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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
Our primary damage set on this build Perfected Arms Of Relequen. This is a Trials set that can be obtained from Cloudrest and provides plenty of extra damage as long as you can maintain your light attacks consistently.
The second set, Pillar Of Nirn is an amazing proc set that offers very high damage with an easy-to-maintain proc condition and fairly long duration. For this particular build, we will be back-barring a Pillar Of Nirn weapon to proc the set on the back bar only.
The recommended Monster Set for this build to increase our total DPS will be Zaan.
Finally, our backbar will be open for another powerful option, Perfected Spectral Cloak. This set buffs the Blade Cloak skill and its morphs, giving you bonus protection and damage done.
Perfected Arms Of Relequen
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina, 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.
Pillar Of Nirn
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) When you deal damage, you create a fissure underneath the enemy after 1 second, dealing 623 Bleed Damage to all enemies within 2.5 meters and causing them to bleed for an additional 3132 Bleed Damage over 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Perfected Spectral Cloak
LVL 50 – CP 160
SET BONUS
(2 items) Adds 103 Stamina Recovery, Dealing damage with Blade Cloak grants you Spectral Cloak for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.
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.
DPS Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Pillar Of Nirn Greatsword | Precise | NA | Poison Damage |
| Backup | Perfected Blackrose Daggers | Infused / Infused | NA | Flame Damage / Weapon Damage |
| Head | Zaan | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Zaan | Divines | Light | Stamina |
| Chest | Perfect Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Perfect Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Perfect Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Perfect Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Perfect Arms Of Relequen | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Pillar Of Nirn | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Trash Fight Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Asylum Perfected Daggers | Nirnhoned / Precise | NA | Flame Damage / Poison Damage |
| Backup | Burning Spellweave Inferno Staff | Infused | NA | Weapon/Spell Damage |
| Head | Slimecraw | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Harpooner’s Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Perfected Sul Xan’s Torment | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Burning Spellweave | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
The optimal DPS race for this build will be Dark Elf due to their bonus Weapon and Spell Damage, Max Stamina and Max Magicka. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Thief
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 1333
With 7 Divines armor pieces
Increases the Critical Strike rating by 2167
Food/Drink Buff
Hearty Garlic Corn Chowder
Potions
Weapon Power Potions
Skills
Main Weapon: TWO HANDER – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: DUAL WIELD – Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
Pre-buffs
Prebuff with Merciless Resolve (best Case 5x Stacks) + Dark Shade.
Rotation (100-33%)
Start with Barbed Trap into Shooting Star, swap immediately after to Incap and use Potion for extra 20 Ulti Points with nb Passive (skip this as Console Player, keep Incap on both Bars)
Next use Twisting Path – Barswap – Bow Proc – Barswap – Deadly Cloak – Debilitate – Barswap – Carve – Wrecking Blow Spam.
As soon as one DOT expires reapply it (except for Carve keep all 3 stacks up at all times), try to use Incap more or less on Cooldown without using too many DOTs in this empowered Phase (+20% Dmg for 6 seconds after Incap). Use Merciless Resolve (with 5x Stacks) + Wrecking Blow as Spammable in between DOTs! Do not Barswap with Wrecking Blow, use Carve/Merciless Resolve or Concealed Weapon before Barswap!
Execute (33-25%)
Replace Wrecking Blow Spam for Killer´s Blade, but keep using Wrecking Blow every 5-6 Seconds for the Major Berserk buff. Drop Merciless Resolve Bow Proc as soon as you start with Killer´s Blade, keep up 5x Stacks though (do not recast it, 5x Stack Buff remains). Reapply every DOT at around 25%.
Rotation (at around 20-0%)
Drop Wrecking Blow completely, don’t reapply Dark Shade + Debilitate and Carve anymore! Keep up everything else!
Passive Skills
Class Passives
- Master Assassin
- Executioner
- Pressure Points
- Hemorrhage
- Refreshing Shadows
- Shadow Barrier
- Dark Vigor
- Dark Veil
- Catalyst
- Magicka Flood
- Soul Siphoner
- Transfer
Weapon Passives
- Slaughter
- Dual Wield Expert
- Controlled Fury
- Ruffian
- Twin Blade And Blunt
- Forceful
- Heavy Weapons
- Balanced Blade
- Follow Up
- Battle Rush
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
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.
– 300 Champion Points –
GREEN
BLUE
RED
– 600 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
BLUE
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
– 900 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 10 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 40 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
– 1200 Champion Points –
GREEN
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (Slot)
- 50 Gilded Fingers
- 30 Fortune’s Favor
- 15 Wanderer
- 50 Steadfast Enchantment
- 30 Rationer (Slot)
- 50 Breakfall
- 50 Treasure Hunter (Slot)
- 75 Liquid Efficiency (Slot)
BLUE
- 20 Precision
- 20 Piercing
- 50 Wrathful Strikes (Slot)
- 50 Deadly Aim (Slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (Slot)
- 50 Exploiter (Slot)
- 40 Battle Mastery
- 30 Mighty
- 20 Tireless Discipline
- 20 Quick Recovery
- 20 Preparation
- 20 Hardy
- 20 Elemental Aegis
RED
- 50 Boundless Vitality (Slot)
- 50 Rejuvenation (Slot)
- 50 Fortified (Slot)
- 20 Sprinter
- 16 Hasty
- 20 Hero’s Vigor
- 50 Celerity (Slot)
- 30 Tumbling
- 20 Defiance
- 20 Tireless Guardian
- 30 Fortification
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