ESO Magicka Necromancer PvP Build

Table of Contents

• Skills
• Rotation
• Gear
• Passives Skills
• Race
• Mundus Stone
• Champion Points
• Consumables
• Wrap Up

Last Updated: 2023-03-16

ESO Magicka Necromancer PvP Build

The ESO Magicka Necromancer PvP Build has changed since bombing has been completely gutted with the nerf to pure magicka builds and occult overload CP passive.  I’ve changed this build to a more single target build than bomber.  If you’re looking for a group DPS build click HERE, one bar build HERE or a PvP build HERE.  Also, consider watching me on Twitch where you can ask me questions about my current builds.

Last Update March 16th, 2023, Update 37, Scribes of Fate.  The Magcro is in a tough spot.  The reduction in damage via the Avid Boneyard skill makes bombing very hard. The best way I’ve found to play the ESO Magicka Necromancer PvP Build is focus on high damage DoTs and pressuring with arena weapons.  Consider this playstyle very tanky, but stamina Necro performs much better in the current meta.

Pros	Cons
Good AoE Damage	Nerfed Synergy
Group Utility	Bombing Playstyle Weak
Survivability	Stamcro is Better
	Nothing Special

Your goal when you pick up this build is to start your rotation pressuring with damage over times because the necro passive amplifies this effect. Wait and time your ultimate with all your burst damage to finish a target.

Video Guide

Skills

Front Bar: Fire Staff

Front Bar Weapon Options: They are all good choices depending on your playstyle and needs. Experiment with what works best.

• Lightning Staff: provides easy fully charged heavy attacks for resource sustain and 10% AoE damage when channeling.
• Fire staff - range and most single target damage and pairs well with elemental users.
• Dual Wield - best overall damage via passives highest DPS but without a restoration staff or Ice staff on the back bar can be brutal to sustain.

 

Stalking Blastbones (Morph of Blasbones | Skill line: Grave Lord) - Massive hard hitting AoE ability. I take the stam morph because of major defile.

Degeneration (Morph of Entropy | Skill line: Mages Guild) - Degen is my go to because it allows us to get immovable potions when we have a spell damage buff active. Does good DoT pressure too. Consider this a flex spot if you use spell power potions or a DK runs Molten Armaments. Use proxy det for big nukes, mortal coil for insane stamina resource, or whatever you need here.

Camouflaged Hunter (Morph of Expert Hunter | Skill line: Fighters Guild) - Camo hunter because of the minor berserk it provides, but it's expensive if you misclick. Consider this your flex spot.

Destructive Clench (Morph of Destructive Touch | Skill line: Destruction Staff) - Here for ranged damage and stun.

Necrotic Potency (Morph of Bitter Harvest | Skill line: Bone Tyrant) - Flex spot for survivability.

Shooting Star (Morph of Meteor | Skill line: Mages Guild) - Ranged damage and stun.

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Back Bar: Frost Staff

Back Bar Weapon Options: They are all good choices depending on your playstyle and needs. Experiment with what works best.

• Frost Staff - can either use magicka or stamina for blocking and gives as much damage reduction as Sword and Shield and you can use the spell damage enchant and have some range.
• Restoration Staff - the best buffs and healing. The strength of Resto is fully charged heavy attacks for major mending and magicka sustain.
• Sword and Shield - great choice when blocking The benefit of a sword and shield is using stamina for block mitigation when taking tons of pressure. Switch to sword and shield if you like a slower pace gameplay or if you struggle with survivability.

 

Summoners Armor (Morph of Bone Armor | Skill line: Bone Tyrant) - armor buff that reduces cost of necromancer specific abilities.

Spirit Guardian (Morph of Spirit Mender | Skill line: Living Death) - heal that gives boost to our passives sustain and create corpses.

Elemental Susceptibility (Morph of Weakness to Elements | Skill line: Destruction Staff) - Used for debuff and DoT pressure.

Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill line: Assault) - Great self healing that doesn't require a resto staff thus back bar Frost or Sword and Shield mitigation.

Resistant Flesh (Morph of Render Flesh | Skill line: Living Death) - powerful burst heal for yourself and the group.

Temporal Guard (Morph of Undo | Skill line: Psijic Order) - My back bar go to for escape plays and damage mitigation for slotting. Use Ravenous Goliath as well.

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Rotation

Combo

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Gear

Single Target

This is what I currently use more solo single target

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Maarselok	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	light	Maarselok	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Mara's Balm	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Mara's Balm	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	heavy	Mara's Balm	Sturdy	Magicka
Boots	light	Druid's	Sturdy	Magicka
Belt	light	Trainee	Sturdy	Magicka
Weapon One	Fire Staff	Perfected Destructive Impact	Sharpened	Poisons
Weapon Two	Frost Staff	Perfected Wrath of Elements	Powered	Spell damage
Necklace		Sea-Serpent's Coil	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Mara's Balm	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Mara's Balm	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage

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Perfected Wrath of Elements: obtained in Veteran Vateshran Hollows.

