‘Accolade’ ESO Dragonknight Tank Build

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Information
  3. Gear
  4. Skills
  5. Champion Points
  6. How to Play

‘Accolade’ ESO Dragonknight Tank Introduction

Welcome to the Accolade ESO Dragonknight Tank Build.

On this page you will discover the Accolade Hybrid Dragonknight Tank build, but also options for Veteran Dungeons, Veteran Trials and information on the ‘Affinity’ 1-Bar DK Tank Build.

Accolade is a Hybrid DK Damage Dealer Tank build designed for completing for all content, you can comfortable complete all Overland content without the usual limits of extremely low damage output.

With the Accolade build you’ll be able to easily solo overland content as a Tank such as World Bosses, Delves, Quests and Dolmens. You’ll be able to complete solo Arenas such as Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows even on veteran difficulty!

With Accolade you’ll also be able to Tank while doing some damage in things such as Normal Dungeons, Random Dungeons, Normal Trials, Pledges and Veteran & Hardmode Base Game Dungeons.

For Veteran Dungeons and Hardmode, Veteran Trials and Hardmode, see the Dungeon and Trial tabs for both gear and skills. Alternatively see: Main Tank, Off Tank, and Dungeon Tank builds.

Accolade is for people who only play Tank and want to try new content while maintaining the Tankiness. The DPS output of this build is somewhere between 35-50k DPS depending rotation accuracy. All of this is possible while also Tanking and self healing!

This build was inspired by Deltias Gaming who I followed back when I started ESO and I used to run a build like this that was created by him about 5+ year ago.

‘Accolade’ ESO Dragonknight Tank Information

Race

Nord

Mundus

The Shadow
The Atronach
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Attributes

64 Stamina

Food

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Potions

Essence of Health Potions
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  • Race: I’m using a Nord for this build as I also regularly Tank Veteran Dungeon and Trial content, but you could opt for something else if you want.
  • Mundus Stone: The Shadow for increased Critical Damage will improve your DPS. You should switch to The Atronach for the additional Magicka Recovery when doing Dungeons/Trials. Using a damage orientated mundus is great but things are harder when you need to Tank and chain enemies.
  • Attributes: We are using all Tri-Stat enchants on our gear to pickup all the Health and Magicka we need so we put all our points into Stamina. Switch to 64 Health when not using the Accolade build.
  • Food: Bewitched Sugar Skulls is good on this build for both damage and Tanking. If you’re struggling for resources then switching to Smoked Bear Haunch, it will reduce max stats but you’ll get a lot of Magicka and Stamina Recovery.
  • Potions: Use Tri-Stat potions to get all recoveries and resources back. We don’t need any other potions because we already get Major Brutality and Major Savagery from using a Mythic item.

