BLADE SLINGER - BUILD 1 OF 3: SOLO
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Stamina Race.
Best: Dark Elf -
Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina
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Mundus: Lover
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Food: Arteum Takeaway Broth
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
•WRATHFUL STRIKES
•BITING AURA
•MASTER AT ARMS
•UNTAMED AGRESSION
(OR)
•FOCUSED MENDING
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• BASTION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• REJUVENATION
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Kra'gh | Corpseburster | Essence Thief
ABILITIES
Living Death
This heals you, restores resources, and increased healing by 3%. Alternatively for more damage, you can use Deadly Cloak which also reduces area damage you take by 20%
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that t heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Scribing Skill
Dual Wield
This is the entire engine of the build both offensively and defensively. There is quite a lot going on with it's use. Please see the time stamp of 2:47 in the video below for a full explanation.
Scripts: Multi-Target, Warmage's Defense, Lifesteal.
Grave Lord
This is channeled from a corpse on the ground which provides great AOE damage, a burst of AOE damage when it expires, and passively increases all of your damage done by 3%. This is what we use to proc the Corpseburster set.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies. This is our primary corpse generator for the Corpseburster set.
Bone Tyrant
This increases your health by 30k, causes your light and heavy attacks to heal you, and does magic damage to surrounding enemies that heal you for the damage caused.
BLADE SLINGER - BUILD 2 OF 3: ONE BAR DPS
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Race. Best: High Elf
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Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina
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Mundus: Thief
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Food: Lava Foot Soup
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
•WRATHFUL STRIKES
•BITING AURA
•FIGHTING FINESSE
•MASTER AT ARMS
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• CELERITY
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• REJUVENATION
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Slimecraw | Corpseburster | Aegis Caller
ABILITIES
Fighters
This applies a damage over time effect to the enemy and applies the Hemorrhaging status effect . It also provides additional weapon and spell damage via the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer
Scribing Skill
Dual Wield
This is the entire engine of the build both offensively and defensively. There is quite a lot going on with it's use. Please see the time stamp of 2:47 in the video below for a full explanation.
Scripts: Multi-Target, Warrior's Opportunity, Lifesteal.
Grave Lord
This is channeled from a corpse on the ground which provides great AOE damage, a burst of AOE damage when it expires, and passively increases all of your damage done by 3%. This is what we use to proc the Corpseburster set.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies. This is our primary corpse generator for the Corpseburster set.
Mages
This causes a comet to crash down on the enemy and surrounding enemies for frost damage, stunning them, and leaves a damage over time effect for 11 seconds.
ROTATION
OPEN WITH: Blastbones>Comet>Trap then Blastbones>Blood Craze>Siphon.
ROTATION: Repeat Blastbones>Knife>Siphon over and over. When Trap and Blood Craze need to be refreshed you use Blastbones>Trap>Blood Craze, then return to the main rotation. When Comet is available, plug it into the Knife spot of the main rotation.
BLADE SLINGER - BUILD 3 OF 3: TWO BAR DPS
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Race. Best: High Elf
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Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina
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Mundus: Thief
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Food: Lava Foot Soup
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
•WRATHFUL STRIKES
•BITING AURA
•FIGHTING FINESSE
•MASTER AT ARMS
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• CELERITY
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• REJUVENATION
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Selene | Corpseburster | Aegis Caller
ABILITIES - FRONT BAR
Dual Wield
This deals area damage over time and reduces the area damage you take by 20%
Grave lord
Summons an Archer to fight at your side that does increasing damage over time.
Scribing Skill
Dual Wield
This is the entire engine of the build both offensively and defensively. There is quite a lot going on with it's use. Please see the time stamp of 2:47 in the video below for a full explanation.
Scripts: Multi-Target, Warrior's Opportunity, Lifesteal.
Grave Lord
This is channeled from a corpse on the ground which provides great AOE damage, a burst of AOE damage when it expires, and passively increases all of your damage done by 3%. This is what we use to proc the Corpseburster set.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies. This is our primary corpse generator for the Corpseburster set.
Fighters
Either Morph is fine. This is only slotted for the 3% Weapon Damage increase to the front bar from the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer.
ABILITIES - BACK BAR
Fighters
This applies a damage over time effect to the enemy and applies the Hemorrhaging status effect . It also provides additional weapon and spell damage via the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer
Two handed
This is a gap closer that charges at enemies leaving a strong aoe under their feet. Using this ability also activates your Maelstrom weapon, increasing all of your direct damage.
