ONE BAR STAMINA DRAGONKNIGHT PVE DPS BUILD

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One Bar Stamina Dragonknight PvE DPS

Table of contents

Skill Setups
Passives
Gear
Champion Points
Race
Mundus
Attributes
Food
Potions
Parse

Last updated: Update 44 - 5th March 2025

This build focuses on using Lethal Arrow which is extremely powerful on a Dragonknight because of the World in Ruin and Combustion passives, one of which straight up boosts Lethal Arrows damage by 5% and the other one boosts the damage of the Poisoned status effect which Lethal Arrow is guaranteed to apply by 40%.

SKILL SETUPS

A skill setup that combines Single Target and AoE capabilities. It won't be perfect for any fight, but it's what you should use if you don't want to ever swap your skills

Front Bar
Slot 1: Lethal Arrow
Slot 2: Acid Spray
Slot 3: Eruption
Slot 4: Engulfing Flames
Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion
Ultimate: Standard of Might

INFO

SITUATIONAL

AoE focused skill setup for dealing with trash packs

Front Bar
Slot 1: Acid Spray
Slot 2: Burning Talons
Slot 3: Eruption
Slot 4: Engulfing Flames
Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion
Ultimate: Standard of Might

INFO

Single Target focused setup with a bit of AoE damage for dealing with bosses

Front Bar
Slot 1: Lethal Arrow
Slot 2: Venomous Claw
Slot 3: Eruption
Slot 4: Engulfing Flames
Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion
Ultimate: Standard of Might

INFO

SITUATIONAL

A skill setup for parsing on a dummy. Parse gear setup doesn't use Oakensoul Ring so it can utilise backbarred Molten Whip for additional passive Weapon and Spell Damage

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Lethal Arrow	Slot 1: Molten Whip
Slot 2: Venomous Claw
Slot 3: Eruption
Slot 4: Barbed Trap
Slot 5: Flames of Oblivion
Ultimate: Standard of Might

INFO

Lethal Arrow - an extremely powerful spammable that synergizes extremely well with Dragonknight's passives because it deals increased damage thanks to the World in Ruin passive and the Poisoned status effect it applies deals increased damage thanks to the Combustion passive
Venomous Claw - a strong DoT that is also guaranteed to proc the Poisoned status effect. It's also going to grant you a stack of Molten Whip
Eruption - a ground DoT that also deals direct damage at the beginning, up to once every 10 seconds. It's crucial for proccing the Mountain’s Blessing passive which will grant you the unique Minor Brutality buff, increasing your Weapon Damage by 10%
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%. It will also trigger the Slayer passive
Flames of Oblivion - an ability that deals lots of damage per cast. It's also going to grant you a stack of Molten Whip
Standard of Might - extremely powerful ultimate that deals damage over time, increases all of your damage done and decreases all of your damage taken. It's also going to grant you a stack of Molten Whip
Molten Whip - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will grant you 300 Weapon and Spell Damage as it will be procced by Venomous Claw, Burning Embers and Standard of Might

PASSIVES

There are no passives you need to skip with this build, you should get all of them.

GEAR

Default setup for dungeons and trials

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Ansuul's Torment	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Ansuul's Torment	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Oakensoul Ring	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Ansuul's Torment	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage

When choosing different sets, at least one of your sets has to be Medium weight. When choosing a Light set, use it on Weapon, Jewelry and the Shoulder or Head piece, so you end up with 6 Medium/1 Light combination. Keep in mind that Crafted sets and Monster sets come in all weights

For example, a default setup for trash packs would replace Arms of Relequen with Sul-Xan’s Torment

How to choose which set to replace:

Arms of Relequen - extremely powerful but Single Target focused, so you won't want to use it in AoE fights. It's also less optimal in Single Target fights where you constantly have to switch targets, which means you can't keep up Relequen stacks
Ansuul’s Torment - less powerful than Relequen, but extremely reliable. There is no fight in the game that invalidates Ansuul. It can also gain slight edge in fights where you can interrupt your enemies

SITUATIONAL

ALTERNATIVE

Setup for parsing on the practice dummy

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Highland Sentinel	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Highland Sentinel	Light	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Arms of Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Highland Sentinel	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Highland Sentinel	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Highland Sentinel	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Point-Blank Snipe	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage

CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Master-at-Arms (6% Direct Damage)
Deadly Aim (6% Single Target Damage)
Fighting Finesse (8% Critical Damage and Healing)
Wrathful Strikes (205 Weapon and Spell Damage added to damaging skills)

Fitness

Boundless Vitality (1400 Max Health)
Sustained by Suffering (150 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery when debuffed)
Rejuvenation (90 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery)
Fortified (1731 armor)

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Replace Deadly Aim with Biting Aura in AoE fights
In fights with lots of adds Siphoning Spells and Bloody Renewal can be stronger than Rejuvenation and Sustained by Suffering

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 - Dark Elf

Best race for 4-man content - Khajiit

Other decent options: Orc, High Elf, Wood Elf, Imperial, Redguard

MUNDUS

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

In 4-man dungeons, you'll most likely need to use The Lover Mundus, which increases your penetration. It won't be needed if your tank is using penetration sets like Crimson Oath's Rive, but in the end it's more optimal for the tank to brings sets that boost other stats like Weapon Damage (Powerful Assault, Vestments of Olorime), Critical Damage (Lucent Echoes), or provide important debuffs (Turning Tide) while you bring the penetration yourself, especially since the penetration provided by the tank could end up wasted if other Damage Dealers in your group are Light Armor users (Concentration passive) or Arcanists (Splintered Secrets passive)

For dummy parsing, The Warrior Mundus is the best because you're already getting enough Critical Chance from Highland Sentinel

ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

STAMINA

MAGICKA

You should always put all 64 attribute points into Stamina

FOOD

Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables - Max Health, Max Stamina. Use it for most of regular content
Artaeum Takeaway Broth - Max Health, Max Stamina, Stamina Recovery. You'll have to use it to sustain if your group isn't providing the Combustion synergy from Energy Orb or Mystic Orb, or if you can't sustain for any other reason. Dubious Camoran Throne is a cheaper alternative
Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice - Max Stamina, Stamina Recovery. Use it for practice dummy parsing

POTIONS

Most of the time you should use Tri-Stat potions (Restore Health, Restore Stamina, Restore Magicka). They'll greatly improve your sustain. You can craft them by combining Columbine, Bugloss Bugloss and Mountain's Flower.

Whenever you're not using the Oakensoul Ring, you should use the Weapon Power potions (Increase Weapon Power, Weapon Critical, Restore Stamina), as they'll provide you with Major Brutality. If you know that your tank is using Igneous Weapons you can go back to Tri-Stat potions. You can craft Weapon Power potions by combining Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn and Wormwood.