Firesong
PvE
Stamina Damage Dealer
Dragonknight
by Thorin-III
- Sets
- Skills
- Champion Points
- Character
- Consumables
- Passives
- Buffs/Debuffs
- Guide
Stamina Dragonknight DPS build featuring Harpoon Wader's Kilt, Vateshran Daggers, and Maelstrom Greatsword. High damage build with plenty of DOTs.
Sets
- Frontbar
Dagger(Secondary)
ChargedPoison - Frontbar
Dagger(Primary)
PreciseFlame Ring
BloodthirstyIncrease Physical HarmRing
BloodthirstyIncrease Physical HarmNecklace
BloodthirstyIncrease Physical Harm
Berserking Warrior
Medium
DivinesMedium
DivinesStaminaMedium
DivinesStaminaMedium
DivinesStaminaMedium
DivinesStamina
Perfected Arms of Relequen
- Backbar
Bow(Primary)
InfusedWeapon Damage
Perfected Thunderous Volley
Medium
DivinesStamina
Harpooner's Wading Kilt
Light
DivinesStamina
Slimecraw
Skills
Frontbar
Molten Whip
1
Deadly Cloak
2
Noxious Breath
3
Stone Giant
4
Whirling Blades
5
Standard of MightUltimate
Backbar
Poison Injection
1
Endless Hail
2
Venomous Claw
3
Barbed Trap
4
Flames of Oblivion
5
Corrosive ArmorUltimate
Champion Points
Champion Bar
- Master-at-Arms50Backstabber50Wrathful Strikes50Deadly Aim50
- Bloody Renewal50Boundless Vitality50Fortified50Rejuvenation50
Passive Stars
- Steadfast Enchantment
50
- Battle Mastery
40
- Blessed
20
- Eldritch Insight
20
- Elemental Aegis
20
- Flawless Ritual
40
- Hardy
20
- Mighty
30
- Piercing
20
- Precision
20
- Preparation
20
- Quick Recovery
20
- Tireless Discipline
20
- War Mage
30
- Defiance
20
- Fortification
30
- Hasty
16
- Hero's Vigor
20
- Mystic Tenacity
50
- Savage Defense
30
- Sprinter
20
- Tempered Soul
50
- Tireless Guardian
20
- Tumbling
30
Character
Race Options
- OrcRedguardDark ElfNordWood ElfKhajiitImperial
Attributes
Magicka
Health
Stamina
64
Mundus stone, Curse
- The Thief
Consumables
Food/Drink
- Orzorga's Smoked Bear HaunchFrost Mirriam (1)Perfect Roe (1)Red Meat (1)Tomato (1)White Cap (1)Lava Foot Soup-and-SaltriceFlour (1)Potato (1)Saltrice (1)Scrib Jelly (1)Dubious Camoran ThroneBeetle Scuttle (3)Lake Bait (1)River Bait (1)White Meat (1)GutsInsect Parts
Potions
Essence of Weapon Power
- Blessed ThistleWormwoodDragonthorn
Passives
Dragonknight
Ardent Flame
CombustionWarmthSearing HeatWorld in RuinDraconic Power
Iron SkinBurning HeartElder DragonScaled ArmorEarthen Heart
Eternal MountainBattle RoarMountain's BlessingHelping HandsWeapon
Two Handed
ForcefulHeavy WeaponsBalanced BladeFollow UpBattle RushDual Wield
SlaughterDual Wield ExpertControlled FuryRuffianTwin Blade and BluntArmor
Light Armor
ProdigyConcentrationMedium Armor
DexterityWind WalkerAgilityAthleticsGuild
Fighters Guild
Banish the WickedSkilled TrackerRacial
Redguard Skills
WayfarerMartial TrainingConditioningAdrenaline RushOrc Skills
CraftsmanBrawnyUnflinching RageSwift WarriorNord Skills
RevelerResist FrostStalwartRuggedDark Elf Skills
AshlanderDynamicResist FlameRuinationWood Elf Skills
AcrobatHunter's EyeY'ffre's EnduranceResist AfflictionKhajiit Skills
CutpurseRobustnessLunar BlessingsFeline AmbushImperial Skills
DiplomatToughImperial MettleRed DiamondBuffs/Debuffs
| Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Major Breach | Reduces Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 |
| Major Defile | Reduces Healing Received and Health Recovery by 16% |
| Major Evasion | Reduces damage taken from Area of Effect attacks by 20% |
| Major Prophecy | Increases Spell Critical chance by 12% |
| Major Savagery | Increases Weapon Critical by 12% |
| Minor Berserk | Increases all damage done by 5% |
| Minor Brutality | Increases Weapon Damage by 10% |
| Minor Force | Increases Critical Damage by 10% |
| Minor Slayer | Increases damage dealt in Dungeons and Trials by 5% |
| Stagger | Increases damage taken by 65 per stack for 5 seconds. |
Guide
Welcome to my Dragonknight PvE stamina DPS build! This build is designed to maximize the damage from specialty sets, running one mythic and two arena weapons.
