Last updated: Update 48 - 1st December 2025
This Healer/DPS hybrid build is designed for safely queueing with random teammates in Veteran Dungeons. It maintains around 25k HPS while providing the most important healer buffs, reaches 61k DPS on a trial dummy while actively healing, and goes up to 80k DPS when not casting heals.
It’s made for Veteran Dungeon random queues and can handle most Hard Modes, even though for some of them a proper healer build would've been more convenient.
Combination
Arcanist - Herald of the Tome
Warden - Green Balance
Templar - Aedric Spear
Base Class
This build doesn't use any class set or class script so the base class can be either Arcanist, Warden or Templar
Alternative
If your base class is Nightblade, you can still use this build by changing the Aedric Spear skill line to Nightblade's Assassination
Arcanist - Herald of the Tome
Warden - Green Balance
Nightblade - Assassination
| Front Bar | Back Bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Cephaliarch's Flail | Slot 1: Energy Orb |
| Slot 2: Pragmatic Fatecarver | Slot 2: Overflowing Altar |
| Slot 3: Recuperative Treatise | Slot 3: Soul Burst |
| Slot 4: Budding Seeds | Slot 4: Elemental Blockade |
| Slot 5: Camouflaged Hunter | Slot 5: Echoing Vigor |
| Ultimate: Crescent Sweep | Ultimate: The Languid Eye |
I don't use a static rotation so 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
It's impossible to give a definite ruleset of when to keep up your heals.
Echoing Vigor is something you should keep up at all times, because it procs
Powerful Assault.
Soul Burst should be cast at least every 20 seconds for the Minor Courage, but you don't need to keep up the 10 second HoT if there's no damage pressure.
Energy Orb has to be cast at least once every 20 seconds for the Combustion synergy.
Priority List
Pre-buff
These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat
There are no passives you need to skip with this build
Class - Herald of the Tome
Fated Fortune - High Priority
Harnessed Quintessence - High Priority
Psychic Lesion - High Priority
Splintered Secrets - High Priority
Default setup
| Gear Slot | Set | Weight/Type | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Head |
Medium | |||
![]() Shoulders |
Medium | |||
![]() Chest |
Medium | |||
![]() Hands |
Medium | |||
![]() Belt |
Light | |||
![]() Legs |
Medium | |||
![]() Boots |
Medium | |||
![]() Necklace |
Jewelry | |||
![]() Ring |
Jewelry | |||
![]() Ring |
Jewelry | |||
![]() Frontbar Main Hand |
Dagger | |||
![]() Frontbar Off Hand |
Dagger | |||
![]() Backbar Main Hand |
Lightning Staff |
Other Monster Sets you could use instead of
Nerien'eth if you want to lean even more into Support rather than Damage
Additional tips
Warfare
Fitness
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 races - Dark Elf, Khajiit
Other decent options: Orc, High Elf, Wood Elf, Imperial, Redguard
Use
The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance
HEALTH
0
STAMINA
64
MAGICKA
0
You should always put all 64 attribute points into Stamina
Use
Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch. You'll need both Stamina and Magicka Recoveries to sustain both the damage skills and healing skills.
Jewels of Misrule is a cheaper alternative
Use Tri-Stat potions (Restore Health, Restore Stamina,
Restore
Magicka). They'll greatly improve you sustain. You can craft them by combining
Columbine,
Bugloss
and
Mountain's Flower.
Combat Metrics screenshot of the 61k parse. Keeping up all heals except for Soul Burst
Recording of the 61k parse
Without keeping up Heals - 80k DPS
Logs of Veteran Dungeons (Dungeon Finder random queue)
Veteran Naj-Caldeesh - https://www.esologs.com/reports/4VcqCXfFY813gMnp
Veteran Fang Lair - https://www.esologs.com/reports/qXYFj7cDRfLQ9VCZ
Veteran Hard Mode Exiled Redoubt - https://www.esologs.com/reports/HYRrFVCcz4bmyKpX
Veteran Scrivener's Hall - https://www.esologs.com/reports/XRqgJ2GfB8WaFY7v
Veteran Bal Sunnar - https://www.esologs.com/reports/1Bjd8RL4NtH6TyGJ
You can find more runs in this spreadsheet
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