ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE

This guide explains how to use the best Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Solo Warden Stamina PvE Build, skills, gear, champion points, and more!

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

Why Should You Play ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE?

The Stamina Warden solo build hits incredibly hard and only got better with the introduction of Scribing. Because this build focuses on stacking bleed damage to pump the Hemorrhage status effect, you have a lot more room to get creative with your build, as you can use bleed damage as a modifier on many scribing skills.

This version is much more robust with a two-handed maelstrom greatsword on your back bar, but it can easily be tweaked to a more traditional stamina build and potentially feel even stronger.

Warden Class Pros

• Great Class Buffs: Wardens have always been great at solo mechanics in group content because they source most of their buffs through their kit.
• Minor Brittle: Minor Brittle hits hard and provides extra critical damage, which many other classes find difficult to access.
• AOE Major and Minor Breach: Penetration is very easy to source on the Warden due to Deep Fissure.

Warden Class Cons

• Lower Raw Damage: The Warden’s damage is mainly caused by DoTs and status effects, which can sometimes feel like less damage.
• Sustain Difficulties: The Warden has great buffs and damage, but sustain takes more active management than other classes.
• Double Slotted Ultimate: Wild Guardian is still the best ultimate choice for damage, but it doesn’t allow you to slot a utility ultimate because it requires a double bar.

ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE Playstyle

As mentioned, your bleed damage is a huge percentage of your total damage. That’s why we’re rocking the set Blooddrinker, so you want to make sure your bleed damage is constantly on your target. You also want to proc Deep Fissure on every mob you’re attacking, as this is your main source of penetration in this build. Deep Fissure is one of the reasons why Wardens are often a little more difficult in content. It procs twice, once after 3 seconds and again after another 6 seconds. Because of this second proc, you want to make sure you don’t recast this skill early. This also means you get to pre-cast Deep Fissure before engaging your target.

These skills are the most consistent casts in the build, the rest of the skills are Damage Over Time (DoTs). DoTs are great for extended fights because in one global cooldown, you do more damage over the duration of the DoT than you would have with a single spammable cast. That means you’re going to want to get your DoTs up on a high-health target, then reapply them only when they’re expiring and fill the gaps with more spammables.

This build also uses an execute on the 2h backbar, Executioner, which you’ll want to start using as your spammable below roughly 15% health on a boss. 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.

Survival

Luckily, the main spammable ability on this build does heal you. Wardens also gain healing through the passive Bond with Nature, allowing you to heal any time an animal companion ability expires.

If you run out of resources, you can do a heavy attack and return to your rotation. Both weapons in this build return stamina on a heavy attack, and Wardens constantly keep off-balance on their target, giving you a chance to return double the usual amount of stamina if your target is off-balance. As usual, making sure you’re keeping your food and potions on will significantly increase your damage, survivability, and resource sustain.

ESO Solo Warden Stamina PvE Build Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the PvE Solo Warden Stamina in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Warden
• Weapon One – Dual Wield
• Weapon Two – Two-Handed
• Armor Types – 6 Medium, 1 Light
• Mythic – Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet
• Race – Dark Elf
• Attributes – 64 Stamina
• Mundus Stone – Thief
• Best Grimoires – Ulfsild’s Contingency, Traveling Knife, Torchbearer

Skills

Front Bar (Dual Wield)

Front Bar Weapon choice options:

1. Dual Wield
2. Two Handed
3. Bow

Bloodthirst (Morph of Flurry | Skill Line : Dual Wield) – Single target spammable that heals you for a percentage of the damage caused.

Deep Fissure (Morph of Scorch | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – Massive damage single target and aoe, keep up at all times and magicka morph for better sustain.

Cutting Dive (Morph of Dive | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – Stamina morph now causes additional DoT Bleed damage. Also causes Off Balance if you are more than 7 meters away from target.

Fetcher Infection (Morph of Swarm | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – 10 second damage over time that grants minor vulnerability. This skills is great to place on one or more target due to the debuff and damage over time. In combination with fissure, you’ll lower resistance and increase damage for your group just by maintaining these two abilities.

Bird of Prey (Morph of Falcon’s Swiftness | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – Passively get minor berserk or 5% more damage for having on our main bar

Wild Guardian (Morph of Feral Guardian | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – Strong single target ultimate that fights at your side

Back Bar 2H (Greatsword)

Back Bar Weapon choice options:

1. Two-handed
2. Dual Wield
3. Bow

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

Carve (Morph of Cleave | Skill Line : Two Handed) – AoE damage that gives shield and nice DoT

Lotus Blossom (Morph of Lotus Flower | Skill Line : Green Balance) – Light and Heavy attacks restore health. Also gain Major Prophecy and Savagery while active.

