Powerful Magicka Warden Build for ESO – Damage Dealer DPS
Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Ice & Fire
Table of Contents
- Magicka Warden Build Setup
- Resource Management
- Rotation
- AoE Setup
- Maelstrom Arena & Vatehsran Hollows Arena
- Warden Subclassing
- Outfit Style Showcase
- Related Content
- Update Log
Welcome to the Magicka Warden Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). This build is optimized for group content such as dungeons, trials & arenas and has a very glass-cannon approach. The Magicka Warden DPS build is optimized for maximum damage. The build works best in a group but with some minor adjustments can also be played as a solo setup if necessary.
Magicka Wardens have strong abilities such as the Screaming Cliff Racer, Sub. Assault, Fetcher Infection, Blue Betty and Bird of Prey. Wardens also have useful passives such as Advanced Species, Flourish, Piercing Cold and of course plenty more.
The Magicka Warden Build has 3 different gear setups. Tier 1 with the best gear, Tier 2 with advanced gear and Tier 3 for beginners. If you are a new player I do recommend reading the Magicka Warden Beginners Guide. If you are looking for a solo build then I recommend checking out the Solo Magicka Warden Build.
- Double Destruction Staff Setup
- Amazing Single Target (ST) Damage
- Amazing Area of Effect (AoE) Damage
- Good Sustain
- Easy Survivability due to Magicka Shield
- Optimized for Trials, Dungeons & Arenas
More Warden Builds can be found in the Warden class category.
ESO Magicka Warden Build Setup
In this section, we are going to take a look at how you can create the Magicka Warden Build for ESO.
5x Perf. Whorl of Depths, 5x Pillar of Nirn, 1x Slimecaw, 1x Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet on a High Elf with Ghastly Eye Bowl buff food.
- Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
- Buffed: Raid Target Dummy buffs, buff food, Spell Power Potion, Weapon Damage Enchantment active.
Gear – Magicka Warden Build for ESO
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 the primary Gear setup
- Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
- Setup 3 is for Beginners
Gear Setup 1
- Whorl of Depths gives us access to the powerful Minor Slayer buff, increasing damage against monsters by 5%. Additionally, it also deals massive single-target and AOE damage.
- Pillar of Nirn is a strong proc set that deals massive damage both for single-target and AOE damage. We frontbar this set.
- Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet is a Mythic item that gives us an incredible damage boost, but reduces our light and heavy attack damage, which is a small tradeoff!
- Crushing Wall is slotted on the backbar to boost the damage of our Unstable Blockade.
- Slimecraw is only here for the one piece that gives us an extra crit bonus.
- No Mythic? If you don’t have access to the Mythic item, replace the Mythic and the Slimecraw piece with 2x Maw of the Infernal Monster set.
Alternatively, you can also use the Necromancer class-specific Corpseburster set.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Belt | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoes | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Pants | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Hands | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Head | Slimecraw | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Perfected Whorl of Depths | Light | Divine | Magicka |
| Necklace | Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Perfected Whorl of Depths | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Perfected Whorl of Depths | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Perfected Whorl of Depths | Fire | Precise | Fire Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Crushing Wall | Fire | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Advanced – Gear Setup 2
The Gear setup 2 for the Magicka Templar Build is made for players who don’t have access to trial gear.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Belt | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoes | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Pants | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Hands | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Head | Maw of the Infernal | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Maw of the Infernal | Light | Divine | Magicka |
| Necklace | Mother’s Sorrow | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Mother’s Sorrow | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Mother’s Sorrow | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Mother’s Sorrow | Fire | Precise | Fire Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Mother’s Sorrow | Fire | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Setup 3 Beginner
The beginner setup for the ESO Templar Build is made for players that just started out, you can join a guild and ask someone to craft you Law of Julianos and Magnus’ Gift. Willpower can be bought in Guildstores for very little money.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Belt | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoes | Law of Julianos | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Pants | Magnus’ Gift | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Hands | Magnus’ Gift | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Head | Magnus’ Gift | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Magnus’ Gift | Light | Divine | Magicka |
| Necklace | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Magicka Recovery |
| Weapon 1 | Law of Julianos | Fire | Precise | Fire Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Law of Julianos | Fire | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Where can I get the gear?