Flex Spot
N/A
This is an open Flex Spot.
Grave Lord
Only slotted for a passive damage increase to the back bar. This is an open Flex Spot
Grave Lord
This is only slotted to make the opener in your rotation easier. Proficient players at parsing can remove this for a Flex Spot.
Mages
This causes a comet to crash down on the enemy and surrounding enemies for frost damage, stunning them, and leaves a damage over time effect for 11 seconds.
ROTATION
OPEN WITH: Standing away from the dummy - Potion>Cloak>Archer>(Barswap).
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OPENER: Blastbones>Comet>(approach dummy and begin lightweaving) Stampede. Blastbones>Trap>(Barswap) Siphon.
ROTATION: Repeat Blastbones>Knife>Siphon over and over.
-When Cloak and Archer need to be refreshed, you use Blastbones>Trap>Archer then return to the main rotation.
-When Stampede needs to be refreshed, you use Blastbones (Barswap)>Stampede>Trap (Barswap) then return to the main rotation.
-When Comet is available, you Blastbones (Barswap)>Comet (Barswap)>Siphon return to the main rotation.
Try to never break the pattern of: Blastbones>Ability>Ability.
See timestamp of 6:27 below for an indepth breakdown of the rotation.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race
Best: High Elf -
Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka
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Mundus: Thief
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Food: Ghastly Eye Bowls, Clockwork Citrus Filet, or Withmother's Potent Brew
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Potion: Essence of Spell Power
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• BACKSTABBER
• WRATHFUL STRIKES
• BITING AURA
• MASTER AT ARMS
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• REJUVENATION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• SIPHONING SPELLS
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Zaan| Relequen | Pillar of Nirn
NON-TRIAL: Replace Relequen for Kinra's Wrath
ABILITIES
Grave Lord
This is channeled from a corpse on the ground which provides great AOE damage, a burst of AOE damage when it expires, and passively increases all of your damage done by 3%.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies.
Grave lord
This is a powerful ground based aoe that uses a corpse to empower its damage. It also applies Major Breech to all targets inside of its effect reducing their resistances, and gives a synergy to allies for additional damage and healing. (Note: You can also use the other Morph, Avid Boneyard, for a small dps increase.)
Fighters
This applies a damage over time effect to the enemy and buffs you with Minor Force increasing you critical damage by 10%. It also provides additional weapon and spell damage via the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer
Mages
This causes a comet to crash down on the enemy and surrounding enemies for frost damage, stunning them, and leaves a damage over time effect for 11 seconds.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race
Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka -
Mundus: Atronach
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Food: Witch Mother's Potent Brew
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• ENLIVENING OVERFLOW
• FROM THE BRINK
• HOPE INFUSION
• SWIFT RENEWAL
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• REJUVENATION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• SPIRIT MASTERY
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Sentinel of Rkugamz | Winter's Respite | Spell Power Cure
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ABILITIES
This places a strong heal over time on up to 3 players.
Restoration Staff
Undaunted
A slow moving orbs that blasts out aoe heals and provides a synergy to allies for a burst of healing and resources (magicka/stamina)
NOTE: You can also use Combat Prayer here to buff your group with Minor Berserk and Minor Resolve increasing their damage done and resistances.
Restoration Staff
This places a large circle on the ground providing a heal over time to allies for the duration.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
One of the most powerful single target burst heals in the game which also increases the resistances of the target by 50% of the amount healed.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This brings up to 3 dead allies back to life and restores your magicka and stamina for each ally resurrected.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Stamina Based Race
Best: Imperial -
Attributes: 25 Magicka, 25 Stamina, 14 Health
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Mundus: Lord
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Food: Bewitched Sugar skulls
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• IRONCLAD
• ENDURING RESOLVE
• DUELIST'S REBUFF
• UNASSAILABLE
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• UNCHAINED
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• BRACING ANCHOR
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Swarm Mother | Turning Tide | Bani | Oakensoul
ABILITIES
Weapon Skill
This rushes at an enemy with your shield, stuns them, and applies a damage shield to you.
Weapon Skill
This strikes an enemy, taunts them, and reduces their resistances by applying both Minor and Major Breach.
Weapon Skill
This grants you a damage shield scaling off your maximum health. It also reflect the next direct damage projectile and while you are using a shield the amount of damage you can block is increased and the cost of blocking is decreased.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This removed up to 2 negative effects from you and restores stamina and magicka for each effect removed. It also reduces the cost of all your abilities passively at all times.
