Solo Knight — Hybrid Dragonknight Cyrodiil / Imperial City Build
Published May 10, 2026 · Updated May 17, 2026 Patch U50
Dragonknight built to hold the line in solo and small-scale PvP. Hard to kill while maintaining constant pressure through Molten Whip procs and AoE pressure with Incinerate and Heart of Flame.
Seething Fury morph — DK abilities build up to 3 stacks that empower the next cast with bonus Magicka-scaling Flame Damage; rewards active ability weaving over Flame Lash's proc-based sustain.
Offensive morph — applies Major Breach on enemies, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance.
Reduces enemy Physical Resistance on hit — essential for cutting through heavy armor in PvP.
Dual Wield morph — provides both mobility and passive damage mitigation while active.
AoE fire DoT around the caster — deals sustained damage over time to nearby enemies.
Mobility ultimate — gap closer that deals AoE damage on landing and grants a brief CC immunity window.
Grants Major Expedition (+30% move speed) and Minor Force (+10% crit damage), plus removes all snares and grants CC immunity for 4 seconds on cast — essential escape and burst window opener.
Solo heal-over-time — strong self-sustain in prolonged PvP engagements without requiring group play.
Burst self-heal that scales with missing Health — the lower your HP, the more it restores.
Self-sustain morph — restores missing Health alongside Magicka and Stamina; preferred over Soul of Flame when personal HP recovery matters more than the interrupt, stun, and higher burst damage.
AoE heal on the ground — reposition under it regularly to maintain the healing uptime.
Defensive ultimate — rewinds your character's state 4 seconds back in time, restoring HP and resources to what they were before the burst hit.
Buffs & Uptimes 04
Hearth and HomeMajor Protectiondecent HoT — keep it below you.- Quick CloakMajor Evasion+30% Move Speed 4s — should be up 24/24.
- Resolving VigorMain HoTkeep high uptime.
- Race Against TimeMinor Force · Major Expeditionspeed-scaling — kite, don't camp.
- IncinerateStep 01 · Delayed AoE Burst
- Heart of FlameStep 02 · Delayed AoE Burst
- Disintegrating DragonfireStep 03 · Debuff
- Shattering RocksStep 04 · Stun your target
- Molten Whip or Take FlightStep 05 · Final Burst
- 1 Armor 1487
- 2 Max Health + Major Resolve 1206 HP / +5948 Physical & Spell Resistance
- 1 Weapon & Spell Damage and Armor per active set with 3+ pieces worn +100 Damage / +1157 Armor per qualifying set
- 2 Critical Chance 657
- 3 Max Magicka 1096
- 4 Critical Chance 657
- 5 Healing critical strikes grant nearby group members 1650 Critical Resistance and 300 Weapon & Spell Damage for 20s (max once per 15s)
- 2 Weapon and Spell Damage 129
- 3 Max Stamina 1096
- 4 Critical Chance 657
- 5 Offensive Penetration per stack (up to 10 stacks, 5s duration) 544
| Slot | Item | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Mighty Chudan | ||
| Shoulders | Mighty Chudan | ||
| Chest | Armor of the Trainee | ||
| Hands | Rallying Cry | ||
| Waist | Rallying Cry | ||
| Legs | Two-Fanged Snake | ||
| Feet | Two-Fanged Snake |
| Slot | Item | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring I | Two-Fanged Snake | ||
| Ring II | Markyn Ring of Majesty | ||
| Neck | Rallying Cry |
| Slot | Item | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Hand Mace | Two-Fanged Snake | ||
| Off Hand Mace | Two-Fanged Snake | ||
| Backup Main Sword | Rallying Cry | ||
| Backup Off Shield | Rallying Cry |
Bewitched Sugar Skulls
- Maximum Health4,620
- Maximum Stamina4,250
- Health Recovery462
Tri-stat food — covers all three resource pools in one slot
Essence of Weapon Power
Grants Major Brutality which increases your Weapon Damage by 20% for 36.6 seconds.
- Blessed Thistle
- Dragonthorn
- Stinkhorn
Grants Major Brutality + restores Stamina
The Atronach
Increases Magicka Recovery
Recommended default for this build
- 1 Cleansing Revival Healing a target under 25% Health removes all harmful effects from them (once every 24 seconds). 50
- 2 Master-at-Arms Increases your damage done with direct damage attacks. 50
- 3 Ironclad Reduces your damage taken by direct damage attacks by 6%. 50
- 4 Fighting Finesse Increases your critical damage and critical healing done. 50
- 1 Celerity Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. 50
- 2 Slippery When you are affected by a disabling effect, you automatically Break Free for no cost. Triggers a 21-second Winded cooldown. 50
- 3 Fortified Grants 1731 Armor. 50
- 4 Pain's Refuge Reduces your damage taken by 2% for every 2 negative effects active on you, up to a maximum of 20%. 50