Perfected Whorl of Depths: vDreadsail Reef Trial
Whorl of Depths: nDreadsail Reef Trial
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold
Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet (Mythic): Antiquities
Perfected Crushing Wall: vMaelstrom Arena
Slimecraw: vWayrest Sewers 1
Maw of the Infernal: The Banished Cells 2
Mother’s Sorrow: Deshaan, Guildstores
Perf. Ansuul’s Torment: vSanity’s Edge Trial
Law of Julianos: Craftable
Willpower: Guildstore
Magnus’ Gift: Craftable
Skills
| Fire Staff Mainbar | Fire Staff bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Mystic Orb | Slot 1: Unstable Wall of Elements |
| Slot 2: Sub. Assault | Slot 2: Winter’s Revenge |
| Slot 3: Screaming Cliff Racer | Slot 3: Harness Magicka |
| Slot 4: Fetcher Infection | Slot 4: Scalding Rune |
| Slot 5: Inner Light | Slot 5: Blue Betty |
| Ultimate: Wild Guardian | Ultimate: Wild Guardian |
Skills explanation:
- Mystic Orb: Powerful single target and area of effect damage over time effect.
- Sub. Assault: Powerful single target and area of effect damage, pops twice.
- Screaming Cliff Racer: Your spammable (Alternatively you can also use other spammables such as Elemental Weapon or Force Pulse).
- Fetcher Infection: Strong single target damage over time effect.
- Inner Light: Passively slotted to gain more max magicka via the skill and the Magicka Controller passive.
- Wild Guardian: Your main ultimate for single target. If you don’t like pets you can also use other ultimates such as Shooting Star or Flawless Dawnbreaker.
- Unstable Wall of Elements: Powerful single target and area of effect damage ability. Also procs our back bar enchantment even when we are on the front bar.
- Winter’s Recenge: Powerful single target and area of effect damage over time effect.
- Harness Magicka: Your shield that absorbs enemy damage.
- Scalding Rune: Strong stationary damage over time skill.
- Blue Betty: If you drop low on magicka make sure to activate this skill to increase sustain.
Warden Scribing Skills
The ESO Scribing System offers plenty of adjustable skills to add to our build. Right now none of the new ESO Scribing Skills maximizes our DPS. Therefore I don’t recommend slotting any of them. However, there are two viable options that you can test out and play with if you still want to give it a try. More great combos might be discovered over time because there are so many available combinations. Make sure to bookmark this ESO Warden Build and check back later for changes.
Important: Please read here how to get Grimoires, Focus Scripts, Signature Scripts and Affix Scripts for the ESO Scribing System.
Base Scribing Skill:
- Destruction Staff: Elemental Explosion
- World: Wield Soul
To unlock the Elemental Explosion skill, you need to reach level 25 in the Destruction Staff skill line. To unlock the Wield Soul skill you need to complete the Scribing Tutorial Quest.
Elemental Explosion
Elemental Explosion turns into Fiery Explosion with our Scribing scripts.
- Focus Script
- Signature Script
- Lingering Torment (Damage over time)
- Affix Script
- Brittle (Applies Brittle to the enemy, increasing their Crit Damage taken)
Wield Soul
Wield Soul turns into Shocking Soul with our Scribing scripts.
- Focus Script
- Signature Script
- Lingering Torment (Damage over time)
- Affix Script
You can also test more combinations out with the ESO Scribing Simulator.
Champion Points – Magicka 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 Magicka Warden Build PvE
In this section of the Magicka Warden Build we are going to take a look at buff-food, mundus stone, race, potions, passives and attributes. These things are very important for the Magicka Warden Build as they help with damage and sustain.
Buff-food
You can use several good buff foods for this Magicka Nightblade Build in ESO. As a base we are using the Ghastly Eye Bowl if you want the highest max magicka and magicka recovery boost. If you want more health in combination with max magicka and magicka recovery then you could also use Clockwork Citrus Filet or the much cheaper version Witchmother’s Potent Brew. All buff foods and drinks can also be found on the Buff Food and Drink Overview Page.
Ghastly Eye Bowl
(Max Magicka, Magicka Recover)
Clockwork Citrus Filet
(Max Health, Max Magicka, Magicka Recovery)
Witchmother’s Potent Brew
If you can’t afford Clockwork Citrus Filet, then I recommend getting the way cheaper Witchmother’s Potent Brew which has similar effects.
