ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Build

This guide explains how to use the best Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Magicka Arcanist PvE build, skills, gear, champion points, and more!

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

Why Should You Play ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Build?

The ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Build is for players who are looking to complete solo and group content with a new class. This build has ranged abilities and, as a result, is extremely survival. Arcanist’s Crux system makes a unique playstyle with three well-equipped skill trees and complete tools for good damage, healing, and survivability. This build solves all of Arcanist’s class’s issues with other builds. It can be harder to manage for beginners than classic Heavy Attack builds. But, creating a heavy attack Arcanist build is impossible, so this is the next best thing.

In ESO, the One Bar Arcanist is perfect for everyone looking for a unique playstyle with a complete set of tools for solo PvE gameplay. If powerful tomes of Hermaeus Mora, with a unique game playstyle, this is the build for you!

ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Arcanist
• Weapon – Lightning Staff
• Armor Types: 1 Light, 6 Medium
• Race: Dark Elf
• Set 1: Deadly Strike
• Set 2: Perfected Ansuul’s Torment
• Mythic: Oakensoul ring
• Attributes: 64 Magicka
• Mundus Stone: Thief

ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Build Playstyle

Use the following rotation as the starter point. After, apply your buffs and cast the DoT skills on cooldown for the best, highest DPS. In total, the Damage over Time skills (DoTs) do more damage than your main spammable. Thus, they need to be cast less often and are easier to maintain, for example, the Barb Trap from Fighters Guild. Maintain DoTs and use your spammable skill as filler until you need to reapply the DoTS.

As an Arcanist, you’ll need to generate and consume Cruxes to enhance your stats constantly, so keep close attention to it. The Cephaliarch’s Flail skill is your main spammable, range and crux builder. Nextly you’ll be beaming with Pragmatic Fatecarver and its 4.5-second channel. Your goal is to build up 3x Crux with Flail, and beam.

Survivability

If you run out of resources, do a heavy attack and return to your rotation. Remember that a heavy attack on off-balance enemies will return double the resources. Additionally, if you are a beginner or struggle with sustain, you can flex in the Consuming Trap skill instead of a DoT skill. The Consuming Trap gives you a flood of both resources when a target dies.

Your main survivability skill is Spiteward of the Lucid Mind when you anticipate damage.  You can also flex in another heal like Resolving Vigor and tri-restoration potion for more survivability.

Skills

Passives Skills – ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist Build

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

• Herald of the Tome (class skill line)
• Apocryphal Soldier (class skill line)
• Curative Runeforms (class skill line)
• Destruction Staff (weapon skill line)
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor
• Undaunted
• Mages Guild
• Racial
• Alliance War Support
• Alliance War Assault
• Crafting, Alchemy Medicinal Use

Gear Setup 1: Optimal with Mythics

This is for the highest damage loadout possible, flex options below if you don’t have this gear

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Deadly Strike	Divine	Magicka
Shoulders	light	Slimecraw	Divine	Magicka
Chest	medium	Perfected Ansuul’s Torment	Divine	Magicka
Legs	medium	Perfected Ansuul’s Torment	Divine	Magicka
Gloves	medium	Perfected Ansuul’s Torment	Divine	Magicka
Boots	medium	Perfected Ansuul’s Torment	Divine	Magicka
Belt	medium	Perfected Ansuul’s Torment	Divine	Magicka
Weapon One	Lighting Staff	Deadly Strike	Precise	Flame
Necklace		Deadly Strike	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Deadly Strike	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage

While this is a magicka build, we use Medium Armor specifically to avoid the penetration cap 18,500 in Veteran content. If you use more than two light armor in group content, you will likely spill over that 18.5k pen cap and have wasted stats. Thus, medium armor with specific gear sets will outperform light generally.

Monster Helms & Mythics

Slimecraw: obtained from Wayrest Sewers 1, a base game dungeon. The best 1pc critical damage bonus piece in the game.  Pen is also a good option, but this is considered best in slot for a one-piece.

