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Stamina Warden Solo Build - ESO Guide

Solo Two Bar Stamina Pure Class Warden
Up to date for: Update 51 - 1st October 2026
Last changed: Update 51 - 1st October 2026

Pure Class Stamina Warden (StamDen) Solo Build for ESO Update 51. and add a lot of Weapon and Spell Damage. It also has great utility in the form of , which constantly cleanses debuffs, making some fights with purgable DoTs significantly easier.

This setup soloed Veteran Dread Cellar.

Works for all kinds of solo content - overland at any Challenge Difficulty up to Vestige, World Bosses, Maelstrom Arena, Vateshran Hollows, early arcs in Infinite Archive, and Veteran Dungeon soloing.

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Simulated DPS is up by 0.2% compared to U50.

Skills

  • now costs 3240 Magicka instead of being free
  • now grants only , which provides both Weapon and Spell Damage
  • now deals about 20% more damage per tick
  • now grants only , which provides both Weapon and Spell Critical Chance

Gear

  • now works in Overland

Consumables

  • now uses the Essence of Spell Protection name and updated icon
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Simulated Parse Tables

I built a simulator that takes the exact setup from the guide and plays it through the 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 0.026 second weave average.

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.

Most comparison tables use deterministic rolls on a 15 million HP target. There is no 15 million Target Dummy in ESO. I use that health value because the 6 million dummy dies too fast, so random crits, status effects and execute timing can move the DPS by a lot. The real 6 million CMX parse is still shown later in the guide.

The baseline sim uses instead of because you can't parse with Sul-Xan on the dummy, and I wanted the simulator checked against a real parse.

Run Simulated DPS Notes
15m deterministic sim
70.8k DPS
Used for most comparison tables
6m deterministic sim
71.5k DPS
Same setup on real dummy health
100 random 6m sims
Lowest 66.5k DPS
Highest 74.7k DPS
This is why random parses are unreliable when crits and status effects roll differently
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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

Warden Class Mastery

Wild Adaptation

The battlefield is your grove. Tend to it.

Gain 333 Weapon and Spell Damage for each status effect on your target, up to a maximum of 1665.

Notes

Simply the best damage option.

Warden Class Mastery

Glacial Obstinance

Tap into the wellspring of permafrost's resolve.

Upgrades to also activate when casting Winter's Embrace abilities and to grant 15% Weapon and Spell Damage for 10 seconds if you are at full Health after the heal.

Notes

Simply the best damage option.

Situational

Warden Class Mastery

Green-Keeper's Hide

The twisting of seasons has tempered your will.

Reduce your damage taken by 3% for every status effect active on your attacker, up to a maximum of 15%.

Notes

Replace with if you need more survivability.

Not worth it

Warden Class Mastery

Tundra's Maw

Expose your enemies to unrelenting cold.

Applying to an enemy also applies for 2.1 seconds, increasing their Critical Damage taken by 20%.

Notes

Not useful for this setup.

Warden Class Mastery

Bountiful Harvest

Share in the spoils of nature's abundance.

Upgrades rank 2 of to grant you and your group members for 3 seconds and an additional 125 Magicka and Stamina, up to 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

Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Wield Soul Slot 1: Lotus BlossomMorph of Lotus Flower
Slot 2: Deep FissureMorph of Scorch Slot 2: Winter's RevengeMorph of Impaling Shards
Slot 3: Bull NetchMorph of Betty Netch Slot 3: Elemental SusceptibilityMorph of Weakness to Elements
Slot 4: Arctic BlastMorph of Arctic Wind Slot 4: Elemental BlockadeMorph of Wall of Elements
Slot 5: Soul Burst Slot 5: Ulfsild's Contingency
Ultimate: Wild GuardianMorph of Feral Guardian Ultimate: Northern StormMorph of Sleet Storm

Every Animal Companions ability on your bar will trigger the passive, increasing your Critical Damage by 5% each

