Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Also got an average of about 117K in Coral. Average for Rele setup was around 118K. Coral would be better for most raid scenarios for more AoE.
My thoughts:
Stamplar looks to be quite strong, but for harder trifectas (GS, PB, SS) or score pushing I think they can only compete against stamcro when using ult pots. Otherwise they cap out at around 115K in normal pots, which stamcro can easily beat. Cros also have a bit more AoE. For casual raids, of course, feel free to play whatever.
I don't think it's possible to sustain all the mag skills without ult pots or tri-pots. Because ult pots are expensive, I suggest just running tri-pots unless you are score pushing or in the late stage of a trifecta prog.
Execute:
1.) Stop using carve after 15% HP
2.) Stop using Shard and Solar Barrage after 10% HP
I'll try to leave a detailed explanation for dynamic rotation below.
Other info:
Race - Dark Elf (Dunmer)
Food - Lava Foot Soup
Mundus - Thief
Potions - Ult pots (mag and stam return)
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Timestamps:
0:00 Parse
3:17 CMX
3:44 Build Info
------- Dynamic Roto (more like semi-dynamic) -------
In my opinion, the semi-dynamic roto for templar is one of the most simple of all the classes but also the hardest to explain. I'm going to assume you know how to jabs weave correctly.
Anyways, usually your frontbar roto will look like: 1x Solar barrage, 1x Jabs, Power of the Light (PotL), 5x Jabs, PotL.
Backbar is basically always: Stampede, Ritual, Shard
Replace 1x Jab for when you need to cast Carve, Trap or Shooting Star but try to do it only for the 1x Jab after Solar Barrage OR the 1x Jab immediately after the first PotL. That way you don't interrupt the 4-5 Jabs casts which is the most bursty part of the roto.
Sometimes all 3 skills (Carve, Trap AND Shooting Star) will need to be reapplied at roughly the same time (like what happened at 53%). You can cast them all after the 1st PotL and then you'll have room for 2x Jabs, since we replaced 3x Jabs in that scenario.
If you do it right, halfway into the parse you should notice that the 30s of Carve runs out a few seconds after the 1st PotL, which is perfect. Use that PotL to barswap for Carve and then resume frontbar roto.
Hopefully that's helpful!
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You can actually do a true dynamic rotation but it of course is harder. Like dynamic rotos for other classes, you just want to refresh a DoT right when it runs out. This can sometimes lead to you having to barswap right after a Jab.
Also got an average of about 117K in Coral. Average for Rele setup was around 118K. Coral would be better for most raid scenarios for more AoE.
My thoughts:
Stamplar looks to be quite strong, but for harder trifectas (GS, PB, SS) or score pushing I think they can only compete against stamcro when using ult pots. Otherwise they cap out at around 115K in normal pots, which stamcro can easily beat. Cros also have a bit more AoE. For casual raids, of course, feel free to play whatever.
I don't think it's possible to sustain all the mag skills without ult pots or tri-pots. Because ult pots are expensive, I suggest just running tri-pots unless you are score pushing or in the late stage of a trifecta prog.
Execute:
1.) Stop using carve after 15% HP
2.) Stop using Shard and Solar Barrage after 10% HP
I'll try to leave a detailed explanation for dynamic rotation below.
Other info:
Race - Dark Elf (Dunmer)
Food - Lava Foot Soup
Mundus - Thief
Potions - Ult pots (mag and stam return)
Thumbnail art by Gthlart
Check em out: deviantart.com/gthlart
Timestamps:
0:00 Parse
3:17 CMX
3:44 Build Info
------- Dynamic Roto (more like semi-dynamic) -------
In my opinion, the semi-dynamic roto for templar is one of the most simple of all the classes but also the hardest to explain. I'm going to assume you know how to jabs weave correctly.
Anyways, usually your frontbar roto will look like: 1x Solar barrage, 1x Jabs, Power of the Light (PotL), 5x Jabs, PotL.
Backbar is basically always: Stampede, Ritual, Shard
Replace 1x Jab for when you need to cast Carve, Trap or Shooting Star but try to do it only for the 1x Jab after Solar Barrage OR the 1x Jab immediately after the first PotL. That way you don't interrupt the 4-5 Jabs casts which is the most bursty part of the roto.
