The 8 Best Nightblade Builds for ESO

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The Nightblade in Elder Scrolls Online can be played in many ways. For the Flames of Ambition patch, we have created a top-tier list of the best Nightblade builds in ESO for each major role you can play. Nightblades excel at single-target damage and can deal some of the highest burst damage in the game on unsuspecting or low-health targets. Nightblades can be used in every role, and we have taken to testing out which works best for each of the major styles you can play a Nightblade as. 

We’ll start off with the four major PVE roles, being Magicka DPS, Stamina DPS, Tank, and Healer. Later we’ll cover the best solo builds for clearing content from world bosses to veteran arenas. Finally we’ll finish off with how to prepare your Nightblade to dominate PVP in Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil, or the Imperial City. 

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Let’s get started on the best Nightblade builds in ESO, starting with everyone’s favorite role for the Nightblade: DPS.

1. PvE – Magblade DPS Build

Race: Khajiit or Elf | Mundus: Thief (higher critical strike chance) or Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Solitude Salmon Millet SoupesoItems

Solitude Salmon Millet Soup

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Magicka by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Savoury

Nightblades as Magicka DPS deal great damage and have high survivability in all levels of play. Excelling at burst damage and the execute phase of boss fights, they also deal great single target damage over the course of fights, and can keep themselves healthy with their great toolkits. We suggest using a Khajiit on Magicka Nightblades for the extra burst damage, but other Nightblade races like Dark Elf and High Elf are right behind in terms of DPS.

Skills

Main Bar (Medusa Staff)	Second Bar (Crushing Wall Staff)
Swallow SoulesoSkills Swallow Soul Steal an enemy's life force, dealing 2160 Magic Damage and healing you for 35% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Enemy Cost: 2700 Magicka	Unstable Wall of ElementsesoSkills Unstable Wall of Elements Create an unstable elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 316 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second before exploding for an additional 1799 Magic Damage. Unstable Wall of Fire deals additional damage to Burning enemies. Unstable Wall of Frost costs more, but grants damage shields and immobilizes Chilled enemies. Unstable Wall of Storms sets Concussed enemies Off Balance. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 18m Cost: 3780 Magicka
ImpaleesoSkills Impale Throw a magic blade with lethal precision to strike an enemy, dealing 1161 Magic Damage. Deals 300% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 25m Cost: 2431 Magicka	Mystic OrbesoSkills Mystic Orb Project a globe of annihilation that slowly floats forward, dealing 460 Magic Damage every 1 second to nearby enemies. An ally near the globe can activate the Combustion synergy, causing the orb to explode for 2249 Magic Damage to nearby enemies and restore 3960 Magicka or Stamina to the ally, whichever maximum is higher. Skill Line: Guild > Undaunted Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 3780 Magicka
Merciless ResolveesoSkills Merciless Resolve Focus your senses for 40 seconds, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Will, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4752 Magic Damage, and heals for 50% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 40s Target: Self Cost: 2700 Magicka	Siphoning AttacksesoSkills Siphoning Attacks Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Magicka for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Magicka when the effect ends, based on the length of time Siphoning Attacks was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 1080 Magicka
Inner LightesoSkills Inner Light SSummon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted your Maximum Magicka is increased by 5% and you gain Major Prophecy, increasing your Spell Critical rating by 2629. Skill Line: Guild > Mages Cast Time: Instant Duration: 5s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 5130 Magicka	Dark ShadeesoSkills Dark Shade Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 18 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 830 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 830 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. This ability scales with your highest offensive stats. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 18s Target: Self Cost: 4050 Magicka
DegenerationesoSkills Degeneration Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 3480 Magic Damage over 10 seconds. Excess magic spills out from them, granting you Major Sorcery, increasing your Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds. Skill Line: Guild > Mages Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 2430 Magicka	Twisting PathesoSkills Twisting Path Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. Deals 612 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 15m Cost: 3510 Magicka
Incapacitating StrikeesoSkills Incapacitating Strike Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3718 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While slotted you gain Reave, which restores 100 Magicka and Stamina when you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on an enemy with a negative effect active on them. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: 0.4s Target: Enemy Range: 7m Cost: 70 Ultimate	Soul TetheresoSkills Soul Tether Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing 3600 Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon 627 Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the Soul Tether synergy, dealing 3122 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: 0.5s Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 150 Ultimate

For the basis of the best Nightblade DPS build ESO has to offer, the damage rotation is important along with light attack weaving. The general rule is buff up first, then lay down your longer-duration AOE abilities, followed up by your spammable ability. Keep in mind you need to light attack between each of your abilities after the initial buffing stage, and this will increase your DPS by a large amount.

You want to light attack, then cast the skill immediately after before the light attack animation ends. This may feel clunky at first, but your team will thank you in the long haul. Using the (Perfected) Crushing Wall (from Maelstrom Arena) will increase your light attacks by 1353 damage to all enemies who stand in your Wall of Elements, which will make your need to light attack weave even more important. 

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Zaan SetesoItems Zaan Set (1 item) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you damage a nearby enemy with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to create a beam of fire that will connect you to your enemy as long as you remain within 8 meters of them. The beam deals 2010 Flame Damage every 1 second to your enemy for 6 seconds. Every second, this damage increases by 100%. The beam is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur every 18 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Shoulder	Zaan SetesoItems Zaan Set (1 item) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you damage a nearby enemy with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to create a beam of fire that will connect you to your enemy as long as you remain within 8 meters of them. The beam deals 2010 Flame Damage every 1 second to your enemy for 6 seconds. Every second, this damage increases by 100%. The beam is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur every 18 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Chest	Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems Mother’s Sorrow Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Belt	Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems Mother’s Sorrow Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems Mother’s Sorrow Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems Mother’s Sorrow Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems Mother’s Sorrow Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Ring 1	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Ring 2	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Weapon 1	Medusa Set Staff (flame enchantment)esoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Precise
Weapon 2	Perfected Crushing Wall Set StaffesoItems Crushing Wall Set (2 items) Your Light and Heavy Attacks deal an additional 1353 to enemies in your Wall of Elements. (Perfected) Grants up to 1190 Spell Penetration. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Law of Julianos SetesoItems

Law of Julianos Set

(2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Spell Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems

Mother’s Sorrow Set

(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Overland
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster or Willpower Set

For our sets, we are using a gear setup that will be successful no matter where you fight, not just in situations where you can stand still and not have to worry about survivability (Looking at you, Siroria). We will be using Mother’s Sorrow (from Deshaan) for the great critical chance it offers us, helping us to crit more often, and for even more damage as a Khajiit.

The second set we will use is Medusa (from Arx Corinium), which boosts our spell critical and increases our critical damage by 10% due to the Minor Force buff it offers. The spell critical chance on this build will be so high that you’ll be making those critical hits most of the time, making for extreme damage, especially in the final phase when you get your execute bonuses.

Finally, for the monster set, we will be using Zaan for the spell critical and heavy single-target damage it gives. With a one in three chance to proc from a light attack, Zaan will deal 300 flame damage and increase by 100% every second for six seconds. If you can stand close enough to have the full duration of this effect, it leads to massive amounts of damage dealt. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Eldritch InsightesoChampion Points

Eldritch Insight

Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Deadly AimesoChampion Points

Deadly Aim

Increase your damage done with single target attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PreparationesoChampion Points

Preparation

Reduces your damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Biting AuraesoChampion Points

Biting Aura

Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Flawless RitualesoChampion Points

Flawless Ritual

Increases your chance to apply a Magical status effect by 30% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 30 War MageesoChampion Points

War Mage

Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Magical attacks. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 40

, 50 ThaumaturgeesoChampion Points

Thaumaturge

Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

2. PvE – Stamblade DPS Build

Race: Khajiit (or Dark Elf) | Mundus: Thief (higher critical strike chance) or Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Garlic Cod with Potato CrustesoItems

Garlic Cod with Potato Crust

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Stamina by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Ragout

or equivalent (5395 health, 4936 stamina)

Next on our list of best Nightblade builds in ESO is the Stamblade DPS for PvE.

Nightblades do amazing as Stamina DPS, fitting well into all groups with high burst damage executes and overall great damage in general. Nightblades truly shine in the last phase of battles, where they quickly finish off bosses at their most dangerous and help bring the high health targets down to that point with their heavy single target damage. We suggest using a Khajiit for the increased critical damage, but Dark Elf is very close in DPS as well. 

