Elder Scrolls Online Classes Tier List

The Elder Scrolls Online is a multiplayer role-playing game developed by ZeniMax Online Studios in 2014. The game features a mixture of quests, dungeons and open world exploration options and portrays a storyline connected with other Elder Scrolls games. The tier list written below corresponds to version 8.3.5 of Elder Scrolls Online with the update 37 namely Scribes of Fate.

Apart from the decision of choosing alliances and races, you will also have to choose 1 of the available 6 classes in Elder Scrolls Online. Each class gives you its own abilities, attacks and passive effects. The classes fulfil different roles like the tank, healer or damage dealer depending on your selection of abilities and nature of combat. You will encounter enemies in dungeons, trials, battlegrounds and other PVP arenas and the selection of the right class can change the tide of your fight quickly.

All Elder Scrolls Classes Ranked

Here is an overview for all the Elden Scrolls Classes: 

Elder Scrolls Tier-List Breakdown 

The overall Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list can be sorted in the following order.

S TIER

The S-ranking Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list houses the top tier ones that have absolutely flawless abilities with remarkable effectiveness both in solo or group combat.

Magicka Nightblade

Excelling in sneaking up on enemies, this class is ideal to deal high damage especially in solo combat.

PVE

Pros

• You do not need to work really hard in the battle due to your spammable Swallow Soul healing you everytime upon use.
• Elemental Drain in combination with Siphoning Spells allows for resource sustain in the battle.

Cons

• The rotation is complex to master and it is also dependent on light attacks similar to the Stamina Magblade.

PVP

Pros

• Different life leaching abilities help the Magicka NIghtblade users to kill easily in solo fights.
• It has the fastest ultimate generation out of all other classes thanks to Soul Harvest ability.
• You have great self-healing and ally healing abilities apart from an impressive mobility during fights.

Cons

• The usefulness of this class depends highly on the player as it demands a very high skill cap with the right combination of moves at the right time.
• The attack Caluurion’s Legacy being this class’s main attack is very predictable and easy to dodge which completely nulls your offensive power in a fight.

A TIER

The amazing classes in A-ranking Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list are decent ones with great abilities that turn out to be rewarding in most situations.

Magicka Warden

The distinction of Wardens is their ability to use animal pets to aid them in battle.

PVE

Pros

• You possess a great damage equally for both single target or AOE needs.
• You have amazing self-healing abilities thanks to the animal companion skills and Green Lotus allowing you to push enemies without the problem of health. 
• Using the Deep Fissure allows you to decrease your foe’s physical and spell resistance by an amount.

Cons

• It lacks an in class main spammable forcing you to use your vampire skill line.
• This class demands a high health and its damage output is not as good as other classes too.
• Its stamina hybrid is always a better option because of its dual wielded weapons.

PVP

Pros

• The Magicka Warden allows for great AOE damage, a good mobility option and impressive healing in fights.
• The Bond with Nature ability allows you to heal while Savage Beast generates your ultimate.
• You can also shut down damage dealers with your Crystallized Shield ability.

Cons

• Arctic blast is your main healing option and it scales its effectiveness based on your maximum health.
• You sacrifice too much of your passive abilities for healing and it doesn’t help in tough pressure fights.

Stamina Templar

This class possesses the ability to heal and amplify damage of everyone in your team provided you have the wits to use it rightly.

PVE

Pros

• This class is very simple in its abilities and is ideal for beginners preferring an easy game style.
• Different magicka abilities like Ritual of Retribution and Blazing Spear allow for a good healing and sustain.

Cons

• It needs a high situation awareness and defensive resources to sustain high damage in intense fights.
• You need to stack atleast three healing abilities for survivability which destroys your resource sustain.

PVP

Pros

• The Stamina Templar has great healing thanks to Honor the Dead and Living Dark having the strongest executes in Elder Scrolls Online.
• The Power Of Light is one of the strongest burst damage abilities.
• You can get a high DPS and easily win duels provided you have a good situational awareness.
• This class is easy to play with a high damage and is impressive for dueling.

Cons

• You become vulnerable as you launch your abilities because the offensive skills do not heal you unlike your magicka parallel.

Stamina Necromancer

Specializing in using the dead to their advantage, this class is equally useful for both, solo or group combat.

PVE

Pros

• The Scythe heal allows you to heal with every swing and is amazing for survivability especially if you have not acquired the Ring Of hell Order yet.
• The scythes also cost relatively less to spam and can be used often in combat.
• The Blast Bones ability provides you with amazing AOE damage against enemies. 

Cons

• You need to play in melee range to take advantage of its abilities as your abilities do not possess a good range.
• The Stamina Necromancer has complex rotations due to the number of damage over time effects. This problem remains until you use the Blast Bones ability.

