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Stamina Dragonknight
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Solo Dragonknight Pure Class Stamina Two Bar
Last updated: Update 49 on PTS - 3rd March 2026
Tooltips of new abilities and passives will be wrong until 9th of March, which is when Update 49 launches

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

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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 Back Bar
Slot 1: Magma Fist Slot 1: Shatterspike Mantle
Slot 2: Molten Whip Slot 2: Ulfsild's Contingency
Slot 3: Disintegrating Dragonfire Slot 3: Elemental Susceptibility
Slot 4: Soul of Flame Slot 4: Elemental Blockade
Slot 5: Incinerate Slot 5: Igneous Weapons
Ultimate: Take Flight Ultimate: Standard of Might
Info
Situational
Rotation

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 trash packs

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Magma Fist Slot 1: Shatterspike Mantle
Slot 2: Molten Whip Slot 2: Incinerate
Slot 3: Disintegrating Dragonfire Slot 3: Soul Burst
Slot 4: Soul of Flame Slot 4: Elemental Blockade
Slot 5: Silver Leash Slot 5: Igneous Weapons
Ultimate: Take Flight Ultimate: Standard of Might

What Changes

Passives

The only passive you specifically have to skip is Tri Focus, but it's only important when using an Ice Staff

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

Class

Weapon

Armor

Guild

Alliance War

Racial

Craft

Class - Ardent Flame

Combustion - High Priority

Traumatic Burns - High Priority

Fan the Flames - High Priority

A Soul Ablaze - High Priority

Gear

Base Setup

A base setup that is meant for Overland content and will work for most situations. It should be your starting point when making situational setups

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

Different Weapon Types If you want to use a different frontbar weapon type make sure its trait is Charged and the enchant is Absorb Magicka or Poison depending on the circumstances described in the "Additional Info" dropdown.
Situational
Alternative
Additional Info

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

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

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Champion Points

Warfare
Master-at-Arms
6% Direct Damage
Because more than 60% of your damage is Direct
Deadly Aim
6% Single Target Damage
Because more than 60% of your damage is Single Target
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
Fortified
1731 Armor
Survivability
Celerity
10% Movement Speed
Next best thing since you don't need sustain CPs
Expert Evasion
Free Dodge Roll every 30s
Next best thing since you don't need sustain CPs
Block Mitigation
Use Bracing Anchor in fights where you block a lot and can afford to move slower
Sustain in add-heavy fights
Use Bloody Renewal and/or Siphoning Spells if you need more if you need more sustain in fights with lots of adds
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 PvE you need both damage and survivability, so every race brings something to the table, but these two stand out as the best options for damage and survivability respectively

Khajiit
Best for Damage
Khajiit
Why pick this
The strongest race for solo damage. Critical Damage is one of the most valuable stats in Solo play and Khajiits get 12% of it from Feline Ambush passive.
Feline Ambush 12% Critical Damage
Nimble 915 Max Health, Stamina and Magicka
Robustness 90 Health, Stamina, Magicka Recovery
Nord
Best for Survivability
Nord
Why pick this
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 significantly more forgiving without sacrificing much damage.
Rugged 2600 armor
Stalwart 1500 Max Stamina, 0.5 Ultimate per second
Reveler 1000 Max Health, 4620 Frost Resistance

Mundus

The Thief
Default
The Thief
7.5% Critical Chance (12.2% with Divines)
When to use
Use in all Overland content and most situations. It increases Critical Chance
The Lover
Instanced
The Lover
2744 Penetration (4489 with Divines)
When to use
Switch when using the Medium Armor Instanced setup. Provides penetration to compensate for the higher armor of Instanced enemies
The Lady
Difficult Content
The Lady
2744 Armor (4489 with Divines)
When to use
Consider for extremely difficult dungeons, though Nord using Medium Armor with Ulfsild's Contingency and Armor Potions is already at the armor cap

Attributes

For most content you should put all 64 points into Stamina. 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 Stamina, for the extremely difficult stuff you’ll need 64 Health.

Health
0
Stamina
64
Magicka
0
All points into Stamina. Use it for most content
Health
32
Stamina
32
Magicka
0
Split evenly between Health and Stamina. Use this whenever you start to struggle
Health
64
Stamina
0
Magicka
0
All points into Health. Use this for very difficult fights

Food

Your sustain is completely trivialized by Soul of Flame, so you don't need any recoveries from your food.

Max Health Max Stamina Max Magicka
The default option. Having higher Maximum Magicka means you'll restore even more Magicka through Soul of Flame, so it's a better default option despite providing less Maximum Health and Maximum Stamina.
Max Health Max Stamina
Slightly more Max Health and slightly better damage, but will cause Magicka issues unless you get it in some other way, for example through potions that restore Magicka

Potions

Your sustain is completely trivialized by Soul of Flame, so you don't need any recovery from your potions. Use Armor Potions as your default.

Armor Potion
Default Armor Potion
Restore Health +5280 Armor

Most of the time you should use Armor potions. They'll provide you with 5280 armor and you don't need sustain from your potions thanks to Soul of Flame.

Heroism Potion
Full Damage Heroism Potion
Minor Heroism Restore Stamina Restore Magicka

Heroism potions can provide 100% uptime on Minor Heroism, so they're the best option if going for pure damage, but it's a small DPS gain and a decent nerf to your survivability. On top of that, they're extremely expensive.

Parses

All parses are recorded on the 6 million Target Dummy

Full Damage Setup
74,804DPS
Target: 6mil Skeleton Dummy
Patch: Update 49

Using Full Damage Skill Setup, Light Armor, Bi-Stat Food and Heroism Potions

CMX Parse
CMX Parse - Full DPS Setup
CMX Setup
CMX Setup - Full DPS Setup
Recording
Parse recording
Regular Setup
68,702DPS
Target: 6mil Skeleton Dummy
Patch: Update 49

Using Regular skill setup, Medium Armor, Bewitched Sugar Skulls Food and Armor Potions. This setup is armor capped if you're a Nord

CMX Parse
CMX Parse - Regular Setup
CMX Setup
CMX Setup - Regular Setup
Recording
Parse recording

Gameplay

Showcasing the build across veteran dungeons, world bosses, and open world content.

Unhallowed Grave
Dungeon
Earthen Root Enclave
Dungeon
Oakenclaw
World Boss
Elsweyr Dragon
World Event
Unhallowed Grave
Dungeon Veteran Hard Mode
Earthen Root Enclave
Dungeon Veteran
Oakenclaw
World Boss
Elsweyr Dragon
World Event
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