ESO Beginner Tank Build

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Welcome to The Elder Scrolls Online Beginner Tank Build, designed specifically for newcomers to tanking in the game.

These builds will help you complete content, acquire gear, and lay the foundation for a more advanced tank build. We’ve intentionally excluded sets like Leeching Plate to encourage your growth as a tank, allowing you to develop essential skills and knowledge.

Don’t forget to explore the listed sets for valuable tank gear and monster sets. Once you gain enough experience, you can progress to our Dungeon Tank Build. Remember, as a tank, your primary focus is supporting the group with buffs and debuffs, but first, focus on gaining the necessary experience.

Also see:  Beginner Tank Guide and join us on The Tank Club Discord.

ESO Beginner Tank Build Information

Mundus

The Atronach

Stats

38k+ Health
17k+ Magicka
22k+ Stamina

Food

Orzorga’s Red Frothgar

Potions

Essence of Health Potion
More Info

  • Resistances: For normal content, just wearing 5 heavy armor and being buffed up with Major Resolve will be more than enough resistances.
  • Magicka Recovery: To sustain everything you’ll want 2,000+ Magicka Recovery.
  • Race: Nord would be the ideal race for long term progression. Short term Redguard would be useful but not as good later.

ESO Beginner Tank Gear

Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Druid’s Braid Medium Sturdy Stamina
Shoulder Druid’s Braid Light Sturdy Magicka
Chest Druid’s Braid Heavy Sturdy Stamina
Hands Druid’s Braid Heavy Sturdy Magicka
Waist Druid’s Braid Heavy Sturdy Magicka
Legs Druid’s Braid Heavy Sturdy Stamina
Feet Druid’s Braid Heavy Sturdy Magicka
Necklace Armor of the Seducer Jewellery Robust Magicka Recovery
Ring Armor of the Seducer Jewellery Robust Magicka Recovery
Ring Armor of the Seducer Jewellery Robust Magicka Recovery
Main Hand Armor of the Seducer Any 1H Charged/Infused Poison/Absorb Stamina
Off Hand Armor of the Seducer Shield Sturdy Health
Main Hand Backup Armor of the Seducer Ice Staff Infused Crusher

This is a beginner Tank setup for players who are new to The Elder Scrolls Online.

It’s a very good, affordable build to get into Tanking dungeons and content, with the main objective being to use easy to obtain, useful Tank gear that will help you on the road while you learn how to Tank.

This builds focus entirely on the Tank and has minimal group benefit or support. This is absolutely fine when you are a beginner going into content for the first time. It’s much more important that you are alive, have enemies taunted, and have sustain to perform your Tank duties.

You could use this setup so you can begin farming other useful Tank sets from dungeons and start doing daily pledges for Undaunted Keys. This setup is capable of doing Normal Dungeons, Normal Trials and none-DLC Vet Dungeons.

The strengths of this build is sustain and survival, both are vital components to Tanking.

Magicka Recovery is an extremely important stat for a Tank, since we really need a high Health pool to be able to absorb lots of damage we rely on Magicka Recovery over Max Magicka to help us to sustain our casting of abilities. Magicka is needed for most Tank skills but mostly for our self-healing, our self-armor buff and our self-sustain abilities. Using Armor of the Seducer also reduces the cost of all of our Magicka abilities by 10% meaning we can cast even more because we will have good Magicka Recovery and cheaper Magicka based abilities.

Armor of the Seducer Crafted: 3 Traits research needed.

Druid’s Braid Crafted: 7 Traits research needed.

Alternative Gear Options:

Engine Guardian Looted: Veteran Darkshade Caverns II – Helmet. Shoulder buy with Undaunted Keys via Maj.

Crest of Cyrodiil Looted: Cyrodiil, Buy from Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor or Guild Traders.

Torug’s Pact Crafted: 3 Traits research needed.

Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Engine Guardian Medium Sturdy Stamina
Shoulder Engine Guardian Light Sturdy Health
Chest Torug’s Pact / Ebon Heavy Sturdy Stamina
Hands Torug’s Pact / Ebon Heavy Sturdy Health
Waist Torug’s Pact / Ebon Heavy Sturdy Health
Legs Torug’s Pact / Ebon Heavy Sturdy Stamina
Feet Torug’s Pact / Ebon Heavy Sturdy Health
Necklace The Worm’s Raiment