One Bar Stamina Arcanist Solo Build - ESO Guide

Simulated Parse Tables

I built a simulator that takes the current setup from the guide and plays it through the listed rotation. It uses the listed gear, skills, Champion Points, race, food, potions, target armor and target health. It tracks skill casts, light attacks, DoT ticks, cooldowns, execute scaling, crits and status effect rolls. It assumes 100% of light attacks hit and a 0.094 second weave average.

Every comparison table in this guide is the average of 10 deterministic sims, with the dummy's health spread between 5.55 and 6.45 million HP. A single sim can be off by up to 2.0%, because the result depends on when the killing hit lands. The Instanced setup is treated as the default.

For comparison tables I keep the setup identical and change one thing at a time. That makes the tables better for comparing options than random dummy parses, where one run can get better crits, different status effects or a better execute window.

I don't have a Nord Arcanist, so to re-create parsing on Nord (which is my default on all solo builds) I'm parsing on a Dark Elf with 2 out of 3 points in Dynamic (1200 Max Stamina compared to Nord's 1500) and no points in Ruination.

Base Setup

Oakensoul Setup

Base Setup	Oakensoul Setup
Ring of the Pale Order	Oakensoul Ring
Cruxweaver Armor	Fulminating Rune

Class Mastery

Class Masteries are a new U50 system where each class picks 2 of 5 passive bonuses (Class Mastery Points, not Skill Points). Activating subclassing disables Class Mastery, so it's a tradeoff between keeping your native skill lines or subclassing.

Default

Arcanist Class Mastery

Unbound Potential

Surpass your limits in the fieldwork of battle.

Upgrades rank 2 of Fated Fortune to also increase your damage done by 30%, halving against players, for the duration.

Notes

Simply the best damage option.

Arcanist Class Mastery

Fate Realigned

Be the hand that guides the weave of fate.

Upgrades rank 2 of Implacable Outcome to generate maximum Crux, up to once every 15 seconds. After this effect triggers you gain 300 Weapon and Spell Damage for 25 seconds.

Notes

Simply the best damage option.

Not worth it

Arcanist Class Mastery

Ink-Scribe's Verve

Illuminate body and mind with glimmering ink.

While in combat, when you heal or overheal a total of 100000 Health, you generate a Crux and grant you and your group members Major Force for 10 seconds, increasing Critical Damage by 20%.

Notes

Not useful for this setup.

Arcanist Class Mastery

Abyssal Emergence

Dive deep into the abyss where power is yours to claim.

Activating an Arcanist Ultimate immediately generates maximum Crux and grants you 666 Weapon and Spell Damage for 15 seconds.

Notes

Not useful for this setup.

Arcanist Class Mastery

Erudite's Rigor

Master the archaic and forge new runes of conflict.

Upgrades Fatewoven Armor to inflict Minor Cowardice on your attacker while granting Major Vitality to you and your group for 4 seconds. You gain 1 Ultimate for every Crux you have.

These effects can occur once every 2 seconds.

Notes

Not useful for this setup.

Skill Setups

Base Setup

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

Elemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fights

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Cephaliarch's FlailMorph of Abyssal Impact
Slot 2: Pragmatic FatecarverMorph of Fatecarver
Slot 3: Quick CloakElemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fightsMorph of Blade Cloak
Slot 4: Recuperative TreatiseMorph of Tome-Bearer's Inspiration
Slot 5: Cruxweaver ArmorMorph of Fatewoven Armor
Ultimate: The Languid EyeMorph of The Unblinking Eye

