Bow DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Lethal Arrow - a spammable which always applies the Poisoned status effect
• Blazing Spear - a 10 second ground DoT which also deals decent AoE direct damage at the start. Having it slotted is necessary to trigger passives of the Aedric Spear skill line
• Merciless Resolve - an ability that will cause your Light and Heavy Attacks to generate stacks. You can spend 5 stacks to fire a powerful arrow that also heals you if you're in Melee range. It also grants you Major Savagery and Prophecy
• Killer’s Blade - an execute which becomes stronger than Lethal Arrow at 30% HP. At 14% HP it also becomes stronger than Merciless Resolve
• Acid Spray - an ability which deals decent damage in a conal AoE and then applies a 6 second DoT to all hit enemies. This is your spammable for when you need to do AoE damage
• Incapacitating Strike - a cheap ultimate which increases your target's damage taken from you by 20% for 8 seconds. If used with 120 or more Ultimate, it lasts 12 seconds instead. You should use it when you know you won't be able to get enough Ultimate for another Standard of Might or when the enemy is on the move so they wouldn't stand inside your Standard of Might
• Flames of Oblivion - an ability that deals lots of damage per cast and passively grants you Major Savagery and Prophecy buffs, which increase your Critical Chance by 12%. It will also trigger the Weapon and Spell Damage buff from Molten Whip
• Poison Injection - a 20 second DoT which deals increased damage to low health targets. It also increases your damage done to its target if you're wearing the Caustic Arrow set, which is something you want to switch to for Single Target fights
• Molten Whip - having this ability slotted will grant you up to 300 Weapon and Spell Damage after using other Ardent Flame skills (in this skill setup it's going to be Venomous Claw, Flames of Oblivion, and Standard of Might). Keeping this buff up is important so re-cast Flames of Oblivion early if the Molten Whip buff is about to expire
• Endless Hail - a 13 second ground DoT with a 2 second delay which will proc your backbar weapon enchant and will deal increased damage thanks to the Thunderous Volley set
• Venomous Claw - a strong DoT that is also guaranteed to proc the Poisoned status effect. It will also trigger the Weapon and Spell Damage buff from Molten Whip
• Standard of Might - an extremely strong ultimate that will deal AoE damage, increase all of your damage done and decrease your damage taken. Stack up your DoTs before using it

Choosing which skill to replace depends on the type of the fight. Acid Spray is weak in Single Target fights while Poison Injection and Venomous Claw are bad in AoE fights

• Barbed Trap - a strong 20 second Single Target DoT which also provides Minor Force and grants 3% Weapon and Spell Damage through the Slayer passive. You have to use it whenever you replace Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet
• Resolving Vigor - a self-heal you'll need for some fights
• Proximity Detonation - extremely good ability for trash packs, you can pre-cast it as you're running into them
• Anti-Cavalry Caltrops - a decent AoE DoT which can replace one of your Single Target DoTs in AoE fights
• Shooting Star - an ultimate that deals damage in an AoE, leaves a ground DoT and grants you Ultimate for each enemy hit with the initial blast, up to 6 enemies. It's a good replacement for Standard of Might for trash packs, where you wouldn't be able to make use of Standard of Might's entire duration
• Venom Arrow - the other morph of Poison Injection which deals less damage but grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery. Getting these buffs from a skill allows you to use Heroism potions instead of Weapon Power potions, which ends up being stronger, but is very costly to sustain because Heroism potions are expensive

Priority List

This is just a list of priorities. Simply recast abilities when they run out and follow this list of priorities when there are multiple things to refresh.

• Use Flames of Oblivion if Molten Whip's buff is about to run out
• Use Endless Hail
• Use Venomous Claw
• Use Blazing Spear
• Use Poison Injection
• Use Flames of Oblivion
• Use Acid Spray
• Use Incapacitating Strike if you won't be able to get another Standard or if the fight is mobile
• Use Standard of Might
• Use Merciless Resolve if it's ready (skip below 14% HP)
• Use Lethal Arrow (skip below 30% HP)
• Use Killer’s Blade

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Flames of Oblivion
• Endless Hail - it has a 2 second delay, so it can be pre-placed if your tank is counting down before pulling