Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Build
ESO Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Build
This beginner build for the Stamina Dragonknight class in The Elder Scrolls Online is a great place to get started. This build focuses on Dual Wield and Bow skills and includes lots of Damage Over Time! This build will do great in PVE and PVP.
More details including gameplay of the Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Build can be found in the video below.
Primary Sets
Our main 5 piece set on this build is Venomous Smite, a medium armor set from the Greymoor Chapter. This set is fairly easy to get and does an insane amount of Damage Over Time when it procs, adding to the DOT focus of this build.
Spriggan’s Thorns helps all of our abilities do even more damage since it increases our total physical penetration.
For the final two pieces of gear on this build Armor Of The Trainee is recommended for the extra Health and Magicka.
Venomous Smite
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Dealing Critical Damage inflicts Hunter's Venom on your enemy for 10 seconds, dealing 2241 Poison Damage to your target and nearby enemies every 1 second. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.
Spriggan’s Thorns
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 3450 Offensive Penetration
Alternative Sets
For alternatives I also recommend Eternal Vigor or Gryphon’s Ferocity. I recommend using the Level Up Rewards weapons (Prophet’s Bow, Prohpet’s Dagger, etc.) to make up the remaining 2 open gear slots.
Eternal Vigor
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(3 items) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(5 items) Adds 337 Stamina and Magicka Recovery while your Health is above 50%. Adds 1011 Health Recovery while your Health is 50% or less.
Gryphon’s Ferocity
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) After dealing direct damage, you gain Minor Force and Minor Expedition for 10 seconds, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10% and increasing your Movement Speed by 15%.
Sample Gear Loadout
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Armor Of The Trainee Daggers | Precise / Sharpened | NA | Damage Health Poisons |
| Backup | Armor Of The Trainee Bow | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Venomous Smite | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Venomous Smite | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Venomous Smite | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Venomous Smite | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Venomous Smite | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Spriggan's Thorns | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Spriggan's Thorns | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Spriggan's Thorns | Robust | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Spriggan's Thorns | Robust | NA | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring 2 | Spriggan's Thorns | Robust | NA | Stamina Recovery |
Attributes
Most of our skills cost Stamina to cast, so putting all Attribute Points into the Stamina stat will be the most effective.
0 Health
0 Magicka
64 Stamina
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
Orc or Dark Elf will be a strong choice for this set up if you want as much damage as possible. If you are considering doing some PVP I also recommend Nord for the extra resistances and ultimate generation. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Lover / The Thief
Food/Drink Buff
Bewitched Sugar Skulls or Dubious Camoran Throne
Potions
Basic Stamina or Tri-Stat Potions
Sample Skills
Main Weapon: DUAL WIELD - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: BOW - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
ULT: Magma Shell or Corrosive Armor
Important Passives
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