Easiest i've ever used is the Stamina Nightblade using 2 hand sword.
Just grab the Brawler ability which applies a shield and hits multiple mobs for decent damage.
Probably Briarheart set and Sword-singers and load up with stamina boosts.

That's it.
The rest is filler

Also you could check out the Build section of the forums for lots of threads on this stuff

I play a lot of solo as well but as Stamwarden and Magplar. The magplar is HTM solo one bar build called “god mode.” https://www.hacktheminotaur.com/builds/eso-magicka-templar-solo-pve-one-bar-build-god-mode

Now I do use a two bar setup that varies from his 2 bar setup slightly. I also use Julianos and mother’s sorrow for my gear because those will always and forever be two staple sets that ZOS won’t change for magicka users and they are two of easiest to obtain sets. So my front bar is his one bar setup and backbar is extra AOE, dots and buffs. Have sweeps double slotted because it’s my only heal and sometimes I need to hit them quick on either bar to stay alive. Fun build that is simple to use and easy enough to adapt to groups.

My other solo build is my own DW Stamwarden and it’s by far the most fun to play. It’s also in basics gear that will never go out of style. Hundings/Briarheart are two staple sets for stamina and easy enough to obtain.

Front bar I have bull netch, green lotus, sub assault, growing swarm and whirling blades. People prefer steel tornado but whirling blades has the execute bonus. You’ll move around so fast on a high level warden that the extra range isn’t needed. I can literally dance all over the place spamming whirling blades and win 95% of PvE content.

Back bar is more dots, heals and CC. Endless hail, gripping shards, soul consuming trap, soothing spores and bird of prey (for the 8% dmg bonus plus major expedition when I really need it.) As warden the bear is double barred. No choice really but when it cooperates it acts as a mini tank often taking aggro from bosses long enough for you to recover.

You must keep your netch and lotus active at all times as they provide major brutality, major savagery, stamina recovery and heal over time from those two skills alone. This allows you to run trash pots all day long. No expensive potions. Small mobs you hit your SA on the approach throw out a growing swarm or two making sure it hits two different target so dmg stacks, and then spin to win with whirling blades.

Larger and more robust mobs you have to be more creative. Netch, lotus, SA as usual, bar swap CC with gripping shards, then endless hail, hit 1 enemy with soul trap so when it dies it return rss, you can hit 2 if you want also but usually 1 will do. Bar swap again SA, growing swarm and spin to win again. You will run boss fights this way too with a SA every 2 skills.

My warden is hitting at 3339 weapon damage with 72% critical so the Briarheart heals are proccing constantly. When I need a burst heal it’s there one the back bar and some dungeons/WB you need that burst heal to survive. It’s a fun little build for soloing.

Hamish999 wrote: »

My magplar soloist, I prefer lightning staves for a soloist, I just prefer the heavy attacks (much easier to see and gauge your recovery)



I also have magsorc, stamDK and magDK soloists. Magsorc is from a build posted on the forum (can't remember by who sorry) and the 2 DKs are my takes of Alcast's soloist builds.

Agreed on the lightning staves on magplar. I’ve got my maelstrom back barred and only running 1pc Zaan helmet for crit dmg. The beauty of solo magplar is AOE death machine. No mobs stand a chance.

Hamish999 wrote: »

Everest_Lionheart wrote: »

Hamish999 wrote: »

My magplar soloist, I prefer lightning staves for a soloist, I just prefer the heavy attacks (much easier to see and gauge your recovery)



I also have magsorc, stamDK and magDK soloists. Magsorc is from a build posted on the forum (can't remember by who sorry) and the 2 DKs are my takes of Alcast's soloist builds.

Agreed on the lightning staves on magplar. I’ve got my maelstrom back barred and only running 1pc Zaan helmet for crit dmg. The beauty of solo magplar is AOE death machine. No mobs stand a chance.

I'll go Maelstrom staff back bar if it ever drops for me

Sound like me with my Bow for my Stamwarden build. Infused lightning staff dropped on like my second or third run. Took almost 50 runs to get an off trait inferno staff, but still no bows.

out51d3r wrote: »

The trick to soloing is what I'd call "passive healing". You need to heal yourself as you dps, without dedicating your GCDs to it. You also want both good AOE and single target damage.

I run a stamsorc, with Hundings/Briarheart/Velidreth/Master 2h. Stamsorc gets +3000 health on crit from Critical Surge, making it even better for this type of thing. I use Hundings for weapon crit boost, works great with Critical Surge and Briarheart. Stamsorc is also really good at AOE damage.

As far as your build goes, Brawler is a really good ability for soloing, so good choice there. Briarheart is also one of the best choices you can make for soloing. Consider replacing your Maelstrom 2h with a Master 2h instead. You'll find that the massive AOE improvement is way better than the crit charge improvement. You can probably solo Dragonstar Arena for the master 2h. I've done it a few times, and the final battle is the only one that's dangerous.

