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ESO Dragonknight Class Beginner Guide

This Dragonknight Beginner Guide will teach you everything you need to know about the Class in ESO! The Dragonknight is the Class of Fire and Earth in The Elder Scrolls Online. One of the ESO Classes available with the base game, that can help you create a powerful Fire Mage or Fire Warrior, as well as one of the best Tanks in the game! The Dragonknight is a sturdy Class, perfect for players that want a strong character in PVE or PVP gameplay.

Why Choose the Dragonknight Class in ESO

As one of the four available classes with the base game, the Dragonknight is a beginner friendly Class, especially for the role of Tanking. Dragonknights make excellent Tanks for PVE Gameplay. A sturdy Class with several defensive and utility skills, that can help you survive and crowd control enemies with ease. It is a quite flexible and potent Class for Damage Dealer roles as well. This is thanks to their focus on powerful Fire damage!

The Magicka Dragonknight is the definition of a Fire Mage in ESO. If you wish to focus on Fire damage and utility then picking a Dragonknight is your best option. The MagDk is however more efficient in melee range, which narrows down your play style with the Class. Stamina Dragonknight on the other hand, make strong Fire based Warriors, that melt enemies fast.

Both damage dealer versions of the Dragonknight are sturdy and potent in PVE and PVP gameplay. This is because of their numerous offensive and defensive abilities, that can boost their damage, defense and heals. Although it has a few healing abilities, the Dragonknight is not the best healer in ESO. Overall, Dragonknights are excellent Tanks and great Damage dealers for both Magicka or Stamina builds.

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Dragonknight Tank

Dragonknight Beginner Builds:

What Skills are the Best for Dragonknight – Dragonknight Beginner

Before we can talk of the most important Dragonknight skills, you have to decide what kind of Dragonknight you wish to create! A Magicka based or Stamina based Dragonknight. This will determine the type of gameplay and the morphs of skills you should choose as you level up. To create a Magicka based Dragonknight(DD or Healer) allocate all your available attribute points to Magicka. To create a Stamina one, allocate your points to Stamina. You can also mix them up if you wish to make a Tank character.

Leveling a Dragonknight and their skills is similar to leveling any other class in the game. There are several methods you can follow to level up fast and efficiently, like grinding XP at specific locations, clearing Dolmens and completing group content. You can find a lot more info on how to level up a character fast and efficiently in my ESO Leveling Guide.

There are several important skills you should unlock and level up as soon as possible. Class, Weapons and Guild Skills that will help you create the build of your dreams! To level up skills and skill-lines, always have one or more of their skills in your bars, even if you are not using them. So let’s start with the most important Dragonknight Class skills.

Class Skills – Dragonknight Beginner

The Dragonknight has three unique skill lines with abilities suitable for every role in the game. Both Magicka and Stamina Dragonknights benefit from the Class’ skills and can use them to create strong DPS or Tank builds along with other abilities.

The Dragonknight Skill lines are:

  • Ardent Flame
  • Draconic Power
  • Earthen Heart

Ardent Flame

Ardent Flame is the offense focused skill line for the Dragonknight Class. Magicka and Stamina Dragonknights can use the skills found here to create strong DPS builds and compete in PVE or PVP content.

Lava Whip and its two morphs, Molten Whip and Flame Lash are vital for Dragonknights and work as the class’ main spammable. Searing Strike offers a Fire based ability for Stamina and Magicka versions, that can help with damage.

Core of Flame and its morphs are essential for sustain. Hearthfire is a heal ability, perfect for support roles while Inferno offers a Fire AOE with Incinerate and a Heal AOE skill with Cauterize. Finally the Shifting Standard(Dragonknight Standard Morph) Ultimate is a powerful option for Dragonknights.

Draconic Power

This line offers a mix of offensive and support abilities. Engulfing Dragonfire is a Fire based Beam like ability that deals massive Damage while Disintegrating Dragonfire debuffs enemies. Dark Talons and morphs offer Crowd Control, Blood of the Green Dragon and its morphs can heal you back to life while Wing Buffet and its morphs protect you and your allies. Finally Chains of Dominance is a Class based pull ability that can assist Tanks! The Take Flight Ultimate greatly boosts your damage.

Earthen Heart

Magma Fist is an important Dk Support skill, that increases the damage enemies take! Molten Weapons and its morphs boost damage and add Fire damage to your attacks. Obsidian Shield morphs offer a valuable shield to you and your allies. Petrify and its morphs add more Crowd Control capabilities to your Dragonknight while Earthspike Mantle offers a defensive and an offensive morph for you to choose from! Magma Shell and Corrosive Armor Morphs of Magma Armor can be helpful in any kind of content.

Dragonknight Subclassing

Subclassing allows you to combine skills from up to three Classes in ESO, in order to create powerful Builds! The Dragonknight is a nice Class to pick for Subclassing, if you wish to focus more on Damage over Time. Their Fire skills allow you to create Status effects based builds with good DoT capabilities. Ardent Flame is their main DPS skill line while Draconic Power and Earthen Heart offer options to a variety of Builds.

Skills Priority – Dragonknight Beginner

Unlocking and leveling up your Class active skills and passives, should be your number one priority. This will unlock the potential of your Class and allow you to combine them for better results. Weapon and Guild Skills should follow after. Of course everything depends on your goals and preferred play style. Getting a strong spammable and a good AOE ability early will allow you to level up faster and more efficiently. Regarding Passives, I always recommend getting everything from skill lines you are using. Again Class Passives, along with Racial ones, should come first, followed by Weapon and Guild ones.

Mundus Stones – Dragonknight Beginner

Mundus Stones offer strong buffs to your character that can help you complete content faster. They are located all around Tamriel and based on their offered buff are more suitable for PVE or PVP gameplay. When you are leveling up you should get the Atronach Mundus that boosts Magicka Recovery or the Serpent Mundus that boosts Stamina Recovery. This will assist you with sustain and will allow you to use your skills for longer.

As you are getting more experienced and can sustain better, switch to the Lover Mundus. The Lover boosts your Physical and Spell Penetration, making it easier to kill enemies. A great option for early gameplay but also Solo content. For group PVE you want to switch to the Thief (better Critical Chance). For PVP get the Warrior(more Weapon Damage), the Apprentice(more Spell Damage) or even the Atronach/Serpent for better Sustain. Tank characters can benefit from the Atronach Mundus while Healers can use the Atronach, the Apprentice or even the Ritual(better Healing).

Champion Points – Dragonknight Beginner

After level 50 you will start earning Champion Points. These allow you to unlock Passive and Slottable Stars in the Champion Points tab, that can further empower your character. You can earn Champion Points by simply playing the game and leveling up. In total there are three constellations in the Elder Scrolls Online:

Each constellation offers different Stars that can help with different roles and activities. Warfare is the constellation that is focusing more on combat and provides bonuses to Damage Dealers, Tanks and Healers. Allocating your Champion Points appropriately and unlocking the right Stars for the role you wish to fulfill is rather important. You can find more info on Champion Points and the right Passive and Slottable Stars for every Role in my Champion Points Guide.

Vampire or Werewolf – Dragonknight Beginner

Being a Vampire or Werewolf is not necessary to fully enjoy your Dragonknight. You can find a lot more info on Vampires and Werewolves in my ESO Vampire vs Werewolf Guide.