You can find all our Pocket ESO Builds right here: Best ESO builds
Templar Class
Build Overview
Templars are the holy warriors of the Elder Scrolls Universe. They are able to call upon the power of the Sun itself in order to smite and burn their enemies and heal their allies. Templars are also able to strengthen their friends by restoring Health, Stamina, and Magicka. Magicka Templars excel in dealing Melee and Ranged Damage, and Sustaining that Damage for the whole fight. They are also known for their versatility and abilities which are capable of dealing damage and healing them and their allies at the same time. MT's rotation is regarded as one of the easier ones to learn and master, so this setup is great for players who are still gaining their game experience. Important note: The best Races for Magicka Templars are currently Dunmer, Breton, Khajiit, and Altmer.
We have decided to feature only one item set based on the best items for general usage. There are better setups for certain encounters and tweaks for either Boss fights or AoE clearing. If you would like alternative gear options included please let us know in the comments section below.
Pros | Cons |
Good AoE Damage | Many abilities force static playstyle, which results in low combat mobility |
High Single Target Damage | Rotation must be perfected for the optimal resource management |
Above average Survivability | |
Doesn't run out of resources easily, thanks to good Sustain |
|
Attributes Priority
|
|
|
|
|
Primary Skillset
[Fire Staff - Primary DPS Bar]
Solar Barrage (Templar: Dawn's Wrath, morphed from Solar Flare) - blasts enemies around you with the Solar Energy, dealing Magic Damage every 2s for 6s. Using this also increases the Damage of your next Light Attack used within the uptime by 40%. Good Damaging ability combined with a buff to your Light Attacks. | |
Elemental Weapon (Guild: Psijic Order, morphed from Imbue Weapon) - causes your next Light Attack used within 2 seconds to Deal 739 additional Magic Damage. This ability is one of your main Damage sources and should be used to empower your attacks as often as possible without breaking rotation. | |
Blazing Spear (Templar: Aedric Spear, morphed from Spear Shards) - you bring down the Divine Wrath, dealing Magic Damage to all enemies within the area, and then more Magic Damage every 1s for 8s. While active, friendlies can activate synergy of the Blessed Shard, and restore Stamina or Magicka (the highest percentage is always chosen). Solid AoE ability which also helps with the Sustain of your group. | |
Radiant Oppression (Templar: Dawn's Wrath, morphed from Radiant Destruction) - you burn your enemy with a beam of Holy Fire, dealing high amounts of Magic Damage over 1.8s. This deals up to 480% more Damage to Targets below 50% Health, and inflicts additional Damage proportional to your current Magicka level, for the maximum of 20% additional Damage. Your main finisher, and execute phase spammable ability, its potential Damage to wounded targets is unbelievable. This is also the reason why you should learn how to manage and maintain your resources properly. | |
Inner Light (Guild: Mages Guild, morphed from Magelight) - when slotted, it passively increases your Maximum Magicka by 2%, and Spell Critical by 2191. This can be activated in order to reveal Invisible or Stealthed Targets. Inner Light provides you with a strong passive buff which largely contributes to your DPS and adds some Sustain. This also synergizes with the Might of the Guild passive and should be used in order to activate it, preferably before casting an Ultimate. | |
Ultimate: Elemental Rage (Weapon: Destruction Staff, morphed from Elemental Storm) - creates the Elemental Cataclysm at the Target area; Cataclysm builds up for 2 seconds, and then deals massive amounts of Magic Damage every second for 7 seconds to all Targets in range. Firey Rage deals 10% additional Damage, Ice Rage freezes enemies in place, and Thunder Rage increases the duration by an additional 2 seconds. Great Burst Damage AoE spell, which combined with the Destruction Expert passive helps you Sustain resources in combat. |
Secondary Skillset
[Fire Staff - AoE/Defense/Sustain Bar]
