Polar Express - One Bar Magicka Warden Build

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the Warden Class was EASY!?…

Stop ‘wondering’ you are in the RIGHT PLACE!!

This build “Polar Express” has been carefully designed to consider players of ALL skill levels, from the very beginner to the extreme to allow you to perform flawlessly in ALL PVE content as a SOLID and VIABLE dps/dd option for those that want to play with a ONE BAR and SIMPLE style! Just because you like playing with ONE BAR doesn’t make you a BEGINNER, but it IS “beginner friendly”.

There are thousands of players in the world, MANY of which struggle to maintain high/decent damage (subjective perspective but still we all like to “do the deeps”) INSIDE mechanics, because sometimes it can be overwhelming having too many things to focus on at once. Not to mention of course many people suffer from mobility issues especially when it comes to hands (using keyboards, mice or controllers).

This becomes a problem for some, and a divider amongst players who want to “do the harder stuff” because people find things far too complex of physically difficult to perform in or FEEL like they are restricted if they don’t or can’t play specific builds and/or playstyles that their friends may try to encourage them to play. Fear of “not being good enough” is not really something that HAS to be a thing. There is something for everyone in ESO. It’s about what you personally can play, and preference. There is no best…only what’s best for YOU.

MAYBE you are really good at mechanics but just cannot hit the numbers you want to at the same time? Maybe the build you are using is too complex? Or outside of your physical ability? Don’t worry! Today we FIX that!

With a SOLID set in stone easy to use setup, you now have FAR more time to pay attention to mechanics if they are tricky, slow down the pace of the fight if things are too overwhelming, and ALLOW you to pump out MORE than enough dps for all content at the same time! No button smashing, no complex timers, no 360 no scope required! You can perform just as well as someone with crazy APM output (actions per minute) with less than HALF the effort!

The Warden on the surface can be considered quite straight forward but tends to be split into two types of players. Nature users and ICE users. The warden is designed to take advantage of BOTH and that is exactly what has been done. Best of both worlds!. This has a SOLID balance of everything the warden brings to the table!

I have designed this to consider, application of damage, survival, ease of use, accessibility (all gear on normal difficulty or traded) and of course THEME! It’s no good being an “easy build” if you negate or ignore what the class is all about. That means YES, even though i have given you only 5 skills and a heavy attack, ALL of the above HAVE been considered to allow you to still be a full ice wielding nature loving Warden (class identity is in tact) even though we are limited to skills. Sometimes less is more though right?

The build is setup in such a way that you realistically have to simply maintain a wall of elements and heavy attack. That’s IT! However, i have also worked in Winter’s Revenge and Arctic blast, allowing for solid amounts of aoe ice damage, control, buffs/bonuses/passives from ice AND insane amount of healing!

With you only having access to 5 skills and an ultimate, one bar builds can FEEL restricting. But making the right choices changes that dramatically. This build is a prime example of what you should be doing if you want to be successful in harder content with one bar.

The combination of sets and skills allow for constant healing, constant damage and constant high resistances/survival along side one CRUCIAL factor…Infinite sustainability of resources!!

We also benefit massively from the most BASIC mechanics in the game and it boosts your damage output so much just by building for that and taking advantage of it. We are utilizing heavy attacks but also supplying off balance, AND have constant empower!

What does this mean? Off balance has a 7 second up time and 15 second down time per target. During this time your heavy attacks do 70% more damage AND give you back double the resource vs the basic amount you would normally receive. Your heavy attacks also do splash damage for 100% of the damage done, being aoe that also stacks with the 10% increase to aoe (lightning staff passive), pushing your single target and aoe damage through the roof!

While these times are ones to be taken advantage, there is another bonus (empower) that CONSTANTLY gives you 80% increase to all heavy attack damage! So yes that means, ALWAYS doing high dps with your heavies with HUGE bonuses during off balance when it happens. And it will, a LOT.

The sets have been mixed to allow for MORE heavy attack damage along side flat damage bonuses to boost both that and other skills at the same time AND adding heals, defeating the “but i don’t have crit surge” issue most people out side of the Sorcerer class have! Our ability to heal especially in BURST is off the chart!

Important Points:

• Easy to acquire gear with no veteran content or trials required! All base game and/or tradeable!
• HIGH resistances
• HIGH health
• Constant healing
• Free damage from heavy attacks boosted by a combination of sets, basic mechanics and passives!
• VERY simple rotation, maintaining 3 duration skills ONE of which HEALS!!
• Capable of ALL content with NO bar swapping required!
• Less time worrying about complex rotations and more time to LOOK around the room and understand/apply mechanics!

  ENJOY!