Bone Tyrant
This saps the effence from nearby corpses granting you ultimate and a heal over time. While you have the heal over time effect, you are granted Major Protection, greatly reducing your damage taken. It also passively reduces your overall damage taken at all times.
Grave Lord
This summons a giant Colossus to smash enemies dealing disease damage and applying Major Vulnerability to enemies hit, greatly increasing their damage taken.
INFINITE ARCHIVE
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Race. Best: High Elf
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Attributes: 64 Points in Health
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Mundus: Lover
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Food: Orzorga Bear Haunch or Jewels of Misrule
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• IRON CLAD
• ENDURING RESOLVE
• UNASSAILABLE
• DUELIST REBUFF
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• BASTION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• JUGGERNAUT
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Kra'gh | Serpent's Disdain | Heartland Conquerer
ABILITIES
Soul
Focus Script: Damage Shield, Signature Script: Sage's Remedy, Affix Script: Vitality.
Bone Tyrant
This is used to apply the Hemorrhage status effect and as a stamina based heal.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Destruction Staff
This applies Major Breach to the enemy, reducing their physical and spell resistances by 5948. Every 7.5 seconds it also applies a status effect of Burning, Chilled, or Concussion.
Bone Tyrant
This increases your health by 30k, causes your light and heavy attacks to heal you, and does magic damage to surrounding enemies that heal you for the damage caused.
3 - BUTTON
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race
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Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka
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Mundus: Lover - Solo. Thief - Group
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Food: Clockwork Citrus Filet
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• FOCUSED MENDING
• WRATHFUL STRIKES
• MASTER-AT-ARMS
• BITING AURA
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• FORTIFIED
• REJUVENATION
• STRATEGIC RESERVE
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Overwhelming Surge | Pillar of Nirn | Slimecraw
ABILITIES
Alliance War
Mages
This is only slotted for the passive buff of Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. You can use either morph.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies.
Grave lord
This is a powerful ground based aoe that uses a corpse to empower its damage. It also applies Major Breach to all targets inside of its effect reducing their resistances, and gives a synergy to allies for additional damage and healing.
Bone Tyrant
This is only slotted for the health recovery from Strategic Reserve, you don't actually use this. However, in emergencies, this is a great panic button to also help you recover.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race
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Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka
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Mundus: Thief
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Food: Witchmother's Potent Brew
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Potion: Essence of Spell Power
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
•REAVING BLOWS
• WRATHFUL STRIKES
• DEADLY AIM
• MASTER AT ARMS
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• REJUVENATION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• SIPHONING SPELLS
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Magnus' Gift | Grace of the Ancients | Law of Julianos
ABILITIES
Necromancer Skill Tree
Grave Lord
This is a ground based AOE that is empowered by 50% when used over a corpse. You can use your own synergy for added burst and it procs your Winter's Respite Set, giving you constant healing.
Destruction Staff
Coupled with a lightning staff this turns into a ground field of lightning damage, electrocuting enemies, helping to proc the off balance status effect, and exploding at the end for additional damage.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeletal mage minion at your side that blasts enemies with electricity.
Grave Lord
This summons a huge colossus minion to smash and bash your enemies for massive damage and applying Major Vulnerability for 8 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 30%
(PART OF THE NEXT LEVEL SERIES. SEE VIDEO BELOW FOR EXPLANATION)
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Stamina Based Race
Best: High Elf -
Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina
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Mundus: Thief
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Food: Max DPS - Lava Foot Soup or Health/DPS Balance - Arteum Takeaway Broth
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Potion: Essence of Weapon Power
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• FIGHTING FINESSE
• WRATHFUL STRIKES
• DEADLY AIM
• EXPLOITER
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• REJUVENATION
• FORTIFIED
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• CELERITY
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Zaan | Relequen | Pillar of Nirn | Maelstrom 2h
ABILITIES - FRONT BAR
Fighters
This applies a damage over time effect to the enemy and buffs you with Minor Force increasing you critical damage by 10%. It also provides additional weapon and spell damage via the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer
Grave Lord
This is channeled from a corpse on the ground which provides great AOE damage, a burst of AOE damage when it expires, and passively increases all of your damage done by 3%.
Bow
This is your main spammable which also applies the poisoned status effect.
Grave lord
Summons an Archer to fight at your side that does increasing damage over time.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies.
