What grants Major Cowardice in ESO?

4 sets and 9 skill morphs grant Major Cowardice (7 area-of-effect, 2 single target). From skills it is available to: Dragonknight, Necromancer, Nightblade (plus the open lines Werewolf).

Does Major Cowardice stack in ESO?

No. Two sources of Major Cowardice do not stack — the second is wasted. One source is enough; cover it once and spend the rest of your build elsewhere.

All 13 sources of Major Cowardice in ESO

4 sets and 9 skill morphs grant Major Cowardice — each with the exact datamined line that grants it.

What it does-430 enemy Weapon/Spell Damage.

data retrieved 2026-08-23 · datamined via UESP

Sets that grant Major Cowardice (4)

Set	How (exact bonus)
Gardener of Seasons	(5 items) Gain Herald of Spring, causing your Green Balance overheals to apply Minor Heroism for 3 seconds. Casting a Heal ability while Bracing consumes Herald of Spring and gives you Harbinger of Fall for 6 seconds, causing your Green Balance overheals to create an 8 meter area for 5 seconds, applying Major Cowardice to enemies and Minor Vitality to allies. You can create an area once every 5 seconds. When Harbinger of Fall ends, regain Herald of Spring.
Kynmarcher's Cruelty	(5 items) When you deal direct damage, you apply one of 5 random Major debuffs to enemies within 8 meters of you for 18 seconds. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and only if an enemy is in range. Eligible effects are Major Breach, Major Cowardice, Major Defile, Major Maim, and Major Vulnerability.
Nix-Hound's Howl	(5 items) Completing a fully-charged Heavy Attack applies Major Cowardice to your target for 1 second per 1000 Weapon Damage you have, lowering their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. You then gain Major Courage for the same duration, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds. Current Durations Major Cowardice: 1 second Major Courage: 1 second
Vykosa	When you Bash an enemy you've taunted, you frighten them with a deafening howl, applying Major Cowardice to them, lowering their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430 for 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.

Skills that grant Major Cowardice (9 morphs)

Listed per morph, because a morph is what you actually slot and morphs of the same skill do not all carry Major Cowardice.

Area of effect (7)

Can apply it to more than one enemy per cast — what a group needs.

Morph to slot	Skill line	How (exact datamined line)
Bone Totem	Necromancer · Bone Tyrant	Enemies in the area are afflicted with Major Cowardice, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Agony Totemmorph	Necromancer · Bone Tyrant	Enemies in the area are afflicted with Major Cowardice.
Remote Totemmorph	Necromancer · Bone Tyrant	Enemies in the area are afflicted with Major Cowardice, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Aspect of Terror	Nightblade · Shadow	Summon a dark spirit to terrify nearby enemies, causing them to cower in fear for 2 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Manifestation of Terrormorph	Nightblade · Shadow	When the trap is triggered, up to 6 enemies in the area become terrified, causing them to cower in fear for 2 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Mass Hysteriamorph	Nightblade · Shadow	Summon a dark spirit to terrify all nearby enemies, causing them to cower in fear for 3 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Deafening Roarmorph	World · Werewolf	Roar with bloodlust to fear nearby enemies for 4 seconds, setting them Off Balance for 7 seconds, and applying Major Cowardice and Maim for 15 seconds.

Single target (2)

One enemy per cast.

Morph to slot	Skill line	How (exact datamined line)
Chains of Flame	Dragonknight · Draconic Power	Also inflicts Major Cowardice on the enemy, reducing Weapon and Spell Damage by 430 for 10 seconds.
Chains of Dominancemorph	Dragonknight · Draconic Power	Also inflicts Major Cowardice on the enemy, reducing Weapon and Spell Damage by 430 for 15 seconds.