Skills

Main Bar (Stinging Slashes Daggers)	Second Bar (Thunderous Volley Bow)
Surprise AttackesoSkills Surprise Attack Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect. Attacking with Surprise Attack from the flank stuns the enemy for 3 seconds and sets them Off Balance. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2295 Stamina	Dark ShadeesoSkills Dark Shade Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 18 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 830 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 830 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. This ability scales with your highest offensive stats. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 18s Target: Self Cost: 4050 Magicka
Rending SlashesesoSkills Rending Slashes Slice an enemy with both weapons to cause deep lacerations, dealing 718 Bleed Damage with each weapon and causing them to bleed for an additional 2315 Bleed Damage over 10 seconds. You also reduce their Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Dual Wield Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2700 Stamina	Consuming TrapesoSkills Consuming Trap Lay claim to an enemy's soul, dealing 3480 Magic Damage or 3480 Physical Damage over 10 seconds. The damage dealt is based on your highest offensive stats. If an affected enemy dies, you fill an empty Soul Gem and heal for 3200. You also restore 2400 Magicka and 2400 Stamina. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health, Magicka, and Stamina. Skill Line: World > Soul Magic Cast Time: Instant Duration: 8s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 2700 Magicka
Relentless FocusesoSkills Relentless Focus Focus your senses for 1 minute, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Scourge, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4321 Disease Damage, and heals for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 60s Target: Self Cost: 2295 Stamina	Leeching StrikesesoSkills Leeching Strikes Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Stamina for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Stamina when the effect ends, based on the length of time Leeching Strikes was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 878 Stamina
Killer’s BladeesoSkills Killer’s Blade Thrust a caustic blade with lethal precision to stab an enemy, dealing 1161 Disease Damage. Deals 300% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. Heals you for 3305 if the enemy dies within 2 seconds of being struck. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2066 Stamina	Resolving VigoresoSkills Resolving Vigor Let loose a battle cry, instilling yourself with resolve and healing for 4990 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Target: Self Cost: 2984 Stamina
Barbed TrapesoSkills Barbed Trap Set a sharpened blade trap at your location, which takes 1.5 seconds to arm and lasts for 15 seconds When triggered, the trap deals 1161 Bleed Damage, an additional 2778 Bleed Damage over 18 seconds, and grants you Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 10% for the duration. Enemies who activate the trap are immobilized for 2 seconds. Skill Line: Guild > Fighters Cast Time: Instant Duration: 60s Target: Area Range: 2.5m Cost: 2754 Stamina	Endless HailesoSkills Endless Hail Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 386 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 12 seconds, after a 2 second delay. Skill Line: Weapon > Bow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 14s Target: Ground Range: 28m Cost: 3510 Stamina
Incapacitating StrikeesoSkills Incapacitating Strike Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3718 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While slotted you gain Reave, which restores 100 Magicka and Stamina when you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on an enemy with a negative effect active on them. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: 0.4s Target: Enemy Range: 7m Cost: 70 Ultimate	Soul TetheresoSkills Soul Tether Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing 3600 Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon 627 Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the Soul Tether synergy, dealing 3122 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: 0.5s Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 150 Ultimate

Stamina Nightblades need to get up close and personal when using Dual Wield, so they can be a bit more dangerous to play than their magicka counterparts. Having a self heal alongside your Relentless Focus burst heal will be necessary to use at different points during fights, so be mindful of your placement and how you’ll need to react to it. While up close, you’ll deal a considerable amount of burst damage to a single target, and have a nice range of damage over time abilities that will melt opponents more quickly as the fight goes on. 

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Kinras’s Wrath SetesoItems Kinras’s Wrath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Shoulder	Kinras’s Wrath SetesoItems Kinras’s Wrath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Chest	Arms of Relequen SetesoItems Arms of Relequen Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Belt	Arms of Relequen SetesoItems Arms of Relequen Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	Arms of Relequen SetesoItems Arms of Relequen Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	Arms of Relequen SetesoItems Arms of Relequen Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	Arms of Relequen SetesoItems Arms of Relequen Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Kinras’s Wrath SetesoItems Kinras’s Wrath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Ring 1	Kinras’s Wrath SetesoItems Kinras’s Wrath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Ring 2	Kinras’s Wrath SetesoItems Kinras’s Wrath Set (2 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Bloodthirsty
Weapon 1	Stinging Slashes Set Daggers (w/ poison)esoItems Stinging Slashes Set (2 items) Twin Slashes deals 1635 more damage for each hit of the initial attack and bleed. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Nirnhoned -> Precise
Weapon 2	Thunderous Volley Set Bow (w/ WD enchantment)esoItems Thunderous Volley Set (2 items) Increases the damage Volley deals by 430 each tick. This bonus increases by 143 every time Volley ticks, up to a maximum of 8 times. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Hunding’s Rage SetesoItems

Hunding’s Rage Set

(2 items) Adds 1657 Weapon Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Weapon Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Leviathan SetesoItems

Leviathan Set

(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(5 items) Adds 1528 Weapon Critical

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Dungeon
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set or Agility Set

For the sets, we will be using Arms of Relequen (from Cloudrest) as the classic single-target heavy-hitter set. You don’t need to have the perfected set to do well, but it certainly is icing on the cake to have that extra 1000 stamina. With Relequen, light attacks will stack a damage debuff on the enemy, dealing more damage per stack every second, for up to five seconds, dealing heavy single-target damage.

Next, we’ll be using Kinras’s Wrath (from Black Drake Villa), which gives you Major Berserk after light attacking five times, increasing your damage by 10% and creating an aura that gives you and your allies Minor Berserk for an additional 5% damage boost. This is a great set for personal use as well as group use, helping your group burn through fights with ease. You’ll have to focus on your positioning additionally with this set to make sure your group gets the full benefits it can bring.

Finally, we are going for the Stinging Slashes (from Dragonstar Arena) dual wield daggers instead of a monster set, as arena weapons can finally compete with them in this patch. Using Rending Slashes on its cooldown of ten seconds is essential to get the most out of this set, as it increases the initial damage (for both slashes) as well as the bleed over time, which is an overall awesome buff to this skill. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Tireless DisciplineesoChampion Points

Tireless Discipline

Grants 260 Max Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Deadly Aim esoChampion Points

Deadly Aim

Increase your damage done with single target attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PreparationesoChampion Points

Preparation

Reduces your damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 BackstabberesoChampion Points

Backstabber

Increases your Critical Damage done by 3% per stage against enemies you are flanking.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 Battle MasteryesoChampion Points

Battle Mastery

Increases your chance to apply a Martial status effect by 30% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 30 MightyesoChampion Points

Mighty

Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Martial attacks. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 30

, 50 ThaumaturgeesoChampion Points

Thaumaturge

Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

3. PvE – Stamblade Tank Build

Race: Nord (or Imperial) | Mundus: The Lord (for more health) | Food: Longfin Pasty with Melon SauceesoItems

Longfin Pasty with Melon Sauce

Increase Max Health by 4462 and Max Magicka and Stamina by 4105 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Gourmet

and Bewitched Sugar SkullsesoItems

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Delicacy

Tanking on a Nightblade can be more difficult than some of the other classes that are more optimized to do so, but you can still be very successful even in vet dungeons and trials given you use one of the best Nightblade builds in ESO. For this Nightblade build, we are aiming for high survivability, and are matching the class identity of the Nightblade’s “Siphon” skill tree. We suggest using a Nord for the extra physical and spell resistances, but Imperial is a great choice as well. 

Skills

Main Bar (One-Hand + Shield)	Second Bar (Staff)
Pierce ArmoresoSkills Pierce Armor Thrust your weapon with disciplined precision at an enemy, dealing 1598 Physical Damage and taunting tThrust your weapon with disciplined precision at an enemy, dealing 1199 Physical Damage and taunting them to attack you for 15 seconds. Also inflicts Minor Breach and Major Breach on the enemy, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 2974 and 5948 for 15 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > One Hand & Shield Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 1255 Stamina	Elemental BlockadeesoSkills Elemental Blockade Slam your staff down to create an elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 316 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second. Blockade of Fire deals additional damage to Burning enemies. Blockade of Frost costs more, but grants damage shields and immobilizes Chilled enemies. Blockade of Storms sets Concussed enemies Off Balance. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 14s Target: Area Range: 18m Cost: 3780 Magicka
Heroic SlashesoSkills Heroic Slash Surprise an enemy with a deep lunge, dealing 1438 Physical Damage and afflicting them with Minor Maim, reducing their damage done by 5% for 12 seconds. You gain Minor Heroism, granting you 1 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds for 12 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > One Hand & Shield Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2970 Magicka	Dark CloakesoSkills Dark Cloak Shroud yourself in protective shadow to heal for 914 every 1 second, over 6 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health. You gain Minor Protection for 6 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 5%. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 6s Target: Self Cost: 4050 Magicka
Defensive StanceesoSkills Defensive Stance Bolster your defenses, gaining a damage shield that absorbs up to 4958 damage for 6 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health. You reflect the next harmful Direct Damage projectile cast at you. This effect can occur once per cast. While you have a shield equipped, the amount of damage you can block is increased by 10% and the cost of blocking is reduced by 10%. Skill Line: Weapon > One Hand & Shield Cast Time: Instant Duration: 6s Target: Self Cost: 4320 Stamina	Leeching StrikesesoSkills Leeching Strikes Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Stamina for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Stamina when the effect ends, based on the length of time Leeching Strikes was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 878 Stamina
Relentless FocusesoSkills Relentless Focus Focus your senses for 1 minute, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Scourge, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4321 Disease Damage, and heals for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 60s Target: Self Cost: 2295 Stamina	Resolving VigoresoSkills Resolving Vigor Let loose a battle cry, instilling yourself with resolve and healing for 4990 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Target: Self Cost: 2984 Stamina
Power ExtractionesoSkills Power Extraction Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing 1742 Disease Damage to all nearby enemies. If an enemy is hit, you apply Minor Cowardice to them for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 215 and you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 2983 Stamina	Silver LeashesoSkills Silver Leash Fire a Dawnguard's crossbow hook to pull an enemy to you, dealing 1438 Physical Damage, and reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds. Skill Line: Guild > Fighters Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 22m Cost: 3213 Stamina
Bolstering DarknessesoSkills Bolstering Darkness Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection while inside the ring and even after leaving it, reducing your damage taken by 10%. Allies in the area can activate the Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 9110 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 13s Target: Area Range: 5m Cost: 200 Ultimate	Aggressive HornesoSkills Aggressive Horn Sound a war horn to rally your forces, increasing you and your group's Maximum Magicka and Maximum Stamina by 10% for 30 seconds. You and your allies gain Major Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 20% for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Duration: 30s Target: Area Range: 20m Cost: 250 Ultimate

To go over the basics of tanking on your Nightblade, there are some major things you’ll need to focus on. Feel free to skip this if you are a tank main!  First and foremost is holding taunt, which falls off after fifteen seconds, so you’ll want to be reapplying this more or less between 11–13 seconds, to avoid being stunned and missing that taunt on the boss, causing your group to fall into chaos. You only need to taunt the high priority targets that deal high damage, such as the Boss(es) or other heavy hitting enemies. Once you have the group taunted, be sure to face the enemies away from your group, so they can group close together and get easily buffed by the healer while avoiding all damage. The armor sets below will allow you to sit in some pretty heavy damaging areas, allowing you to hold the boss over top of your DPS’ damaging AOE abilities. 

