ESO - PVP Class Tier List (U39)

PVP success varies based on the class and build you choose to play. This guide helps you choose what is best by giving an overview of all classes in the Elder Scrolls Online.
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[@Shannoria]

I RAT THIS VYDEO 1 STAR. STOOPID BAD MELC DOOS NOT NO ANYTING ABUT BOOTIFIL NARCO. NARCO IS NOT BAD. MELC IS DUM. MELC NEED GLASSES. DO NOT TAK NARCO HERE. WILL CHEW INTARNET KABL. >:(

[@thegoddeity6217]

Rest in Piece Necro 💔

[@Mondfischli]

...bah, next update we'll return as a Lich 😂

[@timlutzweiler2788]

Try 5 fire 2 marselok 1 sea serpent 2dsa maces and 1 masters bow 1trainnee 1 druids. That is so meta it works superwell on stamcro

[@thegoddeity6217]

@@timlutzweiler2788 What is „Stamcro“

[@warbear793]

​​@@thegoddeity6217It stands for stamina necromancer. It is a good way to play this class, in my opinion.

[@Someonebrew]

Someone needs raise this class from the dead (Srry for the bad pun)

[@RangerDanger720]

Just want to admire the animation of each class thats been presented. Well done 👏

[@MalcolM.]

Thanks!

[@ghanem329]

I stopped playing ESO for about a year now, but I still get excited for every video you drop The editing is always on point and is much appreciated ❤️ Keep em coming!

[@bigguccipolo4107]

thanks for the video g i just bought the game and choose my first character basing on your video. appriciate that

[@katorga]

Great grahpic design! Well done.

[@WolfgangRP]

Pretty spot on, I'd say. I agree that if counted separately, Stamsorc would be high A tier because they are the class with which it's easiest to abuse the 'set-and-forget' dumb procs and then Streak out of range, rinse and repeat. I want to offer particular praise for the step up in graphical quality for this video. You've obviously put a lot of work into it, and it is super-engaging :)

[@MalcolM.]

Thank you, I enjoy doing it and I'm glad it's appreciated!

[@KaisersGB]

That was some clever editing when yoy gave the class character showing up in screen, i would love to figure out how to do that with out insane amounts of rotoscoping. Great video!

[@MalcolM.]

Thanks! I work with color effects and keying.

[@KaisersGB]

@@MalcolM. I am gonna keep that in mind appreciate the info 🍻 I haven't messed with color effects before that stuff makes me nervous lol

[@Stongez]

Looking forward to your Mythic Tier List 👀

[@dante_fly]

Excellent editing, looking forward to your next one bar NB, due the ping issues can't play dual bar.

[@user-qq6tw3bb4o]

Nice Bro, Amazing edition

[@Magplar]

Love the editing, nice video bro

[@MalcolM.]

Thanks!

[@monarxue]

Another banger, keep it up!

[@MalcolM.]

Thanks, I'm on it!

[@vossboss220]

Tragic cosmic irony considering how we are in a heavy dot meta, and necrancer the supposed dot class is dead last

[@ghostboi3]

Nicely edited :)

[@mgflashlights9554]

Loving your warden frost build,I'm using It with minor variation for more survavibility,I can't decide if Frostbite would be better instead of Ice furnace,what do you think?

[@Blackmagician87]

Where can I find the his warden frost bite build?

[@lbdmkhl]

Ура! Новое видео!

[@user-bx4ql2to4l]

Внатуре

[@titusbojan4271]

I don't think devs are gonna do anything about the pesky nightblades and immortal dragonknights, but I'm sure they will think and plan new ways to purchase more shiny things from the Crown Store. Also I've noticed the ol' mighty crown store never lags or have any bad performance what so ever.

[@JLawL]

DK's have been nerfed 4 patches in a row, and Nightblade SHOULD be strong in PvP seeing as how it is the absolute worst rounded class in PvE. Worst tank, worst healer, and only sub par dps that offers nothing to the group.

[@spartanscv]

Yes, we should nerf the worst class for the 99% of the content.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

​@@JLawLdks are still head and shoulders above everything else. They need adjusted. And that's not a good reason for NB to be busted in pvp

[@eget4144]

​@@JLawLbeing bad at PvE means nothing for PvP. They should npt be strong. NBs should be average like everyone else.

[@lukasr1166]

@@JLawL yet DKs remain the best class in pvp. Do you realize how OP they were for them to still be OP after 4 nerfs? DKs will never be balanced until their tankiness or DMG is severly reduced.

