Build compiled: 26 May 2025

Overview

 

This build is great for mobility, centered around the powerful Toppling Charge – this skill provides you with 15% damage mitigation for 6 seconds (Major Protection from the skill + Minor Protection from the Spear Wall passive). It is a charge, taunt, interrupt skill, which means the build excels as an off tank role, especially in larger spaces with many adds/minibosses, such as Cloudrest +3 Trial. Thanks to Templar’s healing, the build is also self-sufficient, requiring less attention of the healer.

 

Races

 

Nord is one of the best tank races due to their Rugged passive, providing 2600 resistance, which will allow you to move some gear items from Reinforced to Divines, increasing magic recovery. Orc is good choice due to Unflinching Rage passive, providing 2125 healing every 4 seconds. Otherwise, any race is suitable. I play Dark Elf comfortably, hence the Ordinator.

 

Base game gear notes

 

There aren’t many good choices for difficult content. The job of a tank in ESO is not only managing the enemies’ aggro, but also buffing the group. Ebon Armory gives some survivability for squishier group members. If you struggle surviving yourself, you may look to other sets. Plague Doctor gives a flat health bonus, and Hatchling’s Shell of Hist Bark can help mitigate damage, but provide no group bonus. Look into investing into at least one DLC, for example High Isle, which will give you a meta set Pearlescent Ward.
Puncturing Remedy, even if not Perfected, can give you a good boost to survivability on taunts. They will also trigger Tremoscale set, helping the group with damage.

 

Skills

 

Living Dark triggers the Templar’s Illuminate passive from Dawn’s Wrath tree, adding a buff 10% spell damage for the group for 20 seconds. It does not stack with other templars in the group, so you can replace it with Honor The Dead, which is a good burst heal, or Radiant Aura, increasing all your recoveries by 15%.

 

Rotation

 

Base game: Channeled Focus, Resolving Vigor, Living Dark, bar swap, Toppling Charge, Radiant Ward, Extended Ritual, Pierce Armor, bar swap, Elemental Blockade, bar swap, Luminous Shards. After that, keep renewing buffs whenever they’re close to running out.
Scribed: Channeled Focus, Resolving Vigor, Living Dark, bar swap, Ulfsild’s Contingency, Toppling Charge, Extended Ritual, Shield Throw, bar swap, Elemental Blockade, Wield Soul, bar swap, Luminous Shards. After that, keep renewing buffs whenever they’re close to running out.