Stamina Templar PvP Build
Stamina Templars are highly versatile in PvP. With more straighforward self-healing potential than many other Stamina classes, Templars are capable of going toe-to-toe with enemies in melee range, and have a lot of built in survivability to keep them alive while they keep the pressure up.
Gear Sets
Zoal the Ever-Wakeful: This is an excellent PvP monster set obtained from the Imperial City, which will allow you to completely shut down enemy combos and bite back in spades!
Deadly Strike: The standard go-to for Stamina Templars that allows you to deal a tremendous amount of extra damage with almost all of your attacks. You can get this from Cyrodiil gear vendors or guild traders. You only need to run this on the front bar.
Wretched Vitality: Having access to a ton of extra Magicka and Stamina recovery will allow you to stay alive through anything the enemy has to throw at you. This crafted set is easily activated and you can get 100% uptime on it. You only need to run this on the back bar.
Markyn Ring of Majesty: this is a great mythic item obtained by scrying in the Deadlands. It will give you a nice boost to both your resistances and your weapon damage, which is a versatile addition to help balance the build out.
Armor of the Trainee: You will have space for one more item, and this is the one to go for. With just one piece, you will get a hefty boost to your health. You can get this easily and cheaply from guild traders.
Skills
Biting Jabs: This is your access to Major Brutality as well as your primary spammable, dealing very high sustained damage. This is buffed by Deadly Strike.
Radiant Oppression: An absolutely devastating execute that deletes your opponent when they are at 30% health or below. This is buffed by Deadly Strike.
Camouflaged Hunter: We have this slotted for the extra damage we get from the Slayer passive, Major Savagery at all times, and to shut down Nightblades.
Binding Javelin/Toppling Charge: This is your crowd control option, allowing you to briefly incapacitate your opponent. I use Binding Javelin because it cannot be blocked, whereas Toppling Charge closes the gap, stuns and provides Major Protection briefly.
Power of the Light: Delivers a huge burst of damage when its effect ends based on how much damage you dealt while it was active.
Crescent Sweep: You can use this or Dawnbreaker of Smiting for your primary offensive ultimate, both to similar effect, although Crescent Sweep is significantly cheaper.
Resolving Vigor: This is your primary heal, and also gives you access to Minor Resolve, which is a nice increase to your resistances.
Restoring Focus: An incredibly efficient skill that gives you Major Resolve, a hefty amount of stamina over time, healing over time, and even stronger healing while you are inside the rune.
Extended Ritual: An essential skill for any Templar that removes negative effects and provides potent healing for you and your group in a wide area.
Repentance: Constant, passive access to Minor Intellect, Endurance and Fortitude is a nice buff to have, and it applies to both bars. When activated, you can instantly siphon health and stamina from corpses in the area.
Blinding Flare: Great for dealing with Nightblades; even better for providing Major Protection at all times on this bar. This is a flex slot and can be changed if you prefer.
Temporal Guard: Permanent access to Minor Protection is great, especially when combined with Blinding Flare. Use this as a backup when you are in trouble.
Champion Points
Master at Arms: Direct damage is one of the most common types in PvP, and is often where the ability to burst down your opponents lies, making this a valuable buff.
Biting Aura: This class in particular really benefits from a buff to area damage, making this a smart choice for increasing your burst damage potential, so make sure you always have it slotted.
Ironclad: Since direct damage is so common, it is important to also defend against it. That is where Ironclad comes in, boosting your mitigation against this damage type.
Resilience: No matter what the meta is running, critical damage will always be a big part of what many players build around in PvP. It is important to defend against that, and Resilience will help you there in combination with Impenetrable armour pieces.
Boundless Vitality: Every bit of health makes a difference, especially in some of the tougher content that The Elder Scrolls Online has to offer. This will help you bump yours up a little more, increasing your survivability.
Slippery: In PvP, pinning your opponent down with CC before you burst them down is important. This will prevent that from happening to you so easily, making it an important addition.
Rejuvenation: Recoveries are important for every role. For healers, it is essential for keeping your group alive, for tanks, it is the source of most of your buffs and debuffs, for DPS, you can't deal damage with no fuel, and in PvP, no resources means death.
Celerity: Extra movement speed is an amazing boost in all content. In PvE, it helps massively with avoiding nasty mechanics, and in PvP, it allows you to run circles around your opponents.
Mundus Stone
The best Mundus Stone to use on this build is the Lover for significantly better Penetration. The Lover gives the best overall boost to damage output on average against players, especially since players in PvP tend to run a lot of resistance. However, if you need more recovery, consider the Serpent instead.
Food Buff
The Artaeum Takeaway Broth offers an excellent combination of Max Health, Max Stamina, Health Recovery and Stamina Recovery, making it perfect for Stamina-oriented PvP characters. However, if you can't keep up with its hefty cost, you can go with the Dubious Camoran Throne for similar stats, but no Health Recovery.
Race
My preferred race to run on this build is a Dark Elf (Dunmer) for their superior overall damage. However, if you wish, you can switch to a Wood Elf for higher overall sustain, Nord for more damage resistance, or Orc for balanced stats, higher damage and speed.
Potion
PvP builds generally work best when running Immovability potions, which grants a lengthy immunity to snares, immobilizations and stuns. It's good to carry some potions to reveal invisibility as well to counter Nightblades.
Mortality
The Stamina Templar's up close and personal melee range combat focus synergizes well with the additional survivability from the Undeath passive from Vampirism. However, managing your resources can be a challenge, so if you choose to use Vampirism, be careful to account for that.
Notes
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