Oakensoul: obtained through ESO Mythics/antiquities system.  You need 5 items to be able to create the Mythic item. 5 Leads are here. The best one-bar build for DPS because it gives an insane amount of buffs, freeing up bar spots and making us tankier with zero effort.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Iceheart, Grundwulf, Stone Husk, Zaan – all one piece with critical chance, just not as much as Slimecraw.
• Lady Malygda, Valkyn Skoria – penetration sets which is great solo, not in coordinated groups.
• Pale Order – best heals per second solo in the game.
• Death Dealer’s Fete – high max stats and requires no effect but in combat.
• Markyn Ring of Majesty – set and forget boost to spell damage and armor.
• Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet – powerful damage mythic ideal for two bar builds.

Gear Sets

Deadly Strike: obtained in Bruma Elite Gear Vendor, Cyrodiil zone (base game). This provides the most damage for the Arcanist because both damage abilities are channels.

Perfected Ansuul’s Torment: obtained in Sanity’s Edge, Veteran Trail Set, Necrom DLC. Set and forget set, that directly increases damage

FLEX Five Piece Gear Sets: use these if you don’t have optimal sets.

1. Order’s Wrath = best overall craftable set for high damage.
2. War Maiden = overall with a huge boost to spell damage for our abilities.
3. Soulshine = comes in heavy armor but base game gives good boost to overall damage.
4. Perfected False Gods = Trials set used for insane magicka sustain and mobility.
5. Robes of the Withered Hand = Base game set which gives crazy resource sustain.
6. Mother’s Sorrow = Overland option base game easy to get and has good damage.
7. Law of Julianos = decent craftable option.

Race

The best racial choice for the one bar heavy attack PvE Build is below:

1. Dark Elf: Gain max magicka, stamina, and weapon and spell damage. The flame resistance is also helpful and considered the strongest overall PVE DPS race.
2. High Elf: Gain resource sustain passive, max magicka, and weapon and spell damage. The downside of High Elf is a lack of stamina or flame resistance.
3. Khajiit: This race gets recovery, max stats, and critical damage and healing. Consider the Khajiit a great option if you aren’t over the critical cap of 125%.

Attributes

The best choice for slotting Attribute points is 64 magicka, which increases damage, healing, and shields.

Mundus Stone

The Thief is the best Mundus Stone for PvE Builds because it gives Increases Weapon and Spell Critical Strike a chance.

Champion Points

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 One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist:

1. Precision 10
2. Fighting finesse (slottable) 50
3. Reaving blows (slottable) 50
4. Extended might – sub con – piercing 10
5. Biting aura (slottable) 50
6. thaumaturge (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 10
2. Piercing 10
3. Tireless discipline 20
4. Eldritch insight 20
5. Blessed 20
6. Quick recovery 20
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 One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist:

1. Fortified (slottable) 50
2. Boundless vitality (slottable) 50
3. Rejuvenation (slottable) 50
4. Sprinter 10
5. Winder chaser – sub con – hasty 8
6. Hero’s vigar 10
7. Shield master’s – 10
8. bastion (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 238 CP  (714 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

1. Hero’s vigar 10
2. Tumbling 30
3. Sprinter 10
4. Defiance 20
5. Hasty 8
6. Tireless guardian 20
7. Fortification 30
8. Nimble 6
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 1,656 total spent

Craft Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Craft Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist:

1. Steed’s blessing (slottable) – 50
2. Breakfall 10
3. Wanderer 15
4. Steadfast 10
5. Treasure hunter 50 (slottable)
6. Master gatherer 15
7. Gifted rider (slottable) 100
8. War mount (slottable) 120

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 370CP (1110 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 10
5. Rationer 10
6. Friends in low places 25
7. Out of sight 30
8. Fleet of phantom 40
9. Soul’s reservoir 33
10. Gilded fingers 50
11. Fortunes favor 40
12. Inspiration boost 45
13. Infamous 30

This would max out the crafting tree with all active passive champion points at 823 cp spent 2,469 total spent

Consumables

Build Summary – The ESO One Bar PvE Magicka Arcanist

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