As much as 2H skill line outclasses DW I just can’t bring myself to play it! I never tried mixing the two yet but am due for another stam toon soon. I liked warden so much because major brutality, major savagery, minor beserk, major fracture and minor vulnerability are pretty much baked in to the build.

But why 2H over DW? Is it the hitting power or better CC and sustain? I’ve always wondered.

TonyDemonLord wrote: »

I’m a Solo player and I only really like playing PVE so I’m trying to come up with the best build possible with high dps but still some survivability. This is the best I have come up with and if anyone has feedback, it is greatly appreciated. If you also have your own solo builds that you’d like to show them please do, I’d like to see what other people are using.

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Special:EsoBuildData?id=263173
And it’s only up to CP 300 because that’s what my character currently is

@TonyDemonLord 3 Things really quickly:

1) You should build for more Sustain and MaxStamina. And much more Penetration. They are just too low for soloing.
2) In the UESP Build editor you can also use debuffs. Please activate Major Fracture (Target) and Major Resolve(self).
3) Drop the Stranglers. Your defense is just not up to it. Every dungeon boss is going to smite you.

I know it's not popular for people with DPS in mind, but you will only solo (very)easy dungeons like that. Thrassian Stranglers without a group to protect you? This is just gonna end badly for you. Very badly.

out51d3r wrote: »

Everest_Lionheart wrote: »

But why 2H over DW? Is it the hitting power or better CC and sustain? I’ve always wondered.

Well, to be honest, I'm a pvper at heart. Stamsorc needs the burst damage from 2H in pvp. I also like solo pve alot though, and 2H is just as good there as it is in pvp.

The main reason to use 2H for solo pve is Brawler. AOE damage + a shield. You'll basically be sweeping large groups while taking little to no damage. I'm guessing the 'dot+heal' skills from dual wield work similarly, with one difference: Having a shield basically increases your max health, allowing you to survive beefier boss hits. I run with 15k life on my solo spec, brawler gives me 5-7k "virtual" max health on top of that.

Other reasons to use 2h is if you are missing certain things from your spec(stamsorc is missing several things). Rally provides major brutality and a burst heal. You also get an execute, and a couple spammable options(brawler/wrecking).

Good to know actually and something to think about as I start theory crafting my next stam toon. I’m trying to make one without following any build in particular, but I like some of the skills and passives of 2H but I just love the speed and feel of DW. Thx for the tips.

This has gotten a lot more attention then I had anticipated, which I greatly appreciate everyone’s time to respond and provide advice to this. I had actually asked this question about a 3 weeks ago and I was completely ignored.

1. @Everest_Lionheart @Hamish999
Thanks for showing your builds and explaining it

2. @out51d3r
I actually wanted to get the master sword because the extra damage added is insane but I can’t ever find anyone to do the dungeon with and when I tried to solo it I made it to the last round but can’t beat the boss with all those mini bosses spawning, I literally spent an hour trying everything on him but couldn’t beat him. So I had to substitute the master sword for the maelstrom sword because at least it provides a decent dot with stampede. I am a Dragonknight so that class doesn’t really have any decent passive heals, the best I could do was vigor

3. @Everest_Lionheart
Combining two handed and dual wielding actually seems to be working rather nicely, I just made the change a couple days ago. Before I used two handed and bow but I wanted something different. Also I prefer two handed mainly because of brawler, it gives an insanely strong damage shield while also doing good damage which is about the only thing keeping me alive at times. But otherwise I believe the damage is about the same. out51d3r put it better then I did

4. @Zodiarkslayer
I applied those debuffs to the build now. I realize I need more penetration but I’m not sure what trait is better, nirnhoned or sharpened? Which do you think will give more damage? And should I use shadow for more crit dmg or lover for more penetration? My plan was to keep the stranglers for clearing mass groups really quickly and just crouching when fighting a boss.

Thanks again to everyone for providing lots of tips it is a great help.

Klad wrote: »

I play my stamblade with just a costume of heavy armor with a starter magic staff and Veiled Strike as my only attack.



What?

Lol

@out51d3r you don’t have to kill the other bosses? So if I just kill the main bosses I win the round? I have tried focusing everything on just him but I could only get him to 8 percent before I die. And I tried to kill off the other bosses too but I still die because more keep spawning.

I may be late on this
But, lose the stranglers, go NMA gauntlets and malacath ring

Oh.. and Boots of the Trainee?
Just so that you are not barefoot?

@Zodiarkslayer Now should I use shadow Mundus or lover Mundus?

Concrete wrote: »

I may be late on this
But, lose the stranglers, go NMA gauntlets and malacath ring

@Concrete

I’m keeping the stranglers for clearing mass groups and I’ll just crouch to remove the effect at boss fights. And I dislike the malacath ring because it disables crit completely. Which is what Briarheart is all about.