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Tremorscale SetesoItems Tremorscale Set (1 item) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (2 items) When you activate a taunt ability on an enemy, you cause a duneripper to burst from the ground beneath them after 1 second, dealing 0 Physical Damage to all enemies within 4 meters and reducing their Physical Resistance by 2395 for 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and the damage scales off the higher of your Physical or Spell Resistance. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Sturdy
Shoulder	Tremorscale SetesoItems Tremorscale Set (1 item) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (2 items) When you activate a taunt ability on an enemy, you cause a duneripper to burst from the ground beneath them after 1 second, dealing 0 Physical Damage to all enemies within 4 meters and reducing their Physical Resistance by 2395 for 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and the damage scales off the higher of your Physical or Spell Resistance. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Sturdy
Chest	Leeching Plate SetesoItems Leeching Plate Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) When you take damage, you summon a cloud of leeching poison under the assailant. The cloud deals 427 Poison Damage every 1 second for 5 seconds and heals you for 100% of the damage caused. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sturdy
Belt	Leeching Plate SetesoItems Leeching Plate Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) When you take damage, you summon a cloud of leeching poison under the assailant. The cloud deals 427 Poison Damage every 1 second for 5 seconds and heals you for 100% of the damage caused. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sturdy
Legs	Leeching Plate SetesoItems Leeching Plate Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) When you take damage, you summon a cloud of leeching poison under the assailant. The cloud deals 427 Poison Damage every 1 second for 5 seconds and heals you for 100% of the damage caused. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sturdy
Hands	Leeching Plate SetesoItems Leeching Plate Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) When you take damage, you summon a cloud of leeching poison under the assailant. The cloud deals 427 Poison Damage every 1 second for 5 seconds and heals you for 100% of the damage caused. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sturdy
Feet	Leeching Plate SetesoItems Leeching Plate Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) When you take damage, you summon a cloud of leeching poison under the assailant. The cloud deals 427 Poison Damage every 1 second for 5 seconds and heals you for 100% of the damage caused. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sturdy
Necklace	Crimson Twilight SetesoItems Crimson Twilight Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) After taking damage you surround yourself in an 8 meter mist of blood. After 2 seconds, the mist is violently siphoned into your body, dealing 8220 Bleed Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or Powerful Assault SetesoItems Powerful Assault Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health (3 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon Damage and Spell Damage of up to 5 Group members within 10 meters by 307, for 10 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Infused
Ring 1	Crimson Twilight SetesoItems Crimson Twilight Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) After taking damage you surround yourself in an 8 meter mist of blood. After 2 seconds, the mist is violently siphoned into your body, dealing 8220 Bleed Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or Powerful Assault SetesoItems Powerful Assault Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health (3 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon Damage and Spell Damage of up to 5 Group members within 10 meters by 307, for 10 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Infused
Ring 2	Crimson Twilight SetesoItems Crimson Twilight Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) After taking damage you surround yourself in an 8 meter mist of blood. After 2 seconds, the mist is violently siphoned into your body, dealing 8220 Bleed Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or Powerful Assault SetesoItems Powerful Assault Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health (3 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon Damage and Spell Damage of up to 5 Group members within 10 meters by 307, for 10 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Infused
Weapon 1	Crimson Twilight SetesoItems Crimson Twilight Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) After taking damage you surround yourself in an 8 meter mist of blood. After 2 seconds, the mist is violently siphoned into your body, dealing 8220 Bleed Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or Powerful Assault SetesoItems Powerful Assault Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health (3 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon Damage and Spell Damage of up to 5 Group members within 10 meters by 307, for 10 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Decisive -> Sturdy
Weapon 2	Crimson Twilight SetesoItems Crimson Twilight Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken (4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health (5 items) After taking damage you surround yourself in an 8 meter mist of blood. After 2 seconds, the mist is violently siphoned into your body, dealing 8220 Bleed Damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or Powerful Assault Set Ice StaffesoItems Powerful Assault Set (2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health (3 items) Adds 1096 Max Stamina (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage (5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon Damage and Spell Damage of up to 5 Group members within 10 meters by 307, for 10 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Ebon Armory SetesoItems

Ebon Armory Set

(2 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(3 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(4 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken
(5 items) Increases your Max Health by 1000 for you and up to 11 other group members within 28 meters of you.

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Dungeon
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Plague Doctor SetesoItems

Plague Doctor Set

(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(4 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(5 items) Adds 2804 Maximum Health

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Overland
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set / Endurance Set

For our sets, we are starting off with five pieces of Leeching Plate (from Imperial City Prison) for the great amount of health you get back from each enemy who attacks you. This is a selfish set, but will make it so you don’t fall over while tanking for your group, meaning your healer can focus on more DPS or other buffs instead of casting heals on you over and over.

For the second set, you’ll wear you can go for either Crimson Twilight (from Castle Thorn) for the additional life steal it gives you, or use the set Powerful Assault (from Imperial City) which will increase your group’s weapon and spell damage by 300 whenever you cast an Assault skill. Crimson is honestly more of a PVP bruiser set, but it works great for increasing your survivability in tough fights or when you don’t have a healer in your party. For the Powerful Assault set, your Aggressive Warhorn and healing skill Resolving Vigor will be all the more useful as your group cuts down enemies with all of that extra damage. Keep in mind, giving your healer more spell damage will also increase the strength of their heals, helping you to last longer! For Vet trials consider replacing Leeching with Claw of Yolnahkriin to improve your group’s weapon/spell damage to greater heights.

Last but not least, for your monster set, we’ll be choosing Tremorscale for groups with mainly stamina DPS, Encratis’s Behemoth for groups with mainly magicka DPS, and Earthgore for groups that aren’t living through the fights. Tremorescale adds a unique debuff to enemies that are taunted which decreases their physical resistance by 2400, making your stamina players hit for a lot more. Encratis’s Behemoth causes your group to take 5% less fire damage, and deal 5% more fire damage when you damage an enemy with flame damage yourself. The majority of magicka DPS use a flame staff on their front bar, so this will help increase overall damage by a lot. You’ll want to enchant your main hand with a flame enchantment so you can proc it easily without needing to change your skills up. Finally, when your group just can’t make it through a tough encounter, flip on Earthgore to be able to give one member in your party 30,000 health back over ten seconds, giving them the ability to survive a lot of incoming damage. 

Casting a Shadow skill will grant you Major Resolve for six seconds, but this duration is increased by 25% for each piece of heavy armor equipped. With seven pieces of heavy armor on, this buff will last for just over sixteen seconds, letting you obtain 100% uptime easily. Casting a Siphoning skill will give you 2 ultimate, and this passive can activate every four seconds. That means you’ll gain 25 ultimate every minute is great on top of the extra 20 you will get each time you drink a potion, making those ultimates come very quickly.

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Tireless DisciplineesoChampion Points

Tireless Discipline

Grants 260 Max Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PreparationesoChampion Points

Preparation

Reduces your damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Duelist’s Rebuff esoChampion Points

Duelist’s Rebuff

Reduces your damage taken by single target attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 UnassailableesoChampion Points

Unassailable

Reduces your damage taken by area of effect attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Enduring ResolveesoChampion Points

Enduring Resolve

Reduces your damage taken by damage over time attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 BulwarkesoChampion Points

Bulwark

While you have a Shield or Frost Staff equipped, your Spell and Physical Resistance is increased by 1900.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 50

, 20 Eldritch InsightesoChampion Points

Eldritch Insight

Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

4. PvE – Magblade Healer Build

Race: Breton (or High Elf) | Mundus: Mage (More Magicka = stronger / more heals) or Thief (higher critical strike chance) | Food: Solitude Salmon Millet SoupesoItems

Solitude Salmon Millet Soup

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Magicka by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Savoury

Next, let’s check out the most underrated of the best Nightblade builds in ESO — the healer.

Nightblade Healers are not commonly seen in ESO, but this does not mean they cannot be as effective as the more Meta classes healers usually go for. Nightblade Healers offer a unique playstyle that calls on many of the classic skills you use as a healer, but also incorporates Nightblade abilities in engaging ways. 