INFO

• Cephaliarch's Flail - an AoE spammable that generates Crux, heals you if you hit any enemy and increases the damage enemies take from you by 5%
• Pragmatic Fatecarver - extremely powerful Crux spender that deals full damage in AoE, has massive range of 22 meters and grants you a big damage shield while you channel it
• Quick Cloak - an ability that deals damage around you every 2 seconds for 30 seconds and grants you Major Evasion for the duration, reducing your AoE damage taken by 20%. The damage it deals will also continue to proc your weapon enchantments even while you channel Pragmatic Fatecarver, which is important because you can't Light Attack while beaming
• Recuperative Treatise - an ability that deals decent damage, ensures you'll have at least 1 Crux and improves your sustain
• Cruxweaver Armor - your source of Major Resolve which is an extremely important defensive buff. It will also apply Minor Breach to enemies who attack you for 6 seconds and generate Crux when you get hit up to once every 5 seconds
• The Languid Eye - an Ultimate which deals damage in a small AoE over 6 seconds which can be moved by pressing the ability again (it's off Global Cooldown)

• Elemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fights

SITUATIONAL

Quick Cloak is the first skill you should replace in Overland. Elemental Susceptibility is the first skill you should replace in Instanced fights. If a situational skill says it replaces something else, follow that instead.

• Elemental Susceptibility - your source of Major Breach which you'll need for Instanced content, because enemies there have more armor. You'll also have to switch to a Destruction Staff to use it
• Inspired Scholarship - does more damage than Recuperative Treatise and should be used if you can sustain fine and want more damage
• Resolving Vigor - use it for fights where there's a lot of damage happening in a short burst. The HoT from Resolving Vigor is short but very strong, so casting it at the right time can help you survive such mechanics
• Silver Leash - a chain ability that you can slot in trash packs to stack enemies and get through them faster
• Razor Caltrops - a source of AoE Major Breach which can be used instead of Elemental Susceptibility in AoE fights
• Fleet-Footed Gate - an ability that opens two portals you can teleport between. Use it in fights where you need more mobility or in fights where this teleport allows you to invalidate some mechanic
• Runeguard of Still Waters - an ability that places a delayed heal on you which triggers when you take damage below 50% HP and heals you for 30% of your Max Health. It also grants you Minor Resolve, which increases armor by 2974. It also grants you Minor Protection which is removed when the heal effect procs. It also snares enemies around you when cast
• Revealing Flare - slot it for more difficult fights where you need more damage mitigation. It's a skill that passively grants Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. It will also trigger the Magicka Aid passive, which increases Magicka Recovery by 10%
• Race Against Time - snare removal which will be crucial for some fights
• Wield Soul (Flame Damage, Lingering Torment, Breach) - never the ideal skill but it can be your source of Major Breach if you want to use a weapon type different than Destruction Staff for roleplay reasons
• Precognition - an ultimate that breaks you out of some otherwise unavoidable stuns, you'll need it to get around some mechanics which are otherwise impossible or very difficult to solo, like for example Inferno's Hold in Zaan the Scalecaller fight
• Sanctum of the Abyssal Sea - a defensive ultimate that grants you a large damage shield. Use it in fights where you need a panic button

ROTATION

Rotation	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Priority List	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Static Rotation	46.3k DPS	-5.4%

Priority List Static Rotation

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. Cruxweaver Armor
• 2. Elemental Susceptibility (if Instanced)
• 3. The Languid Eye if it's ready
• 4. Recuperative Treatise
• 5. Quick Cloak (if Overland)
• 6. Cephaliarch's Flail (if you're not at 3 Crux)
• 7. Pragmatic Fatecarver

Static Rotation

This might be easier for some players, but it is weaker than the priority list.

The Languid Eye stays outside this repeating Static Rotation. Cast it when available.

• 1. Cruxweaver Armor
• 2. Elemental Susceptibility (if Instanced) / Quick Cloak (if Overland)
• 3. Recuperative Treatise
• 4. Cephaliarch's Flail x2
• 5. Pragmatic Fatecarver
• 6. Cephaliarch's Flail x2
• 7. Pragmatic Fatecarver
• 8. Cephaliarch's Flail x2
• 9. Pragmatic Fatecarver
• 10. Cephaliarch's Flail x2
• 11. Pragmatic Fatecarver

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat.

• Cruxweaver Armor
• Recuperative Treatise
• Quick Cloak

Final Setups

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

A setup for dealing with trash packs in Instanced fights. In Overland, just use the Base Setup.