  • (, , ) - a spammable which restores 600 Stamina and Magicka with each cast. It's also our source of , increasing armor by 5948.
  • - deals a lot of damage per cast and applies crucial and debuffs.
  • - gives Stamina back over time, grants , and every 5 seconds either removes one negative effect or, if none is removed, increases your damage done by 5% for 5 seconds
  • - a 20 second DoT around you which will deal a lot of damage by proccing the status effect. It can also be used as a self-heal if there are no enemies around you.
  • (, , ) - an AoE DoT that grants you , increasing your armor by 2974. This is your AoE spammable.
  • - only front-barred for the 5% Critical Damage bonus from . Don't summon it and don't spend Ultimate on it.
  • - provides plus some passive healing whenever you Light or Heavy Attack. This healing also triggers the passive.
  • - a ground DoT that deals massive damage when you count in the procs, triggered thanks to this skill's increased innate chance to proc status effects.
  • - an extremely strong ability that does a multitude of things. It costs 3240 Magicka. It applies , which reduces enemies' armor by 5948, which doesn't matter in this specific build because we already get that from , but it also applies , and status effects at the beginning and then every 7.5 seconds. All of these status effects deal decent damage, but will also apply for 4 seconds, increasing enemies' damage taken by 5%. will also apply for 4 seconds, reducing enemies' damage done by 5%.
  • - a 15 second ground DoT which will constantly proc your enchantment.
  • (, , ) - deals damage in an AoE, applies a 22 second DoT and grants you , increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. It is delayed until the next ability with a cost.
  • - a powerful ultimate that deals damage in an AoE, increases your damage done and grants you , reducing your damage taken by 10%.

and are the first skills that have to go if you need to slot something situational, in that order, unless the situational skill specifically says that it's replacing something else

  • - use it for fights where there's a lot of damage happening in a short burst. The HoT from is short but very strong, so casting it at the right time can help you survive such mechanics. It replaces since both apply
  • - a healing ability you can spam under big pressure, also good for fights where you're getting hit very frequently
  • - massive damage shield that works only against projectiles. Extremely strong but very situational
  • - a chain ability that you can slot in trash packs to stack enemies and get through them faster
  • (, , ) - a different script combination which trades the DoT from for the mitigation from . Use it in fights where you need more damage mitigation
  • - slot it for more difficult fights where you need more damage mitigation. It's a skill that passively grants , reducing your damage taken by 10%. It will also trigger the passive, which increases Magicka Recovery by 10%
  • - 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
Rotation Simulated Parse Damage Change
Priority List
70.8k DPS
Baseline
Static Rotation
66.3k DPS
-6.3%

Priority List

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. - refresh 1 second early
  • 2. - refresh 1 second early
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. when available
  • 8.
  • 9. - refresh 1 second early
  • 10.
  • 11.

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

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: Wield Soul Slot 1: Lotus BlossomMorph of Lotus Flower
Slot 2: Deep FissureMorph of Scorch Slot 2: Winter's RevengeMorph of Impaling Shards
Slot 3: Bull NetchMorph of Betty Netch Slot 3: Silver LeashMorph of Silver Bolts
Slot 4: Arctic BlastMorph of Arctic Wind Slot 4: Elemental BlockadeMorph of Wall of Elements
Slot 5: Soul Burst Slot 5: Ulfsild's Contingency
Ultimate: Wild GuardianMorph of Feral Guardian Ultimate: Northern StormMorph of Sleet Storm

What Changes

Changes compared to the Base Setup

  • replaces

Skill Setup Comparison

Setup Simulated Parse Damage Change
Regular
70.8k DPS
Baseline
Tanky
65.3k DPS
-7.7%

Passives

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 - Animal Companions

Bond with NatureBond with Nature - High Priority

Savage BeastSavage Beast - High Priority

FlourishFlourish - High Priority

Advanced SpeciesAdvanced Species - High Priority

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
HeadHead Medium
ShouldersShoulders Medium
ChestChest Medium
HandsHands Medium
BeltBelt Light
LegsLegs Medium
FeetBoots Medium
NeckNecklace Jewelry
RingRing Jewelry
RingRing Jewelry
MainhandFrontbar Main Hand Dagger
OffhandFrontbar Off Hand Dagger
MainhandBackbar Main Hand Ice Staff

