ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build Information
Welcome to The Tank Club’s Accolade ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build—a versatile tank-DPS hybrid designed to dominate solo, overland, and non-veteran group content.
The Accolade build allows you to maintain tank-level survivability while dealing 35k+ DPS, making it an ideal choice for casual and hybrid playstyles. Whether you’re tackling world bosses, delves, solo arenas (Maelstrom & Vateshran), or fast-paced dungeons, this build offers a powerful mix of durability, self-healing, and offense.
While not intended for veteran endgame trials, this build is perfect for normal trials, pledges, random dungeons, and hardmode base game dungeons. It’s also great for levelling, Skyreach farming, and even soloing normal trials if you’re up for the challenge.
Inspired by Deltia’s Gaming, the Accolade Dragonknight Hybrid Tank is a fun, effective build for Tank players who want to explore content solo without sacrificing too much power. Whether you’re levelling or pushing the limits of hybrid tanking, this build ensures an engaging and rewarding ESO experience.
This build is not recommended for harder endgame content
ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build Core Essentials
- 64 Stamina
Core Essential Details
- Race: I’m using a Nord for this build as I regularly tank Veteran Dungeon and Trial content. However, you can opt for another race based on your preferences.
- Mundus Stone: Use The Shadow for increased Critical Damage to improve your DPS. For Dungeons/Trials, switch to The Atronach for additional Magicka Recovery. While a damage-oriented Mundus Stone is great, tanking and chaining enemies can be more challenging.
- Attributes: Apply all Tri-Stat enchants on your gear to cover Health and Magicka needs, and allocate all attribute points into Stamina.
- Food: Bewitched Sugar Skulls is excellent for both damage and tanking. If you’re struggling with resources, switch to Jewels of Misrule. Although it reduces max stats, it provides substantial Magicka and Stamina Recovery.
- Potions: Use Tri-Stat potions for comprehensive recovery of all resources. Other potions aren’t necessary, as you already gain Major Brutality and Major Savagery from a Mythic item.
ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build Gear
| Piece | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Kra’gh | Light | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Shoulder | Powerful Assault | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Chest | Order’s Wrath | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Hands | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Waist | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Legs | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Feet | Order’s Wrath | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Necklace | Powerful Assault | Jewellery | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Powerful Assault | Jewellery | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Oakensoul Ring | Jewellery | Infused | Weapon Damage |
| Main Hand | Powerful Assault | Any 1H | Sharpened | Weapon Damage |
| Off Hand | Powerful Assault | Shield | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
Gear Information
Primary Set: Powerful Assault
This is a great Tank set that you likely already have. It provides Max Health, Max Stamina, Weapon Damage, and an additional Weapon Damage proc for both you and your group with one of your skills.
Secondary Set:
- Order’s Wrath: A crafted set that boosts your damage.
- Crimson Oath’s Rive: An alternative if you prefer to enhance group support, though it sacrifices some personal damage.
Monster Set:
We don’t use a Monster Set for this build due to the inclusion of a Mythic item. Instead, you can use any one piece of gear. Kra’gh is recommended for the additional penetration, increasing your DPS. For group content, you can switch to a piece that improves tanking.
Mythic Item: Oakensoul Ring
This powerful Mythic item provides a range of Major and Minor buffs but limits you to one bar. It’s perfect for this build as it enhances DPS, resistances, reduces incoming damage, accelerates Ultimate generation, and improves resource management, offering both DPS and survival benefits.
Armor Setup:
We use one Heavy piece on the Chest, one Light Armor piece, and the rest in Medium Armor for a 5/1/1 setup. This balance maximizes your stats and grants additional armor passives. Alternatively, you can use Heavy Legs and Helmet for a tankier setup, though it will reduce your damage output.
Traits and Enchants:
Given the Medium Armor benefits, we have low Block Cost, so we use Divines on all gear with Prismatic Defense enchants to maximize Magicka and Health without sacrificing Stamina. This setup provides similar Block Cost reduction to a Heavy Armor setup with full Sturdy traits.
Jewelry Traits:
Infused with Weapon Damage to boost your DPS. If you have trouble sustaining in group content, consider swapping one for Magicka Recovery.
One-Handed Weapon:
Sharpened with a Weapon Damage enchant.
Where to Obtain:
- Powerful Assault – Tel Var Merchant or Guild Traders
- Order’s Wrath – Crafted Set in High Isle
- Kra’gh – Veteran Fungal Grotto 1
- Oakensoul Ring –
- Igneous Inlays: High Isle – Volcanic Vents
- Larimar Gems: Stormhaven – Titanclaw World Boss
- Petrified Oak Loop: Murkmire – Strongboxes
- Sacred Resin: Malabal Tor – Any Monster
- Stone Shank Frame: Glenumbra – Blacksmithing Nodes
Optional Sets:
- Crimson Oath’s Rive – The Dread Cellar
- Magma Incarnate (1 piece) – The Dread Cellar
ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build Skills
Dragonknight Skills
Dragonknight Passives
- Ardent Flame: Combustion, Warmth, Searing Heat, World in Ruin
- Draconic Power: Iron Skin, Burning Heart, Elder Dragon, Scaled Armor
- Earthen Heart: Eternal Mountain, Battle Roar, Mountain’s Blessing, Helping Hands
- One Hand and Shield: Fortress, Sword and Board, Deadly Bash, Deflect Bolts, Battlefield Mobility
- Light Armor: Light Armor Bonuses, Light Armor Penalties
Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration - Medium Armor: Medium Armor Bonuses
Dexterity, Wind Walker, Agility, Athletics - Heavy Armor: Heavy Armor Bonuses, Heavy Armor Penalties
Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut, Revitalize, Rapid Mending - Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build Champion Points
ESO Dragonknight Hybrid Tank Build How to Play
Skill Rotation
The main objective of this build is to be a Tank that can do damage.
- Enter combat with Pierce Armor to debuff the enemy (and taunt if you’re in group content)
- Throw Razor Caltrops to proc Powerful Assault and to cause AoE damage & Major Breach.
- On boss fights apply Venomous Claw – in group content chain all enemies onto your Caltrops to stack and taunt them.
- Cast Draw Essence for AoE damage and healing then use your Ultimate if you have it ready.
- Once everything is active, just Heavy Attack weave with Unrelenting Grip spam.
- Your main source of damage is Unrelenting Grip because it’s free against bosses, elite enemies and any target that has CC immunity.
- While all skills are running do the rotation of 2x Unrelenting Grip and 1x Draw Essence for damage.
- Use Draw Essence for healing as and when needed.
- Rotate using Potions and dropping Ultimate’s. You will regain your Ultimate quickly because of the Minor Heroism from Oakensoul but to maximise your resource gain, try to use an Ultimate, burn through resources then use a Potion and then back to the Ultimate.
