Race Choices For Magicka Builds: The best choice for maximizing your magicka DPS is Dunmer because all your elemental damage is fire damage. Altmer is a more well-rounded choice that gets more max magicka and regen but you will be losing out on DPS. Breton offers the highest sustain, but is the lowest in overall DPS.
Hello ! I've been focusing on healing during the past few months, and I have always wondered what are the pros and cons of the different main healing races, that is, breton, high elf, argonian. I often read 'high elf is the best for sustain, breton has also good sustain but a bit less, argonian is best for raw healing', but my question was what is the reality of it ? This morning I had a bit of fun on UESP build editor so here are my thoughts. For the TLDR guys, switch to the comparison section directly. Check out my website www.tabatta.eu for more content :)!
In order to test up the possibilities of the different races, I assumed the said healer was using a typical healer setup that is 5 Spell Power Cure and 2 Worm cult body pieces of legendary quality, 3 Worm cult jewels of epic quality, 1 powered Master restoration staff, 1 infused random lightning staff. As for the traits and enchant, I chose three infused big pieces with a prismatic enchant, and divines small pieces with magicka enchant. On the jewels, I chose one magicka recovery glyph and two spell damage glyphs. While the tooltips that I will give below obviously depends on the enchantment and exact setup, I believe the qualitative results should be the same for any 'classic' healer setup. My healer is a vampire stage 4 using Clockwork citrus filet, and has magicka aid leveled up. Here are the bars I set up on the website :
For each race, I modified the attributes so that the total hp was around 18.4k unbuffed, which I think is a comfortable value. I kept the three prismatic enchants because I like having a bit more stamina on a healer. Here comes the comparison now : for each race, I first show the unbuffed 'stats of interest', that is max magicka, max hp and magicka recovery. Then, I show the healing and magicka cost tooltips as indicated on the build editor. For the healing tooltips, I assumed we were given the following buffs : warhorn, spell power cure, weapon damage enchant, minor mending, minor and major sorcery. It seems that these tooltips are not exactly the same as in game, however, they seem to be close enough. In any case, my goal isn't to give exact tooltips but rather to show qualitative values.
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1. Breton
Unbuffed stats (Attributes are 52 points in magicka, 12 points in health)
- Health : 18392
- Magicka : 36211
- Magicka Recovery : 2356
Tooltips (Formatting : healing tooltip per tick (spell cost))
- Healing springs 2970 (2633 magicka)
- Combat prayer 7626 (2835 magicka)
- Breath of life 11227 -- 7413 (3443 magicka)
- Ritual 2034 (3240 magicka)
- Siphon 792 (1418 magicka)
- Orbs 1046 (3443 magicka)
2. High elf
Unbuffed stats (Attributes are 52 points in magicka, 12 points in health)
- Health : 18392
- Magicka : 36211
- Magicka Recovery : 2486
Tooltips (Formatting : healing tooltip per tick (spell cost))
- Healing springs 2970 (2738 magicka)
- Combat prayer 7626 (2949 magicka)
- Breath of life 11227 -- 7413 (3581 magicka)
- Ritual 2034 (3370 magicka)
- Siphon 792 (1475 magicka)
- Orbs 1046 (3581 magicka)
3. Argonian
Unbuffed stats (Attributes are 62 points in magicka, 2 points in health)
- Health : 18390
- Magicka : 35573
- Magicka Recovery : 2356
Note : the Magicka recovery equivalent from the Ressourceful argonian passive is 205 (granted that the potion is not used when the user is already full of magicka).
Tooltips (Formatting : healing tooltip per tick (spell cost))
- Healing springs 3061 (2738 magicka)
- Combat prayer 7860 (2949 magicka)
- Breath of life 11149 -- 7640 (3581 magicka)
- Ritual 2096 (3370 magicka)
- Siphon 822 (1475 magicka)
- Orbs 1039 (3581 magicka)
4. Comparison
In order to compare the three classes, I will show the effective additional cost reduction per cast for each skill for Bretons, as well as the difference of healing between Argonian and the other races and the additional magicka recovery brought by being a High elf.
Magicka saved per cast being a Breton (Breton spell cost minus High elf (or Argonian) spell cost)
- Healing springs 105 magicka
- Combat prayer 114 magicka
- Breath of life 138 magicka
- Ritual 130 magicka
- Siphon 57 magicka
- Orbs 138 magicka
Additional healing from the Argonian setup (Argonian healing tooltips minus High elf (or Breton) healing tooltips. NB : a negative value means the High elf (or Breton) healing is higher.)