Skills

Main Bar (Restoration Staff)	Second Bar (Hollowfang Thirst Staff)
Funnel HealthesoSkills Funnel Health Steal an enemy's life force, dealing 1498 Magic Damage and healing you or 2 other nearby allies for 50% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 2700 Magicka	Elemental BlockadeesoSkills Elemental Blockade Slam your staff down to create an elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 316 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second. Blockade of Fire deals additional damage to Burning enemies. Blockade of Frost costs more, but grants damage shields and immobilizes Chilled enemies. Blockade of Storms sets Concussed enemies Off Balance. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 14s Target: Area Range: 18m Cost: 3780 Magicka
Illustrious HealingesoSkills Illustrious Healing Summon restoring spirits with your staff, healing you and your allies in the target area for 580 Health and an additional 580 Health every 1 second for 12 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 12s Target: Ground Range: 28m Cost: 2808 Magicka	Refreshing PathesoSkills Refreshing Path Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. Heals 612 Health to you and allies in area every 1 second. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 17m Cost: 3510 Magicka
Radiating RegenerationesoSkills Radiating Regeneration Share your staff's life-giving energy, healing you or up to 3 nearby allies for 5988 over 10 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 28m Cost: 2700 Magicka	Siphoning AttacksesoSkills Siphoning Attacks Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Magicka for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Magicka when the effect ends, based on the length of time Siphoning Attacks was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 1080 Magicka
Combat PrayeresoSkills Combat Prayer Slam your staff down to activate its blessings, healing you and your allies in front of you for 1916 Health. Also grants Minor Berserk and Minor Resolve increasing you and your allies' damage done by 5% and Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 2974 for 8 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 20m Cost: 3240 Magicka	Energy OrbesoSkills Energy Orb Project a globe of regeneration that slowly floats forward, healing for 493 Health every 1 second to you and nearby allies. An ally near the globe can activate the Healing Combustion synergy, causing the orb to explode and heal for 2249 Health to nearby allies and restoring 3960 Magicka or Stamina to the activator, whichever maximum is higher. Skill Line: Guild > Undaunted Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 3780 Magicka
Healthy OfferingesoSkills Healthy Offering Sacrifice your essence, healing an ally in front of you for 3600 Health but draining your own Health over 8 seconds. While your Health is being drained you gain Minor Mending, increasing your Healing Done by 8%. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 8s Target: Cone Range: 28m Cost: 1621 Health	Elemental DrainesoSkills Elemental Drain Send the elements to sap an enemy's defenses and afflict them with Major Breach for 23 seconds, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948. Also applies Minor Magickasteal to the enemy for 23 seconds, causing you and your allies to restore 168 Magicka every 1 second when damaging them. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 23s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 0
Bolstering DarknessesoSkills Bolstering Darkness Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection while inside the ring and even after leaving it, reducing your damage taken by 10%. Allies in the area can activate the Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 9110 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 13s Target: Area Range: 5m Cost: 200 Ultimate	Aggressive HornesoSkills Aggressive Horn Sound a war horn to rally your forces, increasing you and your group's Maximum Magicka and Maximum Stamina by 10% for 30 seconds. You and your allies gain Major Force, increasing your Critical Damage by 20% for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Duration: 30s Target: Area Range: 20m Cost: 250 Ultimate

Positioning is key for healers, and you will have to be even more attentive of this as a Nightblade Healer. Standing behind your group while still keeping in range of the tank to heal them with all of your skills, you want to heal and buff your group up simultaneously while dealing damage after your healing rotations. Nightblade offers a unique damaging heal called Funnel Health, which will act as your spammable. This spell deals damage to the enemy, and then heals you or two other nearby allies for 50% of the damage dealt every two seconds for ten seconds. However you do not need to wait at least two seconds for it to refresh the heal, you can cast again and get the initial heal again, allowing you to continually heal off the first cast.

As a healer in ESO, your main concern is of course keeping your group alive, but equally as important is how you increase your group’s damage output through buffs and resource management is something that many non-healers neglect to think about. 

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Symphony of Blades SetesoItems Symphony of Blades Set (1 item) Adds 4% Healing Done (2 items) When you heal an ally who is under 50% of their primary resource, grant them Meridia's Favor, which restores 570 Magicka or Stamina every 1 second for 6 seconds. This effect can occur every 18 seconds per target. The resource returned is based off the target's highest maximum resource. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor or Sentinel of Rkugamz SetesoItems Sentinel of Rkugamz Set (1 items) Adds 4% Healing Done (2 items) When you heal a friendly target, you summon a dwemer spider that heals for 1000 Health and restores 125 Magicka and Stamina to you and your allies within 5 meters every 1 second for 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Shoulder	Symphony of Blades SetesoItems Symphony of Blades Set (1 item) Adds 4% Healing Done (2 items) When you heal an ally who is under 50% of their primary resource, grant them Meridia's Favor, which restores 570 Magicka or Stamina every 1 second for 6 seconds. This effect can occur every 18 seconds per target. The resource returned is based off the target's highest maximum resource. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor or Sentinel of Rkugamz SetesoItems Sentinel of Rkugamz Set (1 items) Adds 4% Healing Done (2 items) When you heal a friendly target, you summon a dwemer spider that heals for 1000 Health and restores 125 Magicka and Stamina to you and your allies within 5 meters every 1 second for 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Chest	Spell Power Cure SetesoItems Spell Power Cure Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Belt	Spell Power Cure SetesoItems Spell Power Cure Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	Spell Power Cure SetesoItems Spell Power Cure Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	Spell Power Cure SetesoItems Spell Power Cure Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	Spell Power Cure SetesoItems Spell Power Cure Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 430. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Hollowfang Thirst SetesoItems Hollowfang Thirst Set (2 items) Adds 784 spell critical (3 items) Adds 1032 Max Magicka (4 items) Adds 784 spell critical (5 items) Whenever you critically heal or critically damage a target, spawn a ball of Hemoglobin at their location. After 2 seconds the ball explodes, restoring 2376 Magicka and applying Minor Vitality to you and your allies within 6 meters of the ball for 9 seconds, increasing their healing received by 8%. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 1	Hollowfang Thirst SetesoItems Hollowfang Thirst Set (2 items) Adds 784 spell critical (3 items) Adds 1032 Max Magicka (4 items) Adds 784 spell critical (5 items) Whenever you critically heal or critically damage a target, spawn a ball of Hemoglobin at their location. After 2 seconds the ball explodes, restoring 2376 Magicka and applying Minor Vitality to you and your allies within 6 meters of the ball for 9 seconds, increasing their healing received by 8%. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 2	Hollowfang Thirst SetesoItems Hollowfang Thirst Set (2 items) Adds 784 spell critical (3 items) Adds 1032 Max Magicka (4 items) Adds 784 spell critical (5 items) Whenever you critically heal or critically damage a target, spawn a ball of Hemoglobin at their location. After 2 seconds the ball explodes, restoring 2376 Magicka and applying Minor Vitality to you and your allies within 6 meters of the ball for 9 seconds, increasing their healing received by 8%. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Weapon 1	Perfected Grand Rejuvenation Set Restoration StaffesoItems Grand Rejuvenation Set (2 items) The initial heal of Grand Healing restore 117 Magicka and Stamina to allies every second for 4 seconds. (Perfected) Grants up to 877 Magicka Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Powered
Weapon 2	Hollowfang Thirst Set Staff (w/ Weakening Enchantment)esoItems Hollowfang Thirst Set (2 items) Adds 784 spell critical (3 items) Adds 1032 Max Magicka (4 items) Adds 784 spell critical (5 items) Whenever you critically heal or critically damage a target, spawn a ball of Hemoglobin at their location. After 2 seconds the ball explodes, restoring 2376 Magicka and applying Minor Vitality to you and your allies within 6 meters of the ball for 9 seconds, increasing their healing received by 8%. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Law of Julianos SetesoItems

Law of Julianos Set

(2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Spell Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Sanctuary SetesoItems

Sanctuary Set

(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 4% Healing Taken
(4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(5 items) Increases your healing received by 10% for you and up to 11 group members within 10 meters of you.

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Dungeon
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set / Willpower Set

For sets, we are using Spell Power Cure (from White Gold Tower) for the Major Courage buff it gives when you overheal a target, giving them a whopping 430 increase to their weapon and spell damage. This will greatly increase your group’s overall damage, and help you cast stronger heals as you are affected as well.

For our second set, we’ll be choosing something that fits the Nightblade Siphon skill line theme perfectly — Hollowfang Thirst (from Moongrave Fane). This spawns a blood ball at locations where you critically heal or critically damage a target, dealing damage, restoring magicka to your team, and applying Minor Vitality to all within increasing their healing received by 8%. This set offers many useful bonuses for your group, but a magicka-focused group will benefit most from its use due to the 1750 magicka return the group gains from it. 

