Powerful Stamina Necromancer Bow Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online)

Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Blight
Table of Contents
Gear
Skills
Champion Points
Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
Resource Management
Rotation
Update Log
Welcome to the Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE “Blight” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the bow build for each new Update of ESO. The Blight Build is optimized for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas. You can also find plenty of other Stamina Necromancer content on the website such as:
Other Stamina Necromancer Guides:
Stamina Necromancer Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
Stamina Necromancer Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
Stamina Necromancer Dual Wield Build
Stamina Necromancer Two Hander Build
This Necromancer bow build functions similarly to other bow builds, you can play close-up, mid-range or at max range depending on your current skill setup. For our main setup, we run Perfected Arms Of Relequen, Pillar of Nirn, Harpooner’s Wading Kilt Mythic and one piece of Slimecraw for the extra crit bonus. You can also run other sets that are explained in the Stamina DPS Sets guide.
Necromancer Class
High Burst Damage
High Single Target damage
High AoE Damage
Good Sustain
Bow & Bow Setup
Trials, Dungeon & Arenas
Trials & Dungeons Setup Necromancer Bow Build ESO
5x Relequen, 5x Pillar of Nirn, 1x Slimecraw, 1x Harpooner’s Wading Kilt, on a Dark Elf with Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice food.
Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
Buffed: In combat, buff food, Raid Target Dummy buffs, Weapon Power Potion, Harpooner, Weapon Damage Enchantment, Skeletal Archer active.
Gear Necromancer Bow Build
You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. People who do not have all the gear yet can use 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
If you don’t have access to the Harpooner Mythic item you can instead run a full monster set.
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
Medium
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
Pillar of Nirn
Bow
Precise
Flame Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Perfected Thunderous Volley
Bow
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Gear Setup 2
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Health
Belt
Tzogvin’s Warband
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Tzogvin’s Warband
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Health
Hands
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Stormfist
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Stormfist
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Tzogvin’s Warband
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Ring
Tzogvin’s Warband
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Ring
Tzogvin’s Warband
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1
Hunding’s Rage
Bow
Precise
Flame Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Hunding’s Rage
Bow
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Gear beginner
This gearsetup is pretty easy to get, you need to ask a guildmate to craft you Hundings Rage and Night Mothers Gaze. You can buy Agility in Guildstores, if you want really cheap pieces just buy the Healthy Trait ones, then you can actually invest all points into Stamina and you should get to a decent Health level.
Gear
Set
Weight
Trait
Enchantment
Chest
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Health
Belt
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoes
Hunding’s Rage
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Pants
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Hands
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Head
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Shoulder
Night Mother’s Gaze
Medium
Divine
Stamina
Necklace
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Stamina Recovery
Ring
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Ring
Agility
Jewelry
Robust
Weapon Damage
Weapon 1
Hunding’s Rage
Bow
Precise
Flame Damage Enchant
Weapon 2
Hunding’s Rage
Bow
Infused
Weapon Damage Enchant
Where can I get the gear?
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Arms Of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Perfected Point-Blank Snipe: vVateshran Hollows
Point-Blank Snipe: Vateshran Hollows
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Stormfist: vTempest Island
Perfected Thunderous Volley: vMaelstrom Arena
Thunderous Volley: Maelstrom Arena
Skills Necromancer Bow Build
Necrotic Potency: This ability can be used to drain corpses to get ultimate.
Trap? We do not run Rearming Trap because we do get Minor Force from the Tzogvin Set.
Bow Mainbar
Bow-second bar
Slot 1: Skeletal Archer
Slot 1: Endless Hail
Slot 2: Blighted Blastbones
Slot 2: Necrotic Potency
Slot 3: Lethal Arrow
Slot 3: Poison Injection
Slot 4: Acid Spray
Slot 4: Detonating Siphon
Slot 5: Detonating Siphon
Slot 5: Resolving Vigor
Ultimate: Pestilent Colossus
Ultimate: Pestilent Colossus
Champion Points for the Necro Bow Build
Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this bow 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 into 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 Necromancer Bow Build PvE
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 Crit Potions
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)
Poisons
Damage Health Poison
(Damage Poison, Damage Poison)
(Fleshfly Larva, Nightshade, Nirnroot)
Passives
Grave Lord: Reusable Parts, Death Knell, Dismember, Rapid Rot
Bone Tyrant: Death Gleaning, Disdain Harm, Last Gasp
Living Death: Curative Curse, Corpse Consumption, Undead Confederate
Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked
Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
Racial: All
Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
0 Health, 64 Stamina, 0 Magicka
Resource Management Necromancer Bow Build
Keeping up the Skeletal Archer will allow you to have the Undead Confederate passive up a 100% of the time. Make sure to activate potions on cooldown to keep up the recovery passives and make sure to use the right food, that way we can almost reach 1950 Stamina Recovery which should be enough to sustain.
In case you still have trouble, you can also do heavy attacks to restore stamina.
Undead Confederate
Lava Foot and Saltrice Soup Food
Heavy Attacks
Potions
Rotation for the Necromancer Bow Build
In case you don’t know what weaving light attacks is, make sure to check out the “Weaving Beginner Guide” which explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.
Prebuff with: Skeletal Archer and Blighted Blastbones
You want to use Blighted Blastbones on the frontbar four times per rotation, keep up your DoTs and if you still have time use Lethal Arrow as spammable. You could use Venom Skull, but I found Lethal Arrow to be stronger and easier to sustain.
Endless Hail > LA > Poison Injection > Weapon Swap
LA > BB > LA > Skeletal Archer > LA > Lethal Arrow > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > 2x Lethal Arrow (with LA) > BB > Weapon Swap
Restart
BB = Blighted Blastbones
LA = Light Attack
If you can, activate Detonating Siphon whenever it runs out.
Update Log for the Necro Bow Build ESO
11.08.2019 Updated Stamina Necromancer Bow Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Necromancer Bow Build PvE.
23.09.2019 Fixed typo in the Champion Points 600 Setup.
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
17.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
18.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
26.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
14.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
12.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Points link and added tooltips to buff food, WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
19.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
24.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
10.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
26.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
13.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter.
30.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
06.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter
31.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
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