The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) now offers you a choice of up to 6 classes that you must choose from. In this guide, we want to show you some stamina builds that will help you master the beginnings in ESO.
What is this about? This is part 2 of a series of guides in which we want to introduce you to builds that will help beginners start well in ESO. This article is all about stamina builds. As a stamina player, you focus on physical damage, take on the role of a DD (Damage Dealer), and can manage well in the open world and in dungeons.
In this guide, we want to explain how the various builds work. Not only the choice of classes plays an important role, but also the choice of races. In this guide, you will learn which race is best suited for each role.
In the other guides, we also cover the following topics:
Before we dive into the guide, we would like to briefly introduce important vocabulary that is frequently used in the guide and also in the game.
Important vocabulary you should know for this guide
- What is a DoT? This refers to a skill that deals damage over time (Damage over Time = DoT). The opponent cannot dodge this by changing position as with area attacks.
- What is an Execute? This refers to skills that deal significantly more damage when the target has low health.
- What is a Spammable? This refers to a skill that does not deal damage over time and can be cast frequently in succession, hence “spamming”. It primarily deals an initial damage and is used whenever area attacks or DoTs are not needed.
- What does the word Morph mean? This refers to a different version of a skill. In ESO, you have the option to change a skill (morph) as soon as it reaches level IV. You will then always have 2 selectable options that differ slightly.
- What does pre-buffing mean? This refers to preparing for a fight. Before it begins, you activate abilities that grant you buffs (advantages) from the start.
Skills for the Stamina Damage Dealer (DD)
As a stamina character, you can adjust your weapon choice slightly according to the situation. For example, the two-handed sword has a skill that simultaneously gives you a shield and deals area damage. This skill is suitable for situations with many enemies. With the bow, you can reach targets that are further away. Daggers are well-suited for close combat and particularly strong, as they increase your chance to land critical hits.
In principle, almost all passive abilities of classes and weapons apply: you will need them all. Here are some suggestions on how you could play the respective classes at the beginning.
Stamina Nightblade
The Stamsblade (English short form for Stamina Nightblade) is known for a fast playstyle.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Death’s Cloak (Two Weapons): Every second, you deal 236 damage to enemies within 5 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Evasion, you take 11% less damage from area attacks for 10 seconds.
- 2: Murderous Blade (Assassination): You deal 841 disease damage. Against targets with less than 25% health, you deal 300% additional damage. This is your execute, which replaces the spammable at 25% health.
- 3: Spiked Trap (Fighter’s Guild): You place a trap that triggers after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 1 minute. If triggered, it incapacitates the enemy for 2 seconds (except bosses) and deals 2016 damage for 18 seconds and 841 initial damage. Additionally, you receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 10% for the duration.
- 4: Surprise Attack (Shadow): You deal 1684 damage to the enemy. If you flank them (hit from the side or from behind), you reduce their physical resistance by 5% for 8 seconds. Attacking from the side stuns the target for 3 seconds and puts them off balance.
- 5: Unrelenting Focus (Assassination): For 1 minute, your critical damage and healing increase with each light or heavy attack up to 5 times by 2% each. After 5 light or heavy attacks (as long as active), you can fire a spectral arrow (Assassin’s Scourge) for half the cost. This deals 3132 disease damage and heals you for 33% of the damage dealt when you are at melee range.
- R: Unchecked Assault (Assassination): You deal 2695 disease damage, and your damage against the struck enemy is increased by 11% for 6 seconds. If you use at least 120 ultimate power, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While equipped, you regain 100 Magicka and Stamina whenever you make a light or heavy attack and the enemy has a negative effect on them.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Draining Attacks (Siphoning): Your light and heavy attacks heal you for 1452 health for 20 seconds and restore 106 stamina. Fully charged heavy attacks restore double. After the effect ends, you regain 4270 stamina. The longer it’s active, the more you restore.
- 2: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- 3: Whirling Path (Shadow): An area attack in front of you that deals magic damage in that area every second. Additionally, you receive the buff: Greater Swiftness, which increases your movement speed by 30% in the area.
- 4: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 5: Sharpened Talons: You deal 168 damage every second in the target area for 10 seconds and reduce enemy movement speed by 50%. Additionally, you apply the debuff: Greater Breach, decreasing physical and spell resistance by 5948 for 4 seconds to enemies taking damage.