Sometimes all 3 skills (Carve, Trap AND Shooting Star) will need to be reapplied at roughly the same time (like what happened at 53%). You can cast them all after the 1st PotL and then you'll have room for 2x Jabs, since we replaced 3x Jabs in that scenario.
If you do it right, halfway into the parse you should notice that the 30s of Carve runs out a few seconds after the 1st PotL, which is perfect. Use that PotL to barswap for Carve and then resume frontbar roto.
Hopefully that's helpful!
----‐---------------
You can actually do a true dynamic rotation but it of course is harder. Like dynamic rotos for other classes, you just want to refresh a DoT right when it runs out. This can sometimes lead to you having to barswap right after a Jab.

![ESO - 51.5K Burst DPS Stamblade - [Clockwork City] (XB1 NA)
Well heres the bursty burst :). Not much changed compared to the last few times I did this, just added more in Piercing. Im not sure if 55K is possible, maybe if you have better luck or have different trait weapons? Anyways, enjoy!
Gear:
2 Velidreth
5 TFS
5 War Machine (Infused Dagger, Precise Axe)
VMA Bow (Nirnhoned w/ Damage Poisons)
Lover Mundus
Blue CP:
44 Master at Arms, 48 Precise Strikes, 48 Thaum, 41 Piercing, 49 Mighty
Remember dont take these parses to heart. They dont mean THAT much when you leave the house, but theyre still fun and cool to do :). You can check out my build video to see a similar rotation you could follow to help sustain this setup in trial scenarios.
Music:
Au5 & Fractal - Ison ESO - 51.5K Burst DPS Stamblade - [Clockwork City] (XB1 NA)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7rV_wdfYt0c/mqdefault.jpg)
![ESO - 141K vAA HM (The Mage) - Stamplar POV [Horns of the Reach]
New best score of 142.4k!
Choked on a 142-143 but was still a decent run :). I forgot to start the recording before the fight so yall missed the first 10%. Its alright tho yall didnt miss much :P
No, we didnt cheat lol xD
Also, never mind on the Foundation Atro cuz that fight is too boring!
[Guild: Victorious Secret] (duh)
Gear:
2 Veli
5 VO
5 Hundings
1 VS Sweaty Panties
Music (in order):
Pluto x ye. - Feel The Fire (Breathe Vocal Mix)
⌲Pluto
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Elliot Berger - Diamond Sky (ft. Laura Brehm)
⌲Elliot Berger
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⌲Laura Brehm
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![(Old) Console Record: 249,455 Sunspire (Godslayer) - Magcro POV - Deadlands [Xbox NA]
Thanks to the guild Sap & Fury for inviting me to their vSS score push. Congrats to ~6 new Godslayers (including me lol).
My only special roles besides dropping a bunch of colossus ults was to be Ice 1B during Lokke, and to get in time stops on Nahvi if Im able.
Overall it was a good run, I just forgot to replace Potency for Scathing Rune on Yolna :/
My mag management for Bahsei was also pretty poor on Yolna, but other than that Im quite happy with my performance.
Build (6 Light, 1 Medium):
On Lokke = 2 Stormfist / 5 Bahsei / 5 Pillar of Nirn (daggers)
On Yolna = 1 Slime / 1 Kilt / 5 Bahsei / 5 Pillar
On Nahvi = same as Lokke setup
^(Yolna setup is also good on Nahvi, and Kinras is great choice too)
We did this with 8 DPS, so there is def potential for a 253K+ on console with 9 DPS. Hope I can come back one day to try that!
Timestamps:
0:00 Start
3:52 Lokke
10:35 Yolna
19:45 Nahvi
Music (in order):
1. smokefishe - sorry for lying
2. phantomyst - the pulse
3. vesky - Nightfall
4. vesky - Distance
5. Zyphyr (with Hvrmonic) - Lilac
6. vesky - Distant
7. Azaleh - Moonlight
8. XXXTentacion - Imagination (ft. Shiloh Dynasty) [TSUKI Remix] (Old) Console Record: 249,455 Sunspire (Godslayer) - Magcro POV - Deadlands [Xbox NA]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9G4HOG0OQ2o/mqdefault.jpg)
![ESO - 131K DPS Stamina Arcanist | Update 45
Average: 127-128K
Took about 2 hours of crit farming. I wonder if 135K is doable, tho youll probably need 100% Languid crits haha. Bit unfortunate my damage kinda fell off around 70-75% but it picked up in the second half.
