ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build

The guide gives gear, skills, champion points, and consumables for an ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build!

This build has been updated for the Updated 42, the Gold Road Chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online (ESO).

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

Welcome to the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build for The Elder Scrolls Online. The Arcanist PvP build focuses on a long damage-dealing channel Fatecarver. This build will try to keep you alive at range and do massive bursts with Fatecarver’s ability. Keep in mind, you’ll need to aim it alongside keeping yourself healed. If you are looking for information about the Arcanist and everything we know about the class check out our The Elder Scrolls Online: Arcanist Class Guide. For more ESO builds click HERE.  Also, consider watching me on Twitch where you can ask me questions about my current builds.

ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Playstyle

The Arcanist uses abilities to create and consume Cruxes, small triangular glyphs floating around the character (3 max). You will use specific skills to generate Cruxes and additional abilities that consume them, amplifying abilities and triggering important class passives.

Crux consumption could provide more damage, longer duration, cheaper resource cost, and more healing. Additionally, it generates and activates important passives. For example, Crux-consumption can give you more weapon/spell or critical damage. The more you use Cruxes, the better.

The following brief guide explains the combat with the ESO Arcanist class in builds:

1. Use one primary skill as a tank, damage dealer, or healer to generate Crux.
2. Consume that Crux with one or two skills for better damage, healing, and defenses.
3. Start building Crux again to use the other skill for another in-combat advantage.
4. In between combing Crux, maintain your buffs, healing, and damage over time skills.
5. Your build wants to find the sweet spot of constantly generating Crux and consuming it for bonuses.
6. You don’t want your build to have zero Crux or constantly three without a “dump” skill.

ESO Magicka Arcanist PvP Build Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the ESO Magicka Arcanist PvP Build in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Arcanist
• Weapon One – Destructive Staff
• Armor Types: 3 Heavy, 1 Medium, 3 Light
• Mythic: Oakensoul
• Race: Imperial
• Attributes: 32 Magicka, 32 Health
• Mundus Stone: Atronach

Skills

Skill Set 1 Front Bar

Lightning Staff: provides easy fully charged heavy attacks for resource sustain and AoE damage when channeling.

Runeguard of Freedom (Morph of Runic Defense | Skill Line : Soldier of Apocrypha) – This skill is your protection and should be kept up every 20 seconds. When you drop below 50%, you receive a decent burst heal. Combine that with Runemend for survival.

Cephaliarch’s Flail (Morph of Abyssal Impact | Skill Line : Herald of the Tome) – This ability heals, does AoE damage and build’s Crux for us at range. Perfect for our main damage ability Pragmatic Fatecarver. Having three stacks of Crux reduces the cost of Pragmatic Fatecarver so you won’t destroy your resource sustain.

Rune of the Colorless Pool (Morph of Rune of Eldritch Horror | Skill Line : Soldier of Apocrypha) – This abillity is simply one of the best stuns in the game. You want to use this on you primary target just before you launch a three-stack Pragmatic Fatecarver.

Pragmatic Fatecarver (Morph of Fatecarver | Skill Line : Herald of the Tome) – Fatecarver is a long channel that cannot be interrupted while your shield holds. You will need to aim and time this appropriately so don’t “spam” it until the situation is right. Be at the range, with three stacks up and high health pool and aim it at a large crowd for huge damage. You can cancel the animation by dodging or blocking if you are in trouble.

Evolving Runemend (Morph of Runemend | Skill Line : Curative Runeforms) – An in-class heal over time acts as a burst heal. In order to survive you’ll need to combine this with the sub-50 % burst heal from Runeguard of Freedom which can be difficult at times.

Sanctum of the Abyssal Sea (Morph of Gibbering Shield | Skill Line : Soldier of Apocrypha) – The weakness of this build is survival, not damage. Thus, we will use this defensive ultimate when under melee pressure. If you don’t struggle with survivability swap to The Tide King’s Gaze.

Passives Skills

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
• Heavy Armor
• Undaunted
• Alchemy Medicinal
• Race
• Assault Alliance
• Alliance Support
• Vampire (optional stage 3)

Gear 1: With Mythic

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

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Daedric Trickery	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	light	Magma Incarnate	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Daedric Trickery	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Daedric Trickery	Reinforced	Prismatic
Gloves	medium	Deadly Strikes	Well-fitted	Magicka
Boots	light	Daedric Trickery	Well-fitted	Magicka
Belt	light	Daedric Trickery	Well-fitted	Magicka
Weapon One	Lighting Staff	Deadly Strikes	Sharpened	Spell Damage
Necklace		Deadly Strikes	Swift	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Deadly Strikes	Swift	Spell Damage

Monster Helms and Mythic

Magma Incarnate: obtained from Vet Dread Cellar; requires Waking Flame DLC

• Why? Best all-around 1pc monster helm for sustain.