- R: Unchecked Assault (Assassination): You deal 2695 disease damage, and your damage against the struck enemy is increased by 11% for 6 seconds. If you use at least 120 ultimate power, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While equipped, you regain 100 Magicka and Stamina whenever you make a light or heavy attack and the enemy has a negative effect on them.
The Unrelenting Focus is only unlockable at level 42 in Assassination, but it is one of the most important skills of the Nightblade. As long as you cannot unlock it yet, you could use the Shadow Cloak from the Shadow instead.
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Stamina Templar
The Stampler (English short form for Stamina Templar) can hit multiple enemies with its spammable. This makes it relatively good when you need to fight multiple enemies.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Power of Light (Dawn’s Wrath): Deals 841 damage. After 6 seconds, it deals 20% of your damage dealt so far as magic damage (maximum damage: 9137). Additionally, the opponent receives the debuff: Lesser Breach, reducing physical resistance & spell resistance by 2974 for 9 seconds.
- 2: Bloodlust (Two Weapons): Each of your two weapons deals 420 damage and additionally inflicts 1680 bleed damage for 10 seconds.
- 3: Harsh Strikes (Aedric Spear): You deal damage four times with a spear. The nearest enemy suffers 632 damage, while all others take 242 damage.
- 4: Stealthy Hunter (Fighter’s Guild): While equipped, this skill grants you the buff: Lesser Frenzy, which increases your critical damage when you flank an enemy.
- 5: Death’s Cloak (Two Weapons): Every second, you deal 236 damage to enemies within 5 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Evasion, you take 11% less damage from area attacks for 10 seconds.
- R: Empowering Strike (Aedric Spear): You deal 1739 damage to all nearby enemies and deal 841 damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. For each enemy hit, the duration is extended by 2 seconds. You also receive the buff: Empower, which increases the damage of your light and heavy attacks by 40% over the entire duration.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Atonement (Restorative Light): You heal yourself and your allies for 3000 health. For each corpse nearby, you restore 3000 stamina. While equipped, you receive the buff: Lesser Valor, lesser Endurance, and lesser Intellect, increasing your health, stamina, & magicka regeneration by 20%.
- 2: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 3: Sharpened Talons: You deal 168 damage every second in the target area for 10 seconds and reduce the movement speed of enemies by 50%. Additionally, you apply the debuff: Greater Breach, reducing physical and spell resistance by 5948 for 4 seconds to enemies taking damage.
- 4: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- 5: Empowering Strike (Aedric Spear): You deal 1739 damage to all nearby enemies and deal 841 damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. For each enemy hit, the duration is extended by 2 seconds. You also receive the buff: Empower, which increases the damage of your light and heavy attacks by 40% over the entire duration.
Stamina Sorcerer
The Stamsorc (English short form for Stamina Sorcerer) can deal quite good area damage for a stamina class. With the combination of Whirl and Surge, it also has very good self-heal. A run through the Maelstrom Arena is noticeably easier with this class than with another stamina class.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Summon Unstable Clannfear (Daedric Summoning): The companion deals physical damage. You summon it before starting the fight. The Clannfear also heals you when you activate it again. This is your most important skill for self-healing.
- 2: Whirling Blades (Two Weapons): You deal 1303 damage to nearby enemies in the area. Enemies with less than 50% health take up to 100% additional damage. This is your execute.
- 3: Spiked Trap (Fighter’s Guild): You place a trap that triggers after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 1 minute. If triggered, it incapacitates the enemy for 2 seconds (except bosses) and deals 2016 damage for 18 seconds and 841 initial damage. Additionally, you receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 10% for the duration.
- 4: Bloodlust (Two Weapons): Each of your two weapons deals 420 damage and additionally inflicts 1680 bleed damage for 10 seconds.
- 5: Death’s Cloak (Two Weapons): Every second, you deal 236 damage to enemies within 5 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Evasion, you take 11% less damage from area attacks for 10 seconds.
- R: Greater Storm Atronach (Daedric Summoning): You summon a Storm Atronach that deals 1630 shock damage at the chosen position and stuns enemies for 3 seconds. Each second, it deals 815 shock damage to one enemy for 28 seconds. An ally can activate the synergy “Charged Lightning,” which grants both the Atronach and the ally the buff: Greater Frenzy, increasing damage dealt by 8% for 8 seconds.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Summon Unstable Clannfear (Daedric Summoning): The companion deals physical damage. You summon it before starting the fight. The Clannfear also heals you when you activate it again. This is your most important skill for self-healing.