Channeled Focus (Templar: Restoring Light, morphed from Rune Focus) - you place a defensive rune on the ground. If you stay on it, you will regenerate 240 Magicka every second and gain 5280 Physical and Spell Resistance; this effect persists for up to 8 seconds after leaving the rune. Physical and Spell Resistance buffs are 50% more effective while you remain inside the Rune. | |
Elemental Blockade (Weapon: Destruction Staff, morphed from Wall of Elements) - you create an Elemental Barrier by slamming down your Staff. All enemies within the barrier take 198 Magic Damage every Second. Fire blockade deals more Damage to Burning enemies, Frost blockade slows Targets and immobilizes chilled Enemies, and Storm blockade throws concussed enemies off balance. This is a great source of both Single Target and AoE Damage and should be maintained at all times. | |
Spell Symmetry (Guild: Mages Guild, morphed from Equilibrium) - you sacrifice 6000 Health to gain 3000 Magicka, activating this also reduces the cost of your next Magicka Ability by 25% for 5s. This also reduces your Healing Done and Damage Shield strength by 50% for 4s. This provides you with good Sustain, but at a cost; use it wisely, because it can get you killed when used just before taking Damage. | |
Channeled Acceleration (Guild: Psijic Order, morphed from Accelerate) - when activated, it increases your Movement Speed by 30% for 9 seconds, and Critical Damage by 10% for 36 seconds. A mobility cooldown paired with a minor DPS buff which can somewhat compensate Downtime caused by relocating during an Encounter. | |
Harness Magicka (Armor: Light Armor, morphed from Annulment) - Very Strong defensive ability which shields you from incoming Damage, and provides you with some additional Magicka regeneration. It surrounds you with a Magic Barrier which absorbs a maximum of 2715 damage, which is capped at 40% of your Max Health. When this absorbs Spell Damage, you regain 238 Magicka; this effect is increased by 6% for every piece of Light Armor equipped, and cannot occur more than three times per shield. | |
Ultimate: Crescent Sweep (Templar: Aedric Spear, morphed from Radial Sweep) - A sweeping blow that deals High Damage to all Enemies around you, and an additional Damage every 2 seconds for 6s to all Targets hit. This deals 60% increased Damage to enemies in front of you. Very powerful Ultimate Ability, especially good when AoE Burst Damage is needed. Thanks to the 60% increased frontal damage effect, this also boosts your Primary Target damage significantly. |
Notable Passive Skills
Below you will find a list of the notable Passive Skills for this build. Please keep in mind that there are dozens of good passive skills for Magicka Builds available in the game, which provides a lot of space for customization, and tweaking. You should view the below-described passive abilities as rough guidelines that should be followed in order to optimize your character. | |
Prism (Templar: Dawn's Wrath) - your Dawn's Wrath abilities grant you an additional 3 Ultimate; this effect has a 6-second internal cooldown. More Ultimate is always good, and with this passive, you will gain 3 pretty much every 6 seconds. | |
Illuminate (Templar: Dawn's Wrath) - your Dawn's Wrath abilities now also grant you and your group a 10% Spell Damage buff for the 20s. This provides a great DPS boost to you and every other Magicka user in your group. | |
Restoring Spirit (Templar: Dawn's Wrath) - Reduces the resource (Ultimate, Magicka, and Stamina) cost of all your abilities by 4%. Great for increased Sustain. | |
Burning Light (Templar: Aedric Spear) - dealing Damage with an Aedric Spear ability causes you to deal an additional 477 Magic Damage 25% of the time. This effect has a 0.5s internal Cooldown. Aedric Spear abilities are among your main Damage sources, so improving them is just great. | |
Evocation (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Magicka recovery by 2% for every piece of Light Armor equipped, and reduces the cost of your Magicka-based abilities by 4%. This will greatly increase your Magicka recovery which in turn will give you much-needed Sustain. | |
Prodigy (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Spell Critical by 2191 when you have at least 5 pieces of Light Armor equipped. Damage boosting passive, always good for DPS builds. | |
Concentration (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Spell Penetration by 4884 if you have at least 5 pieces of Light Armor equipped. This lets you ignore some of the Enemy's Magic resistances, which in turn increases your Magic Damage done to them. | |
