ESO Solo Necromancer Stamina Build for PvE

Table of Contents

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

Last Updated: 2023-03-23

ESO Solo Necromancer Stamina Build for PvE is for players that want to complete solo content with insane damage output. This build shines in both single-target and AOE attacks, and the damage output is insane! For beginners, Necromancers can be challenging compared to other classes because some of their moves depend on corpses on the ground and keeping buffs up, but it is definitely doable!

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Last updated March 23rd, 2023, update 37 and the Scribes of Fate DLC: The ESO Solo Stamina Necromancer  PvE Build is extremely survival. You have the tools to self-sustain and heal yourself. As a result, the build is perfect for playing without a dedicated healer or tank. We adjusted relevant item sets, Pillar of Nirn and Vicious Serpent, along with changing the most effective skills bar and champion points. The build lists a few gear options – for beginner players without access to all sets and/or DLCs and two best in-slot trial options. The setup suggested also assumes you want the most survivability, not damage. Adjust where you see fit or want more damage. Also, make sure to use sets and skills that work better for you and harder end-game content.

 

Solo Stamina Necromancer Playstyle in PvE

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 Degeneration from Mages Guild or the Barb Trap from Fighters Guild. Maintain DoTs and use your spammable skill as filler until you need to reapply the DoTS.

At certain percentages, replace your spammable with your in-class or weapon execute if you have one in this build. Executes are the skills that deal more damage the lower the health of the opponent becomes. Ideally, these are meant to replace your main spammable skill at anywhere between 35% (Radiant Oppression) all the way to 20% (Mages’ Fury). At a high level, execute skills become so strong that the lower the enemy’s health, the fewer DoTs you maintain because it does so much damage.

Use the healing skill when your health drops below 50% or the shield skill when you anticipate damage. Also, always use the suggested food and potions as they significantly increase your damage, survivability, and resource sustain.

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.

 

The Best Stamina Necromancer Build

In ESO, the Stamina Necromancer is perfect for everyone who is looking for a simple-rotation survival class with a complete set of tools for solo PvE gameplay. So if the corpses summoner and following “pros” is what you are looking for, this build is for you!

Pros

• Hard hitting AoE damage
• Good resource sustain
• Group utility ultimate

Cons

• Low mobility
• Complex rotation

Keep reading for all the details about Skills, Rotation, Gear, Passives and Champion points for the build! The Gear section will include options for Beginner, Intermediate, and Optimal set-ups, with plenty of flex options available for those still filling out their sticker books.

 

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Skills

Front Bar - Dual Wield

Front Bar Weapon choice options:

• Dual Wield has best raw damage due to Twin Blade and Blunt along with AoE execute and great DoTs.
• Two Handed = best back bar weapon due to Carve and Stampede 
• Bow = good back bar with Endless Hail skill and range

Stalking Blastbones (Morph of Blasbones | Skill line: Grave Lord) - High damage priority use magicka version does more damage and frees up your sustain

Detonating Siphon (Morph of Shocking Siphon | Skill line: Grave Lord) - uses a corpse for crazy AoE DoT.

Whirling Blades (Morph of Whirlwind | Skill line: Dual Wield) - AoE damage that acts as an execute, dealing more damage to enemies below 50% health. Start using as spammable sub 25% health on mobs.

Barbed Trap (Morph of Trap Beast | Skill line: Fighters Guild) - a trap that immobilizes target, procs minor force buff and does good single target damage. If you want something simpler that doesn't require another dot go with Camo Hunter from Fighter's Guild.

Ruinous Scythe (Morph of Death Scythe | Skill line: Bone Tyrant) - Your main spammable that heals you, don't sit and spam things, focus on blastbones priority.

Flawless Dawnbreaker (Morph of Dawnbreaker | Skill line: Fighters Guild) - Powerful ultimate that deals physical damage over time, and increases your weapon damage for 20 seconds

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Back Bar - Two Handed Sword

Back Bar Weapon choice options:

• Two-handed is preferred due to the arena weapon and two back bar skills.
• Dual Wield has a great back bar weapon via BRP weapons and deadly cloak but isn't preferred.
• Bow has great range

Skeletal Archer (Morph of Skeletal Mage | Skill line: Grave Lord) - Incredible damage over time though flex out for spirit guardian if you struggle with survival and or consuming trap if you struggle with resources.

Carve (Morph of Cleave | Skill line: Two Handed) - AoE hard hitting DoT which gives a decent shield making a great defensive and offensive option.

Stampede (Morph of Critical Charge | Skill line: Two Handed) - Gap closer with hard hitting dot that is amplified by back bar weapon.

Unnerving Boneyard (Morph of Boneyard | Skill line: Grave Lord) - hard-hitting DoT with debuff to armor.

Resolving Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill line: Assault) - Selfish heal that does great survivability. You can swap if you have great healing.

Shooting Star (Morph of Meteor | Skill line: Mages Guild) - One of the best pure damage ultimates in the game and try to use during stationary fights.