- 2: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 3: Restorative Soul Trap (Soul Magic): You deal 2520 magic damage or damage to the target for 10 seconds (depending on the highest offensive value). If the enemy dies during the effect, an empty soul gem fills up. Additionally, you regain 3281 health, 3045 magicka, and 3045 stamina. This scales with your maximum health, your maximum magicka, and stamina. – If you have resource problems, this skill is very useful against many smaller enemies.
- 4: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- 5: Storm (Storm Calling): You deal damage every second for 15 seconds to nearby enemies. The strength and range increase up to 150% additional damage and a radius of 9 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Determination and Lesser Swiftness, which increases your physical and spell resistance by 5948 and your movement speed by 15%.
- R: Greater Storm Atronach (Daedric Summoning): You summon a Storm Atronach that deals 1630 shock damage at the chosen position and stuns enemies for 3 seconds. Each second, it deals 815 shock damage to one enemy for 28 seconds. An ally can activate the synergy “Charged Lightning,” which grants both the Atronach and the ally the buff: Greater Frenzy, increasing damage dealt by 8% for 8 seconds.
Later on, other skills will become interesting for you:
- Critical Surge (Storm Calling): You receive the buff: Greater Brutality and Greater Sorcery, increasing your spell & weapon power by 20% for 33 seconds. Your critical damage heals you for 3300 health. This effect can occur every second.
- Bound Weapon (Daedric Summoning): You summon a bound weapon for up to 40 seconds with light and heavy attacks for up to 4 x 10 seconds. If you activate the ability again, you provide the weapons for half the cost and deal 704 damage to your target every 0.3 seconds. While equipped, your maximum stamina is increased by 11%, and your light attacks deal 10% more damage.
- Veiled Daggers (Two Weapons): You throw a dagger that jumps between nearby enemies up to 3 times. Each hit deals 1303 damage. Enemies are interrupted and knocked off balance for 3 seconds if they are in the process of casting a skill. You receive the buff: Greater Brutality, increasing your weapon power by 20% for 20 seconds.
Stamina Dragonknight
The StamDK (English short form for Stamina Dragonknight) can have both a sluggish and a slightly faster playstyle. Through the Standard, it regains quite a bit of resources.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Spiked Trap (Fighter’s Guild): You place a trap that triggers after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 1 minute. If triggered, it incapacitates the enemy for 2 seconds (except bosses) and deals 2016 damage for 18 seconds and 841 initial damage. Additionally, you receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 10% for the duration.
- 2: Whirling Blades (Two Weapons): You deal 1303 damage to nearby enemies in the area. Enemies with less than 50% health take up to 100% additional damage. This is your execute.
- 3: Bloodlust (Two Weapons): Each of your two weapons deals 420 damage and additionally inflicts 1680 bleed damage for 10 seconds.
- 4: Death’s Cloak (Two Weapons): Every second, you deal 236 damage to enemies within 5 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Evasion, you take 11% less damage from area attacks for 10 seconds.
- 5: Stealthy Hunter (Fighter’s Guild): While equipped, this skill grants you the buff: Lesser Frenzy, which increases your critical damage when you flank an enemy.
- R: Standard of Power (Burning Flame): You deal 630 flame damage to enemies every second for 16 seconds and apply the debuff: Greater Scorn, reducing the effectiveness of healing applied to them by 16%. While standing in the standard, your damage dealt increases by 15% and your damage taken decreases by 15%. Allies can activate the Chain synergy, dealing 1950 flame damage in the area and incapacitating enemies in the area.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Poison Claw (Burning Flame): You deal 841 poison damage and a total of 1680 poison damage for 10 seconds. The longer the poison lingers, the more damage it deals. Every 2 seconds, it deals 11% more damage. Enemies initially hit suffer from poisoning (status effect).
- 2: Molten Arsenal (Earthen Heart): You receive the buff: Greater Brutality & Greater Sorcery, increasing your spell & weapon power by 20% for 30 seconds. The damage of your heavy attacks is increased by 50%.
- 3: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 4: Poison Breath (Burning Flame): You deal 1303 poison damage to all enemies in front of you and additionally deal 1295 poison damage for 10 seconds. Additionally, you apply the debuff: Greater Breach, reducing physical resistance & spell resistance by 5948 to the affected enemies.
