Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a showcase of a Stamina Necromancer Bow/Bow rotation for the Elsweyr Patch. This is most suitable for PVE 12-man trials.

Stamina Necromancer is the strongest and most sought-after DD spec in PVE.
Here are my other Stamina Necromancer setups that I've shown so far:
DW/Bow -- youtu.be/IoPYWp3-2pM
2H/Bow -- youtu.be/AUI2uR9Y3aA

This is a rotation performed on the new Raid Dummy. This means there are a selection of buffs and debuffs present, which allows easy comparison between different classes, and for other players to compare against each other, if they wish, as a 'solo' player, without the need of help from another player; a really valuable addition to the game.

I used the Lava (Max Stam and Stamina Recovery food) here. This is actually the recommended food to use in a real trial, so the sustain you see here is actually under-represented against other classes. In a group with support, your sustain will appear to be a lot better than it is on this dummy, trust me. If you feel your HP pool is a bit low, I'd recommend up to and around 20 points into HP, or one or two Health Glyphs on your armour, whichever is more convenient.

Here I am using Perfected Lokkestiiz, Perfected Relequen and Velidreth. This is the best setup for pure single target DPS.

My skill bars shown in the video are as follows:
Front Bow Bar: Acid Spray - Venom Skull or Lethal Arrow - Rearming Trap - Detonating Siphon - Blighted Blastbones - Flawless Dawnbreaker
Back Bow Bar: Endless Hail - Skeletal Archer - Razor Caltrops - Poison Injection - Detonating Siphon - Pestilent Colossus

More information about the Necromancer skills and passives can be found here:
eso-skillbook.com/skilltree/necromancer

Build used in video -- https://i.imgur.com/SKF4EBL.png
CMX Parse from video (98.7k) -- https://i.imgur.com/xQIrCKp.png

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First note: Detonating Siphon currently has hitbox issues and does not hit properly on Dragons in Sunspire and some other bosses as well. Hopefully, at some point, some of the issues will be resolved. For affected encounters, you can fit in more Acid Spray or spammable (Venom Skull/Lethal Arrow Casts).

The rotation on a Bow/Bow Necromancer will depend on how far away you are from your target. This is almost entirely due to the nature of Blighted Blastbones, which is our main spammable ability. Should you stay close to melee range, then you can cast this skill 1-in-3, which will be the aim whenever possible. The further away you are from your target, the less frequently you can cast Blastbones. Whenever possible, I would only go to medium range to collect the Shadow Silk synergy, before returning to melee range.
On fights where you need the flexibility to go this type of distance, Lethal Arrow becomes a better choice for the secondary spammable (in place of Venom Skull). This is because a higher proportion of time is spent spamming Lethal Arrow, and you can make some more use of the Longshot passive from the Bow skill line. So take this into account when selecting your skillbars for specific fights.
Considering that Lokkestiiz is such a strong set, we need to use Rearming Trap when Relequen is also suitable since there is no space for Tzogvin. This is another reason why you will want to play close to melee range.

The rotation doesn't really change when you go into execute. The only thing you really need to judge is when to reapply DOTs again and when to continue with spammables right near the end of the fight.

In group play, using the Colossus Ultimate itself (which provides Major Vulnerability, the strongest debuff in the game) will likely depend on when the group needs it, so no real emphasis on you use it. Otherwise, if the timing up to you, try to drop it early-on or halfway through your front bar rotation to make the most of your burst.

Generally, this is how a strong static rotation might look like:

Blastbones - Endless - Archer
Blastbones - Caltrops - Injection
Blastbones - Acid Spray - Siphon
Blastbones - Venom Skull/Lethal Arrow - Trap

The beginning of the fight would slightly differ, with a Prebuff of Archer and starting with Endless and Trap.

If there are any questions, please do let me know.

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