129K Magicka Dragonkight PvE Build ESO | Endless Archive U40

HELLO everyone and WELCOME to my Build Guide for the Magicka Dragonknight ready for the Endless Archive Update 40! A few very minor tweaks to the DK over this patch has made the DK EXTREMELY competitive in the meta conversation! Though not QUITE as preferable as an Arcanist in content, the DK is an incredibly close second, and an unbelievably viable class to run in all content!
Be sure to check me out on all my socials for more content like this and more! Make sure you join the DISCORD for the full written guide! I only have so many characters on KZbin, so the condensed guide you'll see below offers a lot of info, but not everything that I have for you! The full written guides for all of my builds are on my discord!
A special thanks to @AlduinESO for providing this MONSTER of a parse! Click that name and go shoot him some love! He does not have NEARLY enough subscribers for the content he's putting out, let's fix that! Subscribe to his channel here: / @alduineso
A huge shoutout and thank you to my current Patreons, Sir Clydus, ZeKt Reeferchik, Flugmurker, and Joseph, thank you so much for all of your support my friends, it's because of YOU that this video is possible!
As always if you have any questions, let me know in the comments section below, I WILL get back to you as soon as possible :) Thank you so much for all of your love and support, I appreciate each and every one of you, and I'll see you in the next one!
Basic Build Information:
Race: Dark Elf/High Elf
Mundus: Thief
Food: Green Max Mag
Potions: Heroism
Champion Points: Deadly/Thaum/Wrathful/Exploiter
129.3K Dynamic CMX and Info Tab: imgur.com/a/aUsBMZO
121K Static CMX and Info Tab: imgur.com/a/W6rQcoT
Socials:
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Discord: / discord
Music
- Enslaved: Barren Gates & M.I.M.E
- Bright Future: Killrude
- Collapse: STRLGHT
- Firepower: STRLGHT
- Growls: Cecilia Lindh
- Lay Down: Killrude
- Nothing: Daxten
- Paint the Wall: Killrude
- Raining: Killrude
- Slow Royale: Luwaks
- Spillover: Robert Ruth
- Strending Kids: Ooyy
- Take It - Killrude
- Those Monsters (Do You Feel It) (Instrumental Version): Ooyy
- Universal Solution: Robert Ruth
- War Force: Sons Of Hades
- Hyperdrive: Kozah
- Nobody: Kozah
- Vision: Lost Sky
- Ghosts: Malik Bash
- Hope: Morley & Speo
- Never Stop: Todd Helder
- Lost: TULE
Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Basic Build Information (Race/Mundus/Attributes/Traits/Enchants/Consumables/CP) - 1:02
Gear Information - 9:28
Primary Skills - 29:41
Flex Skills - 38:11
Rotation Fundamentals - 54:51
Static and Dynamic Rotations - 1:00:30
Adapting Rotations for Content - 1:08:31
Outro/Thanks - 1:13:31
129.3K Parse by Alduin - 1:14:41
CMX/Build Info - 1:17:25

[@danielmayeux2251]

OUTSTANDING video, going through ALL options AND giving the situations with pros and cons!

[@KingTater]

One of the most clear and informative video game guides ive ever watched

[@ExoScrolls]

Very very informative and useful. Thank you very much

[@dcub6251]

Wow I didn't realize there were any damage dealer classes besides arcanist

[@eigh1puppies]

Dk is nearly as good :)

[@ErnaMcburna]

Lol i rarely play either of my arcanists they are everywhere

[@samuraichicken2315]

Depends if you want to do complex rotations.... if not then keep playing Arcanist or Oakensorc.

[@shadowmere3587]

i love this in depth guide keep up the good work

[@darrenbaldwin7149]

Great build video and using this as my main currently Thanks Eigh1Puppies

[@SeanWuOcean]

Thank you for this video!!!

[@sergioalexanderdeinschlimm9752]

Question, what class in the entire game currently does the most dps?

