The Serpent
Sanctum Ophidia
A constellation that fell to Tamriel as a Celestial and set about remaking Nirn. He holds the minds of two of the Guardian Celestials, the Mage and the Warrior, with only the Thief out of his reach.
Popular builds
The builds groups run most often at this boss, one per role. Ranked by how often each is run, not by damage done.
Most popular Tank build
DragonKnight tank with Lucent Echoes and Pearlescent Ward
seen 2×
Skills
Perfected Lucent Echoes7 
Perfected Pearlescent Ward5 
Magma Incarnate1 
Spaulder of Ruin1 Most popular Healer build
Arcanist healer with Jorvuld's Guidance, Roaring Opportunist and Symphony of Blades
seen 3×
Skills
Jorvuld's Guidance5 Perfected Roaring Opportunist5 
Symphony of Blades2 
Perfected Grand Rejuvenation2 Most popular DPS build
Arcanist DPS
seen 30×
Skills
Perfected Slivers of the Null Arca5 
Spattering Disjunction5 
Perfected Merciless Charge2 
Slimecraw1 
Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet1 Most popular Support build
Nightblade Werewolf
seen 6×
Skills
Savage Werewolf5 Perfected Slivers of the Null Arca5 
Perfected Crushing Wall2 Slimecraw1
Ranked by how often a build is run, from the top 100 boss-DPS parses per boss. U50 data, as of 4 Aug 2026.