Bull Netch (Morph of Betty Netch | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – Stamina sustain tool, free cost, major weapon damage buff and can be recast repeatedly to remove negative effects

Ice Fortress (Morph of Frost Cloak | Skill Line : Winter’s Embrace) – Grants Major Resolve and Minor Protection for 30 seconds.

Wild Guardian (Morph of Feral Guardian | Skill Line : Animal Companions) – double bar so it doesn’t turn off with bar swap

Scribing Skills & Grimoires

Ulfsild’s Contingency, Traveling Knife, and Torchbearer are the best Grimoires (skills) for a solo stamina warden PvE build.  Contingency grants powerful area-based damage and buffs. Traveling Knife gives you a ranged bleed attack that does damage on the return, which is very strong in this build. Torchbearer also gives you a good spammable when in melee range or if your class is single-target heavy. You can also use the Bow Vault skill as an immobilization or mobility tool. Below are the suggested combination of Grimoires, focus, signature, and affix scripts:

• Ulfsild’s Contingency (Mage Guild) – Flame Damage (focus script), Class Mastery (signature script), Vulnerability (Affix Script)
• Traveling Knife – Bleed (focus script), Lingering Torment (signature script), Berserk (Affix Script)
• Torchbearer (Fighters Guild) – Flame Damage (focus script), Class Mastery (signature script), Breach (Affix Script)

The Scribing System utilizes one of 11 new skills from the Gold Road Chapter called Grimoires.  With Grimoires, you can customize spells via Scripts.  The scribing feature requires the purchase of the Gold Road Chapter (sponsored link).  To learn more about scribing, check out our full guide here.

Passives Skills

Below are the lines of the passive skill that adds power without requiring a skill slot while playing the ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE. Consider taking all the skill passives in the skill tree listed below:

• ‎Winter’s Embrace (class skill line)
• ‎Animal Companions (class skill line)
• ‎Green Balance (class skill line)
• Dual Wield (weapon skill line)
• Two-Handed (weapon skill line)
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor
• Undaunted
• Fighter’s Guild
• Mage’s Guild
• Racial
• Alliance War Support
• Alliance War Assault
• Crafting, Alchemy Medicinal Use

Gear – Best in Slot

The gear chart below represents the best gear for ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE:

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	Medium	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Light	Valkyn Skoria	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Medium	Blooddrinker	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Medium	Blooddrinker	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	Medium	Blooddrinker	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Medium	Blooddrinker	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Medium	Blooddrinker	Divines	Stamina
Weapon One	Dagger	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Charged	Fire
Secondary	Dagger	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Charged	Poison
Weapon Two	2H Greatsword	Perfected Merciless Charge	Infused	Weapon Damage
Necklace	Mythic	Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage
Ring 1		Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage
Ring 2		Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage

Monster Helms and Mythic

Valkyn Skoria: obtained in City of Ash II veteran. Gives a powerful one-piece bonus for penetration. Alternative: Slimecraw.

Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet: Mythic obtained by collecting five pieces. This gives you Minor Force as well as penetration and a huge bonus to your damage.

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

• Stormfist – always works, easy to obtain and  AoE DPS set.
• Balorgh – is incredible for boss burns in Veteran Maelstrom Arena saving up ultimate for 500 burns.
• Kra’gh – one piece is great for a pen, two-piece does good single-target damage
• Iceheart – is great for survivability.
• Perfected Maelstrom Inferno Staff – must change out Stampede for Unstable Blockade.
• Perfected Thunderous Volley – good alternative to play at range with back bar. Swap out Unstable Blockade for Endless Hail bow skill.
• Agility – Base game set that gives you extra damage.
• Ring of the Pale Order – Great healing for solo play.
• Mora’s Whisper = set and forget high critical mythic but requires a collection of Mages Guild books.
• Death Dealer’s Fete = high max stats and requires no effect but in combat.

Gear Sets

Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment: Drops in Veteran Rockgrove trial, Blackwood chapter. Insane damage if you can reliably pick up the essence/soul (blue orb) left behind.

Blooddrinker: Dungeon set found in Bloodroot Forge, Horns of the Reach DLC. Increases your Bleed damaging attacks by 20%.