PVP

Pros

• The class possesses exceptional survivability and also has enormous AOE burst damage.
• You can use the Spirit Mender passive to heal you or your lowest health ally.
• The resource sustain in this class is comparatively better than wardens and you can deal massive burst damage as multiple enemies approach you.

Cons

• The flaw with this class is its terrible predictability making it near to ineffective and you need to wait until you can make the right move to hurt your foes.
• The Stamina Necromancer lacks mobility unlike other stamina build classes that offer you great orderly movement.

Stamina Dragonknight

Ranked as the best tank class in Elder Scrolls Online, the Stamina Dragonknight uses spells to deal long lasting damage. 

PVE

Pros

• Standing against bosses and damaging them with fire and poison is ideal with this class using the Combustion ability.
• The poison and burning effects also fuel your resources and provide survivability as you fight an enemy.

Cons

• This class is more useful in long fights and it is not effective in dungeons and easy trials which usually have short aggressive fights.

PVP

Pros

• The Stamina Dragonknight offers everything in PVP including variety of weapon and gear choices, high mobility and a list of skills.
• Almost all of your ultimates like Corrosive Armor provide a balanced offensive and defensive potential.
• The Ring of The Bell order has the ability to heal you over time and is one of the most effective solo class tools.
• The Battle Roar restores your magicka, stamina and health whenever you use it.
• Abilities like Venomous Claw, Eruption and others provide you with high DoT and are ideal for group combat and long fights.

Cons

• The Stamina dragonknight falls short in its escape and the healing ability of other classes. However, it does provide a good combination of all the resources.

B TIER

The B-ranking Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list possesses abilities that have a few good positives but lack when it comes to overall effectiveness.

Stamina Warden

The stamina Warden offers a decent damage with enormous mobility and flexibility in its skills.

PVE

Pros

• Stamina Warden has an impressive AOE damage and a variety of utility abilities ideal for solo fighting.
• Its Bird of Prey ability increases your movement speed by 30 percent temporarily while buffing your damage at the same time.
• A giant bear follows you around increasing your damage output and helps you to save yourself when taking damage as well.

Cons

• The biggest problem with this class is you need high healing abilities to survive and sustain damage your way.
• The class does not give you a good mobility and range to cover yourself.

PVP

Pros

• You can use the magic semi-spammable to give you access to breaches with the new hybridization in the latest patch.
• You have access to spell damage, innate buffs and critical damage apart from the good offensive options to level up the battle.

Cons

• You need a high HP to survive and the Arctic Blast does heal you but at the cost of a high amount of stamina.
• Resource sustain is the biggest downside of this class with all of your abilities requiring magicka and not stamina. 

Magicka Sorcerer

This class is ideal to both hurt your enemies and heal your allies from a distance.

PVE

Pros

• You don’t need to work too much in having a strong build with mythics and other abilities.
• It has easy access to Major Resolve for damage mitigation and also has powerful and cost effective spammables.
• The Greater Storm Atronach provides an outstanding simple target DPS in the form of shock damage.
• Critical Surge is one of the best abilities of this class giving you the chance to inflict critical damage while healing you at the same time.

Cons

• The area damage of the Magicka Sorcerer is less than other similar classes.
• Using pets sometimes restricts you in battle since they decrease your mobility.

PVP

Pros

• The Magicka Sorcerer excels in single target pressure and mobility making it ideal for damage dealers.
• You are not gear dependent in this class because of simple offensive rotations.
• Their summoned pets such as Volatile Familiar and the Twilight Matriach deal good damage and are enough to distract enemies from you.

Cons

• Sorcerers require higher magic pool and shields for protection rather than pure burst healing. Hence, you need somone on your team to constantly babysit you.

Magicka Templar

Ideal to be used as tanks and healers alike, the Magicka Templar is there to help in group combat.

PVE

Pros

• In this class, you have the distinct ability to heal yourself as you damage your enemies.
• Abilities like Purifying Light, Puncturing Sweep allow you to heal for burst damage and AOE damage respectively.
• The good thing with this class is its simplistic and easy style of play offering a decent self-healing and melee options.

Cons

• Most of its abilities were recently nerfed and naturally, that reduced their past immense effectiveness.

PVP

Pros

• Radiant Glory and Radiant Oppression abilities are ideal in intense fights and offer arguably the best executes in Elder Scrolls Online.
•  The players using this class are ideal as both healers and tanks as they provide a good survivability and healing ability side by side.

Cons

• You need to use a lot of your magic abilities for resource sustain in fights.
• The Magicka Templar is simply built for melee offense and lacks range overall.

Stamina Nightblade

Good passive abilities, enough life leech, an inexpensive ultimate and an enhanced spammable attack make the stamina nightblade a remarkable solo class.