FLEX OPTIONS

• 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 items to be able to create the Mythic item. CLICK HERE FOR LEADS:

• Igneous Inlays Volcanic Vents in the High Isle and Amenos zone (High Isle)
• Larimar Gems Titanclaw boss at Mudcrab Beach (south-west) (Stormhaven)
• Petrified Oak Loop Murkmire Strongboxes (Murkmire zone)
• Sacred Resin Any Mob (Malabal Tor)
• Stone Shank Frame Blacksmithing nodes in Glenumbra (High Isle)

Why? the best one-bar build for DPS and the entire premise behind the build requiring High Isle chapter.

Gear Sets

Deadly Strikes: obtained in Cyrodiil Bruma Elite Gear Vendor.

• Why? massively increases the damage of the two main attacks we are using.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Order’s Wrath = high damage, healing and big crits
• Rallying Cry = great group utility setup
• War Maiden = great damage for pure magicka users
• New Moon = good craftable option.

Daedric Trickery: craftable, Vanderfell zone.

• Why? Generates incredible buffs that stack on top of each other, including Major Heroism which is the best for one-bar builds.

FLEX OPTIONS DEFENSIVE

• Mara’s Balm = great survivability set.
• Wretched Vitality = great recovery/Sustain
• Mark of the Pariah = another good defensive set.
• Buffer of the Swift = awesome damage reduction

Gear 2: Without Mythic

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

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Roksa the Warped	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Roksa the Warped	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Mark of the Pariah	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Mark of the Pariah	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Daedric Trickery	Sturdy	Magicka
Boots	light	Daedric Trickery	Sturdy	Magicka
Belt	light	Daedric Trickery	Sturdy	Magicka
Weapon One	Fire Staff	Daedric Trickery	Sharpened	Drain Health Poison
Necklace		Mark of the Pariah	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 1		Mark of the Pariah	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Mark of the Pariah	Infused	Spell Damage

Monster Helms

Roksa the Warped: obtained from Vet Bal Sunnar; Scribes of Fate DLC

• Why? carries your survivability and resource sustain in a two piece set, without Engine Guardian droid.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Engine Guardian = incredible selfish base game (just you) sustain set
• Scourge Harvester = great self healing
• Chokethorn = great self healing
• Balorgh = burst damage
• Zoal = counter gank
• Magma Incarnate = best all around defensive and offensive 2pc

Gear Sets

Mark of the Pariah: an overland set obtained in Wrothgar; requires Orsinium DLC

• Why? Great defensive set that gives you additional health, armor and resistance

FLEX OPTIONS

• Buffer of Swift = awesome damage reduction
• Grace of Gloom = insane survivability if you have high health

Daedric Trickery: craftable set found in Vvardenfell; requires Morrowind DLC

• Why? Increases all attributes, and grants a RNG buff on damage dealt every 9 seconds

FLEX OPTIONS

• Burning Spellweave = great offensive damage set
• Plaguebreak = best all-around damage 5pc
• New Moon Acolyte = decent craftable option
• Kynmarcher’s Cruelty = massive AoE debuff
• Rallying Cry = great group utility setup

Gear 3: No CP PvP

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

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Magma Incarnate	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Magicka
Boots	light	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Magicka
Belt	light	Willow’s Path	Well-fitted	Magicka
Weapon One	Lightning Staff	Willow’s Path	Sharpened	Spell Damage
Necklace		Willow’s Path	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Willow’s Path	Infused	Spell Damage

Monster Helms and Mythics

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:

• 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: = good damage per one piece and it helps defensives as well.
• Pale Order = solo play survivability
• Wild Hunt = insane speed in an open world

Gear Sets

Willow’s Path: 6 trait craftable set (Bangkorai, Reaper’s March, The Rift Zones) or bought from traders.

• Why? Provides great recovery/sustain and insane with Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch food

FLEX OPTIONS

• Mark of the Pariah = good for armor keep on the body all times
• Buffer of the Swift = awesome damage reduction
• Amber Plasm= recovery/sustain

Order’s Wrath = 3 trait craftable set in High Isle Zone, High Isle DLC or bought from traders.

