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ONE BAR MAGICKA DPS

ONE BAR DPS

ONE BAR STAMINA DPS

ONE BAR HEALER

ONE BAR HEALER

ONE BAR TANK

ONE BAR SOLO

ONE BAR NEW PLAYER

TWO BAR - NEXT LEVEL

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Magicka Based Race
    Best: High Elf

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka

  • Mundus: Thief

  • Food: Ghastly Eye Bowls, Clockwork Citrus Filet, or Withmother's Potent Brew

  • Potion: Essence of Spell Power

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• BACKSTABBER

• DEADLY AIM

• THAUMATURGE

• MASTER AT ARMS

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• REJUVENATION

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• SIPHONING SPELLS

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Kjalnars | Relequen | Pillar of Nirn

NON-TRIAL: Replace Relequen for Kinra's Wrath

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing you weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores magicka over time and purges one negative effect from you every 5 seconds.

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Guild Ability

Fighters

This is a trap you place at the enemies feet.  It does damage over time to the enemy and also buffs you with Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.  It also increases your weapon damage by 3% from the Fighter's Guild passive: Slayer

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This is your main spammable. If you are more than 7 meters away from the target, you set them Off Balance for 7 seconds. Deals up to 15% more damage based on how far away the enemy is.  This will apply if you are doing damage when running up to a target but most times you will be attacking from melee.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

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Warden Skill Tree

Winter's Embbrace

One of the strongest AOE damage sources in the game.  This does frost damage and slows enemies inside of it.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This pet tanks enemies, does single target and periodic aoe damage which also stuns its targets.  Activating this ability causes the guardian to do burst damage to a target.  The guardian also deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.

ROTATION

OPEN: Potion, Blue Betty, Subterranean Assault, Barbed Trap, Winter's Revenge, Wild Guardian, Cliff Racer x2.

 

ROTATION:   Subterranean Assault, Cliff Racer x5.  In place of a Cutting Dive, refresh Barbed Trap and  Winter's Revenge as they expire and use Wild Guardian as it becomes available.  Use Blue Betty when below 50% Stamina.

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Stamina Based Race
    Best: Dark Elf

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina

  • Mundus: Thief

  • Food: Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice or Arteum Takeaway broth 

  • Potion: Essence of Weapon Power

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• EXPLOITER

• DEADLY AIM

• WRATHFUL STRIKES

• MASTER AT ARMS

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• REJUVENATION

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• BLOODY RENEWAL

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Kjalnars | Relequen | Pillar of Nirn

NON-TRIAL: Replace Relequen for Kinra's Wrath

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing your weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores stamina over time and purges 1 negative effect from you every 5 seconds.  It can also be used as an emergency heal if it is spammed.  If you can sustain it, Growing Swarm makes a great DPS addition here.

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Warden Skill Tree

Winter's Embrace

This is a very strong frost aoe that reduces enemies movement speed and has a high chance to apply the Chilled status effect to enemies.

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Guild Ability

Fighters

This is a trap you place at the enemies feet.  It does damage over time to the enemy and also buffs you with Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.  It also increases your weapon damage by 3% from the Fighter's Guild passive: Slayer

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This is your main spammable.  If the target is off balance it also applies a stacking bleed.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This pet tanks enemies, does single target and periodic aoe damage which also stuns its targets.  Activating this ability causes the guardian to do burst damage to a target.  The guardian also deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.

ROTATION

OPEN: Potion, Bull Netch, Subterranean Assault, Barbed Trap, Winter's Revenge, Wild Guardian, Cutting Dive x2.

 

ROTATION:   Subterranean Assault, Cutting Dive x5.  In place of a Cutting DIve, refresh Barbed Trap and  Winter's Revenge as they expire and use Wild Guardian as it becomes available.  Use Bull Netch when below 50% Stamina.

