Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a Stamina Necromancer Dual Wield / Bow Build and Rotation for use in Stonethorn.

Massive thank you to Rosskag, who has provided us with the video and the details below.
His channel here: youtube.com/channel/UCn0ebl6PdpmH4JVUn8Metsg

If you're looking for a Stamina Necromancer DW/DW setup for Stonethorn, do checkout @o Lulu's video after you're done here - awesome playstyle and really similar in DPS: youtu.be/n7tAD-cRUQk

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Gear
Shown here:
Monster Helm - Maarselok
- Relequen (Body)
- Advancing Yokeda (Front bar and jewellery)
- Master Bow (Back bar)
- 3 Bloodthirsty

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

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

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Mundus: Shadow

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Blue CPs for Practicing on the Dummy
- Master-at-Arms 48
Thaumaturge 66, Piercing 31, Precise Strikes 61, Mighty 64

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 break points.

Main considerations:
Tremorscale: -2395 Physical Penetration
Sorcerer Spammable: -1000 Physical Penetration
Precise Weapon instead of Sharpered +1638 Physical Penetration
Alkosh bonus: VARIABLE Physical Penetration

Example CPs:
Weapon Master 81, Physical Weapon Expert 6,
Thaumaturge 48, Piercing 5, Precise Strikes 66, Mighty 64

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Food
For Practice on Dummy: Lava Foot + 0 points into HP (64 into Stamina)
In Raid: Lava Foot + ~20 points into HP

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Skills
- Front Bar - Barbed trap, Rending Slashes/Whirling Blades, Venom Skull, Blighted Blastbones, Detonating Siphon, Ult - Dawnbreaker
- Back Bar - Endless Hail, Consuming Trap, Poison Injection, Detonating Siphon, Skeletal Archer, Ult - Pestilent Colossus

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CMX Parse Screenshot from Video: https://i.imgur.com/qXv70db.png
CMX Build Screenshot from Video: https://i.imgur.com/vQ5FGmg.png

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Rotation
This video shows a fully dynamic rotation
I am using the Master's Bow here, so my main priority is reapplying Poison Injection when it runs out, roughly every 10 seconds
Also other priority skills - Endless Hail, Skeletal Archer, Detonating Siphon, Barbed trap

Your best bet is to cast your Blastbones as frequently as possible. This usually means 1 cast per every 3 skills. Then cast all your other skills in between.

Try to keep Detonating Siphon active all the time. Do make sure to let the duration expire to get the burst at the end. In order to keep it simple, try to do it at the same moment as your rotation every time. When you have all dots active, use Venom Skull as a spammable.

If you use Whirling Blades, replace Venom Skull to Whirling Blades at 25%

Bash for Maarselok procs on cooldown

During the execute phase rotation remains unchanged.

Start
- Skeletal Archer
- BB - Barbed trap
- Endless Hail - Poison injection
- BB - Detonating Siphon - Rending Slashes - BB
- Consuming Trap - Ult - Pestilent Colossus
- BB - Venom Skull - x1
- Poison injection
- BB

Continue doing the rotation considering all recommendations given above.

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Static rotation
Set Whirling Blades instead of Rending Slashes for the static rotation

After the start, Endless Hail-Skeletal Archer and Poison Injection-Consuming Trap will always be used in pairs, so make sure to renew both skills of the pair at the same time for consistency.

Proposed Static Rotation:
Start:
Archer - Blastbones - Trap - Hail - Poison Injection - Soul Trap
Blastbones - Skull - Siphon - Blastbones - Skull - Skull - Blastbones - Skull - Skull

Then Repeat
Blastbones - Hail - Archer
Blastbones - Poison Injection - Soul Trap
Blastbones - Skull - Siphon
Blastbones - Skull - Skull
Blastbones - Skull - Skull

Replace Skull with Whirling in execute!

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