Full build guide on Magicka Necromancer adjusted for strong PvE DPS

Sadly, as far as weapons go you are more or less stuck using magic damage. However, you could try to bump your STR to 27 (40 when two-handed) and use a strength weapon. Same for dex, but you can't double up simply by two-handing. Your second option is to get the Izalith staff or the Murky staff + dark sorceries. Wizards don't 'need'. DEX because magic attacks always hit and can't crit. Pure INT Wizard is not as crazy as it sounds. SPR is the dump stat of ToS at the moment. What limits your skills is cooldowns, not the SP pool, and regen is horrible even with a bonfire(not to mention, when.

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Necromancer Class

Build Overview

Necromancer is the newest playable class in Elder Scrolls Online which is part of the Elsweyr major expansion. They are fearsome fighters and the true masters of death and life. Necromancer utilizes dark magic and resurrects the dead to fight for his cause. This class offers a new and unique playstyle which is highly dependant on nearby corpses, which requires you to add some extra thought to your rotation and playstyle, on top of the regular Resource Management. The class offers very good sustain and terrific DPS. With the increased survivability and extra Health Passive, Necromancer is one of the most durable spell-caster classes in the game.

Below you will find our recommended Skills and Sets for our Magicka Necromancer PvE DPS build. Keep in mind this guide is still in Betastage which will be updated after the actual content is on the live server

Pros	Cons
New and unique playstyle	Requires corpses for various abilities which induce extra tweaks in your rotation
Very high single-target damage	Mediocre mobility
Very good self-sustain and self-healing
Solid defenses
One of the best AoE
Versatility

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Attributes Priority

Best Weapon Magic Dmg Tos 2

Magicka - Primary attribute required for this build. Spend the majority of Points here; between 80 and 100%
Health - a few points spent in Health is good for extra survivability. It's recommended to have at least 18k Health for Trails and Dungeons as a Necromancer
Stamina - do not spend any points on Stamina

Primary Skillset
[Fire Staff - primary DPS]

Ricochet Skull (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Flame Skull) - the core spammable skill which also has nice AoE thanks to the additional bounces. It deals high Flame Damage which is increased on every third cast

Skeletal Arcanist (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Skeletal Mage) - Minion that deals additional Shock Damage and creates a corpse on death

Stalking Blastbones (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Blastbones) - summons a Minion which chases your target and explodes on contact dealing high AoE damage. It creates an extra corpse and deals increased damage the longer it has to chase the enemy; up to 70% more

Mystic Siphon (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Shocking Siphon) - deals Shock damage to all enemies between you and targeted Corpse. It restores Magicka while you are Siphoning and the ability passively increases all your damage done by 3%

Inner Light (Guild: Mages Guild, morphed from Magelight) - used mainly for the passive increase to maximum Magicka and Spell Critical. No need to use it unless you need to reveal stealthed enemies

Ultimate: Shooting Star (Guild: Mages Guild, morphed from Meteor) - your primary Ultimate. It deals very high initial damage in a wide radius, followed by a powerful DoT

Secondary Skillset
[Lightning Staff - Damage over Time and buffs/debuffs]

Elemental Blockade (Weapon: Destruction Staff, morphed from Wall of Elements) - one of the best damaging abilities from the Destruction Staff school. It deals very high Damage over Time and grants a solid team utility

Avid Boneyard (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Boneyard) - very high DoT spell which allows using synergy for additional damage and self-healing

Elemental Drain (Weapon: Destruction Staff, morphed from Weakness of Elements) - very strong debuff which reduces your target's Spell Resistance and applies Minor Magickasteal for amazing sustain

Channeled Acceleration (Guild: Psijic Order, morphed from Accelerate) - strong buff which increases your Movement Speed and Spell Critical Rating

Inner Light (Guild: Mages Guild, morphed from Magelight) - slotted once again for the passive bonuses

Ultimate: Glacial Colossus (Necromancer: Grave Lord, morphed from Frozen Colossus) - summons a powerful Colossus who smashes enemies dealing high Frost Damage and causing them to take 30% increased damage from all sources

Notable Passive Skills

Below you will find a list of the most important Passive Skills for our Magicka Necromancer build. You should fill up the remaining skill depending on your personal preferences and how you end up playing your character. With such a flexible character composition in Elder Scrolls Online, we encourage you to experiment with your character and will appreciate your feedback if you do so :)
Corpse Consumption (Necromancer: Living Death) - generates Ultimate whenever you use an ability on a corpse
Undead Confederate (Necromancer: Living Death) - increases your Magicka Recovery while you have a summon active
Reusable Parts (Necromancer: Grave Lord) - when an enemy damaged by one of your Necromancer abilities dies, your next Blastbones or Skeletal Mage becomes a free cast
Death Knell (Necromancer: Grave Lord) - grants increased damage against low Health enemies for each Grave Lord ability socketed. Great 'Execute' passive
Dismember (Necromancer: Grave Lord) - increases your Spell and Physical Penetration
Last Gasp (Necromancer: Bone Tyrant) - increases your maximum Health by 2,000
Evocation (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Magicka recovery by 2% for every piece of Light Armor equipped, and reduces the cost of your Magicka-based abilities by 4%
Prodigy (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Spell Critical rating when you have at least 5 pieces of Light Armor equipped
Concentration (Armor: Light Armor) - increases your Spell Penetration
Spell Warding (Armor: Light Armor) - grants increased Spell Resistance
Penetrating Magic (Weapon: Destruction Staff) - grants Spell Penetration with Destruction Staff Spells
Ancient Knowledge (Weapon: Destruction Staff) - increases your single-target DP