Stamina Dragonknight DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Magma Fist - a spammable which applies a stack of Heat Shock for 7 seconds which increases enemies' damage taken by 66, stacking up to 3 times. If your enemy was already at maximum stacks of Heat Shock it'll instead cause next cast of Magma Fist to do 66% more damage, up to once every 6 seconds
• Molten Whip - a spammable which in this build we'll use only as a spender. It grants you a stack of Seething Fury whenever you use another Dragonknight ability. Seething Fury lasts 10 seconds, increases your damage done by 5% and increases damage of your next Molten Whip by 33% per stack, stacking up to 3 times. The damage done buff does not disappear when you use the empowered whip.
• 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.
• Disintegrating Dragonfire - deals direct damage in a cone in front of you and applies a 10 second DoT to all enemies hit and debuffs them with Major Breach, reducing their armor by 5948. This is your AoE spammable.
• Soul of Flame - interrupts enemies around you, restores 15% missing Stamina and Magicka every 2 seconds over 4 seconds (ticks 3 times) and deals damage in an AoE at the end
• Flawless Dawnbreaker - an ultimate we'll keep slotted to activate the Slayer and Banish the Wicked passives which increase Weapon and Spell Damage by 3% and generate Ultimate on kills. You can also use it towards the end of the fight if it's obvious you won't get enough Ultimate for another Standard of Might
• 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.
• Carve - AoE attack which applies a 12 second DoT to all hit enemies which gets 10 seconds longer each time you refresh it, lasting up to 32 seconds on third cast. It also grants you a damage shield after casting it.
• 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
• Igneous Weapons - a 60 second buff which grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery and causes your Light Attacks to deal additional damage up to once every 2 seconds.
• Standard of Might - an ultimate which calls down a standard which increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 600, increases your damage done by 15% and reduces your damage taken by 25%. It's always a DPS decrease compared to Take Flight, but it can be used to survive difficult mechanics thanks to the 25% damage reduction

If you need to slot something situational, replace Carve first, then Searing Claw in AoE fights or Disintegrating Dragonfire in single target fights.

• Barbed Trap - a very strong DoT which procs the Slayer passive and grants Minor Force, which is irrelevant while wearing Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet. It should be part of your base setup before you obtain Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet, or when using the Huntsman's Warmask mythic.
• 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.
• Shifting Standard - the other morph of Standard of Might. Use it if your team already has enough Dragonknights using Standard of Might
• 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 Talons - a good AoE ability for trash packs which immobilizes enemies and deals damage over time
• 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
• Elemental Blockade - a replacement for Stampede whenever you're using a Destruction Staff instead of a Greatsword on your backbar. It's much easier to sustain than Stampede and until you obtain the Merciless Charge set they're both similar in strength, which makes Elemental Blockade better.
• Elemental Rage - the best ultimate for trash packs
• Spell Symmetry - converts Health into Magicka. The trash setup has lots of Magicka skills so this helps you sustain them

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.

• 1. Carve if it's about to expire
• 2. Magma Fist if you're at 3 stacks and there's less than 2 seconds remaining
• 3. Igneous Weapons
• 4. Stampede
• 5. Molten Whip if it's at 3 stacks
• 6. Standard of Might
• 7. Searing Claw
• 8. Incinerate
• 9. Shatterspike Mantle
• 10. Carve (first cast)
• 11. Disintegrating Dragonfire
• 12. Magma Fist if it's not at 3 stacks
• 13. Soul of Flame
• 14. Magma Fist

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Shatterspike Mantle
• Incinerate
• Igneous Weapons
• Soul of Flame