Powerful Stamina Warden Build for ESO – Damage Dealer DPS
Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Guardian
Table of Contents
Gear
Skills
Scribing Skills
Champion Points
Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
Resource Management
Rotation
AoE Setup
Maelstrom & Vateshran Arena
Outfit Style Showcase
Update Log
Welcome to the Group DPS Stamina Warden Build for ESO. Stamina Wardens in ESO are very powerful and can deal a lot of damage. Stamina Wardens have great abilities such as: Subterranean Assault, Growing Swarm, Bull Netch, Bird of Prey, Wild Guardian and of course many more! Please see the sections below for a detailed list.
Medium Armor Build
Dual Wield & Two Hander Setup
Great Single Target (ST) Damage
Good Area of Effect (AoE) Damage
Good Sustain
Maximum Damage Build
Trials, Dungeon & Arena Group Build
Other Stamina Warden Guides:
You can also find plenty of other Stamina Warden content on the website such as:
Stamina Warden Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
Stamina Warden Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
Stamina Warden Bow Build
Stamina Warden Two Hander Build
SOLO Stamina Warden Build
Build Setup – ESO Stamina Warden Build
Lets take a look at the Stamina Warden Build. Below you will find things like Sets, Skills, Champion Points, Buff-food, Mundus Stone, Potions, Passives and Attributes. These are all important aspects of the Stamina Warden Build.
5x Pillar of Nirn, 5x Perf. Relequen, 1x Slimecraw, 1x Harpooner’s Kilt on a Dark Elf with Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice buff food.
Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active.
Buffed: In combat, raid target dummy buffs, weapon power potion, weapon damage enchantment and Bear active.
Gear for the Stamina Warden Build
You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. For people that do not have all the gear yet can use the Setup 2 which is easier to obtain and beginners can use Setup 3.
Setup 1 is with Trial Gear
Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
Setup 3 is for Beginners
There are a lot of good Stamina Sets available, you can find more viable stamina dps sets in this Stamina DPS Sets Article. I also elaborate on specific sets that are often used in this article to give you a bit more insight as to why they are used.
Gear Setup 1 – Stamina Warden Build
This is the tier 1 setup for the Stamina Warden Build that you should try to get, this is the most optimal setup to achieve high damage.
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Perfected Arms of Relequen
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Belt
Perfected Arms of Relequen
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Perfected Arms of Relequen
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt (Mythic)
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Hands
Perfected Arms of Relequen
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Perfected Arms of Relequen
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Slimecraw
Light
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Ring
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Ring
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW
Pillar of Nirn
Dagger
Nirnhoned
Poison Damage Enchant
Weapon 1 DW
Pillar of Nirn
Dagger
Charged
Fire Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Perfected Merciless Charge
2H Sword
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Gear Setup 2 – Stamina Warden Build
This setup is for those that did not have the chances yet to step into a trial. You will deal slightly less damage than with the tier 1 setup, but not by much. Overall, the gear here is easier to get because you aren’t required to enter a trial.
Briarheart Dagger: There is an unique Dagger “Materre’s Bodkin” that you can get fairly easy, instead of buying it expensive in the store.
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Belt
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Hands
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Random Monster Set
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Random Monster Set
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Briarheart
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Ring
Briarheart
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Ring
Briarheart
Jewelry
Bloodthirsty
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW
Briarheart
Dagger
Nirnhoned
Poison Damage Enchant
Weapon 1 DW
Briarheart
Dagger
Charged
Fire Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Merciless Charge
2H Sword
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Gear Setup 3 Beginner – Stamina Warden Build
This setup is dedicated to people that have not had the chance to farm the necessary gear for the maximum damage potential. All the gear here is either craftable or cheap to get in a guildstore.
Make sure to ask a friend to craft Hunding’s Rage and Night Mother’s Gaze. Agility jewelry can be obtained in the Guildstores. I do recommend having around 18k health (with buff-food). You can buy cheap Agility jewelry with healthy trait to reach this value if you want.
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Health
Belt
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Hands
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Ring
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Ring
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW
Hunding’s Rage
Dagger
Nirnhoned
Poison Damage Enchant
Weapon 1 DW
Hunding’s Rage
Dagger
Charged
Fire Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Hunding’s Rage
2H Sword
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Where can I get the gear?