[@ClassicIX]

Don’t worry next patch they’ll buff nb, master dw, procs, and nerf necro. The Devs are so out of touch with reality

[@turtle-bot3049]

We laugh, but I wouldn't be surprised...

[@Trabsol]

@@turtle-bot3049dude he predicted it u40, they made better NB and DK armour but made trash necro armour

[@shahrylaidil1359]

​@@TrabsolAs a beginner, i already pick Nb should i stick with it? Like idk where i can find a good guide cause everything is confusing

[@Trabsol]

@@shahrylaidil1359 Go with whatever you like most, if thats nightblade, then stick with it. You will end up making more characters later on anyway, so don't worry too much. When you need a pvp class, you can always just make the meta on another character.

[@Seekars1]

Nice video editing 👌 👍

[@DuckyGoingSavage]

With update 39 for Range Plars, what's the preferred staff, lighting or fire ?

[@turtle-bot3049]

Probably lightning, you still want to buff crushing shock, javelin etc which are all direct damage. Beam counts as both, so gets buffed by either staff regardless.

[@summerbrez]

Pog Thx for the vid Agree on most stuff Although I'd put arcanist (meta dot build) higher than warden, for me personally it feels stronger Here are my thoughts: - Necro needs cc and damage. It's playable with dot setup, also dizzy swing can work as a stun. Bowcro is also fun. - Plar needs jabs buffed so bad. Playable and fun as a class, sadly not the best damage even with a lot of weapon / spell damage stacked. - Sorc is honestly good.. well, stamsorc. I'd add burst heal maybe other than dark deal. - Arcanist with meta dot setup is A tier in my opinion, borderline S for me (bad with other setups). Literally unkillable. You can stay alive for ages, hold your ground against any class and on top of that you have pretty damn good damage. - Warden needs more reliable cc as well after arctic blast nerf. - DK. Op class, nothing to add here. - NB. Same as DK.

[@MalcolM.]

Good points, I'd just like to point out that adding a burst heal to sorc would make stam/hybrid sorc insane, better keep it as is imo cause as you said it's already good. Plus I don't like different classes having the same skill setup in their toolkit, there's enough classes already where it's just class burst heal + vigor.

[@summerbrez]

@@MalcolM. True Tbh I don't think sorc needs it, just had nothing else to add xD Idk what sorc needs then, something is missing for it to be S but idk what. I guess just overall damage is just lower than dk, nb

[@qDesyncX]

​@@summerbrezTobojay

[@summerbrez]

@@qDesyncX 💀

[@turtle-bot3049]

Sorc (well mostly stamsorc, but magsorc is decent too) is fine for damage, it's missing the utility the other classes have. Forced to run pets or dark deal for healing either ties up too much bar space or leaves sorc with a mediocre and unreliable heal (as a heal) making the class frustrating to play in tough situations. Free up some bar space for sorc and it will be fine, even with its current kit. - Add major prophecy/savagery to a commonly used skill (frees up bar space from camo hunter/inner light) to better tie in the class HoT crit surge. - Buff lightning form to be more on par with hurricane (it's still only 5m radius when all other melee is 7, wtf zos...), This would free up the monster helm slot from chudan for magsorc specifically. - Rework either frags or mages fury to be an actual modern spammable so the class isn't forced to outsource it's spammable (we have curse and bound armaments for delayed burst already, no need to force frags and fury into that role as well). - Tidy up and update the passives to be more in line with modern passives that do more than just attempt to fix sustain that dark deal is supposed to be covering anyway and is free enough in the current game with sets like wretched vitality.

[@sekory88]

I am a tempalr main since release and I hate how templar is now almost unplayable without vampire in 1 vs x

[@vossboss220]

Well vampire is pretty much required on all classes

[@arcticanders7390]

Any set recommendations for a brawler nb? Been bombing since day one and want a different play style for the nb

[@user-lu7cd3cs1n]

I do clever and maras back bar honestly almost never cloaca great survivability and great burst

[@grzes848909]

You can tell who's necro/sorc/templar main just by reading comments on this video.

[@invictuous9222]

Exactly this game is so shit I can’t even play my 3 favorite classes in this game. For over a year they’ve been bad

[@polarblade1159]

Guess my good old stamcro just fully died- good thing I still got the glass cannon DK build

[@namkhatoner6492]

any changes in U40 or are things still basically the same? I think DK and NB are still crazy good, but I haven't played enough of update 40 to figure out if the rest of the tier list is still mostly accurate.