- 5: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- R: Standard of Power (Burning Flame): You deal 630 flame damage to enemies every second for 16 seconds and apply the debuff: Greater Scorn, reducing the effectiveness of healing applied to them by 16%. While standing in this standard, your damage dealt increases by 15% and your damage taken decreases by 15%. Allies can activate the Chain synergy, dealing 1950 flame damage in the area and incapacitating enemies in the area.
Stamina Warden
The Stamden (English short form for Stamina Warden) has a striking number of skills that provide buffs or debuffs. This is quite practical in solo content. In group content, tanks and healers usually handle this.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Whirling Blades (Two Weapons): You deal 1303 damage to nearby enemies in the area. Enemies with less than 50% health take up to 100% additional damage. This is your execute.
- 2: Spiked Trap (Fighter’s Guild): You place a trap that triggers after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 1 minute. If triggered, it incapacitates the enemy for 2 seconds (except bosses) and deals 2016 damage for 18 seconds and 841 initial damage. Additionally, you receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 10% for the duration.
- 3: Underground Charge (Beast Companions): After 3 seconds, beetles attack in front of you and deal 2348 poison damage. After 3 seconds, they appear again and deal another 2348 poison damage.
- 4: Cutting Dive (Beast Companions): A Cliff Racer deals 1515 damage. If you are 7 meters away from your enemy, the Cliff Racer puts them off-balance for 7 seconds. Enemies already off-balance take 1561 bleed damage for 7 seconds. This effect is cumulative.
- 5: Stealthy Hunter (Fighter’s Guild): While equipped, this skill grants you the buff: Lesser Frenzy, which increases your critical damage when you flank an enemy.
- R: Wild Guardian (Beast Companions): You summon a bear. You can do this before the fight begins. The bear deals 565 damage and stuns enemies for 2 seconds. For 75 ultimate power, you can reactivate the bear. This activates the “Wildness of the Guardian” ability, and the bear deals additional damage. Additionally, targets below 25% health take 100% additional damage. The Wild Guardian acts as an execute.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Growing Swarms (Beast Companions): A swarm of fireflies causes a total of 2598 bleed damage over 10 seconds. You apply the debuff: Lesser Vulnerability, increasing the damage taken by 5%. Nearby enemies of the hit target take damage every 2 seconds.
- 2: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 3: Ice Bulwark (Winter’s Embrace): Your allies and you receive the buff: 1. Greater Determination, increasing your physical resistance and spell resistance by 5948 for 24 seconds. 2. Lesser Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5% for 24 seconds.
- 4: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- 5: Netch Bull (Beast Companions): You summon a Netch Bull. You can do this before the fight begins. It restores 4416 stamina for 25 seconds. You receive the buff: Greater Brutality and Greater Sorcery, increasing your spell & weapon power by 20%. Every 5 seconds, one negative effect is removed from you.
- R: Wild Guardian (Beast Companions): You summon a bear. You can do this before the fight begins. The bear deals 565 damage and stuns enemies for 2 seconds. For 75 ultimate power, you can reactivate the bear. This activates the “Wildness of the Guardian” ability, and the bear deals additional damage. Additionally, targets below 25% health take 100% additional damage. The Wild Guardian acts as an execute.
You unlock the Netch Bull and the green lotus only at level 30 of the respective skill line. Until then, you could use the soothing spores (Green Balance) to heal yourself and allies in front of you. For additional damage, use Endless Hail (Bow) on the back bar.
These skills will be of interest to you later:
- Raubvogel (Beast Companions): You receive the buff: Greater Swiftness, which increases your movement speed by 30%. Only while equipped do you receive the buff: Lesser Frenzy, increasing damage dealt by 5%.
- Death’s Cloak (Two Weapons): Every second, you deal 236 damage to enemies within 5 meters. You receive the buff: Greater Evasion, you take 11% less damage from area attacks for 10 seconds.
- Veiled Daggers (Two Weapons): You throw a dagger that jumps between nearby enemies up to 3 times. Each hit deals 1303 damage. Enemies are interrupted and knocked off balance for 3 seconds if they are in the process of casting a skill. You receive the buff: Greater Brutality, increasing your weapon power by 20% for 20 seconds.
