Help with Warden Tank/Healing Build

ShadowMole25 · May 2018

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=61486

So, the goal of this build is to not die. If I'm under 50% health, my regen should jump through the roof due to both Troll King and Orgnum's. At the same time, being a nord, heavy armor, and the Steed should have it at an already high level. In addition, Hist Sap should help out a lot if I am disabled. This is just based on armor and passives. Polar Wind, Mutagen, and Nature's Embrace should further help keep up my health and heal those around me. Meanwhile, Healing Springs, Enchanted Grow, and Healing Thicket are for oh crap moments. Expansive Frost Cloak should help keep everyone alive and Absorb Magic just allows me to tank more. Pierce Armor is for taunts and Eternal Guardian is because bears are awesome. Also, Mutagen and Blue Betty will help with removing debuffs.

I would like to use this build for both PvE and PvP. Would that be possible? If not, how should I change it?

Asardes · May 2018

It would work for easier dungeons, but health recovery is not effective in PvE due to incoming damage generally being much higher than the attainable recovery. Also it has not been as effective as it used to be in PvP due to the fact that defile was changed a few patches back to also affect health recovery. Hist Sap is also not very effective since NPCs don't usually put disabling effects on you unless you fail to block or avoid them. So I would rate this build as marginally effective for PvP, even if you play a heal bot, and ineffective for PvE. Also for the bear to work it has to be slotted on both bars, and it doesn't make much sense to have it there for the Flourish passive since you get it anyway from slotting Blue Betty and it's not cumulative.

Tasear · May 2018

Budding seeds is all I needed to take when I was doing this with my warden. Also have you considered a frost or desto staff on back bar instead? Overall though, I think you have to many heals for a hybrid.

ShadowMole25 · May 2018

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildEditor?id=61486

Okay so I switched to a Frost staff on the back bar. I added Elemental Blockade for AOE and Frozen Retreat for utility. I also switched the bear for Northern Storm for the major protection. I also switched the Robes of the Hist set to Dreamer's Mantle.

I kept Enchanted Growth because that helps with Stamina and Magicka regen. I Polar Wind and Nature's Embrace because they are HOTs that I don't have to worry about as often. Also Nature's Embrace allows me to move to an ally if I get too overwhelmed.