Recuperative Treatise vs Scalding Rune — what top parses actually run
A contested Arcanist Stamina DPS choice, settled with data instead of forum arguments: of the measured top-end parses slotting one of the two, 65% run Scalding Rune.
measured from 16,943 real DPS parses (ESO Logs public API, Update 50, pulled 2026-07-23)| Recuperative Treatise | Scalding Rune | |
|---|---|---|
| Builds slotting it | 252 | 474 |
| Median DPS of those builds | 87,042 | 91,638 |
Our neural net agrees with the crowd's direction: Scalding Rune -0.1% vs Recuperative Treatise -7.3% (learned value vs the average slotted ability).
FAQ
Recuperative Treatise or Scalding Rune — which should I use?
Among 726 measured top-end Arcanist Stamina DPS parses slotting one of them, 65% run Scalding Rune. Median DPS: 91,638 with Scalding Rune vs 87,042 with Recuperative Treatise. That's the revealed preference of skilled players, not theorycraft.