Vampire DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Arterial Burst - a cheap and strong spammable that's guaranteed to apply the Hemorrhaging status effect
• Impale - an execute you should switch to when enemy is below 25% HP
• Relentless Focus - an ability that will cause your Light Attacks to generate stacks. You can spend 4 stacks to fire a powerful arrow that also heals you if you're in Melee range. It also grants you Major Savagery and Prophecy
• Detonating Siphon - an ability that connects you to a corpse with a tether which deals a lot damage over its duration and explodes at the end. It also passively increases your damage done by 3%
• Ulfsild's Contingency (Bleed, Lingering Torment, Intellect and Endurance) - deals damage in an AoE, applies a 22 second DoT and grants you Minor Intellect and Endurance, increasing your Stamina and Magicka recoveries by 15%. This is your spammable when you need more AoE damage. It's delayed until the next ability but you can trigger it early by simply bashing your enemy.
• Crescent Sweep - an Ultimate that is slotted just to trigger the Piercing Spear passive, which increases Critical Damage by 12%
• Skeletal Archer - an ability that summons a Skeletal Archer which attacks your enemies for 20 seconds. It also grants you Major Brutality and Major Sorcery for the duration, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. Getting Major Brutality from an ability allows you to use different potions. It will also produce a corpse we'll need for Detonating Siphon
• Barbed Trap - a DoT that will also apply Hemorrhage status effect at the start and grant you Minor Force buff, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%
• 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
• Blood Mist - a dash after which you gain an effect which deals damage around you every 2 seconds for 20 seconds and heals you for 45% of the damage caused. In order to smoothly weave it into your rotation, you have to aim it right in front of your feet and barswap right after casting it.
• Swarming Scion - an extremely expensive ultimate which grants you 10,000 of all Maximum Resources and deals damage around you for 20 seconds. You cannot generate any additional Ultimate while transformed.

Whenever you need to slot situational skills, replace Blood Mist unless stated otherwise

• Proximity Detonation - extremely good ability for trash packs, you can pre-buff it a few seconds before entering combat
• Trample (Disease, Cavalier's Charge, Heroism) - another extremely good ability for trash packs, you can cast it as you're running into them
• 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
• Resolving Vigor - a self-heal you'll need for some fights
• Unnerving Boneyard - a very strong AoE ability which can be used in trash packs and AoE fights. You should also use it as your source of Major Breach whenever you're assigned to mechanics which put you far away from your tank (such as Nahviintaas portal, Reef Guardian Reef Hearts, etc.)

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

You should stop refreshing DoTs that don't provide buffs when boss is about to die and focus on spamming Impale instead. Skeletal Archer and Barbed Trap provide crucial buffs and should be kept up at all times. The same applies to Ulfsild's Contingency if you're struggling with sustain.

For maximum damage you want to save up Relentless Focus stacks and use it only during Off Balance, but this is relevant only when using the Exploiter Champion Point, which you can only slot if your group is providing enough Critical Damage for you to hit the 125% Critical Damage cap without Fighting Finesse, which will only happen in very good groups or on the parse dummy.

If you can't sustain enough Magicka for Impale in execute, weave in Relentless Focus every now and then.

Blood Mist is very clunky to use. To minimize the clunkyness, aim it right in front of your feet and cancel it with a barswap.

Priority List

• 1. Stampede
• 2. Skeletal Archer
• 3. Detonating Siphon (if there is no corpse, wait until Skeletal Archer is at 10 seconds and recast it, this will produce an early corpse)
• 4. Barbed Trap
• 5. Ulfsild's Contingency
• 6. Carve (refresh it before it fully expires)
• 7. Blood Mist
• 8. Crescent Sweep if it's obvious you won't get enough Ultimate for another Swarming Scion before the fight ends
• 9. Swarming Scion if it's ready
• 10. If enemy is below 25% HP use Impale
• 11. Relentless Focus if you have at least 4 stacks
• 12. Arterial Burst

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Ulfsild's Contingency
• Blood Mist
• Skeletal Archer