Fighters
This is primarily here to boost our front bar damage from the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer. You can also use it around 20% HP of your parse for more weapon damage during the execute phase.
ABILITIES - BACK BAR
Fighters
This applies a damage over time effect to the enemy and buffs you with Minor Force increasing you critical damage by 10%. It also provides additional weapon and spell damage via the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit. This can be a flex spot for whatever other defensive ability you prefer as well.
Two handed
This is a gap closer that charges at enemies leaving a strong aoe under their feet. Using this ability also activates your Maelstrom weapon, increasing all of your direct damage.
Fighters
This is here fora tiny amount of backbar steroid from the Fighter's Guild Passive - Slayer. It can also be used as an emergency AOE heal for your group. This can be a flex spot for whatever other defensive ability you prefer as well.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst damage to all nearby enemies.
Mages
This causes a comet to crash down on the enemy and surrounding enemies for frost damage, stunning them, and leaves a damage over time effect for 11 seconds.
ROTATION
Note: The rotation below is taken from the guide video below. Please see the time stamp of 7"26 for a full explanation.
BEFORE COMBAT: Potion, Skeletal Archer
OPEN WITH: (Start on the BAck Bar) Blastbones, Barbed Trap, Stampede, Blastbones, Ice Comet, Bar Swap, Detonating Siphon
ROTATION: Blastbones, Lethal Arrow, Lethal Arrow. Refresh expiring abilities in place of Lethal Arrows. See video below for a complete rotation break down along with parsing tips and tricks for this specific build.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race or Nord
Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka -
Mundus: Atronach
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Food: Clockwork Citrus Filet or Witch Mother's Potent Brew
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• FOCUS MENDING
• SWIFT RENEWAL
• REJUVENATOR
• DUELIST'S REBUFF
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• CELERITY
• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• REJUVENATION
• PAIN'S REFUGE
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Bloodspawn | Akaviri Dragonguard | Potentates | Trainee | Oakensoul
NOTE: You can also use the Chokethorn monster set and Powered staff trait for general more healing.
ABILITIES
This places a strong heal over time on up to 3 players.
Restoration Staff
Undaunted
A slow moving orbs that blasts out aoe heals and provides a synergy to allies for a burst of healing and resources (magicka/stamina)
NOTE: You can also use Combat Prayer here to buff your group with Minor Berserk and Minor Resolve increasing their damage done and resistances.
Restoration Staff
This places a large circle on the ground providing a heal over time to allies for the duration. It also increases your magicka recovery by 15 for each target healed, stacking 20 times.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that stays with you for 16 seconds. It heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
One of the most powerful single target burst heals in the game which also increases the resistances of the target by 50% of the amount healed.
Restoration Staff
This heals an ally with a powerful heal over time as well as applies Regeneration, Blessing of Protection, and Steadfast Ward to them from the Restoration Staff line and using whichever morph of them you have chosen within the skill tree.
OVERVIEW
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Race: Any Magicka Based Race. Best: High Elf
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Attributes: 30 Health 34 Magicka
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Mundus: Atronach
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Food: Smoked Bear Haunch or Jewels of Misrule
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Potion: Tri-Pots
CHAMPION
WARFARE SLOTTABLES:
• FOCUS MENDING
• DEADLY AIM
• MASTER AT ARMS
• BITING AURA
FITNESS SLOTTABLES:
• CELERITY
• SUSTAINED BY SUFFERING
• PAIN'S REFUGE
• SURVIVAL INSTINCTS
EQUIPMENT
LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS: Syvarra's Scales | Tarnished Nightmare | Oakensoul
NOTE: You can use any 1 piece monster set helmet with Weapon + Spell damage.
ABILITIES
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This removed up to 2 negative effects from you and restores stamina and magicka for each effect removed. It also reduces the cost of all your abilities passively at all times.
Soul
This is your spammable which does damage, damage over time, and provides Major Breach.
Focus Script: Magic or Shock, Signature Script: Lingering, Affix Script: Breach.
Necromancer Skill Tree
Living Death
This conjures a spirit that heals you or an ally with the lowest health every 2 seconds. It also transfers 10% of the damage you take to the spirit.
Grave Lord
This summons a skeleton that slams into enemies doing large aoe burst of disease damage to all nearby enemies and applying the diseased status effect, reducing the healing received and damage shield strength by 12% to the target(s).
Fighters
This does a burst of damage to all enemies in front of you, stuns then, and applied an additional damage over time effect.