- Green Lotus (Green Balance): For 20 seconds, your light attacks restore 1320 health and your heavy attacks restore 3960 health for you or an ally. You receive the buff: Greater Wildness, increasing the rating for critical weapon hits by 2629 for 20 seconds.
Stamina Necromancer
Here is an example of a build with a two-handed sword. You can essentially play any stamina class with two weapons or a two-handed sword. Just swap the skills accordingly. The two-handed sword has the advantage that the spammable (slaughter) also gives you a strong shield.
For starters, I recommend the following skills:
On the 1st bar (Frontbar):
- 1: Necrotic Potency (Bone Tyrant): You draw energy from corpses. This grants you 6 ultimate power and 699 health every second for 2 seconds for each additional corpse. The ability scales with your maximum health. While equipped, incoming damage is reduced by 1%.
- 2: Corrupted Bone Explosion (Grave Lord): After 2.5 seconds, you summon a skeleton. It runs to the target and deals 2609 disease damage to it and all nearby enemies. You apply the debuff: Greater Scorn, reducing healing received and health regeneration by 16% for 4 seconds. Crime.
- 3: Slaughter (Two-Handed): You deal 1262 damage to enemies in front of you. You also receive a damage shield that absorbs 1178 damage for 6 seconds. Each enemy hit increases the strength of the shield by 50% up to a maximum of 300%.
- 4: Executor (Two-Handed): You deal 868 damage. Enemies with less than 50% health take up to 400% additional damage.
- 5: Pestilent Skull (Grave Lord): You deal 1564 poison damage to a single enemy. Every 3rd use of the ability deals 20% increased damage. While equipped, using a necromancer ability counts toward the 3rd use of Pestilent Skull.
- R: Pestilence Colossus (Grave Lord): You summon a Flesh Colossus that slams the ground three times over 3 seconds. In the area, it deals 2087 damage with the first slam, 2192 with the second, and 2301 disease damage with the third. Additionally, it applies a debuff to affected enemies: Greater Vulnerability, increasing damage taken for 12 seconds by 10%. Crime.
On the 2nd bar (Backbar):
- 1: Restorative Soul Trap (Soul Magic): You deal 2520 magic damage or damage to the target for 10 seconds (depending on the highest offensive value). If the enemy dies during the effect, an empty soul gem fills up. Additionally, you regain 3281 health, 3045 magicka, and 3045 stamina. This scales with your maximum health, your maximum magicka, and stamina. – If you have resource problems, this skill is very useful against many smaller enemies.
- 2: Resolving Vigor (Assault): You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- 3: Endless Hail (Bow): Bow salvo, which deals 280 damage every second in the chosen area for 12 seconds after 2 seconds.
- 4: Skeleton Archer (Grave Lord): You summon a skeleton archer that attacks the next enemy for 16 seconds and deals 577 damage every 2 seconds. Each attack increases the damage of the next attack by 5%. Leaves a corpse. Crime.
- 5: Intense Caregiver (Living Death): You summon a ghost for 8 seconds that heals you or an ally with the lowest health for 1987 health every 2 seconds. Crime.
- R: Pestilence Colossus (Grave Lord): You summon a Flesh Colossus that slams the ground three times over 3 seconds. In the area, it deals 2087 damage with the first slam, 2192 with the second, and 2301 disease damage with the third. Additionally, it applies a debuff to affected enemies: Greater Vulnerability, increasing damage taken for 12 seconds by 10%. Crime.
Other skill lines and skills for stamina DDs
Unrelenting
As a stamina DD, you only need the passive skills of the Unrelenting. However, it takes a while to reach the required level. To do this, you have to complete daily dungeon quests of the Unrelenting and achievements in dungeons.
Psijic Order
You need the concentrated acceleration from the Psijic Order skill line. For boss fights, you usually use the Spiked Trap instead. Additionally, through the Fighter’s Guild passive Slaughter, you gain extra weapon power if you have the Spiked Trap equipped.
In add groups, however, you can already pre-buff with the concentrated acceleration before the fight begins:
- Concentrated Acceleration: You receive the buff: Greater Swiftness, which increases your movement speed for 12 seconds by 30%. You receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 30% for 36 seconds.
Fighter’s Guild
You need the following active skills from the Fighter’s Guild for stamina DDs:
- Stealthy Hunter (Fighter’s Guild): While equipped, this skill grants you the buff: Lesser Frenzy, which increases your critical damage when you flank an enemy.