‘Accolade’ ESO Dragonknight Tank 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
Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Archdruid Devyric / Magma Incarnate Medium Divines Prismatic Defence
Shoulder Archdruid Devyric / Spaulder of Ruin Light Divines Prismatic Defence
Chest Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Hands Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Waist Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Legs Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Feet Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Necklace Vestment of Olorime Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Vestment of Olorime Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Vestment of Olorime Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Main Hand Void Bash / Puncturing Remedy Any 1H Defending/Charged Any/Shock
Off Hand Void Bash / Puncturing Remedy Shield Divines Prismatic Defence
Main Hand Backup Vestment of Olorime Ice Staff Infused/Charged Crusher
  • Spaulder of Ruin for adds and Archdruid Devyric for bosses.
  • Powerful Assault in place of Olorime if group already has Major Courage.
  • Void Bash Defending 1H & Ice Staff Charged for add pulls with any enchants & Puncturing Remedy Charged/Shock & Ice Staff Infused/Crusher for bosses.
  • Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery works best generally. Use Harmony Prismatic Cost Reduction if using stamina skills such as Stone Giant.
  • Use Infused Jewellery if you get less than 1 synergy per 20 seconds.
Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Tremorscale Medium Divines Prismatic Defence
Shoulder Tremorscale Light Divines Prismatic Defence
Chest Turning Tide Heavy Reinforced Prismatic Defence
Hands Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Waist Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Legs Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Feet Turning Tide Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Necklace Saxhleel Champion Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Saxhleel Champion Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Saxhleel Champion Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Main Hand Puncturing Remedy Any 1H Defending Absorb Stamina
Off Hand Puncturing Remedy Shield Divines Prismatic Defence
Main Hand Backup Saxhleel Champion Ice Staff Infused Crusher
Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Magma Incarnate Medium Divines Prismatic Defence
Shoulder Spaulder of Ruin Light Divines Prismatic Defence
Chest Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Hands Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Waist Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Legs Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Feet Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Necklace Powerful Assault Jewellery Infused Prismatic Cost Reduction
Ring Powerful Assault Jewellery Infused Prismatic Cost Reduction
Ring Powerful Assault Jewellery Infused Prismatic Cost Reduction
Main Hand Puncturing Remedy Any 1H Charged Shock
Off Hand Puncturing Remedy Shield Divines Prismatic Defence
Main Hand Backup Powerful Assault Ice Staff Infused Crusher
Piece Set Weight Trait Enchantment
Head Magma Incarnate Medium Divines Prismatic Defence
Shoulder Claw of Yolnahkriin Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Chest Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Hands Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Waist Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Legs Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Feet Pearlescent Ward Heavy Divines Prismatic Defence
Necklace Claw of Yolnahkriin Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Oakensoul Ring Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Ring Claw of Yolnahkriin Jewellery Harmony Magicka Recovery
Main Hand Claw of Yolnahkriin Any 1H Charged Shock
Off Hand Claw of Yolnahkriin Shield Divines Prismatic Defence

Firstly we use Powerful Assault. The reason why is because this is a Tank set already so it’s likely you already have these pieces of gear. It’s a decent set because it gives us Max Health, Max Stamina, Weapon Damage and with one of our skills, we’ll get an additional Weapon Damage proc for both ourselves and our group.

The next set you’ll use is either Order’s Wrath which is a crafted set that will provide us with some increased damage or if you are looking to provide better group support and while sacrificing some person damage then you can use Crimson Oath’s Rive.

We are not using a Monster Set for this build because we use a Mythic item instead. This means you can use any 1 piece of gear that you like. I have gone with Kra’gh since we’ll be missing some penetration and therefore doing less DPS.

Finally we’re using the Oakensoul Ring. This is a strong Mythic item that will give us a lot of Major and Minor buffs but means we can only use one bar. That is no problem for this build, since it increases the DPS compared to past versions by 10-20k DPS. It’s adds both DPS and Survival which is great for this build.

In this build we use One Heavy on the Chest, one Light Armor piece and the rest in Medium. You could also use Heavy Legs and Helmet if you want to go Tankier but this will sacrifice damage.

Because we are using a lot of Medium Armor, we already have quite low Block Cost so we use Divines on all the gear with Prismatic Defence enchants this is so we can maximise our Magicka and Health without sacrificing any Stamina. Our Block Cost is a similar amount that we would have from going full Sturdy in a Heavy Armor setup.

The Jewellery Traits are Infused with Weapon Damage to push our damage higher. One of these could be sacrificed for a Magicka Recovery if you have trouble sustain in group content.

The One Handed Weapon we use is 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.

Other notable sets that you could use:

Crimson Oath’s Rive – The Dread Cellar.

‘Accolade’ ESO Dragonknight Tank How to Play

The main objective of this build is to be a Tank that can do damage.

Going into combat you Pierce Armor to debuff the enemy (and taunt if you’re in group content)

Throw down Razor Caltrops to proc Powerful Assault and to cause AoE damage.

For boss fights apply Venomous Claw – in group content chain all enemies onto your Caltrops.

Cast Draw Essence for the damage then use your Ultimate.

Once everything is active, just Light Attack weave with Unrelenting Grip.

Your main source of damage here is Unrelenting Grip because it’s free against bosses, elite enemies and any target that has CC immunity, but always use Draw Essence whenever you are on full Magicka or need a self heal.

Try to 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.

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