[@MalcolM.]

They are still the same, ZOS does little combat changes anymore.

[@shortnsweet5325]

Not even watched the video and I can tell you its dk at the very top and necro at the very bottom.

[@ares3245]

Can anyone told me the Name from the Swordsstyle from your Templar 😅 looks awesome :)

[@turtle-bot3049]

Considering how strong proc stamsorc is right now, the fact that magsorc drags it back down to only being B tier is insane. That would put magsorc into C tier at best (more likely d-tier alongside necro) And yeah, no surprises NB is S-Tier, that class did not need the buffs it got in U39 but NB dev (gilliam) went ahead and over buffed it anyway because gotta buff his favourite class, even when it's not needed.... Only thing I would caveat with arcanist is the class has several known and reported bugs that bring it up to S-tier at the moment. The stun cannot be broken free from and theres a bug where at 0 health the class cannot be killed (and no it's not a visual bug its been tested and replicated in the reports submitted to zos), it's part of the reason I'm not playing my arcanist right now, too high a risk of getting banned for bug exploiting (too bad EP dont care and are exploiting it like crazy right now....). P.s. love the editing, that 90% health meme beam is so accurate 😂😅

[@user-qq6tw3bb4o]

No ban, take nothing, Duttzz plays with cheat all the time and never took a temporary one, zeni love streamer cheat humiliating his most loyal players...

[@MalcolM.]

It's difficult for me to rank sorc cause I main it, I know I'm right saying hybrid/stam sorc is better than mag but what exactly that means in terms of tier letters is tricky. Good points about arcanist, I didn't know this! p.s. thanks :)

[@JohnSmith-nj1cg]

This reminds me, I need to practice my German.

[@oguzhan-bt3vn]

Here is official list by the pvp authorities. Just when it is needed.

[@splder5430]

I only play necro, I quit about 2 1/2 years ago, but started playing again a few months ago, played proc meta hybrid cro for a while with success, but every other build I tried to craft just didn’t work. I’ve now quit again.

[@lukasr1166]

Why are you running both camo hunter and cloak on your magblade?

[@MalcolM.]

good question, camo hunter is a flex spot but slotting this is still good too for minor berserk and more wpn dmg.

[@N0Tsoftware]

I am waiting for your changes in your website about magicka sorcerer (max magicka) since it got buffs.

[@MalcolM.]

I'm updating the website builds in a couple of days.

[@N0Tsoftware]

@@MalcolM. I cant wait for it. I can finnaly play magicka sorc thanks to you 🙏

[@H8fulApe]

While i agree with your assessment for the most part, from a mid tier player, NB is A to S depending on player skill, solid toolkit for damage and cloak. DK is easily S tier from noobs to skilled because of some builds. Warden, IMO is equal to DK, solid S tier. Sorc i agree with your assessment. Arcanist is easy A/solid B tier. Templar is D/Solid C tier or a bit above Necro(however, now id probably see it as a B tier now due to some tankier/heal setups witht he burst combo). And Necro does has its place sadly, it deserves better from being S tier for its 15min of fame.

[@stonedoveexp3143]

Is his video sound low ?

[@sweethyt9739]

Rip my gorgeous necro

[@bujuwoody]

Nerf the shit out of corrosive and dk is fixed it won't be a carry anymore, mad how long it's lasted without a nerf mind corrosive such a good skill.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

I think coag needs hit too, but yeah. Those are the primary two offenders

[@bujuwoody]

@AllThingsFascinate well to be fair I think couple patches ago I would of agreed with that but now nb got a big buff to offering, templar got big heal, necro got big heal, so on so on, i think its sorcerer turn now then everyone got 1 big juicy heal.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

@@bujuwoody arctic feeling reeeeal bad

[@AllThingsFascinate]

I think the frustration of getting them to 2% and then they're instantly back to 100% happens most with dk, by a large margin for me

[@bujuwoody]

@@AllThingsFascinate yes you get a stun with that one go the other morph stack hp it's juicy as fuck then

[@daviddawn5613]

Feel like a penguin with necro in PvP right now😢

[@Oakiyox]

Dev POV : Hey, nb is weak, let's give them their major crit chance buff through their class identity spammable so they can compete with other classes.

