Online:Champion/deprecated

This version of the Champion system was in place until Update 29 was released

The Champion System in the Elder Scrolls Online is a system of horizontal character development that complements the more vertical progression of Leveling and Skill development. The Champion System is unlocked when one of your characters reaches Veteran rank at Level 50. From that point on, experience points provide progression in Champion Points. Champion Points are required to wear Level 50 gear and use Level 50 consumables, and are used to unlock new abilities within the realms of the three Guardian Constellations. Additionally, once a particular rank is reached in each constellation, additional passives are unlocked without needing to spend extra points. Once a Champion Point has been earned, it is added to your account total, and can be spent on all of your characters individually; even those who have not yet reached Level 50. There is a maximum of 3,600 points to unlock.

Champion Points are earned in the following order:

• The Warrior: A constellation devoted to health and defense.
• The Thief: A constellation devoted to stamina and utility.
• The Mage: A constellation devoted to magic and offense.

A player with the Champion Points menu open

The XP required for Champion Point gain is based on the following formula:

(((x / (cap ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000) if x ≤ cap

(((x / (cap ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000 * 1.5) if x > cap

x is your current number of Champion Points.

The current cap is 810, and you are unable to spend any points that you have earned above this cap. This means you are able to spend 270 points in each of the three constellations.

Enlightenment

While you are Enlightened, experience gain is multiplied by four, effectively reducing the required XP for one Champion Point to a quarter of its original value. Once per day, you receive 400,000 XP of Enlightenment; after your Enlightenment is used up, you will return to requiring the standard amount of XP to earn a Champion Point. Enlightenment accumulates in a pool with a cap of 4,800,000 XP after twelve days. Each single experience point earned through normal gameplay expends four of the stored points in the Enlightenment pool; killing an enemy usually worth 76 XP will give you 304 XP, while completing a standard Level 50 quest will reward you with 29940 XP instead of 7485 XP.

Note that only Level 50 characters can be Enlightened, and the Enlightenment pool is shared across all Level 50 characters on your account.

Perks

When you spend points in any of the four abilities in a given constellation, you will receive special perks at given thresholds of 10, 30, 75, and 120 points spent. At each perk level, you will still keep all of the lower-level perks. With a total of 270 points that can be spent within each of the 3 sets of constellations, it is now possible to get the 120 point perk in two constellations of the same type, and the 30 point perk in the third, or the 120 point perk in one and the 75 point perks in the other two. The table below lists the best distribution of points to maximize the number or level of perks you receive. (The Champion Level column lists the level at which you can have this distribution in all three disciplines. Subtract 1 level for The Thief or 2 for The Warrior, as these are available slightly earlier based on the order that points are awarded.)

Champ. Level Points Per Group Distribution Number of Perks 30 10 10 1 60 20 10 10 2 90 30 10 10 10 3 30 2 120 40 30 10 3 150 50 30 10 10 4 180 60 30 30 4 210 70 30 30 10 5 225 75 75 3 255 85 75 10 4 270 90 30 30 30 6 285 95 75 10 10 5

Champ. Level Points Per Group Distribution Number of Perks 315 105 75 30 5 345 115 75 30 10 6 360 120 120 4 390 130 120 10 5 405 135 75 30 30 7 420 140 120 10 10 6 450 150 75 75 6 120 30 6 480 160 120 30 10 7 75 75 10 7 540 180 120 30 30 8 75 75 30 8

Champ. Level Points Per Group Distribution Number of Perks 585 195 120 75 7 615 205 120 75 10 8 675 225 120 75 30 9 75 75 75 9 720 240 120 120 8 750 250 120 120 10 9 810 270 120 75 75 10 120 120 30 10 915 305 120 120 75 11 1080 360 120 120 120 12 Not currently available

The Warrior

The Steed

Under the Warrior's influence, the Steed boosts your Health and shields you from damage.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Ironclad	Reduces the damage you take from direct damage attacks by [0-25]%.
	Medium Armor Focus	Increases your Physical Resistance by [0-5280] while wearing 5 or more pieces of Medium Armor.
	Resistant	Increase your Critical Resistance by [0-1650]. Only relevant in PvP.
	Spell Shield	Increases Spell Resistance by [0-5280].

