ESO One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Welcome to my One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build for PVE Gameplay in ESO! A fun build that is using the Oakensoul Ring Mythic Item to boost its damage and capabilities! Thanks to the buffs from this ring, you can focus only on offensive skills and achieve great damage with this one bar build in The Elder Scrolls Online! The Build is offering a Light Attack Weaving Setup as well as a pure Heavy Attack Setup! More Nightblade Guides and Builds you can read:

• Nightblade Beginner Guide
• Nightblade Builds
• One Bar Magicka Nightblade Solo
• One Bar Stamina Nightblade DPS
• One Bar Stamina Nightblade Solo

Table of Contents

• Build Setup
• Armor Sets
• Skills
• Heavy Attack Setup
  • Heavy Attack Skills
• Passive Skills
• Champion Points
• Food and Potions
• Info
• Rotation
• Companion

ESO One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build Setup

The Build is using a couple strong DPS Sets, that boost your overall damage! Whorl of the Depths is a great Trial Set for Magicka based Builds, that deals strong Frost damage while Aegis Caller adds Bleed AOE damage to the mix! Along with the Oakensoul Ring they can boost your DPS significantly. To complete the setup wear one piece from the Slimecraw Monster Set for a nice boost to Critical Chance. Order’s Wrath is a great Crafted Set that can replace Whorl of the Depths for a strong No Trial Gear Setup.

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Shoulders	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka
Hands	(Perfected)Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Legs	(Perfected)Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Max.Magicka
Chest	(Perfected)Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Waist	(Perfected)Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Feet	(Perfected)Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka
Necklace	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Oakensoul Ring	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
One Hand Weapon	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Dagger	Charged	Flame Damage
One Hand Weapon	Tide-Born Wildstalker	Dagger	Charged	Poison

Armor Sets for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

These are the Best Armor Sets you can use with the Build and where you can find them.

• Slimecraw: Veteran Wayrest Sewers I, Maj Al-Ragath
• Whorl of the Depths: (Veteran)Dreadsail Reef Trial
• Aegis Caller: Unhallowed Grave Dungeon
• Oakensoul Ring: Antiquities Reward
• Order’s Wrath: High Isle, Crafted

Skills for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Nightblades rely a lot on good Light Attack Weaving to deal great damage with their skills! Concealed Weapon is the build’s spammable while Deadly Cloak and Soul Harvest assist with DPS.

• Deadly Cloak(Blade Cloak): Strong DPS skill.
• Concealed Weapon(Veiled Strike): Main skill & spammable. You can use Swallow Soul(Strife) for Solo gameplay.
• Impale(Assassin’s Blade): Powerful execute ability.
• Merciless Resolve(Grim Focus): Merciless Resolve can turn into a deadly Spectral Arrow after five light/heavy attacks.
• Siphoning Attacks(Siphoning Strikes): Powerful Sustain ability.
• Soul Harvest(Death Stroke): Primary Ultimate. Increases damage dealt to the enemy and generates Ultimate faster.

One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build – Heavy Attack Setup

For a Heavy Attack damage setup, wear Sergeant’s Mail and Deadly Strike, along with Slimecraw and the Oakensoul Ring!

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Shoulders	Sergeant’s Mail	Heavy	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Hands	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Legs	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Chest	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Waist	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Feet	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Max. Magicka/Stamina
Necklace	Sergeant’s Mail	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Sergeant’s Mail	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring	Oakensoul Ring	Jewel	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Staff	Sergeant’s Mail	Lightning	Charged or Precise	Shock Damage

This is where you can find the appropriate Armor Sets:

• Slimecraw: Veteran Wayrest Sewers I, Maj Al-Ragath
• Sergeant’s Mail: Wayrest Sewers 1 & 2 Dungeons
• Deadly Strike: Cyrodiil, Bruma Vendor
• Oakensoul Ring: Antiquities Reward

Skills for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build – Heavy Attack Setup

For a Heavy Attack Setup you can use Unstable Wall of Elements and Twisting Path to add strong AOE damage to your rotation. Dark Shade also offers good AOE damage.

• Debilitate(Cripple): Strong DoT Skill.
• Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements): Strong AOE damage skill.
• Impale(Assassin’s Blade): Powerful execute ability.
• Merciless Resolve(Grim Focus): Merciless Resolve can turn into a deadly Spectral Arrow after five light/heavy attacks.
• Dark Shade(Summon Shade): Summons a Shade that assists with Damage. Replace with Siphoning Attacks(Siphoning Strikes) for Solo gameplay.
• Soul Harvest(Death Stroke): Primary Ultimate. Increases damage dealt to the enemy and generates Ultimate faster.