• Why? none proc set that amps both our damage and healing if running high critical.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Deadly Strike = simple set and forget damage
• New Moon Acolyte = decent craftable option
• Spriggans = great pen for no proc/no cp

Race

The best race choices for the One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist:

1. Dark Elf: Best overall damage and max stats, but weaker resource sustain.
2. Breton: Great for pure resource sustain.

Attributes

Consider splitting your attributes into 32 health and 32 magicka. You want to reach at least 32,000 health inside your PvP context. Adjust if not reaching those numbers.

Mundus Stone

The Atronach is the best Mundus Stone for the One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist because it increases Magicka recovery.

Champion Points – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Focused Mending	Fortified
War Mount	Duelist’s Rebuff	Pain’s Refuge
Gifted Rider	Master-at-Arms	Celerity
Liquid Efficiency	Ironclad	Survival Instincts

Warfare

Below is a step-by-step method for slotting your champion points in the Warfare tree (blue) for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build.  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.

1. Precision 10
2. Fighting Finesse (slottable) 50
3. Extended might – sub constellation – piercing 10
4. Master-at Arms (slottable) 50
5. Mastered Curation – sub constellation – Blessed 10
6. Focused Mending (slottable) 50
7. Eldritch Insight – 10
8. Staving Death sub-constellation – Quick Recovery 10
9. Staving Death sub-constellation – Ironclad (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 250 CP (750 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

1. Precision 10
2. Tireless Discipline 20
3. Eldritch Insight 10
4. Blessed 10
5. Quick Recovery 10
6. Piercing 20
7. Battle Mastery 40
8. Mighty 30
9. Flawless Ritual 40
10. War Mage 30
11. Hardy 20
12. Elemental Aegis 20
13. Preparation 20

This would max out the Warfare tree with all active and passive champion points at 470 spent 1,410 total spent.

Fitness

Below are recommended Fitness Tree Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build:

1. Fortified (slottable) 50
2. Sprinter 10
3. Wind Chase sub-constellation – Hasty  8
4. Wind Chaser sub-constellation – Celerity 50 (slottable)
5. Hero’s Vigor 10
6. Survivor’s Spite sub-constellation – Mystic Tenacity 10
7. Survivor’s Spite sub-constellation – Pain’s Refuge 50 (slottable)
8. Survivor’s Spite sub-constellation – Sustain by Suffering (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. Sprinter 10
2. Hero’s Vigor 10
3. Tumbling 20
4. Defiance 20
5. Hasty 8
6. Tireless Guardian 20
7. Fortification 30
8. Nimble Protector 6
9. Tempered Soul 50
10. Rousing Speed 50
11. Savage Defense 30
12. Bashing Brutality 20

This would max out the fitness tree with all active passive champion points at 512 cp spent 1,536 total spent

Craft

Below are recommended Craft Tree selections for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build:

1. Steed’s Blessing (slottable) – 50
2. Breakfall 10
3. Wanderer 15
4. Steadfast 10
5. Rationer 10
6. Liquid Efficiency (slottable) 75
7. Treasure hunter 50
8. Master gatherer 15
9. Gifted rider (slottable) 100
10. War mount (slottable) 120

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 455CP (1365 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. Friends in low places 25
6. Out of sight 30
7. Fleet of Phatom 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 898 cp spent 2,694 total spent

Consumables – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build

The best consumables for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist build are Bewitch Sugar Skulls food and Essence of Health tri-stat potions. Bewitched Sugar Skulls give a massive boost to overall stats but sacrifices recovery. If you struggle with recovery, use Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch or cheaper Jewels of Misrule. The essence of health or Tri-static potions is the best to passively give you a flood of resources and tri-recovery with alchemy medicinal use. Immovability potions are also helpful. Below is our recommended food and potion choices:

• Bewitched Sugar Skulls: Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours. Ingredients: Scrib Jelly (2), Flour (5), Columbine (2), Bervez Juice (2), Honey (5).
  • Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch (recovery): 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 (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)
• Essence of Health (tri-stat): 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.
  • Essecene of Immovability: Restores health and stamina and is immune to knockback effects. Ingredients Namria’s Rot, Columbine, and Mountain Flower.

Build Summary – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Arcanist Build

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