The Atronach

Nord

64 Health

Orzorga’s Red Frothgar

Essence of Health Potion
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• Resistances: For normal content, wearing 5 pieces of heavy armor and using Major Resolve will provide sufficient resistances. The cap is 33,100; avoid exceeding this. For harder content, aim to reach the cap. Nord is the best race for long-term progression due to its armor passives.
• Magicka Recovery: To sustain your abilities, aim for 2500+ Magicka Recovery. Use the appropriate Mundus Stone and food to significantly boost your Magicka Recovery.
• Stats: For early game content, aim for around 38k Health. As you progress to harder content, 40k+ Health will be necessary. Max Magicka doesn’t need to be very high; 15k+ is sufficient as you’ll focus on Magicka recovery to cast skills more frequently. Max Stamina is crucial for blocking, dodging, and breaking free. Since you can’t regain stamina while blocking, having 18-20k+ Max Stamina helps manage this resource more effectively.

Every class in The Elder Scrolls Online can tank, with unique abilities and passives that benefit tanking. However, some classes are more effective than others for long-term progression.

• Dragonknight and Arcanist: Best for long-term tanking, excelling in all content with excellent abilities and passives.
• Necromancer and Sorcerer: Useful in endgame, especially for off-tanking in trials.
• Warden: Have niche uses but are not commonly used across all content.
• Nightblade: Great tanks but lack group benefits and are harder to play.
• Templar: Good in dungeons but tricky to play and offer fewer buffs/debuffs.

Playing anything other than Dragonknight, Arcanist, Necromancer or Sorcerer can hinder your ability to get into endgame content, as these are the most useful and expected classes. While all classes can tank, some are often not preferred in endgame aside from niche group compositions.

Dragonknight and Arcanist are ideal for beginners due to their long-term benefits, fantastic abilities, and passives, making them the easiest classes to start with.

Certain classes benefit from incorporating scribed skills, though they aren’t included in the beginner build due to the likelihood of new players not having this system fully unlocked.

Scribed spells can help cover class discrepancies. For instance, a Magicka costing pull skill like Wield Soul is useful for all classes. Additionally, improved immobilization skills from scribing benefit Necromancers, Nightblades, Templars, and Sorcerers. These skills enhance tanking capabilities, providing flexibility and additional utility in various scenarios.

Focus Script: Pull
Deals ? Magic Damage to an enemy, pulls them to you, and taunts them for 15 seconds if they are not already taunted.

Signature Script: Druid’s Resurgence
Restores 600 Magicka and 600 Stamina.

Affix Script: ?
Choose one that works for you. (Breach, Cowardice, Vitality)

Focus Script: Immobilize
Immobilizes enemies for 3 seconds.

Signature Script: Hunter’s Snare
Reduces the Movement Speed of enemies by 30% for 6 seconds.

Affix Script: ?
Choose one that works for your class.