Solo Magicka Necromancer

UPDATED FOR BLACKWOOD

Skull Blast – Solo Magicka Necromancer Build / Solo Magcro

This ESO Solo Magicka Necromancers build is capable of amazing damage output, survive-ability, and pack one of the strongest ultimates in the game! This build will cover the following items for the solo magicka necromancer aka the solo magcro:

  1. Overview
    • Race
    • Mundus
    • Attributes
    • Consumables
    • Vampire / Werewolf
  2. Gear
  3. Skills
  4. Rotation
  5. Passives
  6. Champion Points
  7. Parse Time

OVERVIEW

  • Race: Khajiit, High Elf, Dark Elf
    • Khajiit, Dark Elf or High Elf are great for burst damage, Breton can be great for solo and for sustain when low level. For other great alternatives visit our race guide here!
  • Mundus: Shadow
  • Attributes:
    • Magicka: 64
    • Health: 0
    • Stamina: 0
  • Consumables
    • Food:
      • Ghastly Eye Bowl
      • Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
        • Less Expensive alternative: Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup
    • Potion: Essence of Spell Power
  • Vampire
    • Not this patch

GEAR

In this section, we will go over the gear setup for the solo Magicka Necromancer DPS build.

Feel free to use False God’s for sustain

First with Ring of the Pale Order

SLOTSETWEIGHTTRAITENCHANTMENT
HeadSlimecrawLightDivinesMagicka
ShoulderDiamond’s VictoryLightDivinesMagicka
ChestMother’s SorrowLightDivinesMagicka
BeltMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
ShoesMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
HandsMother’s SorrowLight DivinesMagicka
PantsMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
NecklaceDiamond’s VictoryJewelryBloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 1Diamond’s VictoryJewelry BloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 2Ring of the Pale OrderJewelry Bloodthirsty Spell Damage
Weapon 1Diamond’s VictoryInferno
Staff		PreciseFire Enchant
Weapon 2MaelstromInferno StaffInfusedWeapon Damage Enchantment

  • Slimecraw is dropped in Wayrest I (dungeon)
  • Diamond’s Victory is Crafted (buy from a guild trader)
  • Optional –Burning Spellweave is dropped in City of Ash 1 (dungeon)
  • Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (delves, dungeons, worldbosses, chests)
  • Optional – False Gods is dropped in Sunspire (Trial)

No Pale Order

SLOTSETWEIGHTTRAITENCHANTMENT
HeadIceheartLightDivinesMagicka
ShoulderIceheartLightDivinesMagicka
ChestMother’s SorrowLightDivinesMagicka
BeltMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
ShoesMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
HandsMother’s SorrowLight DivinesMagicka
PantsMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
NecklaceDiamond’s VictoryJewelryBloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 1Diamond’s VictoryJewelry BloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 2Diamond’s VictoryJewelry Bloodthirsty Spell Damage
Weapon 1Diamond’s VictoryInferno
Staff		PreciseFire Enchant
Weapon 2MaelstromInferno StaffInfusedWeapon Damage Enchantment

  • Diamond’s Victory is Crafted (buy from a guild trader)
  • Burning Spellweave is dropped in City of Ash 1 (dungeon)
  • Iceheart is dropped in Direfrost Keep (dungeon)
  • Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (world bosses, delve bosses, public dungeon bosses, chests)
  • Optional – False Gods is dropped in Sunspire (Trial)
  • Optional – Medusa drops in Arx Corinium (dungeon)

STARTER GEAR

SLOTSETWEIGHTTRAITENCHANTMENT
HeadIceheartLightHealthMagicka
ShoulderIceheartLightDivinesMagicka
ChestMother’s SorrowLightDivinesMagicka
BeltMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
ShoesMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
HandsMother’s SorrowLight DivinesMagicka
PantsMother’s SorrowLight Divines Magicka
NecklaceDiamond’s VictoryJewelryBloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 1Diamond’s VictoryJewelry BloodthirstySpell Damage
Ring 2Diamond’s Victory(until Ring of the Pale Order)Jewelry Bloodthirsty Spell Damage
Weapon 1Diamond’s VictoryInferno
Staff		PreciseFire Enchant
Weapon 2Diamond’s VictoryInferno StaffInfusedWeapon Damage Enchantment

  • Diamond’s Victory is Crafted (buy from a guild trader)
  • Iceheart is dropped in Direfrost Keep (dungeon)
  • Julianos is Crafted and can be purchased at a guild trader
  • Burning Spellweave drops in City of Ash I (dungeon)
  • Medusa is dropped in Arx Corinium (dungeon)

SKILLS

Stalking BlastbonesRicochet SkullUnnerving BoneyardConsuming TrapMystic SiphonShooting Star
ESO Skills Stalking BlastbonesESO Skills Unnerving Boneyardeso skills consuming trapESO Skills Mystic Siphon
Unstable Wall of ElementsSkeletal ArcanistHarness MagickaSpirit GuardianChanneled AccelerationGlacial Colossus
ESO Skills Skeletal ArcanistESO Skills Harness MagickaEso Skills Spirit MenderESO Skills Channeled Acceleration