- Healing springs 91
- Combat prayer 234
- Breath of life -78 -- 227
- Ritual 62
- Siphon 30
- Orbs -7
NB : Two lines here show a negative value : the first heal of Breath of Life, and the ticks from Orbs. Using the coefficients on this page, I do not reproduce these results. This is an error from the build editor. Analytical considerations show that all the healing spells casted by an argonian should be about +2.5% more potent than the same for Breton or High elf.
In order to have something more meaningful, here is the healing tooltip per magicka used per second for the different healing skills comparing Breton and Argonian (thank you @Latin for this very nice suggestion :)).
| Breton | Argonian | |
| Healing Springs | 1.50 | 1.49 |
| Combat Prayer | 2.69 | 2.67 |
| Breath of Life | 3.26 -- 2.15 | 3.11(! error) -- 2.13 |
| Ritual of retribution | 0.37 | 0.36 |
| Quick Siphon | 0.56 | 0.56 |
| Energy orb | 0.61 | 0.58(!error) |
Additional magicka recovery from the High Elf setup (High elf magicka recovery minus Breton/Argonian magicka recovery): 130.
Discussion While it seems that Argonians are able to provide more healing on most spells, sustain seems to be more comfortable on Breton given the fact that magicka recovery ticks only every 2s while the cost reduction is applied on every cast. Of course, this doesn't take into account the phases where you don't actually cast spells (heavy attacks, chilling in a corner ... :)), during which, obviously, magicka recovery is better.
In this comparison, I compared only the healing tooltips and magicka recovery/cost, and didn't include the other racial bonuses. High elf will be more efficient if you want your healer to be able to provide a bit of damage. Breton brings an additional 4k spell resistance which is absolutely insane, given that a lot of trials have incoming spell damage. Argonian brings poison and disease resistances which are not that helpful for PVE imo, but they also get 4.6k health and stamina everytime they take a potion, which is a huge boost to your survavibility. My conclusion is that this post isn't meant to tell people 'that's the best healing race', but rather to show the different aspects of each. See what you prefer and enjoy :)! Thank you for reading and if you have questions let me know here or contact me ingame @Tabatta (EU) :).
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There are WAY too many ESO players posting suboptimal builds on forums that they haven’t extensively tested and optimized.
They think their build is good just because they picked some good stats and items that they hear are good.
If only it were that easy…
If you’re serious about maximizing your characters full potential, you will need to spend hours testing and tweaking your build until you perfect it.
Well, today I’m going to give you a few shortcuts that will allow you to greatly improve the effectiveness of your build by showing you the important things we have learned by doing hundreds of hours of testing for our ESO character builds guide. (More info & link at the end of this post)
I. Best Race Choices for a Warden
Race Choices For Stamina Builds:
- Stamina DPS: The best choice at the moment is Redguard for PvE DPS. Since the Khajiit critical passive was fixed they have become a top contender for maximum Stam DPS.
- Tank: Nord is the best race for tanking because of their reduction to incoming damage and increase to stamina and health.
- Balanced: If you want a more well-rounded race so you can switch between multiple roles, you can pick Imperial.
Race Choices For Magicka Builds:
- Magicka DPS & PvP: We recommend picking an Altmer because of the 4% total damage increase. Dunmer and Breton are second and third options.
II. Prioritize The Right Stats/Attribute Points
Stats For Stamina Builds: To do end game content you will want around 18k HP (for non-tanks) so you don’t get one shot. After you make sure you have 18k HP you should dump all your extra stats from attribute points and enchants into stamina. If you are still leveling up just make sure you keep putting some points into health, if you start getting one or two shot that means you are putting too many points into stamina.
You should prioritize your stats in this order for optimal Stamina DPS Builds:
- Armor Penetration
- Weapon Damage
- Weapon Critical
- Max Stamina
- Reduced Stamina Cost
- Stamina Recovery
You should prioritize your stats in this order for optimal Stamina Tanking Builds:
- 28k to 30k Health (Fully Buffed)
- Dodge Chance
- Reduced Cost of Blocking
- Reduced Stamina Cost
- Stamina Recovery
- Physical/Spell Resistance
- Maximum Stamina
Stats For Magicka Builds: You will also want about 18k HP for magicka builds if you are planning to do end game content and if you are still leveling just make sure you are putting enough points into health so you don’t get one or two shot by packs of mobs.
