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Arc/NB/Plar DPS Build - Arcanist Build for Elder Scrolls Online

Created by tamershadow. A bit outdated but still works for over 100k dps. The current build I'm running on my main DPS that does endgame dungeons and trials.

Tags: pve, dungeons, trials, damage

Character Configuration

Race: Imperial. Class: Arcanist. Role: . Content: PvE: Dungeons. Mundus Stone: Boon: The Thief. Level: 50. Champion Point Level: 3600.

Subclassing is enabled. Skill Lines: Herald of the Tome, Assassination, Aedric Spear.

Attribute Points: Health: 0, Magicka: 0, Stamina: 64

Gear and Equipment

Unique gear sets used in this build: Ansuul's Torment, Slimecraw, Deadly Strike, Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet, Perfected Merciless Charge.

Armor: Head: Slimecraw (light) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Shoulders: Ansuul's Torment (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Chest: Ansuul's Torment (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Waist: Deadly Strike (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Hands: Ansuul's Torment (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Legs: Ansuul's Torment (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold. Feet: Ansuul's Torment (medium) Trait: Divines Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Stamina Quality: gold

Jewelry: Necklace: Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet Trait: Bloodthirsty Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Increase Physical Harm Quality: gold. Ring 1: Deadly Strike Trait: Bloodthirsty Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Increase Physical Harm Quality: gold. Ring 2: Deadly Strike Trait: Bloodthirsty Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Increase Physical Harm Quality: gold

Weapons: Front Bar Primary: Deadly Strike (dagger) Trait: Nirnhoned Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Flame Quality: gold. Front Bar Offhand: Deadly Strike (dagger) Trait: Charged Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Poison Quality: gold. Back Bar Primary: Perfected Merciless Charge (two handed sword) Trait: Infused Enchant: Truly Superb Glyph of Weapon Damage Quality: gold

Skills and Abilities

Front Bar Skills: Pragmatic Fatecarver - Harness pure knowledge into a beam of energy that scars the world in front of you. Channel the beam for up to 4 seconds, dealing 879 Magic Damage every 0.3 seconds to up to 6 enemies.\n\nCasting Fatecarver consumes all Crux and increases damage done by 33% per Crux spent.\n\nThis ability is considered direct damage.. Barbed Trap - Set a sharpened blade trap at your location, which takes 1.5 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. \n\nWhen triggered, the trap deals 1161 Bleed Damage, an additional 3470 Bleed Damage over 20 seconds, and grants you Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10% for the duration.\n\nEnemies who activate the trap are immobilized for 2 seconds.. Camouflaged Hunter - Invoke your expertise in anatomy and enemy behavior to detect stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds.\n\nWhile slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629.. Quick Cloak - Envelop yourself in a protective cloak of razors, gaining Major Evasion for 20 seconds, reducing damage from area attacks by 20%. \n\nEvery 2 seconds the shrapnel will pulse, dealing 421 Physical Damage to all enemies within 5 meters.. Cephaliarch's Flail - Infuse your arm with abyssal magic to form tentacles that lash out at your foes, dealing 1939 Physical Damage. Enemies are immobilized for 3 seconds and marked with Abyssal Ink for 20 seconds.\n\nYou deal 5% increased damage to enemies drenched in Abyssal Ink.. Incapacitating Strike - Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3598 Magic Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 8 seconds.

Back Bar Skills: Fulminating Rune - Summon a flawed rune under an enemy that etches foes nearby with scrawled glyphs, dealing 4631 Magic Damage over 20 seconds.\n\nAn ally near the initial target can activate the Runebreak synergy, dealing 2698 Frost Damage to enemies within 7 meters.. Inspired Scholarship - Etch a series of runes onto your weapon that pulse with power once every 5 seconds. Each pulse enhances your class abilities, and striking an enemy with one deals an additional 1161 Magic Damage and generates Crux if you have none.\n\nWhile slotted on either ability bar, gain Major Brutality and Major Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%.. Camouflaged Hunter - Invoke your expertise in anatomy and enemy behavior to detect stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds.\n\nWhile slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629.. Carve - Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing 1742 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you.\n\nYou also gain a damage shield that absorbs 1742 damage for 6 seconds.. Stampede - Launch across the earth and smash an enemy, dealing 1392 Physical Damage. \n\nThis attack is always a Critical Strike.. The Tide King's Gaze - Tear open the fabric of the Aurbis to summon a scion of Hermaeus Mora. This being casts forth a beam that rends asunder reality for 6 seconds and deals 1115 Magic Damage to enemies within 5 meters every 0.5 seconds.\n\nThe scion's beam can be repositioned by recasting The Unblinking Eye.

Champion Points

Slotted Champion Points: Warfare: Wrathful Strikes, Biting Aura, Exploiter, Master-at-Arms. Fitness: Spirit Mastery, Boundless Vitality, Fortified, Rejuvenation. Craft: Master Gatherer, Gifted Rider, Steed's Blessing, War Mount.

Consumables

Food: Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice. Potion: Crown Tri-Restoration Potion

Character Stats

Attribute Allocation - Health: 0, Magicka: 0, Stamina: 64.