Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a Magicka Dragonknight PVE build and Iron Atronach Parse for the Dragonhold patch.

The Magicka Dragonknight is one of the strongest Magicka classes out there. The class has some great DOT abilities, and also one of the strongest spammable abilities out there. This is a really fun class, and certainly, one of the most fun to play. Due to the Dragonknight's Combustion passive, damage poisons can be used to dish out a potent source of damage that is not so readily consistent for other Magicka classes.

They have a slight limitation of being a primarily melee class (although you can make adjustments to make it more suitable for ranged), and sustain can be poor, especially if Ultimate usage is not well managed.
The rotation shown here is very similar to that in Elsweyr. DOTs are less powerful here than in Scalebreaker, so it's no longer necessary to overload the skill bars with various DOTs.


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I am using the Max Magicka/Magicka Regen food, with 64 points into Magicka for all Magicka Setups in these rotations.

Gear used here:
5x Mother's Sorrow Body, 5x Siroria front-barred, 2x Zaan. (See build screenshot for full details).

The above is used simply for purposes of comparison against other classes, in this test environment.

Race used: Altmer
Good alternatives: Breton, Dunmer, Khajiit

In real raid situations, consider Clockwork Citrus Fillet or Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl as food alternatives.

Other gear that is perfectly suitable for different situations include:
False God, Spell Strategist, Burning Spellweave, New Moon Acolyte, Elemental Succession

CMX Parse from Video -- https://i.imgur.com/kpwtn8k.png
CMX Build (Gear, Skills, CPs) from Video -- https://i.imgur.com/HVIrgR1.png

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Rotation:

First, the dynamic rotation, then below will be a suggested static rotation.

I have slotted all of the relevant Ardent Flame abilities on my front bar rather than backbar to make some use of the Seething Fury passive.

I cast Burning Embers and Engulfing Flames together because they are both 14-seconds long (order of these doesn't really matter). Blockade is treated as a separate component, despite being the same duration, although you can definitely cast them altogether if you wish! Eruption, Flames of Oblivion Degeneration and Rearming Trap should simply be cast on cooldown whenever the three dots above have been handled. Flames of Oblivion is interesting in some ways because since it only ticks every 5s if you reapply it as soon as it runs out, you can get 2 consecutive ticks.

Since the MagDK has many longer duration DOTs (class DOTs of duration 18, 15, 14 and 14 seconds), we have lots of time to use Molten Whip. Overwriting DOTs early to keep better uptimes is encouraged if there are some obvious clashes, but you'll have to be wary that if you overdo this, it means fewer casts of the whip.


Proposed Static Rotation:

Start:
Flames of Oblivion x 3 (for Seething Fury)

Barbed Trap - Blockade - Eruption - Embers - Engulfing
Degeneration - Whip - Whip - Whip - Whip
Whip - Whip - Whip - Whip - Flames of Oblivion

Fit in Standard of Might whenever convenient.


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About alternative skills that I did not use in this video:

Mystic Orb - a must-have skill if you want to include more AOE damage into your setup. Upsides also include a nice group synergy, but the downside is the high resource cost.

Flame Reach - if you wanted to add another single-target DOT. Cost is relatively cheap. Less useful on MagDK than other classes, because there are already so many sources of Burning. But you could slot this instead of Inner Light on the front bar if you wish.

Scalding Rune - similar reasoning to Flame Reach. However, for fights where there is a reasonable amount of movement, I would recommend swapping out Eruption, IF Minor Brutality for the group is not dependant on you.

Shield (e.g Harness Magicka) - the first choice would be to replace Degeneration or in some situations, Eruption for the reasons mentioned above. You could also remove Inner Light on the front bar, or Spell Symmetry if sustain is fine.

Consuming Trap - A weaker DOT, but can help sustain if used in trash fights or on smaller mobs in Boss Fights, due to the resource return.

Unstable Wall - using this morph instead of Blockade is also a pretty good option. This option offers slightly more DPS potential, but with MagDK's relatively poor sustain, you may find it tougher on your resources to keep this up.

Channelled Acceleration - if you prefer this over Barbed Trap, this is fine. Magicka sustain will suffer a little but might be easier to use in some cases.


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