As for the monster set to use, you can switch between Symphony of Blades (from Depths of Malatar) and Sentinel of Rkugamz (from Darkshade Caverns 1). Symphony of Blades helps to manage your groups primary resources, giving any who fall under 50% of their main pool to gain either 570 magicka or stamina every second for six seconds. This will make resource management a breeze for the group and give them more leeway to dish out as much DPS as they can without draining their resources up. Sentinel of Rkugamz is more focused on healing, spawning a Dwemer spider that heals for 1000 health and restores 125 magicka/stamina every second for eight seconds. This set can be difficult for some groups to gain the most from, as you will need to sit on top of the AOE to reap the benefits, which can be impossible during some fights that require more movement. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Eldritch InsightesoChampion Points

Eldritch Insight

Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Soothing TideesoChampion Points

Soothing Tide

Increases your Healing Done by area of effect heals by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Swift RenewalesoChampion Points

Swift Renewal

Increases your Healing Done with Healing over time effects by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Enlivening OverflowesoChampion Points

Enlivening Overflow

Overhealing yourself or an ally grants them Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery equal to 0.5% of your Max Magicka, up to a cap of 150, for 6 seconds. This effect cant occur once every 12 seconds per target.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 50

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

5. PvE – Magblade DPS Solo Build

Race: Khajiit or Elf | Mundus: Thief (higher critical strike chance) or Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Solitude Salmon Millet SoupesoItems

Solitude Salmon Millet Soup

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Magicka by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Savoury

and Bewitched Sugar SkullsesoItems

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Delicacy

Soloing content requires that you not only deal massive amounts of damage individually, but also that you have great survivability and a toolkit focused towards mitigating damage or healing it. The Magicka Nightblade is a great class to play for solo content due to the self-heal that comes from dealing damage. Of course, the Ring of the Pale Order will always help the survivability of a Solo build for its life steal, but Nightblades have their own built right into their lineup of best Nightblade skills!

I personally prefer to run the Veteran Maelstrom Arena on my Magblade for this very reason, and have mine as Vampire for the benefits you can gain from it. The fire damage from Arena 8 and 9 is hard to overcome, but the overheal healing you get from Nightblade helps offset a lot of it. If you do go Vampire, pick Dark Elf over Khajiit for the flame resistance.

Skills

Main Bar (Medusa Staff)	Second Bar (Crushing Wall Staff)
Swallow SoulesoSkills Swallow Soul Steal an enemy's life force, dealing 2160 Magic Damage and healing you for 35% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Enemy Cost: 2700 Magicka	Unstable Wall of ElementsesoSkills Unstable Wall of Elements Create an unstable elemental barrier in front of you, dealing 316 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second before exploding for an additional 1799 Magic Damage. Unstable Wall of Fire deals additional damage to Burning enemies. Unstable Wall of Frost costs more, but grants damage shields and immobilizes Chilled enemies. Unstable Wall of Storms sets Concussed enemies Off Balance. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 18m Cost: 3780 Magicka
ImpaleesoSkills Impale Throw a magic blade with lethal precision to strike an enemy, dealing 1161 Magic Damage. Deals 300% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 25m Cost: 2431 Magicka	Siphoning AttacksesoSkills Siphoning Attacks Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Magicka for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Magicka when the effect ends, based on the length of time Siphoning Attacks was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 1080 Magicka
Merciless ResolveesoSkills Merciless Resolve Focus your senses for 40 seconds, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Will, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4752 Magic Damage, and heals for 50% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 40s Target: Self Cost: 2700 Magicka	Dark ShadeesoSkills Dark Shade Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 18 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 830 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 830 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. This ability scales with your highest offensive stats. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 18s Target: Self Cost: 4050 Magicka
Dampen MagickaesoSkills Dampen Magicka Convert a portion of your Magicka into a protective ward, gaining a damage shield that absorbs 3718 damage for 6 seconds. Damage shield strength capped at 60% of your Maximum Health. Each piece of Light Armor worn increases the amount of damage absorbed by 6%. Skill Line: Armor > Light Armor Cast Time: Instant Duration: 6s Target: Self Cost: 4590 Magicka	Twisting PathesoSkills Twisting Path Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. Deals 612 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 10s Target: Area Range: 15m Cost: 3510 Magicka
Sap EssenceesoSkills Sap Essence Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing 1742 Magic Damage to all nearby enemies and healing you and your allies for 599 plus 20% more for each enemy hit. If an enemy is hit, you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 3510 Magicka	Elemental DrainesoSkills Elemental Drain Send the elements to sap an enemy's defenses and afflict them with Major Breach for 23 seconds, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948. Also applies Minor Magickasteal to the enemy for 23 seconds, causing you and your allies to restore 168 Magicka every 1 second when damaging them. Skill Line: Weapon > Destruction Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 23s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 0
Incapacitating StrikeesoSkills Incapacitating Strike Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3718 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While slotted you gain Reave, which restores 100 Magicka and Stamina when you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on an enemy with a negative effect active on them. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: 0.4s Target: Enemy Range: 7m Cost: 70 Ultimate	Soul TetheresoSkills Soul Tether Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing 3600 Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon 627 Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the Soul Tether synergy, dealing 3122 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: 0.5s Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 150 Ultimate

We’ll be focusing our build and skills on a standard Magicka Nightblade, but if you are interested in making a Vampire character, Nightblades are a great option for this for the many synergies you get with their passives and similar playstyle. 

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Zaan SetesoItems Zaan Set (1 item) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you damage a nearby enemy with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to create a beam of fire that will connect you to your enemy as long as you remain within 8 meters of them. The beam deals 2010 Flame Damage every 1 second to your enemy for 6 seconds. Every second, this damage increases by 100%. The beam is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur every 18 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor or Iceheart SetesoItems Iceheart Set (1 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you have a 20% chance to gain a damage shield that absorbs 5000 damage for 6 seconds. While the damage shield holds, you deal 272 Frost Damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you every 1 second. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds and the damage scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Shoulder	Zaan SetesoItems Zaan Set (1 item) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you damage a nearby enemy with a Light or Heavy Attack, you have a 33% chance to create a beam of fire that will connect you to your enemy as long as you remain within 8 meters of them. The beam deals 2010 Flame Damage every 1 second to your enemy for 6 seconds. Every second, this damage increases by 100%. The beam is broken if the enemy moves 8 meters away from you. This effect can occur every 18 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor or Iceheart SetesoItems Iceheart Set (1 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (2 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you have a 20% chance to gain a damage shield that absorbs 5000 damage for 6 seconds. While the damage shield holds, you deal 272 Frost Damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you every 1 second. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds and the damage scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Chest	False God’s Devotion SetesoItems False God’s Devotion Set (2 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (3 item) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (5 items) Reduces the cost of your Magicka abilities by 8%. When an enemy you recently damaged dies, you restore 2454 Magicka and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can occur once every second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Belt	False God’s Devotion SetesoItems False God’s Devotion Set (2 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (3 item) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (5 items) Reduces the cost of your Magicka abilities by 8%. When an enemy you recently damaged dies, you restore 2454 Magicka and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can occur once every second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	False God’s Devotion SetesoItems False God’s Devotion Set (2 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (3 item) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (5 items) Reduces the cost of your Magicka abilities by 8%. When an enemy you recently damaged dies, you restore 2454 Magicka and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can occur once every second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	False God’s Devotion SetesoItems False God’s Devotion Set (2 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (3 item) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (5 items) Reduces the cost of your Magicka abilities by 8%. When an enemy you recently damaged dies, you restore 2454 Magicka and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can occur once every second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	False God’s Devotion SetesoItems False God’s Devotion Set (2 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (3 item) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. (4 items) Adds 833 Spell Critical (5 items) Reduces the cost of your Magicka abilities by 8%. When an enemy you recently damaged dies, you restore 2454 Magicka and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can occur once every second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Trial Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 1	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 2	Medusa SetesoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Weapon 1	Medusa Set Staff (w/ flame enchantment)esoItems Medusa Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 892 Spell Critical (5 items) Gain Minor Force at all times, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Precise
Weapon 2	Crushing Wall Set Staff (w/ WD enchantment)esoItems Crushing Wall Set (2 items) Your Light and Heavy Attacks deal an additional 1353 to enemies in your Wall of Elements. (Perfected) Grants up to 1190 Spell Penetration. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Law of Julianos SetesoItems

Law of Julianos Set

(2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Spell Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Mother’s Sorrow SetesoItems

Mother’s Sorrow Set

(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 1528 Spell Critical

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Overland
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set / Willpower Set

For our build, we will be starting off with a similar build to the Magicka Nightblade build above, with some minor changes to make solo play more feasible. First off, we want Medusa (from Arx Corinium) for the extra spell critical chance we get, but mainly for its Minor Force buff, increasing our critical damage by 10%.

Next, we need (perfected) False God’s Devotion (from Sunspire), which you will need to participate in a Trial for. Frustrating that the best Soloing gear requires playing in groups, but you’ll thank yourself later, as this set reduces the cost of all of your magicka abilities by 8%. On top of that, it restores 2454 magicka and grants Major Expedition (increasing your movement speed by 30%) for eight seconds every time an enemy you’ve recently damaged gets killed.

This set helps manage your magicka with ease without a healer to help, and the mobility makes kiting difficult battles all the more easy. Flame staves offer the highest single-target DPS with an increase of 8% damage on single-target abilities, but switching to a Lightning staff can help you clear groups of enemies with higher efficiency with the bonus 8% damage increase to AOE abilities. Which is better depends on what you are Soloing, but both can be useful. Ice Staves should not be used, as they are optimized more so for tanking and do not offer bonus damage but rather blocking bonuses. 