Fallback Gear

Look here You don't need the Trial gear. The Dungeon set is about 5.8% less damage, while the Overland set is about 6.7% less damage.
(Dungeon)
About 5.8% less damage
(Overland)
About 6.7% less damage
Body
Aerie's Cry - Class Set (Infinite Archive)

If you don't have it, use in order

  1. - Dungeon Set (Unhallowed Grave)
  2. - Crafted
  3. - Crafted
Weapons and Jewelry
Whorl of the Depths - Trial Set (Dreadsail Reef)

If you don't have it, use in order

  1. - Dungeon Set (Unhallowed Grave)
  2. - Overland Set (West Weald)
  3. - Crafted
  4. - Crafted
Monster Helm
Slimecraw - Monster Set (Wayrest Sewers I)

Alternative (same bonus)

  1. - Direfrost Keep
  2. - Scalecaller Peak
  3. - Moongrave Fane
  4. - Stone Garden
  5. - Bedlam Veil
  6. - Night Market

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 4 Medium / 3 Light and instead of .

Weapons + Jewelry

Compares + X weapons and jewelry set.

Source
Set Source Simulated Parse Damage Change
Trial - Sanity's Edge
Interrupt 74.0k DPS
No Interrupt 67.1k DPS
+4.5% -5.2%
Trial - Rockgrove
Soul 71.8k DPS
No Soul 63.9k DPS
+1.5% -9.7%
Trial - Dreadsail Reef
70.8k DPS
Baseline
Trial - Lucent Citadel
70.8k DPS
0.0%
Dungeon - Unhallowed Grave
66.5k DPS
-6.1%
Crafted
66.2k DPS
-6.5%
Crafted
66.2k DPS
-6.5%
Overland - West Weald
65.9k DPS
-6.9%
Dungeon - Frostvault
65.9k DPS
-6.9%
Crafted
65.1k DPS
-8.1%
Dungeon - Falkreath Hold
64.7k DPS
-8.5%
Overland - Blackwood
63.9k DPS
-9.7%
Overland - Wrothgar
63.4k DPS
-10.5%
Overland - Deshaan
63.3k DPS
-10.5%
Crafted
63.1k DPS
-10.9%
Crafted
62.6k DPS
-11.6%
PvP - Cyrodiil
62.4k DPS
-11.8%

Front Bar Weapons

Daggers are the default weapon. Lightning and Inferno Staff are the best ranged weapons for when mechanics make melee annoying.

Front Bar Weapon Simulated Parse Damage Change
Dual Wield Daggers
70.8k DPS
Baseline
Lightning Staff
68.7k DPS
-3.0%
Inferno Staff
67.7k DPS
-4.3%
Bow
67.6k DPS
-4.6%
Ice Staff
66.7k DPS
-5.8%
Greatsword
66.2k DPS
-6.4%
Restoration Staff
62.9k DPS
-11.2%
One Handed and Shield
60.3k DPS
-14.8%

Only the front bar weapon changes. Daggers use and . Every one-weapon option uses a weapon. One Handed and Shield uses a one handed weapon plus a shield.

Situational Swaps

Alternative setups for different goals and content types

  • replaces if you want more damage, but you lose self-healing and it also drains Ultimate. Do not spend Ultimate when wearing it.
  • Use in fights where you can interrupt something at least once every 30 seconds.
  • Use instead of in fights where you can kill an add every 30 seconds.

