ESO Magicka Templar 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 Templar PVP Build

The ESO Magicka Templar PvP Build is ideal for players looking to for maximum survivability with high burst potential.  Magplar PvP is a great place to start because it’s simple and yet effective with your main spammable damage ability that also heals you.  Now the way ESO scales abilities and procs with spell damage, you have great survivability and burst. I’ve taken this thing into high MMR Battlegrounds, outnumbered Cyrodiil and Imperial City and it works well solo or grouped.  If you’re looking for a group DPS build click HERE, one bar builds HERE or a PvP build HERE.  Also, consider watching me on Twitch where you can ask me questions about my current builds.

Last Updated March 16, 2023 for ESO Update 37, Scribes of Fate.  The Templar has seen massive changes, particularly to the melee-aggressive playstyle.  Now the Templar excels at ranged and using beam as their best skill.  So expect the bars, skills, and gear to look radically different for a reason.  Jabs/Sweeps is no longer that effective.  I changed the skills/gear to be ultra tanky and have high burst damage with the range using staff.

Pros	Cons
Great Execute	Lacks Mobility
Incredibly Survivable	Force into Range
Good Utility
Beginner Friendly

 

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.

• Fire staff - range and most single target damage and pairs well with elemental users.
• Frost Staff - great option if using ranged build with Master's Frost staff.
• 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.
• Two-handed has the best passives for burst.
• Lightning Staff: provides easy fully charged heavy attacks for resource sustain and 10% AoE damage when channeling.

 

Aurora Javelin (Morph of Piercing Javelin | Skill line: Aedric Spear) - Used as a knockdown at range to drop block and nuke a target.

Power Of The Light (Morph of Backlash | Skill line: Dawns Wrath) - burst damage, procs minor spell damage bonus and reduces armor. This is your killing tool as it soaks up damage like a balloon. After 6 seconds, a percentage of the amount of damage you've done is released for huge burst. The trick to killing players is to fill up the damage, stun and beam.

Radiant Glory (Morph of Radiant Destruction | Skill line: Dawns Wrath) - Best single target execute for PvP, to be used around 40% health or lower. Make sure you're in back and not interrupted.

Dark Flare (Morph of Solar Flare | Skill line: Dawns Wrath) - A hard-hitting range spammable that will lead into your combo meteor, javilin beam.

Living Dark (Morph of Eclipse | Skill line: Dawns Wrath) - Incredible healing per second even after High Isle nerf and much less resources intensive to maintain.

Shooting Star (Morph of Meteor | Skill line: Mages Guild) - Ranged bursty ultimate combined with Javelin to stun/drop block for massive nuke.

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Back Bar: Sword and Shield

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

• 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.
• 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.

 

Channeled Focus (Morph of Rune Focus | Skill line: Restoring Light) - This skill will give you resource sustain and your armor buff. You’ll also get nice healing standing in the small rune IF you have a high health pool. I’d recommend newer players or folks unfamiliar with PvP to run max HP due to this ability and Living Dark scaling off max health.

Degeneration (Morph of Entropy | Skill line: Mages Guild) - Use this for your major sorcery buff and rely on Mara's Balm gear set for cleansing. Consider this your flex spot, just use spell damage/critical potions if your resources are good.

Elusive Mist (Morph of Mist Form | Skill line: Vampire) - You have two choices for mobility skills Race Against Time vs Elusive Mist in Stage 3 Vampire. Mist provides the greatest survivability combined with the Undeath passive HOWEVER, you'll have to manage your resources more effectively. I currently prefer the benefits of a stage three vampire, but swap to RAT if you don't like it.

Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill line: Assault) - Good burst heal and it gives minor armor buff to be combined with major.

Honor The Dead (Morph of Rushed Ceremony | Skill line: Restoring Light) - Great burst heal that gives a bit of sustain back. The trick is to not relay on this ability unless you are very low. You’ll want heals from your rune, bubble, and ritual to do the majority of the work as this gets costly especially in no CP situations.

Spell Wall (Morph of Shield Wall | Skill line: One Hand And Shield) - God mode damage reduction and reflect at range. Swap in whatever defensive ultimate here.

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Rotation

Burst Damage

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Gear

Optimal

This is my go-to playing high MMR battlegrounds, outnumbered PvP and Imperial City Sewers.