Your monster set is more situational, and you’ll be switching it out depending on the content you want to solo. Zaan will be the best choice for taking out bosses, whether it be world, dungeon, or arena. The single-target damage it gives is just too hard to beat. If the fight has multiple bosses though it may not suit your needs, especially if your  health bar is taking a hit. Iceheart is a great swap out set for when things get rough and you want a damage shield while also dealing some AOE damage. If you would rather toss out a monster set altogether and use a mythic item like Ring of the Pale Order (from Scrying five mythic leads), you’ll want to use one piece of Slimecraw as it gives the best spell critical chance of any of the monster helm sets. While arduous to obtain, the Ring of the Pale Order restores 20% of the damage you deal as health. Don’t forget to take this off in groups, though, as you won’t be able to be healed by anyone but yourself, and its effectiveness is reduced by 4% for each ally you are grouped with! Your backbar should always be an arena weapon on these types of builds, so be sure to use (perfected) Crushing Wall (from Maelstrom Arena) to increase your light attack damage by impressive margins. Obtaining the Crushing Wall from the Maelstrom Arena will also put your solo gameplay to the test, and will help you learn mechanics very quickly — if you don’t thread the needle perfectly in certain fights, you will die. Veteran arenas will push you even further, but make sure to tackle the normal ones first to get a feel of what to expect. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Eldritch InsightesoChampion Points

Eldritch Insight

Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PreparationesoChampion Points

Preparation

Reduces your damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Deadly AimesoChampion Points

Deadly Aim

Increase your damage done with single target attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Biting AuraesoChampion Points

Biting Aura

Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Flawless RitualesoChampion Points

Flawless Ritual

Increases your chance to apply a Magical status effect by 30% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 30 War MageesoChampion Points

War Mage

Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Magical attacks. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 40

, 50 ThaumaturgeesoChampion Points

Thaumaturge

Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

6. PvE – Stamblade DPS Solo Build

Race: Khajiit or Dark Elf or Orc | Mundus: Thief (higher critical strike chance) or Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Garlic Cod with Potato CrustesoItems

Garlic Cod with Potato Crust

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Stamina by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Ragout

and Bewitched Sugar SkullsesoItems

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Delicacy

Soloing on stamina characters is inherently more difficult than their magicka counterparts due to the fact that you’ll usually be very close to the targets you are fighting. That being said, Stamina Nightblades actually do a great job at this despite the additional challenge, and can use many skills in a pinch to get themselves out of trouble. When soloing on stamina characters, it can be safer to go for a Bow/Bow build, but here we are using a Two Handed/Bow build for the increased damage and shields we can get from the Two Handed skill line. 

Skills

Main Bar (Merciless Charge Sword)	Second Bar (Thunderous Volley Bow)
Surprise AttackesoSkills Surprise Attack Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect. Attacking with Surprise Attack from the flank stuns the enemy for 3 seconds and sets them Off Balance. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2295 Stamina	Dark ShadeesoSkills Dark Shade Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 18 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 830 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 830 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. This ability scales with your highest offensive stats. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 18s Target: Self Cost: 4050 Magicka
StampedeesoSkills Stampede Launch across the earth and smash an enemy, dealing 1799 Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. This attack is always a Critical Strike. After reaching your target, you sunder the ground beneath you, dealing 490 Physical Damage to all enemies in the area every 1 second for 10 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Two Handed Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 22m Cost: 3780 Stamina	Consuming TrapesoSkills Consuming Trap Lay claim to an enemy's soul, dealing 3480 Magic Damage or 3480 Physical Damage over 10 seconds. The damage dealt is based on your highest offensive stats. If an affected enemy dies, you fill an empty Soul Gem and heal for 3200. You also restore 2400 Magicka and 2400 Stamina. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health, Magicka, and Stamina. Skill Line: World > Soul Magic Cast Time: Instant Duration: 8s Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 2700 Magicka
Relentless FocusesoSkills Relentless Focus Focus your senses for 1 minute, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Scourge, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4321 Disease Damage, and heals for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 60s Target: Self Cost: 2295 Stamina	Leeching StrikesesoSkills Leeching Strikes Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Stamina for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Stamina when the effect ends, based on the length of time Leeching Strikes was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 878 Stamina
ExecutioneresoSkills Executioner Spin around and strike an enemy down, dealing 1199 Physical Damage. Deals up to 400% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health. Skill Line: Weapon > Two Handed Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2160 Stamina	Resolving VigoresoSkills Resolving Vigor Let loose a battle cry, instilling yourself with resolve and healing for 4990 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Target: Self Cost: 2984 Stamina
BrawleresoSkills Brawler Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing 1742 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. You also gain a damage shield that absorbs 1799 damage for 6 seconds. Each enemy hit increases the damage shield's strength by 50%, up to 300%. Skill Line: Weapon > Two Handed Cast Time: Instant Target: Cone Range: 7m Cost: 3510 Stamina	Endless HailesoSkills Endless Hail Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 386 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 12 seconds, after a 2 second delay. Skill Line: Weapon > Bow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 14s Target: Ground Range: 28m Cost: 3510 Stamina
Incapacitating StrikeesoSkills Incapacitating Strike Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3718 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While slotted you gain Reave, which restores 100 Magicka and Stamina when you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on an enemy with a negative effect active on them. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: 0.4s Target: Enemy Range: 7m Cost: 70 Ultimate	Soul TetheresoSkills Soul Tether Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing 3600 Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon 627 Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the Soul Tether synergy, dealing 3122 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: 0.5s Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 150 Ultimate

Soloing requires that you have a decent mix of both single target and AOE damaging skills, so our sets and skills will aim to offset the fact that nightblades are mostly built for high single target damage.

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Tzogvin Warband SetesoItems Tzogvin’s Warband Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 1487 Physical Penetration (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Weapon Critical by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Shoulder	Tzogvin Warband SetesoItems Tzogvin’s Warband Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 1487 Physical Penetration (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Weapon Critical by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Chest	Briarheart SetesoItems Briarheart Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina. Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Reinforced
Belt	Briarheart SetesoItems Briarheart Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina. Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	Briarheart SetesoItems Briarheart Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina. Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	Briarheart SetesoItems Briarheart Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina. Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	Briarheart SetesoItems Briarheart Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 100 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds and the heal scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina. Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Tzogvin’s Warband SetesoItems Tzogvin’s Warband Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 1487 Physical Penetration (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Weapon Critical by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Robust
Ring 1	Tzogvin’s Warband SetesoItems Tzogvin’s Warband Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 1487 Physical Penetration (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Weapon Critical by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Robust
Ring 2	Tzogvin’s Warband SetesoItems Tzogvin’s Warband Set (2 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical (4 items) Adds 1487 Physical Penetration (5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you gain a stack of Precision, increasing your Weapon Critical by 177 for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. At max stacks, you also gain Minor Force, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10%. This effect can occur once every half second. Item Type: Set Set Type: Dungeon Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Robust
Weapon 1	Perfected Merciless Charge Set Sword (w/ Damage Health Poisons)esoItems Merciless Charge Set (2 items) Dealing damage with Critical Charge causes enemies to bleed for 1338 Bleed Damage over 5 seconds. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Nirnhorned
Weapon 2	Perfected Thunderous Volley Set Bow (w/ WD Enchantment)esoItems Thunderous Volley Set (2 items) Increases the damage Volley deals by 430 each tick. This bonus increases by 143 every time Volley ticks, up to a maximum of 8 times. Item Type: Set Set Type: Arena Set Pieces: Weapons	Infused

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Hunding’s Rage SetesoItems

Hunding’s Rage Set

(2 items) Adds 1657 Weapon Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Weapon Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Leviathan SetesoItems

Leviathan Set

(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(4 items) Adds 657 Weapon Critical
(5 items) Adds 1528 Weapon Critical

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Dungeon
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set / Agility Set

In terms of sets, the first we’ll be using is Briarheart (from Wrothgar), as it provides a great mix of damage and survivability. Upon dealing critical damage, your weapon damage will be increased by 450, and each critical strike you deal will heal you for an amount based off of your max stamina. This effect lasts for ten seconds, but can only proc every fifteen, so you’ll have some downtime. Keep this in mind during difficult fights where you are relying on the extra healing.

The second set we are using is Tzogvin’s Warband (from Frostvault), which is basically the Stamina equivalent of the Medusa set. After dealing critical damage, you gain up to ten stacks that increase your weapon critical by 177 each. Upon reaching max stacks, you gain Minor Force, which increases your critical damage by 10%. An alternative to this set would be Dagon’s Dominion (from The Cauldron) if you want to focus more heavily on an Area of Effect build, but you’ll need to swap out some abilities to gain the full power of the set with its added 492 weapon damage to all of your AOE abilities.