[@danielmayeux2251]

Pulled out the old scathing/spellweave...still hitting 92k on dummy. Gonna have to catch up with the medium passives.

[@Bad_Points]

Damn dude, Great video!

[@theperennialgoat5226]

dk vid hype

[@aguile]

How it would be using deep breath instead of burning talons (breath-> 2 skills->breath)? Im asking since I use it on my rotation instead

[@eigh1puppies]

Deep breath is not really worthwhile on single target boss fights but is very good for AOE situations. When you do use it yeah, you'll weave it like blast bones, one in three skills

[@terminalvelocity4858]

Great guide!! Have any recommends for a one-bar oakensoul build?

[@eigh1puppies]

I haven’t messed around with one bar setups too much, but I’m sure @matygon or @ryanisiffy have some options that would work well :)

[@Suddster_]

If I have no mythic, would back barring aegis be better than frontbaring ? What would you recommend? Thanks

[@eigh1puppies]

Front Bar Aegis and run an Arena Weapon

[@Honky_Kong]

Great video man, one of the few that actually covers everything and thoroughly in depth 👍🏻 However, I do have 2 questions I’m hoping you wouldn’t mind answering: 1) Is Julianos still a viable set in place/in conjunction with Mother’s sorrow and/or Order’s wrath? I have yet to acquire any monster sets, MA weapons, or raid gear in general. I have all 3 sets, including full sets of armor, 2 inferno staffs for all, and some jewelry but only for Mother’s sorrow and Julianos. The Julianos jewelry also happens to be in the recommended traits you mentioned here. Currently, I’m running 2 pieces of arcane willpower jewelry and one mother’s sorrow. 2) Currently I’m set up with 5 pieces of medium armor (Order’s wrath) and 2 pieces of light mother’s sorrow. As mentioned above, I have a plethora of options and possible combinations when it comes to combining these sets. I could technically have 2 full set bonuses and nearly 3 with a 4/5 bonus. Any one of the 3 sets can only get the 4 piece, but I was leaning towards Julianos. Reason being that my only medium armor is the 5 armor pieces Order’s wrath. I have acquired all passives in both light and medium armor , which finally brings me to my question: If I swap out a couple pieces of the medium Order’s wrath armor for light mothers sorrow, and replace some of the extra/redundant set pieces with Julianos, will the 4/5 Julianos set bonus make up for loss in DPS?

[@eigh1puppies]

1. Julianos is a great set! 2. I might be misunderstanding a little, but whatever sets you can get full 5 piece bonuses out of will be the most worth running if that makes sense, as opposed to miscellaneous stat combinations

[@raptordcuo6879]

If i dont have Trial sets, would Pillar be a good fit with Aegis? Or is Orders Wrath better with Aegis?

[@eigh1puppies]

I’d do orders wrath!

[@MrMW3tricks]

What is the recommended way to stack sets? Like if I wanted pillar of nirn and whorl what would go where?? Sorry I’m new

[@eigh1puppies]

Don’t apologize! Try to put as many mediums armor pieces on the body as you can as a priority

[@Thesouleyman]

Thank you for this awsome guide for the dk, also i've heard runecarver is really good on dk for content like rg hm. Any thoughts on this set?

[@eigh1puppies]

Runecarver is solid, just not better than Azure. Since runecarver was typically used in AOE fights, there isn't really a scenario worth running it imo

[@euterboy184]

@@eigh1puppies i assume things have changed with the runecarvers fix/buff and the change to the combustion passive. sounds like it would be pretty good now on at least mag dk for most scenarios? unless stamdk can get away with running 2 light pieces since you have to run it on body.