You should prioritize your stats in this order for optimal Magicka DPS Builds:
- Spell Damage
- Spell Critical
- Spell Penetration
- Max Magicka
- Reduced Magicka Cost
- Magicka Recovery
You should prioritize your stats in this order for optimal Healing Builds:
- Max Magicka
- Reduced Magicka Cost
- Magicka Recovery
- Spell Damage
- Spell Critical
Find out how to get the perfect stats for your Warden builds in our —-> ESO Mastery Builds Guide
III. Pick The Right Mundus Stone
Stamina Based Mundus Stones:
- Maximum DPS: Most characters should run the Thief mundus stone for maximum DPS but Khajiit Wardens with a high critical strike chance should run Shadow.
- Optimal Tanking: The Lord is the best stone for tanking unless you have almost 30k HP fully buffed without it, then you should switch to the Tower for the extra stamina.
Magicka Based Mundus Stones:
- Maximum DPS: The Thief is defiantly the way to go for magicka DPS builds, the Thief increases your critical chance which boosts your damage more than any other stone and allows you to use your ultimate more often.
- Optimal Healing: For healing builds you should swap mundus stones to the Atronach, the ability to consistently heal is way more important than your damage output.
If you want to know where to find each Mundus Stone is checkout our: Mundus Stones Location Guide
IV. Optimal Champion Points For Your Character Build
Your Champion points are going to vary based on your exact build, game content you are doing, whether you are going for single target or AoE damage, and group setup. Below we have put together some basic templates for you to start with and modify based on your needs.
Stamina Based DPS Templates:
The Ritual (Blue)
- Mighty: 100 points
- Precise Strikes: 40 points
- Piercing: 27 points
The Tower (Green)
- Warlord: 100 points
The Lover (Green)
- Mooncalf: 53 points
The Shadow (Green)
- Tumbling: 13 points
- Shadow Ward: 1 points
The Lady (Red)
- Hardy: 78 points
- Elemental Defender: 78 points
- Thick Skinned: 11 points
Magicka Based DPS Templates:
The Apprentice (Blue)
- Elemental Expert : 96 points
- Elfborn : 71 points
The Tower (Green)
- Magician : 100 points
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The Lover (Green)
- Arcanist : 67 points
The Steed (Red)
- Spell Shield : 27 points
The Lady (Red)
- Hardy : 60 points
- Elemental Defender : 80 points
For Tanking & Healing champion point templates download our Wareden Builds mini guide by clicking the link below, we didn’t include them in this post because it would be too long but we did add them to the guide you can get below.
Find out how to modify the above templates to fit your goals and playstyle in our —-> ESO Mastery Builds Guide
V. Use The Best Combo of Gear Traits, Enchantments, & Item Sets
Your gear traits and enchants are going to change slightly based on what game content you want to do, who’s in your group and various other factors. If you Get Our ESO Mastery Builds Guide we will show you what you need to change based on your situation. It covers group content, raids, and solo gameplay.
**Note** We didn’t include item builds for tanking and healing in this post because it would be way too long, however, we did include them in the downloadable Warden guide you can get by clicking the link above.
Basic Stamina Based DPS Template:
| Item Slot | Set Bonus | Item Type | Trait | Enchant |
| Helm | Spawn of Mephala | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Shoulders | Spawn of Mephala | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Chest | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Waist | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Feet | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Hands | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Legs | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divines | Stamina |
| Neck | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring One | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring Two | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Mainhand | Maelstorm | Dagger/Axe | Sharpened | Cruel Flurry |
| Offhand | Maelstorm | Dagger | Sharpened | Cruel Flurry |
| 2nd Weapon | Maelstorm | Bow | Sharpened | Thunderous Volley |
Basic Magicka Based DPS Template:
| Item Slot | Set Bonus | Item Type | Trait | Enchant |
| Helm | Molag Kena | Heavy | Divines | Magicka |
| Shoulders | Molag Kena | Medium | Divines | Magicka |
| Chest | Twice Born Star | Light | Divines | Magicka |
| Waist | Twice Born Star | Light | Divines | Magicka |
| Feet | Twice Born Star | Light | Divines | Magicka |
| Hands | Twice Born Star | Light | Divines | Magicka |
| Legs | Twice Born Star | Light | Divines | Magicka |
| Neck | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Ring One | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Ring Two | Willpower | Jewelry | Arcane | Spell Damage |
| Mainhand | Torug’s Pact | Inferno Staff | Sharpened | Increase Spell Damage |
| Offhand | Torug’s Pact/Maelstorm | Inferno Staff | Sharpened | Fire/Daedric/Maelstorm |
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