Monster sets aren’t working as well on Stamina characters this patch, but if you have a golded out Selene (from Selene’s Web), you can use it instead of Merciless Charge. In this build, we’re taking full advantage of what (perfected) Merciless Charge (from Maelstrom Arena) has to offer. When you cast Stampede on a group of enemies, Merciless Charge will cause them to take additional bleed damage over five seconds scaling off of your weapon damage. What’s so strong about this is that Stampede deals damage initially in an AOE, and then continues to damage enemies in the area every second for ten seconds, reapplying your Merciless Charge effect on all within! This means your Merciless Charge bleed can last for fifteen seconds before you need to recast Stampede again, increasing your overall AOE damage by an incredible margin. Casting your (perfected) Thunderous Volley (from Maelstrom Arena) over top of an area before leaping in will further expand this damage, doing more damage the longer the enemies stay within the Endless Hail of arrows. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Tireless DisciplineesoChampion Points

Tireless Discipline

Grants 260 Max Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PreparationesoChampion Points

Preparation

Reduces your damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Deadly AimesoChampion Points

Deadly Aim

Increase your damage done with single target attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 ThaumaturgeesoChampion Points

Thaumaturge

Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Battle MasteryesoChampion Points

Battle Mastery

Increases your chance to apply a Martial status effect by 30% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 30 MightyesoChampion Points

Mighty

Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Martial attacks. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 30

, 50 Biting AuraesoChampion Points

Biting Aura

Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

7. PVP – Magblade DPS (Bomber Build)

Race: Khajiit or Elf | Mundus: Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Bewitched Sugar SkullsesoItems

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Delicacy

and Tomato Garlic ChutneyesoItems

Tomato Garlic Chutney

Increase Max Magicka by 6048 for 35 minutes (5 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Fruit

If PvE isn’t your thing, don’t worry. For this segment, we’ve put together one of the best ESO Nightblade builds in PvP.

The Magicka Nightblade PVP build we have chosen for this guide is the Bomber build, fully optimized for taking down everyone’s favorite PVP group, the Zerg. You won’t be able to 1v1 very well with this, but against groups of enemies, you’ll be a terror. The focus is dealing an initial amount of burst damage, then causing a domino effect of group member death explosions that saves your keep or nets you a hefty amount of Telvar. Most people can get salty from PVP gameplay, but nothing makes people saltier than having their group fall to a well done bomber build, which the Magblade pulls off perfectly. We apologize for the hate whispers you will get from using this build, but it will be worth the plays you pull off. 

Skills

Main Bar (Vicious Death Staff)	Second Bar (Vicious Restoration Staff)
Sap EssenceesoSkills Sap Essence Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing 1742 Magic Damage to all nearby enemies and healing you and your allies for 599 plus 20% more for each enemy hit. If an enemy is hit, you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 3510 Magicka	Rapid RegenerationesoSkills Rapid Regeneration Share your staff's life-giving energy, healing you or a nearby ally for 5988 Health over 5 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 5s Target: Area Range: 28m Cost: 2700 Magicka
Concealed WeaponesoSkills Concealed Weapon Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Magic Damage. Attacking with Concealed Weapon from the flank stuns the enemy for 3 seconds and sets them Off Balance. While slotted, your Movement Speed while Sneaking or invisible is increased by 25%. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2295 Magicka	Combat PrayeresoSkills Combat Prayer Slam your staff down to activate its blessings, healing you and your allies in front of you for 1916 Health. Also grants Minor Berserk and Minor Resolve increasing you and your allies' damage done by 5% and Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 2974 for 8 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 20m Cost: 3240 Magicka
Shadowy DisguiseesoSkills Shadowy Disguise Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 3 seconds. Your next direct damage attack used within 3 seconds will always be a Critical Strike. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 3s Target: Self Cost: 3780 Magicka	Shadow ImageesoSkills Shadow Image Summon a shade version of yourself to stay in place and attack an enemy from range for 18 seconds. The shade shoots at an enemy, dealing 414 Magic Damage every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. While the shade is summoned, you can activate this ability again to teleport to the shade's location. This ability scales with your highest offensive stats. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 18s Target: Self Range: 28m Cost: 4050 Magicka
Inner LightesoSkills Inner Light SSummon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted your Maximum Magicka is increased by 5% and you gain Major Prophecy, increasing your Spell Critical rating by 2629. Skill Line: Guild > Mages Cast Time: Instant Duration: 5s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 5130 Magicka	Channeled AccelerationesoSkills Channeled Acceleration Bend time and space around you to gain Major Expedition for 12 seconds and Minor Force for 36 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% and Critical Damage by 10%. Skill Line: Guild > Psijic Order Cast Time: 1.3s Duration: 36s Target: Self Cost: 3240 Magicka
Merciless ResolveesoSkills Merciless Resolve Focus your senses for 40 seconds, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Will, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4752 Magic Damage, and heals for 50% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 40s Target: Self Cost: 2700 Magicka	Dampen MagicesoSkills Dampen Magicka Convert a portion of your Magicka into a protective ward, gaining a damage shield that absorbs 3718 damage for 6 seconds. Damage shield strength capped at 60% of your Maximum Health. Each piece of Light Armor worn increases the amount of damage absorbed by 6%. Skill Line: Armor > Light Armor Cast Time: Instant Duration: 6s Target: Self Cost: 4590 Magicka
Soul TetheresoSkills Soul Tether Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing 3600 Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon 627 Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the Soul Tether synergy, dealing 3122 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: 0.5s Duration: 8s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 150 Ultimate	Light’s ChampionesoSkills Light’s Champion Release the rejuvenating energies of your staff to swirl around you, healing you or a nearby ally for 2904 Health every 1 second for 5 seconds. Any friendly target you heal gains Major Force for 8 seconds, increasing their Critical Damage by 20%. Skill Line: Weapon > Restoration Staff Cast Time: Instant Duration: 5s Target: Area Range: 28m Cost: 125 Ultimate

Your rotation will be unique compared to other builds, as you have to rely on timing much more closely than other builds. If you can, attack some ads with Merciless Resolve until it is ready to proc, and finish them off before heading over to where you want to attack a group. Merciless Resolve will passively increase your critical damage by 10% with the Hemorrhage passive, and when fully stacked will increase your critical damage by another 10%. You’ll want to prebuff from a location where no one can see you with Channeled Acceleration for the Major Expedition and Minor Force it gives, and follow this up with Shadow Image. Make sure you cannot see your target so that Shadow Image doesn’t give away your location, but this will be your anchor you will teleport back to if things get out of hand.

Combat Prayer should then be cast away from the group so that this does not reveal your location, and will give your Minor Berserk and Minor Resolve, increasing your damage by 5% and increasing your resistances by 2974 respectively. Proximity Detonation will be your next ability, and this will determine when you need to set off your abilities. It has an eight-second timer before setting off, and deals 25% more damage for each enemy in the bomb’s radius. You’ll head toward the group with Shadowy Disguise and, right before Proximity Detonation goes off, you’ll cast your Soul Tether ultimate and spam Sap Essence to finish off the remaining people. The other skills on your bar are either to increase your damage or speed while you are in stealth. 

If you choose to go Vampire for the extra spell damage you can gain, replace Dampen Magic with Simmering Frenzy to gain that massive 660 spell/weapon damage before going into a bomb. You’ll want to be at least Level 2 for the Strike from the Shadows passive, giving you 300 spell/weapon damage when you come out of sneak. Vampirism at Level 3 will reduce your damage taken by up to 30% based on your missing health, which can be very useful in PVP scenarios. Remember you’ll take a lot more flame damage so you’ll need to be careful after you stealth in and do your job, and Simmering Frenzy will put you to dangerously low health with the benefit of increasing your damage.

Armor & Weapons

Slot	Gear	Trait
Head	Barlorgh SetesoItems Barlorgh Set (1 item) Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage (2 items) When you use an Ultimate ability, you gain Weapon Damage and Spell Damage equal to the amount of total Ultimate consumed, and Physical and Spell Penetration equal to 23 times the amount for 12 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Shoulder	Barlorgh SetesoItems Barlorgh Set (1 item) Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage (2 items) When you use an Ultimate ability, you gain Weapon Damage and Spell Damage equal to the amount of total Ultimate consumed, and Physical and Spell Penetration equal to 23 times the amount for 12 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Monster Set Pieces: Armor	Divines
Chest	Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems Mechanical Acuity Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage (5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Craftable Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or War Maiden SetesoItems War Maiden Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) Adds 600 Spell Damage to your Magic Damage abilities Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Belt	Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems Mechanical Acuity Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage (5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Craftable Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or War Maiden SetesoItems War Maiden Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) Adds 600 Spell Damage to your Magic Damage abilities Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Legs	Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems Mechanical Acuity Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage (5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Craftable Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or War Maiden SetesoItems War Maiden Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) Adds 600 Spell Damage to your Magic Damage abilities Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Hands	Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems Mechanical Acuity Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage (5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Craftable Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or War Maiden SetesoItems War Maiden Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) Adds 600 Spell Damage to your Magic Damage abilities Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Feet	Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems Mechanical Acuity Set (2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage (5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds. Item Type: Set Set Type: Craftable Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons or War Maiden SetesoItems War Maiden Set (2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (5 items) Adds 600 Spell Damage to your Magic Damage abilities Item Type: Set Set Type: Overland Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Divines
Necklace	Vicious Death SetesoItems Vicious Death Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1487 Spell Penetration, When you kill a Player, they violently explode for 3489 Flame Damage to all other enemies in a 5 meter radius. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 1	Vicious Death SetesoItems Vicious Death Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1487 Spell Penetration, When you kill a Player, they violently explode for 3489 Flame Damage to all other enemies in a 5 meter radius. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Ring 2	Vicious Death SetesoItems Vicious Death Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1487 Spell Penetration, When you kill a Player, they violently explode for 3489 Flame Damage to all other enemies in a 5 meter radius. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Arcane
Weapon 1	Vicious Death Set Staff (w/ Shock Enchantment)esoItems Vicious Death Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1487 Spell Penetration, When you kill a Player, they violently explode for 3489 Flame Damage to all other enemies in a 5 meter radius. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Sharpened
Weapon 2	Vicious Death Set Restoration StaffesoItems Vicious Death Set (2 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage (3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka (4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical (5 items) Adds 1487 Spell Penetration, When you kill a Player, they violently explode for 3489 Flame Damage to all other enemies in a 5 meter radius. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage. Item Type: Set Set Type: PvP Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons	Powered

Easy starting set alternative: 5 Law of Julianos SetesoItems

Law of Julianos Set

(2 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 657 Spell Critical
(5 items) Adds 300 Spell Damage

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 5 Mechanical Acuity SetesoItems

Mechanical Acuity Set

(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal direct damage, you gain unerring mechanical vision for 5 seconds, granting you 100% Critical Strike chance. This effect can occur once every 21 seconds.

