Cloak and Dagger

Description
Armor Sets
- Sets Location
Skills
Important Passive Skills
Champion Points
- Warfare
- Craft
- Fitness
Consumables
Info (Attributes-Mundus-Race-Vampire/Werewolf)
Build Difficulty Rating
Rotation
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Description

Cloak and Dagger is a fun Nightblade Thief Build. Its purpose is to make gold from the activity of stealing without being detected.

The Build is designed in such a way that you will never have to kill anyone unless you want to. We have several skills that will help you escape if you are caught stealing.

Although active skills are important for its gameplay, this Thief Build relies mostly on passive skills from Legerdemain, Thieves Guild and Vampire Skill-lines.

For a Gold Farming – Speed Build, you can take a look at Runner.

If you are a new player, you can take a look at my Nightblade Beginner Guide.

If you are looking for a Solo PVE Build for Arenas like the Maelstrom Arena and Vateshran Hollows, take a look at my Magicka Nightblade Solo Build.

You can find more Builds in the Nightblade Builds page.

Armor Sets

The sets we are using, increase our stats and sustain while making it harder for NPC to detect us.

Chokethorn Helmet: We are using a combination of Monster Sets that will increase our Magicka Recovery

Shadowrend Shoulders: We are using a combination of Monster Sets that will increase our Magicka Recovery

Vesture of Darloc Brae: Excellent Thief Set that will help us remain undetected while restoring our resources.

Night Mother’s Embrace: Essential set for our build since it reduces our detection radius when sneaking and the cost of sneak.

Sets Location

Chokethorn Helmet: Veteran Elden Hollow I

Shadowrend Shoulders: Maj Al-Ragath

Vesture of Darloc Brae: Elsweyr, Overland

Night Mother’s Embrace: Deshaan, Overland

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Chokethorn	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Shoulders	Shadowrend	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Hands	Vesture of Darloc Brae	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Legs	Vesture of Darloc Brae	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Chest	Vesture of Darloc Brae	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Waist	Vesture of Darloc Brae	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Feet	Vesture of Darloc Brae	Medium	Divines	Max. Stamina
Necklace	Night Mother's Embrace	Jewel	Robust	Stamina Recovery
Ring	Night Mother's Embrace	Jewel	Robust	Stamina Recovery
Ring	Night Mother's Embrace	Jewel	Robust	Stamina Recovery
Two Handed Weapon	Night Mother's Embrace	Bow	Defending	Hardening
One Handed Weapon	Night Mother's Embrace	Dagger	Infused	Absorb Stamina
One Handed Weapon	Night Mother's Embrace	Dagger	Defending	Poison

Skills

	Front Bar	Back Bar
Skill 1	Shadowy Disguise	Ambush
Skill 2	Refreshing Path	Blood Craze
Skill 3	Concealed Weapon	Relentless Focus
Skill 4	Mirage	Leeching Strikes
Skill 5	Mass Hysteria	Resolving Vigor
Ultimate Skill	Soul Tether	Incapacitating Strike

Shadowy Disguise: Our cloak and very important survival skill.

Refreshing Path: We use this skill to move faster when escaping. Can also heal us if we are under attack.

Concealed Weapon: Helps us move faster while sneaking

Mirage: Our defensive buff if we are under attack.

Mass Hysteria: Another defensive skill that can help us escape.

Soul Tether: An additional escape method if necessary.

Ambush: Our gap closer. Use it to teleport to a far away enemy and escape or to fight if you wish.

Blood Craze: An offensive skill that can also heal us.

Relentless Focus: Important self-buff, especially if you decide to go on a rampage!

Leeching Strikes: Our second very important self-buff, essential for our sustain.

Resolving Vigor: Our healing ability.

Incapacitating Strike: Our offensive Ultimate. No need to use if you don’t plan to kill NPC.

Important Passive Skills

Legerdemain: Improved Hiding, Light Fingers, Trafficker. Must be at least level 3 to be truly effective as a Thief.

Vampire: Dark Stalker, Undeath.

Thieves Guild: Haggling, Clemency, Veil of Shadows.

Dark Brotherhood: Blade of Woe but only if you pickpocket a lot. Since NPC can only carry 3 items we can pickpocket from them, we use Blade of Woe to “reset” empty NPC.

Champion Points

Warfare

Slottable Stars: Arcane Supremacy, Endless Endurance, Deadly Aim, Backstabber

Passive: Eldritch Insight, Tireless Discipline, Piercing, Battle Mastery, Mighty, Quick Recovery, Hardy, Elemental Aegis, Preparation, Precision, Blessed,

Craft

Slottable Stars: Infamous, Cutpurse’s Art, Sustaining Shadows, Steed’s Blessing

Passive: Gilded Fingers, Fortune’s Favor, Friends in Low Places(slottable, required for path), Out of Sight, Fleet Phantom, Shadowstrike(slottable, required for path), Wanderer, Steadfast Enchantment

Fitness

Slottable Stars: Strategic Reserve, Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality, Celerity

Passive: Sprinter, Hasty, Tireless Guardian, Hero’s Vigor, Mystic Tenacity, Tumbling, Defiance

Consumables

We are using Jewels of Misrule as Food and simple Essence of Magicka as Potions.

Info

Attribute Points

19 points to Magicka and 45 to Stamina

Mundus Stone

The Atronach for better Magicka Recovery.

Race

Khajiit

Only option for the build because of their stealth and stealing passives.

Vampire or Werewolf

At least Vampire Stage 1 for the Dark Stalker passive. Vampire Stage 3 if you also want the Undeath Passive.

Build Difficulty Rating – 2

A very fun and easy Thief Build to use. Once you get the most important passives high enough you will only have to use your Shadowy Disguise to remain undetected.

Even if you get caught stealing, the build has plenty of skills to help you escape.