PVE

Pros

• The Stamina Nightblade excels in melee damage, offensive class abilities and resource sustain.
• A duel wielded weapon fits perfectly on the nightblade class and its spammable attack is extremely useful to cause damage.
• The Healthy Offering available in this class offers the best healing power at the cost of one bar space.

Cons

• Your self-healing is quite unsatisfactory in the nightblade class as compared to the other parallels.
• It is too much dependent on light attack weaving which is a problem for some players who are not the masters and miss a lot.

PVP

Pros

• Good at self-healing, damage mitigation and getting crit damage through its passive abilities, the Stamina Nightblade fits the DPS role perfectly.
• It has the highest single target damage and excels in stealth combat and is ideal for solo combat.
• Our spammable attack also provides major resolve increasing our resistance by a huge amount and making a great tank class as well.

Cons

• This class has abilities like Strike From the Shadows that require a high skill cap and need a lot of time to be mastered.
• The Stamina Nightblade lacks group utility as it gives no noticeable advantage during group fights.

 Magicka Dragonknight

Skillful in spells that deal damage in different ways, this class is equally effective as tanks or damage dealers.

PVE

Pros

• The Magicka Dragonknight has good damage mitigation, a decent spammable and build in major breach making it versatile offensively.
• The Ring of the Pale Order allows you to use dual wielded daggers and critically hit your enemies.
• This class does not require a high skill and time to master and it easy to set up compared to others.

Cons

• A Magicka Dragonknight has to sacrifice resources and damage for healing expect if you have the Ring Of the Pale Order.

PVP

Pros

• It possesses an aggressive gameplay style with amazing survivability and crowd control along with DoT pressure.
• You have a variety of moves like Burning Embers, Flames of Oblivon and your ultimate, Standard Of Might to inflict damage in different ways.

Cons

• You require a vampire for mobility and also need stamina based skill and weapon skill lines to completely use this class.
• You rely on long Damage over Time skills making it really hard to cause problems to your enemies in a short aggressive fight.

Stamina Sorcerer

The stamina sorcerer excels in open space combats owing to its ability to heal and recover stamina constantly.

PVE

Pros

• Its biggest positive is the huge AOE damage available to only the stamina hybrid.
• Critical Surge allows you impressive self-healing while you focus on your main spammable.
• Your ability known as Hurricane is great for damage. Hurricane also increases your tankiness by providing a buff called Major Resolve.

Cons

• Your dependence on pets causes problems at times when facing a difficult enemy. Their cost is huge and you need to wait a lot until you can cast them again.

PVP

Pros

• Few classes feel as tanky as the stamina sorcerer when it’s put together right.
• Abilities like Plague Break, Dragon’s Appetite and others are hugely useful to cause different types of damage and recover stamina.

Cons

• The biggest problem with the Stamina Sorcerer remains the absence of satisfactory healing.
• You will need to constantly push back to refill your stamina in order to deal damage effectively.
• You need a very high skill cap to master this class. It demands focus to be used in the correct way.

C TIER

Abilities found in C-ranking Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list are the most ineffective ones in the current meta. I’d recommend you do not pick these ones at all.

Magicka Necromancer

The Magicka Necromancer is the master of healing itself and manipulating his enemies to his will.

PVE

Pros

• This class is good at self-healing, melee or range damage and damage mitigation thanks to its class abilities.
• The Magicka Necromancer has a number of ways to use its abilities and hence, utility is the ideal feature of this class.
• Pestilent Colossus and Blast Bones provide you impressive AOE damage in the fight.

Cons

• You need to use stamina based skills and hybridize them with magicka to effectively fight and sustain damage.
• You also have to sacrifice either one of survivability and sustain by choosing between the Consuming Trap and the Hungry Scythe ability.

PVP

Pros

• The Magicka Necromancer is insanely good at self-healing and group healing.
• The Avid Boneyard ability allows you to desecrate the ground while Harmony jewelry is there to amplify your damage impressively.
• The Vicious Death gear set is your ideal bomber type build having the power of multi kill explosions.

Cons

• You cannot excel in solo combat with this class since it is more powerful in area damage and not really good DPS.
• Its single target damage has been nerfed a lot in the latest updates reducing its effectiveness.

Elden Scrolls Online Patch Notes

The current version of the Elder Scrolls Online game is 8.3.5 with the update 37 namely Scribes of Fate.

Elder Scrolls Online classes tier list explained above takes into account both the PVP and PVE combat. Moreover, both the solo and group PVP were considered. Gamers may find different abilities more powerful with the difference in the abilities they choose. Also, the ranks described above change with the buffs and nerfs in the latest changing meta. Hence, any class may also move up or down the ranks with the difference in time and Elder Scrolls Online style of the player.

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