ONE BAR TWO HANDED HEAVY ATTACK SOLO BUILD

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One Bar Two Handed Heavy Attack


Last updated: Update 48 - 2nd January 2026

This build is capable of soloing most Veteran dungeons that don’t have a specific mechanic that requires multiple people. It’s also capable of soloing some Hard Mode dungeons, and with some adjustments even the more difficult ones.


SUBCLASSING


Combination

Warden - Animal Companions

Nightblade - Assassination

Sorcerer - Storm Calling

Base Class

This build doesn't use any class set or class script so the base class can be either Nightblade, Warden or Sorcerer


SKILL SETUPS


Base Setup

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

Front Bar
Slot 1: Ulfsild's Contingency
Slot 2: Deep Fissure
Slot 3: Merciless Resolve
Slot 4: Dizzying Swing
Slot 5: Hurricane
Ultimate: Soul Harvest
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Final Setups

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

A setup you should use when using the Oakensoul Ring

Front Bar
Slot 1: Critical Surge
Slot 2: Deep Fissure
Slot 3: Merciless Resolve
Slot 4: Dizzying Swing
Slot 5: Hurricane
Ultimate: Soul Harvest

EXPLANATION:


PASSIVES

  • Class
  • Weapon
  • Armor
  • Guild
  • Alliance War
  • Racial
  • Craft

Class - Animal Companions

Bond with Nature - Medium Priority

Savage Beast - Medium Priority

Flourish - High Priority

Advanced Species - High Priority


GEAR


Base Setup

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

Default setup

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

Anthelmir's Construct Medium Divines Magicka

Shoulders

Anthelmir's Construct Medium Divines Magicka

Chest

Sergeant's Mail Heavy Divines Magicka

Hands

Highland Sentinel Medium Divines Magicka

Belt

Highland Sentinel Light Divines Magicka

Legs

Highland Sentinel Medium Divines Magicka

Boots

Highland Sentinel Medium Divines Magicka

Necklace

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Sergeant's Mail Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Ring of the Pale Order Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

Sergeant's Mail Greatsword Precise Flame

Anthelmir’s Construct is an extremely strong Monster Set for Heavy Attack builds, to the point where it becomes worth it to ditch the 2nd 5-piece set just to be able to fit Anthelmir’s Construct in. Because of that, we're using 4 pieces of Highland Sentinel for the Critical Chance bonuses.

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Final Setups

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

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

Order's Wrath Medium Divines Magicka

Shoulders

Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium Divines Magicka

Chest

Order's Wrath Heavy Divines Magicka

Hands

Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium Divines Magicka

Belt

Tide-Born Wildstalker Light Divines Magicka

Legs

Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium Divines Magicka

Boots

Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium Divines Magicka

Necklace

Order's Wrath Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Order's Wrath Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

Order's Wrath Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

Highland Sentinel Greatsword Precise Flame

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


CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Fitness

ADDITIONAL INFO:


RACE

When it comes to solo PvE, you need both damage and survivability so pretty much all races have useful racials.

The best race for dealing damage is Khajiit. While the Critical Damage from Feline Ambush can sometimes be wasted due to Critical Damage being capped at 125%, it will never happen in solo content, because there will be no tanks or healers providing you with the Major Force buff.

The best race for survivability is Nord. The Rugged racial will provide around 6% damage mitigation.


MUNDUS

For overland content you should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance.

For instanced content you should use The Lover Mundus, which increases your Penetration.

For extremely difficult dungeons you should consider switching to The Lady Mundus, which increases your Armor.


ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

0

STAMINA

0

MAGICKA

64

For most content you should put all 64 points into Magicka. For difficult content you should devote as many attribute points as necessary to Health - for some content you’ll be able to get away with 32 Health 32 Magicka, for the extremely difficult stuff you’ll need 64 Health.

It's possible to play this build as a Stamina build with all attribute points into Stamina and armor enchants changed to Stamina, but this is only sustainable with the Oakensoul Ring setup


FOOD

You should use the Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl. If you need a cheaper alternative, Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup provides only slightly lower stats.

Other decent foods:

  • Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket provides Stamina Recovery at the cost of Maximum Magicka. It will lower your damage, but it’s very useful for fights where you have to dodge roll a lot.

POTIONS

Use the Spell Power potions (Increase Spell Power, Spell Critical, Restore Magicka). They'll greatly improve your sustain and provide Major Sorcery buff which is crucial and isn't present in regular skill setup. You can craft them by combining Lady's Smock, Namira's Rot and Corn Flower.

When using Oakensoul Ring, you should instead use the Armor potions, which will increase your armor by 5280. You can craft them by combining Bugloss, Mountain's Flower and Mudcrab Chitin.


PARSE

39.7k on the 6mil dummy using Regular setup

Recording of the 39.7k parse

OTHER PARSES

Oakensoul - 41.9k DPS

A setup with Ring of the Pale Order changed to Oakensoul and Wrathful Strikes changed to Reaving Blows


GAMEPLAY

Here you can see this build tackling Veteran dungeons

Solo Veteran Hard Mode Falkreath Hold

Log - https://www.esologs.com/reports/41bfZyC2GPBDFWVq

Solo West Weald Wandering Boss


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