Stamina Nightblades are very strong in ESO and are one of the game’s top damage dealers.
Nightblade is The Elder Scrolls Online’s character of Stealth and Shadow. One of the ESO Classes included with the basic game may assist you in creating powerful damage dealers for Stamina or Magicka gaming and skilled healers.
What distinguishes Nightblades is their ability to shroud themselves and conceal themselves from adversaries. This enables you to avoid being attacked by NPCs or other players in both PvE and PvP. Additionally, their ability to cloak makes them an excellent character for Thief builds.
Class-Based Skills
The Nightblade possesses three distinct skill lines, each having well-suited skills for a certain function in the game. Both Stamina and Magicka Nightblades benefit from the Class’ abilities and may combine them to produce powerful DPS setups.
Following are the Nightblade Skills:
- Assassination, having a variety of offensive abilities.
- Siphoning, with a greater focus on support and healing.
- Shadow, which focuses heavily on support and stealth abilities.
Use these skills properly to make some amazing ESO Nightblade builds according to your playstyle.
Assassination
This is a critical line for Nightblades since it contains some of their greatest abilities! Death Stroke is a devastating Ultimate that transforms Stamina and Magicka Nightblades into two distinct skills. In addition, incapacitating Strike and Soul Harvest enhances the amount of damage you inflict to opponents and is critical for your Nightblade’s success.
Additionally, Assassin’s Blade and its two skills, Killer’s Blade and Impale, are required for any Nightblade DPS build. A strong execution skill enables you to dispatch anything more quickly. Teleport Strike or its skills are often used in PvP to reduce the gap between players and opponents. In contrast, Blur and its skills provide additional defense and are useful in PvP.
Grim Focus, on the other hand, is a talent that you should unlock immediately. Its two skills, Merciless Resolve, and Relentless Focus, not only increase your healing/damage output while active but also trigger a spectral arrow/additional skill when five Light/Heavy attacks inflict substantial damage and heal you.
If you are building a damage-dealing Nightblade, Death Stroke, Assassin’s Blade, and Grim Focus, along with their respective skills, must be your priority!
Shadow
Consuming skills and Darkness are mostly assisting abilities that you can ignore if you are primarily concerned with DPS gameplay. On the other hand, Veiled Strike provides a powerful Stamina Nightblade spammable Surprise Attack. Finally, Concealed Weapon enables quicker movement when cloaked, making it advantageous for Thief/Gank PvP builds.
Shadow Cloak is the ability that distinguishes Nightblade. The Shadowy Disguise skill is a stealth ability that also increases the effectiveness of your subsequent strike. Extremely useful for PvP and Thief builds.
Path of Darkness has two powerful AOE abilities, one of which does significant damage and the other that heals you. The aspect of Terror is a fear-based ability that is most useful in PvP, but Summon Shade summons a shadow to help you in battle. Dark Shade is a melee shadow useful in PvE settings. At the same time, Shadow Image is mostly used as an escape mechanism in PvP environments.
Siphoning
Swallow Soul or Strife skill is a useful ability for solo gaming since it can damage and heal you. Malevolent Offering grants access to two healing-focused skills. In contrast, Cripple grants access to an incredible PvE ability called Crippling Grasp. Crippling Grasp may also be advantageous in PvP by immobilizing opponents.
Siphoning Strikes, similar to the Grim Focus, is an absolute need for any Nightblade setup. With each Light or Heavy strike, it has two skills: Siphoning Attacks and Leeching Strikes, which both heal you and replenish Stamina or Magicka.
Drain Power and skills inflict damage and increase your damage output. Meanwhile, Soul Shred absorbs health from surrounding opponents. Swallow Soul and Siphoning Strike skills are essential from this talent line and should be prioritized early in the game.
Weapons
Both Stamina and Magicka Nightblades build their DPS Builds primarily on their Class abilities. Of course, they can also use a few Weapon Skills.
The Wall of Elements is critical for AOE strikes against Magicka Nightblades. Elemental Drain (Weakness to Elements skill) aids in solo gaming. Best of all, the Elemental Storm Ultimate is powerful enough for PvE or PvP.
Some weapon skills may also be beneficial for Stamina Nightblade. Depending on your preferred Weapon (Two-Handed, Dual Wield, or Bow), you can use a couple of their abilities to spam or increase your damage output.
One Hand and Shield is the Weapon of choice for Tanks, while Restoration Staff is the Weapon of choice for Healers.
If you wield a Two-Handed Weapon, your spammables will be Dizzying Swing for PvP and Wrecking Blow for PvE. Cleave and its skills are excellent at dealing with many opponents, while Reverse Slash is a great execution ability.
If you are utilizing Dual Wield, Rapid Strikes and Whirling Blades can be extremely spammable. Shrouded Daggers and Deadly Cloak will also help you if you choose to play with a Dual Wield.
Finally, Endless Hail (Volley’s skill) from the bow is critical for any setup that incorporates the bows as a support weapon to Poison Injection (Poison Arrow skill).
To play as a Tank, you will also need Pierce Armor Taunt skill (Puncture skill) to attract Heroic Slash (Low Slash skill) to enhance your Ultimate generation.
Grand Healing, Blessing of Protection, Regeneration, and their skills are vital for Healers. In addition, this line’s Light’s Champion Ultimate(Panacea skill) can also be beneficial while healing in PvE or PvP gameplay.
Skill Priorities
Your primary focus should be on unlocking and leveling up the Class’s active and passive skills. This will enhance your Class’s potential and enable you to mix them for optimal outcomes. Of course, everything is dependent on your aims and chosen playstyle.
Obtaining a powerful spammable and AOE ability early on will enable you to level more quickly and effectively.
Champion Points
You will begin earning Champion Points after you reach level 50. These enable you to acquire Passive and Slottable Stars in the CP (Champion Points) tree, which can be used to enhance your character’s abilities. Champion Points can be earned simply by playing the game and leveling up.
The ESO has three distinct constellations: Warfare, Fitness, and Craft.
Each constellation has a variety of Stars that may assist with various tasks and activities. For example, warfare is a constellation emphasizing fighting and rewards Damage Dealers, Tanks, and Healers. Therefore, it is critical to allocate your Champion Points properly and acquire the necessary Stars for the position you want to perform.
Vampire / Werewolf / Mortal
It is not essential to be a vampire or werewolf to truly enjoy your Nightblade; you may be a human and still destroy.
Summary
There are many configuration options for your Magicka or Stamina Nightblade. It is entirely up to you and the material you want to finish. Certain configurations are better suited for solo PvE, while others are more suited for Group Trials content. Finally, Walking Flame and Endeavors System is now available to play. Enjoy!
