Warden

Build 1: Frost

Wardens have increased damage with frost builds, due to the Piercing Cold passive and the increased Chilled status effect proc chance and damage. Next to that they have a lot of healing at their disposal, making this class an excellent choice for an area-controlling frost build.

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: Breton
- Alternatives: High Elf, Dark Elf
Attributes: 24 Magicka, 40 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Apprentice
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzoga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Essence of Immovability (Magicka + Spell Crit + Immovability

Stats (Unbuffed)

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Baron Thirsk	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Shoulders	Magma Incarnate	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Ice Furnace	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Trainee	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Waist	Trainee	Light	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Legs	Ice Furnace	Heavy	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Feet	Ice Furnace	Heavy	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Necklace	Serpent’s Coil	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring	Ice Furnace	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring	Ice Furnace	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	(Perfected) Master’s	Ice Staff	Charged	Shock
Weapon 2	(Perfected) Maelstrom	Ice Staff	Infused	Frost

Skills

Champion Points

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

Warfare
Active Stars Deadly Aim Master-at-Arms Focused Mending Weapons Expert Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Sustained by Suffering Pain’s Refuge Survival Instincts Rejuvenation Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Savage Defense Bashing Brutality Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Mystic Tenacity

Craft
Active Stars Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Rationer Passive Stars Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Breakfall Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

The viceo showcasing this build is quite old, but then again there have been barely any changes to this spec for over a year now

Build 2: Brawler

This build is provided by Gnozo. Check out his channel here.

With the high amount of healing tankiness of this class, Wardens are one of the prime examples of ~~strand~~brawler-type builds.

Applicable for: CP Cyrodiil, CP Imperial City & Battlegrounds

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: Orc,
- Alternatives: Imperial, Nord
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 64 Health, 0 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Warrior
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Tristat
Poison: Escapist’s Poison

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.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Balorgh	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic
Shoulders	Balorgh	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic
Chest	Trainee	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Stuhn’s Favor	Medium	Divines	Prismatic
Waist	Rallying Cry	Light	Divines	Prismatic
Legs	Stuhn’s Favor	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic
Feet	Stuhn’s Favor	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic
Necklace	Sea-Serpent’s Coil	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Rallying Cry	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Ring	Rallying Cry	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Stuhn’s Favor	Battle Axe	Sharpened	Berserker
Weapon 2	Rallying Cry	1H & Shield	Defending & Sturdy	Escapist’s Poison

Skills

Champion Points

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

Warfare
Active Stars Ironclad Exploiter Master-At-Arms Focused Mending Passive Stars Battle Mastery Flawless Ritual Eldritch Insight Tireless Discipline War Mage Mighty Piercing Precision Blessed Quick Recovery Hardy Elemental Aegis Preparation

Fitness
Active Stars Sustained by Suffering Survival Instincts Pain’s Refuge Relentlesssnsesss Passive Stars Tumbling Defiance Hero’s Vigor Hasty Sprinter Tireless Guardian Fortification Nimble Protector Savage Defense Bashing Brutality Piercing Gaze Tempered Soul Mystic Tenacity

Craft
Active Stars Sustaining Shadows Steed’s Blessing Gifted Rider War Mount Passive Stars Breakfall Out of Sight Fleet Phantom Steadfast Enchantment Soul Reservoir Gilded Fingers Fortune’s Favor Inspiration Boost

Important Notes

Good alternative sets include Robes of the Hist (for more survivability) and Clever Alchemist (for a mix of damage and healing).
The video showcasing this build is quite old, but then again this spec has recieved barely any changes for over a year now.

Build 3: No-CP

This build is provided by Herbikin. Check out his channel here.

Applicable for: No-CP Cyrodiil, No-CP Imperial City

Updated for Update 40

Character, Buffs & Consumables

Character

Race: Dark Elf
- Alternatives: Imperial, Nord, High Elf
Attributes: 0 Magicka, 30 Health, 34 Stamina

Buffs

Mundus: The Shadow
Vampire Stage 3

Consumables

Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch
Potions: Magicka+Stamina+Minor Heroism (Columbine+Dragon’s Blood+Dragon’s Rheum) or Tripot (Health+Magicka+Stamina)

Stats (Buffed)

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. The screenshot taken from the video presenting this build is while stacking spell damage rather than weapon damage, which makes little difference in the end.

Gear

Gear Slot	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Mighty Chudan	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Shoulders	Ancient Dragonguard	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Chest	Medusa	Heavy	Reinforced	Prismatic
Hands	Ancient Dragonguard	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Waist	Ancient Dragonguard	Light	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Legs	Ancient Dragonguard	Medium	Impenetrable	Prismatic
Feet	Ancient Dragonguard	Medium	Well-Fitted	Prismatic
Necklace	Torc of Tonal Constancy	–	Swift	Weapon Damage
Ring	Medusa	–	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring	Medusa	–	Infused	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1	Medusa	Battleaxe	Sharpened	Berserker
Weapon 2	Trainee & Druid	1H & Shield	Powered & Sturdy	Absorb Stamina & Max Health

Skills

Important Notes

There are no specific notes for this build.

Warden

Build 1: Frost

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Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

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Build 2: Brawler

Character

Buffs

Consumables

Stats (Unbuffed)

Active Stars

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Build 3: No-CP

Character

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Consumables

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