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Glacial Colossus vs Pestilent Colossus — what top parses actually run

A contested Necromancer Stamina DPS choice, settled with data instead of forum arguments: of the measured top-end parses slotting one of the two, 76% run Glacial Colossus.

measured from 16,943 real DPS parses (ESO Logs public API, Update 50, pulled 2026-07-23)
Glacial ColossusPestilent Colossus
Builds slotting it1,600494
Median DPS of those builds114,341137,397

Interesting split: the crowd runs Glacial Colossus, but our neural net values Pestilent Colossus higher (-2.2% vs -11.0%) — worth testing both on a dummy.

FAQ

Glacial Colossus or Pestilent Colossus — which should I use?

Among 2,094 measured top-end Necromancer Stamina DPS parses slotting one of them, 76% run Glacial Colossus. Median DPS: 114,341 with Glacial Colossus vs 137,397 with Pestilent Colossus. That's the revealed preference of skilled players, not theorycraft.