I changed my build for this arena according to the advise of some members:

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It's difficult to help since it's dps check, tab target one of the shades to make sure everything hits it. If your dps is not enough can just skip the shades mechanic - use dragon leap ult to get behind them.

Often "Dragon leap" also causes instadeath via Void Thether selecting Shade Colossi. I am not sure why it's caused not all the time.

I have played mostly as stamina dk since launch on ps4, I'm not going to recommend gear changes as it looks like you have invested a lot of time into your setup.
I think you should change the enchant on your bow to weapon damage(berserker) enchant and use poison injection instead of snipe.
Get barbed trap from the fighters guild skill line on your front bar and swap the ultimates.
Also try to get caltrops and brawler on your bars, the shield off brawler is nuts.
Lastly maybe run poisons on the battle axe.

Hi, I have tried the builds that you can find in the various websites and with me they did not work (I refer to those 2H weapon builds for the stamina DDs, magicka DDS builds usually going to works).
I suggest you always use the pale order ring (nerf or non nerf should work in arenas) + the Vicious Serpent, to these two sets you can combine the MA bow of course and another set that increases your important stats and dps (it could go well the Relequen too).
I also suggest you use dual wield daggers to increase weapon critical.
Your skills are not good, you must always use a skill that gives you life (ok Vigor but consumes stamina,) + a skill that protects you, as DK you could use Volatile armor or Fragmented Shield (you have to do some tests during the fight) .
Also you often have to focus on dps in the first bar, use the Noxious skill in the first bar, if you still have problems with penetration use the Lover as mundus.
Use Venom Arrow, useless snipe skill in arenas, you have to be fast.
Use the weapon power potions, the good ones!
Vigor in 2 bars ... it's useless.
Soon ZOS will update the Bloodthirst skill, you can use that as a spam kill later.
With the DK I haven't finished this arena yet, but I finished it with the Templar Stamina and the Sorcerer Stamina (+ i complete it with 3 differents magicka DDs), focus first on the adds and then on the boss (or both), the fire mages (or as they are called) can do a lot of harm to the stamina DDs but you can interrupt them with the venom arrow.
p.s. The boss calls the big Atronachs every bit of time, they are around the arena, you can unlock them yourself or avoid them but there will always be moments that you will be full of adds, especially at the end.

Focus mechanics, slow down, and relax. Get used to the rhythm of the battle. Wall is on a timer, shades come up at percentages, archer and rot add are also on a timer.

Take it slow, just light attack the boss until the adds pop up, then focus the adds. If you put your dots down where the wall shades are going to walk rather than on top of them, it should help. There's no dps check, and it's not a dps race .The biggest thing is to not panic and feel like you have to rush. Take your time on the portal adds if you need. If you can fight the boss at full health once, you can do it four times.

The mechanics added when you kill the portals are as follows:
Wounding: call lightning, just kite a bit so you don't get snared by it,
Grotto: big stone and lava aoe. When you see the spectral Minotaur, make sure you position yourself out of the way so it doesn't got in the way of where you want to fight the boss.
Brimstone: flame shaper, needs to be bashed like the ones you find in craglorn trials and other dungeons and arenas. Focus this one if you have trouble.

I highly recommend just stopping damage on the boss for awhile until you get comfortable with the mechanics and they become more muscle memory. Don't be afraid to die, actually, expect to die often the first few times around. Dying will show you where you need to adjust to improve. Also, try to avoid execute panic. When the boss is low health, just stay calm and keep doing what your doing. Execute panic will kill you more times than mechanics will.

Again, relax, focus mechanics, slow way down so you can learn the timing and rhythm of the fights (this goes for anything in game btw), and most importantly, have fun!

Best of luck on your endeavors! Go smash it!

Like others have said, it's primarily a DPS check so if you don't have the damage to burst down the shades quickly, you will likely have to work on that before you can succeed in this fight. There are ways to cheese it -- streak on a sorc, or the teleport shade on a NB to list a couple of examples. Neither of which will help you on a DK unfortunately.

However, it could also just be the chaos of the fight, so definitely try and really focus when you're fighting her. Listen for and memorize her call-outs. That way when you hear her call out the shades before they spawn you can position yourself the way you want. Tab target one shade and focus that one above all else. If you can burst her down fast enough you can skip shades altogether, but if you don't have the DPS then don't push it. Slow down and save your ult for the portals.

Also, like others have mentioned, tweaking your build a bit might serve you well here. There's a lot of good advice in this thread and you can also check out YouTube videos of other players' vVH builds.

Vateshran isn't really all that difficult once you get the mechanics down. I like this arena because it's easy to fall into a steady rhythm during the fights and unlike Maelstrom or Dragonstar there aren't long periods of waiting between waves of adds. You just keep barreling forward (or just take it at your own pace). It's definitely my favorite solo content in the game. So good luck! You'll get it completed 🙂

Thank you all! I'll try this tomorrow!

Thanks.

By the way, which food and potions do you recommend for this fight?