Venom Carver – 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: Lover mundus while solo, thief when in a group
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 0
  • Health: 0
  • Stamina: 64
• Consumables
  • Food:
    • Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
    • can use Dubious Cameron Throne if you want more health
  • 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	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Stamina
Shoulder	Tzogvin	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Shoes	Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Pants	Relequen	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Tzogvin	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 1	Tzogvin	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Tzogvin	Maul	Precise	Stamina Absorb
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Slimecraw drops in Veteran Wayrest
• Tzogvin drops in Frostvault (dungeon)
• Ring of the Pale Order is a Mythic Item
• Relequen drops in Cloudrest (Trial)
• WORTH NOTING: in a group take of Ring of Pale order and wear 1 piece slime, 1 piece grundwolf (head / shoulder).

STARTER GEAR

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

• Slimecraw drops in Veteran Wayrest Sewers
• Hunding’s is a Crafted Set (can be purchased at guild traders)
• Briar is an overland set found in Wrothgar (delves, world bosses, public dungeons)

SKILLS

Venemous Claw	Carve	Executioner	Volatile Armor	Consuming Trap	Flawless Dawnbreaker
Endless Hail	Noxious Breath	Resolving Vigor (Flex)	Flames of Oblivion	Molten Whip	Standard of Might

SKILL LINEAGE

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

ROTATION

• Your rotation will be Buffs > Dots > Spammable
• BUFFS
  >
  
• DOTS
  > > >
  
• Spammable: Any time all dots are ticking use Carve. Reapply dots as necessary.
  
  
• Execute: Use Executioner instead of Carve when mob is below 31% HP. If multiple enemies are attacking you, it may be safer just to continue brawling!
  

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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.