ESO Nightblade Healer
Welcome to my Nightblade Healer Build for Group PVE in ESO! Mender is a reliable Healer Build with insane Magicka Recovery, strong Spell Damage and high Magicka pool. The Build is using a combination of Restoration Staff and Nightblade Skills to heal effectively and keep your group alive. A flexible Nightblade Healer Build for Dungeons and Trials. More Nightblade Guides and Builds you can read:
- Nightblade Beginner Guide
- Nightblade Builds
- Magicka Nightblade DPS
- Stamina Nightblade DPS
- Nightblade Tank
Table of Contents
- Build Setup
- Armor Sets
- Skills
- Passive Skills
- Champion Points
- Food and Potions
- Info
- Rotation
- Companion
ESO Nightblade Healer Build Setup
The Build is focusing on providing strong Heals and Support effects to your group! This is why we are using Spell Power Cure, a Set that grants the Courage Buff to allies. Combine this with Pillager’s Profit to boost Ultimate generation for the rest of your party and increase overall Damage! To complete the setup you can wear the Sentinel of Rkugamz Monster Set, which heals your allies but also restores their resources.
| Piece | Set | Type | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Sentinel of Rkugamz | Heavy | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Shoulders | Sentinel of Rkugamz | Medium | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Hands | Spell Power Cure | Light | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Legs | Spell Power Cure | Light | Divines | Max.Magicka |
| Chest | Spell Power Cure | Light | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Waist | Spell Power Cure | Light | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Feet | Spell Power Cure | Light | Divines | Max. Magicka |
| Necklace | Pillager’s Profit | Jewel | Arcane | Spell Damage/Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Pillager’s Profit | Jewel | Arcane | Spell Damage/Magicka Recovery |
| Ring | Pillager’s Profit | Jewel | Arcane | Spell Damage/Magicka Recovery |
| Staff | Pillager’s Profit | Restoration | Powered | Absorb Magicka |
| Staff | Pillager’s Profit | Frost/Lightning | Charged | Frost/Shock Damage |
Armor Sets for Nightblade Healer Build
These are the Best Armor Sets you can use with the Build and where you can find them. You can find more great Sets to wear in my Best Healer Sets Guide!
- Sentinel of Rkugamz: Veteran Darkshade Caverns I, Maj Al-Ragath
- Spell Power Cure: White-Gold Tower Dungeon
- Pillager’s Profit: Dreadsail Reef Trial
Skills for Nightblade Healer Build
The Nightblade has a few only Healing focused abilities that can bring in a group, like Refreshing Path and Healthy Offering. You can however rely on strong Restoration Staff skills to heal and support your allies. It is also possible to use a few Scribing abilities to maximize your effects as a Healer:
- Healing Bond: Healing+Sage’s Remedy+Vitality
- Healing Burst: Healing+Sage’s Remedy+Courage
- Warding Contingency: Damage Shield+Sage’s Remedy+Protection
If you do not have access to Scribing you can always use the Funnel Health or Debilitate Nightblade skills.
- Combat Prayer(Blessing of Protection): Strong heal and buff Hybrid spell.
- Illustrious Healing(Grand Healing): A direct and over time heal that you should always have up.
- Radiating Regeneration(Regeneration): Another good heal and support spell.
- Healthy Offering(Malevolent Offering): Emergency strong Heal that boosts Healing Done.
- Energy Orb(Necrotic Orb): Super helpful when dealing with strong enemies. Works as an additional synergy for your tank as well.
- Bolstering Darkness(Consuming Darkness): Primary Ultimate.
- Refreshing Path(Path of Darkness): An extra healing ability that also boosts speed.
- Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements): Great AOE damage skill to assist our group.
- Warding Contingency: Damage Shield+Sage’s Remedy+Protection
- Siphoning Attacks(Siphoning Strikes): Powerful Sustain ability.
- Elemental Drain(Weakness to Elements): Debuffs the enemies with Major Breach and restores magicka.
- Aggressive Horn(War Horn): Use this mostly against strong enemies, Bosses, to help your team with more damage.
Passive Skills for Nightblade Healer Build
Passive skills are always important for every character and can help you maximize the potential of your Nightblade Healer 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
- All Passive Skills from Armor Lines you are using
- Passive Abilities from Guild lines(Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/Build
- Undaunted Passives
- Your Racial Passives
- Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions
Champion Points for Nightblade Healer 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: Swift Renewal, Soothing Tide, Fighting Finesse, Enlivening Overflow
- Passive: Eldritch Insight, Blessed, Piercing, Flawless Ritual, War Mage, Quick Recovery, Hardy, Elemental Aegis, Preparation, Tireless Discipline, Precision
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: Siphoning Spells or Celerity, Fortified, Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality
- Passive: Sprinter, Hasty, Tireless Guardian, Hero’s Vigor, Mystic Tenacity, Tumbling, Defiance
Food and Potions for Nightblade Healer Build
Clockwork Citrus Filet is the Best Food for the Build while Essence of Spell Power or Essence of Magicka are the best options as Potions.


Info for Nightblade Healer Build
Several important info for the Nightblade Healer PVE 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 Atronach for better Magicka Recovery or The Apprentice for stronger heals.
Race
The Best Race for the Nightblade Healer Build in ESO is Argonian or High Elf. Breton is a nice alternative Race for a Healer 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 Nightblade Healer Build ESO
Drink a potion, apply Elemental Drain and attack with Unstable Wall of Elements to assist your group. Place Illustrious Healing and throw an Energy Orb. Buff and Heal your group with Combat Prayer, Radiating Regeneration. Assist with Healthy Offering, Refreshing Path, Warding Contingency. Cast Siphoning Attacks if you need to restore resources and use your Ultimates when ready.
Companion for Nightblade Healer PVE Build ESO
If you wish to play Solo with the Nightblade Healer 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 Healer focused character my recommendation is to bring along a DPS 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.

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