[@letmewin5743]

What base game set would you suggest ? I am dk dark elf ran magika destro staff but want to change to higher dps

[@eigh1puppies]

So, I would suggest Order's Wrath, which isn't a base game set but there's a solid chance you can get it from guild traders, or have a friend craft it for you. Absolute Base Game set I guess you could go with something like Mother's Sorrow

[@morgothbauglir203]

Would you consider Kinras's Wrath strong for solo and small and unorganized groups? cuz that's what I grindeded the eso+ free trial Also is it worth running Flame blossom? I really liked the fiery aesthetic of both sets and I was wondering if it will actually be good I am using either one of these sets with pillar of nirn front bar, 1 or 2 peace Zaan, ring of the pale order and the maelstrom inferno staff on back bar

[@eigh1puppies]

Kinra is not a bad set at all, I just think you'll get more value even in solo content out of some of the given options. Order's Wrath for example is one of the best sets in the game for solo/unoptimized groups. Flame Blossom is not a bad set, but it's value is incredibly situational, requiring bosses with massive hit boxes to get the set to tick multiple times per proc, so again, I think the options given are all just a little better. If aesthetic is your goal though, it will do the job just fine :)

[@morgothbauglir203]

​@@eigh1puppiesThanks One day I'll start grinding trials too when I have the time Also I really like your videos and you have a good voice

[@eigh1puppies]

@@morgothbauglir203 Thank you!

[@xboxgamerz22]

What is the best top crafted and dungeon set for all class to use and for someone who can't get trial set and for a 1 bar solo?

[@danielmayeux2251]

Why can't you get trial gear? Use group finder and hit those normal runs to get that gear! You'll have it learned in a couple days

[@eigh1puppies]

Order's Wrath is probably the best crafted set right now, Aegis Caller is likely the best dungeon set

[@User67671]

@@danielmayeux2251not everyone has access to paid-content

[@jessicaschubert6338]

where is your written guide at discord, cant find it. regards

[@eigh1puppies]

Should be in the Mag DK Channel just under all the pictures!

[@ltmammaguerillz6745]

Curious how the update 41 DK changes will change this build, will poison more of a focus for the execute? Will gear mostly stay the same?

[@ltmammaguerillz6745]

Or possibly is Stam Dk going to end up superior because of it?

[@eigh1puppies]

Honestly the changes didn't really do anything. The DK ended up netting 500 DPS loss with Burning and Poison for a total of 1K, but the Runecarver buff is gonna make that set the Parse Dummy Meta on this class, giving us maybe a 2K buff? Problem is, that Runecarver setup will only be run whenever you can do Relequen in a fight, which is probably less than half the fights in the game.

[@eigh1puppies]

Nah Mag DK isn't going anywhere. Even if Stam DK hits harder on the 21 Mil, Stam DK can't do Talons, and that's an insane amount of damage to lose in content

[@SkipZens]

I am new to this game, and this guide is pretty good, but which passive skills do I need?

[@eigh1puppies]

I don't really find passives worth listing, because they all are relevant. If you're using a skill from that tree, you should probably just fill out that tree's passives imo

[@SkipZens]

@@eigh1puppies Thank you for your quick help! 😁

[@AlduinESO]

❤

[@FadedVeil]

Could I run order+nirn since I don’t have trial gear ?

[@eigh1puppies]

yeah thats a great setup!

[@swampsect]

Love this, any changes for U42?

[@eigh1puppies]

Double charged, drop the flame enchant for an absorb Stam enchant if running zaan!

[@cousinsplays5949]

What build do you recommend for solo arenas like vma, vds, vvh

[@eigh1puppies]

For an easy clear or the “best” setup to get through it fast

[@cousinsplays5949]

Well I'm trying to farm perfected weapons. So I would say fast but I still need to be able to get through it. My CP is at 1000 but I am not an experienced dps. On this build I was struggling to sustain stam wearing pillar of nirn and orders wrath. I do not have much gear yet for dd so I'm trying to farm the correct gear as well that is not trial. I am close to relequin set but not quite there.@@eigh1puppies

[@eigh1puppies]

I would do a trial set if you have one (like Sul Xan/Ansuul/Whorl) + Pillar or Aegis Probably. If you don't have a trial set, Orders is a good substitute

[@FuckIlluminate]

Is this solo viable? I’m kind of new to the game but always wanted to play dk

[@cjkhoomobile5830]

This build is seemingly for group contents only. Solo build usually requires some shielding and healing

[@FuckIlluminate]

@@cjkhoomobile5830 yeah I see that’s fine and all I’ll just use some solo until have everything for this :)

[@eigh1puppies]

There are set and skill combos listed throughout the video that can be used really well for solo scenarios. For example, in vateshran, whorl/tzogvins is used very commonly, along with skills like razor caltrops or ele sus, all of which are components discussed throughout the video!