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy		Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium		Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Mara's Balm	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Armor of the Trainee	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Boots	light	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Belt	light	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Weapon One	Fire Staff	War Maiden	Sharpened	Escapist's Poison IX
Weapon Two	Sword	Mara's Balm	Powered	Spell Damage
Secondary	Shield	Mara's Balm	Sturdy	Health
Necklace		Sea-Serpent's Coil	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 1		Mara's Balm	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Mara's Balm	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage

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Engine Guardian: obtained in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II dungeon.  Used to counter the weak resource sustain of the magplar.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Balorgh = incredible burst if you don’t struggle with resources.
2. Ozezan the Inferno = is an update 37-monster set that is great paired with heals over time.
3. Roksa the Warped = Update 37 monster helm that gives great resource sustain without Engine Guardian droid.
4. Zaan = is truly god-tier dueling or single-target killer monster helm.

Sea-Serpent’s Coil: Obtained through Mythic System click here for lead locations.  Used because it’s essentially two five-piece damage sets in one, with nearly zero drawbacks if using Vampire Mist Form.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Markyn Ring of Majesty = great all-around defensive and offensive mythic
2. Torc of Tonal Constancy = is a resource sustain mythic.
3. Death Dealer’s Fete = max stats which equates to good damage and
4. The Master’s Ice Staff = drop the mythic and use Master’s Ice Staff on the front bar and complete the 5pc Order’s Wrath.

Mara’s Balm: Rewards for the Worthy, Lost Depths DLC.  The best defensive set in the game and on at all times gives you crazy survivability.

FLEX OPTIONS Back Bar

1. Rallying Cry = a great offensive and defensive set, though it comes in light armor.
2. Robes of the Hist = Similar to mara’s but less relevant now.
3. Wretched Vitality = great resource sustain set if you struggle.
4. Powerful Assault = great set to add damage to you and your group and the buff stacks with Rallying Cry.

War Maiden: obtained from overland Morrow Vvardenfell or sold on Guild Traders.  Great for raw damage on magicka abilities which is most of ours on the front bar.

FLEX OPTIONS Front Bar

1. Order’s Wrath = craftable set that gives great damage overall and is easy to obtain.
2. Soulshine = good spell damage if using dark flare/beam frequently to proc it.
3. Deadly Strikes = great increase damage to channels like beam or dark flare

Armor of the Trainee: obtained in overland starter areas or guild trader.  Added stats with a one-piece item set.

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No-Proc No CP

This setup is made for Cyrodiil Campaigns or IC that doesn't allow proc sets.

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Magma Incarnate	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Mark of Pariah	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Mark of Pariah	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Mark of Pariah	Well-fitted	Magicka
Boots	light	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Belt	light	War Maiden	Well-fitted	Magicka
Weapon One	Fire Staff	War Maiden	Sharpened	Poison
Weapon Two	Sword	Blessing of the Potentates	Powered	Spell Damage
Secondary	Shield	Blessing of the Potentates
Necklace		Torc of Tonal Constancy	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Mark of Pariah	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Mark of Pariah	Infused	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.
• Mark of the Pariah: obtained from Wrothgar overland, Orsinium DLC or bought from traders. WHY? most tankiness from a 5pc in no proc PvP
• War Maiden: obtained in overland Morrowind zone or bought from traders. WHY? great damage that applies to nearly all damage abilities. Flex in Deadly if you want to do just Jabs.
• Blessing of Potentates: obtained in Cyrodiil Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor or bought from traders. WHY? great damage reduction two-piece
• Torc or Tonal Constancy: obtained from Mythics system with incredible resource sustain.

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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

High Elf

Best overall in terms of damage, survivability and sustain. Reason being, you have a unique passive giving 5% damage reduction on channel abilities which is KEY for Magplar.

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

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

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

Apprentice - Great all-around Mundus that adds damage and most healing abilities. Bonus: Increases Spell Damage by 238. With 7 Divines armor pieces: Increases Spell Damage by 389

Champion Points

Warfare

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

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

Focused Mending (Slottable) - 50
Increases your Healing Done with single target heals by 2% 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

Survival Instincts (Slottable) - 50
While afflicted with a Status Effect, your core combat skills cost 5% less per stage.

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

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

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

Gifted Rider (Passives) - 100
Increases your Mount Speed by 2% per stage.

War Mount (Slottable) - 120
Improves your mastery with mounts, removing all mount Stamina costs outside of combat.

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)

Clockwork Citrus Filet

Type: Foods

EXPENSIVE, MAGICA & HEALTH BOOST: Increase Max Health by 3724, Health Recovery by 351, Max Magicka by 3458 and Magicka Recovery by 319 for 2 hours. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Red Meat (1), Lemon (1), Frost Mirriam (1), Perfect Roe (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

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