What grants Minor Defile in ESO?

3 sets and 4 skill morphs grant Minor Defile (3 area-of-effect, 1 single target). From skills it is available to: Necromancer (plus the open lines Bow).

Does Minor Defile stack in ESO?

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

All 7 sources of Minor Defile in ESO

3 sets and 4 skill morphs grant Minor Defile — each with the exact datamined line that grants it.

data retrieved 2026-08-23 · datamined via UESP

Sets that grant Minor Defile (3)

Set	How (exact bonus)
Affliction	When you deal damage, you deal 330 Disease damage to the target. The enemy is then afflicted with the Diseased status effect, applying Minor Defile to the target, reducing their Healing Received and damage shield strength by 6% for 4 seconds. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Fasalla's Guile	While in combat, every 1 second you apply Minor Defile to enemies within 5 meters of you for 2 seconds, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 6%.
Pirate Skeleton	When you take damage, you transform into a skeleton and gain Major Protection and Minor Defile for 15 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 10% but reducing your healing received and damage shield strength by 6%. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds.

Skills that grant Minor Defile (4 morphs)

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

Area of effect (3)

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

Morph to slot	Skill line	How (exact datamined line)
Render Flesh	Necromancer · Living Death	Sacrifice your own power to repair damaged flesh, healing you or an ally in front of you for 3486 Health but applying Minor Defile to yourself for 4 seconds, reducing your healing received and damage shield strength by 6%.
Blood Sacrificemorph	Necromancer · Living Death	Sacrifice your own power to repair damaged flesh, healing you or an ally in front of you for 3600 Health but applying Minor Defile to yourself for 4 seconds, reducing your healing received and damage shield strength by 6%.
Resistant Fleshmorph	Necromancer · Living Death	Sacrifice your own power to repair damaged flesh, healing you or an ally in front of you for 3600 Health but applying Minor Defile to yourself for 4 seconds, reducing your healing received and damage shield strength by 6%.

Single target (1)

One enemy per cast.

Morph to slot	Skill line	How (exact datamined line)
Lethal Arrowmorph	Weapon · Bow	Also afflicts enemy with Minor Defile, which reduces their healing received and damage shield strength by 6% for 4 seconds.