• WHY? absolutely god tier damage with destruction staff Elemental Susceptibility skill and Maarselok monster. drop a skill on back bar for elemental susceptibility

FLEX OPTIONS Arena Weapons

If you don’t want to run arena weapons, run a defensive on the back bar, not on at all times, and switch to another 5pc damage set only on the front bar.

1. Plaguebreak = AoE kills
2. Witch Knights Defiance = great pure weapon damage option
3. Syvarra’s Scales = Alternative proc set for Plaguebreak.
4. Gryphon’s Ferocity = great counter to Sea-Serpent’s snare
5. Stuhn’s Favor = great alternative if using off balance via whip or two handed Dizzying Swing
6. Order’s Wrath = good craftable option

Armor of the Trainee: obtained in overland starter areas or trader.

• WHY? 1pc only used for little more stats.

Druid’s Braid: craftable high isle gives 1pc bonus just smaller.

• WHY? 1pc only used for little more stats.

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BOMBER STYLE

I no longer use this setup because its tough on pure magicka, but leaving this here for reference.

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Balorgh	Divines	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Balorgh	Divines	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Trainee	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	light	Vicious Death	Divines	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Vicious Death	Divines	Magicka
Boots	light	Vicious Death	Divines	Magicka
Belt	light	Dark Convergence	Divines	Magicka
Weapon One	Lighting Staff	Vicious Death	Sharpened	Shock
Weapon Two	Frost Staff	Dark Convergence	Powered	Spell damage
Necklace		Sea-Serpent's Coil	Harmony	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Dark Convergence	Harmony	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Dark Convergence	Harmony	Spell Damage

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Balorgh: obtained in dungeon March of Sacrifices and shoulder bought from vendor.

• WHY? this gives us the most bang for the buck and you can save up 500 ultimate for a total nuclear DB.

Dark Convergence: obtained via rewards of the worthy from earning alliance points in Cyro or Battlegrounds.

• WHY? as of this writing, maybe the most overturned five piece gear set in ESO history.  This can single handedly wipe massive groups especially with a necro.  Flex Mechanical Acuity if it gets nerfed or War Maiden in no proc.

Vicious Death: obtained via Cyrodiil, home base elite gear vendor or guild traders.

• Why? The best group bursting set in the game to pair with Dark Convergence.

Sea-Serpent’s Coil: Obtained through Mythic System click here for lead locations.

• WHY? essentially two five piece damage sets in one, with nearly zero draw backs.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Markyn Ring of Majesty = great all around defensive and offensive mythic
2. Torc of Tonal Constancy = Sustain
3. Gaze of Sithis = survivability thought changes up setup
4. Death Dealer’s Fete = max stats which equates good damage and survivability

Armor of the Trainee: obtained in overland starter areas or trader.

• WHY? Each piece gives max stats

FLEX OPTION

• Druid’s Braid = craftable high isle gives 1pc bonus just smaller

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No Proc PvP Cyrodiil and Imperial City

Meant for specific rule sets

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Magma Incarnate	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Domihaus	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Mark of the Pariah	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Mark of the Pariah	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Spinner's Garments	Impenetrable	Magicka
Boots	light	Spinner's Garments	Impenetrable	Magicka
Belt	light	Spinner's Garments	Impenetrable	Magicka
Weapon One	Lighting Staff	Spinner's Garments	Sharpened	Shock
Weapon Two	Frost Staff	Blessing of the Potentates	Powered	Spell Damage
Necklace		Mark of the Pariah	Harmony	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Mark of the Pariah	Harmony	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Mark of the Pariah	Harmony	Spell Damage

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Magma Incarnate: Monster Set – helmet obtained from Veteran Dread Cellar dungeon (Blackwood zone), Waking Flame DLC. Shoulders obtained from Vendor: Urgarlag Chief-bane (Undaunted Pledge Master )

• WHY? great sustain for a one-piece item set.

Domihaus: Monster Set – helmet obtained from Veteran Falkreath Hold dungeon (Craglorn zone), Horns of the Reach DLC. Shoulders obtained from Vendor: Urgarlag Chief-bane (Undaunted Pledge Master )

• WHY? extra resource pool

Mark of the Pariah: obtained from Wrothgar overland, Orsinium DLC or bought from traders.

• WHY? most tankiness from a 5pc in no proc PvP

Spinner’s Garments: obtained in Malabal Tor overland or bought from traders.

• WHY? Huge damage increase for no proc PvP.

Blessing of Potentates: obtained in Cyrodiil Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor or bought from traders.

• WHY? great damage reduction two-piece.

FLEX: If you need sustain

Torc or Tonal Constancy: obtained from Mythics system

• WHY? the best value for resource sustain and works in no proc.

