Category: Best ESO Builds, Best Nightblade Builds, Healer Builds, One Bar Builds
This powerful One Bar Nightblade Healer build for the Elder Scrolls Online provides many powerful healing options to your group and thanks to the Oakensoul Ring, with an easy one bar playstyle!
What you will learn in this Healer build guide:
- The best item sets to use with the One Bar Nightblade Healer Build, and why they are important.
- How the skills work, synergies with the gear, and your rotation.
- The best consumables, race, and mundus, and most importantly, why you should select them.
This guide has been updated for The Elder Scrolls Online Update 51.
- Healer Primary Sets
- Oakensoul Ring Lead Locations
- Alternative Sets
- Healer Gear
- Alternate Gear
- Healer Attributes
- Race
- Mundus Stone
- Food and Drink Buff
- Potions
- Healer Skills
- Skills Explanation
- Healer Rotation
- Passives
- Class Mastery
- Champion Points
- Update Log
- How To Create Powerful ESO Builds
- More Nightblade Builds For ESO
One Bar Nightblade Healer Primary Sets
Our main 5 piece set on this build is Spell Power Cure. This set provides the powerful Major Courage buff which greatly boosts your group’s Weapon Damage and Spell Damage, boosting overall DPS.
Powerful Assault is a simple medium armor option for buffing your group’s damage. This set can also be easily proced by using Echoing Vigor which is a useful healing skill.
We have the option of running a 1-piece Monster Set on this build such as the Chokethorn monster set for increased Magicka Recovery.
Finally, as a One Bar Build, The Oakensoul Ring mythic item provides all the stats including many important Major and Minor buffs for our character, making them more effective while only requiring the use of one skill bar.
Spell Power Cure
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you overheal yourself or an ally, you give the target Major Courage for 5 seconds which increases their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430.
Powerful Assault
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you cast an Assault ability while in combat, you and up to 5 group members within 12 meters gain 307 Weapon and Spell Damage for 15 seconds.
Chokethorn
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(2 items) When you use a heal ability, you have a 33% chance to summon a strangler sapling that heals you or an ally for 6986 Health over 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Maximum Magicka or Stamina.
The Oakensoul Ring
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(1 item) While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Aegis, Minor Slayer and Empower.
Volcanic stone for Firesong. Gems for Eldertide. With Stonelore craftsmanship to bind them together. This ring is the Draoife Incarnate. The might of the druids, in the palm of your hand.
Oakensoul Ring Lead Locations
Getting the Oakensoul Ring in ESO is easier than you might think! Check out our full Oakensoul Ring Guide.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Alternative Sets
Another easy to obtain Healer set which is useful for this build is the Sanctuary Set, found in the Banished Cells dungeon, which is part of the base game. This set gives you a flat buff to your overall healing which is especially useful in early levels when you may have less Champion Points.
If you’d like to pursue the frost-focused healer theme more closely then another good alternative healing set is Winter’s Respite. This set puts a healing effect on the ground that heals nearby enemies, but requires a ground-based skill to proc. Luckily we do have one of these on the Nightblade class!
Sanctuary
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(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. This bonus persists through death.
Winter’s Respite
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(4 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(5 items) Casting abilities that leave an effect on the ground will create a circle of healing frost for 10 seconds. You and your group members restore 2358 Health every 1 second while inside the circle. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Gear
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Hand | Powerful Assault Restoration Staff | Powered | NA | Absorb Magicka |
| Backup | None | NA | NA | NA |
| Head | Chokethorn | Divines | Heavy | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Spell Power Cure | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Powerful Assault | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Waist | Spell Power Cure | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Spell Power Cure | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Spell Power Cure | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Spell Power Cure | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Powerful Assault | Infused | NA | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring 1 | Powerful Assault | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | The Oakensoul Ring | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
One Bar Nightblade Alternate Gear
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Hand | Sanctuary Restoration Staff | Powered | NA | Absorb Magicka |
| Backup | None | NA | NA | NA |
| Head | Chokethorn | Divines | Medium | Magicka |
| Shoulder | Sanctuary | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Chest | Winter’s Respite | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Waist | Winter’s Respite | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Gloves | Winter’s Respite | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Legs | Winter’s Respite | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Feet | Winter’s Respite | Divines | Light | Magicka |
| Necklace | Sanctuary | Infused | NA | Magicka Recovery |
| Ring 1 | Sanctuary | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
| Ring 2 | The Oakensoul Ring | Infused | NA | Spell Damage |
One Bar Nightblade Healer Attributes
In ESO, having Magicka is the most important resource for a healer build. This is because most healing abilities in the game cost Magicka to cast, so having more means you will not run out of resources as easily. While some Stamina-based healing skills exist (we use one on this build), these are more niche.