[@Yosh-doesnt-understand]

Is there a way to build this around a flame staff?

[@eigh1puppies]

Sure I would use wall and camo hunter in place of stampede and carve + the vma inferno backbar. I’d suggest daggers front bar but if you want to staff you can

[@swampsect]

@@eigh1puppies ty for this! What about replacing the front bar as well? I assume inferno would also be nice since it gives dot & status effect dmg? Hopefully not a massive dps decrease going x2 inferno, going for that fire mage theme.

[@eigh1puppies]

@@swampsectdaggers count as an extra gear piece, which ends up being a pretty huge stat bonus, so double inferno will be a decent loss. I suppose you could switch out cloak for maybe engulfing

[@swampsect]

@@eigh1puppies thanks for all the info!!

[@user-gb1jl7bz1z]

How can you replace a kilt while maintaining good results?

[@eigh1puppies]

You can replace it with mora if you have it maxed, Velothi is okay, vma greatsword is decent as well. If you drop the kilt, run fighting finesse instead of exploiter

[@wolfofodin1996]

Is this still viable or most i wait for an update

[@eigh1puppies]

It's viable, there are some better setups listed in the discord though!

[@LeavEyeDDrum]

6:12 if you can edit it real quick it says chamion instead of champion. Cheers brother 👍🏾

[@eigh1puppies]

L ty

[@SlowPokeGoat]

When your talking about your main skills, you mention “Fu” a couple of times and I’m not sure what your referring too.

[@eigh1puppies]

FOO: Flames of Oblivion

[@SlowPokeGoat]

Thanks Great video!

[@jessfarris2461]

Gg

[@unlawfulspoon6808]

If its magicka shouldn't you use all magic morph instead of stamina

[@unlawfulspoon6808]

And a staff

[@eigh1puppies]

That's how the game worked a few years ago, but they've completely changed the way stat scaling works. There are no longer gear or weapons bound to "mag or stam" type builds, it's just kind of "run the strongest thing"

[@Grant07]

I’ve been away from this game for a few years and a mag dk is running stam abilities and running medium gear 🤯

[@eigh1puppies]

A lot has changed XD

[@Grant07]

Is light armour dead now

[@eigh1puppies]

It's not dead, it's good for unoptimized groups, it's just not meta

[@mikailmuganlinsky7454]

a lot of information goes around the rotation on bosses or whatsoever, but none about gears and rotation on trash pools )

[@HFNegative]

FYI, "draught" is pronounced "draft". Otherwise, a very informative video.

[@zercherspecialist127]

Wow that makes 0 sense. Thanks

[@panzersoldat115]

why people hating

[@cQueuecumber]

Where?

[@LuizFernando-py5xb]

Gosh... "magikcka dps" concept died. Now we just use medium armor, a fucking massive sword on back bar and daggers on the front bar, has the majority of our skill morphed into stamina based... But it's still a "magicka build". Why its not called a hybrid build? like... oh well, idk, whatever. I'm still happy zos did this hybridization anyway.

[@eigh1puppies]

Because it’s not really a “build” it is the mag dk for endgame pve. Mag vs Stam at this point just refers to attribute allocation.

[@HapyyTheCat]

this makes no sense to me... how is this a mag DK.... wtf happened to this game.

[@eigh1puppies]

Mag and Stam just refers to the resource pool you spec 64 into. There aren’t really and weapon or armor types specified the resource pools anymore, so it’s just kind of “run what’s best”