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Cephaliarch's FlailMorph of Abyssal Impact
Slot 2: Pragmatic FatecarverMorph of Fatecarver
Slot 3: Razor CaltropsMorph of Caltrops
Slot 4: Recuperative TreatiseMorph of Tome-Bearer's Inspiration
Slot 5: Cruxweaver ArmorMorph of Fatewoven Armor
Ultimate: The Languid EyeMorph of The Unblinking Eye

What Changes

Changes compared to the Base Setup.

• Razor Caltrops replaces Elemental Susceptibility

A skill setup for when you're using the Oakensoul Ring.

Elemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fights

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Cephaliarch's FlailMorph of Abyssal Impact
Slot 2: Pragmatic FatecarverMorph of Fatecarver
Slot 3: Quick CloakElemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fightsMorph of Blade Cloak
Slot 4: Recuperative TreatiseMorph of Tome-Bearer's Inspiration
Slot 5: Fulminating RuneMorph of The Imperfect Ring
Ultimate: The Languid EyeMorph of The Unblinking Eye

What Changes

Changes compared to the Base Setup.

• Fulminating Rune replaces Cruxweaver Armor because we now get Major Resolve from the Oakensoul Ring

Additional Info

• Elemental Susceptibility replaces Quick Cloak in Instanced fights

Skill Setup Comparison

Passives

Some trees are only needed when using situational skills, for example Psijic Order provides nothing without Precognition

Gear

Overland (Base) is your starting point and works for most situations. Crafted is a beginner version using only craftable sets. Instanced is a swap for Arenas and Dungeons where enemies have higher armor.

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

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Slimecraw	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Spattering Disjunction	Heavy	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Whorl of the Depths	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Whorl of the Depths	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Whorl of the Depths	Dagger	Charged	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Whorl of the Depths	Dagger	Charged	Shock

Fallback Gear

Look here You don't need the Trial gear. The Dungeon set Aegis Caller is about 3.4% less damage, while the PvP set Deadly Strike is about 3.5% less damage.

Aegis Caller (Dungeon)

About 3.4% less damage

Deadly Strike (PvP)

About 3.5% less damage

Body

Spattering Disjunction - Class Set (Infinite Archive)

If you don't have it, use in order

1. Aegis Caller - Dungeon Set (Unhallowed Grave)
2. Deadly Strike - PvP Set (Cyrodiil)
3. Tzogvin's Warband - Dungeon Set (Frostvault)
4. Tide-Born Wildstalker - Crafted
5. Order's Wrath - Crafted

Weapons and Jewelry

Whorl of the Depths - Trial Set (Dreadsail Reef)

If you don't have it, use in order

1. Aegis Caller - Dungeon Set (Unhallowed Grave)
2. Deadly Strike - PvP Set (Cyrodiil)
3. Tide-Born Wildstalker - Crafted
4. Order's Wrath - Crafted

Monster Helm

Slimecraw - Monster Set (Wayrest Sewers I)

Alternatives

1. Iceheart - Direfrost Keep
2. Grundwulf - Moongrave Fane
3. Stone Husk - Stone Garden
4. The Blind - Bedlam Veil
5. Thousand Eyes - Night Market

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Highland Sentinel	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Order's Wrath	Heavy	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Light	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Order's Wrath	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Order's Wrath	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Highland Sentinel	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Order's Wrath	Dagger	Charged	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Order's Wrath	Dagger	Charged	Shock

The setup in the table uses only crafted gear, but if you already own parts of the Base setup like Ring of the Pale Order you can start using them immediately

This is a setup you should use in Instanced content (Arenas and Dungeons), where enemies have 18,200 armor instead of 9,100

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Valkyn Skoria	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Spattering Disjunction	Heavy	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Spattering Disjunction	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Whorl of the Depths	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Whorl of the Depths	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Whorl of the Depths	Lightning Staff	Precise	Absorb Stamina

Fallback Gear

Look here You don't need the Trial gear. The Crafted set Tide-Born Wildstalker is about 2.3% less damage, while the Crafted set Order's Wrath is about 5.7% less damage.

