LAZY BONES! – ESO One Bar Necromancer Build

ESO One Bar Necromancer Build – Lazy Bones Update 50 Video Guide

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Lazy Bones – ESO One Bar Necromancer Build (All PvE Content)

Lazy Bones is a One Bar Necromancer build for The Elder Scrolls Online designed to keep the class simple without losing what makes a Necromancer fun to play.

Whether you're learning the class, farming solo, running group content, or spending hours in Infinite Archive, the goal is the same: reliable damage, excellent sustain, and as little unnecessary complexity as possible.

This is still a Necromancer through and through. You summon skeletons, create corpses, trigger explosions, and let chain reactions do the heavy lifting. Things die, things explode, and then the corpses explode too.

Update 50 & Class Mastery

Update 50 has given the build a significant boost thanks to the new Class Mastery system. The selected passives dramatically increase your damage as enemy Health drops, making the build stronger and stronger throughout a fight.

The lower the target gets, the harder Lazy Bones hits. It fits naturally into the Necromancer toolkit and adds a surprising amount of power without adding extra buttons or complexity.

Build Strengths

  • Only three skills require regular use
  • Fast-paced gameplay without complicated rotations
  • Extremely low resource demands once combat gets rolling
  • Several abilities become significantly cheaper or free through Necromancer mechanics
  • Strong single-target damage and area damage at the same time
  • Excellent sustain without relying on heavy attack gameplay
  • Powerful execute scaling from the new Class Mastery system
  • Works in solo, group, and Infinite Archive content

The end result is a build that feels far more active than most One Bar setups. You are not standing still channeling heavy attacks all day. Instead, you're constantly firing skills, creating corpses, triggering explosions, and keeping damage flowing with very little effort once the rotation gets started.

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Lazy Bones Build Skills

Lazy Bones is a one bar Lightning Staff Necromancer build designed for simplicity, survivability, and consistent damage. Below are the two supported skill loadouts — one optimized for all PvE content, and one for the Infinite Archive.

PvE Content Version (One Bar – Lightning Staff)

This version focuses on consistent damage output while maintaining simplicity and sustain, making it ideal for dungeons, trials, arenas, and general PvE content.

SlotIconSkillSkill Line
1 Necrotic Potency Necrotic PotencyNecromancer (Bone Tyrant)
2 Banner BearerBanner BearerScribing
3 Detonating Siphon Detonating SiphonNecromancer (Grave Lord)
4 Venom Skull Venom SkullNecromancer (Grave Lord)
5 Blighted Blastbones Blighted BlastbonesNecromancer (Grave Lord)
Ultimate Shooting Star Shooting Star or Pestilent ColossusMage Guild / Necromancer (Grave Lord)

Banner Bearer: Use the Physical Script, Class Script, and Resolve Script.

Infinite Archive Version (One Bar – Lightning Staff)

This setup prioritizes extreme sustain, corpse control, and survivability to handle long fights, skill modifiers, and scaling difficulty inside the Infinite Archive.

SlotIconSkillSkill Line
1 Necrotic Potency Necrotic PotencyNecromancer (Bone Tyrant)
2 Banner BearerBanner BearerScribing
3 Detonating Siphon Detonating SiphonNecromancer (Grave Lord)
4 Ruinous Scythe Ruinous ScytheNecromancer (Bone Tyrant)
5 Blighted Blastbones Blighted BlastbonesNecromancer (Grave Lord)
Ultimate Ravenous Goliath Ravenous GoliathNecromancer (Bone Tyrant)

Banner Bearer: Use the Physical Script, Class Script, and Resolve Script.

Class Mastery

Update 50 has given us a new system called Class Mastery in The Elder Scrolls Online. If you decide to remain 100% pure class, you gain access to five unique Class Mastery passives, but can only choose two. These are the two selected for this build.

Nothing Wasted - Nothing Wasted
Cycle Unending - Cycle Unending
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Lazy Bones – Rotation

The rotation is extremely simple once you understand what the build is trying to achieve. Every part of the setup revolves around creating corpses, consuming corpses, and building up Venom Skull to its stronger third cast version.

The important thing to remember is that Blastbones takes roughly 2.5 seconds to explode and leave a corpse behind. This means you must allow time for it to do its job before trying to consume the corpse.

Starting the Fight

Light Attack → Blastbones → Light Attack → Venom Skull → Light Attack → Venom Skull → Light Attack → Detonating Siphon

This gets everything moving. Blastbones explodes and leaves a corpse behind, the Necromancer skills build up Venom Skull, and Detonating Siphon consumes the corpse ready for the next cycle.

