Online:Destruction Staff

Destruction Staff is one of the six weapon skills available in Elder Scrolls Online. You can advance through this skill line by equipping a Destruction type staff. Each staff has an elemental type associated with it:

an Inferno Staff will only deal fire damage;

a Lightning Staff will only deal shock damage;

an Ice Staff will only deal frost damage.

All staves use the same skills, and the effects of those skills vary based on the type of staff being used. One example of this is the skill Destructive Touch, which always deals damage, but also applies an effect based on the type of staff. A Fire Staff causes an enemy to be knocked back, a Frost Staff causes an enemy to be stunned and a Shock Staff causes disorientation.

Skill Perks

Destruction Staves have an associated skill line that is revealed through use of a Destruction Staff. Known abilities are listed below.

Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 4, wherein each additional level increases the Magicka/Stamina Cost by 10% of this value. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 1000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 0. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Active Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, whilst a destruction staff is equipped, for a cost.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Destructive Touch	2	Instant		Enemy	17 meters	-	0 seconds	525 Magicka
		Cost: [562 / 550 / 537 / 525] Magicka Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing 59 Magic Damage and (?) Magic Damage more over 8 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Flame Touch knocks back the enemy. Frost Touch immobilizes the enemy. Shock Touch stuns the enemy.
				Destructive Clench	Adds additional elemental effects. Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing 59 Magic Damage and (?) more over 8 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Flame Clench knocks back the enemy and deals more damage over time. Frost Clench immobilizes the enemy for longer. Shock Clench stuns the enemy and deals damage to nearby enemies.
				Destructive Reach	Has increased range. Range: 28 meters Devastate enemy with an enhanced charge from your staff, dealing 59 Magic Damage and (?) more over 8 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Flame Reach knocks back the enemy. Frost Reach immobilizes the enemy. Shock Reach stuns the enemy. [verification needed — What increases with skill rank?]
	Wall of Elements	4	Instant		Self	-	-	4.5 seconds	487 Magicka
		Cost: [525 / 512 / 500 / 487] Magicka Slam your staff down to create an elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 7 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Wall of Fire deals extra damage to burning enemies. Wall of Frost reduces enemy Movement Speed and immobilizes chilled enemies. Wall of Storms sets concussed enemies off balance.
				Unstable Wall of Elements	Wall explodes when it expires, damaging enemies in the area. Cost: [487 / 475 / 462 / 450] Magicka Create an unstable elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 7 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds then explodes for 24 damage. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Unstable Wall of Fire deals extra damage to burning enemies. Unstable Wall of Frost reduces enemy Movement Speed and immobilizes chilled enemies. Unstable Wall of Storms sets concussed enemies off balance.
				Elemental Blockade	Increase size and duration. Duration: 8 seconds Slam your staff down to create an elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 7 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds. Also applies an effect based on your staff's attack element: Blockade of Fire deals extra damage to burning enemies. Blockade of Frost reduces enemy Movement Speed and immobilizes chilled enemies. Blockade of Storms sets concussed enemies off balance. [verification needed — What increases with skill rank?]
	Force Shock	14	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	-	0 seconds	375 Magicka
		Focus all the elemental energies with your staff and blast an enemy for [27 / 28 / 29 / 30] Flame Damage, [27 / 28 / 29 / 30] Cold Damage, and [27 / 28 / 29 / 30] Shock Damage. The blast also has a 40% chance of afflicting an enemy with Chilled, Burning, and Concussion status effects.
				Crushing Shock	Stun and off balance casting targets. Focus all the elemental energies with your staff and blast an enemy for [30 / 31 / 31 / 31] Flame Damage, [30 / 31 / 31 / 31] Cold Damage, and [30 / 31 / 31 / 31] Shock Damage. The blast also has a 40% chance of afflicting an enemy with Chilled, Burning, and Concussion status effects. Enemies hit while casting are stunned and set off balance for 3 seconds.
				Force Pulse	Deals increased damage, and damages nearby enemies that are burning, chilled, or concussed. Focus all the elemental energies with your staff and blast an enemy for 34 Flame Damage, 34 Cold Damage, and 34 Shock Damage. The blast also has a 40% chance of afflicting the enemy with Chilled, Burning, and Concussion status effects. Up to 2 nearby enemies will take 41 Magic Damage if they were already afflicted with Burning, Chilled, or Concussed status effects. [verification needed — What increases with skill rank?]
	Weakness to Elements	20	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	-	0 seconds	0 Magicka
		Send the elements to sap an enemy's defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by 80 for [18 / 19 / 20 / 21] seconds.
				Elemental Susceptibility	Duration is refreshed on damage. Send the elements to sap an enemy's defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by 80 for [21 / 22 / 23 / 24] seconds. Any damage you deal to the enemy refreshes the effect's duration.
				Elemental Drain	Restores Magicka. Send the elements to sap an enemy's defenses, afflicting them with Major Breach, which reduces Spell Resistance by 80 for 21 seconds. While the effect is active, attacks with Flame, Shock, or Frost Damage restore [100 / 110 / 120 / 130] Magicka to the attacker.
	Impulse	38	Instant		Area	-	6 meters	0 seconds	450 Magicka
		Release a surge of elemental energy to deal [59 / 60 / 62 / 63] Magic Damage to nearby enemies.
				Elemental Ring	Adds damage over time. Release a surge of elemental energy to deal 63 Magic Damage to nearby enemies and an additional [52 / 60 / 68 / 76] Magic Damage over 10 seconds.
				Pulsar	Reduces enemy's max health. Release a surge of elemental energy to deal 63 Magic Damage to nearby enemies and afflict them with Minor Mangle, which reduces their Max Health by 10% for [30 / 31 / 32 / 33] seconds.

Passive Abilities

Passive abilities are active all the time, so long as a destruction staff is equipped.

Name		Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Tri Focus	5		Grants bonus effects based on the element used: Heavy fire attacks deal 8% additional damage. Heavy frost attacks reduce enemy Movement Speed by 30% for 3.5 seconds. Heavy shock attacks damage up to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 10% of the damage inflicted on the primary target.
		34		Grants bonus effects based on the element used: Heavy fire attacks deal 15% additional damage. Heavy frost attacks reduce enemy Movement Speed by 40% for 3.5 seconds. Heavy shock attacks damage up to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 20% of the damage inflicted on the primary target.
	Penetrating Magic	10		Allows your Destruction Staff spells to ignore 5% of an enemy's Spell Resistance.
		(?)		Allows your Destruction Staff spells to ignore 10% of an enemy's Spell Resistance.
	Elemental Force	25		Increases your spells' chance of afflicting enemies with Burning, Concussion, and Chilled status effects by 8%.
		(?)		Increases your spells' chance of afflicting enemies with Burning, Concussion, and Chilled status effects by 15%.
	Ancient Knowledge	28		Reduces the time it takes to charge a heavy attack by 5%.
		(?)		Reduces the time it takes to charge a heavy attack by 10%.
	Destruction Expert	41		Restores 3 Magicka when you kill a target with a Destruction Staff spell or Weapon attack.
		50		Restores 3 Magicka when you kill a target with a Destruction Staff spell or Weapon attack.