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Invigorating Bash	10	Gives you a 20% chance to restore [x] health when you bash an enemy.
	Phase	30	After using Roll Dodge, your Physical and Spell Resistance is increased by [x] for 3 seconds.
	Resilient	75	Restores [x] Health when you take Critical Damage. Only relevant in PvP.
	Reinforced	120	When activating block gain a damage shield for [x] every 10 seconds.

The Lady

Under the Warrior's influence, the Lady gives you Health and protects you from Negative Effects.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Elemental Defender	Reduces Flame, Frost, Shock, and Magic Damage dealt to you by [0-15]%.
	Hardy	Reduces Poison, Disease, and Physical Damage dealt to you by [0-15]%.
	Light Armor Focus	Increases your Physical Resistance by [0-5280] while wearing 5 or more pieces of Light Armor.
	Thick Skinned	Reduces the damage you take from damage over time effects by [0-25]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Spell Absorption	10	Restores [x] Magicka when you take Flame, Frost, Shock, Magic, Earth, or Oblivion Damage equivalent to 30% of your Maximum Health. This can only occur once every 10 seconds.
	Bulwark	30	Increases your Spell and Physical Resistance by 1500 when you are using a Shield or a Frost Staff.
	Critical Leech	75	Restore [x] Health when you deal direct Critical Damage. This can only occur once every 5 seconds.
	Unchained	120	Reduces the Stamina cost of abilities by 80% for 3 seconds after breaking free of a stun, knockdown, fear, disorient, or stagger.

The Lord

Under the Warrior's influence, the Lord grants you Health and improves your Vitality.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Bastion	Increases the effectiveness of damage absorbing effects by [0-25]%.
	Expert Defender	Reduce damage taken from player Light and Heavy Attacks by [0-35]%.
	Heavy Armor Focus	Increases your Physical Resistance by [0-5280] while wearing 5 or more pieces of Heavy Armor.
	Quick Recovery	Increases the effectiveness of healing received by [0-15]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Field Physician	10	Reduces damage received while resurrecting another player by 15%.
	Infusion	30	Increases another player's Magicka Recovery by [x] for 8 seconds after you resurrect them.
	Revival	75	Absorbs [x] damage for 5 seconds after you are resurrected.
	Determination	120	Absorbs [x] damage for 15 seconds after drinking a potion.

The Thief

The Tower

Under the Thief's influence, the Tower raises your Stamina and makes you more efficient with Spells and Abilities.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Bashing Focus	Reduces the cost of Bash by [0-35]%.
	Siphoner	Reduces all resource restore effects of enemies you hit with Light or Heavy Attacks by [0-15]% for 3 seconds including potions, item sets and ability passives as well as Health/Magicka/Stamina regeneration. Only relevant in PvP.
	Sprinter	Reduces the cost of Sprinting by [0-35]%.
	Warlord	Reduces the cost of Break Free by [0-25]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Ensnare	10	Grants a 33% chance to reduce an enemy's Movement Speed by 20% for 3 seconds any time you hit them with a bash attack.
	Inspiration Boost	30	Increases Inspiration gains by 20%.
	Mara's Gift	75	When killed heal all allies in a 8 meter radius for [x].
	War Mount	120	Improves your mastery with mounts, removing all Stamina costs outside of combat.

The Lover

Under the Thief's influence, the Lover gives you Stamina and accelerates your Regeneration.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Arcanist	Increases your Magicka Recovery by [0-15]%.
	Healthy	Increases your Health Recovery by [0-15]%.
	Mooncalf	Increases your Stamina Recovery by [0-15]%.
	Tenacity	Increases the amount of Magicka and Stamina your Heavy Attacks restore by [0-15]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Plentiful Harvest	10	Grants you a 10% chance to double the yield from normal resource nodes.
	Synergizer	30	Grants 2 Ultimate any time you activate a Synergy while in combat.
	Master Gatherer	75	Reduces gathering times by 50%.
	Windrunning	120	Increases your Movement Speed and Mounted Speed by 2%. Also increases Health and Magicka Recovery by 10% while sprinting.