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

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Pillar of Nirn: This is obtained in the Falkreath Hold dungeon. It is one of the hardest-hitting, easiest-proc sets in the game.
2. Briarheart = Overland can be bought from traders great option for healing and weapon damage boost
3. Order’s Wrath = Best overall crafting damage option
4. Mechanical Acuity = the highest burst combined with Balorgh for VMA boss nukes
5. Spriggan’s Thorns =  Base game and decent penetration on front perfect for beginner offensive set
6. Vicious Serpent: obtained in trials Hel Ra Citadel, Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia. Best sustain set for stamina along with movement speed.
7. Perfected Coral Riptide = god tier damage if you run low stamina (dodge roll a bit before pull)
8. Order’s Wrath = Best overall crafting damage option
9. Hunding’s Rage = Crafted base game decent all around

Gear – 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	Daggers	Agility	Precise	Flame
Secondary	Daggers	Agility	Charged	Poison
Weapon Two	2H	Agility	Infused	Weapon Damage
Necklace		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 2		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage

• Briarheart: found in Orsinium or sold on traders, useful for healing bonus and weapon damage.
• Spriggan’s Thorns: Adds penetration base game set dropping in Bangkorai.
• Agility: Adds max stamina base game from Dungeon Finder.

Race

The best racial choice for the Stamina Warden 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. Orc: Gain weapon damage and max stamina, though there is no magicka bonus.
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 is 64 stamina, which increases damage, healing, and DoTs.

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 – ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Fighting Finesse	Bloody Renewal
Rationer	Deadly Aim	Boundless Vitality
Treasure Hunter	Master-at-Arms	Rejuvenation
Liquid Efficiency	Reaving Blows	Fortified

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 Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE:

1. Precision 10
2. Reaving Blows (slottable) 50
3. Fighting Finesse (slottable) 50
4. Extended Might – sub constellation – piercing 10
5. Biting Aura (slottable) 50
6. Master – at- Arms (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 Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE:

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 Vigor 10
7. Bloody Renewal (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 228 CP (684 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

1. Hero’s Vigor 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 542 cp spent and 1,626 total spent.

Craft Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Craft Champion Point selections for the ESO Solo Warden Stamina Build for PvE:

1. Steed’s blessing (slottable) – 50
2. Breakfall 10 
3. Wanderer 15
4. Steadfast 10
5. Treasure hunter 50 (slottable)
6. rationer (slottable) 30
7. liquid efficiency (slottable) 75

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 240CP (720 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 50
5. Friends in low places 25
6. Out of sight 30
7. Fleet of Phantom 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 723 cp spent 2,169 total spent.

Consumables

The best consumables for the solo Stamian Warden PvE build are Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables food and Heroism potions. Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables gives the most damage possible, though Artaeum Takeaway Broth is good for resource sustain if you struggle. A third balanced option for more hybrid resource pools is Bewitched Sugar Skulls. The best potion if you have weapon critical and weapon power buff is Heriosm (the essence of magicka). Another option is Weapon Power potions if you lack the buffs or tri-stat Essence of Health. Below are our recommended food and potion choices:

• Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables (best damage no sustain) – Increase health and stamina. Crafted with Provisioning ingredients Small Game, Greens, and Seasoning.
  • Artaeum Takeaway Broth – increase max health, health recovery, max stamina, and stamina recovery. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients Fish, Melon, Torchbug Thorax, and Powdered Mother of Pearl.
  • Dubious Camoran Throne (cheap sustain) – increases stamina recovery, max stamina, and max health. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients of White Meat, Beetle Scuttle, Insect Parts, and Guts.
  • Bewitched Sugar Skulls (tri-max stats) – increases max health, stamina, magicka, and health recovery. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients of Scrib Jelly, Flour, Columbine, Bervez Juice, and Honey.
• Heroism Potion – Restores stamina and magicka and grants minor heroism for a time. Crafted with Alchemy from ingredients of Columbine, Dragon’s Blood, and Dragon Rheum.
  • Essence of Weapon Power – grants major brutality, major savagery, and stamina recovery. Crafted with alchemy from ingredients such as Blessed Thistle, Stinkhorn, and Water Hyacinth (other combinations).
  • Tri-Pots – grants immediate health, stamina and magicka, along with tri-recovery. Crafted with Alchemy from ingredients of Bugloss, Columbine, and Mountain Flower.

Build Summary – ESO Solo Warden Stamina PvE Build

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