Use the updated one-bar Magicka Templar build by prioritizing skills like Puncturing Sweeps and Radiant Glory, paired with gear setups like Order's Wrath, Deadly Strike, and Ring of the Pale Order. Optimize Champion Points and choose food options based on content difficulty for survivability and resource management.
Skills for the One Bar Magicka Templar Build
This build prioritizes essential and situational skills to balance damage output, survivability, and utility. The base setup works across most situations, with tailored modifications for specific encounters.
Key Skills
- Puncturing Sweeps: Primary spammable that heals for 25% of the damage done and deals maximum damage in AoE.
- Radiant Glory: Executes targets below 20% HP and heals for 15% of the damage dealt.
- Power of the Light: Strong damage ability that applies Sundered, grants minor breach, and buffs spell damage through the Illuminate passive.
- Channeled Focus: Defensive ability providing major resolve, Magicka restoration, and health regeneration.
- Solar Barrage: A 20-second damage-over-time effect that enhances damage from class abilities.
- Shooting Star (Ultimate): AoE damage with additional ultimate restoration per enemy hit.
Situational Skills
- Elemental Susceptibility: Apply major breach for instanced content where enemies have higher armor.
- Resolving Vigor: Use for burst healing and minor resolve to reduce incoming damage.
- Silver Leash: Chain ability to group enemies during trash packs.
- Ritual of Retribution: Cleanses debuffs and deals ground DoT damage when required.
- Revealing Flare: Provides major protection and damage mitigation for tougher encounters.
- Luminous Shards: Offers resource restoration synergies in specific setups.
The skills interface shows Puncturing Sweeps, Radiant Glory, and Power of the Light selected. — Hyperioxes
Gear Setups for the One Bar Magicka Templar Build
Maximize efficiency by equipping gear suited for your chosen content type. Adjust based on whether you're tackling overland, instanced content, or veteran-level challenges.
Recommended Gear
- Base Setup: Order's Wrath, Deadly Strike, Ring of the Pale Order, and one-piece Slime Craw.
- Alternative Setup: Tiber Wolf Stalker for easier acquisition and effective replacements for trial gear.
- Oaken Soul Ring Considerations: Higher damage output compared to Ring of the Pale Order but lower survivability; suitable for easy-to-medium difficulty content.
Table of gear setups for the Magicka Templar build, featuring pieces of the Order's Wrath set. — Hyperioxes
Champion Points Allocation
Champion Points distribution focuses on critical damage and defensive capability in varying game scenarios.
Blue Tree
- Slotables: Master at Arms, Deadly Aim, Fighting Finesse, and Wrathful Strikes.
- Adjust slotables based on Dungeon difficulty, favoring Ironclad and Duelist's Rebuff for damage mitigation.
Red Tree
- Slotables: Boundless Vitality, Siphoning Spells, Rejuvenation, and Fortified.
- Special cases: Use Bracing Anchor for block-heavy situations or Celerity for encounters requiring mobility.
The Champion Points interface shows selected allocations for Master at Arms and Deadly Aim. — Hyperioxes
Food Options for Sustain and Performance
Choosing the right food ensures sustainability and optimal performance during different fights.
Recommended Options
- Orzorga's Red Frothgar: Balanced Max Health and Magicka Recovery.
- Clockwork Citrus Fillet: Best for balanced Magicka recovery and max Magicka.
- Artium Pickled Fish Bowl: High damage food suited for Bretons.
- Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch: Ideal for stamina recovery during block-heavy or dodge-roll-intensive fights.
Orzorga's Red Frothgar offers Max Health and Magicka Recovery for sustain and performance. — Hyperioxes
Attribute Allocation
Focus on Magicka for most cases, with adjustments for harder content.
Attribute Points Distribution
- Standard Setup: Allocate all points into Magicka for regular content.
Character attributes display showing 64 points allocated to Magicka, and 0 to Health and Stamina. — Hyperioxes
Additional Considerations
- Potions: Use spell power potions for major sorcery and prophecy buffs to enhance damage output and sustain. Switch to tri-stat potions if using Oaken Soul Ring.
- Racial Choice: For damage, Khajiit is highly effective; Nord is recommended for survivability.
- Mundus Options: Thief Mundus for critical chance in most content; Lady Mundus for increased armor in difficult dungeons.
FAQ
What skills are used in the one bar Magicka Templar build in ESO?
The primary skills include Puncturing Sweeps, Radiant Glory, Power of the Light, Channeled Focus, Solar Barrage, and Shooting Star, with situational options like Elemental Susceptibility and Resolving Vigor recommended for specific encounters.
What is the recommended gear for the one bar Magicka Templar build?
Order's Wrath, Deadly Strike, Ring of the Pale Order, and Slime Craw are the primary setup. Tiber Wolf Stalker is an alternative, while Oaken Soul Ring provides higher damage at the cost of survivability.
What champion points allocation suits the one bar Magicka Templar build?
The recommended setup includes Master at Arms, Deadly Aim, Fighting Finesse, and Wrathful Strikes in the blue tree, and Boundless Vitality, Siphoning Spells, Rejuvenation, and Fortified in the red tree.
Can the one bar Magicka Templar build solo veteran dungeons in ESO?
Yes, this build can effectively solo veteran dungeons, as demonstrated in tested runs of veteran Castle Thorn and Harmon Factory Fault.
What food options help sustain the one bar Magicka Templar build?
Food options such as Orzorga's Red Frothgar, Clockwork Citrus Fillet, Artium Pickled Fish Bowl, and Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch enhance sustain or performance depending on the content.
How much damage does the one bar Magicka Templar build deal with and without Oakensoul?
With the regular instanced setup, the build deals 41,261 DPS. Using the Oakensoul setup increases DPS to 47,065.
Sources
Screenshots on this page are frames from the videos below, used to illustrate the steps they describe. All rights remain with their creators.
- The Most Comfortable One Bar Solo Build - Magicka Templar | ESO — Hyperioxes, April 8, 2026
Checked against:
- Combat Updates – Update 51 PTS — ZOS_Kevin, 2026-08-13
- 404 — The Elder Scrolls Online