[@MalcolM.]

Hahaha yeah idk either what they are cooking with that one

[@ZDavidH]

I like to see all pact names cuz I know most of em

[@fastgamingchannels7024]

Best class for using a bow?

[@MalcolM.]

Stemblade and hybrid/stam sorc

[@Pokcrit]

WoT reference?

[@pjoterem141]

I enjoyed the memes

[@MalcolM.]

I enjoyed that comment

[@iTARGIT]

Sorc is A-S tier in the right hands imo. Same as plar.

[@ognevkafenella9741]

I doubt there are *more* right hands for sorc than Malcolm’s :)

[@iTARGIT]

@@ognevkafenella9741 huh??

[@Chasw312]

​@@iTARGITHe doesn't know he's talking to the best sorc xb na

[@iTARGIT]

@@Chasw312 lol you craazy 🤣 where tf you been at sir?

[@ognevkafenella9741]

@@iTARGITMalcolm is The sorcerer, his assessment of the class is as correct as it can be :) that’s what I meant

[@burnswhenipvp1337]

Mag sorc definitely A tier imo and just passes as B or at the worst C because of the skill gap it has to play them right. You said you main one so I like to think you just didn't want to sound cocky by mentioning the learning curve. 😊

[@ognevkafenella9741]

Watch his sorc videos maybe:) he is The sorcerer

[@motsy15]

It seems their goal is to ruin all the class spamables. They’ve done a good job of that so far

[@vapesnake2523]

Arcanist is extremely overpowered in pvp the cc proc build is number one in the game

[@ClassicIX]

proc sets and the high hp ruins pvp. Couple that with how insane heal stacking is with a group, and the fact the took animation canceling half out of the game. All that said what you're left with is pvp were everyone gets carried. You should get punished for dropping buffs but you just don't. The dev's are so out of touch with reality, they need to buff class skills not add in sets to carry players. They need to hard cap hp in pvp at 30k at most, and just nerf proc dmg in pvp.

[@SunBreather-ESO]

They don’t care about the veteran PvP players that earned their battle scars by getting face stomped until they got good with weaving/block canceling/bar swap canceling/timing burst ccs/roll and other advanced mechs that come with experience. They care about making it easier for new causal PvP players that main PvE to be able to participate and have a good time. Skill in PvP died along time ago, but that crown store is better than ever strange.

[@otaraforever114]

As a StamCro main, I have to say it’s the worst class. But even though this is the case, I still enjoy playing it and still do well enough. But it’s honestly been nerfed into the ground. I hope ZOS buffs Cro in the future😭

[@invictuous9222]

Zenimax will never rework necro, just keep updating crown store I guess

[@JM15197]

The animations 😂

[@luneraim]

1:49 xdd

[@ZDavidH]

Necro and templars 💀💀💀

[@asayas9541]

Moonclam

[@MalcolM.]

Yoooo france

[@DR-nh2kh]

NB is pretty bad in pve tho

[@lukasr1166]

Unplayable in trials pretty much with the non existant cleave damage and bad ST damage.

[@turtle-bot3049]

It's apparently a very strong support class in PvE from what I've heard, which makes sense, it has access to some of the best group healing and utility, it's just that arcanist brings as much support while also having better cleave damage.

[@ognevkafenella9741]

This is a pvp tierlist 🗿

[@Zammersara]

Who cares about pve?

[@OleCopperbeard]

Quit this game 2 years ago and randomly got this in my feed. There are still pvp players left in this game? Lol

[@michaelhomes8049]

Yes

[@OleCopperbeard]

Warriors salute to them, for sticking with a game that abandoned them years ago.

[@willywonka00]

Buff snipe

[@maxmustermann2367]

krautkontroll

[@pjoterem141]

first

[@MalcolM.]

that's fast

[@deswill2737]

very obvious belgian accent

[@ognevkafenella9741]

❤🇧🇪❤

[@Zammersara]

🇧🇪🇹🇷

[@MalcolM.]

♥️🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🐍♥️

[@hvdiv17]

eso is the worst laggiest p.o.s pvp mmo out cyrodill is laggy af with filled with meta slave 1vXers that all wear the same shit and put out the same builds or its a zerg fest.then they do nothing but whine about getting zerged down...the bgs are pointless to do as well. eso's pvp is complete trash.

[@RealZa999]

Alot of gamers streamers players youtubers lie to you and say a bunch of bs but not here