As usual for arc dummy parsing, the banner is DoT (Flame focus), Class mastery, and Savagery/Prophecy (or you can do Heroism and use Weapon Power pots)
For dungeons/trials, Magical and Shattering (AoE) Banner are most popular, depending on situation or group comp. Fiery Banner is usually only seen in vAS where DDs are mostly Arcs and Bowplars. As for the Affix in content, usually either Minor Berserk or Minor Courage, but Heroism works too (your raid lead should communicate this).
Nothing changed for the Arc specifically this patch, but U45 fixed Azureblight which now correctly scales off of AoE/Direct Damage modifiers, instead of ST/Direct. That means AoE (multi-target) banner will be BiS where Azure is used.
As a reminder, Update 45 drops on March 10 for PC and March 26 for consoles.
I also recommend checking out Alduins 133K U44 Arc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYVVJDBoZI
- - - - - ⚠️ Whats New in U45 ⚠️ - - - - -
Tbh, this patch isnt much different than U44 in terms of PvE combat, but there were a few small fixes and changes:
1.) Azureblight modifiers fix (as mentioned above)
2.) Null Arca multi-proc fix
- From Week 4 notes: This set [can] no longer proc multiple times before its cooldown is applied [...]
In terms of Single Target (ST), this is really only a noticeable nerf for nightblades (and Runeblades/Force Pulse builds) due to all their instant cast skills/hits. Runecarver/Null arcanists will also take a hit, but I dont think that setup was very meta anyway.
In my opinion, its still a good set in general for pure ST fights, especially in short bursty fights less than 1 minute. But for the Arc specifically, Coral will basically always win as it has been for a while.
3.) Relequen stat lines change
- 2 piece: 657 Critical Chance ➤ 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
- 4 piece: 657 Critical Chance ➤ 1487 Offensive Penetration
- Perfected bonus: 1096 Max Stamina ➤ 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
This isnt relevant for the Arc since Relequen isnt meta for them, but in general this can either be a good or slightly bad change depending on your build or content focus.
Its good for players that can make use of the pen line (i.e. casual players, solo or 4man content, etc). If you fall within that group of players, expect a 1-2% overall damage buff compared to old Rele.
However, its a little bad for Stam DPS in optimized trial groups or dummy parsing (where the pen line isnt useful) with an overall damage loss of 1.5 to 2% (depending on your stats). So if you were a Stam DPS doing 100K with Rele before, expect a 1-2K DPS loss. According to damage calculator, its technically a very slight nerf for Mag DPS chars as well (~0.5% loss).
- - - - - 🔥 About The Parse 🔥 - - - - -
As always, this is a dynamic rotation, so Im just spamming and refreshing DoTs when they run out.
I used Nirn/Charged here but its basically the same as Charged/Charged for the Arc. I do wanna say the theoretical ceiling is higher in Nirn/Charged for Arc (status effect passive)... but I could be wrong.
Either Cloak morph is fine, but I think Deadly Cloak morph is a tiny bit better for dummy as it might help you proc the Implacable Outcome passive a little more often. The passive gives you 4 ult when you consume crux and can occur every 8 secs. With Quick Cloak you Beam ➤ Flail ➤ Beam a little more often and therefore missing the proc by 1 second. Proccing this passive to get your Languid ready for Off-Balance phases is pretty important for 130K+ parses. In content though, Quick Cloak is more popular.
