Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Thanks for checking out this Magicka Warden PVE Build for Greymoor. This is mainly optimised for 12-man trials but can be adjusted to suit dungeon and solo playstyles too.

Magicka Warden is looking in a pretty great place. A few things regarding Pets have been fixed (they now inherit Bloodthirsty traits and the Spell penetration from the Concentration Passive).

Thanks, stileanima for providing the healing for one of the rotations (reasons explained in video intro).

Greymoor has brought us the Vampire Skill, which happens to be very good news for Magicka Classes. The one skill that Magicka DDs will be most interested in is Eviscerate and Morphs. Blood for Blood, the morph which costs Health, will be the spammable to use, whenever possible in 12-man trials, and does more damage, the lower the HP you are on. This will also be amazing for your sustain. The other morph Arterial Burst will do less damage and costs Magicka rather than HP, which is a little safer to use, especially when you have little healing on you. The toggle ability, Blood Frenzy, gives more Weapon and Spell Damage, but will not allow others to heal you. This is a high risk and high reward skill, and WILL NOT be used in these rotations.

Gear
There is not a lot of change from the previous patch, Harrowstorm. The only potential would be Roaring Opportunist, which looks to be the best set for giving major slayer to team members.
Shown here:
- Mother's Sorrow Body
- Siroria including Inferno Staff - Precise
- Zaan Monster Set
- vMA Inferno Staff - Infused (You can try a Berserker enchant or a Frost Enchant, they're both pretty close for Single Target, though the latter will help if you have other Warden's in the group for the Crit Damage Passive)

Alternative Gear (for all different setups):
- False God, Spell Strategist, New Moon Acolyte, Master Architect, Roaring Opportunist (not exhaustive)
- Monster Sets - see video - liko.gg/content/2841/liko-the-best-updated-monster-sets

Race:
- Altmer in video
- Dunmer, Breton, Khajiit all fine alternatives

Mundus:
- Shadow

Blue CPs:
- Elemental Expert 49, Elfborn 61, Spell Erosion 10
- Master-at-Arms 56, Staff Expert 19
- Thaumaturge 72, Piercing 3

Blue CPS in Raid: Do adjust based on your group's Spell Penetration Debuffs. Likely something close to the above is OK. You could also try 56 Elfborn and 15 Spell Erosion as another common alternative.

Food:
For Practice on Dummy: Ghastly Eye Bowl
In Raid: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl (or Clockwork Citrus Fillet if you need more sustain)

CMX from Solo Parse in Video -- imgur.com/a/3GuAuSV
CMX with Healer, in Video -- imgur.com/a/ziP2GGI

Rotation

Magicka Warden posses probably one of strongest AOE DOTs in the game - Winter's Revenge. This, combined with Mystic Orb, Unstable Wall and Deep Fissure means that Magicka Warden has a huge amount of AOE Damage in its toolkit. So we want to be able to prioritize these abilities when possible. Deep Fissure may be cast as frequently as 1-in-3 skills, but DOTs, including Single Target DOTs such as Fetcher Infection, Degeneration and Barbed Trap can be prioritized first if they need reapplying. Blood for Blood (or Birds/Crushing Shock/Whatever else you prefer) can be cast in your spare time.

There is also an argument that can be made that in situations where there is not a lot of danger, and not a lot of healing is needed, then Blood For Blood can be prioritized over Deep Fissure. When you are below ~75% HP, Blood for Blood becomes stronger than Deep Fissure. This is more easily achieved when you are a STAGE 1 VAMPIRE, which is what I would generally recommend, as each Blood for Blood casts more HP at this level. This is a pretty fun unique mechanic which rewards risky play. Do so at the risk of annoying your team-mates though if you die!

Cast the Bear Ultimate as frequently as possible, only holding-off if you are close to execute (25% and below). Since the bear scales properly, it can hit for huge amounts (200k+ hits in full group situations). In execute, the rotation doesn't really change. In many shorter fights, you can more or less aim to only cast your DOTs if you will get full duration out of it, otherwise spam Blood for Blood, and Deep Fissure if you will get the hits.

Proposed Static Rotation:
Start with Barbed Trap,

Then Repeat:
Deep Fissure - Wall - Winter's Revenge -
Orb - Fetcher Infection - Degeneration
Deep Fissure - Spam - Spam
Deep Fissure - Spam - Spam

Spam = Blood for Blood in Melee (Bird/Crushing Shock for ranged)
Replace a Spam with Barbed Trap or Bear Ulti whenever needed

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