The Elder Scrolls Online best Solo Arcanist build: Abilities, armor, and more

The Elder Scrolls Online is ZeniMax's hit MMORPG set in the continent of Tamriel. It introduces new battle content with unique storylines and rewards. These entice you to explore those narratives to uncover the buried secrets of this game's world. The Endless Archive is the title's first attempt at a roguelike battle mode with infinite arenas and random boss encounters.

However, you can only play it solo or in a group of two. As dealing adequate damage against bosses is required in either case, you will be missing a dedicated healer and tank in your party.

An optimal build with good self-sustainability is essential when you're playing alone. This article offers a look at the Solo Arcanist build guide in The Elder Scrolls Online.

Best The Elder Scrolls Online Solo Arcanist abilities and passives

The Solo Arcanist is a Stamina-focused build in The Elder Scrolls Online. It specializes in dealing exorbitant damage while providing sustainability and defenses to survive incoming damage from boss abilities.

Here are the best skills for the Solo Arcanist build:

Primary Bar	Secondary Bar
Slot 1: Camouflaged Hunter	Slot 1: Elemental Susceptibility
Slot 2: Pragmatic Fatecarver	Slot 2: Runeguard of Freedom
Slot 3: Quick Cloak	Slot 3: Cruxweaver Armor
Slot 4: Cephaloarch's Flail	Slot 4: Recuperative Treatise
Slot 5: Spiteward of the Lucid Mind	Slot 5: Barbed Trap
Ultimate: Sanctum of the Abyssal Sea	Ultimate: The Languid Eye

Pragmatic Fatecarver is your primary damaging ability, which also applies a decent shield that absorbs enemy damage. Cephaliarch's Flail is an execution skill that inflicts 100 percent more damage to enemies with less than 50 percent health and casts a sizeable heal on you.

All the other abilities should be used off cooldown, as they provide essential buffs and resistances.

The passives from the various skills lines listed below are crucial for the Solo Arcanist:

Herald of Tome: Fated Fortune, Harnessed Quintessence, Psychic Lesion, Splintered Secrets
Curative Runeforms: Healing Tides, Hideous Clarity, Erudition, Intricate Runeforms
Soldier of Apocrypha: Aegis of the Unseen, Wellspring of the Abyss, Circumvented Fate, Implacable Outcome
Dual Wield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut, Revitalize, Rapid Mending
Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
Racial: All
Alchemy: Medicinal Use

With these abilities and passives, consider using the Lady Mundus Stone for increased Physical and Spell resistance and Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables food for enhanced Max Magicka and health.

Khajit is the most suitable race for the Solo Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online due to its increased Critical Damage and Critical Healing.

Best The Elders Scrolls Online Solo Arcanist armor, weapons, and enchantments

The Solo Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online uses a mix of Heavy and Medium Armor. Dual-wielded dagger and mace are the primary weapons of choice, and a Frost Staff is used as the secondary option.

The following armor sets and enchantments are well-suited for this build:

Gear	Set	Trait	Enchantment
Head (Medium Armor)	Perfected Ansuul's Torment	Reinforced	Tri-Stat
Shoulder (Medium Armor)	Perfected Ansuul's Torment	Reinforced	Tri-Stat
Chest (Heavy Armor)	Warrior-Poet	Reinforced	Tri-Stat
Hands (Medium Armor)	Perfected Ansuul's Torment	Nirnhoned	Tri-Stat
Waist (Light Armor)	Armor of the Trainee	Divines	Tri-Stat
Legs (Heavy Armor)	Warrior-Poet	Reinforced	Tri-Stat
Feet (Heavy Armor)	Warrior-Poet	Reinforced	Tri-Stat
Necklace	Warrior-Poet	Bloodthirsty	Tri-Stat
Ring	Warrior-Poet	Bloodthirsty	Tri-Stat
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Bloodthirsty	Tri-Stat
Weapon 1 (Dual-wielded dagger and mace)	Perfected Ansuul's Torment	Sharpened and Defending	Fiery and Poisoned Weapon
Weapon 2 (Frost Staff)	Perfected Wrath of Elements	Infused	Weapon Damage

Here are the recommended Champion Points allocation for the Solo Arcanist build:

Warfare Tree

Ironclad
Duelist's Rebuff
Unassailable
Thaumaturge

Fitness Tree

Fortified
Bloody Renewal
Bastion
Boundless Vitality

Craft Tree

Liquid Efficiency
Master Gatherer
Meticulous Disassembly
Steed's Blessing

That concludes this guide to Solo Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online.

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