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Rotation

Main Rotation

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Gear

Optimal

This is the best option for folks looking to solo arenas and Veteran dungeons

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	light	Slimecraw	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	medium	Vicious Serpent	Divines	Stamina
Chest	medium	Vicious Serpent	Divines	Stamina
Legs	medium	Vicious Serpent	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	medium	Vicious Serpent	Divines	Stamina
Boots	medium	Vicious Serpent	Divines	Stamina
Belt	medium	Pillar of Nirn	Divines	Stamina
Weapon One	Dagger	Pillar of Nirn	Nirn > Precise	Poison
Secondary	Dagger	Pillar of Nirn	Charged	Flame
Weapon Two	2H Sword	Perfected Merciless Charge	Infused	Weapon Damage
Necklace		Pillar of Nirn	Infused > Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Pale Order	Infused > Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 2		Pillar of Nirn	Infused > Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage

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Slimecraw: obtained in Wayrest Sewers I Veteran dungeon and Maj Undaunted Vendor.

• Why? gives us highest 1pc critical chance

FLEX OPTIONS (if you switch to monster setup, drop the ring and replace it with Vicious or flex piece)

1. Zaan – great damage from a proc set considered best damage for melee builds
2. Stormfist – always works, easy to obtain and  AoE DPS set.
3. Balorgh – incredible for boss burns in Veteran Maelstrom Arena saving up ultimate for 500 burn.
4. Kra’gh – one pc is great for pen, two piece does good single target damage

Pillar of Nirn: obtained in Falkreath Hold dungeon.

• WHY? one of the hardest hitting, easiest proc sets in the game.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Briarheart = Overland can be bought from traders great option for healing and weapon damage boost
2. Order’s Wrath = Best overall crafting damage option
3. Spriggan’s Thorns =  Base game and decent penetration on front perfect for beginner offensive set
4. Hexos’ Ward = Overland easy to obtain survivability set
5. Mechanical Acuity = the highest burst combined with Balorgh for VMA boss nukes

Vicious Serpent: obtained in trials Hel Ra Citadel, Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia.

• Why? best sustain set for stamina along with movement speed.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Perfected Coral Riptide = god tier damage if you run low stamina (dodge roll a bit before pull)
2. Perfected Sul-Xan = insane damage if you can reliably pick up the essence/soul (blue orb) left behind
3. Order’s Wrath = Best overall crafting damage option
4. Hunding’s Rage = Crafted base game decent all around
5. Leviathan = easy base game dungeon set with high critical

Perfected Merciless Charge: obtained in Veteran Maelstrom Arena though you can do normal for a lesser version.

• Why? still one of the hardest hitting back bar arena weapons.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Perfected Thunderous Volley Set = great if you prefer range than melee back bar.
2. Perfected Spectral Cloak = must change out blockade for Deadly Cloak, also niche but high damage
3. Agility = extra 2pc set

Ring of the Pale Order: Mythic obtained by collecting five pieces:

• Bangkorai – Aurmine Ancestral Signet – Chests
• Alik’r Desert – Direnni Elegy Loop – Coldrock Diggings Delve Boss
• Wrothgar – Onix Accent Stones – All World Bosses
• Glenumbra – Order-Etched Gallery Rail – Bad Man’s Hallow Trash Monsters
• The Reach – Pale Order’s Golden Band – Nighthollow Keep (Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern start north of map)

Set bonus

• (1 item) Restore 20% of the damage you deal as Health. This value is decreased by 4% per ally you are grouped with. You cannot be healed by anyone but yourself.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Death Dealer’s Fete = high max stats and requires no effect
2. Sea Serpent Coil = best overall damage but could be less survivability but in combat
3. Markyn Ring of Majesty = set and forget boost to spell damage and armor

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Intermediate

Meant for someone who's familiar with the game and wants strongest solo build without mythics or trials gear

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Stormfist	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	medium	Stormfist	Divines	Stamina
Chest	medium	Hunding's Rage	Divines	Stamina
Legs	medium	Hunding's Rage	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	medium	Hunding's Rage	Divines	Stamina
Boots	medium	Hunding's Rage	Divines	Stamina
Belt	medium	Hunding's Rage	Divines	Stamina
Weapon One	Dagger	Briarheart	Nirn > Precise	Poison
Secondary	Dagger	Briarheart	Charged	Flame
Weapon Two	2H Sword	Agility	Infused	Berserker
Necklace		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 2		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage

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Stormfist: obtained in Tempest Island Veteran dungeon and vendor Glirion.

• Why? incredible damage in all aspects of PvE, dungeons and trials.

FLEX OPTIONS (if you switch to monster setup, drop the ring replace with Vicious or flex piece)

• Slimecraw = highest 1pc critical chance
• 2pc Selene = high burst damage
• 2pc Scourge Harvest = good survivability set
• 2pc Stormfist = great aoe and single target damage

Briarheart: obtained in overland Wrothgar or from traders.

• WHY? great burst damage and nice healing and easy to obtain set.

