MAULER
Stamina Dragonknight Solo PVE One Bar Build
The MAULER Build is an absolute BEAST! As a Stamina DK, we have many hard hitting abilities, as well as natural buffs to our HEAVY ATTACK damage. So if you want a heavy-hitting, tough as nails warrior type character, look no further! This guide contains details for a ONE BAR and TWO BAR version of the build.
Primary Sets
The main sets on the Mauler Build revolve around buffing your Heavy Attack damage as much as possible. The Stamina Dragonknight is actually a great option for a Heavy Attack build due to our class skill Molten Armaments which provides even more bonus Heavy Attack damage!
Our first Heavy Attack set for this build is Sergeant’s Mail. This set is obtained in Wayrest Sewers and provides extra damage to our heavy attacks as well as some bonus Weapon Damage, Health and Health Recovery.
We combine this with Storm Master for even more heavy attack damage and weapon critical.
Stone Husk helps to increase our overall damage even further through additional proc damage and weapon damage at the same time! Plus it looks nasty!
Finally, this build can make use of the Crushing Wall set (Maelstrom Arena Destruction Staff) for even more Heavy Attack damage.
Sergeant’s Mail
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 129 Health Recovery
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Increases the damage of your fully-charged Heavy Attacks by 2257.
Storm Master
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, your Light and Heavy Attacks deal an additional 1542 damage for 20 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds
Stone Husk
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(2 items) Your Heavy Attacks tether you to enemies within 10 meters for 5 seconds, as long as you remain within 12 meters. Enemies touching the tether take 998 Physical Damage every 1 second and you gain a stack of Husk Drain, up to 15 stacks. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. When the tether ends, you consume the stacks and gain 30 Weapon and Spell Damage per stack for 5 seconds.
Crushing Wall
Set bonus
(2 items) Your Light and Heavy Attacks deal an additional 1353 damage to enemies in your Wall of Elements.
Alternative Sets
Storm Master can be replaced with other general damage sets like New Moon Acolyte, Hunding’s Rage, or Briarheart. For the monster set, I also recommend Bloodspawn for a nice defensive option.
New Moon Acolyte
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(5 items) Adds 401 Weapon and Spell Damage. Increases the cost of your active abilities by 5%.
Hunding’s Rage
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 300 Weapon and Spell Damage
Briarheart
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 349 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.
Bloodspawn
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(2 items) When you take damage, you have a 6% chance to generate 13 Ultimate and increase your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 3731 for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds.
Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Sergeant's Mail Maul | Precise | NA | Absorb Magic |
| Backup | Maelstrom Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Head | Stone Husk | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Stone Husk | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Storm Master | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Storm Master | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Storm Master | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Storm Master | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Storm Master | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Sergeant's Mail | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Sergeant's Mail | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Sergeant's Mail | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
I prefer Nord for this build, thanks to the extra Damage Resistance and Ultimate Generation. Other great options include Orc, Dark Elf, Redguard, Imperial and Khajiit. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Thief
Food/Drink Buff
Candied Jester’s Coins
Potions
Potion of Weapon Crit or Weapon Power, Tri Pots for the Two Bar Build
Skills - One Bar Setup
Main Weapon: TWO HANDED - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills - Two Bar Setup
Main Weapon: TWO HANDED - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: INFERNO STAFF - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Passive Skills
Class Passives
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
Skills Discussion & Rotation
One Bar Rotation
Buff with your Potion, then Cauterize, then Molten Armaments
Next, apply Brawler->Noxious Breath->Venomous Claw, then:
Heavy Attack x 4
Cast Ultimate on cool-down.
Two Bar Rotation
Buff with Volatile Armor and Molten Armaments. Place down Elemental Blockade, then Barbed Trap -> Bar Swap
On the front bar: apply Brawler->Noxious Breath->Venomous Claw, then: Heavy Attack x3
Use Cauterize for heals as needed. Cast Ultimate on cool-down.
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 buff options a healer focused Companion can offer, so if you are going to use a Companion I would suggest a full healer build for them. I recommend Mirri Elendis 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 Light Armor - Quickened Traits
Restoration Staff
Recommended Skills
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
20 Sprinter
8 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
- 900 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
RED
20 Sprinter
16 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
30 Tumbling
- 1200 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
20 Precision
20 Piercing
30 Mighty
20 Hardy
20 Preparation
RED
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