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Magicka Based Race
    Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka

  • Mundus: Ritual

  • Food: Witch Mother's Potent Brew 

  • Potion: Tri-Pots

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• ENLIVENING OVERFLOW

• FROM THE BRINK

• FOCUS MENDING

• ARCANE SUPREMACY

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• CELERITY

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• SPIRIT MASTERY

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Sentinel of Rkugamz | Heartland Conqueror | Kinras' Wrath

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Green Balance

This enchants both of your weapons causing your light and heavy attacks to heal you and your allies.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Sorcery increasing your spell damage by 20% and passively purges negative effects from you.

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Slotted for the passives of: Increased max magicka by 5% and Minor Prophesy which increases spell critical by 2191.   This does not stack with Green Lotus's buff by the same name.  This ability is not actually pressed.

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Warden Skill Tree

Green Balance

This is a ground based AOE heal that can be re-activated for an aoe burst heal to all allies inside its circle.   It also provides a synergy to allies for a strong heal over time.

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Guild Ability

Undaunted

A slow moving orbs that blasts out aoe heals and provides a synergy to allies for a burst of healing and resources (magicka/stamina)

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Warden Skill Tree

Green Balance

A very cheap and strong AOE heal for your whole group. (Wild Guardian if going purely DPS).

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Stamina Based Race
    Best: Imperial

  • Attributes: 25 Magicka, 25 Stamina, 14 Health

  • Mundus: Lord

  • Food: Bewitched Sugar skulls

  • Potion: Tri-Pots

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• IRONCLAD

• ENDURING RESOLVE

• DUELIST'S REBUFF

• UNASSAILABLE

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• UNCHAINED

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• BRACING ANCHOR

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Swarm Mother | Turning Tide | Bani | Oakensoul

ABILITIES

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One hand and Shield

Weapon Skill

This rushes at an enemy with your shield, stuns them, and applies a damage shield to you.

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Pierce Armor

One hand and Shield

Weapon Skill

This strikes an enemy, taunts them, and reduces their resistances by applying both Minor and Major Breach. 

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Defensive Stance

One hand and Shield

Weapon Skill

This grants you a damage shield scaling off your maximum health.  It also reflect the next direct damage projectile and while you are using a shield the amount of damage you can block is increased and the cost of blocking is decreased.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This buffs you and nearby allies with Major Resolve, greatly increasing your resistances. 

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This heals you and one ally with a massive heal scaling off of maximum health.  It also applies a 10 second heal over time.

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Aggressive Horn

This increases your groups Magicka and Stamina for its duration.  It also buffs your group with Major Force, greatly increasing critical strike rating. 

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MAGICKA

OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any magicka based race. 

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka

  • Mundus: Atronach

  • Food: Clockwork Citrus Filet, Withmother's Potent Brew

  • Potion: Tri-Pots

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• WRATHFUL STRIKES

• BITING AURA

• REAVING BLOWS

• MASTER AT ARMS

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• REJUVENATION

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• BASTION 

EQUIPMENT

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing you weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores magicka over time and purges one negative effect from you every 5 seconds.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This gives you a burst heal, heal over time, does aoe frost damage, and stuns enemies.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This is your main spammable. If you are more than 7 meters away from the target, you set them Off Balance for 7 seconds.  It also increases your spell damage by 100, or 400 to off balance targets.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.  NOTE:  If your sustain is fine, swapping Subterranean Assault to Deep Fissure is a great option due to the added penetration it offers.  

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Warden Skill Tree

Winter's Embbrace

One of the strongest AOE damage sources in the game.  This does frost damage and slows enemies inside of it.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This bear pet tanks enemies, does single and occasional aoe damage, and upon activation does burst damage.  The guardian deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.  It will automatically respawn if killed.