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Merciless Charge (Maelstrom 2H): vMaelstrom Arena
Merciless Charge: nMaelstrom Arena
Slimecraw: vWayrest Sewers 1, Undaunted Enclave
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt (Mythic): Antiquities
Perfect Arms of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Briarheart: Wrothgar, Guildstore
Mechanical Acuity: Craftable
Skills for the Stamina Warden Build
The skill setup for the Stamina Warden Build is very focused at maximizing your damage in your group.
Dual Wield Mainbar
2H-second bar
Slot 1: Barbed Trap
Slot 1: Stampede
Slot 2: Fetcher Infection
Slot 2: Bull Netch
Slot 3: Cutting Dive
Slot 3: Carve
Slot 4: Subterranean Assault
Slot 4: Winter’s Revenge
Slot 5: Deadly Cloak
Slot 5: Bird of Prey
Ultimate: Wild Guardian
Ultimate: Wild Guardian
Skills explanation:
Barbed Trap: Deals damage and gives you Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.
Fetcher Infection: Deals great damage over time and also debuffs the enemy.
Cutting Dive: Your main spammable.
Subterranean Assault: Great AoE (area of effect) and single target damage ability.
Deadly Cloak: Deals AoE damage and gives us 20% AoE damage mitigation.
Wild Guardian: Great single target ultimate (Alternatively you can also use Flawless Dawnbreaker if you don’t like the active pet.)
Stampede: Very powerful Single Target and AoE ability.
Bull Netch: Always keep this active, gives great extra sustain.
Carve: Strong single target and AoE bleed ability.
Winter’s Revenge: Very strong single target and area of effect damage.
Bird of Prey: This is just passively slotted to gain a bit of extra damage on the backbar. You could also slot a heal here.
Warden Scribing Skills
The ESO Scribing System offers plenty of adjustable skills to add to our build. We have two good options. Venomous Knife and Bloody Smash. Bloody Smash deals good direct and damage over time damage. Venomous Knife with the Warrior’s opportunity is a must have in stamina groups because it lets enemies take 8% more physical damage. But you only need this once, if someone else has it swap to Lingering Torment script to get additional damage over time. Both skills also give us easy access to Minor Berserk. If you already have that buff, swap it out with another Affix script.
Important: Please read here how to get Grimoires, Focus Scripts, Signature Scripts and Affix Scripts for the ESO Scribing System.
Base Scribing Skill:
Dual Wield: Traveling Knife
Two Handed: Smash
You need to reach level 25 in the skill lines of Dual Wield and Two-handed to unlock these Scribing Skills.
Venomous Knife
Traveling Knife turns into Venomous Knife with our Scribing scripts. You can use other Signature or Affix scripts as well, depending on the situation.
Focus Script
Signature Script
Warrior’s Opportunity (8% more Physical Damage) or
Lingering Torment (Damage over time)
Affix Script
Berserk (5% more damage)
Bloody Smash
Smash turns into Bloody Smash with our Scribing scripts.
Focus Script
Signature Script
Lingering Torment (Damage over time)
Affix Script
Berserk (5% more damage)
You can You can also test more combinations out with the ESO Scribing Simulator.
Champion Points for the Stamina Warden Build
Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this build. Work your way from top to bottom in your allocation. For more information on Champion Points, please visit the Champion Points Overview Page on ESO-Hub.com.
Hovering over each perk will give you insights on what it does. Presets are also provided for each of the allocations below.
Click the tab below to open the allocation.
Important Info for Stamina Warden Build PvE
In this section of the ESO Stamina Warden Build we are going to take a look at Buff-food, Mundus Stone, Potions, Poisons, Passives and Attributes you should use.
All these things are important, I will give you one example to showcase how fast you can lose power. Often players forget to use/activate the Medicinal Use passive. Therefore the player won’t be able to have a 100% uptime on his potions, which means he will lose a lot of weapon damage, weapon critical and resources.
Buff-food
Any of the three foods below works well with the build. For a list of all buff food and drink consumables please visit the Buff Food and Drinks Overview Page.
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Saltrice, Flour, Potato, Scrib Jelly)
Artaeum Takeaway Broth
(Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery+Health Recovery)
Dubious Camoran Throne
(2nd option if Artaeum is too expensive)
Mundus Stone
The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Weapon Critical Rating which boosts our damage. For more information on Mundus Stones please visit the Mundus Stone Overview Page.
