The War Saint - Ultimate Pure Templar U50 PvP - Build - ESO

The Update 50 War Saint is the culmination of everything that makes Templar special. Built around the new Class Mastery system, this setup abandons subclassing entirely in favor of embracing the full strength of the class itself.

Build Philosophy

-establish space.

-pressure from range.

-force repositioning.

-when health bars dip into execute territory, you unleash one of the deadliest finishers in ESO now supercharged thanks to our Bright Harbinger Class Mastery passive.

Update 50 rewards players who commit to class identity, and few classes benefit from that philosophy more than Templar. The result is a build capable of thriving in small-scale PvP, outnumbered engagements, battlegrounds, and organized groups.

Gear Setup

Front Bar

Oakfather’s Retribution

Bow

• Sharpened
• Escapist’s Poison IX

Oakfather amplifies your offensive pressure and rewards aggressive uptime. Deadly Strike is also strong, but I find Oakfathers to be the better option with the amount of 1-bar builds currently in the meta.

Back Bar

Wretched Vitality

Healing Staff

• Powered
• Crushing

Wretched Vitality remains one of the strongest sustain sets ever introduced.

Combined with Templar’s natural resource tools, it becomes almost impossible to exhaust.

Monster Set

Balorgh

• Medium Shoulder
• Heavy Helm

Balorgh transforms all that added ult generation we obtain from our second class passive Bastion of Light into explosive kill pressure against even the tankiest werewolf builds (results may vary).

When Toxic Barrage makes people die very fast.

Armor Traits

A mixture of:

• Well-Fitted
• Impenetrable
• Reinforced

paired with:

Prismatic Defense glyphs

across armor.

This setup allows:

• Efficient dodge rolling,
• Reduced critical damage taken,
• Massive effective health.

Jewelry

Infused

Prismatic Recovery

The sustain package of this build borders on absurd with these glyphs - personal preference here, you can also opt for more spell damage (though genuinely not needed).

Front Bar – Pressure

Lethal Arrow

Your opener.

Applies constant ranged pressure and punishes opponents attempting to disengage or heal.

Radiant Oppression

The centerpiece.

Templars possess arguably the strongest execute in ESO which just became a whole lot more OP.

Aurora Javelin

Control / spacing tool.

Acid Spray

AoE pressure.

Excellent for groups, chokepoints, and punishing stacked targets.

Venom Arrow

Interrupt.

Ranged harassment and our source of Major Brutality / Sorcery.

Additional pressure against healers and channeling opponents.

Ultimate: Toxic Barrage

The executioner’s sentence.

Combined with Balorgh, Toxic Barrage creates devastating kill windows capable of deleting players before they can stabilize.

Back Bar – Survival

Cleansing Ritual

One of the greatest support abilities in the game. Especially strong in this heavy status effect Meta.

Vampire’s Bane

Maintains offensive uptime while enabling Templar passives, source for major savagery and prophecy.

Blessing of Restoration

Reliable healing and support. Go to burst heal, and our source for minor resolve.

Restoring Focus

Excellent regen and healing combined with Major Resolve, one our strongest tools in the entire kit.

Razor Caltrops

Area denial.

Major Breach application.

Ultimate: Life Giver

The emergency button. Powerful group sustain.

Champion Points

Warfare

• Deadly Aim
• Duelist’s Rebuff
• Fighting Finesse
• Ironclad

Fitness

• Celerity
• Fortified
• Pain’s Refuge
• Sustained by Suffering

Craft

Quality-of-life selections:

• Steed’s Blessing
• Gifted Rider
• War Mount
• Master Gatherer

Update 50 finally rewards those willing to embrace class identity. Will be continuing to tweak this, appreciate the read and please feel free to hit me up on PS5, say hello if you see me in a BG!

Take care,

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