One Bar Breath Dragonknight DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Engulfing Dragonfire - the main ability of this build, a 4.8 second channeled attack which causes you to breathe fire in front of you (0.3 second windup and then deals damage every 0.5 seconds, 10 ticks in total). Its damage ramps up by 5% each tick up to 50% on the last tick, but it always deals maximum damage while Take Flight's bonus is active. Unlike other channeled abilities, this one doesn't go on cooldown when you get interrupted.
• Searing Claw - deals direct damage and applies a 10 second DoT which deals 10% more damage every 2 seconds. The initial hit is guaranteed to proc Burning status effect.
• Shatterspike Mantle - your source of Major Resolve which also applies a 20 second DoT to enemies around you and grants you a buff which adds 100 damage to all of your damage ticks.
• Incinerate - an ability which releases a fiery wave around you on cast and then every 5 seconds for 15 seconds. It has increased base chance to proc Burning status effect. Having it slotted passively grants you Major Savagery and Prophecy.
• Banner Bearer (Magic, Cavalier's Charge, Heroism) - a toggle which will drain your Stamina and Magicka. The Focus script will grant you a 6% bonus to Magical Damage. The Signature script will grant you 6 Weapon and Spell Damage per 1% of bonus movement speed you have, which will always grant you at least 60 thanks to Celerity, and 180 briefly after casting Quick Cloak (situational skill), with possibly more if your teammates provide other movement speed bonuses. The Affix script will grant you Minor Heroism which will increase your Ultimate generation allowing you to keep up better uptime on Take Flight.
• Take Flight - a cheap ultimate which gives you a 20% Damage Done against Monsters buff for 15 seconds. Your Engulfing Dragonfire always deals maximum damage while Take Flight's buff is active.
• Molten Whip - a spammable which we'll slot on back-bar only for its passive effect. Molten Whip gains up to 3 stacks whenever you use a Dragonknight ability which grant you 15% damage done at maximum stacks. They last 10 seconds and with this many Dragonknight abilities in your rotation you'll never have to pay attention to this timer.

If you need to slot something situational, replace Searing Claw.

• Barbed Trap - a very strong DoT which procs the Slayer passive and grants Minor Force. It should be part of your base setup before you obtain Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet.
• Quick Cloak - an ability that causes AoE explosions around you every 2 seconds for 30 seconds. It will also grant you Major Evasion for the duration, reducing your AoE damage taken by 20%. It will also grant you Major Expedition for 4 seconds after casting, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. It's a perfect skill for trash packs, because it can be pre-cast before engaging them, giving you more time to channel Engulfing Dragonfire. It's also a good situational skill for boss fights that have a lot of mechanics dealing AoE damage.
• Soul of Flame - an ability which restores resources based on your missing resources. Use it if you can't sustain.
• Igneous Weapons - a support ability which provides your entire team with Major Brutality and Sorcery and isn't that big of a DPS loss for you to run. Getting Major Brutality through this will also allow you to use different potions.
• Resolving Vigor - a self-heal you'll need for some fights.
• Chains of Devastation - a gap closer which can be useful in fights where you have to move around a lot.
• Burning Embers - the other morph of Searing Claw. It deals less damage but heals you for a decent amount on cast and then continues to heal you whenever it ticks. Use it if you need more healing.
• Banner Bearer (Magic, Cavalier's Charge, other script) - when using Heroism potions you can change the Heroism script to something else. Usually it would have to be Brutality and Sorcery, but if you're already getting it from Igneous Weapons or from a group member you could instead use Berserk or Courage scripts, depending on what other buffs your team is providing.

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.

Inside of your Take Flight window you can freely cancel Engulfing Dragonfire to refresh DoTs. Outside of Take Flight, you want to finish Engulfing Dragonfire and refresh DoTs after it ends.

You ideally want to start a cast of Engulfing Dragonfire when Take Flight has 2-3 seconds left, so that the initial weak phase of Engulfing Dragonfire gets bypassed by Take Flight's buff, because the later phase deals high damage regardless.

• 1. Take Flight
• 2. Searing Claw
• 3. Incinerate
• 4. Shatterspike Mantle
• 5. Engulfing Dragonfire

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Shatterspike Mantle
• Incinerate