Dragon Bones - Necromancer Build PvE - ESO

• Rotation 

Nord Necromancer Tank (Bone Tyrant + Living Death) with Draconic Power subclass
 

This tank build combines high survivability with the kind of group buffs and debuff uptime that translate into smoother mechanics and faster kills.

• It stabilizes boss fights: reliable taunts, clean positioning, and consistent debuff uptime keep the boss predictable and the arena safe for your group.
• It controls adds (where CC actually works): roots/fears are used to lock down trash and add waves, reducing incoming damage and keeping stacks tight for AoE.
• It’s hard to kill: layered mitigation reduces spike deaths, so healers can play proactively instead of constantly saving the tank.
• It boosts group DPS: Turning Tide creates Major Vulnerability windows, increasing team damage during burn phases.
• It adds a core raid buff: Yolnahkriin provides Minor Courage to the group simply by doing your job (taunting).
• It extends key debuffs: Nazaray turns your ultimates into longer uptime on major/minor debuffs, making DPS phases smoother and more consistent.

Rotation 

Pre-pull setup (2–3s before)

1. Hardened Armor
2. Spirit Guardian
3. If heavy trash pull: Agony Totem on stack point
4. Trash pulls
   • Stack → Talons to lock + maim
   • Totem for fear + group protection
   • Optional: Beckoning Armor is useful when the content actually has annoying ranged attackers you want stacked, but it competes for bar space with Hardened Armor / Protective Plate / Totem / Expunge, which are more universally valuable.

Boss loop

1. Taunt management
   • Pierce Armor on your main target (refresh before it drops)
   • Inner Rage for ranged pickup / 2nd target 
2. Group debuffs
   • Keep your Frost Wall down for back-bar pressure + Crusher uptime support
   • Proc Turning Tide on cooldown: Block something → Bash (every 15s)
3. Damage smoothing
   1. Heroic Slash on boss (maim + ult gen)
   2. Maintain Spirit Guardian
4. Oh-crap buttons
   • Protective Plate when projectile pressure spikes
   • Expunge and Modify when debuffed (and for sustain)

Ult choices:

1. Ferocious Leap = fast defensive tempo tool
2. Ravenous Goliath = “I refuse to die” window
3. Use Nazaray windows intentionally: ult when key debuffs are up to extend them.