• Item Type: Set
• Set Type: Craftable
• Set Pieces: Armor, Jewelry, Weapons

, 2 Monster Set / Willpower Set

Our sets are the most essential part to this build. The first set we will talk about is called Vicious Death (from Cyrodiil gear vendor). This set will deal a massive amount of damage in an AOE around where a player you kill dies, but the important thing is that there isn’t a cooldown. Once you can get the squishiest of the group to fall, the rest come toppling down after them.

A perfect set to accompany this is Mechanical Acuity (craftable), as it guarantees five seconds of 100% critical strike chance after dealing direct damage. This means when you come out of stealth and deal your initial burst of damage, every skill for five seconds will critically hit, helping get those Vicious Death procs started.

A set that works well for Nightblade instead of Mechanical Acuity would be War Maiden (from Vvardenfell), as it increases your magic damage abilities with a whopping 600 spell damage. The fire damage from Vicious Death won’t increase, but the rest of your skills are mostly magic damage, so they will hit for more. I prefer using a lightning staff for the extra 8% AOE damage, but many Magicka Nightblades go for the raw spell damage you can get from dual wielding swords. 

Most importantly, you will need the monster set Barlorgh (from March of Sacrifices) to give you spell and weapon damage equal to the amount of total ultimate you consume on casting, and also increases your spell and physical penetration by twenty-three times that amount for twelve seconds. The ultimate cap you can generate is limited to 500 as of now, meaning if you cast your Soul Tether with that amount, you will gain 500 spell / weapon damage, and 11,500 spell / physical penetration, which is brutal to put up with on the receiving end. 

Champion Points

Essentials in Order ➡️

Warfare: 20 Eldritch InsightesoChampion Points

Eldritch Insight

Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 PrecisionesoChampion Points

Precision

Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Biting AuraesoChampion Points

Biting Aura

Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Fighting FinesseesoChampion Points

Fighting Finesse

Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 5
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 Elemental AegisesoChampion Points

Elemental Aegis

Reduces the damage you take from Magical attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 20 HardyesoChampion Points

Hardy

Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Staving Death
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 20 BlessedesoChampion Points

Blessed

Increases your healing done by 1% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Mastered Curation
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Untamed AggressionesoChampion Points

Untamed Aggression

Increases your Weapon and Spell damage by 3 per point.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 20 Flawless RitualesoChampion Points

Flawless Ritual

Increases your chance to apply a Magical status effect by 30% per stage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 20

, 30 War MageesoChampion Points

War Mage

Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Magical attacks. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost and Shock Damage.

• Constellation: Warfare > Extended Might
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 40

, 50 Arcane SupremacyesoChampion Points

Arcane Supremacy

Increases Max Magicka by 26 per point.

• Constellation: Warfare
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

Fitness: 20 Hero’s VigoresoChampion Points

Hero’s Vigor

Grants 280 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 50 Boundless VitalityesoChampion Points

Boundless Vitality

Grants 28 Max Health per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 IroncladesoChampion Points

Ironclad

Grants 34.6 Armor per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 50 SlipperyesoChampion Points

Slippery

When you are affected by a disabling effect, you automatic ally Break Free for no cost. After using this effect, you become Winded and cannot trigger this effect or others like it for 21 seconds.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 50

, 50 RejuvenationesoChampion Points

Rejuvenation

Grants 3 Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 30 TumblingesoChampion Points

Tumbling

Reduces the cost of Dodge Rolling by 120 Stamina per Stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 DefianceesoChampion Points

Defiance

Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

, 30 FortificationesoChampion Points

Fortification

Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 15

, 20 Tireless GuardianesoChampion Points

Tireless Guardian

Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage.

• Constellation: Fitness
• Stages: 2
• Points Per Stage: 10

Craft: 50 Steed’s BlessingesoChampion Points

Steed’s Blessing

Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 50
• Points Per Stage: 1

, 75 Liquid EfficiencyesoChampion Points

Liquid Efficiency

Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 1
• Points Per Stage: 75

, 30 RationeresoChampion Points

Rationer

Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage.

• Constellation: Craft
• Stages: 3
• Points Per Stage: 10

8. PvP – Stamblade DPS (Assassin Build)

Race: Khajiit or Dark Elf or Orc | Mundus: Thief (higher critical strike chance) or Shadow (higher damaging critical strikes) | Food: Garlic Cod with Potato CrustesoItems

Garlic Cod with Potato Crust

Increase Max Health by 5395 and Max Stamina by 4936 for 1 hour (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Ragout

and Bewitched Sugar SkullsesoItems

Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours (6 second cooldown).

• Item Type: Consumable
• Consumable Type: Delicacy

The Stamina Nightblade is a great ganker and excels in 1v1 scenarios, but falls off when they are fighting multiple enemies at once. Luckily, the ESO best Nightblade builds have a lot of ways to control the tide of a fight, and can excel in taking down targets as well as keeping themselves alive, being one of the slipperiest classes in PVP.

Skills

Main Bar (Diamond’s Victory Maul)	Second Bar (Caustic Arrow Bow)
Surprise AttackesoSkills Surprise Attack Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect. Attacking with Surprise Attack from the flank stuns the enemy for 3 seconds and sets them Off Balance. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2295 Stamina	Venom ArrowesoSkills Venom Arrow Shoot an arrow coated in Shadowscale poison at an enemy, dealing 1161 Poison Damage and an additional 2315 Poison Damage over 10 seconds. If the enemy hit is casting an ability they are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 3 seconds. Skill Line: Weapon > Bow Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 28m Cost: 2430 Stamina
ExecutioneresoSkills Executioner Spin around and strike an enemy down, dealing 1199 Physical Damage. Deals up to 400% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health. Skill Line: Weapon > Two Handed Cast Time: Instant Target: Enemy Range: 5m Cost: 2160 Stamina	ShuffleesoSkills Shuffle Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, decreasing damage from area attacks by 20% for 20 seconds. Each piece of Medium Armor worn removes and grants immunity to snares and immobilizations for 1 second. Skill Line: Armor > Medium Armor Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 2943 Stamina
Relentless FocusesoSkills Relentless Focus Focus your senses for 1 minute, increasing your Critical Damage and Healing by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Scourge, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost that deals 4321 Disease Damage, and heals for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: Instant Duration: 60s Target: Self Cost: 2295 Stamina	Leeching StrikesesoSkills Leeching Strikes Imbue your weapons with soul-stealing power, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to heal you for 1452 Health and restore 106 Stamina for 20 seconds. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks restore twice the value. You restore up to 4270 additional Stamina when the effect ends, based on the length of time Leeching Strikes was active. Skill Line: Nightblade > Siphoning Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 878 Stamina
RallyesoSkills Rally Focus your strength and resolve to gain Major Brutality, increasing your Weapon Damage by 20%, as well as gaining Minor Endurance, increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15% for 20 seconds. You heal for 1199 Health when Rally ends. The final heal is increased by 15% every 1 second, up to a maximum of 300%. Skill Line: Weapon > Two Handed Cast Time: Instant Duration: 20s Target: Self Cost: 3780 Stamina	Resolving VigoresoSkills Resolving Vigor Let loose a battle cry, instilling yourself with resolve and healing for 4990 Health over 4 seconds. Skill Line: Alliance War > Assault Cast Time: Instant Target: Self Cost: 2984 Stamina
Camouflaged HunteresoSkills Camouflaged Hunter Invoke your expertise in anatomy and enemy behavior to detect stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery, increasing your Weapon Critical rating by 2629. You also gain Minor Berserk for 5 seconds after you deal Critical Damage from an enemy's flank, increasing your damage done by 5%. Skill Line: Guild > Fighters Cast Time: Instant Duration: 15s Target: Area Range: 8m Cost: 4360 Stamina	Shadowy DisguiseesoSkills Shadowy Disguise Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 3 seconds. Your next direct damage attack used within 3 seconds will always be a Critical Strike. Skill Line: Nightblade > Shadow Cast Time: Instant Duration: 3s Target: Self Cost: 3780 Magicka
Incapacitating StrikeesoSkills Incapacitating Strike Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3718 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, the enemy is stunned for 3 seconds. While slotted you gain Reave, which restores 100 Magicka and Stamina when you deal damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on an enemy with a negative effect active on them. Skill Line: Nightblade > Assassination Cast Time: 0.4s Target: Enemy Range: 7m Cost: 70 Ultimate	Temporal GuardesoSkills Temporal Guard Step backwards in time, resetting your Health, Magicka, Stamina, and position to what they were 4 seconds ago. While slotted you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. Skill Line: Guild > Psijic Order Cast Time: Instant Target: Self Cost: 150 Ultimate