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Unkillable Magicka Nightblade Solo Build – BLOOD MAGE

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Categories: Best ESO Builds, Best Nightblade Builds, Solo Builds

The BLOOD MAGE Build is a STRONG Magicka Nightblade option for Solo and Group play in The Elder Scrolls Online. This build has so MUCH healing it CANNOT DIE!

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Nightblade Class Overview

The Nightblade Class is an extremely powerful way to play in The Elder Scrolls Online. Nightblades have many powerful abilities located in their dedicated Class Skill lines for DPS, for Healing, and for Tanking. Nightblades are a great choice for dealing damage, mobility and healing, and are very fun for both PVE and PVP content in ESO. For a more detailed guide be sure to review our ESO Nightblade Class Guide.

Primary Sets

Bahraha’s Curse is our main survival set which places a curse on the ground, damaging nearby enemies and healing you back for the damage you cause. This set is great because the damage and the healing increase when you face off against more enemies.

We combine this with Briarheart for a big damage boost and even more healing back when we deal critical strikes.

The Earthgore Monster Set provides an amazing burst heal to help ensure this build’s survival in harder content, plus it fits the Blood Mage theme.

The Crushing Wall set from Maelstrom Arena will bring some additional passive DPS to this setup as long as we maintain a consistent uptime on Wall Of Elements.

And finally, a Mythic Item is possible on this build with Sea-Serpent’s Coil being one of the best options to increase your damage, healing and survival.

eso bahrahas curse

Bahraha’s Curse

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina, Reduces your damage taken from environmental traps by 40%.
(5 items) When you deal damage, you have a 25% chance to create desecrated ground for 5 seconds, which reduces the Movement Speed of enemies within 3.5 meters by 60%, damages them for 350 Magic damage every 1 second, and heals you for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and the damage scales off your Max Health.

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Briarheart

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon and Spell 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.

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Earthgore

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 4% Healing Done
(2 items) When you heal yourself or a group member that is under 50% Health, you conjure a pool of blood underneath them, immediately removing all harmful area effects, and healing the lowest Health group member in the area after 2 seconds for 1683 Health every 2 seconds over 8 seconds. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds and scales off the higher of your Max Magicka or Stamina.

Sea-Serpent’s Coil

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(1 item) While at full Health, you gain 40% damage resistance. After taking damage while at full Health in combat, you gain Serpent’s Rebuke for 10 seconds, snaring yourself by 40% and gaining Major Berserk and Major Courage, increasing your damage done by 10% and Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.

Alternate Sets

For more damage, try replacing Bahraha’s Curse with more offensive-oriented sets like Orders Wrath or the new Macabre Vintage. You may also consider a more offensive Monster Set such as Zaan if you plan on joining groups as a DPS from time to time.

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Order’s Wrath

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 943 Critical Chance, Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing by 8%.

eso macabre vintage

Macabre Vintage

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 150 Weapon and Spell Damage, When you kill a monster they burst with blood magic, dealing 50% of their Max Health to enemies within 6 meters as Bleed Damage, up to 24096 Bleed Damage. This damage cannot critically strike. This effect can occur once every 0.5 seconds.

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Zaan

LVL 50 – CP 160

SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(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. 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.

Beginner Build

Weapon/ArmorSetTraitWeightGlyph
Main HandBriarheart Inferno StaffPreciseNAAbsorb Magicka
BackupMaelstrom Inferno StaffInfusedNAWeapon/Spell Damage
HeadEarthgoreDivinesLightMagicka
ShoulderEarthgoreDivinesLightMagicka
ChestBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
WaistBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
GlovesBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
LegsBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
FeetBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
NecklaceBriarheartBloodthirstyNASpell Damage
Ring 1BriarheartBloodthirstyNASpell Damage
Ring 2BriarheartBloodthirstyNASpell Damage

Mythic Build

Weapon/ArmorSetTraitWeightGlyph
Main HandBahraha’s Curse Inferno StaffPreciseNAAbsorb Magicka
BackupBriarheart Inferno StaffInfusedNAWeapon/Spell Damage
HeadEarthgoreDivinesLightMagicka
ShoulderEarthgoreDivinesLightMagicka
ChestBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyHealth
WaistArmor Of The TraineeDivinesLightMagicka
GlovesBriarheartDivinesMediumMagicka
LegsBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
FeetBahraha’s CurseDivinesHeavyMagicka
NecklaceSea-Serpent’s CoilBloodthirstyNASpell Damage
Ring 1BriarheartBloodthirstyNASpell Damage
Ring 2BriarheartBloodthirstyNASpell Damage

Consumables, Race, Mundus

Race

My favorite Race options for this build include High Elf, Dark Elf, and Khajiit. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.

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The Thief

The Thief

Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333

With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167

Where To Get The Thief Mundus in ESO

Food/Drink Buff

Clockwork Citrus Filet

Potions

Basic Magic Potions

Skills

Main Weapon: INFERNO STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more

  1. Swallow Soul or Sap Essence
  2. Impale
  3. Inner Light
  4. Wield Soul or Swallow Soul
  5. Merciless Resolve or Relentless Focus
  6. ULT: Soul Harvest

Backup Weapon: INFERNO STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more

  1. Elemental Blockade
  2. Twisting Path
  3. Razor Caltrops
  4. Structured Entropy
  5. Siphoning Attacks
  6. ULT: Soul Tether or Elemental Rage

Skills Discussion & Rotation

Basic Rotation

Start on the back bar by casting Elemental Drain, Twisting Path, Razor Caltrops and Structured Entropy -> Bar Swap. Next, cast Swallow Soul followed by Wield Soul x4 – Bar Swap bacl.

Notes

Try to light attack between each ability, both to charge your Merciless Resolve and gain the healing from Siphoning Attacks. You may shoot off the Spectral Bow from Merciless Resolve/Relentless Focus for a big burst, heal and damage, or save it for emergencies.

Passive Skills

Class Passives

Weapon Passives

Armor Passives

Guild Passives

Racial

Other

Champion Points 2.0

Below you will find the recommended Active and Passive Champion Point Stars for this build, broken down into 300, 600, 900, and 1200 CP ranges.

For more information on Champion Points click on a Star name below or browse our detailed Champion Points Guides.

Constellation Descriptions:

  • GREEN: The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
  • BLUE: The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses.
  • RED: The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.

– 300 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

– 600 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

– 900 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

– 1200 Champion Points –

GREEN

BLUE

RED

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