Passive Skills for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Passive skills are always important for every character and can help you maximize the potential of your Magicka Nightblade DPS Build. Try to unlock them as fast as possible, so you can become stronger and tackle harder content faster. These are the Passive Skills you should unlock for the Build.

• All Passive Skills from your Class’ Lines
• All Passive Skills from Weapon Lines you are using
• Passive Skills from Armor Lines you are using
• Passive Abilities from Guild lines(Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/Build
• Fighters Guild Passives: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Mages Guild Passives: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Undaunted Passives
• Your Racial Passives
• Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions

Champion Points for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Below you will find the best Champion Points setup for the Build. When allocating Champion points to Slottable and Passive Stars your primary goal is to create paths! Allocate the minimum required points to stars along your path in order to reach your desired Slottable Stars faster. Once you have unlocked all Stars, start allocating more Champion Points to them to fill them out. Focus on Slottable Stars first, then Passive Stars. If you would like to learn more about Champion Points and how they work, you can read my ESO Champion Points Guide.

Warfare

• Slottable Stars: Deadly Aim, Master-at-Arms, Wrathful Strikes, Fighting Finesse(Exploiter)
• Passive: Eldritch Insight, Piercing, Flawless Ritual, War Mage, Quick Recovery, Hardy, Elemental Aegis, Preparation, Precision, Blessed, Tireless Discipline

Craft

• Slottable Stars: Steed’s Blessing, Master Gatherer, Gifted Rider, War Mount
• Passive: Gilded Fingers, Fortune’s Favor, Wanderer, Steadfast Enchantment, Treasure Hunter(slottable, required for path), Rationer, Liquid Efficiency

Fitness

• Slottable Stars: Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality, Fortified, Celerity
• Passive: Sprinter, Hasty, Tireless Guardian, Hero’s Vigor, Mystic Tenacity, Tumbling, Defiance

Food and Potions for One Bar Magblade DPS Build

Clockwork Citrus Filet is the Best Food for the Build while Essence of Magicka or Tri-Stat Potions are the best options as Potions.

Info for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Several important info for the One Bar Magblade DPS Build. What Mundus to use, the best race for the build and how to assign your attribute points.

Attribute Points

All points to Magicka.

Mundus Stone

The Thief to boost Critical Chance.

Race

The Best Race for the One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build in ESO is High Elf. Dark Elf, Khajiit and Breton are nice alternative Races you can use for a DPS focused Build. Any Race with Magicka bonuses can work well though. You can find more about the playable races in my ESO Race Guide!

Vampire or Werewolf

Neither is necessary.

Rotation for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build

Cast Deadly Cloak and attack with Concealed Weapon as your spammable. Keep attacking with Concealed Weapon and re cast Deadly Cloak when necessary. Always fire Spectral Arrow when it procs and use Siphoning Attacks if you need to restore Resources! When the enemy’s Health drops below 25%-30% start using Impale as your spammable! Use your Ultimate when ready and always Light Attack before every skill to boost your damage.

Rotation for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build – Heavy Attacks

Summon Dark Shade, attack with Debilitate, Unstable Wall of Elements and assist with Heavy Attacks. Keep attacking with Heavy Attacks and re cast Dark Shade, Twisting Path, Unstable Wall of Elements when necessary. Always fire Spectral Arrow when it procs! When the enemy’s Health drops below 25%-30% start using Impale! Always cast your Ultimate when it is ready!

Best Companion for One Bar Magicka Nightblade DPS Build ESO

If you wish to play Solo with the Build, you can bring along a mighty Companion! Companions in ESO are helpful allies that can assist you in combat. Every Companion can fulfill every role in the game and help you enjoy ESO more by clearing content faster or by simply interacting with them and their charming personality! There are various Builds you can use for every available ESO Companion!

As a DPS focused character my recommendation is to bring along a Tank or Healer Companion! To find out which ESO Companion is the Best in every role you can take a look at my ESO Best Companion Guide! To further maximize the potential of your chosen Companion, you can wear the Telvanni Efficiency Set! A Crafted Set that reduces the cooldown of your Companions abilities, improving their damage and overall effects and assisting you further in combat.