⚠️ Prebuff and Opener:
Dump Stamina to ~30% ➤ Prebuff Cloak and Scholarship at a distance ➤ Scalding Rune while walking in ➤ Trap ➤ (Start Light Attacking now) Languid ult ➤ Blockade and Flail (either one first) ➤ Beam
💥 Skill Priorities:
Blockade ➤ Inspired Scholarship ➤ Cloak ➤ Trap ➤ Fulminating Rune and Scalding Rune ➤ Flail and Beam
🗡️ Execute:
- At 15-20% refresh Inspired Scholarship one last time
- At 10-15% cast Cloak, Trap, Fulminating, and Scalding Rune one last time
- At ~10% refresh Blockade one last time
- Under 10% spam Beam
Other Info:
🧬Race - Dark Elf
🧃Potion - Ult pots
✨️Mundus - Thief
🍲Food: Green Max Stam Food
Thumbnail art by JulienLePingouin:
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Music:
Narvent - Strange Memory ESO - 131K DPS Stamina Arcanist | Update 45](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Plv-qmOL04/mqdefault.jpg)
![ESO - 48K DPS Stamina Nightblade (Build Overview) [Morrowind] (XB1 NA)
Edit - Yay 1000 views! And almost 100 subs! Thanks everyone :).
Finally got my hands on good War Machine weapons. Only done a few parses on my NB but having a lot of fun with them :). Enjoy.
I think 49K is possible with a little more luck. If I get a sharp axe/dagger before next patch I will push for 50K lol.
Q: Isnt sharp VMA bow gonna be poop next patch?
A: No, I think Sharp VMA bow will still be BiS because youll buff your Poison Injection (and the 1st trigger of Trap) which would result in more DPS than say, a Precise or Infused VMA bow. I might be wrong, Ill be raid/solo testing once patch goes live on console.
Q: What Trait front bar would I use for next patch?
A: I would go with 1 Infused/1 Precise next patch since thats what most PTS people are doing and it seems to be the best (w/ Warrior Mundus??). So Im pretty much set for next patch lol tho I would like a precise dagger if possibru.
I did not come up with the CP. All credit goes to Jeckll.
Check him out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXn9Bqidzv-hOiJ1cJn9zw
Music:
Azaleh - Misfortune
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![ESO - vMoL HM 62% Pad 3 Highlight [HotR]
Just a lil clip I thought Id share from tonight since I didnt post in a while :) Sadly fell apart but was one of our best burns yet.
Those fockin frames, mon
Guild: Victorious Secret (and Major Slayer, and Lusty Argonian Raids) lol
Gear (7 Medium/Divines):
1 Sunderflame Dagger (Infused Poison)
1 Hundings Dagger (Sharp Berserker)
1 VMA Bow (Sharp)
2 Veli
4 Sunderflame Body (3 Jewelry Wep Dmg)
4 Hundings Body
Blue CP:
Same as last video
I would use 2 Sunder daggers but I dont have another one yet :(
Music:
Krewella - Surrender The Throne
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![ESO - 118K+ DPS Magicka Nightblade (Relequen) | Ascending Tide [Xbox NA]
I personally got slightly better results with Scalding Rune instead of Debilitate on the backbar.
I also did a few parses in Bahsei/Kinras and got a 112.5K. I wanna say you can get up to 114-115 with it. If youre interested in that build, Ill leave more info below.
Build in this video (6 Medium, 1 Light):
5 Relequen / 5 Kinras / 1 Kilt / 1 Slimecraw
Thumbnail art by xGhostx
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Music:
Mustard, Roddy Ricch - Ballin
XXXTentacion - Imagination (ft. Shiloh Dynasty) [Tsuki Remix]
Bahsei/Kinras Magblade
I set this up just like my other parses, so 3 Medium/4 Light with the same Blue CP in this video except I replaced Biting Aura for Backstabber. Feel free to also just run all light armor, except for the Kilt obviously.
Front bar: Impale, Debilitate, Ele Weapon, Merciless Resolve, Trap, Incap (Ult)
Back bar: Twisting path, Carve, Dark Shade, Stampede, Siphoning Atks, Incap (Ult)
Same food (ghastly), same mundus (thief)
Playing with this build is just like last patch except its a bit easier to stay low mag. The only hard part (in raids) is to get to low mag in the first place. Only pop Siphoning when your mag is around 15-20% if you know your potion or synergy wont be ready soon. GLHF. ESO - 118K+ DPS Magicka Nightblade (Relequen) | Ascending Tide [Xbox NA]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMMtTgQC4qY/mqdefault.jpg)