Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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

Edit: Changed DPS Values due to last-minute patch changes! Also check out the DW/Bow Build (originally filmed in Harrowstorm but STILL RELEVANT, with the exception of Siphon off cooldown) - liko.gg/content/2691/liko-still-dominant.-stamina-necromancer-pve-build-(96k+)

Cheers to Lulu for providing us with the parse. He has proven to be one of the most consistent PVE players on ESO, so do check him out.
Check out his YouTube channel here: youtube.com/channel/UCE0HG0iD3Cn1jlUCt7yGZIw
Check out his Stamina Nightblade PVE Build for Greymoor here: youtu.be/0E2vt0uNe94

Greymoor brought us updated ability-altering sets. For ALL stamina DDs: it will be worth farming the following for this build:

Blackrose Dual Wield: Increases your damage done and reduces your damage taken by 6% for 2 seconds when dealing damage with Blade Cloak. The Perfected Set also has a 103 Stamina Recovery Bonus.
Masters Dual Wield (Stinging Slashes): Increases any instance of damage done with Twin Slashes by 1635, rather than only increasing the bleed damage by 1600. The Perfected Set also has a 666 Weapon Critical Rating.

This means you can stay in melee range and go with a DOUBLE Dual Wield Setup. You can also keep the EXACT same gear as the last patch and you'll be fine! See video above.

Gear
Shown here:
- Lokkestiiz Body
- Relequen Body
- Nirnhoned/Precise Master's Dagger/Axe
- Blackrose Dagger x2 Both Infused (Switch this with your Infused vMA Bow for a DW/Bow Setup)

Alternative Gear (for all different setups):
- New Moon Acolyte, Tzogvin, Leviathan (Body), Advancing Yokeda (Weapons) Briarheart, Selene, Velidreth, vMA Bow, Master's Bow
- Switch out Lokkestiiz if someone in your group is using the new Roaring Opportunist set!

Race
- Orc! (Dunmer, Khajiit, Redguard, Woodelf as lesser alternatives)

Mundus
- Shadow

Blue CPs for Practicing on the Dummy
- Master-at-Arms 56
- Thaumaturge 40, Piercing 57, Precise Strikes 61, Mighty 56

Blue CPs in Raid: More important than EVER: Adjust to your group's Physical Penetration Debuffs. Tremorscale has a new unique 2395 Physical Resistance Debuff that can be kept up pretty easily. Here you would remove around 32 points from Piercing, and redistribute those spare points in any logical way. Eg:
- Master-at-Arms 72, Phys. Weapon Exp 3
- Thaumaturge 40, Piercing 25, Precise Strikes 66, Mighty 64

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

DW/DW CMX Parse and Build from Video -- imgur.com/a/2A1P9KK
DW/Bow CMX Parse -- imgur.com/a/HLMszqf

Rotation

This rotation is centred around achieving uptime of Spectral Cloak. Deadly Cloak lasts 10 seconds, and the buff lasts for 2 seconds per hit, so a max of 12 seconds uptime per cast. This relies on you being as close to the boss as possible.

Aside from that, you will want to keep up Blastbones as often as possible (1-in-3 skills in the best case scenario). Detonating Siphon is BACK on the Global Cooldown, so cast this as soon as the previous cast runs out (once per 12 seconds in the best case scenario). Skeletal Archer, and Barbed Trap, you'll want to cast whenever they run out (15 and 18 seconds respectively).

Rending Slashes can be your main spammable. It is really strong with the Master's Dual Wield since the change buffs the 2x initial hits. Generally, I would try to work around casting this skill non-consecutively, since you probably won't get the first bleed tick otherwise. You can also slot Venom Skull, to be a dedicated spammable, or Whirling Blades.

In execute, it is now worth keeping up Blastbones as it scales in execute! You can now also treat Rending Slashes like a DOT and use Whirling Blades for the rest of the time.

Proposed Simplified Static Rotation
Start:
BB - Archer - Barbed Trap
BB - Deadly Cloak - Soul Trap
BB - Rending - Siphon
BB - Rending - Rending - Rending

Then repeat
BB - Deadly Cloak - Soul Trap
BB - Rending - Archer
BB - Rending - Barbed Trap
BB - Rending - Siphon

Use your Ulti in place of a Rending Slashes cast
Cast Barbed Trap/Archer on cooldown if you wish to as well (you will slightly overcast those here)

In execute, you can drop all but one Rending cast, for Whirling Blades.
Practically, in MANY fights, you can aim to cast all your DOTs once before 25%, then Blastbones/Whirling the rest of the way!

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