FLEX OPTIONS

• New Moon Acolyte = great craftable set for the front bar
• Hexos’ Ward = easy to obtain survivability set
• Spriggan’s Thorns = easy to obtain penetration set

Hunding’s Rage: craftable 6 traits, crafting stations found in Bangkorai, Reaper’s March, The Rift

• WHY? Craftable set that has well balanced stats.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Leviathan = good dungeon set for high crit chance
• Gryphon’s Ferocity = good damage and speed
• Venomous Smite = easy to obtain proc sustain damage

Agility: found in Imperial City with keys or Dungeon Finder via random dungeons and or traders sell

• WHY? easy to obtain with massive stats as a two-piece set.

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Beginner

This setup is for someone who just started and doesn't have access to Monsters, Mythics, Trials gear

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	medium	Briarheart	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	medium	Briarheart	Divines	Stamina
Chest	medium	Spriggan's Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Legs	medium	Spriggan's Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	medium	Spriggan's Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Boots	medium	Spriggan's Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Belt	medium	Spriggan's Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Weapon One	Dagger	Dagger	Precise	Flame
Secondary	Dagger	Dagger	Charged	Poison
Weapon Two	2H Sword	Agility	Infused	Berserker
Necklace		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 2		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage

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Spriggan’s Thorns obtained in overland bangkori base game

• WHY? adds massive damage because medium armor users lack penetration due to passives.

Progression: work towards a monster helm like Selene’s or Stormfist and replace Agility Weapons with Briarheart or another 5pc.

FLEX OPTIONS

• New Moon Acolyte = great craftable set for the front bar
• Hexos’ Ward = easy to obtain survivability set

Hunding’s Rage: craftable 6 traits, crafting stations found in Bangkorai, Reaper’s March, The Rift

• WHY? Craftable set that has well balanced stats.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Leviathan = good dungeon set for high crit chance
• Gryphon’s Ferocity = good damage and speed
• Venomous Smite = easy to obtain proc sustain damage
• Briarheart = great survivability set

Agility: found in Imperial City with keys or Dungeon Finder via random dungeons and or traders sell

• WHY? easy to obtain with massive stats as a two-piece set.

PROGRESSION

• First, work on replacing Spriggan’s Thorns body pieces with Briarheart which will give great healing and damage.
• Next, replace Agility weapons with Briarheart front bar and Maelstrom back bar. Perfected Merciless Charge is obtained in Veteran Maelstrom Arena and offers an amazing damage increase
• Finally replace Agility weapons for your second 5pc and add  a monster set that offers more damage like Stormfist which is obtained in Tempest Island Veteran dungeon and vendor Glirion.

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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 skill lines
• Medium armor skill lines
• Undaunted
• Fighter’s Guild (optional)
• Mage’s Guild (optional)
• Undaunted (must have)
• Psijic (optional)
• Crafting Alchemy (Medicinal Use for potion duration)
• Race
• Alliance War
• World Vampire if using

Races

Khajiit

Top tier damage for solo play.

• Cutpurse
• Robustness
• Lunar Blessings
• Feline Ambush

Dark Elf

all around great if you want to switch between magicka/stamina build though lacks resources sustain

• Ashlander
• Dynamic
• Resist Flame
• Ruination

Attributes

Mundus Stone

Thief - Bonus: Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333. Good for healing/damage.

Lover - Increases Physical and Spell Penetration by 2744. Best for pure raw damage.

Champion Points

Warfare

Fighting Finesse (Slottable) - 50
Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 4% per stage.

Biting Aura (Passive) - 50
Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 3%

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

Wrathful Strikes (Slottable) - 50
Grants 41 Weapon and Spell Damage to your damaging abilities per stage.

Flex Spot(s): 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)

Fitness

Bloody Renewal (Slottable) - 50
Restore 300 Stamina per stage, whenever you kill an enemy.

Boundless Vitality (Slottable) - 50
Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

Rejuvenation (Slottable) - 50
Grants 1.8 Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery per stage.

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

Flex Spot(s): 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)

Crafting

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

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

Gifted Rider (Passives) - 50
Increases your Mount Speed by 2% per stage.

Treasure Hunter (Slottable) - 50
Increase the quality of items you find in treasure chests.

Flex Spot(s): 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

Artaeum Takeaway Broth

Type: Foods

OVERALL: Increase Max Health by 3326 and Health Recovery by 406 and Max Stamina by 3080 and Stamina Recovery by 338 for 2 hours.

Dubious Camoran Throne

Type: Foods

CHEAP: Increase Stamina Recovery by 319 and Max Stamina and Max Health by 3192 for 2 hours

Lava Foot Soup-And-Saltrice

Type: Foods

DPS Parse: Increase Max Stamina by 4575 and Stamina Recovery by 457 for 2 hours.

Essence of Weapon Power

Type: Potions

Increases weapon damage, grants major savagery increasing weapon critical, restores stamina, and increases stamina recovery. A great option if you want to go full damage.

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