Last updated: Update 46 - 12th June 2025
This build focuses mainly on improving your group members' survivability while also providing
decent
offensive buffs. Thanks to combining Warden's Winter's Embrace and Arcanist's Soldier of
Apocrypha
skill lines it provides both Major and Minor Resolve for the entire group. Saxhleel's Champion
allows you to provide Major Force to your group even with a defensive ultimate like
Replenishing Barrier. Earthen Heart
provides your group with Minor Brutality which will increase their DPS by a decent amount and
also
greatly improves your sustain with passives like
Helping Hands and
Battle Roar, and this build
synergizes
well with
Battle Roar due to having lots of
ultimate from
Replenishing Barrier and
Trample with
the
Heroism
script.
Combination
Dragonknight - Earthen Heart
Warden - Winter's Embrace
Arcanist - Soldier of the Apocrypha
Base Class
This build doesn't use any class set or class script so the base class can be either Dragonknight, Warden or Arcanist
Base Setup
A base setup that will work for most situations and which should be your starting point when making situational setups
Switching skills for trash packs isn't worth it unless you're a PC player using gear-swap addons, but switching skills for more difficult fights is something you should do regardless of platform
Front Bar | Back Bar |
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Slot 1: Shield Throw | Slot 1: Expansive Frost Cloak |
Slot 2: Trample | Slot 2: Wield Soul |
Slot 3: Igneous Shield | Slot 3: Elemental Susceptibility |
Slot 4: Soul Burst | Slot 4: Elemental Blockade |
Slot 5: Polar Wind | Slot 5: Runeguard of Still Waters |
Ultimate: Gibbering Shelter | Ultimate: Replenishing Barrier |
Trample is the first skill that has
to go when you need to slot something situational, unless the situational skill specifically
says that it's replacing something else
Final Setups
A few examples of final setups you could end up with after applying the situational skills to the base setup
A setup with lots of damage mitigation for bosses that hit very hard
Front Bar | Back Bar |
---|---|
Slot 1: Shield Throw | Slot 1: Expansive Frost Cloak |
Slot 2: Revealing Flare | Slot 2: Wield Soul |
Slot 3: Igneous Shield | Slot 3: Elemental Susceptibility |
Slot 4: Ulfsild's Contingency | Slot 4: Elemental Blockade |
Slot 5: Polar Wind | Slot 5: Runeguard of Still Waters |
Ultimate: Gibbering Shelter | Ultimate: Replenishing Barrier |
Class - Earthen Heart
Eternal Mountain - Medium Priority
Battle Roar - High Priority
Mountain's Blessing - High Priority
Helping Hands - High Priority
Base Setup
A base setup that will work for most situations and which should be your starting point when making situational setups
Switching gear for trash packs isn't worth it unless you're a PC player using gear-swap addons
Gear Slot | Set | Weight/Type | Trait | Enchantment |
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Gear that can be better than the setup from the table in specific situations
Alternative gear that can also be used and might be easier to obtain
It lists all useful gear, even sets that are already in the gear table and Situational tab
Crafted:
All of these are tradable and can be bought from other players
Overland:
All of these are tradable and can be bought from other players
PvP:
All of these are tradable and can be bought from other players
Dungeons:
Trials:
Body:
Jewelry:
Weapons:
Final Setups
A few examples of final setups you could end up with after applying situational rules to the base setup
Starting setup if you only have access to crafted gear
Gear Slot | Set | Weight/Type | Trait | Enchantment |
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Setup if you only have access to dungeon gear
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Trash setup you can quickly switch to if you're a PC player using gear-swap addons
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Use these Champion Points as default for Trash and Boss fights respectively. Further below you'll find a list of all useful CPs with explanation on when to use them instead of the defaults.
Warfare
Fitness
All useful Champion Points to choose from
Nord
is
by far the best race for tanking, due to the increased armor from
Rugged
and ulti generation from
Stalwart. You can complete any
content on any race, you'll just have to work slightly harder with other races, and you'll
have
to adjust your build and get more armor from somewhere else (for example by using
The Lady
as your Mundus rather than
The Atronach).
The best Mundus is
The Atronach
which increases your Magicka Recovery by 310 and causes your armor pieces with the Divines
trait
to increase it by another 28.
If you're struggling with reaching the armor cap (33,000), then
The Lady
can also be a decent choice. It increases your Armor by 2744.
HEALTH
64
STAMINA
0
MAGICKA
0
Majority of the times you should put all your points into Health. However you need your Max
Stamina to be higher than your Max Magicka, because the
Combustion
synergy restores your dominant resource and you want it to be Stamina. Because of that, you
might have to put some attribute points into Stamina if you have passives (such as for
example
the
Gift of Magnus
racial) or item set bonuses (such as for example 1-piece bonus of
Encratis's Behemoth)
that increase your Max Magicka. Put just enough points to make your Max Stamina higher than
your
Max Magicka, and then put the rest into Health.
The best food is
Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch,
however it's extremely expensive so you should use
Jewels of Misrule
instead, it provides only slightly lower stats than
Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch
while being significantly cheaper.
Other decent foods:
Most of the time you should use Tri-Stat potions (Restore Health, Restore Stamina,
Restore
Magicka). They'll greatly improve you sustain. You can craft them by combining
Columbine,
Bugloss
and
Mountain's Flower.
There are better potions but they're expensive. Heroism potions (Heroism, Restore
Stamina,
Restore Magicka) can provide a 100% uptime on Minor Heroism buff which generates
ultimate,
but they're expensive because they're crafted by combining
Dragon Rheum,
Dragon's Blood
and
Columbine.
Logs
Veteran Hard Mode Red Petal Bastion - https://www.esologs.com/reports/Mm1LQrtv8RNGFVcx
Veteran Hard Mode Earthen Root Enclave - https://www.esologs.com/reports/4zqf8Bga32vc7CZN
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