ESO Necromancer Skills: Bone Tyrant

ESO Necromancer Skills: Bone Tyrant

ESO Necromancer Bone Tyrant Skill Line

The Bone Tyrant skill line in The Elder Scrolls Online focuses on defense, corpse manipulation, and self-sustain. These abilities allow Necromancers to absorb corpses for healing, summon bone barriers for protection, and transform into the terrifying Goliath. Bone Tyrant is ideal for tanking and sustain-focused builds in dungeons, trials, and PvP.

Death Scythe

Cost: 3240 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 28m Cone

Slice into enemies’ life force, dealing Physical Damage to nearby foes. You heal for 2400 Health for the first enemy hit and 800 Health for each additional enemy, up to 5. Healing scales with your Max Health.

Morphs

Hungry Scythe — Restores 991 Health every 2s for 10s after the initial strike.

Ruinous Scythe — Converts to Stamina. Deals Physical Damage and applies Off Balance and Sundered.

Bone Armor

Cost: 4320 Magicka
Duration: 20s

Surround yourself with a barrier of bones, granting Major Resolve and Minor Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance. When the effect ends in combat, a corpse is created.

Morphs

Beckoning Armor — While active, pulls ranged enemies to you every 2s.

Summoner’s Armor — Increases duration to 30s and reduces the cost of summoning abilities by 15% while active.

Bitter Harvest

Cost: 2160 Magicka
Duration: 4s

Absorb energy from corpses around you. Heals for 660 Health per corpse over 2s and grants 2 Ultimate per corpse consumed. While slotted, you take 3% less damage.

Morphs

Deaden Pain — Doubles healing duration and grants Major Protection while active.

Necrotic Potency — Upgraded version; heals for 682 Health per corpse and grants 6 Ultimate per corpse consumed.

Bone Totem

Cost: 3240 Magicka
Duration: 11s

Summon a totem of bone that grants Minor Protection to you and allies. Enemies within are afflicted with Major Cowardice. After 2s, nearby enemies are feared for 4s.

Morphs

Agony Totem — Lasts 13s. Allies can trigger Pure Agony synergy, dealing Magic Damage over 5s.

Remote Totem — May place the totem up to 28m away.

Grave Grasp

Cost: 4050 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant

Summon skeletal claws from the ground that snare, immobilize, and stun in successive waves. Each patch applies Minor Maim to enemies hit.

Morphs

Empowering Grasp — Allies gain Empower; enemies hit receive Major Maim.

Ghostly Embrace — Extends duration of all effects and creates a corpse when the effect ends.

Bone Goliath Transformation

Cost: 250 Ultimate
Duration: 20s

Transform into a Bone Goliath, instantly restoring 30,000 Health and increasing your Max Health by 30,000. While transformed, Light Attacks restore 319 Health and Heavy Attacks restore 800 Health. This ability scales with your Max Health.

Morphs

Pummeling Goliath — Bash attacks hit multiple targets and deal Physical Damage.

Ravenous Goliath — Generates an aura that deals Magic Damage every second to nearby enemies and heals you for that amount.

Bone Tyrant Passives

  • Death Gleaning — While a Bone Tyrant ability is slotted, when an enemy dies within 28m, restore Magicka and Stamina.
  • Disdain Harm — Reduces damage taken from Damage Over Time effects by 15% while a Bone Tyrant ability is active.
  • Health Avarice — Increases your Healing Received by 3% for each Bone Tyrant ability slotted.
  • Last Gasp — Increases your Max Health by 1250.

The Bone Tyrant skill line amplifies the Necromancer’s durability and battlefield control. With powerful defensive tools, corpse healing, and transformation abilities, it’s perfect for tanks and sustain builds. For optimized setups and rotations, visit the ESO Necromancer Builds page.

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