- Spiked Trap (Fighter’s Guild): You place a trap that triggers after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 1 minute. If triggered, it incapacitates the enemy for 2 seconds (except bosses) and deals 2016 damage for 18 seconds and 841 initial damage. Additionally, you receive the buff: Lesser Force, increasing your critical damage by 10% for the duration.
- Immaculate Dawnbreaker: You deal 2105 damage to enemies in front of you and additionally deal 2523 damage for 6 seconds. After activation, your weapon power increases by 420 for 20 seconds.
Additionally, these passive skills are particularly useful for stamina DDs:
- Slaughterer: Increases your weapon power for each equipped Fighter’s Guild ability by 4%.
- Banishing the Sinful: You generate 9 ultimate power when you kill an Undead, Daedra, or Werewolf.
- Expert Tracker: Your Fighter’s Guild abilities deal an additional 20% damage to Undead, Daedra, and Werewolves.
Soul Magic
You obtain this skill line as part of the main quest. You already have it from the beginning.
This skill is of interest to you:
- Restorative Soul Trap: You deal 2520 magic damage or damage to the target for 10 seconds (depending on the highest offensive value). If the enemy dies during the effect, an empty soul gem fills up. Additionally, you regain 3281 health, 3045 magicka, and 3045 stamina. This scales with your maximum health, your maximum magicka, and stamina. – If you have resource problems, this skill is very useful against many smaller enemies.
Storm Attack (Alliance War)
You level this skill line by defeating enemies, capturing castles or resources in Cyrodiil. You can also participate in battlegrounds.
These are interesting skills for a stamina DD:
- Resolving Vigor: You heal for 3620 over 4 seconds.
- Echoing Vigor: This is the other morph of Resolving Vigor. You heal yourself and allies for 2520 over 10 seconds.
- Barbed Talons: You deal 168 damage every second in the target area for 15 seconds and reduce the movement speed of enemies by 50%. You drain stamina from mounts.
- Sharpened Talons: You deal 168 damage every second in the target area for 10 seconds and reduce the movement speed of enemies by 50%. Additionally, you apply the debuff: Greater Breach, decreasing physical resistance and spell resistance by 5948 for 4 seconds to enemies taking damage.
Werewolf
You must be bitten by another player at a shrine of Hircine and complete the quest. Then you unlock the skill line. Alternatively, you can simply purchase the Werewolf skill line or Werewolf bite in the Crown Store.
Also here you must be careful, as every werewolf ability is a crime. So don’t get caught.
Here are the skills that are interesting for your stamina DD:
- Werewolf Transformation: You don’t need to change this skill further. While equipped, it grants you 15% more stamina regeneration.
Vampirism
You must be bitten by another player at a vampire shrine and complete the quest. Then you unlock the skill line. Alternatively, you can simply purchase the Vampire skill line or Vampiric Curse in the Crown Store.
Also here, you must be careful, as every vampire ability is a crime. So don’t get caught.
Here are the skills that are interesting for your stamina DD:
- Boiling Frenzy: Increases your magicka & weapon power by 660. While active, the health cost increases (1920 health per second) by 20% per second. The bonus on magicka & weapon power increases by 10% per second. Crime. – You should also have enough healing for this skill. You will be surprised how quickly this skill can take you down. But it is quite powerful.
Equipment for a Stamina DD:
You do not need to start collecting equipment before level 50 and Champion Point level 160. If you find set items, add them to your collection by binding, selling them (once they disappear from the buyback), deconstructing, or researching.
Good sets for starters can generally be made by other players. The community is usually very friendly, and if you ask a player nicely, they will surely help you craft armor. The following craftable sets are suitable for stamina DDs:
- Hunding’s Wrath (Bankorai, Rivenspire, Rift)
- Acolyte of the New Moon (Southern Elsweyr)
- Mother of Night’s Gaze (Bankorai, Rivenspire, Rift)
- Mechanic’s Gaze (Clockwork City)
For traits, you can choose “Learning,” as this increases your experience gain when killing enemies by a percentage (the value depends on the quality of your armor: Gold – 9% per piece of armor). For jewelry, choose robust, bloodthirsty, or infused traits.
Once you reach level 50 with your character, you unlock a new level system: the Champion Points. You can use these across all characters, even if another character has not yet reached level 50. In this article, you can learn more about the Champion Points system.