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STAMINA

OVERVIEW

  • Race:  Any Stamina Based Race

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina

  • Mundus: Serpent

  • Food: Arteum Take Away Broth or Dubious Camoran Throne

  • Potion: Essence of Weapon Power

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• BITING AURA

• REAVING BLOWS

• THAUMATURGE

• MASTER AT ARMS

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• FORTIFIED

• REJUVENATION

• BLOODY RENEWAL

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Pillar of Nirn | Hexo's Ward | Iceheart
 

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing your weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores stamina over time and purges 1 negative effect from you every 5 seconds.  It can also be used as an emergency heal if it is spammed.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This is a damage over time ability which applies the debuff Minor Vulnerability which increases damage taken by 5%.  It also does AOW bleed damage to nearby enemies.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This is your main spammable.  

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Weapon Skill

Two handed

This is a gap closer that charges at enemies leaving a strong aoe under their feet.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This bear pet tanks enemies, does single and occasional aoe damage, and upon activation does burst damage.  The guardian deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.  It will automatically respawn if killed.

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Magicka Based Race

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Magicka

  • Mundus: Thief

  • Food: Witchmother's Potent Brew

  • Potion: Any magicka potion

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

•FIGHTING FINESSE

• WRATHFUL STRIKES

• DEADLY AIM

• MASTER AT ARMS

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• REJUVENATION

• FORTIFIED

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• SIPHONING SPELLS

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Magnus' Gift | Grace of the Ancients | Law of Julianos

ABILITIES

Blue Betty.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing you weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores magicka over time and purges one negative effect from you every 5 seconds.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This gives you a burst heal, heal over time, does aoe frost damage, and stuns enemies.

Inner Light.PNG

Slotted for the passives of: Increased max magicka by 5% and Minor Prophesy which increases spell critical by 2191. This ability is not actually pressed.

Subterranean Assault.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

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Weapon Ability

Destruction Staff

This is your main spammable in all situations both single target and AOE.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This bear pet tanks enemies, does single and occasional aoe damage, and upon activation does burst damage.  The guardian deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.  It will automatically respawn if killed.

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(PART OF THE NEXT LEVEL SERIES.  SEE VIDEO BELOW FOR EXPLANATION)

OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Stamina Based Race
    Best: Dark Elf

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina

  • Mundus: Thief

  • Food: Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice or Arteum Takeaway broth 

  • Potion: Essence of Weapon Power

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• EXPLOITER

• DEADLY AIM

• MASTER AT ARMS

• WRATHFUL STRIKES

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY

• FORTIFIED

• REJUVENATION

• BLOODY RENEWAL

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Zaan | Relequen | Pillar of Nirn
NON-TRIAL SET UP: Use the chart above replacing Relequen for Kinra's Wrath

ABILITIES - FRONT BAR

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Guild Ability

Fighters

This is a trap you place at the enemies feet.  It does damage over time to the enemy and also buffs you with Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.  It also increases your weapon damage by 3% from the Fighter's Guild passive: Slayer

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Guild Ability

Fighters

This is only on our bars to passively buff our weapon and spell damage through the Fighter's Guild passive Slayer.  This ability is not actually pressed.  However, you can use it for an emergency heal over time or as a flex spot of your choice..

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Weapon Skill

Dual Wield

This is your main spammable.

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Weapon Ability

Dual Wield

This provides a strong AOE that pulses around your characters body and buffs you with Major Evasion reducing the damage you take from area attacks by 20%.
 

Subterranean Assault.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

Wild Guardian.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This bear pet tanks enemies, does single and occasional aoe damage, and upon activation does burst damage.  The guardian deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.  It will automatically respawn if killed.

ABILITIES - BACK BAR

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Guild Ability

Fighters

This is a trap you place at the enemies feet.  It does damage over time to the enemy and also buffs you with Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%.  It also increases your weapon damage by 3% from the Fighter's Guild passive: Slayer

Ring of Preservation.png

Guild Ability

Fighters

This is only on our bars to passively buff our weapon and spell damage through the Fighter's Guild passive Slayer.  This ability is not actually pressed.  However, you can use it for an emergency heal over time or as a flex spot of your choice..

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Weapon Ability

Destruction Staff

This is a very strong ground based damage over time that is strengthened by the Maelstrom Inferno Staf.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This is both your self heal and a 20 second frost based aoe around your character's body.