Honorable Mentions:

*We do NOT use Shooting Star. It is slotted for the Mages Guild Passives

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)BASE ABILITYSKILL TREE
ESO Skills Stalking Blastbones Stalking Blastbones BlastbonesNecromancer > Grave Lord
ESO Sills Ricochet Skull Ricochet Skull Flame SkullNecromancer > Grave Lord
ESO Skills Unnerving Boneyard Unnerving BoneyardESO Skills Boneyard BoneyardNecromancer > Grave Lord
eso skills consuming trap Consuming Trapjli eso skills soul trap Soul TrapWorld > Soul Magic
ESO Skills Mystic Siphon Mystic Siphon Shocking SiphonNecromancer > Grave Lord
ESO Skills Shooting Star Shooting StarESO Skills Meteor MeteorGuild > Mages
ESO Skills Unstable wall of elements Unstable Wall of ElementsESO Skills Wall of Elements Wall of ElementsWeapons > Destruction Staff
ESO Skills Skeletal Arcanist Skeletal Arcanist Skeletal MageNecromancer > Grave Lord
ESO Skills Harness Magicka Harness MagickaESO Skills Annulment AnnulmentArmor > Light
ESO Skills Spirit Guardian Spirit GuardianEso Skills Spirit Mender Spirit MenderNecromancer > Living Death
ESO Skills Channeled Acceleration Channeled Accelerationeso skills accelerate Accelerate Guild > Psijic
ESO Skills Glacial Colossus Glacial Colossus Frozen ColossusNecromancer > Grave Lord

ROTATION

Explanation: The core of Necromancer rotations looks like this:

  • Stalking Blastbones > Spammable > Spammable > Stalking Blastbones > Spammable >Spammable
    ESO Skills Stalking Blastbones > S > S > ESO Skills Stalking Blastbones > S > S
    -repeat-

  • For this build, the spammable is Ricochet Skull
    ESO Sills Ricochet Skull

  • Stalking Blastbones is your highest DPS ability, therefore the idea here is that you are casting it every time its off cooldown, which means you are casting it every third ability.
    ESO Skills Stalking Blastbones

  • *You will replace the spammable (Ricochet Skull), with whichever dot is falling off at the time, but you will always cast Stalking Blastbones every third ability. If all dots are up, you cast Ricochet Skull between Stalking Blastbones. Enjoy!
  • To improve your chances of living, keep all of your dots ticking! Due to the ring of pale order the life leech will keep you alive!

PASSIVES

  • CLASS
    • All passives
  • WEAPON
    • Staff: All Passives
  • ARMOR
    • Light Armor: All Passives
  • WORLD
    • None:
  • GUILDS
    • Mages Guild: All Passives
    • Fighters Guild: First Four Passives
    • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
    • Psijic Guild: If using
  • Racial: All Passives
  • Alchemy: Medicinal Use

CHAMPION POINTS

In this section, we will go over the solo Magicka Necromancer champion point setup.

Warfare Tree

CP LevelPerkPoints
0-60Precision20
60-210Fighting Finesse (slot)50
210-270Piercing20
270-420Deadly Aim (slot)50
420-570Master at Arms(slot)50
570-720Thaumaturge(slot)50
720-780Eldritch Insight20
780-810Quick Recovery10
810-870Preparation20
870-930Flawless Ritual20
930-1020War Mage30
1020-1080Flawless Ritual20
1080-1140Elemental Aegis20
1140-1200Hardy20
1200-1230Quick Recovery10
1230-1290Blessed20
1290-1350Tireless Discipline20
1350-1410Battle Mastery20
1410-1500Mighty30
1500-1560Battle Mastery20

Fitness Tree

CP LevelPerkPoints
0-150Boundless Vitality (slot)50
150-300Rejuvenation (slot)50
300-345Tumbling15
345-375Mystic Tenacity10
375-435Heros Vigor20
435-585Siphoning Spells (slot)50
585-735Ironclad (slot) 50
735-780Tumbling15
780-840Defiance20
840-864Hasty8
864-924Tireless Guardian20
924-1014Fortification30
1014-1038Hasty8
1038-1098Sprinter20
1098-1188Savage Defense30-
1188-1206Nimble Protector6
1206-1266Bashing Brutality20
1266-1386Mystic Tenacity40
1386-1406Piercing Gaze10
1406-1556Tempered Soul50
1556-1616Piercing Gaze20

Craft Tree

CP LevelPerkPoints
0-150Steed’s Blessing (slot)50
150-300Breakfall50
300-345Wanderer15
345-375Steadfast Enchantment10
375-465Rationer (slot)30
465-690Liquid Efficiency (slot)75
690-870Wanderer60
870-990Steadfast Enchantment40
990-1140Fortune’s Favor50
1140-1290Gilded Fingers50
1290-1380Out of Sight30
1380-1500Fleet phantom40
1500-1599Soul Reservoir33
1599-1749Treasure Hunter (slot)50
1749-1884Inspiration Boost45
1884-2034Meticulous Disassembly50
2034-2259Master Gatherer75

PARSE TIME

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