I recommend placing all 64 attribute points into Magicka for this healer build. Your goal should be to hit around 30,000 Magicka if possible. Your Race choice as well as Food/Drink options and equipment traits and glyphs all effect this as well
64 Magicka
0 Health
0 Stamina
One Bar Nightblade Healer Race
The Breton Race is ideal for healers in The Elder Scrolls Online, due to their passives which focus on improved Spellcasting. As a Breton, you receive reduced Magicka cost for all abilties which is a huge benefit. You also get increased Max Magicka AND Magicka Recovery, making this race the ultimate in terms of sustaining your important healing skills for you and your group.
Pick a race that compliments your build and your end goal with the character. If you intend to swap back and forth between healing, damage, and tanking then your racial selection could change.
Other race considerations for healing:
- Argonian: adds an impressive mix of stats including Health, Stamina, and Magicka, Healing Done, and resources resourcse when you drink a potion. This would be my second favorite healing option.
- Khajiit: adds bonus Health, Magicka, and Stamina, plus all 3 recoveries which helps sustain. You also get bonus Critical Healing which can be nice if you like seeing BIG healing numbers on the screen.
- High Elf: this race provides a solid bonus to Max Magicka and some sustain but is more damage focused.
- Dark Elf: Adds magicka and stamina, fire resist and weapon and spell damage, good if you like to try multiple roles with one character.
For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Mundus Stone
The best Mundus Stone for a Healer is the Atronach Mundus Stone due to the increase in Magicka regeneration. This Mundus option will let you cast more heals and cast them more consistently without running out of resources which is incredibly important when playing as a Healer in ESO.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Food and Drink Buff
The recommended food option for this build is Clockwork Citrus Filet as this provides a great set of bonuses including Max Health, Max Magicka, Health Recovery and Magicka Recovery.
A more cost efficient option if you would like to save on some gold would is Witchmother’s Potent Brew. This Drink Buff includes our most important stats including Max Health, Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery but doesn’t have the added survival of Health Recovery which Clockwork Citrus Filet has.
Clockwork Citrus Filet
Increase Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406, Max Magicka by 3080 and Magicka Recovery by 338 for 2 hours.
Ingredients: Red Meat, Lemon, Frost Mirriam, Perfect Roe
Witchmother’s potent brew
Increase Max Magicka by 2856, Max Health by 3094, and Magicka Recovery by 315 for 2 hours.
These effects are scaled based on your level.
Ingredients: Nightshade, Bervez Juice, Rice, Small Game
One Bar Nightblade Healer Potions
The best potions are the “Tri-Potions” which restores health, magicka, and stamina. Moreover, this potion buffs your resource sustain to each stat pool helping your sustain. Make sure to unlock and max out the Alchemy skill Medicinal Use. This passive increases the duration of your potions effects. Essentially, the duration last 47.5 seconds with a cooldown of 45 seconds. Therefore, this passive becomes critical to obtain to keep higher uptime on buffs.
Alternately, you could use basic Magicka potions for a cheaper option that should still perform well for most types of content in the game.
Tri-Stat Potions
Basic Magicka Potions
One Bar Nightblade Healer Skills
Main Weapon: RESTORATION STAFF – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
- Shrewd Offering
- Refreshing Path
- Radiating Regeneration or Illustrious Healing
- Energy Orb or Combat Prayer
- Echoing Vigor
- ULT: Aggressive Horn or Reviving Barrier
One Bar Nightblade Healer Skills Explanation
- Shrewd Offering: this is your burst heal for the Nightblade class, while also giving you access to powerful passive effects from the Siphoning skill line such as increased healing and bonus Magicka and Stamina.
- Refreshing Path: this is an amazing movement ability for you and your group, providing the powerful Major Expedition buff for all members of your party, while also giving passive healing. This also helps to proc your Spell Power Cure set.
- Radiating Regeneration: this is heal over time effect for multiple group members at once. Use this after a fight to heal up your team as you run to the next encounter.
- Illustrious Healing: AOE Heal for active combat situations where you must keep everyone’s health up.
- Energy Orb: slow moving orb ability that heals while also restoring Magicka and Stamina. Great for group resource sustain.
- Combat Prayer: use this if you don’t need as much resource sustain and instead want to improve group DPS with Minor Berserk.
- Echoing Vigor: this stamina-based heal also procs our Powerful Assault set. Only cast every 15 seconds to rebuff the Powerful Assault set so you are never too low on Stamina.