The following section (main rotation) needs to be 100% repeated over and over:

Main Rotation

Light Attack → Blastbones → Light Attack → Detonating Siphon → Light Attack → Venom Skull → Repeat RepeatRepeat...

Every skill contributes towards the next empowered Venom Skull. Every Blastbones creates the corpse required for Detonating Siphon. Every cycle naturally fills the gap while waiting for Blastbones to explode.

The important part is maintaining the rhythm:

Light Attack → Skill → Light Attack → Skill → Light Attack → Skill

Keep that pattern going and everything lines up automatically. Blastbones always has time to explode, corpses are always available when needed, and Venom Skull is always cycling back to its stronger version.

Situational Notes

  • In Infinite Archive there will be corpses everywhere, making Detonating Siphon extremely effective.
  • If healing is required, use Ruinous Scythe when needed.
  • If there is a corpse available, make use of it, even if that means just spamming Necrotic Potency at times.

🏆 Champion Points – Lazy Bones, One Bar Necromancer

Champion Points play a huge role in the effectiveness of Lazy Bones. These selections focus on reliable damage, effortless sustain, and survivability — keeping the build smooth, forgiving, and consistent in real gameplay.

Once you reach level 50, Champion Points continue your progression across three constellations: Warfare (Blue), Craft (Green), and Fitness (Red). Lazy Bones prioritizes low-effort damage scaling and passive sustain to keep gameplay relaxed and effective.

ESO Warfare Champion Points
  • Biting Aura
  • Master At Arms
  • Deadly Aim
  • Wrathful Strikes
ESO Craft Champion Points
  • Rationer
  • Liquid Efficiency
  • Treasure Hunter
  • Steed’s Blessing
ESO Fitness Champion Points
  • Boundless Vitality
  • Bloody Renewal
  • Fortified
  • Siphoning Spells

Infinite Archive / Solo Adjustment: Swap Deadly Aim for Occult Overload when facing large packs or when corpse explosions become a major part of your damage output.

ESO Champion Points Guide – Necromancer Setup

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Attributes & Race

Mundus: Thief
Attributes: 64 Stamina

Recommended Race: Orc

Good Alternatives: Wood Elf , Redguard , Imperial

Any race will work — these options simply offer the best passive synergy for this setup.

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Potions, Poisons, & Food

🧪 Potion Ingredients (Tri-Pots)

🍜 Food (Max Health + Max Stamina)

Use the highest-level food you can access that provides only Max Health and Max Stamina. All of the following foods grant the same bonus — choose whichever is easiest to obtain.

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Lazy Bones – PvE Content Gear Setup

SlotGear SetWeight / TypeTraitEnchantment
HeadArms of RelequenMediumDivinesStamina
ShouldersAny Crit Chance Monster ShoulderMediumDivinesStamina
ChestCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
WaistCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
HandsCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
LegsCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
FeetCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
Ring 1Arms of RelequenJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
Ring 2Oakensoul RingJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
NecklaceArms of RelequenJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
WeaponArms of RelequenLightning StaffPreciseWeapon / Spell Damage

Jewellery Glyphs: To create the Weapon & Spell Damage glyphs used on the jewellery, combine Repora, Taderi, and Kuta at an Enchanting Table. This creates a Truly Superb Glyph of Increase Physical Harm, boosting both Weapon and Spell Damage as well as a small amount of Stamina Recovery.

Lazy Bones – Infinite Archive Gear Setup

SlotGear SetWeight / TypeTraitEnchantment
HeadMacabre VintageMediumDivinesStamina
ShouldersAny Crit Chance Monster ShoulderMediumDivinesStamina
ChestCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
WaistCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
HandsCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
LegsCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
FeetCorpsebursterMediumDivinesStamina
Ring 1Macabre VintageJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
Ring 2Oakensoul RingJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
NecklaceMacabre VintageJewelryBloodthirstyWeapon / Spell Damage
WeaponMacabre VintageLightning StaffPreciseWeapon / Spell Damage

Jewellery Glyphs: To create the Weapon & Spell Damage glyphs used on the jewellery, combine Repora, Taderi, and Kuta at an Enchanting Table. This creates a Truly Superb Glyph of Increase Physical Harm, boosting both Weapon and Spell Damage along with a small amount of stamina recovery.

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