Magicka Warden DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Traveling Knife ( Frost , Assassin's Misery , Berserk ) - a spammable which increases chance to apply Status Effects on affected enemies by 100% for 10 seconds, and grants Minor Berserk for 20 seconds, increasing your damage done by 5%
• Subterranean Assault - a delayed ability that deals decent damage in an AoE in front of you. The fact that it's a Stamina ability that has to be re-activated every 6 seconds helps with sustaining Magicka
• Ulfsild's Contingency ( Frost , Lingering Torment , Force ) - deals damage in an AoE, applies a 22 second DoT, grants Minor Force , increasing your Critical Damage by 10%, and is your AoE spammable
• Barbed Trap - a DoT that applies the Hemorrhaging status effect at the start and grants Minor Force , increasing your Critical Damage by 10%
• Cutting Dive - a 10 second Bleed DoT. Since it's an Animal Companions skill, it also triggers Advanced Species
• Wild Guardian - slotted on both bars so the bear is active. Hold the active Ultimate until the last few seconds of the fight because of Shattered Paths Signet
• Winter's Revenge - a ground DoT that deals a lot of damage when you count in the Chilled procs, triggered thanks to this skill's increased innate chance to proc status effects
• Arctic Blast - a 20 second Frost DoT around you which will deal a lot of damage by proccing the Chilled status effect
• Lotus Blossom - its healing will constantly proc Nature's Gift , greatly improving our sustain, and it provides Major Savagery and Major Prophecy
• Stampede - a gap closer which leaves a ground DoT under your target which will constantly proc your Weapon Damage enchantment and increase your Direct Damage done thanks to Merciless Charge set
• Blue Betty - grants Major Brutality and Major Sorcery , sustain, a 5% damage buff and automatically cleanses debuffs every 5 seconds. You can recast it early if you need to cleanse an important debuff.

Whenever you need to slot situational skills, replace Cutting Dive unless stated otherwise

• Proximity Detonation - extremely good ability for trash packs, you can pre-buff it a few seconds before entering combat
• Northern Storm - an Ultimate you should use in trash packs
• Whirling Blades - an execute spammable for trash packs. It costs Stamina but you only have to switch to it when enemies are low, so it's possible to sustain it
• Carve - a decent DoT that you'll be able to sustain in the Destruction Staff setup
• Elemental Susceptibility - use it as your source of Major Breach whenever you're assigned to mechanics that separate you from your group, like for example portal in the Nahviintaas fight, Reef Hearts in the Reef Guardian fight, bridge in the Taleria fight, etc.
• Resolving Vigor - a self-heal you'll need for some fights
• Living Trellis - Magicka-costing ability that heals you when you take damage and at the end, which means you can spam it to constantly re-proc the direct heal. Use it when you need a self-heal you can spam under pressure. This ability can also target allies which can be either a good or a bad thing depending on the situation

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Lotus Blossom
• Blue Betty
• Subterranean Assault
• Arctic Blast
• Ulfsild's Contingency