The Tide King's Gaze vs The Languid Eye — 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, 95% run The Languid Eye.
measured from 16,943 real DPS parses (ESO Logs public API, Update 50, pulled 2026-07-23)| The Tide King's Gaze | The Languid Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Builds slotting it | 255 | 5,240 |
| Median DPS of those builds | 50,053 | 95,549 |
Our neural net agrees with the crowd's direction: The Languid Eye -7.6% vs The Tide King's Gaze -52.7% (learned value vs the average slotted ability).
FAQ
The Tide King's Gaze or The Languid Eye — which should I use?
Among 5,495 measured top-end Arcanist Stamina DPS parses slotting one of them, 95% run The Languid Eye. Median DPS: 95,549 with The Languid Eye vs 50,053 with The Tide King's Gaze. That's the revealed preference of skilled players, not theorycraft.