Draco-Naught
Class: DRAGONKNIGHT
Race: Nord
Main Role: Tank
Health, Magicka, Stamina
| HEALTH | MAGICKA | STAMINA |
| 30-35 | 4-10 | 21-25 |
Skills
Bar 1
Weapon 1: One Handed And Shield
Assault Skill
Echoing Vigor
One Hand And Shield Skill
Ransack
Dragonknight Skill
Coagulating Blood
Dragonknight Skill
Hardened Armor
Dragonknight Skill
Reflective Plate
Support Skill
Reviving Barrier
Bar 2
Weapon 2: Two Handed
Assault Skill
Echoing Vigor
Two Handed Skill
Wrecking Blow
Dragonknight Skill
Coagulating Blood
Two Handed Skill
Executioner
Dragonknight Skill
Hardened Armor
Two Handed Skill
Onslaught
Armor Types
| Light Armor | Medium Armor | Heavy Armor |
| 0 | 0 | 7 |
Gear and Item Set Info
I find this build is very much PVE orientated, with my buffs active i tend to reach 28-30k spell resistence, and 30-31k Physical resistance. I find its great for tanking when you have a Full Set of Knight's Errant Running for those Constant sword and board heals, and i paired it with 5 piece Alessia's Bulwark for the reduced damage from enemies. ((but any of the defensive heavy armor sets work i have found. ive run histbark, draugr, whitestrake, shellbug, but i find these two really suit my personal style)).
for enchantments on my armor ((all of it blue) and Jewlery I lean towards health. and I aim for health gain on my sword and board weapon. my great weapon is running a Legendary Weakening Enchantment.
General Info
this build is very much a Stand your ground combat style. its not for kiting, or the "Mock" tanks that run around in circles, the whole point of this tank is to run up, and ransack the major threats ((note: as many as you feel comofrtable with handleing, i find i can handle the boss, and the larger hit point adds by myself until my DPS has cleaned up the adds)), and than stand there like a Giant Brick house while getting hit in the face.
this seems to be an issue i find with Tanks in ESO alot, you either end up with someone who "Thinks" their a Tank, and than succumbs to mass damage, or they Kite, and run in circles so the AoE dps fails, this isnt a build like that, this is more of a King of the Castle, where your a Rally Point, stationary point, as long as you move very little, unless you need to pick up some large adds, your playing the build right.
the Only Non ability attack you should be making, is Power Attack, the Stamina regain is a must.
Potions, id say i run alot of stamina potions to keep my guard and vigor running. i have enough magicka to activate hardened armor and coagulating blood every 8 Power Attacks/ 16 Uses of Ransack.
FOOD: currently for food, im using "Braised Rabbit with Spring vegetables" for Max Helth and Max Stamina, the two real musts for the build. you can run health and Magicka i find, but you should have enough magicka to run what you need to just from your raw attributes.
Strengths. The Build is a Litteral Brick S#&T-house, you can stand there all day and Normal Mode version 1, bosses will have a time even bringing you to 50% health. this Build is a Primary Tank, Constant AoE heal fountain. ive run Veteran Vaults of Madness, and didnt drop beneath 50% health even when i lost focus and screwed up my timing of things.
Weakness. the Primary ability bar doesnt deal alot of damage, and you lose much needed resistances when you swich to the two handed weapon bar, but if you keep hardened armor up, and coagulating blood, and keep spamming vigor you shouldnt see to much of an issue.
Champion Point Tips
The Lord: 75pts Hvy Armor Focus.
The Lady: 25+ in Hardy
The Tower: 16+ Warlord
The Lover: 28 tenacity, 28 Healthy, 28 Mooncalf
The Atronach: 75 Melee Weapon Exptert
The 25+ the Ritual
I posted this before I made an account, so please forgive my typos, I was really tired.
What passives do you focus early on with this build?
Hey Indy, when it comes to the passives, id say I pick them up as I go, starting with the draconic power, Armor, and racial Passives first, than moving on to the weapon Passives.
What’s boon do you use? I haven’t found a good redgaurd stam tank for pve so I’ll try this one
I find the lord, and lady work best, health and resistances are good, but I’ve run all the boons at one point, and they all just add onto the build itself.
When do you find it useful to use your alt weapon? Did you go two handed for damage or does it have other benefits that you like or use frequently?