Tide-Born Wildstalker (Crafted)

About 2.3% less damage

Order's Wrath (Crafted)

About 5.7% less damage

Body

Spattering Disjunction - Class Set (Infinite Archive)

If you don't have it, use in order

1. Tzogvin's Warband - Dungeon Set (Frostvault)
2. Tide-Born Wildstalker - Crafted
3. Order's Wrath - Crafted

Weapons and Jewelry

Whorl of the Depths - Trial Set (Dreadsail Reef)

If you don't have it, use in order

1. Tide-Born Wildstalker - Crafted
2. Order's Wrath - Crafted

Monster Helm

Valkyn Skoria - Monster Set (City of Ash II)

Alternative (same bonus)

1. Kra'gh - Fungal Grotto I
2. Archdruid Devyric - Earthen Root Enclave
3. Lady Malygda - Imperial City
4. Black Gem Monstrosity - Black Gem Foundry

What Changes

Changes compared to the Overland setup

• Valkyn Skoria replaces Slimecraw because it provides Penetration, which is needed for Instanced content
• A Lightning Staff replaces the Daggers because Elemental Susceptibility needs a Destruction Staff

Use the Penetration Calculator to fine-tune your penetration for different content. Overland enemies have 9,100 armor while Instanced enemies (Arenas and Dungeons) have 18,200.

Tool Penetration Calculator Check your total armor penetration in ESO and see exactly how much DPS you're losing. Find out if you've hit the penetration cap for the type of content you're doing.

Gear Set Comparisons

Damage comparison for the set options.

Instanced Enemy - 18,200 Armor

All of these use 5 Medium / 1 Light / 1 Heavy and Valkyn Skoria.

Body Spattering Disjunction Weapons + Jewelry Whorl of the Depths

Body

Compares Whorl of the Depths + X body set.

Source All Trial Crafted Dungeon Overland PvP

Body Set	Source	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Spattering Disjunction	Class Set	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Tzogvin's Warband	Dungeon - Frostvault	47.7k DPS	-2.5%
Slivers of the Null Arca	Trial - Lucent Citadel	47.6k DPS	-2.7%
Tide-Born Wildstalker	Crafted	47.5k DPS	-3.0%
Deadly Strike	PvP - Cyrodiil	47.0k DPS	-3.9%
Aegis Caller	Dungeon - Unhallowed Grave	46.4k DPS	-5.2%
Order's Wrath	Crafted	46.2k DPS	-5.7%
Ansuul's Torment	Trial - Sanity's Edge	Interrupt 49.9k DPS No Interrupt 46.1k DPS	+2.0% -5.9%
Pillar of Nirn	Dungeon - Falkreath Hold	45.5k DPS	-7.1%
Hunding's Rage	Crafted	45.4k DPS	-7.2%
Law of Julianos	Crafted	44.8k DPS	-8.4%
Highland Sentinel	Crafted	3 Stacks 46.3k DPS 0 Stacks 44.7k DPS	-5.4% -8.7%
Mother's Sorrow	Overland - Deshaan	44.6k DPS	-8.9%

Weapons + Jewelry

Compares Spattering Disjunction + X weapons and jewelry set.

Source All Trial Crafted Dungeon Overland PvP

Set	Source	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Slivers of the Null Arca	Trial - Lucent Citadel	49.2k DPS	+0.5%
Whorl of the Depths	Trial - Dreadsail Reef	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Tide-Born Wildstalker	Crafted	47.8k DPS	-2.3%
Ansuul's Torment	Trial - Sanity's Edge	Interrupt 51.3k DPS No Interrupt 47.5k DPS	+4.9% -3.0%
Deadly Strike	PvP - Cyrodiil	47.2k DPS	-3.6%
Order's Wrath	Crafted	46.2k DPS	-5.7%
Pillar of Nirn	Dungeon - Falkreath Hold	45.5k DPS	-7.0%
Hunding's Rage	Crafted	45.4k DPS	-7.4%
Aegis Caller	Dungeon - Unhallowed Grave	45.3k DPS	-7.5%
Sul-Xan's Torment	Trial - Rockgrove	Soul 50.1k DPS No Soul 45.0k DPS	+2.3% -8.1%
Law of Julianos	Crafted	44.7k DPS	-8.6%
Highland Sentinel	Crafted	3 Stacks 46.4k DPS 0 Stacks 44.7k DPS	-5.3% -8.7%
Mother's Sorrow	Overland - Deshaan	44.5k DPS	-9.0%

Overland Enemy - 9,100 Armor

All of these use 5 Medium / 1 Light / 1 Heavy and Slimecraw.