The Shadow

Under the Thief's influence, the Shadow grants you Stamina and helps you Elude your enemies.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Befoul	Increases the effectiveness of healing reduction abilities by [0-55]%.
	Shade	Reduces the cost of Stealth by [0-35]%.
	Shadow Ward	Reduces the cost of Block by [0-25]%.
	Tumbling	Reduces the Stamina cost of Roll Dodge by [0-25]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Fortune Seeker	10	Increases the amount of gold you find in treasure chests and safeboxes by 50%.
	Merchant Favored	30	Reduces the cost of armor repairs by 10%.
	Treasure Hunter	75	Increases the quality of items you find in treasure chests.
	Shadowstrike	120	After killing a target with a Heavy Attack enter stealth for 2.5 seconds. This can only happen once every 5 seconds.

The Mage

The Apprentice

Under the Mage's influence, the Apprentice increases your Magicka and Empowers your Spells.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Blessed	Increases the effectiveness of healing done by [0-15]%.
	Elemental Expert	Increases your Flame, Frost, Shock, and Magic Damage by [0-15]%.
	Elfborn	Increases damage and healing dealt by Spell Criticals by [0-25]%.
	Spell Erosion	Increases Spell Penetration by [0-5280].

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Vengeance	10	Guarantees your next spell will be a critical hit after you block three spells within 10 seconds of each other.
	Spell Precision	30	Increases your Spell Critical rating by 3%.
	Foresight	75	Reduces the Magicka cost of your next spell by 80% after you drink a potion.
	Arcane Well	120	Gives you a 20% chance when you kill an enemy of opening an Arcane Well, which restores [x] Magicka up to three allies within 2.5 meters of the enemy.

The Atronach

Under the Mage's influence, the Atronach boosts your Magicka and trains your Skill-at-Arms.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Master-at-Arms	Increases the damage of your direct damage attacks by [0-25]%.
	Physical Weapon Expert	Increases the damage of your Light and Heavy Attacks with all bows, daggers, swords, axes, and maces by [0-35]%.
	Shattering Blows	Increases your damage against targets with a damage shield by [0-25]%.
	Staff Expert	Increases the damage of your Light and Heavy Attacks with Destruction and Restoration Staves by [0-35]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Retaliation	10	Increases the damage of your next Light Attack by 30% after blocking a Heavy Attack.
	Riposte	30	While blocking, grants a 15% chance to return [x] damage to the attacker when you block a melee attack. This can only happen once every 5 seconds.
	Butcher	75	Light and Heavy attacks deal 5% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
	Tactician	120	Sets enemies off balance when you successfully use Roll Dodge to avoid their attack.

The Ritual

Under the Mage's influence, the Ritual grants you Magicka and makes your attacks more Precise.

Champion Abilities		Effect
	Mighty	Increases your Physical, Poison, and Disease Damage by [0-15]%.
	Piercing	Increases Physical Penetration by [0-5280].
	Precise Strikes	Increases damage and healing dealt by Weapon Criticals by [0-25]%.
	Thaumaturge	Increases effectiveness of your damage over time effects by [0-25]%.

Passive Unlocks		Rank	Effect
	Opportunist	10	Increases the damage of your next physical attack by 15% after you interrupt a target.
	Perfect Strike	30	Increases your Weapon Critical rating by 3%.
	Exploiter	75	Increases your damage against off balance enemies by 10%.
	Last Stand	120	When you fall below 20% Health gain Major Heroism which grants 18 Ultimate over 8 seconds. Can only occur once every 20 seconds.

Champion Level Rewards

At certain Champion levels you will receive one-time rewards or unlocks, which will be delivered via in-game mail or added to your account automatically.

Level	Reward
10	Veteran Dungeons (Note: You start out at Champion level 10 when reaching level 50 on your first character)
20	Golden Saint Costume
60	Dark Seducer Costume
100	Mannimarco Costume
160	Imperial Chancellor Costume