Additional Tips

  • You can change some (or all) of the enchants to ones for extremely hard hitting bosses
  • You can use more Medium armor in Instanced content when you need more mitigation or want to dodge roll more. This deals less damage and requires switching your Mundus to . Go from 4 Medium (Instanced setup) to 6 Medium, then swap back to since the extra penetration now comes from
  • If you want to use the Crafted Only setup for Instanced content (Arenas and Dungeons), switch to a 4 Medium / 3 Light weight split just like the Instanced setup
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Champion Points

Unlock Order

Warfare
6% Direct Damage
Because more than 60% of your damage is Direct
6% Single Target Damage
Because more than 60% of your damage is Single Target
8% Critical Damage and Healing
Next strongest CP damage-wise
205 Weapon and Spell Damage
Next strongest CP damage-wise
Instanced Content
Replace with in any Instanced content (Arenas and Dungeons). 660 Penetration per status effect on the enemy, caps at 5 stacks (up to 3300 total).
More Mitigation
Replace + with 2 mitigation CPs: , , , or (depending on the type of damage the Boss deals to you)
More Healing
is a decent option if you need more HPS
Fitness
1400 Max Health
Survivability
1500 Stamina on kills
Sustain
90 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery
Sustain
1731 Armor
Survivability
Block Mitigation
Use in fights where you need to block a lot and can afford to be slower
Movement Speed
Use in fights where you have to move a lot
Sustain in fights with lots of adds
Use along with if you need more Magicka sustain in fights with lots of adds
Craft
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
Nord
The tankiest race. Nord is also what I use for soloing Veteran Hard Mode DLC Dungeons. 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
Resist Frost 1000 Max Health, 4620 Frost Resistance
Race Simulated Parse Damage Change
Khajiit
73.9k DPS
+4.4%
Dark Elf
73.9k DPS
+4.4%
Orc
73.2k DPS
+3.4%
High Elf
72.5k DPS
+2.5%
Wood Elf
72.4k DPS
+2.3%
Redguard
71.0k DPS
+0.3%
Imperial
71.0k DPS
+0.3%
Nord
70.8k DPS
Baseline
Argonian
70.8k DPS
0.0%
Breton
70.3k DPS
-0.6%

Mundus

  • Default

    5.53% Critical Chance(9.04% with 7 )
    Use most of the time. It increases your Critical Chance
  • Instanced

    2744 Penetration(4489 with 7 )
    Switch when using 6 Medium armor pieces in Instanced content. Provides penetration to compensate for the higher armor of Instanced enemies.
  • Difficult Content

    2744 Armor(4489 with 7 )
    Consider switching for extremely difficult dungeons. It increases your Armor

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
Magicka
0
Stamina
64
All points into Stamina. Use it for most content
Health
32
Magicka
0
Stamina
32
Split evenly between Health and Stamina. Use this whenever you start to struggle
Health
64
Magicka
0
Stamina
0
All points into Health. Use this for very difficult fights
Attributes Simulated Parse Damage Change
64 Stamina
70.8k DPS
Baseline
32 Health / 32 Stamina
69.7k DPS
-1.6%
64 Health
67.8k DPS
-4.2%

As you can see, the damage loss from changing attributes is minimal, and you gain up to 7808 Health, so change attributes whenever you struggle with some harder enemy.

Food

  • Default

    Max Health +4,312 Health Recovery +406 Stamina Recovery +369 Magicka Recovery +369
    The default option. Our don't restore resources, so the food has to cover Stamina and Magicka Recovery.
    Cheaper alternative
    Difference Max Health +3,927 −385 Health Recovery — −406 Stamina Recovery +357 −12 Magicka Recovery +357 −12
  • Full Damage

    Max Health +5,395 Max Stamina +4,936
    Full damage option. Trades the recoveries for Max Stamina and more Max Health, but you'll need or potions in order to sustain.
Setup Simulated Parse Damage Change
+
70.8k DPS
Baseline
+ or
73.5k DPS
+3.9%

Potions

  • Default

    Restore Health
    The default option. Gives you 5,280 Armor, which is a lot of damage mitigation.
    Craft with: Bugloss Mountain Flower Mudcrab Chitin
  • Full Damage