Body Spattering Disjunction Weapons + Jewelry Whorl of the Depths

Body

Compares Whorl of the Depths + X body set.

Source All Trial Crafted Dungeon Overland PvP

Body Set	Source	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Spattering Disjunction	Class Set	54.2k DPS	Baseline
Slivers of the Null Arca	Trial - Lucent Citadel	53.3k DPS	-1.6%
Aegis Caller	Dungeon - Unhallowed Grave	53.0k DPS	-2.3%
Deadly Strike	PvP - Cyrodiil	52.6k DPS	-3.0%
Tzogvin's Warband	Dungeon - Frostvault	52.2k DPS	-3.7%
Tide-Born Wildstalker	Crafted	52.2k DPS	-3.8%
Order's Wrath	Crafted	51.7k DPS	-4.6%
Pillar of Nirn	Dungeon - Falkreath Hold	51.2k DPS	-5.5%
Hunding's Rage	Crafted	50.8k DPS	-6.3%
Ansuul's Torment	Trial - Sanity's Edge	Interrupt 54.7k DPS No Interrupt 50.7k DPS	+0.9% -6.5%
Highland Sentinel	Crafted	3 Stacks 51.9k DPS 0 Stacks 50.5k DPS	-4.2% -6.9%
Law of Julianos	Crafted	50.4k DPS	-7.0%
Mother's Sorrow	Overland - Deshaan	50.3k DPS	-7.2%

Weapons + Jewelry

Compares Spattering Disjunction + X weapons and jewelry set.

Source All Trial Crafted Dungeon Overland PvP

Set	Source	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Slivers of the Null Arca	Trial - Lucent Citadel	54.5k DPS	+0.5%
Whorl of the Depths	Trial - Dreadsail Reef	54.2k DPS	Baseline
Aegis Caller	Dungeon - Unhallowed Grave	52.4k DPS	-3.4%
Deadly Strike	PvP - Cyrodiil	52.3k DPS	-3.5%
Tide-Born Wildstalker	Crafted	52.0k DPS	-4.2%
Ansuul's Torment	Trial - Sanity's Edge	Interrupt 55.7k DPS No Interrupt 51.7k DPS	+2.8% -4.6%
Order's Wrath	Crafted	51.3k DPS	-5.4%
Pillar of Nirn	Dungeon - Falkreath Hold	50.8k DPS	-6.3%
Hunding's Rage	Crafted	50.3k DPS	-7.2%
Sul-Xan's Torment	Trial - Rockgrove	Soul 55.1k DPS No Soul 50.2k DPS	+1.6% -7.4%
Highland Sentinel	Crafted	3 Stacks 51.6k DPS 0 Stacks 49.9k DPS	-4.8% -8.0%
Law of Julianos	Crafted	49.7k DPS	-8.3%
Mother's Sorrow	Overland - Deshaan	49.7k DPS	-8.4%

Front Bar Weapons

This comparison uses the Overland setup. Daggers are the default weapon.

Front Bar Weapon	Additional Changes	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Dual Wield Daggers	none	54.2k DPS	Baseline
Lightning Staff	Quick Cloak -> Elemental Susceptibility	52.6k DPS	-3.0%
Greatsword	Quick Cloak -> Barbed Trap	51.0k DPS	-6.0%
Bow	Quick Cloak -> Barbed Trap	50.9k DPS	-6.2%
Inferno Staff	Quick Cloak -> Elemental Susceptibility	50.8k DPS	-6.3%
Ice Staff	Quick Cloak -> Elemental Susceptibility	50.7k DPS	-6.5%
One Handed and Shield	Quick Cloak -> Barbed Trap	47.8k DPS	-11.8%
Restoration Staff	Quick Cloak -> Barbed Trap	47.4k DPS	-12.6%

Daggers run Charged Absorb Stamina and Charged Shock. Every other weapon runs Precise Absorb Stamina. One Handed and Shield adds a Divines Stamina shield.