- ULT: Aggressive War Horn: boost max Health, max Stamina and max Magicka, and grants Major Force for 20% more critical damage for 10 seconds, helping your group do more damage in most situations. Remember that using your ultimate provides extra resources through the Battle Roar passive!
- ULT: Reviving Barrier: a powerful defensive Ultimate that provides a group damage shield. Use this option if your group is having trouble surviving more difficult boss encounters.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Rotation
Two bars are not necessary on this build, making for a much simpler playstyle!
Buffs and Debuffs
Start combat by casting Energy Orb or Combat Prayer to provide your group with buffs. Immediately cast Echoing Vigor as well to proc the bonus from Powerful Assault and Refreshing Path to give your group movement speed and another heal over time effect.
Next cast your Restoration Staff heal over time effects including Radiating Regeneration or Illustrious Healing. These will help to proc your Spell Power Cure set as well, so make sure to keep them active.
Use Shrewd Offering when a group member dips below 50% health to provide an instant burst heal.
Remember to light attack inbetween abilities for increased ultimate regeneration as well as to proc your Absorb Magicka enchant on your staff. Heavy attacks can be used for Magicka sustain if your Magicka pool gets below 30%. Use your Ultimate when ready.
One Bar Nightblade Healer Passives
Class Skills
- Executioner
- Hemorrhage
- Refreshing Shadows
- Shadow Barrier
- Dark Vigor
- Dark Veil
- Catalyst
- Magicka Flood
- Soul Siphoner
- Transfer
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
- Grace
- Evocation
- Spell Warding
- Prodigy
- Concentration
- Dexterity
- Wind Walker
- Agility
- Athletics
- Resolve
- Constitution
- Juggernaut
- Revitalize
- Rapid Mending
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
ESO Nightblade Healer Class Mastery
Players that reach level 50 in ESO while also fully reaching Rank 50 for their class skill lines and not subclassing can use 2 Class Mastery passives to improve their build. For the Nightblade Healer I recommend Share the Spoils which grants group members additional Magicka, Stamina and Ultimate, along with Above and Beyond which will boost your Critical Healing by 25%. If you are consistently attacking and want even more Ultimate generation, swap Above and Beyond for Nocturnal Inspiration.
Share the Spoils
Secrets and coin are tools as sharp as the daggers you wield.
Effect
Upgrades rank 2 of Transfer to grant group members 250 Magicka and Stamina, 2 Ultimate, and doubles the Ultimate you gain when it activates.
Above and Beyond
An assassin is only as good as their reputation.
Effect
Increases your Critical Damage and Healing by 25%. This effect is reduced to 5% against targets with Battle Spirit.
Increases your maximum Critical Damage and Healing by 30%.
or
Nocturnal Inspiration
The Night Mistress rewards those who strike without reservation.
Effect
Upgrades rank 2 of Hemorrhage to have a chance to generate 2 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 0.3 seconds and the chance is equal to your Weapon Critical chance.
Champion Points
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:
Craft TREE
The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
Warfare TREE
The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses
Fitness TREE
The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
GREEN
BLUE
RED
– 600 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Blessed
- 10 Arcane Supremacy (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 10 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 50 Soothing Tide (Slot)
- 50 Swift Renewal (Slot)
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 10 Mystic Tenacity
- 10 Hero’s Vigor
- 25 Tempered Soul
- 50 Spirit Master (Slot)
– 900 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
- 50 Treasure Hunter
- 30 Master Gatherer (Slot)
- 20 Gifted Rider (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Blessed
- 50 Arcane Supremacy (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 50 Soothing Tide (Slot)
- 50 Swift Renewal (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenator (Slot)
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Mystic Tenacity
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 25 Tempered Soul
- 50 Spirit Master (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 15 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 8 Hasty
– 1200 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 10 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer
- 50 Treasure Hunter
- 30 Master Gatherer (Slot)
- 50 Gifted Rider (Slot)
- 75 War Mount (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Blessed
- 50 Arcane Supremacy (Slot)
- 20 Eldritch Insight
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 50 Soothing Tide (Slot)
- 50 Swift Renewal (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenator (Slot)
- 10 Piercing
- 20 Flawless Ritual
- 30 War Mage
- 20 Elemental Aegis
- 20 Hardy
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 10 Mystic Tenacity
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 25 Tempered Soul
- 50 Spirit Master (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 15 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 8 Hasty
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
- 20 Sprinter
Update Log
- June 15, 2026 – created Class Mastery passives section
- May 6, 2026 – Updated Green Champion Points
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