Powerful Stamina Dragonknight Build for ESO – Damage Dealer DPS
Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Venom
Table of Contents
- Build Setup
- Resource Management
- Rotation
- AoE Setup
- Maelstrom & Vateshran Arena
- Gameplay
- Dragonknight Subclassing
- Outfit Style Showcase
- Update Log
Welcome to the Group DPS Stamina Dragonknight Build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Stamina Dragonknights are strong and can deal a lot of damage and they also have some unique buffs to bring into the group. The Stone Giant ability provides a unique debuff (Stagger) on the enemy and increases the damage of your whole group. The Mountain’s Blessing passive applies Minor Brutality to the whole group, also increase the overall damage.
Stamina Dragonknights also have more unique abilities such as Engulfing Flames, Venomous Claw, Flames of Oblivion, Stone Giant and many more. In addition, they also have plenty of useful passives such as: Combustion, World in Ruin, Battle Roar and Helping Hands. For a more detailed layout, please check out the sections below.
- Medium Armor Build
- Dual Wield & Two Hander setup
- High Single Target (ST) Damage
- High Area of Effect (AoE) Damage
- Good Sustain
- Maximum Damage Build
- Trials, Dungeon & Arena Group Build
Other Stamina Dragonknight Guides:
You can also find plenty of other Stamina Dragonknight content on the website such as:
- Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
- Stamina Dragonknight Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
- Stamina Dragonknight Bow Build
- Stamina Dragonknight Two Hander Build
- SOLO Stamina Dragonknight Build
Build Setup – ESO Stamina Dragonknight Build
Let’s take a look at the ESO Stamina Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight 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 active.
Gear for the Stamina Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight Build
This is the tier 1 setup for the Stamina Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight Build
This setup is for those that did not have the chance 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 a 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 Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight Build
The skill setup for the Stamina Dragonknight 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: Deadly Cloak | Slot 2: Venomous Claw |
| Slot 3: Stone Giant | Slot 3: Flames of Oblivion |
| Slot 4: Engulfing Flames | Slot 4: Carve |
| Slot 5: Eruption | Slot 5: Molten Whip |
| Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker | Ultimate: Standard of Might |
- Barbed Trap: Deals damage and gives you Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.
- Deadly Cloak: Deals great AoE (area of effect)and single target damage and gives us 20% AoE damage mitigation.
- Stone Giant: Your main spammable. Also applies Stagger, which increases damage of all skills.
- Engulfing Flames: Strong damage over time effect for both Single Target and AoE damage. You can also use the Poison morph if you prefer that one.
- Eruption: AoE damage ability.
- Flawless Dawnbreaker: This ultimate can be used for AoE (area of effect) encounters, for single target we use the other ultimate on the back bar.
- Stampede: Very powerful Single Target and AoE ability.
- Venomous Claw: Strong damage over time effect.
- Flames of Oblivion: Strong damage ability, we use this every rotation once. Prebuff with this before the fight to get extra Weapon damage from Seething Fury buff Molten Whip.
- Carve: Strong single target and AoE bleed ability.
- Molten Whip: Just passively slotted, gives you Seething Fury buff when you activate Flames of Oblivion.
- Standard of Might: Your main Ultimate, increases all your damage and also decreases incoming damage.
Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight 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 the Stamina Dragonknight Build PvE
In this section of the ESO Stamina Dragonknight 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 Crit Potions
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)
Passives for the Stamina Dragonknight Build
Below you can find a full list of all the recommended passives for the Stamina Dragonknight Build.
- Ardent Flame: Combustion, Searing Heat, World in Ruin
- Draconic Power: Iron Skin, Burning Heart, Elder Dragon, Scaled Armor
- Earthen Heart: Eternal Mountain, Battle Roar, Mountain’s Blessing, Helping Hands
- 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
Battle Roar activates whenever we use either one of our Ultimates.
Combustion procs whenever you apply a poisoned status effect on the enemy, for example from our Venomous Claw skill.
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.
- Battle Roar passive
- Combustion
- Orb Synergy
- Potions
- Heavy Attacks
Rotation for the Stamina Dragonknight Build
Here is a quick explanation of what you have to do with all the skills on your bar.
- Your main spammable is Stone Giant
- Reapply DoTs (damage over time) effects after they run out: Deadly Cloak, Stampede, Carve, Eruption, Engulfing Flames, Venomous Claw, Flames of Oblivion and Barbed Trap.
- Activate Standard of Might 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 Dragonknight Build for specific Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows Arena setups.
Gameplay for the Stamina Dragonknight Build
Please keep in mind, these videos are from old previous patches so the build won’t be exactly the same! However, the videos should be able to give you an idea of how a Stamina Dragonknight plays.
Worlds first Tick-Tock Tormentor run with the Stamina Dragonknight
ESO Dragonknight 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 Dragonknight Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Sorcerer build!
Outfit Style Showcase of the Venom Dragonknight Build for ESO
Lets take a look at the outfit style of the Stamina Dragonknight 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.
- Moongrave Fane Motif Style: Arm Cops, Bracers, Guards, Jack, Belt, Boots, Daggers
- Skin: Dro-m’Athra
- Dyes: Void Pitch, Bloodroot Wine
| Slot | Name |
|---|---|
| Head | Hidden |
| Shoulder | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Chest | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Hands | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Waist | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Legs | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Feet | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Weapon | Moongrave Fane Motif |
| Skin | Dro-m’Athra |
| Dyes | Void Pitch, Bloodroot Wine |
Update Log for the ESO Stam DK Build PVE
11.08.2019 Updated Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Dragonknight 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.
30.10.2020 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.
27.05.2022 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.
06.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC U41, Gold Road Chapter.
29.05.2024 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.
Tags: Stamina Dragonknight Build PvE, Stamina DK Build, Stam DK Build PvE.
Related Content
- Dragonknight Builds Overview Page
- DPS Tier List for all ESO classes
- Set and Skill data provided by ESO-Hub.com
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