UPDATED FOR BLACKWOOD

Frozen Steel – A Warden Tank Build

The ESO Warden tank Build has a nice combination of hots and burst heals, sitting it nicely between the Nightblade (HOTS) and Dragonknight (Burst Heals) tank play styles.

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 Warden 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

Polar Wind	Heroic Slash	Pierce Armor	Gripping Shards	Fetcher Infection	Reviving Barrier
Elemental Blockade	Bull Netch	Inner Rage	Balance	Frozen Device	Aggressive Horn

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Polar Wind	Arctic Wind	Warden > Winter’s Embrace
Heroic Slash	Low Slash	Weapon > One Hand and shield
Pierce Armor	Puncture	Weapon > One Hand and Shield
Gripping Shards	Impaling Shards	Warden > Winter’s Embrace
Fetcher Infection	Swarm	Warden > Animal Companions
Reviving Barrier	Barrier	Alliance > Support
Elemental Blockade	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction Staff
Bull Netch	Betty Netch	Warden > Animal Companions
Inner Rage	Inner Fire	Guild > Undaunted
Balance	Equilibrium	Guild > Mages Guild
Frozen Device	Frozen Gate	Warden > Winter’s Embrace
Aggressive Horn	War Horn	Alliance War > Assault

SITUATION + STRATEGY

1. Bull Netch provides stamina regeneration even while blocking! Keep it up at ALL times (it also acts as a free purge)
   
   
   
2. For Trials:
   • Replace Gripping Shards with Shimmering Shield
     
   • Replace Frozen Device with Leeching Vines
     

Work in heavy attacks on the front bar any time you are able to in order to regain stamina. Use Balance to restore Magicka.

PASSIVES

• CLASS
  • All passives
• WEAPON
  • One Hand + Shield: All Passives
  • Staff: All Passives
• ARMOR
  • Light Armor:
  • Medium Armor: All
  • Heavy Armor: All
• GUILDS
  • Mages Guild: All Passives except Might of the Guild
  • Fighters Guild: Banish the wicked
  • Psijic Order: Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

CHAMPION POINTS

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

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