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

The Arcanist is the latest class added to The Elder Scrolls Online in the Necrom chapter. Players have been pleasantly surprised by this class' phenomenal performance in PvE content such as the Endless Archive, where survivability and resource management are the keys to victory. Even in dungeons and trials, where the damage output of classes takes priority over their survivability, the Arcanist has maintained its lead among other classes.

The Stamina Arcanist is the preferred build for veteran players competing in the leaderboards. It is also beginner-friendly, as a significant portion of its damage is not dependent on light attacks, unlike other classes.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the opinions of the writer.

Best The Elder Scrolls Online Stamina Arcanist abilities and passives

The Stamina Arcanist is an S-tier class in The Elder Scrolls Online. It specializes in inflicting exorbitant damage in trials and dungeons. It's a Stamina-based build, so you must invest all 64 Attribute points into Stamina in the Character Menu.

Here are the best skills for the Stamina Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online :

Primary Bar (Daggers)	Secondary Bar (Flame Staff)
Slot 1: Barbed Trap (Trap Beast Morph)	Slot 1: Scalding Rune (Fire Rune Morph)
Slot 2: Deadly Cloak (Blade Cloak Morph)	Slot 2: Blockade of Fire (Wall of Elements Morph)
Slot 3: Exhausting Fatecarver (Fatecarver Morph)	Slot 3: Inspired Scholarship (Tome-Bearer's Inspiration Morph)
Slot 4: Cephaliarch's Flail (Abyssal Impact Morph)	Slot 4: Fulminating Rune (The Imperfect Ring Morph)
Slot 5: Camouflaged Hunter (Expert Hunter Morph)	Slot 5: Camouflaged Hunter (Expert Hunter Morph)
Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker (Dawnbreaker Morph)	Ultimate: The Languid Eye (The Unblinking Eye Morph)

Use the skills in the following order to inflict optimal damage:

Deadly Cloak
Blockade of Fire
Scalding Rune
Barbed Trap
Inspired Scholarship
Fulminating Rune
Cephaliarch's Flail (twice)
Exhausting Fatecarver
Cephaliarch's Flail (twice)
Exhausting Fatecarver

Restart the loop after finishing an entire rotation of the above skills. Use The Languid Eye Ultimate whenever it's available.

Camouflaged Hunter and Flawless Dawnbreaker are only present in this setup for the passive buffs these abilities provide, like Major Savagery for increased Weapon Critical and Slayer for increased Weapon Damage, respectively.

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

Herald of Tome: Fated Fortune, Harnessed Quintessence, Psychic Lesion, Splintered Secrets
Curative Runeforms: Healing Tides, Hideous Clarity, Erudition
Soldier of Apocrypha: 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
Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
Undaunted: All
Alchemy: Medicinal Use

With these abilities and passives, consider using Essence of Heroism potions to increase Magicka, Stamina, and Ultimate Recovery.

For food, consume the Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables for enhanced Max Health and Max Stamina. If you want to increase your Critical Chance, it is essential to use the Thief Mundus Stone.

Dark Elf is the most suitable race for the Stamina Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online due to its increased Max Stamina and Weapon Damage passives.

Best The Elder Scrolls Online Stamina Arcanist armor, enchantments, and champion points

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The Stamina Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online utilizes Medium Armor. You can equip dual-wielded Daggers on the Primary Bar and a Flame Staff on the Secondary Bar.

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

Gear	Set (Beginner/Meta)	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Order's Wrath/Perfected Coral Riptide	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Shoulder	Slimecraw	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Chest	Leviathan/Deadly Strike	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Hands	Order's Wrath/Perfected Coral Riptide	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Waist	Leviathan/Deadly Strike	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Legs	Order's Wrath/Perfected Coral Riptide	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Feet	Leviathan/Deadly Strike	Divines	Maximum Stamina
Necklace	Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet	Bloodthirsty	Maximum Magicka, Maximum Health, Maximum Stamina
Ring	Order's Wrath/Perfected Coral Riptide	Bloodthirsty	Maximum Magicka, Maximum Health, Maximum Stamina
Ring	Order's Wrath/Perfected Coral Riptide	Bloodthirsty	Maximum Magicka, Maximum Health, Maximum Stamina
Primary Bar (Daggers)	Leviathan/Deadly Strike	Nirnhoned/Charged	Fiery Weapon/Poisoned Weapon
Secondary Bar (Flame Staff)	Perfected Crushing Wall	Infused	Weapon Damage

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

Warfare Tree

Wrathful Strikes
Biting Aura
Thaumaturge
Exploiter

Fitness Tree

Boundless Vitality
Fortified
Rejuvenation
Celerity

Craft Tree

Steed's Blessing
Treasure Hunter
Rationer
Gifted Rider

This concludes our guide to the Stamina Arcanist in The Elder Scrolls Online. For those interested, here is our Werewolf build for Endless Archive.