Easy ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build 2025
Welcome to The Tank Club’s Ultimate Dragonknight Tank Build and Guide! In this comprehensive guide for the ESO Dragonknight Tank, we cover everything you need to know to master this class. We provide detailed information on the best skills to use, a thorough overview of all Dragonknight skills and passives, and the buffs they offer.
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ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build Information
Welcome to The Tank Club’s Endless Archive Tank Build: a setup designed to help you survive and progress through this challenging, 1-2 player endless arena in The Elder Scrolls Online.
In Arc 1 and Arc 2, a hybrid approach works well, allowing Tanks to contribute more damage while maintaining control. Our Accolade Hybrid Dragonknight and Arcanist Spell Guard builds excel in these early stages, blending Tanking and DPS for efficient progression.
However, from Arc 3 onward, enemies become significantly stronger, requiring a more defensive and sustain-focused build. Unlike traditional group tanking, Endless Archive Tanking is more self-reliant, with less emphasis on group buffs since you’re only supporting one other player.
This build is tailored for duo runs, ensuring you have the sustain, survivability, and crowd control needed to handle the increasing difficulty while allowing your partner to focus on damage output.
ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build Core Essentials
Core Essential Details
Race: Nord helps you easily reach the resistance cap, crucial for enduring DoT and Bleed damage and big hitting mechanics without excessive focus on buffing resistances.
Mundus: The Atronach is essential for Magicka Recovery, aiming for around 2500 to sustain all abilities.
Food:
- General Use: Red Frothgar for Magicka Recovery and Max Health, though it reduces Max Magicka and Stamina.
- Stamina Skill Focus: Jewels of Misrule is ideal if you frequently use Stamina skills and know when to safely drop block frequently.
Potions:
- General Use: Tri-Stat potions for recovery and resource restoration.
- Situational: Immovability potions for specific needs.
Resistances: Aim for the 33,100 cap using Major & Minor Resolve, Passives, Champion Points, Reinforced gear, or a Defending One-Handed Weapon to mitigate the majority of incoming damage.
Magicka Recovery: Ensure a minimum of 2500 Magicka Recovery to maintain 100% uptime on skills, buffs, and debuffs. More recovery allows frequent use of abilities like Igneous Shield.
Stats and Attributes:
- Health: Aim for 40k+ Max Health for comfort.
- Stamina: Maintain around 16k+ Max Stamina to support prolonged block periods, dodging, and breaking free.
- Magicka: Aim for 14k+ Max Magicka to avoid burnout, ensuring you can cast multiple skills before running out.
ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build Gear
| Piece | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Drake’s Rush | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Shoulder | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Chest | Bloodlord’s Embrace | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Hands | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Waist | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Legs | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Feet | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Necklace | Blessing of the Potentates | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Drake’s Rush | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Drake’s Rush | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Main Hand | Drake’s Rush | Any 1H | Infused | Absorb Stamina |
| Off Hand | Drake’s Rush | Shield | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Main Hand Backup | Blessing of the Potentates | Ice Staff | Infused | Crusher |
| Piece | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Archdruid Devyric | Medium | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Shoulder | Archdruid Devyric | Light | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Chest | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Hands | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Waist | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Legs | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Feet | Pearlescent Ward | Heavy | Divines | Prismatic Defence |
| Necklace | Drake’s Rush | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Drake’s Rush | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Drake’s Rush | Jewellery | Infused | Magicka Recovery |
| Main Hand | Puncturing Remedy | Any 1H | Infused | Absorb Stamina |
| Off Hand | Puncturing Remedy | Shield | Reinforced | Prismatic Defence |
| Main Hand Backup | Drake’s Rush | Ice Staff | Infused | Crusher |
Gear Information
The gear options we’ve selected focus on giving us the best possible benefit while still offering a bit of utility to the other member of the group. Drake’s Rush will give a ton of Ultimate which means you’re able to Magma Shell more often for survival which also gives your teammate a damage shield, this will also give you a stack of resources via the Battle Roar passive.
Potentates also assists on this too with reducing the cost of your Ultimate. Pearlescent Ward provides a nice aura and big range DPS buff but it’s strength is in the survival tool it offers, giving a 66% damage reduction buff to either you or your teammate if one of you dies which can help you to recover a fight.
With space left for a Mythic, Bloodlord’s Embrace is an option as it gives a lot of Magicka and this is the biggest resource you’ll be needing, especially on the hard bosses and marauders.
Optionally you could use Archdruid for a great enemy debuff or Engine Guardian if you want something more for yourself. If you struggle for healing then the Master Weapons Puncturing Remedy will be a big assistance with that.
Elfbane is another 5-piece gear set that can be used to extend the duration of Magma Shell.
Where to Obtain Gear
- Drake’s Rush – Looted in Black Drake Villa Dungeon
- Pearlescent Ward – Looted in Dreadsail Reef Trial
- Blessing of the Potentates – Purchased Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor/Guild Traders
- Bloodlord’s Embrace – Mythic Item:
- Fanged Cuirass – Shadowfen Sanguine’s Demense Public Dungeon Bosses
- Goblet Gorget – Spindleclutch I Last Boss
- Hecatomb Tassets – Imperial Sewer Bosses
- Sanguine Doublet – Coldharbour Village of the Lost Public Dungeon Bosses
- Thirsting Girdle – Crypt of Hearts I Last Boss
- Archdruid Devyric – Looted in Earthen Root Enclave Dungeon
- Puncturing Remedy – Looted in Dragonstar Arena
- Elf Bane – Vlastarus Elite Gear Vendor (Cyrodiil)
ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build Skills
ESO Infinity Archive Tank Build Scribed Skills
If you have the Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road chapter, you’ll have access to the Scribing system. This system allows you to create skills to optimize your setup. These skills can be customized to suit your individual needs, though the following are suggested options.
Focus Script: Pull
Deals Magic Damage to an enemy, pulls them to you, and taunts them if they are not already taunted.
Signature Script: Druid’s Resurgence
Restores Magicka and Stamina.
Affix Script: Cowardice
Afflicts the enemy with Major Cowardice, reducing Weapon and Spell Damage.
Focus Script: Damage Shield
Grants you an your allies a damage shield that absorbs damage, scaling off your Max Health and capped at a % of your Max Health.
Signature Script: Anchorite’s Potency
If in combat, consumes a Soul Gem to generate Ultimate.
Affix Script: Interrupt
Interrupts enemies that are casting.
Focus Script: Dispel
Removes up to 3 enemy area effect abilities.
Signature Script: Druid’s Resurgence
Restores Magicka to you per enemy hit.
Affix Script: Cowardice
Afflicts enemies with Minor Cowardice for, reducing Weapon and Spell Damage.
