Goading Throw – Ranged taunt that also heals you and applies Major Maim, reducing enemy damage.

Runeguard of Still Waters – Passive safety tool that grants Minor Protection, provides a group buff of Minor Resolve, immobilises nearby enemies, and triggers an automatic heal when you drop below 50% Health. Maintaining this also activates the Circumvented Fate passive, granting Minor Evasion to your group.

Impervious Runeward – A very large damage shield that converts into a smaller shield and consumes Crux to heal you, making it a strong defensive and recovery tool.

Blood of the Elder Dragon – A powerful emergency burst heal that also heals nearby allies. The heal scales based on your missing Health, so it should be used when you are low. The higher your Max Health and the lower your current Health, the stronger the heal. Healing allies also grants Major Fortitude and Minor Courage to the group. Also activates Minor Brutality via the Elder Dragon passive.

Runic Sunder – Deals damage, taunts, and applies Minor Maim, but its main value is reducing enemy Armor by 2200. It generates Crux, and each Crux provides 2% damage reduction. It also enables Crux consumption for Impervious Runeward and procs Implacable Outcome passive, generating 4 Ultimate every 8 seconds.

Gibbering Shelter – Emergency defensive ultimate that provides strong mitigation and group shielding. Primarily slotted for the passive resource recovery from Wellspring of the Abyss.

Leashing Soul – Pulls enemies to you, restores Magicka and Stamina, and applies Major Cowardice to reduce enemy damage. Used for add control, boss debuffing, and as a sustain tool in difficult situations due to its ability to be spammed.

Elemental Susceptibility – Applies Major Breach for free and continuously procs Burning, Chilled, and Concussion. This enables Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Vulnerability, Off Balance, and Minor Breach (when combined with Blockade). Also supports Dragonknight sustain through Burning when using Ardent Flame and the Combustion passive.

Elemental Blockade – Maintains near-constant infused Crusher enchant uptime, reducing enemy Armor. Also applies Minor Breach to Chilled enemies and provides a projectile damage shield for the group.

Expansive Frost Cloak – Grants Major Resolve to the group, stacking with Minor Resolve from Runeguard of Still Waters for strong defensive coverage.

Chilling Trample – Applies multiple status effects and grants Major Heroism, turning the Dragonknight into an Ultimate generation engine. Also used to proc Powerful Assault as an Assault skill. Has a channel time, so must be used carefully.

Aggressive Horn – Grants Major Force and increases Max Magicka and Stamina, significantly boosting group DPS. Can be replaced with another Ultimate when using Saxhleel Champion.

Goading Throw → Inner Rage – Ranged taunt that also provides a strong group synergy, dealing Flame damage over time to the target and AoE Flame damage to nearby enemies.

Runic Sunder → Power Slam – Used to proc the Void Bash weapon set, which is Best in Slot for dungeons. Pulls all enemies together in one cast while applying Major Maim to reduce incoming damage.

Elemental Susceptibility → Pulsar – Applies AoE Minor Mangle and, when used with a Charged Ice Staff, guarantees AoE Chilled status effect. This enables Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Breach (with Blockade), and grants Minor Protection to the group. Stronger in AoE situations compared to single-target options.

Chilling Trample → Razor Caltrops – Used to proc Powerful Assault and applies AoE Major Breach to all enemies in large pulls while snaring them, preventing enemies from reaching your group.

Hearth and Home – Snares enemies, provides a large AoE heal over time, grants group Minor Fortitude and Minor Heroism for increased Ultimate generation, and gives you Major Protection.

Igneous Shield – Provides a damage shield for yourself and a smaller shield for the group. Grants Major Mending and should be used before healing skills to increase their effectiveness.

Magma Fist – Applies Heat Shock to enemies, increasing the damage they take by 66 × 3, making it a strong group DPS tool, though stamina intensive.

Earthshield Mantle – Grants Major Resolve, provides a damage shield, and reflects Flame damage back to enemies that deal direct damage to you.

Choking Talons – AoE immobilise for add control that also applies Minor Maim and provides an Ignite synergy for the group.

Chains of Dominance – Pulls and taunts enemies, applies Burning and Major Cowardice, refunds Magicka if the enemy cannot be pulled, and activates Minor Brutality via the Elder Dragon passive.

Standard of Might – Strong Ultimate option if not already provided by DPS. Grants a unique Weapon and Spell Damage buff to the group while the caster gains 15% damage reduction.

Magma Shell – Provides a massive group damage shield and caps incoming damage to you, making it one of the strongest survival tools in the game. Used for mechanics, high damage phases, and emergency situations, especially effective with Saxhleel Champion.

Warding Contingency (Main Tank) – Provides a group damage shield, grants Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance for sustain, and reduces your damage taken by 8%. Strong in high-damage trial situations.

Runeguard of Freedom (Main Tank) – Alternative morph that still provides Minor Protection and group Minor Resolve but removes the immobilise. Instead, it grants increased Armor and crowd control immunity when triggered, making it more suitable for trials where enemies are CC immune.

Necrotic Potency (Off Tank) – Consumes corpses to generate Ultimate and heal you. Also reduces damage taken while slotted. A core Ultimate generation tool for Off Tanking and grants access to Bone Tyrant passives.

Regenerative Ward (Off Tank) – Provides a large damage shield and self-heal, while also granting Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance to the group. Gives access to Daedric Summoning passives.

Siphoning Attacks (Off Tank) – Converts Health into Magicka and Stamina while causing all damage you deal to heal you and restore resources. Also grants 6% Max Health and Stamina via Magicka Flood, generates 2 Ultimate every 4 seconds via Transfer, and increases healing done by 3% via Soul Siphoner.

Warding Burst (Off Tank) – Provides a group damage shield and applies Minor Courage. Due to its 8m range, it is better suited to Off Tanks who are positioned closer to the group or in separate stacks to maintain coverage alongside Blood of the Elder Dragon on a Main Tank.

Summon Charged Atronach – Provides Major Berserk to the group, significantly increasing damage done, and applies Concussion to enemies. Best used with Saxhleel Champion.