Obisidan Skeleton - Necromancer Build PvE - ESO

Time to be big and tanky.

By Dogmut   •  Updated 2 weeks ago

Introduction

Time to be big and tanky.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Extremely hard to kill in both solo and group content
  • Self sustaining through the summon and corpse consumption loop
  • Strong group utility through taunting, resurrection and AoE disruption
  • Hard to kill, hard to ignore

Cons

  • Slow sustained damage
  • Summons fragile in PvP
  • Magicka reliant
  • Taunt range limited
Equipped active Skills
Plan a skill bar with this build

Character

All about character setup

Race Options

Attributes

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    Magicka
    0
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    Health
    64
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    Stamina
    0

Mundus stone, Curse

Passives

All passive Skills

Addon Export

You can use this to import this build into the following addons: Caro's Skill Point Saver.

Buffs & Debuffs

Buffs granted from skills, items & potions
Major Brutality icon
Major Brutality
Increases Weapon Damage by 20%
Major Cowardice icon
Major Cowardice
Reduces Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430
Major Defile icon
Major Defile
Reduces Healing Received and Health Recovery by 12%
Major Resolve icon
Major Resolve
Increases Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948
Major Sorcery icon
Major Sorcery
Increases Spell Damage by 20%
Minor Protection icon
Minor Protection
Reduces damage taken by 5%
Minor Resolve icon
Minor Resolve
Increases Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 2974

Guide

Build Explanation

This build is built around one idea: you don't go down. Playing as a Khajiit Necromancer, you command an army of undead minions that fight alongside you while you absorb punishment on the frontline so your team doesn't have to.

Your summons (a Skeletal Mage and Blighted Blastbones) constantly generate corpses which you then consume through Necrotic Potency, restoring your resources and fuelling your survivability loop. The more you summon and consume, the harder you become to kill.

A Spirit Guardian sits alongside you at all times, intercepting incoming damage that would otherwise hit you directly, while Beckoning Armour taunts ranged enemies and pulls them into melee range, keeping everything focused on you and away from your group.

When things get desperate, Hungry Scythe provides emergency healing, and Ravenous Goliath transforms you into a massive skeleton that pulses AoE damage to everything around you, making you simultaneously a damage presence and an immovable object.

For group play, Life Amid Death and the Animate Blastbones ultimate provide resurrection support, meaning you're not just a damage sponge; you're keeping your team in the fight.

Updated 2 weeks ago