Ancient Knowledge (Weapon: Destruction Staff) - your Damage done with the Single Target spells is increased by 4% if you have a Flaming Staff equipped. You will have a Flaming Staff equipped, so this is mandatory. | |
Destruction Expert (Weapon: Destruction Staff) - killing an enemy with Destruction Staff spell, or a Weapon Attack now restores 3600 Magicka. This lets you restore Magicka with your Elemental Rage. | |
Might of the Guild (Guild: Mages Guild) - Casting a Mages Guild spell now increases the Damage of your next Attack used within 5 seconds by 20%. This has synergy with the Inner Light and should be capitalized on before using an Ultimate. | |
Undaunted Mettle (Guild: Undaunted) - increases your Maximum Stamina, Health, and Magicka by 2% per type of Armor equipped. More resources equal more Sustain. |
Gear
Recommended Items and Sets: | ||
Chest: Perfect Mantle of Siroria Set | ||
Type: Light | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Legs: Perfect Mantle of Siroria Set | ||
Gloves: Light | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Gloves: Mother's Sorrow Set | ||
Type: Light | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Boots: Mother's Sorrow Set | ||
Type: Light | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Belt: Mother's Sorrow Set | ||
Type: Light | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Head: Zaan Set | ||
Type: Medium | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Shoulder: Zaan Set | ||
Type: Heavy | Trait: Divine | Glyph: Magicka |
Necklace: Perfect Mantle of Siroria Set | ||
Type: Jewelry | Trait: Arcane | Glyph: Spell Damage |
Ring 1: Perfect Mantle of Siroria Set | ||
Type: Jewelry | Trait: Bloodthirsty | Glyph: Spell Damage |
Ring 2: Perfect Mantle of Siroria Set | ||
Type: Jewelry | Trait: Bloodthirsty | Glyph: Spell Damage |
Weapon 1: Mother's Sorrow Set | ||
Type: Fire Staff | Trait: Precise | Glyph: Fire Enchant |
Weapon 2: Maelstrom's Inferno Staff | ||
Type: Fire Staff | Trait: Infused | Glyph: Absorb Magic Enchant |
Sets used in this build: | ||
Perfect Mantle of Siroria: A Jewelry, Light Armor, and Weapons, bound on pickup, Trial set, which comes in two versions: Imperfect and Perfect; Perfect being, of course slightly better, however, the 5-item bonus is exactly the same for both versions. The whole set can be obtained in the Cloudrest mini-Trial and is a part of the Summerset Chapter; it's one of the best Magicka sets in the game. This set grants the following bonuses:
Zaan: A Shoulder and Helmet Heavy, Medium, and Light Armor Monster set. It requires the Dragon Bones DLC and can be obtained from the Veteran mode Scalecaller Peak in Stormheaven (Helmet), and from the Urglarg Chief-Bane's Chest by using Undaunted key on it (Shoulder). Trait and type of these set items are RNG-based. The set grants the following bonuses:
Mother's Sorrow: this is an Overland Jewelry, Light Armor, and Weapons set from the vanilla game, which can be looted in the Deshaan. It is regarded as one of the best Overland Magicka sets currently available. Mother's Sorrow set items are bound on equip, so they can be bought from Guild Traders, and other players. Wearing this set will grant you:
Maelstrom Set - this set is made up by a single piece and can be obtained from veteran Maelstrom Arena. All Maelstrom weapons have a special proc which depends on a weapon type, and is related to a specific ability; a Maelstrom Inferno Staff will grant you:
|
Champion Points
High priority |
The Lover: Arcanist The Steed: Ironclad The Ritual: Thaumaturge The Apprentice: Elfborn, Elemental Expert |
Medium priority |
The Shadow: Tumbling, Shadow Ward The Tower: Warlord The Lady: Elemental Defender, Hardy, Thick Skinned The Atronach: Master-at-Arms The Steed: Spellshield |
Low priority |
The Lover: Tenacity The Atronach: Staff Expert The Apprentice: Spell Erosion |
|
END NOTE This is the premiere version of our Magicka Templar Pocket Build for Elder Scrolls Online. This is in our humble opinion, the best possible setup for Magicka Templar which should give you immense DPS and reasonable group utility. We will appreciate any feedback and suggestions given that may help us improve this guide. You can leave those in the comments below. |
Pictures used in this article are the intellectual property of Bethesda Softworks