FIRE AND ICE
Magicka Warden Solo PVE ONE BAR Build
The FIRE AND ICE Build is a Solo Magicka Warden build for ESO designed to easily solo most content in the game. Join the powers of Fire and Ice together for an incredibly powerful Warden build!
Primary Sets
The Ice Furnace set provides the namesake for this build, procing loads of AOE Fire damage any time we do damage with Ice (which is easy enough on a Warden build).
Spinner’s Garments is a nice complement to Ice Furnace, as the additional Spell Penetration it provides will allow our Flame damage to hit ignore more of an enemy’s resistances.
Finally, Valkyn Skoria adds even more Flame damage (single target AND AOE) while easily procing from this build’s multiple DOTs.
The Ice Furnace
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal Frost Damage, you deal an additional 1644 Flame Damage to all enemies within 8 meters around the initial target. This effect can occur once every 1 second.
Spinner’s Garments
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 3450 Offensive Penetration
Valkyn Skoria
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(2 items) When you deal damage with a damage over time effect, you have a 8% chance to summon a meteor that deals 9000 Flame Damage to the target and 4000 Flame Damage to all other enemies within 5 meters. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds.
Alternative Sets
If you want a basic Ice-themed build, Ysgramor’s Birthright will a good replacement for Ice Furnace. You can also substitute any general damage focused sets like New Moon Acolyte, Law Of Julianos or Mother’s Sorrow. For the monster set, Iceheart and Grothdar will both be great options as well.
Ysgramor’s Birthright
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 400 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Frost Damage abilities.
Mother’s Sorrow
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 1528 Critical Chance
Iceheart
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(2 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you have a 20% chance to gain a damage shield that absorbs 5000 damage for 6 seconds. While the damage shield holds, you deal 500 Frost Damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you every 1 second. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds.
Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Spinner's Ice Staff or Lightning Staff | Infused | NA | Damage Shield |
| Backup | Any Ice Staff | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
| Head | Valkyn Skoria | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Valkyn Skoria | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Ice Furnace | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Waist | Spinner's Garments | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Spinner's Garments | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Ice Furnace | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Feet | Spinner's Garments | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Ice Furnace | Arcane | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 1 | Ice Furnace | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | Ice Furnance | Bloodthirsty | NA | Spell Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
My favorite race for this build is Nord due to the extra resistances, health and ultimate generation. Any magicka-based race such as High Elf or Breton will also be fine. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Lover
Food/Drink Buff
Mistral Banana-Bunny Hash
Potions
Spell Power Potions (One Bar) or Basic Magicka Potions (Two Bar)
Skills - One Bar Setup
Main Weapon: FROST STAFF - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills - Two Bar Setup
Main Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: LIGHTNING STAFF - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
One Bar Rotation
Pop your potion and buff with Ice Fortress. Then cast Blockade Of Frost, Winter’s Revenge and Fetcher Infection. Cast and hold Introspection.
Reapply Dots and Buffs as they wear off. Use your Ultimate as needed.
Two Bar Rotation
Buff with Ice Fortress, Blue Betty, and Lotus Blossom. Then:
Blockade Of Frost -> Winter’s Revenge -> Bar Swap -> Fetcher Infection -> Deep Fissure -> Heavy Attack -> Deep Fissure -> Bar Swap
Passive Skills
Class Passives
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
Companions
If you like playing Solo, this build can benefit greatly from using Companions! This Solo build will benefit the most from the additional healing and defensive options a tank focused Companion can offer, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a full tank build for them. I recommend Bastian Hallix for Companion on this build with the set up below. More information on Companions Builds and Skills can be found in our detailed Companion Guides section.
Recommended Gear
All Heavy Armor - Mixed Vigorous and Quickened Traits
One Handed Weapon and Shield
Recommended Skills
1. Provoke
3. Kindle
4. On Guard
6 ULT. Unleashed Rage
Additional Skills
The skills below may also be helpful in other situations such as trash pulls.
Full Companion Build
Champion Points 2.0
Below you will find the recommended Active and Passive Champion Point Stars for this build, broken down into 300, 600, 900, and 1200 CP ranges.
For more information on Champion Points click on a Star name below or browse our detailed Champion Points Guides.
Constellation Descriptions:
GREEN: The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
BLUE: The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses.
RED: The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
- 300 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
RED
- 600 Champion Points -
GREEN
15 Wanderer
BLUE
RED
10 Sprinter
8 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
- 900 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
20 Precision
20 Piercing
20 Preparation
RED
20 Sprinter
16 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
30 Tumbling
- 1200 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
20 Precision
20 Piercing
20 Preparation
20 Hardy
30 War Mage
RED
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