Also, when you’re in lower levels and solo, are you using the two handed to grind for higher dps?
Well indy, I use the two handed for grinding or when I’m in a safe place fighting mobs.
The off hand weapon is useful when you’ve figured out the routine of the boss, and can Guage how much damage you’ll take on an attack. When you feel safe during the boss fight, and theven boss is around 40% hit points, I find that that’s the crunch time where dps is needed. Keep your eyes open, don’t get reckless. If need be switch back to sword and board for blocks. This is where you wanticipate to use wrecking blow, power attack, executioner, power attack, wash rinse repeat, while keeking armor and coagulation blood up, with occassiona pulses of vigor or another constant heal.
Hey JW,
TYVM for the insight and help. My toon is only at lvl 40 ATM. I started with two handed, not knowing what I was doing. I know I want a stand alone tank (a real tank) and I love this build you put together. I intend to start switching everything over real soon, so I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks again for taking the time and being willing to put this info out here for us nabs ;).
No problem, let me know how it goes.
Starting up again on Xbox one with a clean slate I like this build and I’ve already made a orc DK, anything I should do different in terms of racial skills?
Always max your racial skills, it’s never a bad idea.
Add me on Xbox if you guys need help, this name is the same as my Gamertag.
Considering using this as a base to start to tank.
Just wondering if you would say it’s a good place to start learning, any replacements for vigor, while I gain the skills from pvp?
If you don’t have enough vigor, you can replace it with other support skills like circle of protection (fighters guild) or defensive posture.
I’m gunna gear up tonight and start trying to work towards the alliance skills.
I’m going to use 5 piece tavas on s&b, and 5 piece Alesia’s on the 2h.
So what ultimate would u use till I can get barrier, or war horn?
Really that’s up to you, there isn’t really a substitute for barrier or warlord, their pretty unique.
Hey thanks for the build. I’m new to ESo and im just curious i made an orc dragon knight what is ur opinion on the orc drag and also if i were to stick with the orc do u suggest i change up some of the attributes or follow the build what u have.
Orc dragon knights I see are pretty powerful with their racial abilities, as for mixing it up, the build can just assimilate different racial skills, seeing as its more reliant on the class and skill lists than racial.
as for following the build I have, see what it does for you, if you find any issues let me know.
Beauty thank you sir and thank you for the quick response. Ill keep u posted on how everything is working out.
Hey! Do you think this skill build would perform well for leveling 1-50, even without the CP and gearsets? I’m leveling a Stam DK with my friends, and I want to be able to tank dungeons for them but also swap to a solo DPS set while questing or grinding on my own.
i would have to say yes Eren, simply on the grounds this was the build I Main, and I solo’d my way through the story line, only joining teams for cyrodil, and dungeons. as for equipment, id suggest you keep yourself in heavy, health aligned equipment.
Hey JW,
Indy here again. I’m now in Cyrodil working on support and assault. I’m almost To lvl 5. Any suggestions in Cyrodil to get the AP going faster with this build? What did you spend most of your time doing there to get the necessary AP for support and assault?
Also I know this is not a DPS toon, but what did you use mainly to get the damage? Any combos?
Thanks again
Hey Indy
I joined up with a large groups and took on and shared Bounty quests, and scout missions. as long as you get hits in on enemies in cyrodil ((use two handed in here for that)) you should be fine.
the only real combo for damage would be wrecking blow, executioner and Power Attack. the trick is to time the power attack to just before you bring it forward to hit, than you hit the executioner or wrecking blow abilities, to get both attacks working quicker than they normally would, this way you always have stamina.
other than that mate, it just takes some work.
Happy to say I’ve been getting the tank set going. Went with circle of protection and standard of might for now. Going to get my circle morphed then start into some dungeons and cyrodill.
If you have any other tips for a total noob in cyrodill with the build I’d be glad to hear it.
Group up, and share bounty quests, and just do your best. That’s the simple and quick way around it.
How much health do you have with this build?
My base is 31-32k, when I eat my food I hit 41k, my stamina base is 15k, it jumps to 20k with the same food. My saves are in the field of 30k for both physical and spell.
Hi. I was curious as to how you used your attribute points.
hey purrpill, I allocated 35 to health, 25 to stamina, and 4 to magica.