ONE BAR HEAVY ATTACK WARDEN SUBCLASS PVE DPS BUILD

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One Bar Heavy Attack Warden Subclass PvE DPS


Last updated: Update 47 - 6th September 2025

This build focuses on amplifying Heavy Attacks with the Sergeant’s Mail item set, Rakkhat’s Voidmantle Mythic and the Empower buff sourced from the Might of the Guild passive, procced by constantly using Ulfsild's Contingency.


SUBCLASSING


Combination

Warden - Animal Companions

Sorcerer - Storm Calling

Nightblade - Assassination

Base Class

This build can be used by characters who have either Warden, Sorcerer or Nightblade as their base class.


SKILL SETUPS


Base Setup

A base setup that will work for most situations and which should be your starting point when making situational setups

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Ulfsild's Contingency Slot 1: Concealed Weapon
Slot 2: Deep Fissure
Slot 3: Merciless Resolve
Slot 4: Inner Light
Slot 5: Banner Bearer
Ultimate: Wild Guardian Ultimate: Soul Harvest
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Final Setups

A few examples of final setups you could end up with after applying the situational skills to the base setup

A setup you should use when your supports aren't providing the crucial Off Balance debuff

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Ulfsild's Contingency Slot 1: Concealed Weapon
Slot 2: Deep Fissure
Slot 3: Merciless Resolve
Slot 4: Elemental Blockade
Slot 5: Banner Bearer
Ultimate: Wild Guardian Ultimate: Soul Harvest

EXPLANATION:


PASSIVES

There are no passives you need to skip with this build

  • Class
  • Weapon
  • Armor
  • Guild
  • Alliance War
  • Racial
  • Craft

Class - Animal Companions

Bond with Nature - Low Priority

Savage Beast - High Priority

Flourish - Low Priority

Advanced Species - High Priority


GEAR


Base Setup

A base setup that will work for most situations and which should be your starting point when making situational setups

Switching gear for trash packs isn't worth it unless you're using gear-swap addons

Default setup

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

Slimecraw Light Divines Magicka

Shoulders

Rakkhat's Voidmantle Medium Divines Magicka

Chest

Infallible Mage Light Divines Magicka

Hands

Infallible Mage Light Divines Magicka

Belt

Infallible Mage Light Divines Magicka

Legs

Infallible Mage Light Divines Magicka

Boots

Infallible Mage Light Divines Magicka

Necklace

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

Sergeant's Mail Lightning Staff Precise Shock

When choosing different situational sets you can only replace Infallible Mage. Sergeant’s Mail and Rakkhat’s Voidmantle are too strong and too crucial for this build to ever be replaced. If you want to use a Medium Armor set, you have to make sure your group is providing enough penetration

Infallible Mage parses 118.5k DPS which is only 3k lower than the top setup which is Slivers of Null Arca, but Slivers of Null Arca is focused on Single Target damage and it's a Medium set so when using it, you have to make sure your supports are providing you with enough penetration. Because of that, Infallible Mage is the most practical set.

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Final Setups

A few examples of final setups you could end up with after applying situational rules to the base setup

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

Tharriker's Strike Light Divines Magicka

Shoulders

Tharriker's Strike Light Divines Magicka

Chest

Order's Wrath Medium Divines Magicka

Hands

Order's Wrath Light Divines Magicka

Belt

Order's Wrath Light Divines Magicka

Legs

Order's Wrath Light Divines Magicka

Boots

Order's Wrath Light Divines Magicka

Necklace

Tharriker's Strike Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Tharriker's Strike Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Tharriker's Strike Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

Assassins's Guile Lightning Staff Precise Shock

The crafted setup parses 87.2k DPS, although a huge majority of this DPS loss stems from lack of Sergeant’s Mail


CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Fitness

ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • Replace Master-at-Arms with Fighting Finesse if you aren't at the Critical Damage cap, for example because you're using Light Armor or because your supports aren't providing enough buffs

RACE

The difference between best and worst race is about 5% of DPS and there is no content in the entire game that you'd be blocked from completing because of choosing a bad race.

Best race for 12-man content - High Elf, Dark Elf

Best race for 4-man content - Khajiit

Other decent options: Orc, Breton


MUNDUS

Most of the time you should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance

The Lover is an option if you're using Medium Armor and your group isn't providing enough penetration, but a Light Armor set with The Thief Mundus is always going to be stronger


ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

0

STAMINA

0

MAGICKA

64

You should always put all 64 attribute points into Magicka


FOOD


POTIONS

Use the Spell Power potions (Increase Spell Power, Spell Critical, Restore Magicka). They'll provide Major Sorcery and Major Prophecy which are crucial buffs. You can craft them by combiningLady's Smock,Namira's Rot andCorn Flower.


PARSE

Combat Metrics screenshot of the 121.8k parse

Recording of the 121.8k parse

OTHER PARSES

Infallible Aether - 118.5k DPS


GAMEPLAY

Logs of Veteran Trials I've finished using this build


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