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Passives

Class Passives

Weapon Passives

Armor Passives

Guild Passives

Alliance Passives

World Passives

Make sure to focus on maxing out the following passives skills as they add performance to your character

• • Class passives
  • Weapon passives
  • Armor passives
  • Fighter’s Guild (optional)
  • Mage’s Guild (optional)
  • Undaunted (must have)
  • Psijic Guild (optional)
  • Crafting Alchemy (Medicinal Use for potion duration)
  • Race
  • Assault Alliance passives
  • Alliance Support passives
  • Vampire (if using)
  • Werewolf (if using)

Races

Dark Elf

A great option if you want to switch between magic and stamina builds. Good high damage though lacks sustain passives.

• Ashlander
• Dynamic
• Resist Flame
• Ruination

High Elf

Best overall in terms of damage though lacks sustain passives.

• Highborn
• Spell Recharge
• Syrabane's Boon
• Elemental Talent

Breton

Great for magicka sustain and max magica. Bretons' have good spell resistance, defensive passives, valuable in PvP

• Opportunist
• Gift of Magnus
• Spell of Attunement
• Magicka Mastery

Attributes

Mundus Stone

Atronach - Good options if you struggle with resources. Increases Magicka recovery by 310. With 7 Divines armor pieces: Increases Magicka recovery by 507

Champion Points

Warfare

Occult Overload (Slottable) - 50
Whenever you kill an enemy under the effect of a status effect, they violently explode for 2560 Oblivion Damage per stage to all other enemies in a 4 meter radius.

Ironclad (Slottable) - 50
Reduces your damage taken by direct damage attacks by 3% per stage.

Duelist's Rebuff (Slottable) - 50
Reduces your damage taken by single target attacks by 3% per stage.

Master-at-Arms (Slottable) - 50
Increases your damage done with direct damage attacks by 3% per stage.

Flex Spot(s): If you can afford, take these passives as they add power without a slottable: Tumbling (30), Mystic Tenacity (10), Hero’s Vigor (20), Shield Master (10), Defiance (20), Hasty (16), Tireless Guardian (20), Fortification (30), Sprinter (20), Nimble Protector (6), Savage Defense (30), Bashing Brutality (20), & Piercing Gaze (30)

Fitness

Celerity (Slottable) - 50
Increases your Movement Speed by 2% per stage.

Fortified (Slottable) - 50
Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

Pain's Refuge (Slottable) - 50
Reduces your damage taken by 1% per negative effect active on you, up to a maximum of 20%.

Bracing Anchor (Slottable) - 50
While in combat, increase the amount of damage you can block by 4% per stage, but reduces your Movement Speed by 16% at all stages.

Flex Spot(s): If you can afford, take these passives as they add power without a slottable: Precision (20), Piercing (20), Eldritch Insight (20), Flawless Ritual (40), War Mage (30), Quick Recovery (20), Preparation (20), Elemental Aegis (20), Hardy (20), Blessed (20), Tireless Discipline (20), Battle Mastery (40), & Mighty (30)

Crafting

War Mount (Slottable) - 50
Improves your mastery with mounts, removing all mount Stamina costs outside of combat.

Gifted Rider (Passives) - 30
Increases your Mount Speed by 2% per stage.

Liquid Efficiency (Slottable) - 75
Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

Steed's Blessing (Slottable) - 50
Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by .4% per stage.

Flex Spot(s): If you can afford, take these passives as they add power without a slottable: Breakfall (50), Wanderer (75), Steadfast Enchantment (50), Fortune’s Favor (40), Gilded Fingers (50), & Inspiration Boost (45)

Consumables

Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch

Type: Foods

GREAT RECOVERY(A great option if you can afford it): Increase Max Health by 4312, Health Recovery by 406 and Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 369 (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Red Meat (1), Tomato (1), White Cap (1), Frost Mirriam (1), Perfect Roe (1)

Jewels of Misrule

Type: Foods

CHEAP: Increase Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 357 and Max Health by 3927 for 2 hours. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Rose (1), Mint (1), Lotus(1), Columbine (1), Bervez Juice (1)

Tri-Restoration Potion or Essence of Health (tri-stat)

Type: Potions

Restore 7329 Health, 6618 Magicka, and 6618 Stamina immediately. Grants Major Fortitude, Major Intellect, and Major Endurance which increase your Health Recovery, Magicka Recovery, and Stamina Recovery by 20% for 31.7 seconds. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Bugloss, Columbine, Mountain Flower

Escapist's Poison IX

Type: Poisons

Immobilizes your target and grants you unstoppable, rendering you immune to control effects for 1.6 seconds. This poison will also break you free of ongoing control effects. Inflects hindrance to your target and grants you major expedition, reducing their movement speed by 40% and increasing your movement speed by 30% for 2.3 seconds. Drains stamina from your target, increasing the cost of their stamina abilities by 10% and restores 238 stamina per second to you for 2.3 seconds. (10s cooldown). Ingredients: Columbine, Namira’s Rot, Wormwood

Wrap Up

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