Venom Brawler – A Solo Stamina Dragonknight Build / Solo StamDK

This ESO solo Stamina Dragonknight deals poison and fire damage and utilizes the same abilities that make it the best tank class in the game to make in an unstoppable force while soloing! In this solo stamdk build guide we will cover the following:

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

OVERVIEW

• Race: Khajiit, Dark Elf, Orc, Redguard
  • Other acceptable alternatives will perform nearly as well and you can find them on our race guide page here.
• Mundus: Thief
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 0
  • Health: 0
  • Stamina: 64
• Consumables
  • Food:
    • Lava foot soup and saltrice
    • can use Dubious Cameron Throne if your health is low
  • Potion: Essence of weapon power
    • or Essence of Stamina for easy content

GEAR – Includes Trial Gear

This section will cover solo Stamina Dragoknight DPS gear setups for beginners and veterans.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Domihaus	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulder	Vicious Ophidian	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoes	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Pants	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Vicious Ophidian	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 1	Vicious Ophidian	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Vicious Ophidian	Greatsword	Precise	Stamina Absorb
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Domihaus drops in Veteran Falkreath Hold
• Dagon’s Dominion drops in The Cauldron (dungeon)
• Ring of the Pale Order is a Mythic Item
• Vicious Ophidian drops in Hel Ra Citadel (Trial)

STARTER GEAR

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Selene’s	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoulder	Selene’s (Briar if wearing Ring of Pale Order)	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoes	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Pants	Dagon’s Dominion	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Briar	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 1	Briar	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 2	Briar (Or Ring of the Pale Order)	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Briar	Greatsword	Precise	Stamina Absorb
Weapon 2	Briar	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Selene’s drops in Veteran Selene’s Web
• Dagon’s Dominion drops in The Cauldron (dungeon)
• Briar is an overland set found in Wrothgar (delves, world bosses, public dungeons)

SKILLS

Noxious Breath	Brawler	Executioner	Consuming Trap	Barbed Trap	Flawless Dawnbreaker
Endless Hail	Cauterize	Resolving Vigor (Flex)	Venemous Claw	Volatile Armor	Standard of Might

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Noxious Breath	Fiery Breath	Dragonknight > Ardent Flame
Brawler	Cleave	Weapon > Two Hand
Executioner	Reverse Slash	Weapon > Two Hand
Consuming Trap	Soul Trap	World > Soul Magic
Barbed Trap	Trap Beast	Guild > Fighters Guild
Venomous Claw	Searing Strike	Dragonknight > Ardent Flame
Flawless Dawnbreaker	Dawnbreaker	Guild > Figthers Guild
Endless Hail	Volley	Weapon > Bow
Cauterize	Inferno	Dragonknight > Ardent Flame
Resolving Vigor	Vigor	Alliance War > Assault
Noxious Breath	Fiery Breath	Dragonknight > Ardent Flame
Volatile Armor	Spiked Armor	Dragoknight > Draconic Power
Standard of Might	Dragonknight Standard	Dragonknight > Ardent Flame

ROTATION

• Buffs > Dots > Spammable
  
  
  • Any time all dots are ticking use Brawler as your spammable. Reapply dots as necessary.
    
    
    
• Execute: Use Reverse Slice instead of Brawler when mob is below 31% HP
  
  
  
  
  

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PASSIVES

• CLASS
  • All Passives
• WEAPON
  • Two Hand: All Passives
  • Bow: All Passives
• ARMOR
  • Medium Armor: All Passives
• WORLD
  • None
• GUILDS
  • Fighters Guild: First Four Passives
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

CHAMPION POINTS

This section will go over how to set up the solo Stamina Dragonknight champion points in the new CP 2.0 system.