The Thief Mundus Stone (Increased Weapon Critical)
Race
Any race with stamina based perks works for this setup. If you want a complete overview of all races and racial passives, then I recommend checking out the ESO Races Overview page.
Orc
Khajiit
Dark Elf
Nord
Redguard
Wood Elf
Imperial
High Elf
Potions
Weapon Power Potions
(Weapon damage, Weapon critical, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)
Passives for the Stamina Warden Build
Below you can find a full list of all the recommended passives for the Stamina Warden Build.
Animal Companion: Bond with Nature, Savage Beast, Flourish, Advanced Species
Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature’s Gift, Maturation
Winter’s Embrace: Icy Aura
Dual Wield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
Two Hander: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
Psijic: Only if you use Channeled Acceleration for the AoE setup.
Racial: All
Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
All into Stamina
Resource Management
Bull Netch is the Wardens best friend, it restores a lot of Stamina, make sure to keep it up all the time.
Energy Orb will always be present in a good group. When you get close to the Orb you can activate its synergy to regain resources.
Potions should always be used on cooldown to gain the maximum benefit from them.
Heavy Attacks help you restore Stamina, if you drop low on resources do a few Heavy Attacks between skills to refill your Stamina.
Bull Netch
Potions
Heavy Attacks
Orb Synergy
Rotation for the Stamina Warden Build
Here is a quick explanation of what you have to do with all the skills on your bar.
Your main spammable is Cutting Dive
Your semi spammable is Sub Assault (Use after every 3rd skill if possible)
Reapply DoTs (damage over time) effects after they run out: Deadly Cloak, Fetcher Infection, Stampede, Carve, Winter’s Revenge, and Barbed Trap.
Activate Wild Guardian Ultimate whenever it is ready
Always light attack between each ability.
Area of Effect Setup
This setup here is focusing on an AoE setup, this way you can be more effective when fighting trash packs or just a large amount of monsters.
Gear Setup
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Mechanical Acuity
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Belt
Mechanical Acuity
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Mechanical Acuity
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Mechanical Acuity
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Hands
Mechanical Acuity
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Pillar of Nirn
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Pillar of Nirn
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Infused
Weapon Damage
Ring
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Infused
Weapon Damage
Ring
Pillar of Nirn
Jewelry
Infused
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW
Perfect Spectral Cloak
Dagger
Nirnhoned
Poison Damage Enchant
Weapon 1 DW
Perfect Spectral Cloak
Dagger
Precise
Fire Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Perfected Merciless Charge
2H Sword
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Skills
Note: You can also check out the Two Hander version of the AoE setup in case you want to run Dual Wield for Single Target and Two Hander for AOE like most players do.
Maelstrom & Vateshran Hollows Arena
Please check out the Solo Stamina Warden Build for specific Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows Arena setups.
Outfit Style Showcase of the Guardian Warden Build for ESO
Lets take a look at the outfit style of the Stamina Warden PvE Build for ESO. You can find a close up shot, an image from the back and an image of the outfit editor dye station below.
Stormlord Motif Style: Helm
Greymoor Motif Style: Arm Cops, Bracers, Guards, Cuirass, Belt, Boots, Daggers
Skin: Meridian Purified
Dyes: Drowned Cobalt, Warrior’s Steel
Slot
Name
Head
Stormlord Motif
Shoulder
Greymoor Motif
Chest
Greymoor Motif
Hands
Greymoor Motif
Waist
Greymoor Motif
Legs
Greymoor Motif
Feet
Greymoor Motif
Weapon
Greymoor Motif
Skin
Meridian Purified
Dyes
Drowned Cobalt, Warrior’s Steel
Update Log for the ESO Stam Warden Build
11.08.2019 Updated the Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Warden Build PvE.
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
23.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
20.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
03.09.2020 Updated the Champion Points 810, 600, 300.
31.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
03.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
28.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Points link and added buff food tooltips, WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
22.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
25.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
12.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
28.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
13.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter.
31.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO Necrom Chapter.
26.10.2023 Updated the Build for Necrom Update 40.
08.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter.
29.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
Tags: Stamina Warden PvE Build, Stamina Warden Build, Dual Wield Stamina Warden Build, StamWarden Build PvE.
Related Content:
Warden Builds Overview Page
DPS Tier List for all ESO classes
Set and Skill data provided by ESO-Hub.com
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