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The Best ESO Tank Scribing Skills 2025

Scribing is now free for everyone in ESO, and that means it's the perfect time to revisit the best tank-focused scribed spells. From crowd control to survivability boosts and ultimate generation, this guide covers the strongest and most flexible tank scripts in the game right now.

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The Best ESO Tank Scribing Spells

With scribing becoming free for all ESO players on July 10th 2025, now is the perfect time to dive into this powerful custom skill system — especially if you’re a tank.

Originally introduced with the Gold Road chapter, scribing allows you to create custom abilities using Focus, Signature, and Affix scripts. With over 4,000 possible combinations, this system opens up a whole new level of flexibility for tank builds.

Whether you’re focused on survival, group support, crowd control, or utility, tanks can now build around their needs more than ever before. Even classes that were previously considered suboptimal for tanking can now hold their own with the right scribed tools.

In this updated 2025 guide, we break down the best scribed spells for ESO tanks being used right now across Trials, Dungeons, and Arena content. From ultimate generation and damage shields to taunts, pulls, and debuffs, these are the top picks for mastering tanking with the scribing system.

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Chilling Explosion

Script Skill: Elemental Explosion

Focus Script: Frost Damage

Signature: Assassin’s Misery

Affix: Brittle

Niche AoE Trash Skill

Chilling Explosion is a situational but powerful AoE tool for trash pulls. It inflicts a stack of valuable debuffs on all enemies hit — including Minor Brittle to increase their Critical Damage taken, as well as Burning, Chill, and Concussion to boost overall group DPS.

While not essential in every situation, this spell can make a big difference if your group is struggling to clear trash packs quickly in dungeons or trials. Add it to your toolkit when you’re looking to speed things up and give your damage dealers a helping hand.

Warding Burst

Script Base: Soul Burst

Focus Script: Damage Shield

Signature: Sage’s Remedy

Affix: Courage

Reliable Group Shielding + Courage Buff

Warding Burst offers a strong, scalable group-wide damage shield that works especially well for tanks thanks to its max health scaling. On top of that, it applies a steady healing-over-time effect, keeping your group topped up during heavy damage phases.

What makes this skill stand out, though, is the Minor Courage affix, which boosts your group’s Weapon and Spell Damage. It’s a reliable way to passively enhance DPS while doing your job as a tank. The Signature Script isn’t crucial here, feel free to swap it if needed. The real value comes from the Courage buff.

Leashing Soul

Script Base: Wield Soul

Focus Script: Pull

Signature: Druid’s Resurgence

Affix: Vitality (Flex: Maim, Cowardice, Breach)

Your Go-To Pull Skill

Leashing Soul is one of the most versatile tools in a tank’s toolkit. It pulls enemies to you, taunts them, and instantly returns both Magicka and Stamina, making it more than just a control ability. Used correctly, it doubles as a hidden sustain tool that’s especially valuable for newer tanks or stamina-heavy fights.

If you cast it using Magicka (which you’ll naturally recover while blocking), it refunds Stamina, even while blocking, letting you squeeze out some extra sustain during tough encounters. The Affix is flexible too: go with Major Vitality for survival, or swap to Maim or Cowardice for reducing enemies damage output.

Heroic Torch

Script Base: Torchbearer

Focus Script: Generate Ultimate

Signature: Gladiator’s Tenacity

Affix: Heroism

Niche Utility: Ultimate Gen + Damage Reduction

Heroic Torch is a situational spell that can shine in the right setup. It grants Major Heroism, steadily generating Ultimate for both you and your group, while also offering a layer of damage reduction, making it ideal for fights where survivability and ult uptime go hand-in-hand.

It’s most valuable in coordinated Trial groups or boss encounters that revolve around fast Ultimate rotations, like Warhorn chains or defensive ult spam. Not a core part of every tank build, but a great tool to keep in your back pocket when the situation calls for it.

Chilling Trample

Script Base: Trample

Focus Script: Frost Damage (not essential)

Signature: Assassin’s Misery

Affix: Heroism (Optional: Expedition for speed fights)

Strong Heroism Generator and Enemy Debuff

Chilling Trample deals AoE Frost damage while applying several powerful status effects including Burning, Chill, and Concussion when paired with Assassin’s Misery. But the real strength of this spell lies in the Major Heroism affix, giving you a steady stream of Ultimate regeneration.

It’s a great pick for sustained fights and fits perfectly into Warhorn-based rotations or any build that thrives on frequent ultimate usage. The Focus Script isn’t critical here, it’s the Heroism and the layered debuffs that make this spell a standout.

Goading Throw

Script Base: Shield Throw

Focus Script: Taunt

Signature: Sage’s Remedy

Affix: Flex (Maim, Interrupt, Resolve, Evasion, Vitality, Cowardice)

Versatile Taunt with Flex Affix Options

Goading Throw is a reliable taunt with one major strength — flexibility. The spell’s Affix Script can be fully tailored to the situation: use Maim to reduce enemy damage, Interrupt for a ranged interrupt, Resolve for a boost to your resistances, or even Vitality or Cowardice depending on needs.

It’s a strong option to keep in your rotation, especially if you want a customisable taunt that brings added utility beyond just aggro control. Swap out the affix freely to match your role or encounter.

Warding Contingency

Script Base: Ulfsild’s Contingency

Focus Script: Damage Shield

Signature: Gladiator’s Tenacity

Affix: Protection (Flex: Intellect and Endurance)

Group Defensive Utility Skill

Warding Contingency is a strong defensive tool that grants your group a reactive damage shield when you use an ability. It’s ideal for fights where mitigation is key.

The Affix Script here is flexible, use Protection for a guaranteed boost to survivability, or swap to Intellect and Endurance for extra resource recovery if you already have Minor Protection from another source. A dependable support skill that adds real value in prolonged encounters.

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