Subterranean Assault.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This fires a line of Shalks that does burst poison damage (single target and aoe) two times in 3 second intervals.

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This bear pet tanks enemies, does single and occasional aoe damage, and upon activation does burst damage.  The guardian deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% health.  It will automatically respawn if killed.

ROTATION

BEFORE COMBAT:  Deadly Cloak, Bar Swap, Arctic Blast,


OPEN WITH: Subterranean Assault, Barbed Trap, Wall of Fire, Bar Swap, Ultimate, Rapid Strikes.


OPEN WITH: Spam Rapid Strikes, refresh timers as they expire, and use your ultimate when it's available. 

(See video below for alternate build variations and rotations.)

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OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Magicka Based Race  

          Best: Breton

  • Attributes: 20 Health 44 Magicka

  • Mundus: Atronach

  • Food: Smoked Bear Haunch or Jewels of Misrule

  • Potion: Tri-Pots

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• FOCUSED MENDING

• DEADLY AIM

• MASTER AT ARMS

• WRATHFUL STRIKES

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• PAIN'S REFUGE
• RELENTLESSNESS

• CELERITY

• SUSTAINED BY SUFFERING

EQUIPMENT

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Draugrkin | Ice Furnace | Oakensoul 

NOTE:  You can use any 1 piece monster set with weapon + spell damage.

ABILITIES

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Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companion

This fires a line of shaulks twice over its duration dealing damage and applying both Major and Minor Breach, greatly reducing their resistances. 

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Weapon Skill

Destruction Staff

This is your main spammable that deals flame, frost, and shock damage.  It also interrupts enemies who are casting, setting them off-balance.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This gives you a burst heal, heal over time, does aoe frost damage, and stuns enemies.

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A strong heal over time for yourself.

Blue Betty.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing you weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores magicka over time and purges one negative effect from you every 5 seconds.

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This causes a comet to crash down on the enemy and surrounding enemies for frost damage, stunning them, and leaves a damage over time effect for 11 seconds.

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THE RAID BOSS

OVERVIEW

  • Race: Any Magicka Based Race  

          Best: Breton

  • Attributes: 64 Points in Health

  • Mundus: Atronach

  • Food: Orzorga'a Red Frothgar

  • Potion: Tri-Pots

CHAMPION

WARFARE SLOTTABLES:

• FOCUSED MENDING

• SWIFT RENEWAL
• IRONCLAD
• REJUVENATOR

FITNESS  SLOTTABLES:

• BOUNDLESS VITALITY
• REJUVENATION

• PAIN'S REFUGE

• SUSTAINED BY SUFFERING

EQUIPMENT - OPTION 1

EQUIPMENT - OPTION 2

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:  Redistributor | Plague Doctor | Oakensoul | Trainee

ABILITIES

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Weapon Skill

Restoration Staff

This is a strong heal over time that heals you or up to 3 nearby group members for 10 seconds.  NOTE:  Change to Sanguine Alter if using Equipment Option 2.

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Guild Ability

Undaunted

This launches a slow moving orb in front of you aoe healing nearby allies and giving them a synergy for additional healing and restoring their resources.

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Warden Skill Line

Winter's Embrace

This is your main heal. This heals you and one ally with a massive heal scaling off of maximum health.  It also applies a 10 second heal over time.

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Warden Skill Tree

Green Balance

This places an AOE heal on the ground that will burst heal allies inside after 6 seconds when it ends.  It can be re-cast early to proc the burst heal, ending the skill.  It also provides a synergy to allies healing them over 5 seconds.

Blue Betty.png

Warden Skill Tree

Animal Companions

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Sorcery increasing you weapon and spell damage by 20%.  It also restores magicka over time and purges one negative effect from you every 5 seconds.

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Warden Skill Tree

Green Balance

This spawns a circular forest which will burst heal the lowest health ally then heal all allies inside for 6 seconds.  

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