Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video showcases a possible Two-Hander / Dual Wield PVE Build for the Stamina Dragonknight (Markarth Patch).

This build is a baseline, so can and should be adjusted for use in different situations.

Other weapon combinations below are viable too:
- Dual Wield / Bow
- Two-Hander / Bow
- Dual Wield / Dual Wield

Thanks to Rosskag for providing the footage.
His channel: youtube.com/channel/UCn0ebl6PdpmH4JVUn8Metsg

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Gear
Shown here:
Monster Helm - Domihaus
- Relequen (Body)
- Advancing Yokeda (Frontbar 2H Axe and jewellery)
- Blackrose Prison Dual Wield Axes (Backbar)
- 3 Bloodthirsty Jewelry

Other gear that is perfectly suitable for different situations/builds include
Monster Helm - Selene, Velidreth, Maarselok
- Lokkestiiz, New Moon Acolyte, Tzogvin, Leviathan (Body), Briarheart, Deadwater Guile, Yandir
Back Bar - MA Bow, Master Bow

Race used: Orc
Alternatives (none quite as good): Dunmer, Redguard, Khajiit

Mundus
- Shadow

Example Blue CPs for Practicing on the Dummy
- Master-at-Arms 61
- Thaumaturge 66, Piercing 38, Precise Strikes 56, Mighty 49

Blue CPs in Raid:
The number of points into piercing depends on several factors that may or may not be present in your group, therefore you could try and calculate this yourself since it's hard to give a universal recommendation. Any Blue CP left over as a result of taking out from Piercing, can feasibly go anywhere - just try to hit those breakpoints.

Check out possible Blue CP allocations over at eso-u.com/champion-points

Food
For Practice on Dummy: Lava Foot + 0 points into HP (64 into Stamina)
In Raid: Lava Foot + ~20 points into HP + 6 Medium / 1 Heavy
OR Artaeum Takeaway Broth with 0 points into HP
OR Max HP Max Stam Food if you can sustain it!

Skill Bars (as shown)
2H - Barbed Trap - Soul Trap - Stone Giant - Venomous Claw - Executioner - Flawless Dawnbreaker
DW - Noxious Breath - Deadly Cloak - FLEX - Rending Slashes - Flames of Oblivion - Standard of Might

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Screenshots!

CMX Parse - https://i.imgur.com/nAH0scK.png
CMX Build - https://i.imgur.com/Oh0u0Ln.png

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Rotation

This rotation makes use of the Blackrose Prison Dual Wield Axes on the backbar, and a 2H weapon on the frontbar.
The Blackrose Prison Axes are used on the backbar to increase the twin blunt and blade bleeding effect. The main priority skills are Deadly Cloak and, if slotted, Stone Giant. Stone Griant provides a very useful debuff, which allows all abilities from everyone in your team to do slightly more damage (a baseline of 65 per stack (x3) for a maximum of 5 seconds).

The baseline of this rotation lasts 10 seconds, since Deadly Cloak, Rending Slashes and Consuming Trap each last 10 seconds. These skills, therefore, form the backbone of the rotation.

If you need to reapply skills which are longer than the 10 seconds, such as Barbed Trap, Noxious Breath, Flames of Oblivion or Venomous Claw, you can do so dynamically after they expire, or in many cases where you have clashes, slightly early or slightly late. You won't be able to avoid this. Do try to ensure Stone Giant doesn't drop off though.

Use Executioner as an execute, as early as 30% but definitely after 25% and reapply all DOTs, after that only keep your main skills active: Deadly Cloak, Barbed Trap, Venomous Claw and Stone Giant (if the buff is required). In short fights where you won't get a full duration of DOT recasts, ensure DOTs are running one last time before 25%, then use Executioner the rest of the way.

Proposed Static Rotation

Simple 10-second rotation - favouring overcasting of Flames of Oblivion, Venomous Claw and Noxious Breath over something more complex.

Start
- Barbed Trap

Repeat
- Flames of Oblivion - Deadly Cloak - Rending Slashes - swap
- Stone Giant - Soul Trap - Venomous Claw - swap
- Noxious Breath - swap
- Stone Giant - Stone Giant - Stone Giant / Barbed Trap (every other rotation) - swap

At 30% and below, replace Stone Giant with Executioner (keep up Stone Giant once in a while for the buff, until less than 5 seconds left)

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