This comparison uses the Instanced setup. Lightning Staff is the default weapon.

Front Bar Weapon	Additional Changes	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Lightning Staff	none	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Inferno Staff	none	47.1k DPS	-3.7%
Ice Staff	none	47.0k DPS	-3.9%
Dual Wield Daggers	Elemental Susceptibility -> Wield Soul	46.4k DPS	-5.2%
Greatsword	Elemental Susceptibility -> Wield Soul	44.4k DPS	-9.4%
Bow	Elemental Susceptibility -> Wield Soul	44.3k DPS	-9.6%
One Handed and Shield	Elemental Susceptibility -> Wield Soul	41.5k DPS	-15.2%
Restoration Staff	Elemental Susceptibility -> Wield Soul	41.1k DPS	-16.0%

Daggers run Charged Absorb Stamina and Sharpened Shock. Every other weapon runs Precise Absorb Stamina. One Handed and Shield adds a Divines Stamina shield.

Situational Swaps

Alternative setups for different goals and content types

Additional Tips

Champion Points

Unlock Order

Warfare

Master-at-Arms

6% Direct Damage

Because more than 60% of your damage is Direct

Biting Aura

6% AoE Damage

Because more than 60% of your damage is AoE

Fighting Finesse

8% Critical Damage and Healing

Next strongest CP damage-wise

Wrathful Strikes

205 Weapon and Spell Damage

Next strongest CP damage-wise

More Mitigation

Replace Wrathful Strikes + Fighting Finesse with 2 mitigation CPs: Ironclad, Duelist's Rebuff, Enduring Resolve, or Unassailable (depending on the type of damage the Boss deals to you)

More Healing

Reaving Blows is a decent Champion Point if you need more HPS

Fitness

Boundless Vitality

1400 Max Health

Survivability

Rejuvenation

90 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery

Sustain

Fortified

1731 Armor

Survivability

Bloody Renewal

1500 Stamina on kills

Sustain

Constant debuffs

Replace Rejuvenation with Sustained by Suffering in fights where you constantly have a debuff on yourself

Block Mitigation

Use Bracing Anchor in fights where you block a lot and don't have to move much

Movement Speed

Use Celerity in fights where you have to move a lot

Craft

Steed's Blessing

20% Movement Speed out of combat

Extremely useful utility

Quality of Life

Green Champion Points don't affect Combat, choose whatever Quality of Life you prefer

Race

For solo you need both damage and survivability, so every race brings something to the table. I use Nord because in difficult solo content the armor racial is worth the DPS trade-off. If you want to use a different race, the table shows comparison between their DPS.

Nord

The tankiest race. Nord is also what I use for soloing Veteran Hard Mode DLC Dungeons. Rugged provides around 5-7% damage mitigation depending on your current armor, making difficult content easier to survive without sacrificing much damage.

Rugged 2600 armor

Stalwart 1500 Max Stamina, 0.5 Ultimate per second

Resist Frost 1000 Max Health, 4620 Frost Resistance

Mundus

• 

  Default

  The Thief

  5.53% Critical Chance(9.04% with 7 Divines)

  Use most of the time. It increases your Critical Chance
• 

  Difficult Content

  The Lady

  2744 Armor(4489 with 7 Divines)

  Consider switching for extremely difficult dungeons. It increases your Armor

Attributes

Attributes are the one part of the build where the damage vs survivability trade-off heavily favors survivability. Going 64 Health instead of 64 Stamina costs you 6.6% DPS and gives you 8276 Max Health, which is a 33% increase. That's why 64 Health is the default here.

