Ganking

Build 1: Melee ganking

The combo and additional gameplay tips are mentioned in Important Notes.

Applicable for: Cyrodiil, Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for: Update 46

Character, buffs & consumables

Race: High Elf, Khajiit, Dark Elf
Attributes: 64 Magicka, 0 Health, 0 Stamina

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire stage 4

Food: Ghastly Eye Bowl
Potions: Invisibility + Major Expedition

Stats (Unbuffed)

Note: this gives an estimate of what kind of stats this build ends up with. Small differences can occur due to a different item quality, missing traits etc.

Sets

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Anthelmir's Construct	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Shoulders	Anthelmir's Construct	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Titanborn	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Titanborn	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Waist	True-Sworn Fury	Light	Divines	Magicka
Legs	Titanborn	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Feet	Titanborn	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Titanborn	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Ring	True-Sworn Fury	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Ring	True-Sworn Fury	–	Infused	Magical Harm
Weapon 1	True-Sworn Fury	Dual Wield Axes	Nirnhoned & Sharpened	Absorb Stamina & Shock
Weapon 2	Seducer	Bow	Decisive	Berserker

Skills

Champion points

The Champion point stars for this build are listed from most important (1) to least important (2,3,…). This is in case you don’t have enough points to get all stars yet.

Warfare	Fitness	Craft
1. Deadly Aim 2. Master-at-Arms 3. Fighting Finesse 4. Backstabber	1. Rejuvenation 2. Sustained by Suffering 3. Celerity 4. Boundless Vitality	1. Steed’s Blessing 2. Gifted Rider 3. War Mount 4. Rationer

Important notes

The combo is Heavy Attack -> Incapacitating Strike -> Light Attack -> Arterial Burst. On squishier targets the Incapacitating Strike can be replaced by a first Arterial Burst.
Be sure to keep Channeled Acceleration and Recuperative Treatise up. Keep your health around 40%, as this is what the sets rely on and what makes Arterial Burst crit. You can do this by using Vampire Stage 4 (no health regen) and Simmering Frenzy.
Ulfsild’s Contingency is optional for extra damage.
- If you do not use it, it can be replaced by Concealed Weapon for extra mobility.
- Scripts: Flame, Warrior’s Opportunity, Minor Vulnerability.
- If you use Ulfsild’s Contingency: before starting the combo, cast Ulfsild’s Contingency and use the invisibility potion, then run up to an enemy.
Balorgh and Selene are good alternative monster sets.
Going full Magicka on attribute points is best for damage, but you may like the extra survivability from a few points in health at a minor sacrifice in damage. Should you ever get caught by a detection potion for example, this and Wield Soul helps a lot to survive.
Tentacular Dread, Barrier, Inner Light and Camouflaged Hunter are purely passive.