Mundus Stone
The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Spell Critical chance by a lot which will result in more overall damage. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.
The Thief Mundus Stone (Increased Spell Critical Chance)
Race
Any race with magicka based passives will work with this setup. You can find out more about all the racial passives in the Racial Overview page.
Potions
Spell-Power Potions
(Spell-crit, Spell Damage, Magicka)
(Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)
Passives
- Animal Companion: Bond with Nature, Savage Beast, Flourish, Advanced Species
- Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature’s Gift, Emerald Moss, Maturation
- Winter’s Embrace: Glacial Presence, Frozen Armor, Icy Aura, Piercing Cold
- Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
- Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
- Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
- Psijic Order: (Only if you use Channeled Acceleration) Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
- Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
All into Magicka
Resource Management – Magicka Warden Build
Blue Betty has to be active all the time, it gives you a huge boost to Magicka sustain.
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 Magicka, if you drop low on resources do a few Heavy Attacks between skills to refill your Magicka.
- Blue Betty
- Orb Synergy
- Potions
- Heavy Attack
Rotation for the Magicka Warden Build
Here is a quick explanation of what you have to do with all the skills on your bar.
- Your main spammable is Screaming Cliff Racer.
- Your semi spammable is Sub. Assault, activate the bow proc whenever it is ready.
- Reapply DoTs (damage over time) effects after they run out: Fetcher Infection, Winter’s Revenge, Unstable Wall of Elements, and Channeled Acceleration.
- Activate the Wild Guardian ultimate whenever it is ready.
- Always light attack between each ability.
Area of Effect Setup
Here you can find an optimized AoE setup for the build. There are plenty of other good options available.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Azureblight Reaper | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Belt | Azureblight Reaper | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoes | Azureblight Reaper | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Pants | Azureblight Reaper | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Hands | Azureblight Reaper | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Head | Slimecraw | Light | Divine | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Ansuul’s Torment | Medium | Divine | Magicka |
| Necklace | Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Ansuul’s Torment | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Ring | Ansuul’s Torment | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Spell Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Ansuul’s Torment | Fire | Nirnhoned | Fire Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Crushing Wall | Fire | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Skills
Maelstrom Arena & Vateshran Hollows Arena
Please check out the Solo Magicka Warden Build for the Maelstrom and Vateshran Setup. The build here focuses on group setups, therefore the Solo Magicka Warden Build is better suited to face the dangers of the Maelstrom and Vateshran Arena. I also highly recommend reading the full in depth Maelstrom Arena Guide & Vateshran Hollows Arena Guide.
ESO Warden Subclassing Build Options
ESO’s Subclassing offers a lot of variety, allowing you to swap, mix, and match different skill lines of various classes all on one character. Read our How does Subclassing work in ESO guide to get an understanding of how the subclass system works. We also have plenty of ESO Builds optimized for Subclassing.
Take a look at our ESO Warden Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Warden build!
Outfit Style Showcase of the Ice and Fire Warden Build for ESO
Lets take a look at the outfit style of the Magicka 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.
- Greymoor Motif Style: Hat, Epaulets, Gloves, Breeches, Robe, Sash, Shoes, Staff
- Skin: Meridian Purified
- Dyes: Warrior Steel, Drowned Cobalt
| Slot | Name |
|---|---|
| Head | Greymoor 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 | Warrior Steel, Drowned Cobalt |
Related Content
More Magicka Warden Builds & Guides:
- PVE Magicka Warden Beginner Guide
- PVE Magicka Warden Beginner Build (160CP)
- PVE Solo Magicka Warden Build
- PVE Magicka Warden EXP Grind Build
- PVP Magicka Warden Build
Other Magicka DPS Builds:
- ESO Magicka Arcanist Build
- ESO Magicka Sorcerer Build
- ESO Magicka Nightblade Build
- ESO Magicka Dragonknight Build
- ESO Magicka Necromancer Build
- ESO Magicka Templar Build
Update Log
11.08.2019 Updated the Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Magicka Warden Build PvE.
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
20.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
24.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
30.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
27.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
13.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Point links and added tooltips for the buff food links, WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
25.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
01.06.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
15.08.2022 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.
01.06.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO NECROM CHAPTER.
27.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
08.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter.
28.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
28.10.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
27.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.
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