive champion points at 552 cp spent and 1,656 total spent.

Craft Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Craft Champion Point selections for the ESO Dragonknight PvE Tank Build:

1. Steed’s blessing (slottable) – 50
2. Breakfall 10 
3. Wanderer 15
4. Steadfast 10
5. Treasure hunter 50 (slottable)
6. rationer (slottable) 30
7. liquid efficiency (slottable) 75

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 240CP (720 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.

1. Steadfast enchantment 40cp
2. Breakfall 40 cp
3. Wanderer 60
4. Fortunes favor 50
5. Friends in low places 25
6. Out of sight 30
7. Fleet of phantom 40
8. Soul’s Reservoir 33
9. Gilded fingers 50
10. Fortunes favor 40
11. Inspiration boost 45
12. Infamous 30

This would max out the crafting tree with all active passive champion points at 723 cp spent 2,169 total spent.

Consumables

Build Summary – ESO One Bar Dragonknight PvP Healer

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