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Learn how to create a tanky yet devastating PvP Dragonknight build in Elder Scrolls Online using DoTs, sustain passives, and subclassing.
This Dragonknight PvP build is crafted for survivability and sustained pressure, combining powerful damage-over-time effects with strong defenses. Subclassing into Warden and Arcanist adds layered utility, bringing healing, resource sustain, and critical resistance buffs. With a well-timed rotation and the use of Recuperative Treatise, the build can keep opponents under constant pressure while maintaining high uptime on survivability skills.
Elder Scrolls Online: Dragonknight-Arcanist-Warden PvP Build
- Class – Dragonknight
- Weapon One – The Master’s Perfected Mace (Dual Wield)
- Weapon Two – Vateshran’s Perfected Ice Staff
- Armor Types – 2 Heavy, 5 Medium
- Race – Nord
- Attributes – 32 Health, 32 Stamina
- Mundus Stone – The Lover
Class Skill Lines
- Draconic Power (Dragonknight)
- Winters Embrace (Warden)
- Herald of the Tome (Arcanist)
Also Read: ESO Subclass Power Leveling Guide 2025
Dragonknight-Arcanist-Warden Skills
This build works by increasing resistances and blocking while letting damage-over-time (DoT) skills do the heavy lifting. Skills like Blood Craze provide passive healing while attacking, making you very hard to kill.
Primary:
- Recuperative Treatise
- Fulminating Rune
- Cephaliarch’s Flail
- Blood Craze
- Expert Hunter
- Flawless Dawnbreaker (Ultimate)
Backup:
- Race Against Time
- Volatile Armor
- Coagulating Blood
- Elemental Drain
- Resolving Vigor
- Northern Storm (Ultimate)
Rotation:
- Race Against Time > Volatile Armor > Resolving Vigor > Light Attack (Ice Staff) > Elemental Drain > Bar Swap
- Cephaliarch’s Flail > Blood Craze > Recuperative Treatise > Fulminating Rune > Light Attack > Blood Craze > Flawless Dawnbreaker
Recuperative Treatise provides Major Brutality, paving the way for the following skills and attacks to hit much harder while replenishing Magicka and Stamina. Blood Craze provides DoT and synergizes with Recuperative Treatise.
Mundus Stone
The Lover Mundus provides high penetration, which is essential for dealing with tanky opponents in PvP. Alternatively, you could pick the Serpent Mundus for quicker Stamina recovery.
Champion Points
Warfare Constellation Champion Points
- Focused Mending
- Fighting Finesse
- Deadly Aim
- Thaumaturge
Fitness Constellation Champion Points
- Pains Refuge
- Rejuvenation
- Sustained by Suffering
- Fortified
Craft Constellation Champion Points
- War Mount
- Gifted Rider
- Sustaining Shadows
Equipment
| Slot | Type | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Medium | Legacy of Karth |
| Shoulders | Medium | Legacy of Karth |
| Chest | Heavy | Mark of the Pariah |
| Legs | Heavy | Mark of the Pariah |
| Hands | Medium | Legacy of Karth |
| Feet | Medium | Legacy of Karth |
| Waist | Medium | Legacy of Karth |
| Main Hand | Mace | The Master’s |
| Off Hand | Mace | The Master’s |
| Backup Main Hand | Ice Staff | Vateshran |
| Necklace | Jewelry | Mark of the Pariah |
| Ring 1 | Jewelry | Mark of the Pariah |
| Ring 2 | Jewelry | Mark of the Pariah |
Consumables
- Jewels of Misrule
- Essence of Health
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