Previously, this build used Stone Giant as the main spammable. You can still run that, with either whip or Twin Slashes in the #4 FB, but it's really hard on sustain in the latest patch.
This build gives high damage and is suitable for four man and trial content. Without any further ado, let's dive into the abilities.
Frontbar
- Molten Whip: this is your primary spammable. If you prefer, you can run Rapid Strikes, but it will have lower damage.
- Deadly Cloak: keep this up for the Spectral Cloak set to have a 6% damage increase to all damage sources.
- Noxious Breath: this buffs your Whip, debuffs the enemy, and applies a poison DOT.
- Stone Giant: this is your secondary spammable. Use this as needed to keep up the stagger bonus. Alternately, you can run Twin Slashes here. It's easier on sustain, and they do about the same damage.
- Whirring Blades: execute. Drop Whip and use when your enemies are below 25% health.
Backbar
- Poison Arrow: this is a great single target DOT, and it boosts your damage in execute.
- Endless Hail: This procs the Maelstrom Bow and does some nice AOE damage.
- Venomous Claw: another very strong DOT. Avoid casting it until right before it expires, if you can, as the damage increases each tic.
- Barbed Trap: procs minor force, very important.
- Flames of Oblivion: this is a flex spot. If you don't have a good healer in your group, you can slot Vigor or Coagulating Blood here.
Gear:
Selene: a strong monster set option, but Kjalnar and Stonefist are also good.
Relequen: the premiere stamina DPS set. You could substitute Coral Riptide if that's more your style.
Kilt: Currently, this is the strongest mythic item for PvE DPS. If you want, you can substitute Death Dealer's Fete.
Berserking Warrior: Any set that gives a 2 piece crit bonus will do here. For the Berserking Warrior build, it gives a nice crit stack.
Beginner gear: Leviathan is the stamina equivalent of Mother's Sorrow. Tzogvin procs minor force, eliminating the need to run Trap. Both aren't too hard to farm. Alternately, Hunding's Rage is a decent set that's craftable, and Briarheart is a good overland set for stam DPS.
Spectral Cloak: Gives you a 6% reduction to damage taken and increase to damage done as long as Blade Cloak is active.
Maelstrom Bow: With the latest patch, the Maelstrom bow is slightly stronger than the greatsword, but both give respectable parses. If you want to run the 2 hander, swap the bow backbar abilites for Carve and Stampede.
One quick note on perfected gear: the perfected spectral cloak is worth it if you can run vBRP. The perfected Relequen is nice, but it won't make or break the build. Same for the Perfected Maelstrom Bow.
If you're running the Maelstrom two hand, the greatsword is more important than a perfected weapon, due to the Heavy Weapons passive. I can hit max penetration with this build without a perfected Maelstrom weapon, making the perfected bonus redundant. Run non-perfected greatsword over perfected maul or axe, if you have it.