    Restore Health Restore Stamina Restore Magicka
    Use this if you need more sustain. It restores Stamina and Magicka on use, and also grants you Major Endurance and Major Intellect.
    Craft with: Columbine Bugloss Mountain Flower
  • Full Damage

    Restore Magicka Restore Stamina
    Basically a , but with the useless Restore Health changed to . It's straight up an upgrade over , but expensive to craft.
    Craft with: Dragon Rheum Dragon's Blood Columbine

Parses

All parses are recorded on the 6 million Target Dummy

Regular Setup
72,866 DPS
Regular Setup
72,866DPS
6mil Skeleton Dummy
Patch
U50 PTS Week 5
Armor
4 Medium / 3 Light
Gear Setup
Instanced (No Sul-Xan)
Skill Setup
Base
Potion
Food
Mundus
Race
Nord
CMX Parse
Stamina Warden Solo CMX Parse - Regular Setup - ESO
CMX Setup
Stamina Warden Solo CMX Setup - Regular Setup - ESO
Recording
Parse recording

Gameplay

Dread Cellar
Dungeon
Dread Cellar
Dungeon Veteran
Dread Cellar Veteran Log
Patch: U50 PTS Week 1

Fashion

Outfit
Stamina Warden Solo fashion screenshot - ESO
Slot Style Dyes
Head Bonemold HelmetBonemold Helmet
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Shoulders Bonemold PauldronsBonemold Pauldrons
Anequine Sunrise
Chest Bonemold CuirassBonemold Cuirass
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Hands Bonemold GauntletsBonemold Gauntlets
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Belt Bonemold GirdleBonemold Girdle
Anequine Sunrise
Legs Bonemold GreavesBonemold Greaves
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Feet Bonemold SabatonsBonemold Sabatons
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Frontbar Main Hand Kra'gh DaggerKra'gh Dagger
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Frontbar Off Hand Kra'gh DaggerKra'gh Dagger
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Backbar Kra'gh StaffKra'gh Staff
Anequine Sunrise
Empty
Empty
Stamina Warden Solo fashion screenshot - ESO

FAQ

Yes. It is not the strongest solo build in Update 51, but it is on the higher end, with strong sustain and constant purges from Bull Netch. It soloed Veteran Dread Cellar and handles World Bosses, the solo arenas, Infinite Archive Arcs 1-4, and Veteran Dungeons.

Yes. This is a pure class setup, so it keeps Warden skill lines and uses Class Masteries instead of subclassing.

Nord is the best all-round pick for solo. The armor from Rugged is worth the small damage loss in hard content, which is why I use it for soloing Veteran Hard Mode DLC dungeons. If you only care about damage, Khajiit and Dark Elf parse about 4.4% higher.

Dual-wield Daggers give the most damage, and the build does not rely on any Dual Wield skills so the weapon stays flexible. For a ranged option, Lightning Staff is only 3.0% behind and Inferno Staff 4.3% behind.

Yes. You can change the front bar weapon without changing any skills, since this build is not using Dual Wield skills. Daggers are still best, but Lightning Staff is only 3.0% behind and Inferno Staff is 4.3% behind, so those are the best ranged options. Bow does 4.6% less damage, Ice Staff does 5.8% less, Greatsword does 6.4% less, Restoration Staff does 11.2% less, and Sword and Shield does 14.8% less.

Yes, for Infinite Archive Arcs 1-4. Those arcs are still close enough to normal solo PvE content that a standard solo build works well, and you usually will not have enough important Visions yet to build around them. Some effects become more valuable in Infinite Archive, especially enemy Weapon and Spell Damage reductions, but you do not need a dedicated deep-IA build for Arcs 1-4.

For deep Infinite Archive runs, such as Arc 10+, this is not the right type of build. Deep IA setups have to change heavily around the Visions earned during that run, so they are usually built very differently from standard solo builds.

Yes, you can use this build at any Challenge Difficulty, including Vestige. Mobs hit a lot harder and you do less damage on the higher tiers, so fights take longer, but the build itself doesn't change.

No. Use the base skills and the Instanced gear setup for both Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows.

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