If a fight is easy enough that you don't need the extra Health, you can put everything into Stamina for up to 7.0% more damage, or split it 32/32 for something in between.

Food

• 

  Default

  Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables

  Max Health +5,395 Max Stamina +4,936

  The default option. Our Force Potions restore Stamina, so the food doesn't have to cover Stamina Recovery.
• 

  Sustain

  Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket

  Max Health +5,395 Stamina Recovery +493

  Provides Stamina Recovery at the cost of Maximum Stamina. It will lower your damage, but it's very useful for fights where you have to dodge roll a lot.

Food	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket	46.3k DPS	-5.4%

Potions

• 

  Default

  Force Potion

  Restore Stamina Major Savagery Major Force

  The default option. Restore Stamina is needed to sustain, Major Savagery is needed because you don't get it from any of your skills. 15.7 second Major Force is a nice bonus on top of that.

  Craft with: Dragonthorn Fossilized Verminous Bones Lady's Smock
• 

  Cheap

  Stamina Power Potion

  Restore Stamina Major Brutality Major Savagery

  Cheap alternative. It still gives you Restore Stamina and Major Savagery, but you lose Major Force. Major Brutality is useless here since Recuperative Treatise already gives it, it's only there because that's how the recipe works out.

  Craft with: Blessed Thistle Dragonthorn Wormwood
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  Oakensoul

  Stamina Health Force Potion

  Restore Health Restore Stamina Major Force

  Oakensoul Ring gives you Major Savagery, so you can instead put Restore Health on the potion.

  Craft with: Fossilized Verminous Bones Crimson Nirnroot Mountain Flower
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  Oakensoul

  Armor Potion

  Restore Health Spell Resistance Physical Resistance

  When using Oakensoul Ring, you can also use the Armor potions, which will increase your armor by 5280, but you'll need Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket to sustain them.

  Craft with: Bugloss Mountain Flower Mudcrab Chitin

Base Setup	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Force Potion	49.0k DPS	Baseline
Stamina Power Potion	47.7k DPS	-2.5%

Oakensoul Setup	Simulated Parse	Damage Change
Stamina Health Force Potion + Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables	57.1k DPS	Baseline
Armor Potion + Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket	52.6k DPS	-7.9%

Parses

All parses are recorded on the 6 million Target Dummy

Regular Setup

50,373 DPS

Oakensoul Setup

59,484 DPS

Regular Setup

50,373DPS

6mil Skeleton Dummy

Patch

Update 51

Armor

5 Medium / 1 Light / 1 Heavy

Gear Setup

Instanced

Skill Setup

Base

Potion

Essence of Force

Food

Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables

Mundus

The Thief

Race

Dark Elf

CMX Parse

CMX Setup

Recording

Oakensoul Setup

59,484DPS

6mil Skeleton Dummy

Patch

Update 51

Armor

5 Medium / 1 Light / 1 Heavy

Gear Setup

Instanced

Skill Setup

Oakensoul

Potion

Essence of Force

Food

Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables

Mundus

The Thief

Race

Dark Elf

CMX Parse

CMX Setup

Recording

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Gameplay

Fashion

Outfit Screenshot

Slot	Style	Dyes
Head	Greymoor Helm	Silvenar Green Silvenar Green Silvenar Green
Shoulders	Scribes of Mora Pauldrons	Glenbridge Green
Chest	Evergloam Champion Cuirass	Thalmor Black Silvenar Green Thalmor Black
Hands	Ancient Daedric Gauntlets	Silvenar Green Thalmor Black
Belt	Ancient Daedric Girdle	Silvenar Green
Legs	Thieves Guild Greaves	Silvenar Green Thalmor Black Thalmor Black
Feet	Scorianite Gladiator Boots	Silvenar Green Thalmor Black Thalmor Black
Frontbar Main Hand	Scribes of Mora Sword	Empty Empty Empty
Frontbar Off Hand	Scribes of Mora Sword	Empty Empty Empty
Instanced Main Hand	Scribes of Mora Staff	Empty Empty Empty

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