UPDATED FOR BLACKWOOD

Bone Guardian – A Necro Tank Build

The ESO Necromancer Tank brings fantastic survivability with its damage mitigation abilities, and great options for its Ultimate. It can turn into a giant, nearly unkillable skeleton, or resurrect its entire team if it is the last one standing. This build is a lot of fun!

1. Overview
   • Race
   • Mundus
   • Attributes
   • Consumables
2. Gear
3. Skills
4. Rotation
5. Passives
6. Champion Points

OVERVIEW

• Race: Imperial or Nord
  • For other great alternatives see our race guide here.
• Mundus: Atronach
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 0
  • Health: 64
  • Stamina: 0
• Consumables
  • Food: Bewitched Sugar Skulls
  • Potion: Essence of Health (Tri-Stat)
    

GEAR

In this section, we will cover both the starter gear and veteran gear for the Necromancer Tank build.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Shoulder	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Chest	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic Defence
Belt	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Shoes	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Hands	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Sturdy	Prismatic Defence
Pants	Yolnahkriin	Heavy	Infused	Prismatic Defence
Necklace	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduce potion cooldown
Ring 1	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduced Block Cost
Ring 2	Powerful Assault	Jewelry	Infused	Reduced Block Cost
S+B (Sword + Board)	Powerful Assault	Sword + Shield	S – Decisive / B – Infused	S – Reduce Target Weapon Damage B – Multi-Effect
Back Bar	Powerful Assault	Ice Staff	Infused	Crusher

• Engine Guardian drops in Darkshade Caverns II
• Encratis’ Behemoth drops in Black Drake Villa
• Yolnahkriin drops in Sunspire (Trial)
• Powerful Assault can be purchased from Guild Traders (frost staff is EXPENSIVE feel free to use fire or lightning staff until you can afford it)
  • Cast vigor once every 10 seconds to proc PA
• And of course, once you get to Vet Trials grab the Monster sets requested by your raid lead!

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STARTER TANK GEAR

NOTE: Starter does not mean it is bad, it just means that it is obtainable earlier in the game!

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Shoulder	Engine Guardian	Medium	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Chest	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Belt	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Shoes	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Hands	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Sturdy	Maximum Health Enchantment
Pants	Crest of Cyrodiil	Heavy	Infused	Maximum Health Enchantment
Necklace	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
Ring 1	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
Ring 2	Torug’s	Jewelry	Healthy	Magicka Recovery Enchant
S+B (Sword + Board)	Torug’s	Sword + Shield	S – Infused / B – Infused	S – Hardening B – Multi-Effect
Back Bar	Torug’s	Ice Staff	Infused	Crusher Enchant

• Engine Guardian drops in Darkshade Caverns II
• Crest of Cyrodiil can be purchased from Vlastarus, Elite Gear Vendor in Cyrodiil (or guild traders anywhere)
• Torug’s is a crafted set

SKILLS

Beckoning Armor	Hungry Scythe	Pierce Armor	Spirit Guardian	Necrotic Potency	Ravenous Goliath
Echoing Vigor	Elemental Blockade	Inner Rage	Silver Leash	Empowering Grasp	Renewing Animation

Honorable Mentions:

Bone Surge – When allies near you activate the synergy, damage shield absorbs 34% of them and up to 5 while vitality increases healing


Expunge + Modify – When you cleanse, it restores Mag and Stam (good when you need to purge) It removes snares, immobilizes bleeds and flame dots



Echoing Vigor – Use every ten seconds to proc the your PA

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Beckoning Armor	Bone Armor	Necromancer > Bone Tyrant
Hungry Scythe	Death Scythe	Necromancer > Bone Tyrant
Pierce Armor	Puncture	Weapon > One Hand and Shield
Spirit Guardian	Spirit Mender	Necromancer > Living Death
Necrotic Potency	Bitter Harvest	Necromancer > Bone Tyrant
Ravenou Goliath	Bone Goliath	Necromancer > Bone Tyrant
Echoing Vigor	Vigor	Alliance War > Assault
Elemental Blockade	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction Staff
Inner Rage	Inner Fire	Guild > Undaunted
Silver Leash	Silver Bolts	Guild > Fighters Guild
Empowering Grasp	Grave Grasp	Necromancer > Bone Tyrant
Renewing Animation	Reanimate	Necromancer > Living Death

SITUATION AND STRATEGY

• Melee Taunt:
  Pierce Armor
  
  Next use Silver Leash (stamina chain)
  
  
  
• Range Taunt:
  Inner Rage
  
  
  Next use Unnerving Bone Yard (applies Major Fracture and Major Breach)
  

This build offers a lot of debuffing, helping out the healer and DPS and is great for self-sustain.

• Self-Sustain:
  Beckoning Armour > Silver Leash
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  *With Beckoning Armour, any enemy that attacks you will be pulled in. It increases spell and physical resistance. (Use in combination with Silver Leash to save Stam)

*PRO TANK TIP: My favorite Necromancer skill is the OP “Necro Res,” aka: Renewing Animation


In general, the tank is the last to rez. However, there will be times when you’ll be the last one alive if you’re close enough (and aim properly) this Ult allows you to res up to 3 people in your party. Arguably the most EPIC Ult in the game.

PASSIVES

• CLASS
  • All passives
• WEAPON
  • 1 H + S: All Passives
  • Staff: All Passives
• ARMOR
  • Medium: All
  • Heavy: All
• WORLD
  • None
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

CHAMPION POINTS

In this section, we will go over the Necromancer Tank champion point setup 2.0.

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